 We're at Lutheran High School where tonight the Crusaders take on Crosstown rival Sheboygan Christian. Hello, everybody My name is Mike Martin joining me as the coach Chris Wright Chris Christian has really had the series in her back pocket for the last couple of years But that's about the change tonight. Yeah 12 months ago. We're sitting here Sheboygan Christians ranked number two in division four 12 months later Sheboygan Luther ranked number three in division five So what a change in the last 12 months and you know what that sometimes happens You know, they always say that athletes and stuff go in cycles Well, it's kind of cycled around and looks like the team in green got a little bit more of advantage than the team in blue The reason we're here is partly to cover this game, but we also want to get a good look at Sam Decker He's the real deal. Yeah, he is very fortunate to get a college scholarship Division one scholarship to Wisconsin at the beginning of this year And I know coach Decker doesn't like to talk much about his son and stuff And it takes a team but you know Sam is very special and he's worked extremely hard Here's a kid that's basically during the summer. He goes and works out. He runs heels He lifts weights he shoots two or three times a day and he does this every day even during the school year And you know a lot of kids don't know, you know see that all the time or work that hard But Sam works very hard and he's earned everything. He's got might call him a basketball junkie Yeah, he is and he's the second leading scorer in the state right now averaging 30 points the game He's got three of the top scoring Outputs in the state this year and you know, not only that I know there's some games this year where he's kind of laid off and let His teammates be included as well Now on the other side Brett flips he has his son playing for him also and he's the leading scorer Zach flips He was averaging 10 a game. Yes, that flips is there and showing Christian a lot different You got a kid like Sam was averaging 30 points game if you look over at showing Christian They got four guys had around eight nine ten points again So they're getting a lot of confused contributions from a lot of guys and you know for them to win tonight and pull the subset in His gym, they're gonna have all those guys to contribute now one thing you got to understand about Brett Does that's how kind of how he runs his team? That's not special of this year because when the teams are great They had four and five scores trouble is they're averaging a little more. Yeah, not only that too I mean they're always a very good defensive team to it so to give them a chance tonight I mean they're gonna have to continue that tradition of playing good defense They played some of the echelon upper echelon teams so far this year haven't panned out so well But you know one thing that you know both coach flip see and coach Decker is emphasized defense coach Flip see again tonight's gonna have to have an outstanding defense performance if you're close coach flip see how do you handle Sam Decker? Triple no, I don't know. I don't think you can just stop Sam Decker. I think Chris. We can't edit that out You know No, I think the best thing to do is to uh, you know just play good solid defense You know and you know Sam's gonna miss some so what you got to do is you got a rebound and you got to get no Allow no second shot. You got to keep him out of the pain another good thing Sam does He gets to the basket a lot and he draws a lot of fouls So I try to keep him out on the perimeter Hopefully he'll miss and do something like that He's such a good driver too, but I try to keep him out of the perimeter Make him shoot and you make sure that it's one and out don't let the other guys You know peaches it's basically do whatever you can. I would put my best athlete Fastest kid and just be all over Sam Decker. I don't care if he's six feet six foot one six two I'd follow him around like a rabbit. That's why would I do or you know even do uh, you know Maybe something like a triangle and two or some both guys on Sam, but whatever you do is one shot and out How about a long piece of rope tie him up and put him in the closet? I think that would help too or you know what Sam's gonna be especially he's gonna get his own But it's why Christian knows that they gotta you know do the little things and other things besides Let's just Sam Decker beat him. I got a little tease for our audience and that is at halftime We've got a special guest Stu offense burgers in house and he's gonna come over We're gonna do a little halftime interview with that We're gonna step out when we come back. 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He's averaging ten a game Brandon Wissie number 23 is a senior he goes six one and rounding out the starting five is the fifth senior number 33 Dustin Brower he goes six eight For the Crusaders they're starting number one a junior at six seven Sam Decker Gradually Fred Flippsy he just got his 200th victory. Also. He's sitting at 201 With Todd wins his game tonight. He'll also be at 201 for their crews One Sam Decker is a junior he goes six seven Chris mentioned in the opening. He's averaging 30 points a game a senior 511 number three Zach Nicholson Dane Polk number five as a senior he goes six two Number 21 Jacob Wheeler is a six one senior and rounding out the starting five is a six one senior number 23 Zach Genzema Christian comes into tonight's action three and four two and three in the league Lutheran is eight and one overall five and oh in the league Richard Bartson is on the top camera Eric Weisman is on the floor camera Scott Melloff is in the truck spinning the dials Chris Wright doing the color tonight He's not so colorful yet Well, I'm doing something tonight Marty. I've never done. I always keep track of stats And I always give a first half and