WIAA Division 2 State Tournament Pairings
Friday At Kohl Center, Madison
Game 1: Adams-Friendship (17-8) vs. Plymouth (22-3), 1:35 p.m.
Game 2: Monroe (23-2) vs. New Berlin Eisenhower (20-4), approx. 25 minutes after conclusion of Game 1
Saturday at Kohl Center, Madison
Championship: Winners of Game 1 and Game 2, approx. 35 minutes following the Division 4 championship, scheduled to tip off at 12:05 p.m. Saturday
SUn PRAIRIE - A return trip to the Kohl Center and a chance to repeat as the state's Division 2 champions didn't look promising for the Monroe boys basketball team early in the fourth quarter Saturday.
The Cheesemakers trailed East Troy 47-39 with six and a half minutes left to play in their sectional championship game at Sun Prairie.
But, as they have done all season, the Cheesemakers found a way to win.
Tony Cates rebounded Mitch Tordoff's miss and scored with 2.2 seconds left to lift Monroe to a 54-53 victory that earned the Cheesemakers their third trip to the state tournament in the past four years.
They'll face New Berlin Eisenhower, a 52-49 winner over Brown Deer on Saturday, in a Division 2 semifinal on Friday. The winner of that game will face either Adams-Friendship or Plymouth in Saturday's championship game.
Look for a state preview special section to be published in Thursday's newspaper edition of The Monroe Times and online.
The Cheesemakers trailed East Troy 47-39 with six and a half minutes left to play in their sectional championship game at Sun Prairie.
But, as they have done all season, the Cheesemakers found a way to win.
Tony Cates rebounded Mitch Tordoff's miss and scored with 2.2 seconds left to lift Monroe to a 54-53 victory that earned the Cheesemakers their third trip to the state tournament in the past four years.
They'll face New Berlin Eisenhower, a 52-49 winner over Brown Deer on Saturday, in a Division 2 semifinal on Friday. The winner of that game will face either Adams-Friendship or Plymouth in Saturday's championship game.
Look for a state preview special section to be published in Thursday's newspaper edition of The Monroe Times and online.