Boys Basketball (21-2): >Speed bumps only seemed to eventually make Monroe pick up speed in Saturday's 54-46 victory over Edgerton at Verona Area High School in a WIAA Division 2 regional final. Tony Cates continues to battle a digestive ailment but tied Mitch Tordoff for a game-high 15 points. Brett Stangel continued to play through pain in his fractured left leg as the Crimson Tide tried to bog down the pace and even took a 19-17 lead into the half.

Girls Basketball (16-5): >Monroe had designs on rearranging and decimating the Crimson Tide's interior from the outset of Tuesday's 65-40 WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal at home.

Wrestling: >Gavin Wels surged from down 4-3 to win 5-4 in the final 19 seconds of his fifth-place bout at 103 pounds against Mondovi junior Mike Peterson Saturday at the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison. Kyle Klopfenstein's dream was realized before his sixth-place finish, as his goal was simply to make state. Little did the senior captain know that he'd make the podium.

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Zephyrs are, in fact, flying by: >Jordan Hendricks hit five 3s and scored 20 points despite playing with a broken finger on his off-hand for still-undefeated Benton to get his club past Black Hawk, 57-53, in a WIAA Division 4 regional final at Darlington. Joey Hartwig scored 18 points for the Warriors in his final prep game.

It's SWAL over: >After defeating SWAL Conference rival Mineral Point for the first time in three tries, 59-51, in the WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal round Thursday, Darlington fell several free throws short against Cuba City in the finals Saturday in Evansville. The SWAL champion and top-seeded Cubans hit their first nine free throws of the fourth quarter in their 55-48 victory over the Redbirds.

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Fever Pitch: >Despite boasting just one athlete who wasn't suffering from a respiratory illness, Albany outlasted Faith Christian, 65-63, in a double-overtime thriller at home to open WIAA Division 4 regional play Tuesday night.

Near-miss for Knights: >Sixth seed New Glarus led third-seeded Parkview, 38-34, heading into the fourth quarter but couldn't hold down the Rock Valley champs forever as the Vikings threw an 18-12 knockout blow in the fourth. Four Knights scored in double figures in the losing effort.

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Three becomes one: >Only Cole Schmitt (145 pounds) emerged as a state champion out of Sugar River's incredible trio of grapplers. Junior Kalvin York earned silver at 140 and senior JC Francois took bronze in the 171 class.

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WIAA Division 2 Sectionals - 7 p.m. Friday at Waunakee: >No. 1 Monroe vs. No. 1 Wisconsin Dells - A battle between two final four clubs from last year's go round.>

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Division 2: >No. 4 Mount Horeb at No. 1 Monroe; No. 3 Brodhead at No. 2 Dodgeville. Division 4: >No. 3 Argyle at No. 2 Black Hawk; No. 4 Abundant Life at No. 1 Pecatonica; No. 4 Albany at No. 1 Burlington Catholic Central