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Purple Knights get a boost from unexpected source in regional final

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Lake Geneva Badger's Preston Dailey gets a hand on Sharod Stone's shot in the third quarter at Beloit Memorial high School. Beloit Memorial knocked off Badger with a 73-66 victory.

Sharod Stone was in the hospital last week.

On Saturday, the 5-foot-10 senior guard provided the right medicine for Beloit Memorial High School’s boys basketball team.

Stone scored 18 points in three quarters of play to lift the Purple Knights to a 73-66 victory over visiting Lake Geneva Badger in a WIAA Division 1 regional final at Barkin Arena.

The Purple Knights (16-7) will host Kenosha Bradford (16-8) in a sectional semifinal at 6 p.m. Friday. at Barkin Arena.

Junior guard Leketrious Broomfield led Beloit against Badger (7-17) with 21 points, but it was Stone who gave his team the inspirational spark. Stone has been sick for two weeks and was hospitalized what for initially was thought to be mononucleosis. That was ruled out, but the unknown infection affected the senior, and it was thought he would not be available on Saturday.

He was inserted into the game in the second quarter, and he responded with his 18 points, including three three-pointers.

That helped Beloit hold off Badger, which had advanced to the regional final by beating Janesville Parker on Tuesday night.

The Badgers never lead after falling behind 9-0, but they cut the Purple Knights’ lead to 68-65. Missed free throws hurt Badgers’ comeback attempt, and Beloit’s 6-4 senior, Robert Douglas, put the capping touch on the win with a thunderous dunk off a steal in the final seconds.

Justin Bowers, a 5-10 senior guard, powered Badger with 27 points. Preston Dailey added 20 points for Badger.

BELOIT 73, BADGER 66

Badger (66)—Gruenwald-Shmitz, 1-2-4; Dailey, 6-3-20; Andreson, 2-0-5; Bowers, 9-7-27; York, 2-1-5; Meinen, 0-5-5. Totals: 20-19-66

Beloit (73)—Stone, 5-5-18; Roegner, 2-0-5; Broomfield, 7-6-21; Douglas, 4-1-9; Evans, 4-4-12; Shamsid-Deen, 3-1-8. Totals: 25-17-73.

Badger 15 16 14 21—66

Beloit 21 15 15 22—73

Three-point goals—Badger 8 (Dailey 5, Andreson, Bowers 2), Beloit 6 (Stone 3, Roegner, Bloomfield, Shamsid-Deen). Free throws missed—Badger 6, Beloit 9. Total fouls—Badger 17, Beloit 20.

n Bradford 51, Stoughton 38—Billy Sangbush scored nine of his 10 points in the fourth quarter to help Kenosha Bradford (16-8) pull away late for a Division 1 regional final win over the visiting Vikings.

Bradford (16-8), which plays Beloit Memorial (16-7) in a sectional semifinal game Friday night at Barkin Arena, got a game-high 13 points from Justin Otto.

Stoughton was outscored 19-11 in the fourth quarter in finishing with a 14-10 record.

BRADFORD 51, STOUGHTON 38

Stoughton (38)—Cleveland 1-0-3; Gerber, 3-0-6; Kowalowski, 1-0-2; Brodeaux, 3-1-7; Lozette, 1-0-2; Palmer, 1-0-2; Speth, 4-3-12; Nguyen, 1-0-3; Flosso, 0-1-1. Totals: 15-5-38.

Bradford (51)—Otto, 4-3-13; Young, 2-6-10; Akina, 5-2-12; Cook, 1-0-2; Murphy, 1-0-2; Brown, 1-0-2; Sangbush, 4-2-10. Totals: 18-13-51.

Stoughton 10 8 9 11—38

Bradford 9 10 13 19—51

Three-point goals—Stoughton 3 (Cleveland, Speth, Nguyen), Bradford 2 (Otto 2). Free throws missed—Stoughton 5, Bradford 4. Total fouls—Stoughton 14, Bradford 11.

n Verona 62, Westosa 55—Verona jumped to a 14-5 lead in the first quarter and went on to Division 1 regional semifinakl win over visiting Westosha Central (9-15) of the Southern Lakes Conference.

