 We're at Kettlemarine High School where this afternoon the Lutheran Crusaders take on Central Wisconsin Christian in a sectional final game. The winner of this game will head off the state. Christian won to get here over a Catholic Central 53-46. Sheboygan Lutheran beat Milwaukee Academy of Science 68-53 in what was a very close game until the fourth quarter. Chris, Central Wisconsin is much taller than Sheboygan and their best player, at least their high scorer Tyler D. Young averages 15-8 and he's 6-4. He could be quite a load for the Crusaders. Yes Marty, he is quite a load. He's basically a second team all-conference player a year ago. He's a junior this year averaging, like you mentioned, 16 points a game and nine rebounds. He's a force out there and their two best leading scorers go 6-4, 6-4 and they've got a couple 6-3. So Ryan Shealy is going to probably have a lot of work in the paint along with some of the other guys as well. Even though they're taller that could play into an advantage for Lutheran because obviously they're not going to be as quick as Sheboygan. Sheboygan does like to run. Well, we talked about it over lunch and we mentioned that one of the keys I think is pace. Pace of the ball game is going to be very important. Sheboygan Lutheran comes in averaging 70 points a game. Central Wisconsin averages 56 points. As a matter of fact Marty, they only had one game in the 70s. One game in the 70s and when Lutheran is averaging 70 points we've seen them score almost 100. So I think pace is a key. I think one of the keys for Central Wisconsin is they got a defense of 3 and once they go out that's going to open up the middle a little bit for Tyler's Astro and he likes to get in the lane. Well, I know Tyler had a great game in that second half the other night. Basically brought a team back that was kind of struggling against the Milwaukee Academy of Science and had a huge fourth quarter and led that rally so he will be important. Christian comes in 20-6, Sheboygan Lutheran 22-2. Also a big factor for Sheboygan Lutheran is going to be Jacob Juris. Jacob Juris just went off a week ago and he's going to have to have one of those nights again. He averaged 16 points a game. We'll even settle for an afternoon like that. All right, we're going to shut up and get through the national anthem. Nice job with your national anthem by that young lady from Central Wisconsin Christian. A lot of crusaders here. Number three is Jason Braunschwag. Number four, Cody Zonafeld. Number five is Logan Gans. Andrew Greenfield. Number 42 and rounding out the starting lineup is number 50, Tyler D. Young. He is their high scorer. 500 tickets to pre-sold, Marty. They came out from Sheboygan Lutheran. It looks like La Pond brought a good crowd too. Line up for Lutheran. Number three, Jacob Juris. He's the only junior in the starting lineup. Number four, Ryan Shealy. Chris, that's your favorite player. Number 15 is Jeff Hass. Number 23, Phil Leipholm. Rounding out the starting lineup is Tyler Zastrow. Zastrow averaging just over 20 points a game. Our officials this afternoon are Jim Lemon, Steve Lukki, and Jeff Brewster. And as you know, Chris, the further down the line you get in tournament play, the better the officials are. Yeah, I'm sure it's going to be physical tonight. Tonight, one o'clock in the afternoon, I apologize. I'm sure we'll make that mistake more than once this afternoon. The officials are going off. It's just what you want in a sectional final. Something's not working right. We are going to get your attention no matter what. Christian comes in at 20-6, 14-4. Oshkosh Lourdes went undefeated in their conference, and they are playing in the division four finals tonight, today against Dominican. Randolph is the team that used to be the power in this league, and they are now, they've finished fourth. Lutheran ranked number three in state. Catherine won, oh boy. Zastra with a leap and leaner couldn't get it in, but he gets the rebound, has it blocked out of bounds. Well, Sy's advantage is definitely going to go to Central Wisconsin Christian. I said, Wisconsin Christian won their first ten, they were ranked as high as number five in state. Lutheran right now ranked number three. Leipholm on a nice pass, put it up and in for Lutheran. I wouldn't expect Central Wisconsin Christian to do a lot of running. They don't want to get in a half court game, use that height advantage. Good defense by Hess. That's the guy you got to be aware of, number 50. Tyler DeYoung. Going to get physical, that's for sure. We have a great seat right behind the basket that Christian's coming to. Central Wisconsin Christian being very patient. It was Jeff Hess, and then we got a foul. Good play by Hess. I think it's a big, big advantage. Lutheran has all these seniors. Some of these players played on a state championship for Todd Decker just two years ago. They've been in a house like this. They also got to play down at Concordia, which had a big crowd of people down there when they played Burlington, Catholic Central, and Fall River. I was thinking about the conference they play into, and I don't know too much about the trailways, but Lutheran is facing teams that are in division four frequently, and especially when you have to play a team like Woosburg. Shealy from outside the line. Rainbow three is... They're going to try to make them play fast. Shealy's got the young roles that in, but couldn't get it. And then we got a foul. I think that's going to go on Sheboygan. I think they're going to get Juris. No, Shealy. They never took the foul from the first off the board. I think it was on Juris. Nope, it's on Phil Leipholm. Oh, and there's going to be a lot of contact. That wasn't a great deal. There's a turnover by... Well, again, they're doubling up on DeYoung. They're not letting them just catch it and make a move. Pass on a great spin move for Johnson. Great start by Sheboygan, Chris. Yeah, we're going to keep it here for timeouts today because we don't have a truck, but you are exactly right. Big lead already. Did I miss a basket? I mean, I've got it down as 7-0. I have it 7-0 too. They're going to have to fix that. It is 7-0. I have a 3, a 2, and a 2. That's what I have. The only thing I can think of is if they threw it in and threw it away and Sheboygan scored again, and then they call the timeout, but... Well, they've got it. Now they changed it. You know what, you're right, sectional final, and they're goofing up on the horn, bump on the score on the board. You've got to get that stuff straight. They are doubling down in all sorts of trouble. And there's a jump ball. It's going to go back to Chris. But they're just smothering. Smothering to Young, and I know I've been a little critical on drive penetration for Luther, and I have to play a little better D, but first two minutes here, Marty. They've been pretty sharp. Oops. Drive to the basket is good by Braunschlag. Yes, as I mentioned it. Yeah, nice going, Chris. Luther running the weave, gets it inside, pitches it back out. Luther kind of forced into a half-court offense. Now he's not able to get the break going. Pass was laid. Interception by Gans. I'd like to have that one back. Yeah, he was open on the cut. The pass just didn't come in time. Young's spin move to the middle is no good. Shelly with the rebound. Young all for two. Juris with a three from the top of the circle. Two for two from three-point range for Sheboygan. Ten to two. Great start for Sheboygan. I didn't know if Juris was set there, but obviously he set it off. Yeah, really? He looked a little off-mark. Good hustle by Juris. They're letting them play, Chris. I thought that was a foul. Yeah, they're going to let them play. This is sectional finals. Juris with a two-pointer. We don't see that very often. 