Waupun, Laconia, Winnebago Lutheran and Oakfield girls basketball all advance to regional finals
Division 1
No. 4 Germantown 68, No. 13 Fond du Lac 52
GERMANTOWN - The Cardinals (7-18, 4-14 Fox Valley Association) fell to the No. 10-ranked team in the state, Germantown (20-5, 13-3 Greater Metro), in a regional semifinal to end their season.
Brooke Butler closed out her Cardinals career with 20 points to lead Fondy. Amaria Kejo and Morgan Zangl each added 10 points apiece.
Lucy Leininger led the Warhawks with a game-high 28 points, Danica Gosz followed with 14 points, and Madeline Jakusz had 11 for Germantown.
Fond du Lac 13 39 - 52
Germantown 37 31 - 68
Check in on who advanced from Oshkosh: Omro, Winneconne, and Lourdes Academy girls basketball all advance to regional finals; Oshkosh West, North, and Berlin fall
Division 3
No. 1 Waupun 68, No. 8 East Troy 21
WAUPUN - The No. 2-ranked, top-seeded Warriors (22-3, 11-1 East Central) made light work of the Trojans (12-14, 8-6 Rock Valley-Valley), holding East Troy to just six first half points in a 47-point blowout.
Waupun advances to a regional final against Lakeside Lutheran (12-13, 5-3 Capitol-North) on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Kayl Petersen scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed six rebounds with three steals to lead Waupun. Lydia Aalsma and Sophie Toutant each added 10 points for the Warriors.
Aubrie Cherek led the Trojans with nine points and Amya Pluess followed with eight for East Troy.
East Troy 6 15 - 21
Waupun 36 32 - 68
No. 5 Lakeside Lutheran 63, No. 4 Lomira 46
LOMIRA - The Lions (14-11, 8-6 Flyway) were upset by the Warriors (12-13, 5-3 Capitol-North), bringing their season to an end.
Savanna Frea led Lomira with 11 points and nine rebounds while the duo of Emily Dreikosen and Addison Zahn each chipped in with 10 points apiece.
Ava Stein scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Lakeside Lutheran and Paige Murphy followed with 13 points, six boards, three assists and four steals.
Lakeside Lutheran 28 35 - 63
Lomira 19 27 - 46
No. 1 Oostburg 84, No. 9 North Fond du Lac 46
OOSTBURG - The Orioles' (12-14, 6-8 Flyway) season came to a close in a blowout to the top-seeded, No. 5-ranked Big East-South champion, Oostburg (23-2, 12-0 Big East-South).
Allison Now led North Fondy with 12 points, six assists and five steals and Lauren Stettbacher wrapped up her career at North Fond du Lac with an all-around game of nine points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block.
North Fond du Lac 27 19 - 46
Oostburg 45 39 - 84
No. 3 Sheboygan Falls 65, No. 11 Campbellsport 27
SHEBOYGAN FALLS - The Cougars (2-22, 0-14 Flyway) lost in a blowout to the No. 10-ranked, Eastern Wisconsin conference champs, Sheboygan Falls (22-2, 14-0), ending their season.
Addison Schliewe outscored Campbellsport on her own, leading the Falcons with a game-high 32 points.
Makenzie Schroeder added 12 points and Natalie Nickolai followed with 10 for Sheboygan Falls.
Campbellsport 20 7 - 27
Sheboygan Falls 45 20 - 65
Division 4
No. 2 Laconia 82, No. 7 Crivitz 27
ROSENDALE - The top-ranked Spartans (23-2, 14-0 Flyway) cruised to victory over the Wolverines (18-8, 10-6 Marinette & Oconto) in a regional semifinal to advance to a regional final against Central Wisconsin-East champion, Bonduel (23-2, 14-0), on Saturday.
Laconia started the game out on a 34-0 run and carried that big lead into the half. A running clock went into effect under nine minutes in the fourth quarter as the Spartans held a 40-point advantage.
In a complete team win, with literally each player on the roster recording both minutes and at least one statistic, the triumvirate of Eva Engel, Molly Duel and Payton Morgan led Laconia's balanced scoring attack with 12 points each.
Engel and Morgan both had the hot hand from three-point range with four apiece. Engel also led the team with three blocks and Duel shared the team-high of four steals with Aubrey Leonard, who chipped in with nine points and a team-high six assists.
Finley Morgan added 11 points and a pair of blocks while Tierney Madigan finished with 10 points, all in the first half, for the Spartans. Callista VandeBerg led Laconia with eight rebounds.
Kiya Brand led Crivitz with nine points.