a second half line for each kid Sam's got four lines. I've never done that before but I know he's gonna get his shots He shoots over a 50% of the shots basically 121 of the 246 this year, so he's gonna be very active Decker controls the tip It's an excellent passer First shot is no good rebound putback is around and down For both. That's just what we're talking about Marty. There was a shot from the outside Nobody rebounded for Christian and then an easy opportunity For a post to put that baby in there nice back cut by the travel for getting to the basket Was Adam Huneck nice play though. They cleared out the side for him, but Walk before he got shot off Christian gonna apply some pressure Ball tipped out of bounds Zach Nicholson trying to run the break Kick out to the corner for the three-point attempt is no good Decker controls Good passing by the Crusaders Decker's rebound putback is good Four-to-nothing Luther three offensive rebounds are ready for Sheboygan Lutheran in less than a minute And that's something you talked about is that Christian is gonna have to control the boards Well, it's gonna have to be wanted out and that's just not getting it done and it's not Sam Decker either It's other con contributors there The defense good help defense that time by Genzema Decker kicks it out Drive to the basket shot is no good by Wheeler Both driving to the hoop puts it up and in his second basket Lutheran on a six-hole run to start the ball game his law handling the ball mostly in that Bringing it up another back cut by Huneck and he saves it, but then throws it out of bounds Three turnovers already for Christian That's a part of that ball handling deal that they need to do a better job at The idea was a set of back screen for Decker, but Christian was heads up to that and Pulls through the ball out of bounds Little confusion by Luther trying to get the zone press set up We're looking at a dunk Decker with a slammer By the way, if you want to see Sam's dunk you can go to YouTube they're all posted there Decker not able to get the control of the ball to tip it in Three-point attempt is no good Christian finally gets a shot at the hoop both inside feed back outside the Decker Rainbow shot is off. No good his law To Nick with the rebound pardon me I'll tell you what Sam Decker has really improved his game and you know, you don't necessarily get division one scholarships Gensima limping off the floor Nick Reddicker is coming in for him there. You saw the injury there Good replay Scott. Yeah, you don't see the Excuse me get division one scholarships by your not just your high school work It's your work in the summer and Sam's worked very hard in the summer and on some AAU teams and plus getting the opportunity Now they put the ball in a tight spot throwing it right to the corner And then another almost turnover That shot is up and in by Brower Brower averaging eight points a game Christian in a zone We were trying to force it in but couldn't get it there Decker's followed on the way to the basket. No shot Adam Hewneck commits the first follow of the ball game Good inside feed, but Decker couldn't hang on to it. The pass was a little bit low Flippsy number 22 handling the ball this trip down Second three-point attempt this one is also no good Wheeler comes away with the rebound for the Crusaders Good inside feed the shot is up and in by Nicholson both with a good feed This law commits his first personal well, Usberg tied with Sheboygan Christian at the excuse me Lutheran at the top. They're also five and all they have a game in about a week Against Lutheran and in third place of the Zaki and Lutheran hasn't played them yet either This law with a three-point attempt Misses everything goes out of bounds Carl Nimmer coming in for Lutheran and Kyle Calvert for Christian Calvert averaging 12 a game. Yeah, he's your leading score. You didn't start Reddick are being guarded closely on top Decker with a three-point attempt nails it. It's 13 to 2 All Lutheran Luther playing a man-to-man defense and has had a lot of success with it here so far tonight Chris miscommunication that time All sales right out of bounds They have a lot more bass lot more turnovers and baskets attempts five to four Wow Decker with the head up looking underneath another thing that you're gonna see a lot of teams playing as zones You need people like both to make them Both of the three-pointer. There's a good shot of coach flip see He's been at the top of the mountain for three strong years thought it was four 16 to 2 Lutheran on top a lot of people here to see Sam play and there's a good crowd behind me. Yep Well put good pressure on the flip see but he nailed it three-pointer 16 to 5 Rolling under 230 remaining in the first quarter good ball movement Decker on a quick release reticors followed on the put-back attempt Go to the line to shoot a pair Clip see commits his first fall. It's a third team fall And for the Crusaders is Peter Becker number 22 reticor coming off the bench making contributions with a couple of free throws and Getting some rebounds. We've been trying to get something set up offensively nice Clip see got it then he's followed by Paul Yeah, what Dane did that time was just slid underneath there. He should have just let that one go with the nice lead Both commits the first to a fall for Lutheran Clip see trying to finish off the three-point plan does seems like just not too long ago Taylor Poles was playing here Really a little quarterback for the football team to yep Believe he was a catcher. Yep for the baseball team. Yeah, he's the dad Scott was a good catcher. Yeah coaches the freshman legion team So he's contributing to the community Taylor that is Minute 35 remaining in the first quarter Lutheran up 18 to 8 being pretty content here to run some clock Decker kicks it out Shot is no good by pullup And Christian has the rebound and they managed