Championship Saturday Session One (D5-D3): LIVE NOTEBOOK
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I’ll have a live notebook from each championship session. Follow along with D5, D4, and D3 here. I’ll update this at the end of the first period and the end of the game. D5: No. 2 Lena vs. No. 4…
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Continue ReadingI’ll have a live notebook from each championship session. Follow along with D5, D4, and D3 here. I’ll update this at the end of the first period and the end of the game.
D5: No. 2 Lena vs. No. 4 Albany/Monticello
1st Half
- A/M out to an early 4-0 lead
- Lena is a little rattled
- Whitney Potter opens the scoring for Lena
- A/M’s guards are picking Lena apart
- Eva Brooks Eva Brooks 6'0" | PF Lena | 2025 State WI ‘ length is giving A/M issues around the rim
- A/M is doing a solid job denying post-entry passes
- Lena just got it back to a one-posesion game for the first time since it was 2-0 at 19-16
- Lena tied it up the next possession
- Lena has all the momentum
- A/M is getting the ball through the Lena defense routinley
We’re tied at 21 heading into the halftime break
2nd Half
- Eva Brooks Eva Brooks 6'0" | PF Lena | 2025 State WI can’t get her third foul early in the half
- Turnovers have been an issue for Lena
- Madi Thomson went on a little 4-0 personal run
- Eva Brooks Eva Brooks 6'0" | PF Lena | 2025 State WI is phenomenal
- Lena’s starting to get a lot of easy baskets
- Brooks just picked up her third
- Abby Hollis Abby Hollis 5'7" | CG Albany | 2025 State WI can shoot the snot out of the ball
- Eva Brooks Eva Brooks 6'0" | PF Lena | 2025 State WI has been the best player in D5 at the state tournament
- Lena has done a good job at getting shots from the paint
- Everything one team does, the other seems to respond
- D5 has been the most entertaining tournament of the weekend
- Abby f****** Hollis
We’re headed to OT tied at 50
OT
- Lena went straight to Eva Brooks Eva Brooks 6'0" | PF Lena | 2025 State WI
- There’s a ton of emotion on the floor for both teams
- This game has been tense since they started the second half
- Lena has turned it over a ton
- Turnovers killed Lena
Albany/Monticello wins 57-54 in OT
D4: No. 1 Laconia vs. No. 3 Cuba City
1st Half
- Laconia struggling to finish early
- Cuba City is playing excellent team defense
- Laconia scoreless for the first five minutes
- Eva Engel hits a 3 with 11:41 on the clock to open the scoring for Laconia
- Aubrey Leonard Aubrey Leonard 5'8" | PG Laconia | 2025 State WI ‘s getting more aggressive
- Callista Vande Berg gave Laconia their first lead
- Callista is a three-point shooter now?
- Finley Morgan Finley Morgan 5'8" | SG Laconia | 2027 WI has to attack the basket
- Cuba City is making a bunch of 3s
- Molly Duel is among the most valuable players at Laconia
Cuba City leads 25-21 as the teams head to the locker room
2nd Half
- Laconia looks more focused
- Spartans get the lead back
- Laconia is much more aggressive on the defensive
- They’re playing a 1-3-1
- Cuba City is still finding good looks
- Tierney Madigan Tierney Madigan 5'10" | SG Laconia | 2025 State WI is getting to the rim whenever she wants
- Cuba City hasn’t fouled that much
- Dea Crist Dea Crist 6'0" | C Cuba City | 2025 State WI is playing elite help side defense
- I love the change of pace Finley Morgan Finley Morgan 5'8" | SG Laconia | 2027 WI plays with
- Callista Vande Berg is playing her tail off
- Olivia Olson Olivia Olson 5'8" | PG Cuba City | 2025 State WI can pass it at an elite level
- Payton Morgan Payton Morgan 5'10" | SG Laconia | 2025 State WI finally knocks down a three
- Ashley Rowe is a winner
- Laconia will crank up the defensive pressure in the final 1:53
- Turnover leads to a Payton Morgan Payton Morgan 5'10" | SG Laconia | 2025 State WI 3
- Olivia Olson Olivia Olson 5'8" | PG Cuba City | 2025 State WI had a good look to win it but came up short
Laconia finds a way and sneaks out of Green Bay with a 47-43 win and back-to-back D4 State Championships
D3: No. 1 Edgewood vs. No. 3 Xavier
1st Half
- Kylee Standish opens the scoring with a 3
- Erin Schauer scores the first two for Edgewood
- Xavier to trying get everything going downhill
- Edgewood can’t rebound
- Crusaders on the backfoot
- Crusaders have their footing again
- Beanie Thompson is a talented slasher
- Pressuring Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI is a dangerous game
- Xavier’s defense is giving Edgewood’s offense fits
Xavier controlled most of the half and leads 29-21 heading into the break
2nd Half
- Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI opens the scoring with a tough basket in the paint
- Edgewood look much better
- Shots are starting to fall for the Crusaders
- Xavier’s offense is starting to sputter
- One possession game 36-33
- Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI came to play in the 2nd half
- Taya Fernandez Taya Fernandez 5'6" | CG Edgewood (Madison) | 2024 State WI not having foul trouble makes this team look very different
- Every coach wants a kid like Taya Fernandez Taya Fernandez 5'6" | CG Edgewood (Madison) | 2024 State WI on their team
- Edgewood had a few chances to take a lead and didn’t take them.
- Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI is trying to get this team over the line
- Anna Miller Anna Miller 5'8" | PG Edgewood | 2027 State WI is something else
- They’re letting them be extra physical to close this out
- Edgewood in the bonus up 50-49, 89 seconds left
- Edgewood not taking advantage of late free throws
Edgewood wins the D3 state title 55-52