12 to two. Well, Juris hustled in and around there. Make it to steal. That's three turnovers already for Central Wisconsin. Oh, that should be a low on the shoulder. Yeah, how's it? We had a great look at it from our vantage point, and you could see him lower the shoulder. And Zonafeld now has two fouls coming in for him is going to be Lucas Vanderberg. Zonafeld, the second leader, with two fouls early, comes in averaging 9.8 a game, and now he's on the bench. Their top two players are juniors, Marty. Yeah, they should be good next year. Oh, there should be another foul. In and out for Juris. They fought right through a Zastros screen, pushed him right down to the floor. Literally. No call. They are big and strong, Marty. It's hard to believe this. You see the size of some of these Division 5 teams. They only got 106 kids in their school. Basket is shot is off. Looks like it was half way down and popped out. Juris comes away with the board and now he's trying to push it to the basket. Couldn't get in. Better passes. Another incomplete pass by Luther. And the ball is tipped out of bounds. Should be Sheboygan's ball, and it is. Fifth turnover already on them. I know we've talked about it, but they're not only big, but they're long, too. It's going to be hard to make good passes. Well, that's why you've got to be smarter with your passes. They're just forcing it. That's why they have those two turnovers. Pass. Three ball, Shooter's roll. He got it in. Another three basket for Sheboygan. A five-central Wisconsin Christian. Don't be afraid to call another time out. And he does. Good call, Chris. Second time out of the quarter. Two Sheboygan. Well, this is one of the days you bring the hammer. You bring the hammer, and you go at them all night. There is no... You don't play to kids tonight. What a start. This is an awesome start. Luther has three two-point baskets already in the quarter. And the interesting thing about it, Chris, is three different players have those baskets. We're not just depending on Juris. They're off to a good start. There's six of nine from the floor. Just four shot attempts for Christian. Central Wisconsin Christian. They seem to be trying to knock it in. Too to young, but I think great defense so far by Sheboygan Lutheran. Nick Berhegan. The Lutheran coach has a great plan coming in. He touches the ball. We're doubling down. You got to imagine throughout the season they've seen this before. Christian. The double team on the big guy. But they certainly haven't handled it very well so far. Braunschweig. And again, the dribble drive, Marty, is just something that they haven't done a great job of this year. They got to stay off of him and let him take the 15-footer and let him get him, instead of getting to the rack. Castro commits a foul. Braunschweig is shooting the free throws and he missed the first one. He looked nervous, Marty. No knee bend at all. He just kind of chucked it up there. It's tough to play in a big house like this. Much better there. It was an eight-point run until that made free throw. It's now 15-3. I'll take another 8-0 run, Marty. Exactly. Whoa, boy. Not a good shot. He had a player open in the corner. That wasn't the best decision at all. Braunschweig has it on top. He's the senior, Chris. 5-9 runs the show. Deyum from outside couldn't get it. Braunschweig with a good hustle. Rebound and he makes a basket. Center with Scott Christian getting their sea legs back. But Juris takes care of it with another three. 18-5. Sheboygan on top. Locked down to two minutes left in the quarter. A lot of game left too, Marty. Oh, a lot of game. Three-point attempt by Greenfield is no good. Better passes. Yeah, and they got to keep hustling, too. Juris, bangle, baby. Another three for him. He's got three of them, Marty. He's four of five from the floor. Interesting. Taylor's astro coming in before Jacob Ames. Maybe because of his size. Turn shot is no good. And then Braunschweig taps it out of the corner. And then Braunschweig taps it out of bounds. I like that Braunschweig, Marty. He's a hustler. Very much so. I know he's only 5'9", but he's all over attacking the rebounds and things. Good call on the Taylor's astro. Substitution, Chris. You're right. Get another big body in there. And he can draw people away from the basket with his three-point shooting. Sastro pull up in the lane. Couldn't get the shooter's roll. Braunschweig looking to punt. Pulls up from the free-throw line. Couldn't get it. Shealy with the board. D'Young all for five, Marty. Chers. He's feeling it. Oh, man. Under a minute left. Is there anybody guarding him? Let's hope not for another three-quarters. Yeah, really. He was greenfield. He gave it up to Gans. Into D'Young. Too much of a load for Shealy that time. 24-7, 20 seconds left. Lutheran looks like they're going to keep it out. Play for one shot. Braunschweig stays off of Sastro. And they're going to get a foul on Central Wisconsin. It's Lucas Vanderberg. It's a third team foul. 9.4 seconds left. It's 24-7. Lutheran on top. Juris open for just a second. No good. And fired up an air ball. No good. Good play, though, coming out of bounds. Central Wisconsin has time. There's four seconds remaining. They should get a pretty good shot on this. Braunschweig with it. Gets it into D'Young. Shot at the buzzer is off. And we're at the end of one-quarter play. A great start for the Lutheran Crusaders. They lead it 24-7. Through the years, trends and styles may come and go. But the important things remain the same. Generation after generation. Consistently there. Creating moments and memories to last a lifetime. Like a true friend, the National Parks have always been there for you. 