to keep control a job by Brower To not lose the ball when he fell down Almost a drag there Brower has it on top being guarded by reticor Shot is no good rebound by Decker. I get a follow on Dane Poth. He was going a little out of control It's gonna be his second fall Whole sale changes for Lutheran Jacob cans in the ball game Nicholson checks back in Jacob cans 32 he's your current Quarterback. He's a left-handed pitcher too. He had a good game over at Plymouth knock Plymouth out of the Summer tournament which I believe it was a two-hit shutout This all looking penetrating pitch outside three-pointer by Calvert is good 20 seconds 18 to 11 Three-pointer is good by Nicholson 21 to 11 under 10 seconds But defense played by cans and that's the end of the quarter With Lutheran on top 21 to 11 So much of who we are It's easy to take it for granted Multiple sclerosis stops people From moving We exist to make sure it doesn't Join the movement the national multiple sclerosis society at nationalmssociety.org We go to any extreme to protect our children here and here and Here Well, there's a great way to protect our kids here against diseases like cancer heart disease and obesity a diet rich in fruits Vegetables whole grains vegetarian foods now you can protect your kids from the inside out to learn more call 866 906 well into a tislaw 21 to 11 as we start second quarter action It's been all Lutheran. They started the game with an eight-point run. It was actually 16 to two run Little more than midway through that first quarter another turnover by Christian Turnover number six Marty there four for nine from the floor Eight for 16 for Lutheran. So that's all those offensive rebounds getting good contributions from other people besides Decker to as Pulse is contributing Good pitch out by Decker three point attempt is good by Nicholson his second three as exact Nicholson Contributing he's three for three from the floor with a couple of threes One thing you're seeing out here with Sam Decker as he's not forcing it He's getting it to his teammates and they're responding. Yeah, very interesting Marty's. We looked at the scores coming in eight scores of the nine scores for Lutheran our seniors and then we have of course to Decker Yeah, what did I call it out nine seniors on the team? and five juniors Both coming back in he has two fouls Then he sent feisty over across the way Marty. Yep. I saw him over there before. I don't know if he's watching Decker or the officials Violation on Luther I didn't see what what happened three seconds in the lanes Reddicker was standing in the lane a little bit too long Calvert perched out in the corner Decker on him And a good steal by Wheeler taking it hard to the hoop lays it up and in 26 to 11 and Wheeler commits the fall a little too aggressive that time and both with the steal Decker Got it and he's fouled Flipsy with the fall that's his second Decker 80% field goal percentage for two pointers and 80% from the free throw line basically Tough to stop that plus he's what 50% from three-point range Lutheran started the game with an eight-point run And they've started the second quarter with another eight-point run. It's now 29 to 11 Just to think that Sam will be back here next year. That's whoo Wow make it 28 to 11 bigger faster stronger Yeah, it's hard to imagine bigger faster So Johnny Decker in the house to And Hannah to I might as well venture her it's hard to fitness center tonight. What were you doing there? Seen if she was there Were you actually working? Yeah out Shot by Nimmer is no good 28 the 13 Pullback jumper by Calvert is no good Decker got a hand up in his face and a nice steal by flipsy He read that one really well And lays it up and in Time out by Christian See Todd Decker not very happy with the way his team has played the last minute or so. Gotta take care of the basketball Gotta take care of the basketball Sheboygan Lutheran started off the season going up to Green Bay and they took on Green Bay New Lutheran who is a preseason ranked number three and they clobbered them by 16 and they've been on a run ever since they did lose a tough game last week to Hope School Hope School is 8 and 1 and they're a division 3 team and their only loss was to Germantown who's got a very nice team So Hope School is no slouch Joe Randa Three-pointer is good by Nicholson Wow He's got three threes and a deuce threw it out of bounds tried to throw it off a crusader but Brandon with he missed he threw it off the bench of Lutheran That doesn't count because it shares already out of bones Know that people ask, you know, who's gonna help? Lutheran and already we've seen Nicholson and Poth being very a lot of help on offense Inside feed to bad, but he gets called for the charge And if you talk to the Lutheran fans behind us, they'll say that the Christian player did a flip-flop That was a bad call. That's something you get in high school, but Sometimes 31 level you normally don't see that very often 31 to 15 Clipsy with a hard pass out of bounds. I have 10 turnovers now for Christian Decker being double-teamed a Good ball movement by the crusaders Nimmer Why not another three Nicholson? Pardon me? 34 to 15 and a follow-on Poth is gonna be his third Nicholson came in averaging four points a game Four of eight from three point today. He's four of four five of five from the floor and Lutheran pulling off the press He's almost got as many points Nicholson as Christian Clipsy shot is blocked Block is on Hasenstein I'll tell you those Hasensteins they can all jump You know look at Tyler's legs. There's nice and skinny. He's got a lot of bounce in his step. Oh Come on and Decker scores the basket, but no good. It's gonna be a charging fall First time tonight that I thought he really forced the action. Yeah, I Agree, but again another That's so sure about that one Zach take a nice Charge here though under four minutes in