 We welcome you to tonight's WIAA Boys Division Four regional game here at Beaver Dam High School. Tonight, the Cheboyon County Christian High School Eagles will take on the Randolph Rockets. The game tonight is the opening of the sectionals here for the WIAA tournament. Both teams have moved on. And at this point, both teams are looking forward to this game they matched up last year with the Randolph Rockets coming out on top and going on at the state. Randolph Rockets come in with a record of 22-1 and have been the state the last five years or five out of the last six years. This is really the team to beat. I believe they were ranked one or two in Division Four throughout the state. So the Eagles have a huge chance for themselves tonight. The Eagles come in with a record of 19-4 and have been looking forward to this game. We'll be right back and introduce you to the starters. And now let's meet the starters for tonight's games. The Randolph Rockets are gonna be the home team in the white uniforms with Cheboyon County Christian High in the blue uniforms. And the starters for the Eagles tonight, number 11, a senior, Nate Kopatek. A sophomore, number 14, Lee Velkamp. Another senior for the Eagles, number 12, Brandon Simmons. The third starting senior for the Eagles is number 21, Joel Westerbeck. And the other sophomore starting for Cheboyon County Christian High is Joel Smerding. And he will be jumping center for the Eagles. And now let's meet the starters for the Randolph Rockets. Tyler Tillman, number four, sixth-grade junior guard, reads the Rockets. Number 34 is a sixth-grade sophomore, Zach Reuter. Number 20 is Brian Johnson, sixth-grade senior. Number 42 is Jared Reuter, a sixth-grade junior. And playing center for the Randolph Rockets is number 44, Kyle Kellum, a sixth-grade sophomore center. Keys to tonight's game is gonna be Temple. Christian High is looking to slow the ball down. Take care of it and make sure that they have a scoring opportunity on every possession. It'll be interesting to see how the Randolph Rockets come out. Jumping center is Kyle Kellum, a sixth-grade sophomore for Randolph and Joel Mirding, sixth-grade sophomore for Cheboyon County Christian High. And here we go. Randolph controls the tip very easily. The number 42, Jared Reuter, over to Tillman, over to Brian Johnson, down inside, whooses it and turns it over, steal by Joel Mirding, dumps it off at the paddock. He looks over to the bench for instructions over to Joel Westerbake, down in the corner to Brandon Simmons. Eagles run their offense, back out to Mirding, over to Westerbake. Westerbake's got a shot at the free-throw line. He takes it, he's short, and the rebound comes down to number 20, Brian Johnson. Tillman running the offense for the Rockets, goes down the lane and leaves his feet, bulls over Lee Velkamp, and his call for the charge. That's Tyler Tillman's first, the Rockets' first team fall. Lee Velkamp to inbound for the Eagles, gives it over to Joel Westerbake. Back to Velkamp, who brings it up the middle, bulls out the play, over to Westerbake, in the right-hand side, down into Simmons again. Simmons looks for Mirding inside, back out to Klopatec, over to Westerbake, down in the corner to Velkamp. Simmons coming high, looking at it, back over to Klopatec, around the top of the key, into the corner to Velkamp, and a foul is called. It looks like it's on the Rockets' big man, Kyle Kelm, number 44. That's his first personal, and the Rockets' second team foul. Lee Velkamp to inbound, looks inside, gets it outside to Joel Westerbake. Westerbake sets it up to Klopatec, started by Tillman, over to Velkamp, down into the corner to Westerbake, back out to Klopatec. Let's see if the Eagles are patient with their offense. They're looking like they're running their set. There's not a tremendous amount of man-to-man pressure by the Rockets right now. They're giving the perimeter a look, it's down into the corner to Westerbake, over to Klopatec. Klopatec looks to penetrate the middle, thinks twice about it, kicks it back out to Westerbake. Friend of the Rockets fans imploring their team to defense, comes back out to Velkamp, down to Westerbake. Chris and I being very patient in this possession, trying to break down the Rockets' defense, back out to Velkamp, over to Westerbake, to Klopatec. They're looking inside to Westerbake, heard a mirroring, but not forcing it. Velkamp, top, over to Klopatec, back to Velkamp, down into the corner to Westerbake, guarded by Brian Johnson of the Rockets. Now they're playing a little bit more pressure, and it kicks back out to Klopatec, who's closely guarded by Tomo, but he drops back off. Simmons is guarded by number 42, Jared Rooter. Klopatec looking inside. Eagles dumping inside the mirroring, kicking back out to Westerbake, down in the corner to Velkamp, over to Klopatec. Full team seem very patient about what they wanna do. Mirroring steps back, lets it go short, gets his own rebound, and another follow is called, on the Randolph Rockets. That follow is number 34, a six foot two sophomore, Zack Rooter. That's the third team follow. Velkamp to inbound again, gets it to Klopatec, guarded by Tomo, over into the corner to Westerbake, looks inside for mirroring, nothing's there, and Westerbake turned the ball over with a carry, goes over to the Rockets. Jared Rooter to inbound to Tyler Tomek, calls out the offense, dribbles up slowly, guarded by Westerbake, over to Zack Rooter, over to the big man, Kyle Kelm, back over to Tomo, over to number 20, Brian Johnson, Johnson shoots. Rebound by Klopatec, Klopatec pushes it to Westerbake, over throws him and the Eagles turn the ball over. Slow start, scores 0-0, three minutes already into the scheme, and not tremendous amount of scoring action at this point. Tomo brings it up, guarded by Westerbake over to Kelm, Kelm inside, down to Johnson, out to Rooter, who misses, Westerbake rebounds, and controls it, and gives it over to Klopatec who dribbles up, back to Westerbake, into the corner to Simmons, over to Klopatec, Klopatec takes a look, gives it to Miradink, Miradink thinks about a three, but kicks it over to Westerbake, down in