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Feed Braunschweig with a short jumper. Couldn't get it, but Juris comes away with the rebound. They're just three of 12. Taylor Zastrow using the body to protect the ball's scores. Zastrow that doesn't play a lot of early minutes comes in. Don't reach, Jacob. You don't want a second foul. Good ball movement this time by Central Wisconsin Christian. Shot is no good by Greenfield. Braunschweig, no good. Zastrow almost had it tipped away, but hangs on to it. They are letting them play tonight today. Yes, got through. And that time he puts the bunny in to seven, Chris. And there's still six and a half minutes left in the second quarter. Young with an easy one. Deep dribble drive. He's two of eight. Zastrow couldn't get it to go. Coming away with the rebound was Zonafeld, and he's going to take it to the rack. Gee whiz. He lost. Zonafeld is down. He's hurt. His leg gave out on him. You could see it when he went up. You know, he just didn't have that power in his leg. Something gave out. Hopefully it's just a cramp. You know, he's got those two knee braces on, too. You wonder if he's had problems in the past. He hoped that young man is okay. We did get a foul on the play. It goes on Jason Braunschweig. That's his first. You can tell he's had this issue before, I think, Chris, and he's not happy about it. I did not like that drive penetration, Marty. We just saw the young come right down the lane to make an easy basket. There you saw another one there. Zonafeld go right to the basket. Lutheran will bring it up. They're up 19. It's 28-9. Six minutes left in the first half. Zastrow. Pretty good defense that time by Central Wisconsin. Starting five back on the floor. Joris's shot is no good. Had a pretty good look. I'm wrong. Ames is in. I'm sorry. Ames is in for Hess. Inside feed. DeYoung just took it away from Shealy. He's a strong young man, Chris. You have to pay attention to that, boy. Good defense by Gantz. All of a sudden, Lutheran has hit a cold spell. Who shot that? Zastrow on the miss. Yeah, he's 0-for-5. Gantz has it on the wing. Gets it into DeYoung and he couldn't put it in. Had a good look, too. Nice flop. Zastrow from outside the line. He nails a three. He missed his first five, but, you know, he's not going to stop shooting. Don't play like that, don't we? 31-11-9. 8-50 left in the first half. Off the glass is good by Lucas Vandenberg. They don't shoot a lot of threes. They've only shot 102 this year. That's only his ninth on the year. You can tell that. He forgot to call off the glass. Gantz has Zastrow. He goes right around him. Puts it up and in and he's fouled. And I think we got a foul there on Greenfield. Greenfield, excuse me. Yep, it is on Andrew Greenfield. His first, fifth team foul. Ozenstein and Hess and Chers and Shealy out. Hopefully not for a big break. Well, if you're going to give them a rest, you might as well do it now. Free throw is good. Oh, that brought back the three-pointer. They hit off the backboard. Exactly, 34-14. Sheboygan on top. Greenfield had it, gave it up. DeYoung has it inside, but has to kick it out to Gantz. No way. And a good play by Phil Ipom. He got the rebound, but knew he wasn't going to be able to stay in bounds, so he threw it off of Greenfield. And Greenfield coming out, Chris, bringing in Jared. I'm going to get this pronunciation right. Regnerus, number 22. Jared Regnerus in the ball game. Central Wisconsin shooting just 28%. You're going to get Hess on the foul. That was a lazy pass to the wing, Chris. He got to snap it over there. Yep, I agree with you. And now he caught yourself a foul. Foul on Hess. First, first one. Juris back in. Hess guarding the ball. Ball tipped away. Well, that's double dribble. And almost an interception, but coming out of it was Vanderberg. Juris with a shot to the head. Central Wisconsin throws it out of bounds. I'll tell you, that was a disjointed possession right from the beginning. A lot of pressure by Sheboygan, though I thought, Marty. They were just swarming. They want to keep the ball Central Wisconsin does in the hands of Jason Braunschweig. Juris shot off. Reload. Behind the back pass to Ames. No shot for Jacob, so he passes it back out. Ozzie being guarded closely. Kick out to Hess from 3-point land around and out. Hess has to grab that one. Braunschweig got away, came away with the rebound. Ragnaris with a 3-point basket. I don't understand that call, Chris. The official way over here was calling it a 3. 34-17. 240 left in the first half. Keep the hammer down, like to be up by 20 at half. Ozzenstein under pressure, couldn't get his shot in. Coming away with the rebound was Vanderberg and he's trying to push it to the basket and then kicked it off his foot. Seventh turnover now. Ozzenstein out. Tyler Zastrow back in and Shealy back in for Ames. 34-17. Lutheran on top. Both teams are playing a man-to-man defense. Keep the lead where it is, Marty. Never want to see it under double digits. Dan's getting out on Juris to prevent him from taking the shot. Zastrow being guarded by the much taller, Zonafeld. Geez, I just don't like that, Marty. Well, he's shooting against a much taller guy. To the rack. Braunschweig had it. He's being guarded by Shealy being fronted. Good double, good double, good double. And it goes off of Ragnaris. Lutheran's going to have it right back. Good job there by Zastrow, Tyler Zastrow. Comes into the game 48th in the state in scoring. Lutheran had 24 points in that first quarter, Chris. You've got under two minutes left. They've only scored 10. They have not shot well this quarter. As you would know, you're keeping track. But it's been a slow, the pace has slowed down considerably. Yeah, they're just 4 of 12 in the quarter, Marty. Good point. And it's not like Christian is doing much either. Ball is tipped out of bounds by DeYoung. Has to do a lot more dribbling than we're used to seeing him do. Zonafeld is 6-4, Chris. He's guarding Tyler Zastrow who goes 5-9. And that's a generous assessment. Shealy got foul, that's why he lost the ball. Logan Gans is going to pick up that foul. Pass, got the inbound pass and they surprised him. It's two inbound play baskets for Lutheran and good scouted teams doesn't allow that to happen. But that was two on the monies for Lutheran. Shealy leaning on DeYoung a lot. And here comes Juris. He got him triple team. Gans is a two-logan Gans but he threw it out of bounds so the double and triple team worked. He should have just shot it. You would have. I would have. Come on Marty, there's three guys guarding you. So what? Where are the other two? Zastrow back in and out looking for an opening but don't have to force it in there. He gets caught on the baseline too. There isn't a whole lot of places to go. You've got to keep it out on the floor. That's 36 to 17. Lutheran on top. There's 40.4 seconds left. Zastrow got it in the lane and he got it up and in. A great pass by Jacob Juris. And again, an often inbound play in the tall timbers that time. And a good hustle by Juris. He makes the steal. Gans wants a follow, no way. Fifth turnover in like the last three minutes against Christian. 