Crivitz 6 21 - 27
Laconia 40 42 - 82
No. 2 Winnebago Lutheran 60, No. 7 Cedar Grove-Belgium 50
FOND DU LAC - The Vikings (19-6, 9-5 Flyway) led by as many as 16 points just before the half, settling on a 14-point lead at the break and a 10-point victory over the Rockets (10-15, 3-9 Big East-South) to advance to a regional final against Random Lake (14-11, 7-5 Big East-South) on Saturday.
WLA received contributions from several players in the first half, including nine points from Lindsey Nell and seven from Abby Cole with a ridiculous 16 rebounds in the first 18 minutes.
"I thought we did a nice job in the first half of getting up and down in transition," said Vikings coach Eric Schraufnagel. "I thought that was really good."
Turnovers were a bane for both teams in the first half, but WLA also got a little foul happy near halftime despite the large lead.
The Vikings cleaned up their miscues, however, and limited the unnecessary fouling in the second half, but Cedar Grove-Belgium managed to find a way to climb back into the game, nevertheless, trimming their deficit all the way down to just six points with just over two minutes to go.
"Maybe a couple too many turnovers and, yeah, I think we maybe just reached a little bit too much, but we knew Cedar Grove-Belgium is a good team," Schraufnagel said. "They've beat some really good teams this year and they've played other teams really close so when they came out strong in the second half it wasn't a surprise and that's a credit to them because they're a very good team. They played well tonight."
That's as close as the Rockets would get, though, as WLA would rattle off five straight points to pull back away without enough time for another run, securing their victory.
The Vikings' dynamic senior duo of Lindsey Nell and Abby Cole led WLA with 19 points and 18 points, respectively. Nell grabbed eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks while Cole also had three steals, and an astonishing 24 rebounds for her 20th double-double of the season.
Olivia Bahr scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Cedar Grove-Belgium. Aubrey Marti and Sophie Beightol each added nine points for the Rockets.
"Lindsey and Abby are both outstanding players on the court and they're great leaders for us off the court," Schraufnagel said.
"They were both great tonight. Lindsey handling the ball from the outside, slashing to the lane, and Abby having, again, 20-plus rebounds tonight with 18 points. She's inside-outside (offensively) and just as important defensively as she was matching up on their two best players. We needed their length and athleticism to match up on Olivia Bahr and Tara Schmitz and they did a good job on them because they're both very good players."
Fellow seniors Anna Trewin and Makenna Kohnke chipped in nine and eight points for the Vikings, respectively, with all of Kohnke's scoring coming in the first half while adding three steals, as well.
"As a team we played a really great game tonight," Nell said. "We spread out and really just worked together as a team and shared the ball. We did it together; it wasn't anyone individually, we all worked together for this one, so I'm just really proud of how we played."
Cole pointed out how it's a relief to get that first round playoff matchup out of the way with a win so the team can focus on their next opponent with a return to sectionals and beyond as the ultimate goal.
"It's always good to get that first win," Cole said. "You need to take it game-by-game, and just getting that first one out of the way - it was very physical and aggressive game - so it's good to have that one out of the way and tomorrow night we can't take anyone lightly, so we've got to come out with tight defense. It's always important to get that first shot. It's exciting to get the adrenaline going, and to come out with defensive intensity, that's all it takes."
Cedar Grove-Belgium 20 30 - 50
Winnebago Lutheran 34 26 - 60
No. 4 Poynette 68, No. 5 St. Mary's Springs 56
POYNETTE - The Ledgers (14-11, 7-7 Flyway) fell behind to the Pumas (15-10, 4-4 Capitol-North) by 10 at the half as Poynette ended their season with a 12-point victory.
Olivia Kremer led Springs with 15 points, nine rebounds and a pair of steals. Gracie Konkol added 11 points and Ellie Judkins had 10 points, five boards and five assists.
Avalyn Albrecht scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Pumas and Codi Woodward followed with 19 for Poynette.
St. Mary's Springs 31 25 - 56
Poynette 41 27 - 68
Division 5
No. 3 Oakfield 60, No. 6 Almond-Bancroft 49
OAKFIELD - The Oaks (22-4, 12-2 Trailways-East) defeated the Eagles (19-7. 7-5 Central Wisconsin-South) to advance to a regional final against conference champion Lourdes Academy (22-3, 14-0) on Saturday in the third matchup between the two teams this season.
Jorja Hofman had a dominant performance of 29 points with 13 rebounds for a double-double to lead Oakfield.
Krista Sabel and Stella Hofman each chipped in with 12 points for the Oaks.
Mya and Lexie Dernbach each scored 19 points apiece to lead Almond-Bancroft.
Almond-Bancroft 28 21 - 49
Oakfield 33 27 - 60
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This article originally appeared on Fond du Lac Reporter: Fond du Lac area girls basketball regionals roundup 2-23-24