the corner to Velkamp, over to Klopatec, back to Velkamp, looking inside, gives it to Miradink, Miradink making a post move, kicks it back out to Velkamp, and back over to Klopatec, and things settle down again for the Eagles. Velkamp dribbling up between the circles, over to Westerbake, down in the corner to Klopatec, guarded by Tomo, Randolph Rockets are playing very good man-to-man defense. Westerbake goes baseline, over to Simmons, into Miradink, goes up and off of the glass, and the Eagles score their first two points. Tyler Tomo brings the ball up, over to Johnson, Johnson looks things over, underneath the basket, tips the rim, over to Velkamp, and the Eagles slow the ball down. Balls in the corner to Brandon Simmons, over to Lee Velkamp, and Kyle Kell makes a nice steal fronting, Miradink down to number 20, Brian Johnson, and there is a foul as Johnson went up for the shot, that foul is on number 11, Nick Klopatec, a block. Coach Brett Flipsy is imploring that it's something else, I don't think he thought it should have been a shooting foul, but Brian Johnson is at the line, shooting two free throws. He makes the first, and Randolph comes in with a pair of subs, number 24, Corey Pfeffer, and number 40, Ben Cybertson, a 6-3 sophomore. Johnson with a second free throw, hits it, and the score is tied two to two with three minutes and 30 seconds left in this quarter. Klopatec locks the ball up, and it looks like Rockets aren't his zone, it might be a pressure zone, we'll have to see trapping. Skip over to Westerbake, back over to Klopatec, trying to stretch the rocket defense. Velkamp takes a three, missed, Kyle Kalm down with a rebound. Kalm looks like he's got some good ball handling. Stolen by Klopatec, Klopatec looking it over, dribbles himself out of trouble to Velkamp over to Westerbake, Westerbake things twice again over to Velkamp, and it looks like Rockets are back into their man offense. Westerbake surveys it over to Klopatec and then Simmons on the right-hand side of the floor. Westerbake looks for Simmons, goes over to Klopatec, Velkamp looking inside for Meerdink, working for position. Stown into Westerbake in the corner, back out to Klopatec. Westerbake looks inside to Meerdink, but that kicks it back out to Klopatec, and now finally the Eagles are running some offense. Velkamp cuts through, looks for Meerdink, skips over to Klopatec, and they try ball reversal, but to no avail. This Randolph-Rocket defense is a stalwart defense. They're playing a nice man-to-man. They got the big man in the middle to make sure nothing goes down Main Street form. Westerbake down into Simmons. Eagles taking their time, showing some patience. Oh, and Klopatec loses it off his foot to Brian Johnson. Johnson down in for the layup and scores. The Randolph-Rockets go up four to two. Looks like right now the key to this game is going to be turnovers. Who's going to have the least amount? Eagles have a couple here early, I think three altogether. On a make, it looks like the Rockets are going to a pressing half court trap zone. Skip passes tip to Westerbake down in the middle, down to Simmons. Simmons kicks it to Klopatec for a three. He hits far bracket, and Brian Johnson rebounds, pushes the ball up the floor. Looks to pass and double dribbles and turns it over. Checking back into the Randolph-Rocket lineup is number 42, Jared Reuter. Checking in for the Eagles is a junior, six-five junior, number 23, Zapp Jensma. And also checking in for the Rockets is number 30, Brian Kampstra, a six-two freshman for the Randolph-Rockets. Lee Velkamp to inbound in front of the Scorer's Table at mid-court. Looks in to Joel Meridingk who steps in to take off some of the heat. The Patek closely guarded by Toma. Rockets are back into a man-to-man. They go into the corner, down to Velkamp who looks inside for Meridingk and it's tipped out of bounds off the Rockets. Velkamp calling for the play and boning it underneath the Eagle basket out to Westerbake who's closely guarded by number 30, Brian Kampstra. Patek with a ball into Velkamp, down to Westerbake who squares up, takes a shot, far bracket, re-boned by number 30, Brian Kampstra, over to Toma, guarded by Westerbake. Westerbake reaches in, tipped the ball out, no foul. Ball rude stays to the Rockets. Brian and Simmons checking in right now for Zach Jensma. But Flipsy changing the defense, going to the 2-3 zone with 36 seconds left in the quarter. And the score, four to two, the Rockets. Down in the corner to Toma, Toma goes around, loses the ball and puts it up off the glass and scores. Making the score 6-2 with 18 seconds left here. Patek dribbles over to, passes over to Westerbake. Patek has it with seven seconds, Meridingk looking. Closely guarded by Kamp. Westerbake lost it, tries a pank shot and misses wide. And at the end of one quarter, the score is Randolph Rockets 6. And the Spuygen County Christian High School Eagles 2. Second quarter here, the starters for the Randolph Rockets, number 20, Brian Johnson, number 34, Zach Ruder, number 42, Jared Ruder, and number 44, Kyle Kelm. They come out with their starters. The Eagles come out with their starters, Lee Velkamp to inbound to Nathan Clopatek, or to Joe Meridingk, Clopatek gets the ball. Joe Westerbake is also starting along with Brandon Simmons. Clopatek gets it into Simmons over on the wing. Westerbake shoots a three, off rim, rebound by number 42, Jared Ruder over to Toma. Toma pushes the ball up, looking for Johnson. Johnson looking inside the count, skips over to Ruder. And then over to Jared Ruder. Kelm has the ball still by Brandon Simmons, and decides to dribble it up himself and get it over half court, over to Lee Velkamp. Velkamp against 34 spin move, and he's all for the travel. Turn over Eagles, brings it over to the Randolph Rockets. Jared Ruder at inbound to Toma. Toma to bring it up, call out the play, puts it over to Jared Ruder on the wing. Ruder looking for ball reversal to Johnson, gets it over to Johnson, back to Toma, cut through by, and stolen again by Simmons. Simmons playing great anticipation on the man to man defense, makes a great steal. Ball's in the corner to Simmons. Simmons