20 seconds. They're up by 21. It's 38 to 17. Here's the hammer if you can score here. Boy with a place goal. Just get erupted if you can score. Zastrow doesn't want to give it up. Now he does. Juris open a good ball fake. Come on. Wouldn't go. Had a bunny shot couldn't get it to go and we're at halftime. Sheboygan Lutheran. 38. Central Wisconsin Christian 17. He's looking for a job in the paper. Let's take him. He'll be okay. 80% of Fortune 500 companies only accept job applications online. Without the internet, you risk becoming extinct. Call us or visit our website to learn how to connect safely. We're back at Kettle Moraine High School where at halftime there you see it. Sheboygan Lutheran on top 38 to 17 in a really great first half of the basketball. Let's go over the scoring first for Central Wisconsin. They were led by Jason Vanderberg who came off the bench with six points and Tyler D. Young their high-scorer with six also. And the only other person to score for the Central Wisconsin Christian Crusaders was Jason Braunschweig. He had five points. For Lutheran they were led by Jacob Juris with 14 points and Tyler's Astro had 10. Jeff Hess 9 Ryan Shealy hit a 3-point basket early in the ball game and Taylor's Astro got into the game early and chipped in with two points to total out to 38. Chris just got back. Crazy half but we're not done. I'm always nervous to the end Marty. 24 in the first quarter slowed down to 14 in the second quarter. Christian had 7 in the first and 10 in the second. A good feed inside and D. Young is triple teamed and Juris just took it away. And then Tyler D. Young gets called for a foul. I mean as soon as he touched the ball Chris three guys were on him. And the live hands of Lutheran creates that turnover. Connie Zonafeld is still playing Tyler's Astro and actually I thought Zonafeld did a pretty nice job with Tyler. Hess from outside couldn't get it. One pass and a shot you want a little more passing going than that I think Chris what do you think work it around. Yeah Drive to the basket by Zonafeld and he scores and he's going to get a free throw. And he's going to get the celebration again. Zonafeld with the foul trouble early. As I mentioned he's the second leading scorer and he starts the second half right away. 3 point play. 38 to 20 talked to a couple people during the halftime Chris and each one said keep the pedal to the metal. Darn right. Long way to go. The Lypalm had what he looked like a shot but didn't take it. Astro with a cut down the lane and he gets fouled. Where are they going to get this one on? It's either going to be Greenfield or Zonafeld. Greenfield picked up the foul. That's his second. 48 percent shooting for Lutheran in that first half Marty. Astro makes the second a two and there's six of 14 from 3 point range. Not a good six in the second quarter but boy does five in the first for a huge. Young. Nails a two pointer they're giving him two foot was on the line but he's taking his game outside Chris. He's four of 11 from the floor and that's nice to have a big kid like that that can play into the basket and shoot short. Looked like a set play Chris and they got it to a he's, to Juris with a wide open shot but he couldn't nail it. Six minutes left up by 16. Gants applying the pressure on the ball Juris trying to take him. Good kick out pass to Leipzig. His three is good. That's a big basket Marty. You got to get some momentum to start the second half and now you're back up by 20. That's just a huge basket. Seventh three pointer for Lutheran. Good point. And it forces them to come out and guard another of the Lutheran players. That's deep. No good. The young goes right over the back, knocks down two Lutheran players but we'll get it out of bounds anyway. That's called letting them play. And here comes the rest of the Leipholms. Go Joe, go. Up by 20. Can you imagine the amount of revenue the WIAA would lose if there weren't Leipholms in the building? Zastrow. Zastrow right down the lane puts it up and in. Like this start Marty. Great start. 22 point lead. They've doubled up on the Crusaders inside. Leenan with the bodies on the field put it up and in. He got called for an offensive fall in the first half doing that move. It wasn't quite as vociferous with that move. He's strong. He is strong. Him and the young back next year they're going to be big and strong. Zastrow down the lane couldn't get the ball away from his teammate the young. Braunschweig had the ball tipped out of his hands by Jacob Juris. Pretty much got a full house in here. Chris it's 4.45 left in the third quarter it's 44 to 24. Luther on top. Braunschweig right to the rack puts it up and in. Bad defense. Too easy, too easy. Patience, patience. Need to get the ball to the other side. Make the defense move. Good idea Marty. Good call. There you go. Swing. Juris posting. Oh, he's going to catch it first. Yeah. Fighting off the defense too much. Couldn't get both hands on the ball. Layup is up and good by Zonafeld. He's 3 of 3 in the quarter. Down to 16. Got to come back and counter. Yeah, Luther trying to run. Zastrow from 10 rims out. Had a great look couldn't get it to go. He's 4 of 12. From the floor. A lot of people throws it right to Juris. Zastrow trying to get it. Couldn't. Why? Leipholm with the rebound attempt couldn't and then Phil's going to pick up the foul for Phil. That'll be his third. You know, Chris I'm going to cut Zastrow a little slack on that last shot simply because there wasn't too much to do with it other than try and shoot. He was sailing out of bounds. Yeah, good point. Good hustle play. Greenfield on a toss into his teammate, Diem threw it way over his head. Thirteenth turnover now on Central Wisconsin. Hey, Chris looked across the way at the table. You see the sign in front of it? Oldies, we should get that sign. A little pressure here applied. Oh, they had Zastrow wide open down here in the corner. Never saw him. That's where that pass should have gone. Greenfield's shot is no good. Diem with great hustle and he commits an offensive foul, not called not the Luther player right to the floor with his elbow. Braunschweig takes it to the rat. Couldn't get it. Shealy with the strong rebound and now they're going to get Greenfield with the foul and it looks to me Chris it might be getting a little chippy in there. Yeah, well it's physical and Central Wisconsin Christian in desperation mowed down 16 3 minutes left in the third quarter, 305 exactly. Gonna apply some pressure here now. Luther in struggle with this a little bit a week ago against Christian. I thought they struggled with it a lot actually. Now Central Wisconsin Christian, the first game of the year they did play Sheboygan Christian, beat him by seven. Not