 Hello, everybody, and welcome to Kohler High School, where it's time to say goodbye. Oh, shaboy get Christian in Biggie's conference basketball. It's our opening night for WSCS, and we're happy to have an early game in Kohler against Christian. Mike Martin is currently in Arizona enjoying the warm weather. So I called an old Kohler alumni Kohler coach, Jeff Wolf, to join us. Jeff, tell us a little bit about your time here in Kohler and what you're doing now. Well, right now, I went to the state finals and had a real nice run there in high school. And then I went on and played at the University of North Carolina for Coach Smith, and was trapped by the bugs. But my name went overseas and played for a few years around the world, which was a great experience. Came back, tried to decide what to do. We came back here to Kohler with my young family. Had the opportunity to coach here for 15 years. I wanted to say championship in 1999, but I had a lot of great players, a lot of great experiences. There was a lot of fun, really had a good time. Missed it a lot. Yes, and currently, you have two of your youngest daughters are playing for UW-Green Bay with the Phoenix. Right, Mac and Maddie are Gretcher juniors, four of the Phoenix basketball team up there. Played in high school in Chaboya, North. Had a nice run there with Eric Smilham and CK Hussindall in that group. That's great fans, and it could be happier. You cannot do anything that we play in the Badgers tomorrow up at Green Bay, so that's why I was lucky to get Jeff tonight. Let's talk a little bit about high school basketball. They're early in the season, just four games in. Let's talk about Christian first, you know, being from Chaboya. Coach Slipsy, the oldest coach in the whole conference. He's got a really young squad so far this year, and they're really struggling to put the ball in the basket. Brett and I go way back. We coach against each other, and he was actually the assistant coach of my all-star team that I had after Christian's senior year in high school. So my son, Christian, played here also. Brett does a really nice job. Really cares about his players and does a good job. Struggling with numbers, you know, they only have 88 kids in high school now. So right now, when he talks about young, he's talking about freshmen and sophomores trying to play at the RCA level. Big disadvantage unless you're a superstar, like Sam Sampdecker or Joe Wolfe or somebody like that. So what he does is, you know, you'll just keep the same tenants of playing hard, playing together to gain experience. Sometimes you have to take your lumps to do it. And, you know, they've been very successful. Like Christian, a few years back in the last couple of years, it's been a little rough reform. And, you know, you got to give him part of it, too. Like you said, a really good guy, he's got to have that patience to stick with those kids. He's got a great attitude about it. He knows what's important. And as a coach, I think what's most important is building relationships with the kids, teaching them things that, you know, they can carry over into their lives from the game of basketball. Brett does a great job of that. He said, one of his former players is not my doctor. So they do a nice job with our Christian. Yes. Let's talk about the Blue Bombers last year. At least they went 24. They lost two games to Howard. Great, great season there last year. And they lost some kids. But a lot of those kids that played last year on the team this year, but they too are kind of young. Well, it's funny because both cultures describe their teams to us this week as being young. All there's a difference between being a freshman, and being a junior that hasn't got a lot of play time in varsity. Cole has got a really nice class here that my son and I had the opportunity to coach in middle school. They've stuck together in his junior class and now they're starting lineup for this group, gaining valuable experience, hoping to build on the success they had last year. Well, they also got a couple of kids on their teams whose fathers were really good players. You know, Kyle Gevler's son is playing on the team and the coach's coach's raider son is playing on the team. So you got kids on the team from very successful dads that had good basketball skills. Now they're leading them to their sons on the basketball team right here at Kohler. Right, you know what? And I coached my sons here too. And it's the opportunity to control their destinies, I guess. But again, sometimes it's a father-son thing, but when you're on the court, it's a player-coach relationship. So you know, that can be a difficult time, but that's part of life. They both do a good