By Blaze Fugina
bfugina@rivertowns.net
Nick Gehlen dribbles into the oensive zone during the rst half of
Prescotts game last Tuesday vs. Osceola. (Herald photo by Blaze
Fugina)
Regionals...
the lead, but he needed to
hold Newton down for the
rest of the period to preserve
a 4-3 decision. Strom just
barely held on to win the
decision and earn a regional
championship.
Its pride, Strom said
after the match. If you want
to win, youve got to do
whatever it takes.
Strom said it was an interesting feeling to only wrestle
one match in a tournament,
with that one match being for
a regional championship.
You dont get a feel for
how your shots go, pretty
much you have to depend on
that one match, Strom said.
You have to go out there
ready.
Three other Panthers
picked up pins in the championship rounds of their brackets to earn regional championships. Sam Stuhl won by
a pin at the 1:10 mark of the
C o n t i n u ed fr om p a g e 1B
ATHLETIC STANDINGS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
MBC...
REGIONAL
RESULTS
1. Ellsworth, 326; 2. Bloomer/
Colfax, 140.5; 3. BaldwinWoodville, 132.5; 4. Prescott,
129.5; 5. Stanley-Boyd/OwenWithee, 124; 6. Osseo-Fairchild/
Augusta/Fall Creek, 101.5
ELLSWORTH - 106 - Matthew
Peterson, 1st place; 113 Sawyer Strom, 1st place;
120 - Owen Matzek, 1st place;
126 - Sam Stuhl, 1st place;
132 - Cole Skelton, 1st place;
138 - Devin Drier, 2nd place;
145 - Anders Lantz, 1st place;
152 - Breck Melstrom, 1st place;
160 - Tristen Mueller, 1st place;
170 - Dalton George, 1st place;
182 - Jacob Sigler, 1st place; 195
- Caleb Linder, 4th place; 220 Jacob Kinneman, 2nd place; 285
- Mike Freund, 1st place
GAME RESULTS
E-PC - 29 32 - 61
MONDOVI - 27 29 - 56
E-PC SCORING - Hunter
Schoengarth - 13 points; Darek
Nelson - 12 points; Luke Baier - 11
points; Carlos Leija - 9 points;
Wyatt Holt - 8 points; Anthony
Ebensperger - 2 points; Sam Hoyt 3 points; Kraig Heit - 3 points
MONDOVI - Blake Purdy - 23 points;
Greg Poeschel - 11 points; Cole
Kamla - 11 points; Branden Becker
- 6 points; Hunter Evans - 2 points;
Shane Van Roo - 2 points; Sawyer
Hayes - 1 point
C ontinu e d from p a g e 1B
BOYS BASKETBALL
MIDDLE BORDER
CONFERENCE
Somerset 13-0
Baldwin-Woodville 10-3
St. Croix Central 9-4
Amery 6-7
Prescott 6-7
Osceola 5-8
New Richmond 3-10
Ellsworth 0-13
MIDDLE BORDER
CONFERENCE
Prescott 11-0
St. Croix Central 8-3
Osceola 7-3
New Richmond 6-4
Amery 4-7
Ellsworth 4-7
Somerset 3-8
Baldwin-Woodville 0-11
DUNN-ST. CROIX
Elk Mound 12-1
Glenwood City 10-2
Colfax 9-4
Durand 9-4
Boyceville 4-8
Spring Valley 4-9
Mondovi 2-11
Elmwood-Plum City 1-12
DUNN-ST. CROIX
Durand 9-2
Elk Mound 8-2
Spring Valley 7-4
Mondovi 6-4
Elmwood-Plum City 6-4
Colfax 5-6
Boyceville 1-10
Glenwood City 0-10
GAME RESULTS
PRESCOTT - 37 42 - 79
OSCEOLA - 24 31 - 55
PRESCOTT - Peter Brookshaw - 11 points; Luke Murphy - 6 points;
Keegan Nielsen - 8 points; Michael Harris - 20 points, 6 steals; Owen
Hamilton - 12 points, 4 blocks, 10 rebounds; Nick Gehlen - 18 points, 2
assists; Payton Bartsch - 4 points
OSCEOLA - Jon Rein - 6 points; Jacob Johnson - 3 points; Tucker
Hazzard - 8 points; Logan Miller - 15 points; Haakon Carlson - 7 points;
Joe Swanson - 6 points; Jason Bents - 7 points; Taylor Fehlen - 3 points
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
Friday, February 19
B BASKETBALL - Ellsworth vs.
Prescott, 7:30 p.m.
B BASKETBALL - Colfax vs.
Spring Valley, 7:30 p.m.
B BASKETBALL - ElmwoodPlum City at Colfax, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 20
WRESTLING - Ellsworth,
Prescott at Osceola sectional,
10:30 a.m.
WRESTLING - Spring ValleyElmwood at Independence, 10
a.m.
Monday, February 22
B BASKETBALL - Somerset vs.
Ellsworth, 7:30 p.m.
B BASKETBALL - St. Croix
Central vs. Prescott, 7:30 p.m.
B BASKETBALL - Cameron vs.
Spring Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 23
G BASKETBALL - Start of WIAA
regional tournaments, TBD
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Thursday, February 18
G BASKETBALL - Ellsworth at
Somerset, 7:30 p.m.
G BASKETBALL - St. Croix
Central vs. Prescott, 7:30 p.m.
G BASKETBALL - Spring Valley
at Durand, 7:30 p.m.
G BASKETBALL - Elk Mound vs.
Elmwood-Plum City (@PCHS),
7:30 p.m.