 We're at North High School where tonight the Golden Raiders take on Green Bay East in the opening game of the classic Fox River Classic Conference. Hello everybody, my name is Mike Martin, joining me as the coach, Chris Wright. Chris, we got major announcements sort of for East. One of their top players is out tonight. Yeah, what a shock for them. It's just gonna hurt them. They lost their big guy, Mike Fisher, six foot seven and number 26 ranked senior in the entire state and he is not going to be playing tonight and that's a big, big loss for them. You know, when you got a cog like that, kind of the central point of your squad and right away he's out. I heard understanding got hurt in the football season now he's hurt again. That's too bad. He was last year average just under eight points a game and had just under eight rebounds per game and had four over four blocks per game. So that's obviously going to be a huge loss, especially defensively in the middle. And when I was reading the basketball Bible about East, the coach mentioned one of the concerns he has is that they don't have real good depth and with having a big guy like him out that's going to hurt that situation even more. On the flip side, North has somebody back tonight that's missed the first two games. Yeah, and that's Devin Yurk. That's the 25th best player in the state according to the basketball Bible and he's had an ankle injury and Ethan Gusky, he's had ankle problems this year and read Contra, of course he got hurt during the football season. So they're all all banged up, bandaged up or whatever but finally Devin can make his debut. You know, as they say though, the non-conference schedule doesn't count the conference schedules. You know, it's just like college football. So get Devin back for the regular season. Well, East finished 13 and 10 last year. There's JV team, however, only finished seven and 13. So it remains to be seen what they got back or what they have coming up from the JV team that could hurt them. North had an excellent record last year, 19 and five and really stood out and with the strong guard play they could really play havoc with East bringing the ball up. Well, I think one of the biggest strengths that the Boygen North does have is they have a top five guard tandem and actually a threesome in the entire state. When you're talking about Ethan Gusky and Devin Yerke those are two good ones. And Danny Campion off the JVs a year ago is another outstanding. So I think, you know, we're very blessed by having that on the flip side. Of course, size is gonna be a problem this year but they really don't play a lot of big, big teams this year. So that should hurt them. One of the things, one of the guys that's come on this year he played, usually got in the games last year but he didn't stand out, I think, but one time we were here and that was Luke Belmore and their last game he stood out, played a very nice game. Yeah, and again, you're gonna have to get just like any team, gonna have good contributions from other people. I was wondering who's gonna get the scoring the last couple of games without Yerke there. All the pressure is gonna be on Gusky but Belmore is one of those guys who's gonna need to do that and of course, Shaq Francis is another one that I understand had a good summer and it's expecting to have a good season this year. Oh, Alec Manning had a pretty nice game against the two rivers. I didn't see him play their last game but he's a big body inside along with Conter and even though they're not tall at least they take up space. Yeah, a couple of guys from the football team, Chetty, played a little tight end and probably wanted the ball thrown to him a little bit more in the football season but here he has an opportunity to excel in the basketball season starting on a state-ranked team and of course, Reed Conter, it's really nice to see him. What a nice kid, I'm glad to see he's healthy enough to play. Kelvonte McKinney is a new kid. He played a little football, he's from Michigan. What have you heard about him, Chris? I was here at the two rivers game and he played some in the first half and then he didn't play it all in the second half and I think he played much more against Madison LaFollet but have you heard anything about how he's progressing? Yeah, well, he's very athletic, Marty and expected big things from football as well. He can jump and things like that. Little bit out of control, I guess. The other night, took a couple, four guys took charges. He ran into some people and things so to control this game but he definitely has the athletic ability and someone that the Raiders are gonna have to count on for rebounding because, again, it goes back to that size issue. It also adds to the depth, you know, as sometimes they're a little bit like Wisconsin's football team that wear you down in the second half. We're getting ready for the national anthem so stick around. When I was younger, I didn't want to admit I had a serious disease. I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be a normal kid. Because of my diabetes, I lost the sight in my left eye. Misconceptions continue to surround this monster public health issue. But the simple truth is, diabetes can often be prevented and complications avoided. I think if I had just been open and honest about what my challenges were, I think it would have been easier for me to take better care of myself. 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He's a six-two junior. Devin Urik making his first start of the season. Coming off an injury is a six-three senior. Luke Belmore, number 21, is a six-one senior. Shaquille Francis is a six-four senior. And rounding out the starting five is number 25, Alec Menning. He's a six-one senior. Our officials for tonight's game from the Manitowoc area are Chad Dupont and Brian Ulnes. We think we were talking about this before we went on the air. We think we've seen the one umpire. Brian Ulnes. He said it was back to us, Marty. Yeah. But we're not sure about the other young man. And he looks young. And while the two games I've been to, the game we covered the other night with Luther and Usberg, those games were covered by three officials. So this is the first time I'm seeing a game covered by only two It'll be interesting to see how things go with that. Langell and Francis will be jumping center. Yerkel bring it up. Doesn't look any worse for where with that ankle so far. Seems to be moving quite well. Taking it to the hoop, off the glass, no good. Francis on the rebound, put back, can't get it up. And East comes away with it. Oh, didn't take Devin long to get his first shot up. Three point attempt by Sullivan is good. Sullivan comes from a long list of Sullivan brothers that have played many sports at East. He of course, one of the seniors. Fisher to a brother of a earlier