strong at all. Wide hands, no you're right exactly right shot is no good by Greenfield, he'll go to the line to shoot a pair. Don't be afraid Nick, don't be afraid. Actually that was Gans. Don't be afraid to use one here. Little mojo going the other way. Jeff Hess picks up his second foul. Taylor's Astron, Jacob Ames come in Hess and Leipholm take a break. Gans with another free throw. They've cut it to 14 points, it was as high as 22. He's strong. He's strong. And good time out by Nick Verhegan to prevent the turnover. Chris, what do you see here in this particular quarter? Well, as I mentioned before Central Wisconsin now in desperation mode a little bit here. So they're gonna try something probably they don't do a lot of it and that's press. It's how Lutheran handles it takes care of the ball. You know you know the officials are letting them go. You have to be strong with the ball. Chin that ball up as they used to teach you in grade school camps all over the state. Be strong with the ball but don't be afraid to attack. Somebody's got to put a basket and just to get the mojo back. You've got to get some points back. That's what I thought that three before by Leipholm was so big. Christian on an eight point run. Chris, they've scored the last eight points and they've outscored Lutheran in the quarter 30 to 6. 13 to 6. Official talking to Greenfield and Shealy. Official very slow getting it to the inbounder. Zastrow in a call of foul on Vandenberg. That's going to be his second. Lutheran three of seven and a quarter. Five of eight, four. Another miss. Vandenberg had a pretty good look and I don't fault them for taking the shot. We just want to make one. He's four of five, four team miss Marty. They're using their size. Zonafell couldn't get it. Ball stays in the possession of Christian. Zonafell to the basket again couldn't. Tyler Dium no good. Ball being tipped around finally. Lutheran comes away with it and flying all over the floor was Lucas Vandenberg and he tipped it out of bounds. I'll tell you Central Wisconsin pounding the paint. They are really controlling the paint now Marty. Another interception. Taylor Zastrow with a real bad pass. It's 44 to 30. We're under two minutes left in the third. Here we go. Deep again. Too deep. Tyler Dium, his shot was blocked on the way up but they're going to say a foul was committed by Lutheran. I don't know. He sure got a lot of places moving the ball on the floor with a dribble. They are getting deep, deep, deep and pounding it inside. The two twin towers are really making themselves present here in this quarter. Jeff Hesse checking back in. There are four of seven in the quarter now to shooting free throws here. Someone for Lutheran has got to make a bucket. Someone's got to break the string. The lead has gone from 22 down to 12. It's 44 to 32. And the ball thrown away again. The light bomb back in. Five turnovers now for Lutheran here in the quarter. Yes sir. They didn't have one in the second quarter. And again just one shot attempt in the quarter as well. Tyler Dium starting on the outside. The ball remains outside the paint. Zonafell had the ball tipped away and Juris comes away with the rebound or with the loose ball I should say. Vandeberg trying to get up into Zastrow's grill. Nice feed. The Shealy lays it up and in. That's the basket we needed. Got to finish strong here. We want to be up double digits going into quarter number four. Greenfield working on Hesse spins to the middle. Shot is off so good but he gets called for travel. And here's the buzzer going off. Crazy buzzer. Coming in the ball game is Jason Braunschweig. Big minute here Marty. Big, big minute. Yep. 59.5 seconds left. Lutheran on top. 46 to 32. It's been a rough quarter for the Crusaders of Sheboygan. Come on boys. Wake up. Yes. Come on Jeff. What are you giving me the ball for? Yeah. Cause you're one of the five on the floor. Joris couldn't get it. We had a good look at it. Chris could see it wasn't going down. 40 seconds left. Braunschweig being guarded by Tyler Zastrow. See if they try to pound it in. Here they go again. All to Tyler DeYoung. His three is good. That's a backbreaker. That's his 30th of the season. Lutheran up by 11. 18 seconds left. The Lypom picks it out. The Shealy is short. DeYoung with the rebound. 5 seconds left. Braunschweig has a chance. Kicks it out. Shot is no good at the buzzer and we're at the end of three quarters of play with Lutheran on top. 46 to 35. 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You know what they did also is they moved the young outside more and they posted up Yeah, good point. Posted up Zonufeld. Shelly rolls off. Great pass inside. He couldn't get the shot to go. Gotta have those. When I was talking about the pressure before I meant to say Sheboygan Christian and now Central Wisconsin Christian putting the pressure. Zonufeld basket is good and he's fouled inside. There he is again. They have an eight point quarter. Ethan had an eight point quarter. And now it's down to eight points. With seven and a half left. Jason Braunschweig with the foul. Once again, somebody's got it. We need a bucket. Get the mojo back. Now they don't need a three point basket. They just need some points. Juris is 0-2 in a quarter after going five of ten in the first half. Zonufeld doing a better job at defending Jacob Juris. Shelly kicks it out inside to Zastro and he rolls it in. Oh, I thought it was going to be like Sheely's. And going down is Lucas van der Berg. We didn't see what happened there but he looks hurt. The lead for Sheboygan Lutheran is back up to ten. It's 48-38 with 6-50 left. How many baskets do we have this quarter? One. That was the one by Zastro just now. And they made a three pointer with three-point play by Zonufeld. That's what I did. I gave it to the wrong four. Lucas van der Berg did not start the ballgame but he has been a big asset for the crusaders from Central Wisconsin Christian. Seven long minutes to go and the pace is much more at the Central Wisconsin level. I told you that they only scored once this season in the 70s. And of course Lutheran averages 70. Lutheran is going to have to work real hard to get up to 70 today. There are 12 points down. It's not that they can't do it but Greenfield, Humphake tried to take it to the basket. Hesse with the good defense. Drag that foot too. That's deep. Greenfield no good. That's off of Christian. He might have been off of Deyum or Braunschweig but Sheboygan Lutheran is going to have it back. Yeah, they're just controlling the board using their size. Break for Lutheran. Be nice to get a bucket here again. Every trip is big. Leipholm breaking the press but had it tipped away by Jason Braunschweig. Ten point lead. 6-22 left. To the 6-15 mark of the fourth quarter. Sheboygan Lutheran up 10. Hesse Drive to the basket scores. Very nice. Very nice. Recognize the opening and took it. Each team with five fouls. Gans had it. Gets it inside to Conifeld. He puts it up and in. He's been a force this half. He definitely has. Five of eight and a quarter and a half Marty. Oh wow. You want the foul instead? I don't think it was probably off of Ryan but if you're going to do that then you've got to call a foul on Conifeld. Yeah. What do you want the foul? That's an easy call there. Good decision by the officials too. Passed way out. Get it over to Hesse. 