D3 Semifinals: LIVE NOTEBOOK
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I’ll have a live notebook from each semifinal game in D3 and D4. Follow along with D3 here. I’ll update this at the end of each half. No. 1 Edgewood vs. No. 4 Baldwin-Woodville 1st Half Baldwin-Woodville probably dominates time…
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Continue ReadingI’ll have a live notebook from each semifinal game in D3 and D4. Follow along with D3 here. I’ll update this at the end of each half.
No. 1 Edgewood vs. No. 4 Baldwin-Woodville
1st Half
- Baldwin-Woodville probably dominates time of possession, and they look like the outstanding defensive unit
- Good things happen when Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI touches the ball
- Edgewood plays at a pace that’s 10x faster than B-W would like their guards can fly up and down the floor
- Edgwood’s been able to speed up B-W on the offensive end
- Edgewood on a massive run 12-0 over the last 3:10
- Crusader run ends after a Maggie Jensen layup
- Edgewood’s athleticism has been the difference in transition
Edgewood leads 39-15 at the break
2nd Half
- Edgewood opened the period with a 3 to continue the onslaught
- Baldwin-Woodville has gotten solid looks but has struggled to convert the looks they’ve created
- The throw-ahead passes that Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI and Taya Fernandez Taya Fernandez 5'6" | CG Edgewood (Madison) | 2024 State WI can make have broken the Baldwin-Woodville press before they get a chance to get back
- Over the first four-ish minutes of the half, Baldwin-Woodville has done a much better job staying in front of their assignments and contesting shots
- Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI has a chance to have a memorable career at Edgewood
- Edgewood’s guard depth is something else
- Edgewood has an incredible rebounding group
Edgewood wins 62-29 and advanced to the WIAA D3 State Championship Game on Saturday
No. 2 Kettle Moraine Lutheran vs. No. 3 Xavier
1st Half
- Molly Martine opens the scoring with a contested layup
- Makenzie Luehring Makenzie Luehring 5'6" | PG Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2025 State WI has been awesome around the basket
- Taylor Schwalemberg being healthy makes a massive difference for KML her defense is top-tier
- Elle Krull Elle Krull 5'8" | SG Appleton Xavier | 2027 State WI is Xavier’s best offensive weapon
- Xavier pressing KML is a decision
- Xavier has no answers for Makenzie Luehring Makenzie Luehring 5'6" | PG Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2025 State WI
- Defensive struggle in the last chunk of the half
- Halle VandeHey has been active on the wing defensively
- Molly Martine is always good when I watch her play in person
Kettle Moraine Lutheran leads 24-24 at the break
2nd Half
- Makenzie Luehring Makenzie Luehring 5'6" | PG Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2025 State WI opened the 2nd with a three pointer
- Can’t imagine Elle Krull Elle Krull 5'8" | SG Appleton Xavier | 2027 State WI is on the bench much longer after KML went on an 8-0 run in 1:18
- KML’s 11-0 run out of the break makes this an uphill battle for Xavier
- Madeline Leffel Madeline Leffel 5'10" | SF Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2025 State WI has gotten in a groove offensively this half and she played well defensively in the first
- Joy Krull Joy Krull 5'8" | CG Xavier | 2026 State WI is finding her groove in the 2nd half
- Since Elle Krull Elle Krull 5'8" | SG Appleton Xavier | 2027 State WI got into the game in the 2nd half Xavier has won those minutes 8-3
- Xavier has slowly creeped back into this game
- Hawks defense has helped them cut it to a one possession game
- Makenzie Luehring Makenzie Luehring 5'6" | PG Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2025 State WI gets an and-one after Xavier tied it with a three-pointer
- Xavier still has nothing for Makenzie Luehring Makenzie Luehring 5'6" | PG Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 2025 State WI
- KML can’t put this one away
- Luehring is doing everything on offense
- Xavier has stormed in about 40 seconds and somehow are back in the lead
Xavier completes the comeback and seals a 56-52 win to advance to Championship Saturday to face another catholic school in Edgewood