player. Gusky, a leap and leaner to the hoop couldn't get it to go. And then East comes away with another rebound. Shaq with two chances for put backs. Another three pointer, this one nailed by Ray Butler. Six to nothing East, early on. Yerke going hard. And he's going to get called for an offensive foul. Wow, that's a no call. That one hurt. Wow, that should not be East's own one this year, Marty. They lost 59-52 to DC Evers. DC Evers is a ranked, or excuse me, an honorable mention of all state team, but of course that's with Fisher and that's just a bad turnover. And that's one of the keys of the game, is taking care of the ball weakness, I think, for East. Gusky from way outside couldn't get it in and we had a whistle underneath. I think they're going to get Lingle number 55 for that one. Well, he's 6-8, but he's not very nimble, that Lingle. Six to nothing, there's 6-33 remaining in the first quarter. A couple of three pointers by Butler and Sullivan. Staying out of foul trouble, definitely, at the depth for East, important. Yerke on a leaner couldn't get it to go and he's fouled. I don't know if you noticed a help defense by East. There was a kid, Yerke had the ball out on in the corner and I think it was Sullivan. He just stood right in the middle of the lane. Didn't guard his guy at all. Serve as a helper. One of the strengths of North is their free throw shooting. They're going to get to the line. Good quickness. They're going to win a lot of ball games this year, Marty. Sheboygan North, so if you get a chance to come out and see them. They've already got two. Yep, they're ranked 10th in state. Yerke puts in a pair, 6-2 East. How are they going to handle this pressure? That's going to be important. Because you're not big, North is going to have to rely on press. That's pretty close to a 10th seconder, but they get it over. Nice drive to the hoop that time by McConte. He had nine points against DC Everts the other night. One game in for East, two for North. Belmore with a wild shot. East comes away with another rebound. Hard to the basket, kissing it off. The last was Kennedy. And East out to an early 10-2 lead. Kennedy just coming in off the bench. And Desatelle calls a 30-second timeout. Well, it's a good start for East. No question, but you just got to withstand this little run here. They're not going to be like this all night. Keep attacking the basket. Stay within yourselves. They're not making any shots, and they're getting those rebounds. It allows them to not have to face the press, and then they can run their break. And they are pretty quick. They're all for six. North is all for six. North's all for six, and there's no... East is four for four. That's not going to hold up. Like you said, because you don't score, you can't set up your press, which will lead into easy baskets later. So we'll let Chetty take that shot. Yurick off the glass, puts it in. He has four points. And East breaks the press. Oh, he kind of traveled. Shot is up and in by McConte. And he's fouled. Just got to withstand it, boys. Just hang in there. The world's going to be okay. East was picked for fifth in the league this year, but obviously with Fisher out that all things are different, but... We're not aware of how long he's going to be out. But it certainly hurts to not have him in the lineup. I already tore something, and we'll have to wait and see. No concern, North fans. It's 12-4. Conte not able to finish off the three-point play. It's 12-4 East. Now, five and a half minutes, a lot of time. Yurick, a leaner, rounding down. We might have another game in the hundreds at this pace. Almost a steal. Yeah, they're not going to be able to... Butler, nails a three. No, take that back. Ford in off the bench. Boy, they're bringing these guys off the bench, Chris. He had seven points last night. Chetty's going to get it deep. I'll tell you, we're going to have a lot of fouls. This is not going to be the quick game we had over at Lutheran the other night. That's for sure. No, and on one hand, this is a strength for North, as I said, their free throw shooting. And depth, I think, for bull squads, really, is not the greatest, but definitely tonight, I think depth is much better for North than East, especially with a starter out. There's 4-51 remaining in the first quarter. 15-6, East on top. Hey, nice crowd by North tonight. No girls' game. They won last night against West Bend. Saw some of that game last night. Marty had crushed them. Yep, and... Susie Runes with another nice squad. Yep, and they watch out for them. The pier's good, but... Menang not able to hit either one. Remains 15-6 East. They don't think he wants the ball. Murphy doing a pretty good job of handling pressure. I don't know, we'll see later. Look at this. Butler, oh, they get it in the middle of Sullivan. His pass was tipped away, but it goes right to Kennedy, and he puts it in. 17-6. They haven't missed yet, Marty. I'm not worried. Conter now in the ball game. Deep! Yerick from way out. Belmore tried to get it off the glass and in, but couldn't, but Menang with an offensive board puts it up and in. 17-8. Fourth offensive rebound already for North. Small group, but they're hitting the boards. Well, they had that little flurry right on the first possession where they got a couple of offensive rebounds. And then this one. First miss for East. Many more to come. Yeah. 335 and counting. 17-8. East. Yerick. Leaning with the left hand, couldn't get it in. Menang, or Belmore's tap is no good. And East comes away with it. Murphy on the control. Sullivan, a leaner. Not a good shot there by that young man. Belmore. Oh, they look good. They look good, but just wouldn't go down. North, like we mentioned, is 2-0. They beat two rivers in the first game, which was supposed to be a pretty good team, but they handled them by over 20. And then they beat, what was it, they beat just the other night? Madison LeFollett. Yep. Yerick gets his second foul, Marty. Yeah, that's bad. He's been basically the offense. Yeah, they beat LeFollett on a basket. Now LeFollett's picked for sixth in the big eight, so not a great squad to win that by two at home, but a win to win. Danny Campion. A ton of assists the other day. Comes into the game, number four. McKinney in as well. He'll be wearing number five. And there's a rebound for Shaq, his third. 