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Elks' 34-0 run crushes Comets

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Elkhorn's Max Findreng eyes the hoop with Delavan's Joshua Cesarz defending on Thursday.

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Delavan's Tyler Butke puts up a shot over Elkhorn's Eric Bryson on Thursday.

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Elkhorn's Ross Olson fires a pass under pressure from Delavan-Darien's Riley Scott on Thursday.

Southern Lakes

boys basketball

League Season

W L W L

Elkhorn 5 0 11 1

Waterford 5 1 8 4

Delavan-Darien 2 3 6 6

LG Badger 3 4 5 7

Wilmot 2 3 2 10

Union Grove 2 4 4 6

Westosha Central 1 5 1 11

RESULTS THURSDAY

Elkhorn 69, Delavan-Darien 38

Waterford 60, Badger 57

Union Grove 53, Westosha 47

GAME TONIGHT

Waterford at Elkhorn

GAMES TUESDAY

Badger at Elkhorn

Delavan-Darien at Wilmot

Union Grove at Waterford

Talk about rubbing it in.

Elkhorn High’s student section chanted “double digits, double digits” after Delavan-Darien guard Jarrett Fowlkes hit a three-pointer that gave the Comets 11 total points with 5:45 left in the third quarter. Ouch!

But that was only half of the nightmare for the Comets.

Fowlkes’ three-pointer also ended Elkhorn’s a jaw-dropping 34-0 run that included a scoreless second quarter for Delavan-Darien (6-6, 2-3).

After the Comets tied the game at 8-8 with 2:53 left in the first quarter, Elkhorn scored 34 straight points and went on to a 69-38 victory in Southern Lakes boys basketball here Thursday night.

Skyler O’Laughlin had a game-high 17 points, while Eric Bryson and Jordan Lockhart each had 12 to help first-place Elkhorn (10-1, 5-0) maintain a half-game lead over Waterford (8-4, 5-1) in the conference race.

The Wolverines can grab a half-game lead with a victory tonight at Elkhorn.

Meanwhile Elkhorn coach John Handel was just trying to remember if his team had ever put together a comparable run.

“I don’t think we have had too many of those runs, but we’ll take it,” Handel said. “It just kind of snowballed and was really a combination of us getting stops on defense and us knocking down shots. We could see that their emotions were low at the end.”

The Comets’ psyche took its first blow late in the first quarter when the Elks made three long three-pointers to go up 19-8.

Round two consisted of the Elks’ pressure defense pitching a second-quarter shutout and the lanky O’Laughlin scoring nine points to put Elkhorn up 40-8 at halftime.

“We have not shut anybody out before. That was incredible,” O’Laughlin said. “We knew what they (the Comets) were going to run on offense, and we really defended and came out pumped from the start.”

The impressive run carried into the second half when Ross Olson’s runner in the lane completed the 34-point surge.

After his team went scoreless for 13:08 of game action, Fowlkes finally sank his three-pointer to make it 42-11. The Comets actually outscored the Elks 30-29 in the second half, but it was too little too late.

ELKHORN 69, DELAVAN-DARIEN 38

Delavan-Darien (38)—Fowlkes, 2-0-6; Cesarz, 1-0-3; Logterman, 2-2-6; Butke, 4-0-8; Armato, 1-2-5; Lee, 1-0-3; Kiemen, 0-1-1; Griffin, 1-0-3; Kieffer, 1-0-3. Totals: 13-5-38.

Elkhorn (69)—Gahart, 2-0-6; Olson, 2-0-5; Findreng, 1-0-2; Bryson, 4-3-12; O’Laughlin, 5-7-17; Blackbourn, 3-0-6; Lockhart, 4-2-12; Schmidt, 1-0-2; Cooper, 2-0-4; Suchy, 1-1-3. Totals: 25-13-69.

Delavan-Darien 8 0 13 17—38

Elkhorn 19 21 20 9—69

Three-point goals-Delavan-Darien 7 (Fowlkes 2, Armato, Lee, Griffin, Kiefer, Cesarz), Elkhorn 6 (Gahart 2, Olson, Bryson, Lockhart 2). Free throws missed-Delavan-Darien 6, Elkhorn 3. Total fouls- Delavan-Darien 17, Elkhorn 14.

Junior varsity— Elkhorn 64, Delavan-Darien 48.

n Waterford 60, Badger 57—Brent Kuschwski scored 15 points, Brent Plantz added 12, and Joe Sturino had 11 to keep Waterford (8-4, 5-1) a half-game behind Elkhorn in the Southern Lakes.

The Wolverines can go up by a half-game by winning tonight at Elkhorn.

Braden Tice had 15 points to lead Badger (5-7, 3-4), which saw a 48-42 lead disappear in an 18-9 fourth quarter.

WATERFORD 60, BADGER 57

Waterford (60)—Vaccaro, 2-3-8; Kuschewski, 6-2-15; Sindborg, 1-1-3; Chart, 2-0-4; Steffens, 1-5-7; Sturino, 4-1-11; Plantz, 4-4-12. Totals: 20-16-60.

Badger (57)—Chironis, 3-0-6; Dailey, 1-0-3; Tice, 4-3-15; Bowers, 4-0-8; Gaugert, 1-0-2; Lois, 5-2-13; Wiesman, 2-0-4; Meinen, 1-0-2; Lorenzi, 2-0-4. Totals: 23-5-57.

Waterford 15 10 17 18—60

Lake Geneva Badger 18 18 12 9—57

Three-point goals—Waterford 4 (Vaccaro, Kuschewski, Sturino 2), Badger 6 (Dailey, Tice 4, Lois). Free throws missed—Waterford 10, Badger 5. Total fouls—Waterford 16, Badger 23.

Junior varsity—Badger 71, Waterford 67.

n Union Grove 53, Westosha 47—Nathan Radke scored 23 points, including 13 in the second quarter, to lead Union Grove (4-6, 2-4) to a Southern Lakes win over Westosha Central (1-11, 1-5).

The Broncos and Falcons combined to miss 28 free throws.

Mike Michelau kept the Falcons close by hitting five three-point goals to finish with 15 points.

UNION GROVE 53, WESTOSHA 47

Westosha l (47)—Lehner, 1-2-5; Milz, 0-1-1; Michelau, 5-0-15; Koeshall, 3-2-8; Richter, 2-3-7; Zietsmia, 2-0-4; Feivor, 2-3-7. Totals: 15-11-47.

Union Grove (53)—Schauf, 2-2-7; Willkomm, 0-2-2; Radke, 10-2-23; Roettgen, 1-0-2; DeBrabander, 1-0-2; Johnson, 3-1-7; Hapner, 1-0-2; Beachem, 4-0-8. Totals: 22-7-53.

Westosha Central 10 13 14 10—47

Union Grove 11 16 15 11—53

Three-point goals—Westosha 6 (Michelau 5, Lehner 1), Union Grove 2 (Schauf, Radke). Free throws missed—Westosha 18, Union Grove 10. Total fouls—Westosha 16, Union Grove 22. Fouled out—Koeshall.

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