is driving his left hand, and puts it up, creates space, tipped back over to Kyle Kalm by Toma, and Toma brings the ball back up over the Randolph Rockets. Toma dribbling between the circles, look inside, over to Kyle Kalm on the wing, down inside to number 42, Ruder, and 42 back stone, Nathan Coppatic, recognizing the size difference, and Nathan Coppatic for the Eagles just picked up his second personal, second team, and that causes Coach Brett Flipsy to make a quick change. It looks like the Belgium foreign exchange student for Christian Hyde, Karl Dubois, coming into the game to replace Nate Coppatic. Jared Ruder, the rocket free throw shooter, missed his first, he's got his second one to shoot right now, takes a shot, he's off, and Joe Westerbake comes down with the rebound, passes over to Lee Velkamp. Velkamp looks like he's gonna be running the offense a little bit for the Eagles right now, balls back over to Westerbake, over to Simmons, down in the corner to Velkamp. Here comes Karl Dubois around the circle. Simmons down in the corner, looking inside for Muirdingk over to Velkamp, down in the corner to Dubois, Dubois shot fake, Simmons down the middle, kicks out the Velkamp over to Dubois, Dubois behind dribble behind his back, looks to penetrate that rocket defense. Westerbake taking his time, skip over to Simmons, just past Johnson, Simmons inside, blocked by Thelma, blocked by Kelm, yes, this rocket team has some great defense, Johnson's head and shoulder fakes, lets the three Eagles fly by him, and puts it in for the score, making it eight to two with five minutes and 40 seconds left in the first half. Lee Velkamp with a three off the bracket, Johnson with a rebound, kick out to Kelm, stop by Velkamp, Thelma down the lane, kicks it out to Kelm for a three and the off the bench, brings this rocket crowd to their feet and appreciation for what their team has done in scoring very quickly in this last minute or so, and the score is 11 to two. Randolph Rockets' defense is a very good defense, but to the Eagle credit, they are taking their time trying to break that defense down and not hurry anything. The Rockets made a great defense of staying there, blocking Simmons twice underneath the basket, and then kicking it down for an easy basket, left in the second quarter, scores 11 to two. There's some pressure in the back court by Thelma against Kyle Dubois, Dubois dribbling, passes over to Westerbake, Johnson contests and then backs off, Dubois over to Simmons on the wing, guarded by Kelm. Simmons draws Kelm out, tack over to Dubois. Eagles look a little frustrated in wondering what the offense to run. Mirdink looks at it, passes over Dubois, nice spin room in the lane, and Dubois hits a nice 10 foot shot for two points, making the score 11 to four. Thelma brings the ball up, looks over to Kelm, guarded by Simmons, over to 34, Zach Duder, over to Kelm, over to Jared Duder. Dump inside to Kelm on the block, nice little left hand shot, runes out, and we have a traveling foul on number 42, who came in and made a nice rebound, but lost his footing and was called for traveling in the turnover. Dubois again guarded by Thelma over to Westerbake, and over on the left hand side to Simmons. Simmons looking for ball reverse, guarded by Kelm. Velkamp calling out the play, gets it over to Westerbake. Dubois cuts through, Mirdink steps out, Simmons goes back door, Velkamp on the wing, they're trying to deny the ball reversal over to Mirdink, Westerbake at the top. Eagles continue to try to probe this very good man-to-man defense by the Randolph Rockets. Velkamp in the corner, Westerbake cuts through, Mirdink can't get the ball reversal, has to make a double fake and pop out. Westerbake tying the reversal, 42 jumps out and denies that. And they try to force it in, number 42, Jared Duder over plays, gets the interception, kicks it over to Thelma, Thelma trying to push the ball up the floor, and the foul is on number 10 for the Eagles, Carl Dubois. Into the rocket lineup comes number 40, Ben Cybertson, and number 24, Corey Zephyr, and in for the Eagles comes 65 junior, Zach Gensma for Brandon Simmons. Johnson in bones against Dubois over to Thelma. Johnson gets the ball, guarded by Dubois, skip over to Kelm, good help by Mirdink, Thelma for the three, and he hits it. It was a great penetration dish by Kyle Kelm back to Thelma, who buried it for the three, making the score 14-4, Rockets up by 10. Gensma looking inside, kicks it over to Velkamp over to Westerbake, down in the corner to Dubois, Dubois goes baseline, things twice, dribbles out, there's Gensma. Gensma had a great game against Kohler, hitting three of his four three-pointers and a two-pointer for 11 points, but he's closely guarded, and I think this rocket team knows the Eagles' strengths. Westerbake to the free throw line over to Gensma, over to Velkamp looking inside, over to Westerbake. Eagles taking their time, step out by Mirdink, off the rim. Velkamp tries to tip it up, losing his balance, can't get it, Thelma grabs the rebound, pushes the ball up the floor, down the middle, hits a nice bounce pass with some authority, beautiful pass by Thelma, hitting the big eye. Velkamp for three, short off the rim. Number 40, Ben Ziverson goes down and the ball goes out of bounds, over to the Rockets. Tyler Thelma bringing the ball up for the Rockets, kicks it over to Johnson. Johnson dribbles down the corner, baseline stops at the three, looks to shoot, skip pass, just zips it past, down into the opposite block to number 24, Cory Pfeffer, catches it, puts it up, sinks the basket and is fouled. By number 14, Lee Velkamp, this first personal, fourth team foul. Man, this rocket team just knows where to find their guys and just zips the ball over. Pfeffer shoots the free throw and hits it, making the score, 18-4 with 19-4, with approximately two minutes left here in this quarter. Checking the eagle line up is number 22, Luke Weir, and sitting down for the Eagles is number 21, Joe Westerbeck, some moisture on the floor that the referees are taking care of. Right now, I'd have to say the Randolph Rockets are surgical. They know exactly where their guys are