18-8. Belmore going hard to the basket. Couldn't get it to go off the glass. I think we should mention him in the start because he's 0-4. Looks off to a slow, wow! North Pole? Holy cow. Oh, that happened. That was off Francis. Yeah, we'll take it. Yep, we need it. 18-8, 2-35 left. See Lingles back in. Belmore probing the middle, but not able to make any penetration. Francis. No good. Now they're offensive. Rebound by Belmore. His put-back is no good, but he is fouled. That was pretty sweet. Five offensive rebounds in the first six minutes, Marty. Conte picks up his second foul. And that's the fourth team foul on East. Belmore is going to go to the line. If your name isn't Eric, you're not making free throws. North is only two for five on their free throw shooting. Conte out already. He's got two fouls as well. He was one of their leading scorers the other night. That's a key person to have out. They got one in. Let's see if they can get a turnover here. 18-9, East on top. Butler wanted a clear out. Good place for a trap. Sullivan gets it in the middle. The four who dishes it off to Butler. Pardon me. Kennedy, and he's fouled. Very athletic move, would prefer him just putting it in the basket. Maybe try to draw the foul there. Francis picks up the foul, Chris. If I'm North, I'm much happier about the fact that he decided to draw a foul. Let's see if he misses one here. Not yet. They're getting contributions from a lot of different guys. They had eight guys score the other night, Marty, and one of them was Fisher. He's not here today. He's here. He's not suited up. Right. Oh, he got them both. 20-9, East on top. They've built on the lead. Two minutes in the quarter. Kirk sitting on the bench with two fouls. Remains to be seen whether the coach will put him back in this half. Gusky on a nice feed to Conter. Couldn't get the glass to put it in. And it was a miss, and East has the break. And not a good play that time by Kennedy. East coach by Rich Rosinski in his 10th year. He's got 100 wins and 96 losses at the school. Tom Desitele, of course, in his 35th year at North. North just three of 16, Marty. They're not going to be like that all night. And if they are, they're not going to win. Campion looking for the middle. Couldn't get it. Passes it out to Conter. His rainbow is up and in. And he's made some of those this year. Made some last year too. Remember that one last year? He kissed it off the glass. And all of a sudden it's down to an eight-point game. 20-12. Murphy has it in the middle. Breaks down the defense. I'll tell you, those hustling defenders are going to get some turnovers later, Marty. Just you wait and see. Oh, gliding to the hoop, but couldn't get it in. Was Kennedy, but East keeps it on the offensive rebound. Sullivan loads it up. Under pressure, he nails a three. Conter was right there with a hand in his grill, but he still put it in. 45 seconds in the quarter. 11-point lead now for East. Yeah, 23-12. Handleball, boys. Under 30 seconds. Then a foul on top by Ford. Turnover. Turnover. Kerry. Oh, boy. Got to get away to get Ethan Gusky some more shots. He's just got two shots in the quarter, Marty. East may be content to run her down for one shot. Butler has it on top. 15. So the glass, no good by Ford. Campion gets it over to McKinney, and he puts it up and in. Way to run the break north. Big strength for them is running the floor, and they got down in five seconds. Took advantage of the miss and the basket. And a big miss by East there. They would have held that down. They would have a nice lead now instead of having a lead by about 11 or 12. McKinney's free throw is hard off the rim. Shot at the buzzer is off the backboard. No good. We're at the end of one with East on top 23-14. I am a Packers fan. And we're Packers fans. Hi, I'm David Collins, superintendent of the Wisconsin State Patrol. Our fans are the best fans in football. We are the ultimate team players. The ultimate team player. Be the ultimate team player. Always have a designated driver. Always have a designated driver. Live responsibly. Packers fans. Don't let fans drive drunk. Responsibility has its rewards. Go! Awesome quarter for East. North, not so good, especially with the two falls on Devin Yerck. And he certainly wanted to play a little more, having had to sit out the first two games with that sprained ankle. Divante Mecante has two falls for East for North. Devin Yerck has two. East is sitting with 16. Falls North with four. There was a lot of good things there by North. Marty, they got to the offensive rebounds big time. And that helped, you know, to give them more shot opportunities. So they got to keep doing that. They did a real nice job of that. North starting the second quarter with Dusky Campion. Conter Francis. And I think that's Hartman Hammeister in there. Luke Belmore, pardon me. Well, East was 8 of 12 and 4 of 5 from 3 point range. So they had their way. It's not going to be like that all night, boys. Just 5 of 18, 1 of 5 from 3. Conter hit that one. One of the things that is a little bit of a concern, Chris, is the fact that East has been able to run the break. Murphy, that was a clear turnover and they didn't call it that time. He must have carried it three times. Sullivan's shot is no good. Good block out by Reed Conter to get the board. Conter from outside the line, couldn't get it in. But another offensive rebound. Fall is going to go on East. North's just fine. As I said. Butler picks up his first, Chris. Got to avoid that run that East did. And North's right where they want to be. They're in the bonus situation. Chance to make some free throws. I know they struggle in that first quarter, but that's not going to be the way all night. Another offensive rebound. Belmore. Block, no good. But Conter with the putback got it in. 23 to 16. North chipping away a 30 second time out by the Red Devils. And you can see it now, Chris, they're starting to get their sea legs. They're just absolutely controlling the boards the Raiders are. And they are just hitting the boards. Both ends. You know, if you think about the fact that North, seven offensive rebounds where East has one offensive rebound. So you're getting yourself seven extra opportunities to score despite the fact that you're behind. And on the kick side, East is one and out. And it's going to catch up. And they're making their little run here. And I think that's why East decided to call time out. One thing that is a concern for me, and I know it is for you too, North has only hit three of eight free throws. They're getting to the line, but you've got to make them. Yeah, they will. One-three-one action, Marty. This proved to be a good defense for North last year. Sullivan. Misses again. Shot, misses. He hit a couple in that first quarter. Having a little trouble now. Well, now East is going to come out in a one-three-one. Which should be a good thing for North here. If you can get to Gusky on a swing, things are going to be all right. Swing it. Swing it. Oh, that's just... And then he's going to get pushed by Ford. Bonus. Yeah, make the free throws, boys. Contra will go to the line. Another miss. Three for nine. They'll be in practice tomorrow shooting a lot of free throws. Butler trying to probe the defense and does. And he charges. Good help. Defense by Gusky to get in there and draw that charge. His third. Butler has his third. You're right. Wow. Devontae McConte is in. Number 33 is going to play the point on this defense. Nine fouls to four. Contra loads up the rainbow but couldn't get it in. And now Moore with a great rebound. And then he's fouled. And I think it's going to be on Antonio Ford 34. That's his third foul. Wow. Well, I'll tell you the depth is going to be tested tonight. Getting ready to check back in is Oliver Kennedy. Come on, North, let's make some free throws here. Double bonus with 618 left for North. Oh. It wasn't pretty but it went in. East is in trouble. They are in a world of hurt. They got two guys with three fouls already. Already Fisher's not playing tonight. And they're going to stick in that 1-3-1. 