Wisconsin High School Basketball News

Nearly 34 years have passed since St. Thomas More High School snapped Whitefish Bay Dominican's 62-game winning streak in boys basketball on a frigid January night in 1980.

The Peshtigo Bulldogs, defending co-champions, opened the 2013-14 M-O Conference campaign in style Tuesday night with a 63-14 whipping of visiting Suring.

It came down to the final minute for the Elcho girls basketball team Tuesday as the Hornets snagged a 45-38 thriller over visiting Laona-Wabeno.

The Pacelli boys basketball team placed a freeze on the Wittenberg-Birnamwood boys Tuesday as the Chargers were handed a nasty 69-29 loss at home.

Branson Witucki has been described as having a nose for the basket. The Wisconsin Valley Lutheran junior demonstrated that in the opening weeks of the season with games of 29, 27 and 30 points for the Wolves.

If you're fan of offense, tonight's meeting between the Roncalli and host Valders boys basketball teams shouldn't disappoint.

Sheboygan Lutheran's boys basketball team has looked every bit like the big-time contender it thought it could be this year.

Cooper Radtke has spent all four years in high school playing basketball at the varsity level.

"It's more of a mind-set," New Berlin Eisenhower's senior point guard said. "You go to the basket and you don't try to avoid the contact to shoot it.

In arguably its toughest game of the season so far, the Wisconsin women's basketball team played host to its first ranked opponent of the season in No.

The Falcons, who started the season 1-3, extended their winning streak to three games with an 87-67 victory at home over Shorewood .

The Badgers are flying high and trying to match the program's best start in the modern era.

The Sheboygan South girls basketball team fell behind host Manitowoc Lincoln in the opening quarter and was never able to catch up in a 60-45 loss Tuesday night.

Often times, when a new coach steps into a program, it takes awhile for things to gel.

T.J. Schneider took the helm on Tuesday and nearly steered the Ships out of a steep deficit on the road.

Seven straight points by 6-foot-9 junior Henry Ellenson late in the first quarter ignited the slow-starting Rice Lake Warriors in Tuesday's season-opening win over New Richmond in boys' nonconference basketball.

The Bulldogs, the defending North Shore Conference champions, defeated Milwaukee Riverside , the reigning City and Division 1 state champion, 63-55, at home Tuesday night.

Chuckling as he said it, Homestead boys basketball coach Kevin McKenna gave a friendly shout to Whitefish Bay coach Kevin Lazovik during a time-out at the 4:06 mark of the first quarter of the game at Bay Tuesday night.

Brookfield East's boys basketball team improved to 2-1 with a 2-0 week, defeating Badger on Dec. 3 and Green Bay East on Friday, both at home, as Jimmy Engelhart scored 36 points and Christian Simon scored 29 to lead the offense.

About a year ago, Taylor Wurtz's doctors informed her that she had suffered a stress fracture and had three herniated disks in her back.