MONROE — The Cheesemakers dominated Baraboo Jan. 28, winning 78-36 against the Thunderbirds.
Carson Leuzinger led Monroe with 24 points on 11 of 21 shooting, while JT Seagreaves had 22 on 10 of 14 shooting from the field. Seagreaves added 13 rebounds while Leuzinger had four assists and two steals. Tucker Markham added 13 points and six boards for Monroe, with George Bruckwicki tallying seven points.
The Cheesemakers were just 4-for-21 (19%) from beyond the arc, but made up for it by hitting 30 of 44 (68%) of their shots from 2-point range. In all, Monroe was 52% from the field. The Cheesemakers also reeled in 10 offensive boards and 33 defensive boards, and turned the ball over just eight times in the game.
Eighth-ranked Monroe was scheduled to play at Reedsburg Feb. 1, then host Sauk Prairie Feb. 4 and Lodi Feb. 8.
Darlington 85, Riverdale 52
DARLINGTON — The Redbirds jumped out to an insurmountable 49-22 lead at halftime and cruised in the second half of their blowout SWAL win over Riverdale Jan. 27.
Hunter Hardyman finished with 19 points to lead the way, while Easton Evenstad had 16 and Ethan Schuchart 14. Will Murray and Carver Fitzsimons tallied nine points each. Hardyman also dished out five assists and grabbed five rebounds. Schuchart had eight boards. The Redbirds grabbed 39 rebounds as a squad and assisted on 22 of 36 field goals.
Turner 78, Brodhead 72
BELOIT — The Cardinals had two players score more than 20 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Trojans continued to make plays down the stretch.
Josiah Engen led Brodhead with 21 points and freshman Cullen Walker added 20 points — including a 6-for-6 mark from the free throw line and 4-for-9 shooting from deep.
Tyler Sutherland led Beloit with 31 points. Turner led 37-34 at halftime.
The loss is the first of the conference slate for Brodhead (12-4, 9-1 Rock Valley), which still leads the league by a full game over East Troy — the Cardinals’ next opponent (Feb. 1).
In other area boys basketball action on Jan. 27, Monticello defeated Black Hawk 70-49, River Ridge overwhelmed Pecatonica 76-36, and Barneveld blew out Argyle 77-38.
New Glarus 59, Cambridge 45
NEW GLARUS — The Glarner Knights dominated the second half, turning a one-point halftime deficit into a 14-point victory on Jan. 27.
AC Strok scored 12 of his game-high 28 points in the second half, while teammate Dain Walter went off for nine of his 17 after the intermission. Carter Siegenthaler added eight points.
Petitgoue reaches 1,000
On Jan. 29, Cuba City knocked off Carmen Northwest 91-69, clinching longtime Cubans coach Jerry Petitgoue his 1,000th career win as a Wisconsin high school basketball coach. Petitgoue, 81, began his career at Gratiot High School, coaching for four seasons. He’s in his 47th year at Cuba City.
Impressively, not only is Petitgoue’s 1,000 wins unprecedented and unapproached by any other coach in state history — no other boys varsity basketball coach has even coached 1,000 games, according to Mark Miller of Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook and WisSports.net.
Unofficially, Petitgoue is the 43rd high school basketball coach in United States history to reach the 1,000-mark. Mississippi’s Norris Ashley went 1,697-860 combined in both boys and girls basketball, reaching the state championship 20 times with nine titles.