23 to 18. East still on top but North chipping away. They were down by as many as 11 in the first quarter. Langle got the rebound or the nice pass. Couldn't get it in. And then got the off the rebound that could get it in. And then we have a whistle. Wow. And I think they're going to get Lingle on and over the back. They are. And that's going to be his second. 11 fouls to four. Shaq Francis getting ready to shoot some free throws. Six minutes to go and not going anywhere for a while. Did you get your Snickers tonight, Marty? Another missed free throw. Five for 12 so far. Short. He's got real poor technique on his free throws, Chris. Not just because he missed them. He doesn't even look good when he shoots. No knee bend. Exactly. That's what I was thinking. That was a good steal. Wow. Delmore with an easy two. It's 23 to 20. North down three. 535 remaining until half. And we're going to get a foul on North. I think that's going to be on Conter. His first and the first foul on North this quarter. And you'd mention a disparity. Wow. Just a lot of fouls. Five fouls this quarter on East. 23 to 20 East. Could have fooled me from what's going on. Wide open. No way. The wing is no good. But Sullivan with a good hustle rebound puts it up and in. And that breaks a string. Quick shot. Not a good attempt there. 25 to 20 East. Sullivan in the lane can't get it. Lingo up and in and he's fouled. Well, East with a mini run here. North's just got to hang on here. Five minutes left in the second quarter. Only down by seven. Menning with the foul. That's his first. Keep attacking the basket. You're going to get some fouls and chip away in here. And go get them in the second half. If we ever get to the second half. Yeah, really. Lingo with a brick. Couldn't get it in. But it is 27 to 20. East on top. North got it down to three. And now East has run off four straight points. Got to get the ball down before he can go off. Of all the turnovers. That is the worst for me. When you can't dribble the ball without traveling first. And it's so easy to not do. Don't come to a Friday night game with us. Left it short. And then we get a whistle inside. Oh, wow. There's another. Kennedy had a nice open shot in the lane. Couldn't get it in. Then North gets called. Belmore gets called for the foul. Come on. 18 fouls. Oh, no. It was way over here on. Lingo's going to be back. Well, if you're going to push somebody, Jimmy's the biggest guy out there. Wally. Did you see him shoot? That's the other reason. Oh, yeah. You got to watch out for the long rebound on those free throws, too. Yeah, it might take your eye out. That's not exactly a soft touch, huh? Oh, not a good play there. Another turnover by the Raiders. Last two trips down. Yep. They only got four in a game, but you're right back to backers. Especially when you're trying to make that comeback bid. Good place to be for a trap. Good job, White. Good hands by North. Oh, turn it over again. And there's a carry by Murphy. Not called. Sullivan wide open. Drains it. Nick Sullivan has been money 30 to 20. Five of eight. Marty from the floor. Francis. Well, there's another channel. Not called. He took a bad shot. Maybe somebody can hold him. Oh, boy. Lingle. He's a big guy in there. If he could make those bunnies, North would really be in trouble, but he's missed some easy ones. McKinney. Now what are we going to get? Fall underneath the basket. I don't think it had anything to do with the shot in the corner. Yep, it was underneath the basket. Lingle picks up his third. Because he's tired, Marty. Yep. He's got hands on his knees. Digging down deep into the bench. Contra will be on the line shooting two since North is in the super bonus. 19 fouls. And another miss. Four for 15 from the line. Chris, I think you and I could stand on the free throw line, shoot the 15 free throws with our eyes closed and make five. Hunter makes the second one. 30 to 21, East. There's 325 remaining until halftime. It's not been a good half of basketball for North. East looked pretty good in the first quarter. They've certainly settled down here in the second. But they withstood that charge by North. Well, they're just three of eight and a quarter, Marty. East, that is. After being eight of 12. Deep three is no good by McConte. That wasn't a good shot. No. Good swing of the ball. Campion. Bingo, baby. That was a big three. 30 to 24. Good help. Defense by Campion to stop the drive. 243 left. And the ball game for the first time is Jameer Samanski. Hell ball situation. North gets the possession. In the ball game for the Raiders is Joseph Hammeister seeing his first action. Seven turnovers now, I believe, on six turnovers. On East. Murphy all over Guski if you look over there, Chris. He's not letting him get a sniff. Oh my. Hammeister's shot is no good, but Belmore is right there. His eighth rebound, Marty. The half. 210 remaining until half time. Guski getting impatient. Francis high above the crowd. Couldn't get it in. Sullivan had a wide open look. East comes away with the offensive rebound but couldn't get it in. Radma Pay, fan pay, pardon me. Francis on a drive to the hole. Put it in. 30 to 26. North within four. They got to within three early in the second quarter. A bit of a run. Six point run for North. He's carrying it all the time, Chris. You just watch that when he takes it up. Every time. Absolutely. Taking it to the hoop. Oh, brother. Was Sullivan, but good defense played by Francis to draw the charge. They must have like 14 fouls. You are a magician, man. 14 fouls. 14-7. You looked at the ball. No, they only go up the tip. Yeah. Cause East. Oh my, nobody there. Right to the hole for two. And it's a two point deficit. 30 to 28. North battling back. We're under a minute. Van Pay being pressured. Getting hammered. And good hustle by Belmore. He went right down to the floor and grabbed the ball and caused the tie up. Did I tell you I had him in class last year one time when I was subbing? He was challenging when he put it that way. So I saw him in the hall as I was coming in. I said, hey, you giving the subs a hard time? He remembered me. 52 seconds left. Two point deficit by North. Belmore playing the top of the 1-3-1 zone for North. Ooh, let's carry it some more. He missed it off the glass by McConte. However, he got it up and in and that breaks the North run. That was a big basket for East. Campion for three. All righty, baby. 32-31. 