By John Dalton Despite being down by 19 points in the second half Friday night, the Mineral Point boys’ basketball team showed a lot of grit and determination coming back and taking the lead with thirty seconds left after a Jaxson Wendhausen 3-point basket 77-76.
Dodgeville’s girls basketball team stayed even with Lancaster early and had a three point lead five minutes into the game but the Flying Arrows regrouped and went on to beat the Dodgers in the SWC test 71-40.
By John Dalton Mineral Point, the #1 ranked team in Division 4 boys’ basketball, remained undefeated on the year with a 52-44 SWAL conference win over Cuba City Monday night in a make-up game.
By John Dalton The Dodgeville Girls’ basketball team lost an 18-point lead in the second half to Fennimore Friday night and their last-second shot to win it fell short in a tough loss, 49-48.
By John Dalton The Highland Boys visited Dodgeville Saturday night in a non-conference basketball game and the Cardinal’s physicality was too much for the Dodgers to match in the second half as they lost 62-53.
Highland’s girls basketball team took a 23 point lead at halftime and rolled to a 54-25 win over Juda Friday. The commanding lead allowed coach Josh Tarrell to use the reserves the second half with the result plenty of playing time for the entire tea
Barneveld’s girls basketball team limited visiting Juda to two points for most of the first half then went on to hand the Panthers a 63-12 setback in a Six River East game Thursday.
Mineral Point’s offense had 36 points on the board for a 16 point halftime lead but it was the defense that had veteran coach Dan Burreson talking. The Pointers then went on to ease past Southwestern 69-49 in a SWAL match-up on the road.
River Valley guard Brooklyn Stokes turned in a 21 point performance Friday to help River Valley turn back Dodgeville with a 30 point SWC win. When it as over the Blackhawks had a 64-34 win. Adding to their success were a pair of 12 point performances from Ella Myers and …