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South Central Conference Wrestling Tournament Championship Matches
Local prep scores from over the weekend
Boys Basketball
Onalaska 63 Tomah 46
Royall 57 Necedah 15
Kickapoo 66 Brookwood 29
Girls
Brookwood 49 Royall 47
Hillsboro 58 Necedah 34 (Carmen Erickson 27points for Hillsboro)
Black River Falls 76 Nekoosa 29
Westfield 59 Marshfield 50
Cashton 51 New Lisbon 46
Onalaska 50 Tomah 27
Wisconsin Dells 64 Mount Horeb 50
Kickapoo 54 Brookwood 33
Boys Hockey
RWD/Mauston 5 Portage/Baraboo 1
Mauston Dominates South Central Conference Wrestling Tournament
The Mauston Golden Eagles wrestling team claimed 8 conference champions on its home mats Friday night in the 2025 South Central Conference wrestling tournament. Mauston cruised to the conference tournament championship although Nekoosa won the regular season and overall conference championship due to its head to head dual victory last Monday over the Golden Eagles. Conference champions for Mauston included:
106 Preston Seebecker
113 Landyn Miller
120 Jayden Vanderhoof
126 Brekk Peterson
190 Jaren Hansen
285 Austin Hunter
175 Espyn Sweers (4x Champion)
215 Hayden Gyllin (4xChampion)
Mauston will now heads to the regional tournament at Richland Center on Saturday.
Local Prep Scores from Thursday 2/6
Boys Basketball
Hillsboro 75 Bangor 60
Brookwood 55 Cashton 52
New Lisbon 59 Wonewoc-Center 54
Seneca 77 Weston 52
Nekoosa 57 Mauston 40
Adams-Friendship 55 Wautoma 38
Westfield 68 Wisconsin Dells 55
Girls Basketball
Mauston 49 La Crosse Logan 29
Madison Edgewood 62 Reedsburg 32
Boys Hockey
Tomah/Sparta 4 Sauk Prairie 2
Wrestling
Tomah 52 Somerset 22
Tomah 39 Marathon 36
Chippewa Falls 52 Tomah 29
Mauston Girls Basketball Stymies Logan
The Mauston Lady Golden Eagles hit the freeway to Lacrosse Logan High School where they took care of business by a score of 49-29 Thursday night.
The girls shared the rock quite nicely as Caitlin Lavold and Kiley Heller tied for leading scorers putting up 14 points each, Bre Heller and Ellie Pouille each had 8 points on the night.
Kylie Heller added 9 rebounds, 3 blocked shots, 1 assist and 1 steal to her stat column, Lavold came home with 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 steals, Pouille chipped in an assist and a steal of her own while Bre Heller blocked 1 shot, had 3 assists and stole the ball 7 times before calling it a night and heading on home.
Next up for the Lady Eagles is a conference game against the Green Devils Tuesday night February 11th at Adams-Friendship.
Second Half Surge Lifts Hillsboro by Bangor in SBC Boys Basketball
The Hillsboro Tigers boys basketball used a strong 2nd half to pull away from Bangor 75-60 Thursday night in a Scenic Bluffs Boys Basketball matchup. Hillsboro went on a 16-3 run early in the 2nd half to turn a 35-32 deficit into a 48-38 lead and never looked back. Hillsboro used a strong game from David Johnson who had a career high 16points. Jerry Von Falkenstein and Miles Ravenscroft each had 18points to lead the Tigers in scoring. Hayden Massman had a game high 21points for the Cardinals. With the win Hillsboro improves to 14-3 and 9-1 in the Scenic Bluffs Conference. Bangor drops to 7-3 and 7-11 overall.
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 2/4
Girls Basketball
Mauston 53 Nekoosa 34
New Lisbon 43 Wonewoc-Center 31
Necedah 57 Royall 56 OT (Hannah Hunkins 24points for Necedah) (Bria Gruen 14points for Royall)
Wisconsin Dells 40 Westfield 39
Adams-Friendship 40 Wautoma 16
Cashton 52 Brookwood 24
Bangor 61 Hillsboro 47
G-E-T 56 Tomah 48
Boys Basketball
Adams-Friendship 43 Nekoosa 22
Stoughton 71 Reedsburg 54
G-E-T 59 Tomah 47
Boys Hockey
RWD/Mauston 4 Beaver Dam 1
Tomah/Sparta 7 Wisconsin Rapids 0
Girls Hockey
Badger Lightning 3 Metro Lynx 1
Mauston Slugs by Nekoosa in Girls Basketball
On the night Mauston dedicated to their 3 Seniors Kylie Heller, Mallory Kastner and Sam Zenthoefer the ladies came out sluggish in the first half and went into the locker room only up by 4 points with a score of 17-13 at the half over Nekoosa. They bounced back to come away with a 53-34 win over the Nekoosa Papermakers.
Kylie Heller led all scorers with 24 points, 6 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 2 steals, while Bre Heller had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 7 steals and 6 assists followed closely by
Caitlin Lavold who had 8 points and 4 each in the rebounds, steals and assists columns.
They hit the road again Thursday night as they travel to Lacrosse Logan for a non-conference game.
NL Rockets Win 4th in a Row in Girls Basketball
The New Lisbon Rockets girls basketball team slugged out a 43-31 victory over Wonewoc-Center Tuesday night in a Scenic Bluffs Conference girls basketball game. Freshman Keira Wilkinson got New Lisbon off to a quick start and led them in scoring with a dozen points. Senior Abby Steele also had 12 for New Lisbon and went on a personal 6-0 run after Wonewoc-Center had cut a 14 point lead down to 7. The Wolves struggled offensively but were led by Senior Brooklyn Boltons 10points. New Lisbon improves to 9-9 overall and 6-4 in the Scenic Bluffs Conference, it was the 4th straight win for New Lisbon. Wonewoc-Center drops to 2-13 and 1-9 in the conference.
Local Prep Scores from Monday 2/3
Boys Basketball
Royall 64 Mauston 41
Hillsboro 76 La Farge 39 (Miles Ravenscoft 16points for Hillsboro)
Arcadia 67 Bangor 46
Westfield 76 New Lisbon 42
Wauzeka-Steuben 45 Brookwood 33
Holmen 75 Tomah 73
Adams-Friendship 48 Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 35
Wisconsin Dells 54 Lodi 53
Girls Basketball
Viroqua 66 Tomah 61
Adams-Friendship 68 Merrill 43
Wrestling
Nekoosa 40 Mauston 36