30 seconds. He's still on top. East couldn't get back on D. And he throws it out of bounds. If your coach, Desatel, does it do any good to go to the referee and ask him about the carry by Murphy? Looks like North is going to play for one. The 1-1 were rolling down to the 15-second mark. This has all been done with Devin Urik on the bench. Belmore, underlay, and Francis. Up and in at the buzzer. They're going to count it. Yes, they do. North is going to go in at halftime with a 33-32 lead. Than ever before, women are on the front lines of America's defense. These brave women struggle and sacrifice to help keep our country secure. They deserve to be recognized for their service as guardians of freedom. Please support the American Legion's efforts to serve the growing number of women veterans. Go to legion.org slash honor veterans to find out how you can help. We're at halftime at North High School with the Golden Raiders leading Green Bay East. 33-32. Some halftime scoring. First for East. Ray Butler had three. Nick Sullivan 11. Oliver Kennedy had six. Devonte McConte had six. Antonio Ford three. And Ellis Lingle, the big guy in the middle, had two. Four North. Dan Campion off the bench had six. A couple of three-pointers in the second quarter. Calvante McKinney had two. Devin Urik only played in the first quarter. He picked up two fouls. He had six. Luke Belmore seven. Shaq Francis four. His final two gave North the lead. Alec Menning two and Reed Conter had six. In action earlier tonight, the North JV team beat East. It was a nice win for them. The key difference in the game, Chris, was the second quarter. East was limited to only nine points. They had 23 in the first quarter, only nine in the second. North on the flip side was pretty balanced with 14 points in the first quarter and 19 in the second. And they finished the half. The score was 20 to 30. Remember, East made that little bit of a run to get the lead back up there. From that point on, 20 to 30. North made a 13 to two run. Wow, just poor shooting for North. 12 of 35 for the half. East really froze up there. Four of 13 in the quarter. 20 to 25. And turnover started to mount for East as they had seven in that quarter. Menning's shot is over the backboard. East will take it out. North also three of 12. Shooting two of them, or Danny's there in the corner when he's left alone. There's still carrying the ball. And he's gonna do that all night. Big disparity in falls too. East committed 14 falls. Seven, but North not able to take advantage from the free throw line. Lingle. Easy two. Well, the key is two. East has got two guys with three fouls. No foul trouble except for Yerkees. He's only got two fouls. Everybody else just gets single things. Definitely a big advantage for North if they can get a pick up a foul on one of those guys. Yerkees it on top. North trailing now. Yerke gliding to the basket. Got it up and in. He's now three of seven from the floor. Another lob into Lingle. Ball is tipped out of bounds. Gusky providing good help. Now you can see the strategy, Chris. They want to pound it inside. Well, they didn't do that in the beginning of the game and everything they shot up went into the end of the game. Whoopah! One of those kind of turnovers. Yerke, reverse layup, no good. But Belmore with the putback. Rebound number nine. And Lingle traveled. Wanted to do a little head and shoulder fake but shuffled the feet. Wow. That was a bad turnover. Not that there's ever a good turnover. North up by three. Lingle stood there and blocked it. A little spaulding burger action. Nice reverse dribble. Or behind the bat dribble by Butler and he puts it up and in. Close to close. Francis. Good kick out. Nice passing by the Raiders. Gusky finally gets a shot and can't get it to go. Good extra pass there by Menning. North. Go ahead, Chris. I was just going to say that's the kind of stuff, normally you get the basket on that. Another travel. Same thing. 37, 36 North on top. Sullivan has a tip from behind and then North throws it away again. Oh, I can't believe they're not calling it Kerry. Butler hard to the hoop he got it in. That's too straight. Buckets for Ray Butler and gives East the lead. 38-37. Nice pass again by Menning. And Lingle are going to be his fourth. Yeah, it's going to be his fourth and they'll miss him. He's not in the middle. That took two minutes. Oliver Kennedy and Antonio Ford are checking in for East. North will have it under their basket but they are down by a point. 38-37. Guski is fouled. And his fourth. Ray Butler. I told you it wouldn't take long. The hoop didn't want it, but it did go in. North 8 for 17 with those two makes and they also have the lead. Well tipped out of bounds. North up by 1. 39-38. Hard drive to the basket and Yerick's going to pick up his third. That was not good defense at that time, Chris. Thought he kind of shuffled his feet before that, Marty. Conte misses his first free throw attempt. East only had two free throw attempts in that first half. Wow. Grabbed another rebound. But I'm just thinking how he had to get it. This is one arm was grabbed. A one-hand rebound. Yerick. Menning is fouled by Antonio Ford. His fourth. Let's do a high five on that one, Chris. Let's bring Lingle back in. I think this is a good thing too for Coach Dessertel. I see Yerick has three fouls. Leave him in the game. He hasn't played yet this year. Let him get into the flow. Now they get him a little sweat going. He'll be alright. Not good defense there. Falling asleep was Oliver Kennedy. Belmore with an easy two. 41-38. North. Lingle inside. He couldn't get it in. Put back is good. North up one. 40-41. Jack Francis going hard to the hoop. Say goodbye, Mr. Lingle. Fouled on the way in by Ellis Lingle and that'll be his fifth. So with 4-38 remaining in the third quarter he falls out. Don't you think maybe you would come out in a zone or something? Well... Something different. You got all these guys in foul trouble. We're going to stay out there and play our man to man and see if we can stop North. Meanwhile your guys just keep getting foul after foul. Just try to do something different. Some of that I also put on the kit. He's got to realize when to back off too. You've got four fouls. You've got four and a half minutes in the third quarter. I understand. I agree with you. I agree with you. You can do some other things coaching wise. You're going to be down to nothing left on your bench. Maybe they can get some of those GV guys to suit up quick. I mean... He's got two kids on the end of the bench there that still