the half. It's 34 to 15 Feet inside shot is up and good by Brauer Oh with Decker out of the game Brauer becomes oh, excuse me Decker still in the game, but I'm just gonna say you got to get brawer the ball. He's got a much shorter Man on them there in Hasenstein Todd Decker doesn't want Calvert to beat him from the outside. That's why he's got his son on him There you go, and there isn't a whole lot of tight on Lutheran after Decker There was a one and out That's what they need to do although they're still 17 down that start crawling good place Inside feet shot is up and in again They found a money man inside the Eagles While I was coach flip see I'd have Brauer taking nothing but four-foot shots Nicholson shot is no good He gets a 10 footer misses at also Hasenstein with the turnaround a round and down Right string right yo-yo Well, they picked on Hasenstein a little bit on the other end Chris, but he came back with a basket there Call that time old There you see the rolling in Hey, look at those two guys a couple of bozos Well, at least one. Hey, we like these seats up in the front row here It's pretty nice the call center almost and Lutheran does treat us pretty good here Always gets us all set up good shot Eric, but that's enough of that Richard Bartzen up on top giving you that shot it's got mail off in the truck spinning the dials Chris right the color man Mike Martin the play-by-play guy Stu Hoffensberger will be the guest at halftime Didn't get any more special than that. We got the eight team out tonight. Well, I'll tell you You never heard Stu talk. I mean he's got a great voice for TV and radio Turn jumper is good by flip see spinning move 36 to 21 Double team they were able to tip the ball away from Decker But Christian not able to come up with it Lutheran will keep it. Yeah a little bit better entry pass there Can't throw it at his ankles when you're six seven you got to get that up in a position where Sam can do some with it Nicholson hesitated he had the opening but didn't take it Whoa Becker not quite paying attention Ball is tipped away by Tislaw Christian has it Off the glass and in and it's a run by By Christian they've got eight of the last ten points Got a crawl back in see if they can get within ten with a minute left And a little bit of a push that time by shite There's six fall next to fall on Christian and Lutheran will be at the line Lutheran has seven right now Nicholson Try to take it to the hoop Decker forcing at that time Christian has it. They're down by 13. They've battled back here in the second quarter Decker with good effort. We get a fall before the shot Ball is gonna go on Dustin Brower Decker will be at the line shooting a pair I mentioned in the opening Sam gets himself to the free throw line almost basically nine free throw ten free throw attempts per game and when you shoot 80% from there It's getting it others a picture of stew. There he is he's intent Son-in-law Nick for Hagen coaches the JV team over here very nice JV team by the way Yeah, they had a good game. Oh that came in it was the end of the first quarter was four to four and Lutheran went on to win by I believe it was 18 57 to 38 39 But the scoring did pick up after that slow first quarter all went on Becker his first And missing a free throw was a shite 30 seconds left in the first half Lutheran on top 38 to 23 Christian made a spirited run here in the second quarter Sam looks a little winded after They're making them work and I'll tell you they got a short guy Greg shite on Decker and shites making them work under ten fade away Sam shot is no good long passes out of bounds and we're at halftime here at Shboygan Lutheran where the Crusaders lead it over their rival in the Holy War by the short 38 to 23 Make something amazing Is it doing what people once believed impossible or is amazing something you become? 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We're at halftime here at the Shboygan Lutheran There you see the Crusaders lead at 38 to 23 joining me at halftime as a partner working seven years for a TV8 back then Chris Stu Hoppensberger Stu. Thanks a lot for coming over. I forgot my name. It's been so long It has been a while. What are you doing these days by the way? Well, I'm working too hard Marty is what I'm doing these days You look like it. I'm a vice president of advertising for charter communications I know you're working too hard because you didn't have time to shave this morning. That's right Get too close a shot there So you're working in Madison now used to work in Shboygan for charter. You're still working for charter I'm still in the area still working for charter, but I do office out of Madison. So I spend a two or three days in the state capital and Then I get back to reality. I live in Plymouth and I have an office in Shboygan Fortunately that I can work out of a couple days a week. That's got to be really nice now You mentioned you're a vice president at charter What exactly is your job until because he also mentioned you do some traveling? Well, we Sell advertising of local businesses. So when you see 30-second commercials that run on one of probably 40 cable networks Those local businesses somebody from charter sold them the ad I'm responsible for a three-state area. So we have 17 sales teams and Around 250 people that work. So you're a supervisor at times Now that's you made your mark in announcing and you know, I was watching one of the games We did together and it was really amazing. How good you are at it. You get involved in any of that yet You know, I wish I had more time to do it. I always enjoyed doing the games with you You did I thought it was well, I did and I thought it was a way to give back, you know I was fortunate to play. I know you played at North. I was fortunate to play at North and I know I really appreciate what you've done over the years because I know that's how