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Milton boys basketball team falls short again

Badger

boys basketball

SOUTH DIVISION

League Season

W L W L

Edgewood 2 0 3 1

Monroe 2 1 3 1

Monona Grove 2 1 2 2

Stoughton 1 1 3 2

Oregon 1 1 1 2

Fort Atkinson 0 1 0 3

Milton 0 3 0 4

NORTH DIVISION

League Season

W L W L

Waunakee 3 0 5 0

DeForest 2 1 3 2

Sauk Prairie 1 1 4 1

Portage 1 1 3 1

Baraboo 1 1 3 2

Mount Horeb 0 2 1 2

Reedsburg 0 2 1 2

RESULTS FRIDAY

South

Monroe 50, Milton 46

Monona Grove 61, Oregon 46

Edgewood 48, Stoughton 45

North

Waunakee 53, Mount Horeb 31

Portage 62, DeForest 56

Sauk Prairie 53, Reedsburg 41

Nonconference

Baraboo 57, Fort Atkinson 26

GAME NEXT THURDAY

South

Monroe at Oregon

GAME NEXT FRIDAY

South

Fort Atkinson at Milton

GAMES NEXT SATURDAY

South

Monona Grove at Edgewood

North

Mount Horeb at Portage

DeForest at Sauk Prairie

Baraboo at Waunakee

Monroe High School survived Milton’s frantic fourth-quarter rally to post a 50-46 victory in Badger South boys basketball Friday at Monroe.

The Cheesemakers gained a 44-34 lead with 4:37 remaining, but the Red Hawks scored back-to-back baskets on two steals to pull within 44-38 at 4:23 of the fourth quarter.

Milton’s two straight baskets started a 9-0 run that got the Red Hawks within 44-43 at 2:07 on pair of free throws from Brandon Knudtson.

Alex Barenklau sank a three-point goal to put Monroe on top 47-43 as the clock ticked below two minutes. Milton cut the lead to 47-46 with 35 seconds remaining, but Monroe made three of four free throws on the stretch to seal the victory.

Knudtson finished with 18 points for Milton, while Brian Tordoff scored a game-high 25 points.

The defeat dropped Milton to 0-3 in the conference and 0-4 overall under first-year coach Zach Groelle, with the losses coming by a total of 13 points. Monroe’s three-time defending champions improved to 2-1 in the Badger South and 3-1 overall.

MONROE 50, MILTON 46

Milton (46)—Knudtson, 5-7-18; Farnsworth, 2-1-6; McCann, 2-3-7; Hannon, 5-1-11; Bolden, 2-0-4. Totals: 16-12-46.

Monroe (50)—Barenklau, 1-0-3; Tordoff, 7-6-25; Penniston, 1-0-2; Capesius, 3-0-8; Klinzing, 1-0-2; Frint, 3-2-8; Turek, 0-2-2. Totals: 16-10-50.

Milton 12 6 14 14—46

Monroe 9 12 15 14—50

Three-point goals—Milont 2 (Knudtson, Farnsworth). Monroe 8 (Barenklau, Tofdof 5,. Cap 2). Free throws missed—Milton 6, Monroe 6. Total fouls—Milton 17, Monroe 15. Fouled out— Turek.

Junior varsity—Monroe 40, Milton 30.

n Edgewood 48, Stoughton 45—The visiting Vikings missed 10 free throws in dropping a key Badger South game at Madison Edgewood.

Eric Gerber scored 18 points to lead the Vikings (3-2, 1-1), while Scott Hird paced the Crusaders (3-1, 2-0) with 13.

EDGEWOOD 48, STOUGHTON 45

Stoughton (45)—Brooks, 9; Slaby, 4; Gerber, 18; Kowalkowski, 13; Cleveland, 1. Totals: 15-10-45.

Edgewood (48)—Arians, 8; Wabers, 5; Eshun, 5; Balczewski, 4; Pavlik, 2; Hird, 13; Brink, 11. Totals: 16-9-48.

Stoughton 10 10 13 12—45

Madison Edgewood 11 13 12 12—48

Three-point goals—Stoughton 5 (Gerber 3, Kowalkowski 2), Edgewood 7 (Hird 3, Brink, 2, Eshun, Arians). Free throws missed—Stoughton 10, Edgewood 5. Total fouls—Stoughton 15, Edgewood 14.

n Monona Grove 61, Oregon 46—Zach Zweifel scored nine of his game-high 23 points in an 18-9 second quarter that sent Monona Grove on its way to a Badger South win over visiting Oregon.

The Silver Eagles led 31-19 at halftime and 42-25 after three quarters.

MONONA GROVE 61, OREGON 46

Oregon (46)—Keulea, 2-1-5; Hinz, 2-7-12; Arndt, 0-1-1; Sterling, 2-0-4; Ackers, 2-0-4; Byrne, 0-2-2; Johnson, 2-1-5; Gorman, 3-0-6; Martz, 1-1-3. Totals: 15-15-46.

Monona Grove (61)—Briggs, 1-2-4; Gehrmann, 2-5-10; Payne, 0-4-4; Zweifel, 6-7-23; Retzlaff, 1-1-3; Stearns, 2-1-5; Roach, 2-0-4; Bauer, 1-0-2; Welsch, 3-0-6. Totals: 18-20-61.

Oregon 10 9 6 21—46

Monona Grove 13 18 11 19—61

Three-point goals—Oregon 1 (Hinz), Monona Grove 3 (Gehrmann, Zweifel 2). Free throws missed—Oregon 9, Monona Grove 11. Total fouils—Oregon 25, Monona Grove 21. Fouled out—Keulea, Johnson, Bauer.

Junior varsity—Oregon 39, Monona Grove 32.

n Baraboo 57, Fort Atkinson 26—Sean McGann scored 21 points, and Mark Kowalke added 10 as the visiting Thunderbirds (3-2) rolled to the Badger nonconference crossover win.

Brady Sexton led Fort Atkinson (0-3) with eight points.

BARABOO 57, FORT ATKINSON 26

Baraboo (57)—Brandt, 5; Traxler, 4; Leonhardt, 4; Miller, 4; Statz, 3; McGann, 21; Becraft, 2; Halbach, 2; Fish, 2; Kowalke, 10. Totals: 19-14-57.

Fort Atkinson (26)— Sexton, 8; Knutson, 4; Ward, 3; Kempema, 3; Hanson, 2; Schwandt, 2; Koch, 2; Beaudo, 2. Totals: 9-7-26.

Baraboo 23 34—57

Fort Atkinson 12 14—26

Three-point goals—Baraboo 5 (McGann 4, Brandt), Fort Atkinson 1 (Sexton). Free throws missed—Baraboo 9, Fort Atkinson 8. Total fouls—Baraboo 14, Fort Atkinson 19. Fouled out—Traxler.