have their warm-ups on. Unless they're not players it's hard to tell from up here. But his depth is being tested. That's for sure. The depth is going to be the end. 43-40, North up three. Their largest lead of the game. I wouldn't be surprised if North still wins by 20, Marty. Well, and it's five on four because all the rest of the guys fouled out. Stay on your feet, Belmore. Nice feet inside. And putting it up and in was Samanski. Have we seen him yet? He played a little bit in the first half. Belmore. Fouled on the way in. Another foul on East. Samanski committing the foul. Hunter coming in for North. Raiders lead it, but only 43-42. It seems like it should be a lot more, doesn't it? Yep. Absolutely. And it's going to be. You watch. It's going to get away. Yurick. Jeez. Couldn't get it. But he's fouled. He'll be shooting a pair. North continues to get to the free throw line. Well, that's what they do, Marty. That is their game. They drive to the basket and draw fouls. And, I mean, you've got to know coming in here, how many times you've played against North and this offense, this is what they do. And if you're going to try to stand up there and defend these guys, it's not going to happen because this is North's strength. Their athletes are taking over. 11-4-20 from the free throw line. So the free throw shooting is picking up a little bit. Why would I have to say something like that? Sorry about that. Let's carry it some more. Little chipping us out on the court between Belmore and McConte. But we'll take a 30-second timeout. East calling that to avoid the turnover. It's interesting because North is really playing a lot better. And yet they're only up. Well, let's put it this way. East isn't playing outstanding like they were at the beginning. But still only a two-point lead. And like I just said before, they're doing what they need to do. Their strength is getting to the basket or kicking it out for some threes. And you now got to stop us. And who's going to stop us? Who's going to defend us? One of my weaknesses I said about East coming in stopping to drive penetration. And that's what's going right to their weakness. And the strength of North is their quickness, athletic ability, and getting to the basket. And most of the time to free throw shooting, which I think is going to come too. And North backing that 1-3-1, Chris. Yeah, every time that East called a timeout, Deso makes a good choice. And changes up the D to switch things up. That's a great, great coaching thing by Coach Desotel. Three seconds in the lane. Lane violation by East. And another turnover by the Red Devils. Yeah, I have them for 14, Marty. 14 turnovers. A bunch of them came here in the third quarter too. Man, it's early yet. Yerick, leap and leaner. No good. East comes away with it. On the push is McConte. And we get a whistle. I think that's going to go on Gusky trying for the steal. It'll be his second. Second team fall. East has six team falls. And we still have three minutes left in the third quarter. We're going to be seeing a lot of free throws before this one's over. Sullivan, pull-up jumper. Nails it though. That was a pretty move, Chris. His first shot of the quarter at five minutes in. All knotted at 44. Conter. High off the glass. No good. Shaq Francis had a good look at a put-back but couldn't get it in. Murphy had it tapped away by Gusky. Good hustle by East to get back on defense. Looked like North might have had the numbers on the break, but back. Gusky, bangle, baby. Dry penetrate, dry penetrate and kick. We don't get a foul. We'll get the three. I believe that's his first. Yeah, I was just going to say it. I believe that was his first three. First basket. He's one for five tonight. One for four from out there in the three. East has done a nice job against him. Yes they have. He has not touched the ball much. Samansky gets it back to Sullivan. He's open. Couldn't get it to go. Francis on the push. And oh no. No way. Francis picking up the charging fall. That's his second, but... There's no way he was set. That means he would have had to beat him down the floor. He wasn't there. Well, Hammeister and Manning come in and Francis and Contor go out. Dessel giving him an earful. We don't want no stinking charging falls. Well, I think... I don't know about that one, Marty. Butler trying to go to the hoop, but he gets fouled on the way in. Fall goes on. Luke Belmore is second. You know, for his active, as Luke has been tonight, only have two falls I think is pretty good. Yeah, and North really smothers and they're all over the ball. Back at 1-3-1. North by three. It's 47-44 on the strength of Gusky's three-point shot. Sullivan no good. And we get a whistle underneath. Belmore pleading his case. Referee not having any of that. I might agree with him there. Yeah, I thought I might have saw some trickery under there. Let's call it that. Manning and Belmore go out and Contor and Manning are back in. Short break for those boys. Whoa, he's way out. Good hustle by Sullivan trying to get the rebound, but Francis not to be denied. Eight rebounds for Francis tonight, too. Ammeister. Got it. Another country hurt from. 50-44. Rolling down to a minute remaining in the third. Another good quarter by North. Time out by the East Siders. We had mentioned some quarters scoring. North has 17 points so far in this quarter. They've been very consistent. Dessal very demonstrative down there on the sidelines, Chris. Well, just five of 12 shooting for North again. Not real good shooting for North. So I have him 17 for 47. Eek. How many three, how many three-points for North? I got him for five. For us? Yeah. The whole game. Five. Yep. We're copacetic. Let's check out E-scoring here. I had him for four three-pointers in the first quarter alone. The other thing in the second and so far nothing in the third. And one in the second. Sullivan hit one. Yup, you're right. Can't read my own writing. 