you do it You're giving back a little bit to the community it boy We would have loved to been able to go home and watch ourselves play And I know in some of the other communities They don't have a play-by-play in color and I think that adds something to the game So I really commend you for sticking with it as long as you have I'd be back there with you if I Had the time to do it 17 years, but it doesn't seem like that It's an awful lot of fun And I think that's part of the reason why I keep doing it because I do enjoy it and never be real truthful with you I never thought about it so much in terms of giving back, but I think in a way that that's really true Are there any opportunities on the horizon for you to get back into no, you know I'll give you my phone number after the game and you know, we'll see I know in Plymouth I was fortunate enough to marry a great lady in June this year after Being a single guy for about a quarter of a century. So And I'm residing in Plymouth and I get to a lot of the Plymouth games And I know that a couple of people there have been Bugging me to maybe fill in for a game or two. So who knows maybe there maybe there'll be a chance to do that Congratulations on the marriage bit by the way. It's pretty exciting. I feel very fortunate Now tell us a little bit about the wedding because that was a little unique in itself. Well, it was it was a perfect day I don't know that everybody everybody. I think feels they have a perfect day. We really had one. I Met my wife at Whistling Straits getting ready for the 2004 PGA championship Oh, so a while back. So we decided to get married at Whistling Straits and We just had an outstanding summer day and everything went great and Six months plus now and and running still working out. That's right. Well, that's great Stu in the announcing business, you know, I know you did a lot of different things You know, we did basketball. We did some baseball I know you did hockey for UW When you look back in all your announcing experiences, what stands out for you anything any special game any special play Any special partner? Well, there's probably there's probably two one is on the college level The year that Michigan won the national championship with Steve Fisher Taking over in the middle of the year the last team that beat Michigan We're the Badgers at the field house. We were fortunate enough to do that game and they actually won it And really exciting fashion a kid named Locom Tim Locom I remember the name free throws to clinch it and they stormed the court and there was some controversy on a replay And so the announcers got involved a little bit was showing the replay So that was real memorable and the Michigan went on from there to win the national title And then one of the first North South games that we did and many of those games went right down to the wire Which was great and I remember North winning a game where they had two seconds to go and just found a kid underneath I think it was Stauber one of the Stauber kids To pull out a game at North-South and that one just sort of sticks with me But I know you've seen some of the North-South games in the field houses since they moved and I asked Deso this They said yeah field house Armory, what's it for you armory? Sorry to see that it moved. I Think there was just so many things there that But it all comes back to tradition and you know, I'm sure 20 years from now They'll have the traditions in the field house, but right now. It's still all those memorable times at the armory Yeah, I agree with you. I'm there on a neutral court on top of it We're gonna step out. Thanks a lot. So I really appreciate coming over. It's great talking. We'll come back We'll start the second half. 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You're not gonna win a lot of basketball games and they got better at the end, but They need more of that well Brower got they got it inside to Dustin, but he's not able to make the shot Decker kicks it out the Knickers in Nicholson and he shot is off His first miss and I got he had one other miss late in the second quarter Zack Nicholson did but For as many points as he has they don't seem to be guarding him very well. He's getting a lot of open looks 38-23 and Almost yes, it is a turnover bad pass and Wissy was not able to save it Lutheran quick up the floor Decker leaning in scores and he's fouled One thing that Lutheran is done at the beginning of the game and the beginning of the second quarter is yet eight point runs to start each and That's what's really built up their lead And now they start the second half with a three-point play by Decker he has 15 Shot is up and good by Brower Both left wide open so he guns it up there, but can't get it in rebound put-back is good by Reddicker Shot is no good Hosenstein got away with a walk Decker lost it Clipsey hard to the hoop no good, and we're gonna get a basket on a goal 10 by Sam Decker Whoo a lot going on there Chris Fall goes on Sam. Pardon me on Nicholson his first Clipsey finishes off the three-point play It's 43-28 Decker out of the ball game and Lutheran looking for some offensive punch from the kids that are out there outside shot by Wheeler is no good Calvert comes away with the rebound 540 left in the third quarter Inside feed Shot is no good by Brower, but he was followed by Reddicker. That's a second foul on Nick Reddicker Christian hanging around Yeah, they're not They play hard coach Clipsey's got that defense working as much as he can and Gets the most of what he has I'll tell you that One thing if they could clean up the turnovers. They'd be yeah doing a whole lot better 43-29 Nicholson Bangal Another three-pointer for that young man Five threes for him Actually, it's four Chris. That's where I was off on my scoring. There was his first basket in the Second quarter in the corner here was only a two. I thought it was a three. You