Wolves let early lead slip away

By Josh Staloch

Sports Editor

ALOGMA – For the first half of Algoma’s Packerland Conference showdown with Peshtigo on Friday, Feb. 2, the Wolves were in complete control of things, setting the game’s early tone with a 6-0 lead en route to a 28-16 halftime lead.

But for as hot as the Spartans were over the game’s first 18 minutes of play, they went stone cold in the second — unable to hit a field goal for the first nine minutes — as the sixth-place Bulldogs stormed back and finished things off at the buzzer with a three-pointer to snatch a 45-42 victory.

“We definitely had some breakdowns, on both ends of the floor. Defensively, I thought we did a nice job along the perimeter but then we lost guys underneath the hoop,” said Algoma Head Coach Eric Schneider after the game. “Offensively, I don’t know. We’re going to have to go back, watch the film a few times. I don’t think we set up our cuts to the basket the way we did in the first half and we didn’t get as many transition looks in the second half either.”

Algoma remains a game ahead of Peshtigo for fifth place in the conference with a 7-5 mark going into Thursday’s game against first-place Southern Door.

Storm pull away in second half

GREEN BAY – Kewaunee found itself down by one at halftime on Friday, Feb. 2 against Green Bay’s N.E.W. Lutheran before buckling down in the second half to secure a 66-61 Packerland Conference win.

The Storm got 19 points out of Braxton Riha to lead the way, followed by fifteen apiece from Thomas Stangel and Avery Jerabek, along with 14 from Connor Kilgore.

Kewaunee victorious against Oconto

OCONTO – The Storm built up 14-point lead on Monday, Feb. 5 to go into the locker room at halftime ahead of the Blue Devils 40-26 in a 60-56 final that brings Kewaunee’s Packerland Conference record to 10-1, a game beyond Southern Door’s 11-0 mark for the division’s top spot.

In the win, Thomas Stangel turned in 26, Braxton Riha had 18 and Connor Kilgore finished with 12, along with four from Avery Jerabek.

Well-balanced offense not enough for a Spartans win

DENMARK – The Luxemburg-Casco boys had had three players score 10 or more points on Thursday, Feb. 1 on the road against the Viking in a 62-53 North Eastern Conference defeat.

Mason Burmeister scored 14 to go along with his three boards, seven assists and two steals.

Landon Derenne had 12 points, five boards and an assist, while Braeden Schley finished with 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and a steal.