SPORTS - Raiders win both tournament games

SPORTS

By Casey Krautkramer

Marathon’s varsity boys basketball team passed both tests it took by playing against tough opponents in last week’s Rick Majerus Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook (WBY) Shootout at Concordia University in Mequon.

The Red Raiders’ first test was against Division 3 squad Kettle Moraine Lutheran last Wednesday. This private school is located in the town of Jackson which is approximately 20 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Marathon easily passed this test with an 82-71 win. Senior forward Tyler Underwood scored a team high 27 points.

Senior center Grant Warren contributed 26 points, three blocks and 20 rebounds. Sophomore forward Drew Woelfel added 15 points and two steals. Senior guard Cooper Hoeksema collected six assists and a pair of steals in the victory.

Marathon then faced a much tougher test against Division 4 squad The Prairie School on Thursday to conclude the holiday tournament. This is a private school located in Wind Point which is in the Racine Metropolitan area. Marathon passed its final test with a 57-54 win against The Prairie School.

Warren led Marathon with 22 points, four assists, two blocks and 14 rebounds. Woelfel added 11 points and three steals. Underwood contributed nine points and three assists and Andrew Glenn had seven points.

Marathon head coach Adam Jacobson spoke about the great experience his team had playing for the first time in the Rick Majerus WBY Shootout. The holiday tournament is named in honor of the late Rick Majerus who grew up in Milwaukee and was a head coach at Marquette University.

“It was a wonderful experience for our players to compete in the WBY Shootout,” he said. “It was a great opportunity to compete against a couple very talented teams and also watch some very talented players and teams throughout the tournament. We were able to play against a couple of different styles of teams at the shootout that forced us to have to execute in a variety of ways. Hopefully we can learn a lot from this experience that will help us as we get into February and March.”

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A FORCE ON THE COURT- Marathon senior center Grant Warren had himself quite a successful week in helping the team win both of its holiday tournament games against tough opponents at Concordia University in Mequon and also leading the Red Raiders to a dominating home win against Colby, as shown here, on Tuesday.

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PRECISION PASS- Red Raiders senior guard Cooper Hooksema throws a pass during the team’s dominating 81-46 home win against the Colby Hornets on Tuesday.

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Marathon destroyed Colby, 81-46, in Tuesday’s home game. No game statistics were available. The Red Raiders remain undefeated with a 10-0 record and are still ranked No. 2 in this week’s wissports.net Division 4 coaches poll.

Marathon girls

The Marathon varsity girls basketball team lost to Tomahawk, 35-30, on Friday in the Tomahawk holiday tournament. No game statistics were provided. No score has been reported for Marathon’s game against Montello on Thursday in the Tomahawk holiday tournament. Marathon beat Iola-Scandinavia, 46-27, on the road Tuesday. No game statistics were provided. The young Red Raiders currently have a 3-9 record this season.

Edgar boys win Crandon tourney

The Edgar varsity boys basketball squad beat both Crandon, 68-38, on Thursday and Laona-Wabeno, 53-43, on Friday during the Crandon holiday tournament.

Senior guard Teegan Streit led Edgar with 20 points, 10 rebounds, nine steals and five assists in the team’s victory against Crandon. Senior post player Brett Baumgartner and junior guard Leyton Schuett added 12 points each. Schuett also had two blocks.

In Friday’s win against Laona-Wabeno, senior Preston Dahlke led the Wildcats with 15 points, 13 rebounds and four steals. Senior post player Karter Butt added 12 points, Baumgartner had 11 and Streit 10. Dahlke and Streit paced the team with two blocks each.

Edgar beat Owen-Withee, 66-51, at home on Tuesday. Game statistics were not available. Edgar currently has a 6-2 overall record this season.

Wildcat girls

Edgar’s varsity girls basketball team lost a pair of games to the top two teams in the Central Wisconsin South Conference during last week’s Sentry Classic at UW-Stevens Point.

The Wildcats fell, 58-24, to the Stevens Point Pacelli Cardinals on Thursday at the Sentry Classic. Senior Makayla Wirkus was the lone Edgar player who achieved double-digit points with 11 and she also led the Wildcats with seven rebounds.

Edgar lost, 40-25, to Almond-Bancroft on Friday at the Sentry Classic. No Wildcats player scored in double digits. Almond- Bancroft and Pacelli are currently tied atop the Central Wisconsin South Conference with 4-0 records this season. Edgar currently has a 6-6 overall record this season.

BOMBS AWAY!- Marathon senior wing Tyler Underwood unloads an outside shot during the team’s big home victory against Colby on Tuesday.

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