thought it was a three and The guys at the table thought it was a three two But the officials signaled it's only a two-point basket Brower with another easy basket inside He's having a nice game Wheeler Wow at it raining threes here tonight. They got eight threes. No make it seven threes Good hustle by both Wheeler Takes it in no call knock the crusader. Pardon me an eagle player down L is that flipsy Action is hot and heavy right now Lutherans having the better of it They got their lead up to 18 points, but Christian always seems to have a run in them to Make it close Clipsy handling the ball quite well A little double team help by Wheeler to keep them from going inside the Brower Clipsy spots the opening takes it to the hoop and a runner goes down and a turnover by the crusaders Tislau followed by Both and not a good play by both, you know, you didn't have to slap at the ball for both That's his fourth foul This little go to the line shooting a pair Tislau looking to make it a pair from the line and he does That makes it 49 to 35 And again, the Eagles crawling back in They had it I believe down to ten at one point, but they were never able never able to break the double-digit lead by Lutheran Decker is going to get called for the charge And that's his second 334 remaining in the third quarter Lutheran in a zone. I don't think so Decker with a block Decker with a rebound Decker with a dribble Decker going hard to the basket and scores and he's fouled Showing his strength there. That was the Sam Decker show Look at how he drives and just hard to the basket Teen points for Decker. It's 52 to 35 a 17 point lead now for the crusaders Haven't heard much from Kyle Calvert. They're leading scorer Wheeler with a steal and a layup Every time that Lutheran thinks excuse me Christian thinks about getting it back in it. They go back to that old turnover form They skip pass by flipsy Calvert open nails a three There he is He had a three to start the game and now one here one for five Nicholson rainbow is no good He's gone quiet in the second half good hustle play by Tyler Hasenstein But when he tipped it back into his teammate his foot was on the line, but you're gonna see it good hustle by number 24 Yep Good call by the official No, we talk about the football team out here, but the cross-country teams girls and boys are Very good. That's a cheap sport. Don't need a lot of equipment. Nope Calvert shot is no good The Decker not a good job of handling the ball there Brett flips. He wants to fall, but he's not gonna get one Another basket by Brauer he's having a night. Let's see Mike Theopold there long time Assistant here Nick for Hagan next to him Lock rolling to 130 in the third shot is good by Wheeler Getting close to his nine-point average 56 to 40 over Scoring has been hot and heavy. I haven't had much of a chance to look and see what the scoring situation is like Zack flipsy with a three Having a very nice game as well for Christian Christian came in just averaging 46 points a game. They're almost at that right now Decker lean in is no good, but the Crusaders come away with the ball 45 seconds and counting in the third quarter. It's 56 to 43 and again Christian hanging around Lutheran content to run the last minute off. We have a box and one it looks like Clock rolling down to the 22nd mark in the third quarter Wheeler drives and dishes Picking up the loose ball was never who puts it up and in under 10 seconds flip see Glides down the lane, but can't get it in From half court Decker shot is off the backboard. No good and we're at the end of three Lutheran on top 58 to 43 The dream of education beyond high school the cost can put it out of reach There is help. 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We need to talk about your choice of games tuned in family dot com Helpful tools you can use for the good of your family back at Sheboygan Lutheran High school where they're leading this so holy war by the shore contest 59 to 43 Sam Decker is 18 points, but it's been a very quiet 18 make it a quiet 20 Reverse layup is up and in these six of 15 shooting today Another basket by Brauer Shot is up and good by Nicholson Nicholson has 18 points Nice fake and a basket again by Brauer. He's having a night. He's eight of 11 from the floor We were has it on top Christian in a what looks like a box in one Inside feed a kick out past the Nicholson. Why he's got another three it up 66 47 I Got him eight for 11 as well. Oh brother I'll tell you Sam's got three tough fouls tonight two offensive ones and that's a little just tiki-tack. Yep third foul on Decker and One in one Alex looks like Alex Tislow go to the line Maybe not let's make it brawer Alex was hanging around the line hoping they'd choose him a Smart kid choose me choose me a little flat on that second one by Dustin Brauer Dustin's had a nice night though I'd count up his points Chris, but it would take too long 540 it's 66 48 Nicholson followed on the way to the basket It's the third team follow on Christian Lutheran averaging 70 points a game. So they're getting pretty close to their average as well Just a little second foul that official was lined up just perfectly with my sight line. That's why I didn't see anything For sometimes when I can have a clear view I don't see it anyway 14th turnover on Lutheran jump shot is off by Wissy and For ours gonna get called for the fall. That's a rare offensive rebound. Let me tell you that I that's That might be the oh, that's the only one I got a Whole night without an offensive rebound today. I may have missed one but Good job for Lutheran if that's the case Both back in the ball game. He's been on the bench for a while with four falls. He had a good first quarter Marty Yeah, I thought he played pretty good offensively, but One of his actually picked up two falls in that first quarter So defensively made some mistakes, but overall