gonna be on the floor. They know how to get the ball there. They're patient, they don't turn the ball over a lot. They are a very good basketball team. Eagles aren't out of it yet though. Let's see what they have in this last two minutes to see if they can cut this lead from 15. They can get it down to 10, this would be a good thing for the Eagles. Luke Weir dribbles along the baseline, thinks twice, kicks it back out to Jensma, Jensma closely guarded by Kelm over to Weir. Du Wa running the offense for the Eagles, kicks it back in again to Weir. Over to Velkamp for three, can he hit the three this time though? He's short, beard ink with a rebone, tipped around, it's on the floor. Randolph's get it, Kelma down to Johnson, and Johnson in for an easy layup in the score 20. The Eagles come up for that ball, you get another chance at a basket. Weir for a little bunny shot, long on the bracket. Johnson comes down with a rebone, kicks it to Thelma, down in for an easy layup, and all of a sudden the score is 23 to four. 55 seconds left, it's not what the Eagles wanted at all, not at all, in that exchange. Lee again for a three, walk the far bracket, they'll come, or a mirroring fighting for a rebone, it comes into the hands of Ben Cybertson, and over to Thelma as he dribbles up as the clock winds down on the first half, it's 30, well 30 seconds left, Kelma up at the top, guarded by mirroring, Luke Weir guarding Thelma, dribbles between half court and a free throw line, Kelma on the wing looking it over, Johnson over to Cybertson, down inside to Kelma, and an easy basket on the left hand block, Dubois going down with nine seconds, over to Jensma, looks at it, Dubois with five seconds, three, Velkamp takes a shot, he's short, and it's for Hornstone, the ball helplessly falls out of bounds, a little bit indicative of the Eagles in that first half, falling a little bit short on their game plan I think, only scoring four points, and I would guess Coach Betz looked to be would have liked to seen a little better defense. Let's see if the Eagles can come back in the second half and regroup, and get themselves back into this game. Again, the score at halftime, the Randolph Rockets are leading the Swaygen County Christian High Eagles 25 to four, we'll see you in a couple minutes. Welcome back to the start of the second half of this Division 4 WIAA boys basketball game. The first half was disappointing one to say the least for the Eagles, I believe the Randolph Rockets carried out their game plan to a T. Let's recap the scoring in the first half for the Rockets, Tyler Tilma had seven points, Brian Johnson had eight, coming off the bench for the Rockets, Corey Pfeffer had three, and the Rocket big man, the six nine sophomore center, had seven for the Swaygen County Christian High Eagles. Four points is not hard to divide up, Joe Meerdink had one basket in the first quarter and Kyle Dubois had the second basket for the Eagles. As they come out from the start of the second half, the Randolph Rockets again lead by a score of 25 to four, both teams are going with their starting fives from the first half. Randolph Rockets start Tyler Tilma, Brian Johnson, Zach Ruder, Jared Ruder, and Kyle Kelm. Tilma, not quite over half and pressured a little bit by Westerbake, the Randolph Rockets turn the ball over and an over and back call and Lee Velkamp the inbound for the Eagles. The paddock dribbles over guarded by Tilma, gets it into Lee Velkamp, Velkamp looking, step out again by Meerdink, Simmons goes backdoor but has nowhere to go. Brian Johnson just ran over Lee Velkamp and no foul was called, Westerbake to the top of the key, follows his own shot, gets his rebound, looks like the Eagles are looking to put the ball up a little quicker this beginning in this quarter and I think that's gonna be a key for them, they need to get some shots off. The patient game didn't work for them, there he is, backdoor to Simmons, Meerdink finds him with a beautiful assist and Brandon Simmons lays it in, making the score 25 to six. Tilma brings it over very easily right down the lane, up high off the glass, 34 over the back for the Rockets, times the back of Lee Velkamp, Zach Rooter picks up the first foul of the second half. That's his second personal and the Eagles to inbound underneath on their back court and the ball's brought up by Tilpatic over to Westerbake in the corner to Simmons, Simmons shot fakes, looks it over again, there's Meerdink to step out, he shoots the three and he's long in the bracket. Simmons fights for it and is harassed by Brian Johnson who then picks up the foul. That's Brian Johnson's first foul of the Randolph Rockets' second. Velkamp to inbound on the near side into Westerbake guarded by Johnson, kicks it over to Kilpatic. Paddock surveys, looking into Meerdink, trying to gain post position. Simmons goes left side, kicks it to Lee Velkamp for a three, Velkamp off and Johnson with a rebunk, harassed by Westerbake, kicks it over to number 34, Zach Rooter, Rooter dribbles over to Tilma and Tilma sets the offense for the Randolph Rockets. Over to Rooter on the wing, ties the pass, Westerbake makes the steal, pushes the ball up the floor, stopped by Tilma, not almost an over and a back. Rockett crowd wants an over and a back but I don't think all three points were over as two feet in the ball. Simmons' baseline kicks to Coppatic, kicked down, guarded by Kelm, over to Westerbake for the three, squares it up and misses Tilma with a rebound. Eagles are getting the looks they need to get but the ball's not going down and the Randolph coach, Bob Happley calls time out, doesn't look very happy with his team. I think he's a little upset that the Eagles are getting some clear looks. I see his lips moving and talking that they're getting wide open looks. The Eagles definitely have come out in the second half more up temple, ready to attack and let's face it, they have nothing to lose. The score with 5.59 left is the Randolph Rockets 25 and Swagen County Christian High Eagles six. Jared Rooter to inbound for the Rockets, gets it into Tilma down the lane, kicks over to Brian Johnson who squares up for a three, takes a shot