5-40 left in the ball game. Sheboygan Lutheran on top. 50-40 and a steal by Gans. That's another bad decision. Six turn over and a half and a deep again. Gans shot was blocked and then Leipholm tips it out of his hands. That's because they're getting deep and they're getting offensive rebounds Marty. I got Leipholm. If that's on Leipholm, that's his fourth. Lucas Vandenberg coming back in for big Andrew Greenfield inside to Gans. He puts it up and in. They are controlling the paint as they say. Just muscling through. 5 minutes up by 8. Juris right down Main Street scores. The first basket to the second half Marty. Pick them Jacob. Got a score Jacob. Puts it up and in off the pressure. No foul call but another basket by Lutheran. They're up by 12. Leipholm under 5 minutes. Braunschweig trying to make penetration and doesn't score is a great play by Jason Braunschweig. 10 point Lutheran lead and we're going to get a foul. That's going to go on Zonafeld and doesn't like the call but I thought it was a good one Chris and I'm a homer but I still think it was good. Each team now with 6 Marty. 4 and a half minutes. Up by 10. For Cody Zonafeld Chris Ellis is third. Nice pass. Shot off the glass is good by Shealy. Keeping it above double digits. I love it Marty. I'm with you there. Leipholm leading is good and he's fouled by Ryan Shealy. Just turned and shot. Ryan Shealy didn't have a chance. The official doesn't need to talk here. They're in ease and control. You stay in control as an official. The young has a chance to cut the lead from 10 down to single digits. 74% free throw shooter. They're best and he misses. Leipholm almost had it tipped away. Shealy I think got away with the walk Chris but half way through quarter number 4. Pass leading in the belly and couldn't get it to go but he is fouled. Tyler D. Young picks up his third. Coach Verhagen looks real calm over there. He's probably calmer than us. Second season. Todd Decker and John and Carol are here to cheer on Luther. State championship two years ago. Good support by that family. This is only going to be the fifth free throw of the game for Sheboygan. And they've made four of the five. By a little pressure. You don't want a lot of pressure though because you don't want to foul when the clock's going here. Almost tipped away from Braunschweig. Oh that's not going to go. Getting it back is Gans. No good. Got to get it. Leipholm with the rebound. I look like it went off the head of a Christian player. They're not a big three point shooting team. They've only hit an average of three per game this year. 3.30 left. Sheboygan and Luther not by 12. They're running a little bit of clock. Little leave action. The young tipped it away. Lot of contact but they play on. The young with a three attempt is no good. Juris with the rebound. You got to run some clock but you got to be strong. Jeff Hess is right there. Jeff Hess is right there. He's still there. The young moving in the way of Zastrow. Zastrow be shooting the one and one. Both teams sitting with seven fouls. Let me tell you Tyler the young is winded. Look at him. Look at him. He is beat. Might be a good time for a timeout for that young man. And we call one. Whatever it takes. You know Marty. We mentioned it last week. It's so difficult to just come back and then get over the hump. He's exerting so much energy and then they pressed. We were talking after that game to Mike Theibald. He said you know how you expend so much energy to get into the game and then there's nothing left at the end. You know. I lost my train of thought there for a second but I think you're right Chris. You know you expend a lot of energy. He's just where I mean he's tired and Zonafeld who didn't play much in the first half because of foul trouble has just been a force here. Hey I remembered my thought and that is Luther likes to push the ball and get quick shots basically. And now you're in a position where you need to slow the ball down. You know it's kind of playing out of character. Very much so. A lot of these kids played right across country. State team for that. Some of these kids were on a soccer team that had a lot of success conference championship team. That big free throws coming up. They're all big now Marty. Cool as a cucumber Tyler Zastrow. He's been around the wars for a long time. Zonafeld looks good. That's the young's 10th rebound. Average is nine and a half. Let's hope he doesn't improve his average next week. Greenfield looking for the three could find it Braunschweig to the basket and scores and he's fouled. The old bugaboo. Yeah Jason Braunschweig they have trouble. Well they got trouble with any of the guys that drive to the basket. Doesn't matter if you're big or small. 2.43 left. 59.58 Lutheran on top. Nick Verhagen deep breath looks over by coach Decker. He was announcing a game tonight in a miss free throw. Again back to back misses for them. Come to the ball. Come to the ball. 2.30 left. Come to the ball. Lutheran looking to run clock. Doing a good job of it so far. Zastrow inside feed. Back up and in. Bingo baby. 61.48 Reball is no good. Zastrow gets the rebound Chris and he's trying to dribble out of pressure and does. Three timeouts for each team Marty. Three timeouts for each team. There's a fall. That one's going to go on Lucas Vandenberg. Good to see that young man back in Chris. You can just see central Wisconsin hands on their knees. They are so tired. The battle to come back was so difficult for them. The last two minutes for them is going to be hard. We got to let them work to make basket so we can't allow dry penetration Marty. Another miss. Back to back for us. Bad pass. Juris with the steal and a quick follow with 153 left. Lutheran up 13. It's not over yet but the more they have to follow and I believe Lutheran will be shooting two from now on. Sixteenth turnover of the ball game for them. Sixteen. That's way too many. And ten of them are in that first half. Can't have that many turnovers. Expect to win. Not at this level. Marty I have Sheboygan Lutheran five for five. No that's wrong. Six for six from the floor. Oh look at this. Light pump off the glass couldn't get it in. Zastrow trying to steal it away. Don't foul. We cannot foul there. That's our first miss of the quarter. Point break range. Three ball is good by Zonafeld. Oh man. That's just his ninth of the season. Under 100 seconds Marty. 