Not a bad night Not a bad night for the whole team Christian looking for an opening Open from the top of the key was Adam Huneck and he's got a three-pointer 30-second timeouts. We'll keep it right here Huneck that was his first basket Chris. He made it a three-pointer at 66 51 Our next ball game by the way is going to be on Friday January 7th when Pulaski comes to Sheboygan South and then our game after that Thanks to that silly schedule in the Fox River Classic. We got Pulaski again All right north that's good cuz coming into tonight Pulaski's leading the league But they got a tough road ahead playing Bayport will know them better than they know themselves and they'll know their season I mean they're getting no love They're undefeated in the state of Wisconsin and they get zero rankings and you're talking about the AP and the State with saying, you know, there's 15 teams. They're undefeated. They don't get a sniff. Oh stolen away Flippsy lean in can't get it in tap in is good by Wissie There's an offensive rebound We've seen this script before Marty. Yes, we get it down to 13 12 and then whom it's back to 19. It's happened every quarter and sometimes twice a quarter Flippsy paying the tough defense on Decker and then we get a blocking fall Fall is on Zach That's his third. It's only the 15th fall. However Watch for Decker getting the return pass After he throws it in Post says forget about that. We'll let him get a rebound instead put back is no good Hey, I just thought of something you get to do an interview tonight. No matter what Regardless, that's right. That was rebound number 11 for Sam averaging about What was it seven rebounds a game? Pops home a couple of free throw gives him 22 points for the night Excuse me eight a game. So he's got 11 right now Shot is blocked by Brower Decker Decker with a little shove and he got the basket in Shove the defender away and then popped open underneath and got the pass And I think Brett Flippsy saw the same thing I did and not appreciative of the lack of a call Decker with a three-point play 71 to 53 Luther building it back up We got a fall underneath Danes earning his fouls tonight. It's just two people going for the ball though Hey, you only picked up one fall in the fourth quarter Fortunately at four before the fourth quarter. Yeah Jacob cans coming into ball game Thank you goes out to Stu for coming in at halftime and providing a little halftime entertainment little song and dance Pre-throw by Dustin Brower is good Dustin is having a very good night. That's 21 points for him Me and a both right yep Decker leaning Can't get it but gets the rebound put back. He has 27 73 to 55 Quite a bit more active here in the fourth quarter nine points here in the quarter for Sam Decker Playing the tough defense over here is Nimmer Rower shot is no good Decker with the board and Tislaw steals it away and lays it up and in Nice deal by Alex Tislaw It's like a little water bug Full timeout Scott so we can take a short break 218 left Lutheran on top 73 57 the United Church of Christ no matter who you are or where you are in life's journey There you see Carol Decker in the middle there and good crowd very good crowd Yes, it's the Christian Lutheran game, but when you win they filled up It hasn't been like this the last few years and we only went over to Christian and they had some very nice teams Ball was tipped away from Nicholson Lutheran will keep the ball to 15 remaining in the ball game Crusaders up by 16 Lealers had a nice night. He has 10 points Nicholson has 21 Decker is 27. No a little pass up and good Nimmer Oh, that was sweet And we're back to 18 You wish you were 18 again Good hustle on defense Balls thrown off of Decker who's out of bounds And good sportsmanship thrown shown by the boys helping each other up Coming underneath for the steal, but got a little piece of that Eagle player and Zach flips he'll go to the line. I believe this is going to be Zach's 20th point if he gets it in At 10 in the first half and 10 this half Dipsy doodle didn't go in but the Reddicker put it up and in And he liked that. He certainly did Reddicker's had a nice game Tislaw down the lane Has to get it out of there in amongst the tall timbers and Decker with the steal too easy under a minute Lutheran's gonna come away with a hard-earned win Crusaders played very hard Chris and always had some runs, but we're never able to get over the hump. No and Sam got his do he is nine of 19 shooting 13 rebounds close to his average, but nine three-pointers I Have for Lutheran and just one For Sam Decker, so that's a nice he didn't do a lot of shooting from outside and I'm Just one of six from three tonight. We did take that many. I didn't even think he took that many three in the first three in a second That's right. No quarters. He didn't shoot any in the second You're right on there 79-59. This is the biggest lead Lutheran has had all night. It's a 20 point advantage under a minute trying to take it down the baseline was Devon the master, but Almost threw it away and a fall committed by the Crusaders goes on Becker So both coaches have 201 wins. That's pretty nice For the small schools here in town. I believe that Todd has one year up on Brett he's got this is 14th year at Luther Brett's been at Christian for 13 24 points now for Dustin Brower Under 30 seconds left. This will get a couple of the Crusaders And interview them after the game Kind of nice of you get Todd to come over under 10 seconds Matt gum in the ball game As is Brian Dahlke And that's the ball game no foul call and that's the final 79 to 61 Lutheran over Christian Why isn't you two have so much trouble communicating? I don't like the way he talks to me. All I said was that you had a big osteophyte Well, what about the secrets you kept from me? So I didn't tell you about my drug allergies big deal. That could have been nasty How's your shoulder coming anyway? Fine I worked up to three pound dumbbells yesterday Just three weeks after surgery. 