Kaden Nauman and Sam Karls led the Wildcats with 14 points apiece, while Austin Damaschke had a game-high 17 for Westosha.

Verona plays Burlington (17-7), another Southern Lakes team, at 8 p.m. Friday at Barkin Arena in the semifinals of the Beloit Sectional.

VERONA 62, WESTOSHA 55

Westosha (55)—McCoy, 9; Michleau, 9; Richter, 8; Milz, 7; Wilson, 5; Damaschke, 17. Totals: 17-15-55.

Verona (62)—Christenson, 7; Peterson, 7; Ray, 6; Wadzinski, 3; Nauman, 14; Karls, 14; Brandt, 11. Totals: 17-22-62.

Westosha 4 12 14 25—55

Verona 15 12 12 23—62

Three-point goals—Westosha 6 (Michleau 3, McCoy, Milz, Wilson), Verona 6 (Nauman 2, Ray 2, Christenson, Wadzinski). Free throws missed—Westosha 3, Verona 11. Total fouls—Westosha 19, Verona 21. Fouled out—Damaschke.

n Burlington 55, Tremper 43—Burlington held Kenosha Tremper to single digits through the first three quarters to advance to a sectional semifinal against Verona on Friday at Barkin Arena.

Travis Crayton scored 12 points to pace Burlington. Thaer Bitar scored 10 points for Tremper.

BURLINGTON 55, KENOSHA TREMPER 43

Kenosha Tremper (43)—Rosencutter, 2-0-4; Dixon, 2-2-6; Hade, 2-0-4; Williams, 3-2-9; Savaglio, 1-0-2; Bitar, 4-2-10; Olson, 2-0-6; Allen, 1-0-2. Totals: 17-6-43.

Burlington (55)—Taylor, 4-0-8; Robers, 3-0-6; Miller, 1-0-2; Vogt, 3-4-10; dilon, 1-0-3; Bonczkowski, 1-0-2; Crayton, 3-5-12; Krien, 1-0-2; chavarria, 2-4-8; Gerber, 1-0-2. Totals: 20-13-55.

Tremper 8 9 8 18—43

Burlington 8 16 13 18—55

Three-point goals—Tremper 3 (Olson 2, Williams), Burlilngton 2 (Dillon, Crayton). Free throws missed—Tremper 6, Burlington 12. Total fouls—Tremper 26, Burlington 17.

MIDDLETON SECTIONAL

n Memorial 79, La Follette 50—Senior Tre Creamer scored 30 points in a Division 1 regional final against visiting Madison La Follette to lead Madison Memorial’s defending state champions (19-4) into the Middleton Sectonal.

The Spartans, who shared the Big Eight title with Madison East, play Sun Prairie (15-9) on Friday night at Middleton.

Creamer and Vander Blue combined for 17 of the Spartans’ 20 points in the third quarter when Memorial increased a 31-23 halftime lead to 51-36.

Jaren Singh led La Follette (12-12) with 19 points.

MEMORIAL 79, LA FOLLETTE 50

La Follette (50)—Dybevik, 1-0-2; Hester, 1-0-2; Hakim, 1-0-2; Morgan, 2-2-6; Lewis, 1-0-3; Henley, 6-1-13; Carlson, 1-0-3; Singh, 8-3-19. Totals: 21-6-50.

Memorial (79)—Ortiz, 1-0-2; Chamberlain, 2-0-4; Burnette, 3-2-8; Creamer, 12-5-30; Blue, 6-3-15; Lomomba, 2-2-6; Morris, 3-4-10; Scharch, 1-0-2; Kluender, 1-0-2. Totals: 31-16-79.

La Follette 11 12 13 14—50

Memorial 14 17 20 28—79

Three-point goals—La Follette 2 (Lewis, Carlson), Memorial 1 (Creamer). Free throws missed—La Follette 4, Memorial 8. Total fouls—La Follette 18, Memorial 16.

n East 67, Central 45—Madison East (20-3) pulled away from visiting La Crosse Central (14-10) with a 21-14 advantage in the fourth quarter of a Division 1 regional final.

