Boys basketball loses two non-conference games
By Michael S. Hoey
Correspondent
The Badger High School wrestlers finished ninth at the Badger State Wrestling Tournament in Stoughton on Dec. 19 with 153.5 points. Stoughton won the event with 304 points.
Robbie Mutimer led the way finishing second at 132 pounds and earning 34 team points. Mutimer received a bye in the first round, pinned William Figueroa of Waukesha South in the second round, won by 6-5 decision over Tommy Bianchi of Two Rivers in the quarterfinal, and pinned Logan Schmitz of Mineral Point in the semifinal. Mutimer lost the championship match by 3-2 decision to Max Maylor of Iowa Grant.
Michael Peter took third at 160 pounds earning 24 points. Peter received a bye in Round One, won by 9-5 decision over Madison LaFollette’s Tray Turner in Round Two, and won by 6-1 decision over Iowa Grant’s Brady Peat in the quarterfinal. Peter lost by 12-10 decision in the semifinal to Eli Alt of River Valley but won the third place match by 8-5 decision over Shane Gantz of Waukesha West.
Nate Otero finished fourth at 138 pounds earning 22 points. Otero pinned Dillon Engel of LaFollette in the first round, won by disqualification in the second round over Brett Von Ruden of Sparta, and won by 6-4 decision over Brent Ehrhardt of Waukesha South in the quarterfinal. Otero lost a 9-0 major decision to Brandon Forseth of Mineral Point in the semifinal and lost to Tristan Wright of Wisconsin Lutheran by 5-3 decision in the third-place match.
Reggie Kelly also took fourth at 195 pounds earning 21.50 points. George Somerville took fifth at 170 pounds earning 17 points.
Badger boys drop two
The Badger boys basketball team fell to 2-6 after losing two non-conference games before Christmas.
Badger traveled to Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, to play in the Wendy’s Classic on Dec. 19 and lost to Dubuque Hempstead 59-30. While Badger has struggled with defense this season, it was the offense that failed to get into gear in Iowa as Badger managed just 15 points in each half. The Badgers were outscored by 10 in the first half and by 19 in the second half as Hempstead pulled away.
Hempstead had three players score in double figures led by Trevor Sindberg with 14. Badger was led by Jake Berhorst with eight.
Badger lost to Sussex Hamilton (6-1) 67-52 on Dec. 22. Badger fell behind 31-24 at the half and Hamilton pulled away in the second half, outscoring the Badgers by 11. Berhorst had a good night with 28 points but no one else had more than six. Hamilton’s Jacob Hartung led all scorers with 35.
The Badgers travel to Kenosha Tremper on Jan. 5.
Badger girls beat Elks
The Badger girls basketball team defeated Elkhorn (0-8, 0-4 Southern Lakes Conference) 62-26 on Dec. 22. Badger (3-5, 2-2 SLC) blitzed the Elks with a 44-9 first half and coasted from there.
Sam Tisa led all scorers with 18 points. Jenn Freeman added 17. Jessica Barrett led Elkhorn with six.
The Badgers hosted the Badger Invitational on Monday and Tuesday and host Burlington on Jan. 5.