job. Both guys are great about coaching their kids. If they get on each other's nerves, I think they just switch off and we'll let one talk to the other and it's worked out fine for them. One thing, Kohler has a big advantage too. They might be young, but they're really tall and something that you like is big, nice, tall post-players and they got a couple kids, you know, six-four, six-five, six-six. They got four and five of those kids at a small school, which should hold well, even though they're playing in a bigger league in a division, more divisions, four school, but should hold well, not just for this year, but for next year as well. The numbers here are really good. And comparatively speaking, they become a bigger school, but enrollment-wise, and that certainly is helpful. Yeah, I think that definitely is. I'll tell you what, when we come back, we'll have the starting line for tonight's game. So we'll be right back. You're throwing away everything you could have bought with saving energy saves you money. Learn more at energisavers.gov. If this year, your question of cooperation by supporting, are this an official or a positive manner? Can you join it in respectable attendance, cooperation, and demonstrate positive sportsmanship is expected? Thank you. To honor America, those defending our freedom, we ask those who are able to stand, remove your hands, place your hand over your bar, through the playing of the national anthem of the White Bull High School Pep Band, under the direction of 20-foot-plus. The Eagles are pushed by 10-push, Red Bull C. I like the introduction, Jeff. I like the lights. Something about high school basketball. I always got the, you know, when I had my year at varsity basketball, I always enjoyed that, you know, kind of the band playing and kind of got the emotions going. It's nice what Coach Rader does here. Yeah, it sure is a different ball of showtime atmosphere here in Coler. Well, Coler won the tip and turned the ball over early on here. See how the young Christian Eagles handles a tough environment here and right off the bat, we get a miss as Modal, Michael Modal. I know he played on the football team as well. That's Tyler Rader up and good. Rader gets the first point tonight, Jeff. He might be one of the bigger players on the floor, but he does a lot of good things. He can move for a 6-5 young player. Actually leads the team and assists it at about 4.5 assists the game. So he can do a lot of things out of that high posterior. There's an outside shot, almost a 3, but it's missed. That's brought down there by Fink. Looks like a 3. It is a 3. And it's Gebbler leading score for Coler with a 3 and a quick 5-0 lead. He's got quick hands defensively. Gets a steal right here, puts it back in. Coler's putting full court pressure on him, knowing that Christian's a little short-handed. Young has a problem with turnovers, so they're trying to get a lot of pressure on. See if he can get those turnovers. There's a straight line drive. The rim couldn't finish. And another rebound, this time by Conor Cassidy. Cassidy a junior for Coler. Coler's right away up the floor. Spreading out. That's Cassidy. Another 3-pointer by Gebbler missed. Rebound by Rader. Cassidy with the miss. Also with the rebound, but he was trapped. You can just see, you know, you can... I know you mentioned that Christian is very young. You can just tell the, just by the body shapes, the Coler kids are a little bigger and stronger, just because they're a little older. Yeah, it comes from maturity. I mean, you can do all the weightlifting and conditioning that you want, but your body's going to mature as it naturally does. And some guys mature earlier than others, but certainly freshmen and sophomores, bodies are not going to be the same as the juniors and seniors. And still early in the season, just the fifth game of the year, both teams played last night. So it's kind of weird to have back-to-back games that's almost not even heard of, except for tournaments and things. I think with the bigger conference now, you know, they only play each other once, and they've got the bigger conference, so, and then they have the tournament at the end. There's a drive, doogid. That's his game. He's really, he can get down on the baseline, and he does a lot of good things out there. He's not the tallest to get out there, but he does a lot of the blue things that, you know, really make the team successful. Well, we played two minutes so far, and Christian has yet to score. It's nine-to-nothing in favor of Kohler. Talking to Coach Flipsy this week, you know, they've really struggled in the first half, and, you know, that's an attribute of being a young team, and once they get