By Dan Truttschel
Correspondent
The holiday week has been quiet for the three varsity teams at Big Foot High School, as each were idle heading into a full slate of action in the upcoming days.
Both the varsity boys and girls basketball teams and the wrestling squad were in holiday tournaments starting Tuesday.
The Big Foot girls didn’t have to travel far, as they headed to Badger Tuesday and Wednesday for the annual four-team event. Action had been scheduled to begin Monday, but was postponed because of inclement weather.
Heading into the first game at Badger against Slinger, the Big Foot girls were 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the Rock Valley Conference, good for second behind 6-0 Brodhead.
Senior Morgan Courier leads the Chiefs at 16.3 points per game, followed by her sister, sophomore Payton, at 12.3, and sophomore Courtney Schoenbeck at 9.7. Junior Olivia Briggs is next at 8.3 points per game.
Schoenbeck leads the rebounding statistic at 7.5 a game, followed by Briggs at 5.3, and junior Brooke Wellhausen at five per game.
Following the tournament this week, the Chiefs will get back into RVC action Jan. 7, when they host Edgerton, followed by a road game Jan. 12, at Evansville.
On the boys’ side, Big Foot traveled to the annual Lake Mills Tournament this week. The Chiefs opened play Tuesday against Lakeside Lutheran, followed by a game Wednesday against Lake Mills.
The Chiefs, who closed their pre-holiday schedule with a nine-point non-conference win last week over Milton, began the tournament at 4-2 overall.
Junior Beau Cary is enjoying a breakout year to this point, as he leads the Chiefs at 20.3 points per game. Cary has made 36 of 57 field-goal attempts, good for a .632 field-goal percentage.
Senior Zak Greco is next at 13.8 points per game, followed by freshman Logan Eischeid at 10.5.
Cary also is the Chiefs’ top rebounder, currently at 9.2 per game, followed by senior Mark Schauf at seven and Eischeid at 4.8.
Big Foot, 2-2 in the RVC, returns to conference action Jan. 5, when it hosts Clinton at 7:15 p.m., followed by a road contest Jan. 8, at Beloit Turner.
Turner entered the holidays on top of the standings at 3-1.
Wrestlers at Mid-States
The Big Foot wrestling squad traveled to the UW-Whitewater campus this week for the always challenging Mid-States Invitational Tuesday and Wednesday.
Forty-two teams from around Wisconsin and Illinois were set to compete.
Following the two-day event, the wrestlers will get back to RVC dual meet action Jan. 5, when they travel to Clinton. Big Foot also will compete at the five-team Whitewater Invitational Jan. 9, along with Whitewater, Brodhead-Juda, Waukesha South and Whitnall.