11 points lead. Oh that's Zastrow had a real bad pass. I used to see that from Tyler. Still 11 points. Inside the green field. Basket is good. Cut in to the lead again. His first basket of the ball game. One of seven. Oh bad pass again. But Lutheran keeps it. Zastrow had it tipped away not aware of who was around him. Gotta have better court awareness and then Hess steals the pass. And we get a time out. 103 left Lutheran up. 53 to 62 to 53. Getting nervous. It's not that Chris. You're at a point now where your season is so important in terms of going to state and repeating what you did a couple years ago and you're playing lackadaisical. Maybe not lackadaisical but you're not playing sharp. 63 seconds and a nine point lead. And the ball. You have to be strong with the ball and you gotta at least make one of two free throws and then you get the opportunity. I believe that was the third time out for Lutheran. I got him with three. Zastrow's gonna get fouled. I want him there. I was just gonna say that Chris. I'm with you there. I want him at the line. We need at least one. Two would be great. Right now it's a three possession game. Actually you know who I'd really like to see at the line. Me. He didn't get that first one Marty. He missed. Let's see. One, two, three, four, five. Four out of five. Really I thought they missed a couple before. Juris made the first free throw when he was on the line just before. Creepers, Creepers. Had a chance. Oh this is gonna be green ball. You know they could have got Tyler DeYoung with a foul pushing off. But a good no call. Empty trip Marty. Empty trip. 56 seconds. Up nine. Three possession game. Under 50. Zonafell leaning in on Hesse draws the foul. It stops the clock. Gives them an opportunity to score without the clock running. That's Hesse's third. You think back to those Christian Lutheran games and how well Lutheran had shot their free throws in tonight. It's just at the most critical time of the season it's been escaping them. Zonafell's just a 57% free throw shooter Marty. Got somebody there. He's the one. Still a three possession game. 47 seconds left. It took them basically nine seconds. Tyler's astral in the ball game Chris. I find that being an interesting substitution. I would say so. I want to fill a light palm in the game. Well we don't know what Phil's free throw shooting is. He said I don't know. But Juris going to the line. We like him there. He's had a rough second half. He's two of four. Two point baskets. But I'll tell you you won't forget that first quarter Marty. Woo hoo. Four threes in the first quarter. Dan Tennapple from the head coach for Central Wisconsin I thought made some really good adjustments in the second half. Especially offensively. There's your man Phil. Light palm coming in for Taylor's astral. Nine point lead with that made free throw. See if you can bump it up to ten. Four possessions. Four possessions. 64 54. Rolling down to 40 seconds. Ron Schweig had it tipped away. Went off a Luther player. Christian will have it back. 39.9 seconds left. One point lead. Ron Schweig pulls up with a three. Rims out. No break. Tick tick tick tick tick tick. And Zonafell committing to fall. Send Zastrow to the line. You can get to 67. You can put it in a bank and book your ticket to Madison. Because there's no way they can get 13 points in 30 seconds. Zastrow's missed three in a row. Four in a row, pardon me. He had a one in one that he missed earlier. Makes one there. He found the three. Three point attempt is no good. Ron Schweig with the rebound gets it inside and it's blocked by his Gans. Gans' shot is blocked and then they call a foul. Late call. Looks like a fine block, Chris. Wow. As I mentioned many times already they've only hit a hundred and two threes this year, Marty. That's an average of about three a game. And when they need threes they can't make them. Boy oh boy. The free throw shooting in this fourth quarter has been atrocious. Central Wisconsin one of seven from three point range in the fourth quarter. Good one there. 65-55. Oh the clock's running. Another second clicked off. Another point. And they're going to bring the officials over and say it should be about 2.4. Come over here, ask me, I'll tell you. I thought it was over 20. 20.4. I think you're right. 66-55. 21 seconds left. Looking a lot more secure now than we did back in the third and early fourth quarter, Chris. Yeah, they gave it a run. I'll say that. I was a little nervous about that. The third quarter. 67 games over. Book your tickets. Braunschweig no good. Rebound put back is no good. And the rebound put back again by Gantz is no good, but he is followed. You don't make, well, not that it matters so much, but it does matter. You've got to make the first shot so you can stop the clock with a time out. Preserve time. Second quarter shooting. I have Christian 7 of 18 and continue to miss free throws. That can't hit any. Shealy had it stripped away and we got a jump ball situation. Tie up situation, pardon me. 3.6 seconds left. Luther on top. 67-56. And Central Wisconsin Christian is clearing the bench by Van Buren. What's that, Marty? State tournament. Coyker also in. Coming in for Sheboygan. Kucsich. Welsh. Good job coach for Hagan and your staff. Jacob Berg. Shot is no good and that's the ball game. Sheboygan Luther going to state again with a 67-56 win. Richard Bartz and our cameraman Chris is going to try to get some interviews hopefully before we leave. It's been a good afternoon, a very exciting basketball game. Luther pretty much had it their way in the first half but western Wisconsin Christian really came back tough. Wow, the first quarter I thought was the key, Marty. They came out shooting 10-15. 5 of 8 from 3 point. Put the pedal to the metal and never look back after that first quarter. This team had a goal to get to the state tournament and not all teams who set goals that high reach it and congratulations to Nick for Hagan and his staff and all the boys. I'll tell you what a senior group here. It's a very rare opportunity to get to a state tournament and a lot of these boys get to go for a second time. Spirited second half by western Wisconsin. Christian with 39 points, Chris. They also were able to hold Sheboygan Luther to only 29 second half points. It's a key to that. They're handing out the medals for sectionals. Johnny Decker behind you, Marty. Central Wisconsin finishes 20 and 7 this season. They lose their guard play, Marty, but their front line is going to be good. I don't know, I really like that Jason Braun, Braun Schweig number 3 he really hustled out there. Yeah, he did and scrapping. Finished the game with 11 points for Luther Juris at 23 Zastrow at 18 Jeff Hess at 13 Hey, that's the athletic director Jacob. Another thing, these Lutheran kids