and buries it. You cannot fall asleep against this Randolph team. That was just executed perfectly, they got the shot they wanted and a senior like Brian Johnson is just gonna stick it right in the basket when he gets that opportunity. Westerbake dribbles between the circles, kicks it over to Simmons, over to Coppatic who calls out the play. Down in the corner to Simmons. Simmons kicks out the Westerbake over to Coppatic with ball reversal. Into the side, Simmons tries to put it up in the road and gets it, it in pass, Kyle Kelm. Simmons is deceptively quick, he really is and he knows how to use the glass very well. Into the game for the Rockets, it's 24, number 24, Corey Pepper and as I try to introduce the new player, the Rockets just dump it down on the block and score very easily. Eagles get it in over to Simmons, over to Coppatic, screened by Muirding, over to Belkamp, over to Westerbake. Simmons gets it down inside to Muirding who puts up a shot fake, gets it blocked, falls on the floor, there's a scramble and there's bodies everywhere on the lower block and finally the referees stop the play calling a jump ball and it looks like it belongs to the Eagles. Checking into the rocket lineup is number 40, Ben Cybertson and Joe Westerbake to inbound for the Eagles. Eagles having a little bit of trouble and there is a foul called on the Randolph Rockets, foul is on number 24, Ben Cybertson who just checked into the game. That's his first and Rockets' third team foul. Happily's not happy with the call and again the Rockets just contest everything making it difficult to inbound the ball and Westerbake is gonna have to inbound on the sideline now. Westerbake looks it over having a little bit of trouble. High loft pass over to Simmons at the top and into Coppatic kind of wing. They kick it over to Westerbake in the Velkamp. Velkamp tries to go around his stop checking the corner to Simmons over to Coppatic at the top of the key and guarded close to it by Thoma. Westerbake or Mirning sets it up, goes down the lane loses the ball, kicks it out to Westerbake. Westerbake penetrates, kicks it over to Patek down on the block to leak Velkamp. He gets in there, scores the basket but his call for traveling. Balls turned over to the Randolph Rockets. Ball comes in to Kyle Kown, the Rockett big man. He brings the ball up the floor against Simmons and it was a ball just wonderfully but tried to change directions too quickly, didn't set his feet and his call for the travel. It's an eagle ball near center court, Velkamp over to Coppatic. Nathan Coppatic dribbles up the floor, drops into Mirning, skip over to Coppatic. Doesn't shoot, spin move, and there is a hold, a foul on number four, Tyler Thoma. It's his second foul and the team's fourth. Checking into the game now is Zach Ruder and Tyler Thoma is stepping out of the game for the Rockets. We Velkamp the inbound underneath the eagle basket. Gets it in to Coppatic who steps behind the three, tries to dribble down the lane, can't get there, Westerbake with a shot. I don't think it's a three though. It is a two, referee's called that one correctly. He was just inside the three point line but hits the shot making the score 30 to 10 with three minutes and 42 seconds left in the third quarter. Little pressure by the Eagles. Number 34, Zach Ruder brings it up, hits it over to number 24, Corey Zephyr. Over to the big man, Kyle Kelm. Over to Ruder. Ruder with nowhere to go, Velkamp over playing the passing lane, kicks it over to Kelm. Kelm looks it over. Johnson is deceptively just standing on the sideline, gets the ball, tries to dump it in to number 40, Cybertson, he just didn't get a handle on the ball yet inside position and lost it out of bounds. Eagle ball, Nathan Topatek to bring the ball up the floor, falls out the play, steps out by Simmons, kick over to Velkamp, guarded closely by number 34, Ruder. And the Eagles got to get a shot off by Westerbake and he hits the three, Joe Westerbake with a nice three. And Zach Ruder brings the ball up over to 24, Zephyr over to Ruder again, over to Kelm. Johnson down to number 40, who puts it high off the glass and Simmons just climbs the back of number 34, Zach Ruder, and follows him as he goes up for the shot. One, two, three, one, two, three, four. That's, Brandon Simmons picked up the ball for the Eagles, putting number 34, Zach Ruder at the line. He lines it up, the lefty lets it go, and missed the free throw. Harbubla checks in for Nate Kopatek for the Eagles and Tyler Tillema comes back in. There's one weakness I noticed about the Rockets is they do lack a point guard when Tillema is out. They definitely seem to run a little smoother with him in and Coach Hathley brings Tillema back in to run the Rocket offense. Carl Dubois calling out the play for the Eagles, gets it in over on the right hand side to Simmons. Simmons looks it over, nowhere to go, he dribbles with his left hand to the left hand side. Dubois, shot fake, brings it up and in and scores off the glass against Tillema. And the Eagles are down by 16, 31 to 15. Over in the corner to Johnson, into the big guy count them. Hits over to number 40, Cyberson over to Ruder, over to Cyberson into Kelm, who lowers his shoulder, kicks it back out to Johnson for the three, rattles in and out and Velkamp, down with a rebound, tries to push the ball up the floor, gets it in the corner to what? It's a mirrored ink who is just hammered with a reach in on Brian Johnson. Johnson picks up his second, the team fifth. So let's face it, Randolph doesn't get too rattled about fouls, these guys are confident players, very good players, they've been here before, they know what's going on. Mirrored ink with a step out little short jumper and long off the bracket and the Randolph Rockets come down with a rebump. Put it in the hands of Tomo who runs the offense over to Kelm, over to Ruder, Ruder looks inside, over to Cyberson, Cyberson gets it to Johnson, dribbles down the lane, throws it up with his right hand and is fouled on the way up by number 10, Carl Dubois. That's Carl's second foul, the team's second. Carl Dubois again is a transfer student at Kirsten High from Belgium