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Edgewood girls upset Monroe; Stoughton nips Fort

Badger

girls basketball

SOUTH DIVISION

League Season

W L W L

Monroe 6 1 9 2

Madison Edgewood 6 1 10 3

Oregon 4 2 10 3

Milton 2 4 2 8

Monona Grove 2 5 3 9

Fort Atkinson 1 6 2 10

Stoughton 2 5 2 11

NORTH DIVISION

League Season

W L W L

Reedsburg 5 1 11 1

Sauk Prairie 4 2 8 2

DeForest 4 2 6 7

Waunakee 3 3 6 5

Baraboo 3 3 6 6

Mount Horeb 2 4 5 5

Portage 1 6 3 9

RESULTS FRIDAY

South

Edgewood 49, Monroe 44

Stoughton 50, Fort Atkinson 49

Monona Grove at Milton, ppd.

North

Waunakee at Reedsburg, ppd. to Feb. 7

Mount Horeb at Portage, ppd to tonight

Nonconference

Oregon 51, DeForest 22

GAMES NEXT FRIDAY

South

Milton at Edgewood

Monroe at Oregon

Stoughton at Monona Grove

North

Reedsburg at Sauk Prairie

Waunakee at Portage

Baraboo at DeEofrest

Nonconference

Fort Atkinson at Mount Horeb

Madison Edgewood High School’s girls basketball team moved into a first-place tie with Monroe in the Badger South by upsetting the Cheesemakers on Friday night.

Becky Gifford scored 18 points and Kenzie Kolb added 13 as the Crusaders upended the Cheesemakers, 49-44, at Monroe.

After rolling past Madison West in a nonconference game earlier in the week, Edgewood has beaten back-to-back state-tournament teams from a year ago.

The defending Division 2 champion Cheesemakers (9-2, 6-1) led by one after three quarters, but the Crusaders (6-1, 11-3) hit seven of nine free throws in the fourth to pull away.

Jamie Armstrong had 16 points to lead Monroe, and Ashley Hermanson added 12.

EDGEWOOD 49, MONROE 44

Edgewood (49)—Zimbrick, 2-0-4; Elfman, 2-0-4; Gifford, 7-3-18; Reese, 1-1-3; Kolb, 4-3-13; Meriggioli, 2-0-5; Lake, 0-2-2. Totals: 18-9-49.

Monroe (44)—Brice, 2-0-5; Sutter, 1-2-5; M. Kennison, 2-0-4; Sellnow, 0-1-1; Hermanson, 4-4-12; Arsmtrong, 7-1-16; Ritschard, 0-1-1. Totals: 16-9-44.

Madison Edgewwod 13 12 11 13—49

Monroe 5 13 19 7—44

Three-point goals—Edgewood 4 (Kolb 2, Meriggioli, Gifford), Monroe 3 (Brice, Sutter, Armstrong). Free throws missed—Edgewood 5, Monroe 5. Total fouls—Edgewood 12, Monroe 13.

Junior varsity—Monroe 34, Edgewood 27.

n Stoughton 50, Fort Atkinson 49—Brianna Bower topped off a 28-point performance by winning basket with three seconds left as the Vikings (2-11, 2-5) edged visiting Fort Atkinson (2-10, 1-6) in a Badger South game.

Bower made of 10 of 11 free throws and all seven in the second half to spark a Stoughton comeback. The Vikings trailed 22-19 at halftime and 41-31 after three quarters.

As Stoughton’s only double-figure scorer, Bower offset Lexi Wiegand’s 20 points and Ralissa Nelson’s 16 for Fort Atkinson. Wiegand made 11 free throws and had three thre-point goals.

STOUGHTON 50, FORT ATKINSON 49

Fort Atkinson (49)—A. Boos, 0-3-3; Lanza, 1-0-2; Brus, 1-0-2; Wiegand, 3-11-20; N. Boos, 1-0-2; Truman, 1-2-4; Nelson, 5-3-16. Totals: 12-19-49.

Stoughton (50)—Dallenbach, 0-2-2; C. Olson, 3-1-7; Rowley, 0-2-2; Dyreson, 0-2-2; M. Bower, 1-0-3; B. Bower, 8-10-28; B. Olson, 2-0-4; Myskowski, 1-0-2. Totals: 17-13-50.

Fort Atkinson 14 8 19 8—49

Stoughton 6 13 12 19—50

Three-point goals—Fort Atkinson 6 (Wiegand 3, Nelson 3), Stoughton 3 (B. Bower 2, M. Bower). Free throws missed—Fort Atkinson 12, Stoughton 5. Total fouls—Fort Atkinson 17, Stoughton 19. Fouled out—Truman.

Junior varsity—Stoughton 51, Fort Atkinson 35.

n Oregon 51, DeForest 33—The visiting Panthers, behind 19 points from Jenna Kleitsch, pulled away at DeForest a nonconference win.

Oregon (10-3) led by six at half but outscored the Norskies 26-14 in the second half.

Lauren Atkinson added 13 points for the Panthers, while Sehar Resad and Ashleigh Springer had 13 points each to lead the Norskies (6-7).

OREGON 51, DeFOREST 33

Oregon (51)—Crowley, 7; Cook, 6; Gundlach, 4; Hanson, 2; Kleitsch, 19; Atkinson, 13. Totals: 21-5-51.

DeForest (33)—Buss, 3; Hemstead, 2; Wolter, 2; Resad, 13; Springer. 13. Totals: 10-12-33.

Oregon 14 11 13 13—51

DeForest 4 15 8 6—33

Three-point goals—Oregon 4 (Atkinson 3, Crowley 1), DeForest 1 (Buss). Free throws missed—Oregon 3, DeForest 7. Total fouls—Oregon 17, DeForest 12.