Nimrod Hilliard IV led East with 18 points, and teammate Marquis Mason added 11.

East’s Big Eight co-champions play the host Cardinals (17-7) at 6 p.m. Friday in the first game of the Middleton Sectional.

EAST 67, CENTRAL 45

Central (45)— Korger 4, Glendenning 2, Dobbs 2, Wuensch 2, Juan 13, Ledvina 12, McGuire 10. Totals: 17 10-15 45.

East (67)— Berisha 9, Hull 8, Galligan 7, McAdams 4, Hilliard IV 18, Mason 11. Totals: 19 16-25 57.

La Crosse Cent. 15 8 8 14—45

Madison East 23 7 6 21—67

Three-point goals—Central 1 (Korger). East 3 (Galligan 2, Hilliard IV). Free throws missed—Central 5, East 9. Total fouls—Central 17, East 20. Fouled out—McGuire, Hull.

n Middleton 64, Watertown 31—The Cardinals ripped the Goslings 19-4 in the first quarter en route to a sectional semifinal game against Big Eight co-champion Madison East at Middleton on Friday.

Skylar Yaktus scored 12 points coming off the bench to lead Middleton (17-7). Matt Everson and Shane Adler added 10 points apiece for the Cards. Joe Sokobich scored 13 points for Watertown (18-6).

MIDDLETON 64, WATERTOWN 31

Watertown (31)—Krueger, 1-0-3; Mithcell, 3-3-9; Mueller, 0-1-1; Schuelke, 1-0-2; Zwiej, 1-0-3; Sokobich, 6-1-13. Totals: 12-5-31.

Middleton (64)—Coyne, 1-0-2; Adler, 3-2-10; O’Brien, 0-4-4; Owen, 1-1-3; Stubbe, 1-0-2; Everson, 5-0-10; Nelson, 3-2-8; Joyce, 5-0-10; Yaktus, 5-0-12; Hagstrom, 1-1-3. Totals: 25-10-64.

Watertown 4 6 11 10—31

Middleton 19 19 12 14—64

Three-point goals—Watertown 2 (Zwiej, Krueger), Middleton 4 (Adler 2, Yaktus 2). Free throws missed—Watertown 13, Middleton 5. Total fouls—Watertown 14, Middleton 19. Fouled out—Owens.

n Sun Prairie 62, Waunakee 59—Sun Prairie (15-9) built an 11-point lead and held off Badger South champion Waunakee (19-5) in a Division 1 regional final on the Warriors’ count.

Waunakee rallied for a 22-14 advantage in fourth quarter, but Chris Hawkins scored eight of his game-high 23 points to keep Sun Prairie on top.

Michael Boos backed up Hawkins with 14 points for the Cardinals. Cole Ceflau and Murray each had 17 for Waunakee.

Sun Prairie plays defending state champion Madison Memorial (19-4) on Friday night in the Middleton sectional. The Cardinals beat the Spartans, 79-78 in overtime in their first meeting this season.

SUN PRAIRIE 52, WAUNAKEE 49

Sun Prairie (52)—Schaffner, 3-1-10; Noskowial, 3-0-6; Hawkins, 10-3-23; Boos, 4-5-14; Fuller, 4-1-9. Totals: 24-10-62.

Waunakee (49)—Staege, 3-3-11; Ceflau, 8-0-17; Murray, 7-3-17; Maly, 3-0-6; Braatz, 3-0-6; Soper, 1-0-2. Totals: 25-6-59.

Sun Prairie 15 14 19 14—62

Waunakee 11 12 14 22—59

Three-point goals—Sun Prairie 4 (Schaffner 3, Boos), Waunakee 3 (Staege 2, Cefalu). Free throws missed—Sun Prairie 6, Waunakee 11. Total fouls—Sun Prairie 14, Waunakee 15.