Division 3: Sectionals to Watch

Division 3: Sectionals to Watch and regional review [caption id="attachment_145446" align="alignright" width="170"] Gardner[/caption] #1 Racine Lutheran vs #3 Brookfield Academy Racine Lutheran has had a super impressive season this year. The team is 24-0 on the season and averaging nearly 80 points per game. In their regional final victory over Milwaukee Academy of Science, [player_tooltip player_id="132415" first="Caroline" last="Strande"] had a game high 37 points. She has been essential to her team’s success and is one of the best scorers in the state. Morgann Garder, a strong 6’0 post player scored 30 points in the win as well. This team is certainly a strong candidate for state title winners. Brookfield Academy has a 19-3 record going into Thursday’s match-up. In their twenty point regional win over Cedar Grove, Julia Jensen dropped a game high 19 points. Following behind her was Morgan Allen with 13 points. Brookfield is known for their in your face defense and full court pressure. #1 St. Croix Falls vs #2 Northwestern Northwestern finished their season with a 21-3 record. Their playoff run has been fun to watch as the team has been playing with a lot of structure and high level IQ. In the huge regional final win over Bloomer, the teams scoring was super balanced. Brook Ogren scored 12 points in the win and grabbed 5 boards. Karsyn Jones also scored 12 points and grabbed 7 boards. Senior forward Jayda Klobucher added 13 rebonds and 8 points. St. Croix Falls has a 23-1 record this season and earned themselves a number one seed going into playoffs. In their regional win over Barron, three players scored in double figures. Lucia Neuman scored 12 points in the win. Olivia Miron scored 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Emily McCurdy led all scores with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. #1 Arcadia vs #2 Prescott Prescott enters the game from a tough Middle Border conference. The team is 21-3 on the season and averaging 65 points a game. In their close win over West Salem, forward Isabella Lenz scored 16 points. Sydney Matzek also added 16 points. Ashley Rieken finished with 14 points. Arcadia finished this season with a 21-3 record and earned themselves a number one seed going into playoffs. Their team is patient on offense and does a great job of finding the right spots to shoot. Leading the team is Ella Hoesley with 15.8 points per game. Foward Linzy Sendelbach adds 12.8 per game and 7.6 rebounds. #4 Sheboygan Falls vs #3 Kewaskum Sheboygan Falls is entering the game with a 19-5 overall record. The team is coming off a 61-49 regional final victory over Valders. Their team is super high scoring and any player can take off at any time. Emma Wollart scored 26 points in the win. Maddie Specht and Claire Smallwood had 11 points each. Kewaskum has a 20-4 record this season and has been playing exceptionally well in playoffs. During the regional victory over Kewaunee, Madilyn Dogs dropped 15 points. Annie Christenson added 10 points. [caption id="attachment_147260" align="alignright" width="156"] Diny[/caption] #1 Wrightstown vs #2 Freedom Wrightstown has had a very successful season and is 22-2 going into sectionals. The team is averaging 81 points per game. In their huge regional victory the team finished with 108 total points. [player_tooltip player_id="132431" first="Bridget" last="Froehlke"] finished with 22 points and 4 rebounds. [player_tooltip player_id="132467" first="Ella" last="Diny"] finished with 22 points in the win as well. Lea Lemke added 10 points. Freedom has been a hard team to defend this season. The team is currently 22-2 and averaged 57.8 points per game. In the twenty point regional final victory, [player_tooltip player_id="132345" first="Callie" last="Genke"] dropped 15 points in the win. Karissa Wurster added 8 points. [caption id="attachment_147529" align="alignright" width="133"] Donarski[/caption] #1 Aquinas vs #2 Mineral Point Aquinas enters the match-up as the number one team in Division 3 and the team to beat. The team is currently 22-1 with no losses to another Wisconsin team. In their regional final victory over Luther, Iowa State recruit [player_tooltip player_id="132410" first="Lexi" last="Donarski"] had a game-high 28 points. She also added in 9 steals and 8 assists. Taylor Theusch added 14 points, while Jacy Weisbrod added 10 points. Mineral Point enters the game high in confidence after a nice win over a tough Cuba City squad. The score ended 62-50. Leading the team is Nicole Johnson with 13.5 points and 10 rebounds per game. Ella Chambers has also stepped up with 13.5 points per game. #1 Howards Grove vs #2 Mishicot Howards Grove enters the game from a strong Big East North conference. In their regional victory over Oostburg, Leah Parnitzke dropped 19 points in the win. Mackenzie Holzward added 11 points. Maddy Near also added 11 points and grabbed 10 boards to push her team into sectionals. Mishicot enters the game with a 21-3 record this season. In their regional championship game over Winnebago Lutheran, the team scored 55 points. [player_tooltip player_id="132363" first="Kylie" last="Schmidt"] had a game high with 24 points. Abby Garceau added 15 points. #1 Poynette vs #2 Cambridge Cambridge enters the game with a 12-12 record but is playing some of their best basketball during playoffs. The team has also gained some confidence in their outside shooting as of late. In the win over Waterloo, three different Cambridge players scored over 15 points. Grace Korth scored 19 points. Mayah Holzhueter scored 17 points. Olivia Williams added 16 points in the win. Poynette is 10-14 this season but has had a super tough schedule. In the regional final win over Horicon, Jalynn Morter scored 15 points. Jessica Bruchs added 13 points. The team’s leading scorer Megan Reddeman had a great game on both ends of the floor. She hustles well and is super scrappy on defense. She finished with a game high 16 points.