WIAA basketball preview: Delavan-Darien boys vs. Edgewood tonight
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Delavan-Darien vs. Edgewood
Time:7 p.m. Friday.
Site: Sun Prairie High School.
Season records: Delavan-Darien, 15-9 overall, 9-5 in Southern Lakes. Madison Edgewood, 15-9 overall, 9-3 in Badger South.
Tournament status: This is a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal game. The winner plays Sauk Prairie (19-6) or Mount Horeb (14-11) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Waunakee for the sectional title and a berth in next week’s state tournament. Edgewood, a WIAA member since 2000, won the Division 2 state championship in 2002. Delavan, which joined Darien as a consolidated school in 1957, has not been to state since 1940. Delavan-Darien defeated Edgewood, 40-35, in a Division 2 sectional semifinal game at Janesville Craig in 2001. The Comets then lost the title game to Adams-Friendship, 55-38, at UW-Whitewater.
Free throws:Delavan-Darien has won 11 of its last 14 games. In matchups with common opponents, the Comets lost to Milton, 51-45; lost to Elkhorn, 53-43, and defeated the Elks, 71-47. Edgewood swept Milton, 65-62 in double overtime and 52-44, and lost 50-35 to Elkhorn.
Prediction Machine says: DDHS 52, Edgewood 49.
Read results in Saturday's Walworth County Gazette, online in the Gazette e-edition HERE, or check WalworthCountyToday.com after 4 p.m. for the latest details.
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