into a group, they seem to compete better in the second half, but, you know, when you come out and play, you know, at this high level of high school, you've got to be ready to play. They're not going to ask you what grade you're in. You just have to go out and play and compete. Yeah, and I'm sure they'll be much better, and there's a turnover by Kohler as the year progresses as well. I mean, they've played some pretty good teams already. They've played Usberg in the springs, Manitowoc Lutheran last night. I mean, they've played some tough teams. That's a tough schedule to start off with, you know, for a young team, but you have no control over that. I mean, as a coach, you go in and say, this is our schedule. We're going to do the best to get you ready to play, and we're going to go out and compete. There was Joe Lemoniz. He's number 23 for Christian. He is a senior. You can tell he's put together a little bit as he comes across your view right there. You know, the second leading scorer on the team and one of the leading rebounders. He's got decent size, nice rebound there. Yeah, I have him at seven rebounds a game as he took that one off the boards. It's another chance for a three, and that's, again, another miss. One thing I noticed is Christian's shooting percentage. Jeff, it's just not that good. It's so far as you can tell, obviously with a nine, nothing lead. The shots are there, they're open. They just can't seem to put it into hole. Right now they seem, again, they seem like they're rushing just a little bit. And that, you know, that caller's helping put that pressure on by putting full court pressure on them and speeding them up. And they're coming down and shooting a little bit quicker than maybe Coach Flipsy wants. Nice block there. Rader, nice power move. But Kohler too, having a tough time finding the basket of late. Still nine, nothing, we're at 13-14 left in the first half. Chris right along with Jeff Wolf. There's another air ball. Rebound by Faye. Lissy, yep. Coach Flipsy a little frustrated over here. His kids are getting the shots, he just can't put it in. And there's a wide open three, and Gevler hits another one. That's the sign of the young team. Carter Gevler's the best shooter on the Kohler team. Two players left him to try to stop the ball from penetration, left him wide open. Coach Flipsy trying to get their attention to get him back. Didn't do it in time. Good timeout. Yeah, early timeout here. It's a 30 second timeout, 12-0 run. As I said, Jeff, it seems to me Christian seems to get guys open. They're just not making any baskets at this time. Well, until you hit that first shot and get the lid off the basket and get some confidence. I mean, basketball is a game of confidence and rhythm. And you're struggling with that, especially in today's game where everybody's spread out on the floor and you miss a shot. Very few offensive rebounds these days because of the spread offenses. So you're not getting that second chance opportunity. But that's the nature of the game today. Well, Carter Gebler, the junior, has eight of the first 12 points. He comes in at 23-3 a game. Said his dad was a really good athlete, period. He was an excellent baseball player as well as a basketball player. Athletic family. Yeah, just not a good entry pass there. Nice hands. Good strong two-foot finish there. Couldn't get knocked off balance. See how, you see how Kohler speeding them up. Worsom in the turnovers. 12-19 left in the first half. It's 14-0 in favor of Kohler. At this point in the game, we'd like to have a well-seasoned veteran point guard to get you set into some type of offense, get you a set, make sure you get a good shot. That's where the youth is really hurting Christian. And good defense by Kohler. Good recovery. That also with the block from behind. Didn't give up on the play. Lost the ball, came back, huffled back. Made a good clean block. On the other hand, there was a turnover. Cassidy with that nice pressure, D, and nice entry pass. This is Nugent. Over to Cassidy. Raider, nobody boxed out, coach. He's averaging in double figures and rebounds. One of your scouts, the emphasis of point in your scout should be that you got to box him out. Nice rebound and finish. And there you go, Christian, they're on the board. Got the lid off, let's see what happens now. Give him a little bit of confidence moving forward. How many is on that basket there? Point attempt, up and missed. Time by Fink. Kohler with the offensive rebound. Raider goes to the basket. Nice rebound inside. Yeah, Fink again. He gets a bunch of rebounds too. Good, quick hand. I'll tell you that Cassidy is all over Christian. Kohler's got real good athletes. They're very