and has been a nice addition for the Eagles this past season. Not a bad basketball player and is like I said, make it a good contribution. Checking into the Eagle lineup is the sophomore, Andrew Stucker who spent the majority, all of the regular season playing with the JVs and has now been given an opportunity here at the varsity. He is the future of Kirsten High with the other two sophomores, Lee Belkamp and Joel Mirredink. Rockets hit their free throws making the score 33 to 15 with a minute 15 left here in the third quarter. Dubois brings the ball over, runs the offense over to Stucker into the corner to Simmons. Simmons looks for Belkamp, dumps it down, tries to dump it down into Joel Mirredink who had inside position but the ball was a little long and tipped out by the Rockets. Eagle ball with Belkamp to inbound, dumps it in, little bunny pass to Mirredink, Mirredink looks at the shot, does it in there over to Stucker and to Simmons. Simmons down the lane and the left hand side puts it up, gets his own rebound, tries to dribble out of there and gets it out of there. Heavy pressure by the Rockets and a steal attempt by number 34, Zach Rooter who just pretty much leveled Lee Belkamp who holds his hand. That's Rooter's third foul, the team six. There's any kind of benefit out of this quarter anyways. It looks like the Rockets will be in the bonus or I mean the Eagles will be in the bonus. That's the 16 foul for the Rockets. Zach Rooter checks out number 24, Corey Pfeffer checks in for the Rockets. Zach Gentzma checks in with 48 seconds left in the quarter for Brandon Simmons who takes a quick rest. Lee Belkamp the inbound on the side, dumps it in the back court to Bois over to Stucker, back over to Belkamp. Belkamp dumps it into Joel Mirredink, skip over to Lee on the side, down into the corner during the base line to Stucker, back to Lee Belkamp, takes a shot, misses. Tilma with a rebound, pushes the ball up the floor over to Cybertson, back over to Tilma and Tilma waiting for the last few seconds of this quarter guarded by Stucker. Brian Johnson gets the ball, skips it over to nobody. He was looking to see Jared Rooter there and Rooter went back door leaving nobody there and the Rockets turn the ball over. With 6.2 seconds left in this quarter, the Rockets put some pressure on the Eagles and the Eagles turn the ball over. Number 40 makes a seal, Cybertson over to Johnson, Johnson dribbling, sets up a little floater in his short and the third quarter comes to an end to this score, the Randolph Rockets 33, Miss Boygan County, Kirsten High, Eagles 15. Eagles managed to score 11 more points. This quarter, which is a great improvement and they've seemed to slow down a little bit the Randolph Rockets who scored eight. Eagles old scored the Rockets 11-8 in that quarter and so we'll see what happens in this fourth and final quarter of this game. Obviously there's no tomorrow for either team so my guess is we're gonna see a fast and furious fourth quarter especially by the Eagles. As we start this fourth quarter, the Rockets come out with Tillamah, Pfeffer, Jared Rooter, Ryan Johnson and Kyle Kelm. The Eagles come out with Carl Dubois, Andrew Stekker, Joe Westerbake, Joe Meartink and Zach Jensma. Tillamah gets the ball in their back part guarded by Westerbake who brings the ball over the mid-court line, over to Rooter, Jared Rooter, over to Kelm, over to Pfeffer, looks down inside, gets it to Johnson. Pfeffer goes back door, Johnson finds him on the lower block, he puts it up, stuffed by Meartink, stuffed again by Meartink. Scramble for the ball and Johnson comes up with it, down underneath, the Rooter very easily put back basket and that's not the kind of start that the Eagles needed, they needed to come out with that ball and stop the Rockets from scoring. Scores 35-15, it's been moved down the lane by Dubois, kicked back out to Jensma for the three and swishes it, making the score 35-18 with seven minutes left in the game. Tillamah down the lane, kick out to Johnson, waits for it in the corner, squares it up, misses, Stekker races for it, the Rooter comes down with it, down in the baseline to Johnson making a beautiful cut. Tillamah just waiting for him to clear the defense and puts in for an easy layup. Over on the wing to Jensma, over to Stekker. Stekker looks it over, takes the shot and hits it, freshman not afraid to shoot, I think he has the confidence of coach Brett Clipsy. Take that shot and the Eagles are down by 17-37 to 20. Tillamah dribbles over half, hits it over to Rooter and on the side to Johnson looking for backdoor, cut to Tillamah and an easy, it looks like an easy shot but it didn't go in and Westerbake comes away with it, pushes the ball up the floor and is guarded by Pfeffer over to Miriding, back up to Dubois in the corner to Westerbake over back to Dubois, Dubois dribbles, looking for Jensma who puts up another nice shot and scores a three, that's two in a row from the same spot. Eagles are now down by 14, Tillamah breaks down the court and is hammered hard by Westerbake. Zack Ruder comes back into the lineup. The Rockets didn't go in by half court, seeing as that was only the Eagles' 13th foul in this half. Now it was Westerbake's first. Tillamah dribbling between the circle and Westerbake quickly picks up his second foul as Tillamah imploring his teammates to make a certain move so that they can get open. Westerbake checks out, Simmons checks in and Johnson the inbound to Killam, Killam just busting down baseline and Simmons no sooner is checked in than has picked up his foul as he didn't get his feet over quick enough to stop Killam from going baseline. That's his second personal foul, the team's fifth and the Rockets inbound underneath the basket. Johnson outside, looks for a three, drives down, dumps to Killam and Killam lays it up easily for two points and assists from Brian Johnson. Johnson is a nice strong player. There's a lot of good things for the Rockets. He's able to dribble and handle the ball, shoot the ball. Nice this by Stecker right in the mirror and he made a beautiful little funny layup. And again, that's the future of Christian High right there. The