are nice kids. They're really nice kids. They're very active in a lot of things. I've seen these kids in plays and musicals and things and it's not just athletics that they excel at. Not often an athletic director gets a hug. Tyler Zastrow laughing about this. We talked a lot about Cody Zonafeld at no points in the first half. Chris had 14 in the second while he had all that fall trouble and boy, they just controlled the pain in the second half which we probably expected in the game start it was going to happen, but just the blitzkrieg of a lightning attack to start the game by Luther was too much for Central Wisconsin Christian overcome. Yeah, their big guy Tyler DeYoung came into the game averaging almost 16 points a game, ended with only 12. Chris they really were able to control him. Now he was 5 of 14 from the floor, Marty. So a good job, not just by Ryan Shealy, but you're right the whole team. Hans had a nice game finished with 6 points all in the second half. His scoring is not complete, but I've got a couple here. Let's run through Sheboygan, Juriset 3, Shealy 9, Hass 13, Tyler Zastrow with 18 Taylor Zastrow had 2 for Western Wisconsin Christian Jason Braunschweig had 11 Cody Zonafeld had 14 Logan Gantz had 5 Vandeberg, Lucas had 6 and Tyler DeYoung had 12 coming over as Nick Verhegan talked to Nick a little bit Nick, you got it? I got it, I got it. Alright, great. First of all, congratulations. It was a really great game. Your guys came out really gunning tonight, this afternoon. Yeah, absolutely. You know, it's what's got us here. We can't go away from the things that have got us here and we work a lot in our shooting. We work a lot on attacking with the ball and off the ball and they believed in what we've been working on for. You know, what I've been working on for 4 years with a lot of these guys and it's paying dividends. These guys are awesome. I'm going to talk about the downside just a little bit. I thought against Sheboygan Christian you guys really struggled with pressure late in the second half and I saw a little bit of that here in the second half against western Wisconsin. Talk a little bit about handling pressure. Oh boy, the pressure was there. Those are things that we replicate in practice and we get guys just grinding on guys, double teams 6 on 5, 7 on 5 kind of stuff and today it's just credit to the teams. As you mentioned Christian and CWC here, give credit to those guys for battling back and putting that pressure on us. They could have easily folded and they didn't and that's a class act and just a great competitor and that coach and all those players. They deserve to be here. I'm proud of the pressure they put on us and I'm glad the way we handled that pressure. On the upside I thought your team down the stretch handled the pressure very well and got into a half court game and were able to get some penetration and easy shots especially for Shealy. At the end, the message at the end was our next buckets are going to be wide open layups or free throws and a great free throw shooting team. We struggled from the line terribly at the end but we handled the pressure. As you mentioned, the pressure was something that got to us but it wasn't unheard of. Earlier in the quarter, you missed about five out of six I think or so but down at the end, when it came pressure point, you made six in a row. That was huge. I mean, I trust in all these guys. I want Tyler to get to the line and Tyler wants to get to the line. He's our best free throw shooter. Hey, the only guy I wanted at the line instead of him was me. Oh, you! We want to get him to the line. You're right. He's a good free throw shooter. I thought you did a great job of coaching and I had some adjustments that you made. Thank you. It's nice to be able to call time-outs when we're up and we're on a run and be able to embrace what these fans are bringing. I mean, look at this. It's crazy. How many fans we have. It's hundreds and hundreds of supporters. 500 tickets they sold yesterday. And how many guys walked in, how many families walked in and for them to dedicate so much time and travel to come here and support these 14 young men and these four coaches and three managers, it's a special thing. Congratulations, Nick. We're going to send Phil over here. Have him talk a little bit. Thank you very much. Hey, Phil. Congratulations. Great win. Thank you. I thought you guys really handled the pressure down at the end really quite well. A little better than you did maybe against Cheboygan Luther, but a great win here tonight. Yeah, that second half they brought the pressure. We knew it was going to come at high, 2-2-1. Coach prepared us for it and really well got the ball in the middle and could get some layups on that. Talk a little bit about the game plan going in with Tyler Diem. They're a big center. It was just to double him down low and whenever he gets it for some left you like to go up right, finish strong and he's a good player and he can also shoot from the outside so we had to watch that. Ryan Shewe did a great job on him today. It was nice to double him down a little bit get him frustrated a little bit, but I thought it got a little chippy out there late in the first half because you guys really had it on him in that first half, especially in the first quarter. What was going on out there? Jake was on fire first half. He was 5-5 in the first quarter. You could tell they were frustrated and whenever he'd shoot, drain it. I could see some of their guys were just deflated right away. They'd open shots. They didn't follow the first half for him. They got some of the second half, but that first half they were frustrated. They couldn't knock him down. I thought we played some pretty good defense on him, but you could tell they rattled from that first half by Jerse. I want you guys to take it home on Thursday and then hopefully I can get down there on Saturday and watch you guys play all the best. Great game tonight, Phil. Great calling your games this year. Thank you. Thanks for coming. Alrighty. With that, we're going to wrap up the ball game. Again, Sheboygan Lutheran a winner by a score of 67-56. We want to thank Richard Bartzen for making the trip down here. Phil, I know Chris is really happy and the only downside to the win, Chris, is you should have been sitting in my spot doing these interviews. You deserve it. What a great day for Sheboygan. Like I mentioned before, a lot of teams set out goals to get to state and these gentlemen accomplish your goals and hopefully be a very enjoyable week, a week that we'll never forget. We want to wish Sheboygan Lutheran all the best. Congratulations for a fine season to western Wisconsin Christian. With that, for Richard, our cameraman for my partner, Chris Wright, I'm Mike Martin saying thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road.