101 remaining in the third. North up on top 50 to 44. This is their largest lead of the game. East came out on fire scoring 23 points in the first quarter. Fadaway three is no good. Putback is no good. East had some great looks and just couldn't get it in. Ammeister, no good. Nice feed from Gusky to get in that shot. Boy, it looked like Kennedy was wide open underneath the basket, but they didn't see him. There's a travel. See what I mean? I mean what? How can you do that? I mean that's just, it's just not good basketball. Six turnover of the quarter for East. 15 now in the game. Francis doing a good job of handling the ball. East getting there. Nine rebounds for him. Along with his six points. Kiel, Francis. Rolling down to 10 seconds left in the quarter. Oh, lazy. Laziness by Yerick. Murphy off the glass. No good. And we're at the end of three quarters of play with North on top 50 to 44. This was a scary moment for Elliott Savler and everyone at Richard Petty Motorsports. Thankfully, the folks in NASCAR have taken every precaution to ensure the safety of our drivers. And I hope you do the same thing when you get in your car. The Department of Transportation says to catch the drivers four times more likely to be in a serious accident. Buckle up, watch the road, and please do not text and drive. It could be the last text you ever sent. This message is brought to you by the U.S. Air Force. What you doing, Dad? My favorite thing. Really, Dad? What are you doing? Paying bills. Every month a stack of them come just as regular as the rain. What's this one? That's a special one, son. I pay it first. How come? It's money for my retirement account. I put some money aside each month just like I was paying a bill. Wouldn't you rather buy something? I don't want to work forever and I don't want you to have to support me in my old age. In a way, I'm buying peace of mind. I'm on the installment plan. Back at North High School, getting ready to start fourth quarter action. A good quarter for the Raiders. They all scored east by a 17 to 12 count. And I mentioned the free throw shooting has picked up a little bit and they've been getting to the line pretty frequently. East with 16 falls as we enter the fourth quarter, north with five. And north continuing in that 131 zone, Chris. Good drive to the hoop by Butler, but he couldn't get it to go. East just not finishing when they get the ball inside. Well, Butler made me pay for that comment, didn't he? Two-pointer or two? Two-pointer, drive to the hoop. It's 50 to 46. East continuing in the man-to-man defense. Yerick Liener got it. He's got some moves. North now 18 to 49. Five for 17 from three. Not a good shooting night, but they're up by six with 7.15 left. Butler station at the top of the free throw. At the free throw line. Sullivan off the dribble, gets fouled after by Hammeister. That's a good call. Joe Hammeister, not a good fall. Sullivan will be at the line shooting a trifecta. That's not a good foul. Nope, that's... In the second half, East was 0-2 in the third quarter from the line. They've not been there very often. East was 6-12 shooting, but they had six turnovers. Didn't make any threes. They're 5-13 now. They're 18 for 37, almost 50%. Sullivan misses two, Chris. You know, you talk about North's free throw shooting being bad. East is only 3-11 so far. Wow. Yeah. Crawls that one in. 52-47 north on top. Yerick to the hole. Couldn't get it. Pretty good defense by East. The challenge of Butler loses it and gets it back. Sullivan. Drive to the hoop, no good. Belmore with another rebound. Very active. That's 10, huh? 11. And at two points. Give it to Francis. Right there, Johnny on the spot. 54-47. Francis gonna get a double-double tonight. He needs a bucket. Kennedy loads it up from three-point land and drains it. Pardon me, that was Butler number 23, not 32. I didn't think that was either, Marty. Sure Butler's on the court. Yerick with a nice drive to the hoop. 56-50. Six now of 13 shooting. Excuse me, five of 13 shooting. Oh, Francis on the bust out. Lays it up over the rim and down. That was sweet. And there's your double-double. 10 points and 10 rebounds. Good luck down the court on that one, too. East might be wilting, Chris. Belmore with a double-double tonight. He's got 11 points and 11 rebounds. Well, Yerick not having a good game at all and he's got 13 points, Marty. You're cheating, you're looking at the scoreboard. Yeah, I can do that. 11 by Belmore. 10 by Francis. 13 by Yerick. Butler has 14. 60-28. It appeared that good. It appears that good. Nick Sullivan having a nice night for East with 14 points, too. As long as we're waiting for action to start. Our next ball game will be December 8th. That's a Thursday when Howard's Grove visits Sheboygan Lutheran to get another opportunity to see Sam Decker and the Crusaders on tour. And then we have a game on the 13th. Green Bay East squad again, Chris. This time at South. And South having her trouble so far this year. Understandably, understandable tonight because Decker does have a very good team. Pierre is the class of the conference. I like Pulaski a lot, too. Let's watch where they go. I really like that team that they're all basically back from a year ago. Coach Shaw did a nice job there. But I'll tell you after you take the top three I don't know. Not much. Murphy hard for him to get a shot off being only five eight. A good feed inside the butler. He puts it up in him. That was sweet. 58-52 north. Francis to the hole. Another basket. Just stay in our man to man. Try to stop north. You're not going to do it. Butler gives it up over to Ford. His shot is away off the mark. Not a good shot. Guski right back to Belmore. Good teamwork that time. Belmore spotted Guski deep through it to him and then cut to the hoop. And Guski fed it right back to him for the layup attempt but he was followed. His fifth and that's two players now that have fall out. Belmore's been on the court for a long time. Chris without picking up his fifth. He's a smart player. See how long that lasts. Belmore with 11 has a chance to push it up to 13 if you can knock home a couple of free throws. North is 11 for 21 so far. He'll be smiling about it. Put it in. Max in the second one. It's a nine point lead for the players. They're the largest lead. They came out shooting well. Now they're five of six shooting. They just got to work on that free throw shooting a little bit. North is 12 for 23. Not good enough. 22 of 54 shooting Mike. Drive to the hoop. Nice strong drive that time. By Davante McConte. Five of seven North is shooting. The third. Good on that free throw attempt. And gets a shooter's role on that one. East 6 for 14 from the line tonight. Neither team doing very well. Yerick Leaning. Couldn't get it in. And he tips it out of bounds. 409 remaining in the ballgame. Chris North up 61. 54. Not good yet. But North has been looking better as we've played on. Five of 14 shooting out for Yerick. A lot of dribbling by Butler. Sullivan looking. Good focus on Sullivan in the second half. He's got just one basket. He's won for five in a nice first half. Three point attempt is no good. Hard to the hoop and laying it up and in was McConte that time. 56. East hanging around. 338. And there's plenty of time. You just can't say we got the game wrapped up. East is playing very very hard. They do have some good athletes out there. They keep an eye on that Sullivan guy. He's the guy that'll hurt you. Belmore on the back cut for an easy two. Nice pass from Yerick. That was pretty. East lost focus on players behind him. That's where that ball rotation comes in. Yerick lays it up and in. 65. 