two sophomores connecting, they've played together throughout grade school, did a nice beautiful job, said mirroring for the little bunny. At the time out here, the Eagles are down by 14 again. It's 39 to 25. Let's take a break as we take a look at the Eagle fans and their improv on drum sets. Randolph Rockets are leading 39 to 25. Eagles putting on a full court press. Fog quickly gets over to Tilma and he runs the offense. He's guarded by the sophomore, Stecker. Thumps it into Johnson. Killam gets the ball high looking underneath. Killam's a great passer for a big guy too. He's got all the tools you look for in a big guy. And a little pressure by Killam on Tilma who almost turned over the ball but hung onto it into the corner to Killam. Down to Tilma, looks for the reverse. Spins their own and picks up a two shot foul on Zach Jensma who gets him on the arm. That's Jensma's first. And now the Eagles have quickly made the, tied up the team fouls at six. Tilma, lefty, puts in a free throw. Given the Rockets a 40 to 25 lead. And has one more free throw to shoot. He makes the second. Jensma in bones to Stecker who gets it over to Dubois over to Westerbake in the corner over to Simmons. Back out to Dubois. Dubois looks over carefully, gets it to Westerbake, jump by Tilma, swing over to Dubois who shoots the three. Off the front of the rim, Westerbake gets the rebound, looks to attack, cut off on a baseline, gets it to Jensma over to Simmons, down underneath the Westerbake. And Stecker comes down the lane, but has to alter his shot by it with nice defense by the Rockets who rotate over. They don't make anything easy for you, nothing at all. But you don't get to stay by playing lousy defense, that's for sure. Calum, dumps it in down to Tilma, pushed under the basket, puts it up and weighs it up at last, pretty shot. He is so long and lanky, you just can't block him or push him under the basket. And he scored pretty easily there. We're at the halfway point of this quarter, four minutes, little less than four minutes left in this game. Eagles got to make a run here if they are to get it. They can't trade baskets like they currently are. Jensma didn't look ready for that pass. Westerbake's shot is altered, Dubois down the lane and lays it up nice off the glass. And Brett Clipsy, the Eagles' coach, quickly calls a 30-second time off. Eagles are showing flashes of some offensive ability, but they need to put it together all the time and they need to make a defensive stop down on the other end to get the ball back. The score right now is 43-27. The timeout comes with 3-36 left in this game. And the Rockets definitely in control. They're not rattled or anything. Eagles are playing scrappy, trying to mount a little run here in bits and pieces. Eagles are playing a full court defense, not guarding the inbound. They get in into Kelm easily. Kelm looking for Tillman, closely guarded by Velkamp, pushes off and clears away. And Lee trying to guard them closely, but they get it over easily and run their offense to Johnson. Johnson runs it over to Kelm. The Eagles and the Rockets run the same man-to-man offense, basically. Tillman down the baseline, a justice shot misses, rebound by number 40. Cybertzen, but can't gain control and the Eagles come out with it. Jensma doesn't square up and look at the basket like he probably should have and kicks it back out and resets. Duvall at the top of the circle, guarded by Tillman by Velkamp and quickly shoots the three, rattles around. Cybertzen comes down with a rebound and is immediately fouled by the Eagles. That foul was on number 12. Brandon Simmons' third foul, the team's seventh putting the Rockets on the line, in particular Ben Cybertzen shooting a one-on-one. Rockets don't go deep on their bench, but they've got good role-players like a guy like Cybertzen. And he hits his free-thrill. Lopatek checks in for Zach Jensma. And it's a good move by Coach Flippsy. If you're gonna press, you're gonna need some speed. I know they want Jensma's shooting ability, but he's been hobbled with ankle problems and had four surgeries on it this past year. Cybertzen hits his second free-thrill, faking the score 45-27 with two minutes and 50 seconds left. Wevelkamp down the lane, kicks it back out for Lopatek over to Dubois. Dubois tries to go down the lane, throws it up with his right hand, comes up short. They just whip it down to Johnson. Johnson took his eye off the ball a second. Think that's a little bit uncharacteristic of the senior and loses it out of bounds. Going over to the Eagles. Nathan Kopatek brings the ball up the floor, runs the offense, looking to get it to the wing over to Simmons, down into the corner to Westerbake who shoots up an uncotested three and hits it again, making the score 45-30, 15 points here. Kelm heavily guarded. Toma was grabbed by Lee Bevelkamp and no follow was called, kicks it over to Kelm who sets up the offense, patiently looking. Kelm is just a poise sophomore. He plays like a senior, there's no doubt and that definitely helps. Coach Bob Halfley doesn't look like he's happy about what's running out there so he calls a timeout, calls a 30 second timeout. Just think he wants to redirect his team. Score at the timeout is 45-30 with a minute 57, less than two minutes left. Trying to get it to Toma overplayed by Westbake, gets it into Kelm. Kelm just baseline, easily goes down the lane and is gonna be shooting two fouls. We'll have to see who it's on. Oh, it's on Simmons again. Simmons leaving it on the court though. He's one of three senior starters out there or that are out there right now. Nathan Kopatik, Brandon Simmons and Joel Westerbake. Kelm shoots it and hits it long. The other seniors for the Eagles are Carl Dubois and Marcus Lemidu. Kelm lines it up, shoots the free throw, hits that one, making a score 46-30 with a minute 54 left in the game. Dubois on the wing looks the situation over, dribbles to the top of the key over to Westerbake. Westerbake trying to skip pass over to the Velkamp. The Rockets just switch everything so well, make it difficult for you to shoot. Kopatik talked twice, then shot the ball and came up short but comes up