active. Nice finish, nice pass. Can we get it down? Trying, trying. You can see the pace of the game. You can see everybody's really breathing hard. So the pace, I think, favors Kohler with their depth and their experience over Shiboy and Christian. Into the game is Ben Hines. How about that? Did you come in here at Kohler with another 6'5 kid? He's a senior number 34. Colin Adams, number 23. He's got the ball right there. Where was this height when I was coaching here? You didn't need it. Wanna stay championship without it. Well, we had a pretty good post player with Jack Pethin. Yeah, he was a load. He could, you ran that pick and roll with him pretty darn well. And he was smart too. He knew where to go to an open space. Right in the game, guess what? It's a Mackie. It's another Mackie. Davis Mackie. And he's shooting a three. I think their family loves that shot. There's a shot up, attempted there. Nice challenge. Christian, Mackie. Nice bounce pass. Now the defense has to collapse. Not a good pass there, but. Maybe trying to be a little too unselfish there. Are you gonna lie? Awesome drive to the basket. He gets followed. Good pay. And we have our first free throw to the night. You're not hitting shots on the outside. Try to get the ball to the basket. Draw follows, get to the free throw line so you can get a couple points from there. So Matt Alson did. He's got the opportunity to make two shots. Well, if you haven't heard yet or we haven't mentioned it, shoot for a cure. It's coaches versus cancer event. The school's done this a couple years. Now you can notice that Kohler's wearing the pink socks. Coach Flips, he's wearing his coaches for cancer type shirt as well. Last year, he had a booth of ties. 19-4, 9-40 left on the first half. Chris right along with Jeff Wolf, Mike Martins in Arizona. He's actually watching some high school games on there that's on ESPN tonight, Jeff. Good box out there by Matt Alson. Sorry that Mike's not here, but thanks Marty. Yeah, and he sent me an email today was worried he was gonna lose his job to you permanently. Maybe in a couple years when your girls are gone, you have more time. Anytime I'm available. Love to be here, watch high school basketball. Certainly exciting night here, shoot for the cure. Kohler's playing good defense, putting pressure on the ball, not letting anything inside. Nice shot. Nice shot. Matt Alson there, four points for Matt. Now 19-6. Christian being very active in their zone. Loose ball, nice hustle. Lot of turnovers for the blue bombers. Good job by Sam Hendricks there. Good defense again, that time by Colin Adams. A little bit of a run here by Christian. We got that basket, got a little bit more confidence. Sam Hendricks number 21 for Christian, 6-3 sophomore. He'll be inbounding the basketball. Tyler Rader back in the game. Coach Rader doing a nice job, keeping his guys fresh. Wanted them to play full court, put pressure on. Keep people fresh by making substitutions and they haven't fallen off much here, so. Nice job by the bombers. Nice back cut, nice play. And that's what you can do against pressure if they come out to get overplay and go backdoor. That's what they did. Wissy gets that one. Wissy's their leading scorer. They'll need him to step up tonight, working hard on the defensive end. Go ahead, I was gonna say go ahead. Christians only got two seniors, they really gonna need them to play a lot of minutes and step up and lead on both ends of the court. That's a big responsibility for a couple young guys. And you can see that they're working hard, but the minutes are gonna add up, especially playing halves. Here's a pick and a steal. Oh, and a miss, layup there by Hendricks. Got to make those, oh, Goebbler. Nice move by Carter Goebbler, close to the offhand. That stopped a 6-0 run by Christian. It's now 21-8, 7-12 in the first half. Goebbler leads all scores with eight. Christian's trying to get into the paint, draw defenders and then trying to kick. Time turned the ball over. Coach Flipsy does not agree. Good life hands by Goebbler tonight. Good defense. Coach Flipsy in the referee having a discussion about the last call inside. Trying to get to the paint, look to kick. Greater, little bit off balance there. Nice strong rebound there by Motel. Little rub pick there, trying to go inside. Gonna be tough to take that many dribbles against an athletic team like Goebbler. They're gonna get down and get help. In that situation, you're gonna have probably one, maybe two dribbles, you gotta make a move and either shoot the ball, once you get it to the paint or kick it out. Joe Lamentes is gonna have a hard time finishing on that one. The down is just 6-15 left in quarter number, excuse