Boys Basketball (19-2): >Mitch Tordoff went to work as usual with 18 points, all coming from beyond the three-point arc, as the Cheesemakers blew out Platteville, 53-28, at home Tuesday night to open Division 2 regional play.
Girls Basketball (15-4): >Ashley Hermanson's near-pristine performance (22 points, 11-for-12 shooting) led to a perfect ending for the Cheesemakers in a 53-32 victory over Monona Grove Friday night that clinched a fifth straight Badger South championship.
Wrestling: >Cheesemakers senior captain Kyle Klopfenstein rebounded from a rough Badger Conference Tournament to take second place at Saturday's WIAA Division 2 sectional at Richland Center and Gavin Wels won his 103-pound bracket to send both grapplers to state.
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Regional Roundup: >The favored clubs won all of the local regional quarterfinal matchups, with the exception of the Division 3 New Glarus game, during which the fifth-seeded Knights knocked off No. 4 Parkview, 60-49 on the road. Third-seeded Darlington won the other Division 3 area game over No. 6 Beloit Turner, 52-43. No. 3 Juda bested No. 6 Johnson Creek 64-47 and No. 7 Albany fell to Division 4 giant Burlington Catholic Central, 71-35. No. 4 seed Pecatonica survived a 36-32 nailbiter over visiting No. 5 Shullsburg, No. 3 Monticello ran away from No. 6 Southwestern, 73-56 and No. 7 Black Hawk held down No. 2 Argyle, 51-34 to round out the Division 4 scores. In Division 2, No. 6 Brodhead was run over by No. 3 Dodgeville, 82-41.
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Salvage job: >With a 60-37 drubbing of Marshall, New Glarus snapped a four-game skid and earned a three-way share of the Capitol South title.
One apiece: >130-pounder Casey Krahenbuhl (Pecatonica-Argyle), 160-pounder Jake Kaempfer (Black Hawk) and 103-pounder Devin Malott (Darlington) all earned Division 3 WIAA state tournament bids at Saturday's sectional at Mineral Point.
Trio sounds great: >Sugar River's trio of Cole Schmitt, Kalvin York and JC Francois will all take aim at the Division 2 state tournament after joining Monroe's duo in earning berths at Saturday's Richland Center sectional.
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Today, 7 p.m. - Division 2: >No. 4 Evansville at No. 1 Monroe. Division 3: >No. 5 New Glarus at No. 1 Cuba City; No. 3 Darlington at No. 2 Mineral Point. Division 4:> No. 4 Pecatonica at No. 1 Benton; No. 3 Monticello at No. 2 Black Hawk; No. 3 Juda at No. 2 Burlington Catholic Central>
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Tuesday, 7 p.m. - Division 2: >No. 8 Edgerton at No. 1 Monroe; No. 6 McFarland at No. 3 Brodhead. Division 3: >No. 5 Belleville at No. 4 Darlington; No. 6 New Glarus at No. 3 Parkview. Division 4: >No. 8 Benton at No. 1 Pecatonica; No. 6 Southwestern at No. 3 Argyle; No. 7 Monticello at No. 2 Black Hawk; No. 5 Faith Christian at No. 4 Albany; No. 7 Juda at No. 2 Johnson Creek
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Today, Friday and Saturday - >WIAA Individual State Tournament at University of Wisconsin