56. Comments. What do you think? I know it's pretty much playing out the way you thought. You know, used to have a great start, but next week we're at back at Lutheran Thursday night. I just said that they play Howard's Grove. Yep. I know we had Elkar Lake on the thing, but it's Howard's Grove. That should be a good game. The crowd last week come out to see Lutheran play. And then we got, like you said, East at South and North South in about two weeks. Right. It's coming up on the 17th. That'll be a big night. WSCSTV will be here. As will all the major networks. That would be SASD TV. The first game is here, Marty. At North High School. Dicky V was coming to do one of those games. Heck, we had Michael Buffer, we can least get him. He does color. I guess that means I'm bumped, huh? I don't think so. We might let him in on a halftime show. I know he was at the Carrier Dome tonight with Florida and Syracuse. And you know who wasn't at the Carrier Dome tonight? Bernie. Oh man. What a great world coming to, huh? Nor sticking with that 1-3-1 defense. It's been a good firm tonight. East has had trouble. When you look at East, try to move the ball. It's always take a couple dribbles and we'll pass it. Except for, well, even Sullivan this time. And when you dribble the defense can react and relax or move, I shouldn't say relax, but rotate into the proper position. You're right. And if you swing it, you try to swing it, you got to be quicker than them. I know Bobby Knight would always say against the zone. He actually wanted more dribbling than against the man-to-man, but what he wanted was penetration and then pitch it out. And we certainly talked about that over the years. Well, good hands that time by Conter. Francis on a bounce pass. Belmore to the hoop again for an easy two. You mentioned Belmore in the opening, didn't you? Yeah, he was a little sassy when he gets those substitute teachers, but he's having a great night. 16 points, 11 rebounds. Oh, boy. I don't know about that. You're getting gusky on a slap fall, but I think you got all both. This is a little amazing because East has always committed a lot more falls through the course of the game and right now in North is sitting this half with more falls in East. Well, 21 fouls total for East and 15 for North. The fouls really hurt the first half. You could just see the writing on the wall even though they had a lead, but Butler knocks home a free throw there. He has 17. He leads all scores, Chris. Belmore has 16. Exactly two minutes left in the game. Did you mention that? Nope. Warning. Not enough arch. Many with his third rebound. 67. 7 North on top. Campion in the game. He didn't see much action in the second half. He had a nice first half. Belmore. He knows what to do on offense. 69. 57. High percentage shots, Marty. Yeah, for sure. That'll help the percentage wanted. And Belmore taps it out of bounds. Lukey baby having a real nice game with 18 points. Gusky coming out. North with 9 of 12 shooting here in the fourth quarter. But how many of them are lapsed? But that really helps that shooting percentage. Now 26 of 60. Getting closer to 60%. Late whistle. But the correct call, Campion committing a foul. I think what the referee wanted to see is if nothing bad happened. No harm, no foul. That's not the case. Sullivan will be on the line shooting the bonus and we get a time out. Chris had mentioned our next game will be Howard's Grove at Lutheran. And on the 17th we got the North-South game. We do have a game between that Lutheran game and the North-South game. It's December 13th. I mentioned that earlier too. We're going to see East again over at South. We haven't ripped on the conference schedule. Let's do that. Why are we covering East twice? They're treble twice. Manitowak twice. It's a goofy schedule. Some of the nights they have both teams in town. I'm balanced. Tonight again. DePierre is here. There is a team. It didn't work out. It's unfortunate because they have such a nice team. I'd like to see them. I'd like to see Pulaski. Pulaski comes up to town. That's another team. I think that team is going to make a lot of hay. Think so? I do. I think they're really good. Better north? A little watch and see. I think they're pretty good. I really like Pulaski. They return four starters. Cody Wickman. He's good. They get the same name as the Sheboygan Kulapaki team. They were eighteen and six a year ago. Coach Shaw has a nice squad. They get north and south up at their place the last two games of the year. Really? North and then south. They don't make a trip down here. Last year we talked about Coach Shaw. I'm going to come up here to play. We return the favor. You want me to rip up some baseball? My freshman. You play two at home games and ten road games. Dates. Ten road dates and four home dates. You play two at home, five on the road. Play one and then five on the road and one. Some of that might have to do with the fact that towns don't have enough diamonds. Why can't you just have six and six? It should just be equal because the south freshmen just the opposite. Murphy commits a foul. Campion will be on the line for north. Big techs coming in the game. Brandon Sipple decided to come out for basketball. I'm sure he's a force in practice. There's a big body, right? There'd be an interesting matchup. Lingle and Sipple. Well, Sipple all conference football player. Used to hit a baseball long way too. Good last summer out there for Cleveland. Alliance. Eight points for a campion at 71 to 58. Under a minute. Butler. Sullivan. Couldn't get it to go. Nice rebound by Sipple. Holy cow. Sullivan just one of six in the whole half. Nice shot by Kevin Lang. Puts it up and in the lane. Nice move. Butler. Bangal. Check it. That was Oliver Kennedy. I think he's got another two points. Remember earlier they gave it to Butler and I thought it was Kennedy. I got him for three baskets, Marty. Five seconds remaining. They're going to dribble it out. North will pick up a hard fought win. 73 to 61. And once they got rid of that first quarter East really played well by the way in the first quarter especially North was able to do what you said they would. Yeah. Burn the tape in the first half if you're North. Poor shooting and really not good basketball for them but they really cleaned things up and in the second half they did what they did. Well they drove to the basket and got to the free throw line and started making those baskets. They were on fire in the fourth quarter and easy opportunities and things like that. Follow trouble obviously didn't help East and you knew their hot start wouldn't last. We want to thank Steve Reiner for coming in. Richard Bartzen was supposed to do tonight's game but he was not able to have a family emergency and on short notice he brought his equipment over and did a great job taping the game for us and we appreciate him for that. For my partner Chris Wright I'm Mike Martin saying thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road.