me, half, it's been half for a couple of years now, Chris. Fast half, it seems like it's moving very quickly. Missed by Raider, but another offensive rebound for Kohler. And that's what Leo Fink does. He does a lot of the little things that don't show up, but on that case, his offensive rebound leads to a basket. Well, number 23 makes the 23rd point. Colin Adams with two, his first two points of the night. That's the way to get it inside. A little bit of a weave out on the top. Yeah, a little market action. Old market, not new market. You're showing your age. Back in for Kohler, I believe, is Gevler's back into the game. It seems now, Chris, like everybody's kind of settling in a little bit, catching their second wind. Good take, but just a miss there by Gevler. The rebound like Trevor Wissie. Yeah, and I'll tell you, Kohler works those kids up the floor the whole time. And like you mentioned, that'll wear on them over the long haul, nice drive. Good take, Matt, awesome. It's twice he's done that. He just puts his head down and goes to the rim, and nobody's stopping him right now for Kohler. So he's found success there, so he probably should keep doing it until they stop it. Offensive point of emphasis on making say that you're staying still on your screens. Christian doing a nice job coming back after being down early. Good life, hands, like Nugent. What Trevor Wissie is trying to tell his team in is that fundamentals will pass in the basketball. Try to pass away from where the defender is. Pass it back where they can touch it. Less likely to turn the ball over. Good double, good double. Got to have a little bit of communication from your, the guy who's doing the double. And there's no communication, even a bench too can you say, hey, somebody's coming there. They have their head up. Good finish, that's the way to break pressure. Once you can break it down, get inside, get an easy layup. It's 25 to 12, four minutes left in the first half. What has been a really quick first half. Again, another turnover by the blue bombers. There's been a lot of those, coach. It's not very crisp. No, everybody's trying hard, but sometimes, sometimes you over try and things just become more difficult because of that, instead of relaxing and just playing the game in basketball, let you know you're capable of playing. Give credit to Christian, the other player in much better defense. Blocked there by Eli. And that'll be the first foul on Christian. It comes on Trevor Wissie. 344 left in the half in the first foul. That's why it's going so quickly. Coach, you should know better than to say something like that. Marty always gives me the, oh, now watch the next four minutes will take a while. Well, I may be superstitious about some things, but that's not one of them. Hard fought game, but cleanly played. Both teams playing hard, trying to get things done on both ends of the court right now. Not a lot of movement. Trying to high pick. This is a high pick on top. Hit the man standing open in the corner and took the basket, got fouls. Just like that, Christian picks up its second team foul. That's on Matt Alsum, his first. This is Fink. X cut through the middle of the lane. Raider, they're running a little weave action too. Kohler with just three seniors as well. A lot of ball handlers out on the floor for Kohler. Good hustle by that Fink. You mentioned him a couple of times. Offensive rebounder, he's got very good, there's another offensive rebound. And another country I heard from, this is Lucas Crawl, his brother played a year ago on the varsity. He comes off the bench at 6-6 sophomore. Christian getting set, filling spots. I think he gets this kind of pressure defense. You don't want the ball to stick too long in one player. You got to keep the ball moving. Get the defense to over commit. Get the ball into the paint where you want to drive. Stay under control and either get a shot, pass out to a teammate that might be open, there's an open look. And again, Wissy can't hit it. Mentioned all year that Christian struggled from the floor, Raider with a nice open shot. He misses another reload. Gevler takes it back to Raider. And nice move. Nice finish. You've seen Carter Gevler and Tyler Raider both using their left hands and finishes inside. Nice athletic plays and finishes. I have Tyler Raider for eight points. Comes in tonight averaging 11-7. Very good take. And Michael Motel, a freshman, should be at the line shooting two. In that case, he was able to get his body past the defender in order to try to catch up and prevent the shot from going in. The defender has to follow you and come back over the top of you. So, for a freshman, it's a nice opportunity to get by