with a steal and doesn't even wait, quickly pushes it up. Eagles realizing they have to score. He traveled but scores it, no basket, no basket. Number 40, Ben Cybertson made a great play of just sliding over and taking the charge and no basket. That was Nathan Kopatik's third but being a player control foul that doesn't put the Rockets at the line. They inbound under their basket, they get it in the tillman. Eagles trying to follow to stop the clock, they need the clock stop and Nathan Kopatik is called for the block as both players go down hard. And we kicked Velkamp in a nice show of sportsmanship went over and picked up Tillman. Tillman will be going to the line. He will be shooting a one and one bonus. Tillman makes the first, substitutions for the Eagles. Zach Jensma comes in for Brandon Simmons and Joe Myrding comes in for Carl Dubois. Tillman misses the second, Velkamp rebounds with a minute and 15 seconds, pushes the ball up the floor, hits Myrding in the corner who squares up for a three, lets it go. Hot the rim, Johnson comes down with it but it's stolen by Kopatik, kick out to Velkamp for a three and he scores it and flips it, quickly pulls the time out. Stopping the clock, not exactly sure how many more timeouts the Eagles have. It's gotta be one or maybe two at the most. And that way the Eagles can set up their press defense and try to get the ball back. Right now the score is 47 to 33. The Eagles have done a much better job coming out in the second half and attacking the basket and getting themselves some nice looks at the basket and scoring on those opportunities. When you think about it, they only scored four points in the first half and now it's scored 29 in the second half, quite a turnaround but they just can't seem to get over that hump because for whatever answers the Eagles have, the Rockets come right back and continue to score and maintain the lead. The Eagles haven't gotten the score down past 10 for a very long time. So you come out of that timeout, the Rockets will be in the boning under their basket facing full court pressure by the Eagles. I think the Eagles will be looking to stop the clock and follow very quickly because the, oh and the Rockets turn the ball over, the paddock steps out to the three misses. Velkamp saves it over to Westerbake, lining up the three back in the corner should have been a better pass. Velkamp lets the three go and scores in the corner and flips, he gets another timeout. Oh my, quick little skirt here by the Eagles cutting the score to the 11. Velkamp never even questioned his thought of shooting the three. He's got a nice arching shot. He struggled tonight from the floor quite honestly leave Velkamp, but just hit a big three, making the score 47 to 36. Gotta believe that I think that's Brett Polk Prep flips his last timeout, he might have one more timeout, but they're leaving it all on the floor right now. The winner continues on, their road to state and the loser heads home ending this 2007-2008 basketball season. Said before the Eagles are leaving it all on the floor, they're not going down without a fight here. Rockets inbound to Tilma, Tilma trying to get the foul, doesn't get it over to Kelm. Rockets break down court, Kelm trying to get it over to Tilma and is quickly followed by Lee Velkamp with 44.6 seconds putting Kyle Kelm at the line. Kelm has not hit all his free throws here today. And Cope's got flipsy quickly looking to insert, quickly looking to insert some shooters and ball handlers into his lineup. Kelm makes the first, taking the score 48 to 36. Jensma comes into the lineup and Dubois comes into the lineup for the Eagles. Kelm, lining up the second, shoots it, rattles around and goes in, making the score 49 to 36 down to Myrting. Myrting's gotta watch out, he falls on the floor and turns the ball over. And it is a turnover, it looks like Randolph got the ball and quickly called timeout to gain control of the ball. I think what you just saw there was a sophomore mistake by Joel Myrting. But he's already through a whole varsity season. He needs to be aware of where he's out on the court and who's around him. And he just really turned the ball over and gave the ball back to the Randolph Rockets. With 39 seconds left here in the game, the Randolph Rockets lead the Christian High Eagles by the score of 49 to 36. So you come out of the timeout, it looks like the Rockets come out and they're starting five. Coach Brett Flipsy has made some substitutions. I forgot to mention, the other senior player is Marshall Verveldi, number 15 and number 25 is Marcus Lemingew. Coach Flipsy in a great honoring move as seniors put all five seniors out on the floor at the end of this game and the Rockets turn the ball over. Simmons to inbound, looks to Copatic. Copatic just running down the lane, kicks over to Westerbake. Westerbake puts a shot up, battles are on the rim. Simmons with a rebound, kicks to Copatic. Copatic contested on the three, down to Marcus Lemingew. Lemingew is implored to shoot. Westerbake should have shot right away and he ended up traveling. There's 19.8 seconds left in the game and Randolph Rockets going to inbound the ball and win this game. Gets into Bryant Johnson, Johnson over to one of the Router boys, over to his brother, kicks it over to Touma. They hold on to the ball up at a half part and it looks like everybody's looking just to run this clock out. Congratulations to the Randolph Rockets in a very well played game. The final score of this game is 49 to 36. But at the same time, we have to congratulate Coach Brett Flipsy and the Christian High Eagles for a great season. The Eagles end their season with a record of 19 and five and head home to watch the rest of this tournament either from their computer or from their TV sets when it gets to state. Again, we thank you for joining us tonight. It's been great for me. Your announcer, Ralph Decker, to announce these Christian High games for you, for channel eight, the local cable station. And we say goodbye tonight from Beaver Dam High School where again, the score is the Randolph Rockets 49, the Christian High Eagles 36. Have a good evening, everyone. Good night.