By Michael S. Hoey
CORRESPONDENT
The Lake Geneva Badger girls’ basketball team lost an opportunity to gain ground in the Southern Lakes Conference with a 58-44 loss at Wilmot on Jan. 29. Wilmot (15-2, 9-1 SLC) remained in first place and third-place Badger failed to gain ground on Waterford (10-8, 9-2).
Wilmot took charge of the game early jumping out to a 24-7 lead after one quarter.
“We did not play well offensively in the first quarter and that carried over to our defense as well,” Coach David Jooss said. “I like how we came back but you need to play four strong quarters to beat them.”
Badger did come back strong outscoring Wilmot 19-7 in the second quarter to trail just 31-26 at the half. Wilmot, however, used another big run to push the lead back up to 43-31 at the end of three.
“The style of play led it to being an up and down game,” Jooss said. “They were able to go on more runs than us and I thought they played more consistently throughout the game than we did.”
Badger played Wilmot evenly in the fourth quarter but needed one more run that never came. Karina Reeves led the Badgers with 15 points. No one else had more than seven (Lily Quinn and Stephanie Espinosa). Kari Clements led Wilmot with 16. Katlyn Eidson added 12.
Badger did beat Westosha Central 51-25 last Friday. Badger (10-7, 7-3 SLC) held the Falcons to two points in the first quarter and then blitzed them with a 27-7 second quarter to lead 36-9 at the half. Badger coasted from there.
Tristan Sproul led the Badgers with 11. Reeves added 10. Madison Stanczyk led Westosha Central (4-13, 3-8) with 11.
Badger hosted Elkhorn (9-9, 6-5) on Tuesday and plays at Waterford next Tuesday.
Boys win twice
The Badger boys beat Waukesha South (2-15) on the road in a back and forth game 61-56 on Jan. 29. Badger jumped out to a 19-11 lead after one quarter but Waukesha South fought back in the second to trail 31-28 at the half. Badger surged to a 50-42 lead after three but Waukesha South edged closer by winning the fourth quarter 14-11.
Lincoln Wieseman led Badger with 20 points. Jake Kozlowski added 15.Trent Prater and Anthony Johnson led South with 13 each.
Badger (7-11, 2-8) got their second SLC win over Delavan-Darien, this time 53-33 last Thursday at home. Badger jumped out to a 17-6 lead after one and led 30-19 at the half. D-DHS (6-12, 1-9) stayed within striking distance with an even third quarter, but Badger put it away with a 15-7 fourth quarter.
Kozlowski led Badger with 10 points. Colton Andresen and Ian Weber each added nine. Jesse Collins led the Comets with 14.
The Badgers played Westosha Central (5-13, 3-8) on Tuesday. Badgers hosts Burlington (13-4, 9-1) Friday night and Elkhorn (9-9, 5-5) next Tuesday.
Swimmers take second at conference meet
The Badger swim team shocked everyone by taking second at the conference meet last Saturday. Coach Glen Biller said the boys tapered well and all had significant drops in times.
Badger wins the 200 Yard Medley Relay. Pictured from left: Tyler Lininger, Remy Glogovsky, Zachary Zenner and Andrew Shane won with a time of 1:46.64 and took second place overall at the SLC Conference meet last Saturday.
Badger scored 443 points, finishing just ten points behind Platteville/Lancaster. If Elkhorn could have won the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay instead of finishing second to Platteville, Badger would have won the meet. Platteville managed to edge the Elks 3:29.13-3:29.38 to secure the title. Badger was 5-3 in conference dual meets and finished second overall in the conference due to their second place finish at the conference meet.
Badger started the day by winning the 200 Yard Medley Relay (Tyler Lininger, Remy Glogovsky, Zach Zenner, Andrew Shane; 1:46.64). Glogovsky took third in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:57.49). Tony Trajkovich took third in the 200 Yard IM (2:18.50). Shane took fourth in the 50 Yard Freestyle (23.94). Tyler Hall finished third in the 100 Yard Butterfly (1:02.47). Shane took fourth in the 100 Yard Freestyle (52.32).
The 200 Yard Freestyle Relay team took second (1:35.54). Tyler Lininger took sixth in the 100 Yard Backstroke (1:05.59). Glogovsky finished first in the 100 Yard Breaststroke (1:03.72). The 400 Yard Freestyle relay team took fourth (3:44.77).
The Badgers swim at the Sectional at Greenfield Saturday.
Badger ski race team pushing toward state bids
The Badger ski race team competed in two meets recently at Alpine Valley. On Jan. 24 the varsity girls took second with a time of 312.35. Arrowhead won the meet with a time of 260.27. Jamie Sitter finished fourth individually (67.06).
The Badger boys finished third with a time of 271.66. Arrowhead also won the boys’ meet with a time of 244.52. Bryan Kostien turned in Badger’s best time of 63.67.
The Badgers dominated the meet on Jan. 30. The Badger boys and girls varsity teams both took first, the JV boys took first and second, and one of the two JV girls’ teams finished first.
The varsity girls finished with a time of 352.48. The boys had a time of 306.87. The JV girls first place team had a time of 429.66. The JV boys finished with a time of 381.80 and 388.23.
Sitter again paced the girls with a time of 77.89, good for first place individually. Devin Kelly took fourth (89.69) and Michaela Mancini finished fifth (91.65). Kostein again led the Badger boys finishing second (71.95). Eric Heinz took fifth (76.69).
Madeline Aguilar led the Badger JV girls with a first place finish (105.3). Brooke Krause took second (105.59) and Amber Westerlund took third (112.71). Ryan Cox led the Badger JV boys by taking first (90.37). Evan Flaekoy took second (91.08) and William Maclay finished fifth (93.12).
Coach Doug Harrod said all four teams have good shots at making the post-season. The varsity boys are currently in seventh place in the 25-team conference and are a lock for the State Tournament in La Crosse from Feb. 16-18. The girls are currently in 11th place and the top 12 teams qualify for State. Harrod said the team must finish in the top three tonight at Heiliger Huegel to make it. Harrod said both JV teams have qualified to ski in the JV Conference Meet at Alpine Valley on Feb. 21.