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Go to fightglobalwarming.com to find out what you and your community can do to reduce global warming pollution We're back here with sam and zack zack uh One of night tonight you got Tristan coming in here last two years. They kind of had your number, but tonight you kind of got them tonight Yeah, it was a good win for us. We haven't beat them in a while But we all came ready to play tonight and hit some shots Now, I know as looking at your ross you're a very senior dominate It's got to be neat to be with your classmates going up the ladder and then having the success success like you are this year Yeah, it is we've been playing together for a while and we all get along really well and we work together on the court I notice you guys one thing I know coach decker's always done is he's really worked hard on defense And it didn't matter, you know over the last few years when you haven't had as many wins But one thing's common here you guys play good d and you guys did a nice job today I I don't think that uh christian had a offensive rebound to the fourth quarter and you guys did a nice job on d Yeah, we like to switch it around use zone and man and it really worked tonight Getting rebounds and getting stops Well, you guys are off to a good start so far. You got a long way to go But got to like how you guys have been playing Yeah, we're doing well. We just got to stay humble and Go after every game hard Well, you can enjoy you when you don't have to be humble all the time being christian's got to be nice Congratulations, you can stay here Sam you guys started off the year this year. You had to go up to green bay You played a real tough game. You kind of set the tone for the year so far getting a win there It's been like that all season. Yeah, uh, we're just trying to come out and dictate what we do Uh, not let teams throw what they have so we're trying to push push the pressure on them and Really get them full court and push up the ball and uh get us running Yeah, not only that I thought offensively one thing I really was impressed with especially early on was a ball moment You really moved the ball around the outside creating open shots for zack and dain and of course, obviously yourself But boy that really helps up on offense. Yeah, since we have so many good shooters out here I can use my penetrating ability and have the confidence that these guys will knock down shots They've done it Through the first 10 games of this season and I have no doubt it'll continue through the out the season When you're done, you can have a career that I have because my next question is going to be just that One of the things I know is a lot of you know drive and dish and you guys bang down 9 3 You only had one of them. So a lot of contributions from a lot of the guys. Yeah, it's really nice I think every game we've had two guys in double figures. So that's always a great thing to get Uh Balance scoring and have threats from at all angles So teams don't have to worry just about one or two guys have to worry about the whole team So, uh, that's always a great thing to have with multiple scores Yeah, it is now looking on your schedule. You got Ozaki coming up and newspaper coming up You got the uh, the uh, two tough ones coming up But you got to like how you started and how do you look forward to the next couple weeks? Uh, well right now we're playing with confidence playing well. We only had our one loss down in Milwaukee the other day Uh, so we know that we can play with everyone and teams are gonna have to prepare for us. So, uh, just when we play Ozaki and newspaper, I do the same thing prepare for him tough and it'll be battles But we got to find a way to get a win there. Not only that but like I said to him It's got to be a great start being eight and one and things like that. Just what you want it. Yeah, it's great since we I mean last year we had an up year, but uh, we hadn't had success the past few so we thank god for that The perseverance that we could come through and get some wins to start the season nine and one's a great record Hopefully you can keep it rolling One final question for you at the beginning of the game your dad got honored for his 200th win You and johnny got to see a lot of those wins when you're little I remember when you're really tiny coming to these games But it's got to be a big thrill for you to be playing with your dad and you know, johnny, of course Yeah, uh, watching john and my dad get a bond through basketball is what I what I I was starting And wanted to play at luthern on this court in front of the great fans So yeah, and my dad and I have a great relationship on and off the court So he gets on me, but it's all because he wants me to be successful in the whole team. So, um, yeah Every and then with our whole team. It's almost like a family type thing So we're always together and always sticking through each other. So well, that is true I do remember when he was about this tall. So it is true. He was at that time with that. We'll send it back to marty Sheboygan christian was led by dustin brauer with 24 points. Uh, zack flipsy Brett's son chipped in with 20 Lutheran was led by sam decker. You saw him in the interview there with 27 and is a running teammate Zach Nicholson the other person being interviewed had 21 and jacob wheeler chipped in with 10 So good contributions tonight for, uh, luthern as they win at 79 to 61 Our next game on w s c s tv will be uh friday january 7th when pilaski Visits sheboygan sol so you can look for that ball game for the crew Scott mail-off spinning the dials in the truck eric weaseman and richard bartson running the Cameras for my partner chris right. I'm mike martin saying thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road