Wisconsin High School Basketball News

If the Germantown boys basketball team is focused on breaking the state record for consecutive wins, nobody associated with the program is saying it.

New London High has 11 winners. They are: Victoria Kepner, Phillip Ozminkowski, Alyssa Young, Brady Dorsey, Daytana Roloff, Sami Paffrath, Liam Fitzgerald, Marielle Bent, Michael Kurszewski, Shelby Van Dreel and Anne Ozminkowski.

The New London girls' basketball team had a quick start, but a disappointing finish in its season opener.

The Redcats boys basketball team, which held off Nicolet last week for a two-point victory in the season opener, defeated St. John's Northwestern, 75-29, to cap the first day of the Terry Porter Classic at Milwaukee South Thursday.

There wasn't much Arike Ogunbowale didn't do Thursday as the Divine Savior Holy Angels junior scored a career-high 36 points in a 68-59 victory over visiting Milwaukee Riverside.

The 2014 class is likely complete with Ethan Happ. Five open scholarships in 2015 has the Badgers looking a lot of players.

Looking for one of their better hardwood campaigns in recent memory, the STAA Cavaliers opened up M-O Conference play with a lopsided 64-38 home win over visiting Suring Tuesday.

In Marquette's 67-59 loss to San Diego State, the Aztecs scored 14 points off of 15 offensive rebounds as coach Buzz Williams was quick to point out in his post game interview.

The first time the Sheboygan Falls and Plymouth boys basketball teams met last season, things tilted decidedly in the Panthers' favor.

Menomonee Falls girls basketball coach Craig Amundson has been at this for well over a decade, so he's not about to hit the panic button when it comes to his almost completely rebuilt team this winter.

The Antigo Varsity boys basketball team were back in action on Tuesday after a short break and traveled to D.C. Everest for a non-conference battle.

The outlook for the 2013-14 Greendale boys basketball team is strong, as three players who earned all-Woodland Conference West Division honors last season are back.

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.

In 2013, the Fox Valley Association boys' basketball championship came down to the series between Oshkosh North and Neenah.

The powerful Neillsville girls put on a strong showing in their Cloverbelt Conference opener Tuesday night at the Neillsville High school gym but their opponent proved that they make some noise as well.

Kewaunee scored 17 points off of free throws and held on to beat Sturgeon Bay, 43-38, Tuesday night in a Packerland Conference high school girls basketball game.

Sevastopol and Southern Door each won nonconference games in high school boys basketball Tuesday night.

And that's what the Brown Deer boys used to great advantage Tuesday night against Woodland rival Shorewood, as despite first half foul trouble for both, the inside pair of 6-6 Jerry Luckett and 6-9 Devante Jackson combined for 36 points and generally made life miserable for their much shorter hosts in a 66-50 decision.

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In the latest round of conference awards announced Tuesday, Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.