that. It's averaging just 45% from the free throw line, no coach. Gotta get up there and follow through and finish a shot, right now he left it a little bit short. Looked like a short arm. That looked good, that was better. But he dropped his hand at the end. Trying to finish up high release point and finish with your follow through up high. Nice pass. Crawl on the miss, Motel with another rebound. They got numbers if they can get it. Nice pass, but quick hands there by, guess who, Leo Fink. Christian had the opportunity there, they finally got numbers, but it was a good defensive play. Well, I think it was Raider, not Fink, or was it? And I think it was... Hard to see through this referee. I think it was Fink, it was Fink. Just little things, coach, you're right. Crawl besides the pass it out. Good ball movement there, you can see how a defense has a hard time trying to catch up and finish when you move the ball that quickly, side to side. Tell ya, Carter-Gebler much more this season as a junior, aggressive on the offensive end than he was a year ago. Not that he was bad last year, but he was just... Well, Ben Mackey's not here, you know? Yeah, that's true. When you play with the great players, you don't always have that opportunity to shot. That's true. There's a three. There's a finish there, Trevor. We'll see. But Schlipsy's looking for a stop here to continue in the momentum. Almost got a steal off Matt also. 31-15, there's a long three. That's a half expires, and believe it or not, that's it. That was a fast-paced first half. It was, it was. Well, at the halftime, it's 31-15. Koehler in front, and we'll return with a second half-action. They said a bottle was just a bottle. No one would ever notice me. I knew I could be more. That one day, I would make people smile. It nourishes, brings us together, and adds flavor to life. That's why it's important to wash hands, surfaces, and fresh produce. Keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from ready-to-eat foods like fruits and vegetables. And cook to proper temperatures using a food thermometer. Enjoy and refrigerate leftovers within two hours. 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Leading scores in the ball game for Schwoig and Christian. Matt Olsum had six. Trevor Wissy had five. Joe Lemonis had two and Michael Motel two. For the Blue Bombers, they were led by their junior star, Carter Gevler. He has 14, Tyler Rader, eight, three by Davis Mackie and Lucas Crawl and Colin Adams chipped in with two. What are your thoughts, Coach, of the first half? I think it's probably this very quickly played first half. It plays in the Kohler's style of game that they want to play. Put a lot of pressure on you folk forward, turn you over, get easy baskets. This is one of the things that Schwoig and Christian have struggled with all year. Their first halves have really put them in a hole. They did that last night at Manitowoc Lutheran where they were down 42 to 23 and a half. They actually came back and outscored Manitowoc Lutheran 41-40 in the second half. I think we're going to be in for an exciting second half because this is the way on a couple teams this year and closed the gap in the second half and given teams good ball games but again with having the freshman and the young players it's tough to finish you need to make those big winning plays. We mentioned at the opening Kohler was 24 last year. Three times they had to play Howard's Grove the conference champs. They did beat him in the conference tournament that's something Coach you didn't have when you were playing was a conference championship where now they play everybody once and then they have a conference tournament which is a little bit unique and different. What do you think about that tournament? I have mixed feelings about it because you only get to play each team one time especially when you have natural rivalries I always enjoyed somehow if you don't play well if you get beat by a team the first time around make the adjustments come back and beat them the second time it wouldn't be hard not to be able to try to do that but I mean it's an exciting concept having a conference tournament nice rebound by Connor Cassidy You know what's unique about that tournament too is like they take the top eight teams and they get to play in the upper and then the lower six I believe it is get to play in a different tournament so you don't have to like it's not one versus fourteen they kind of balance it somehow that you know the the lower team gets to play the lower and the upper gets to play the upper Well it's unique in that you don't usually get unless you're in a Christmas tournament or something like that to play that many games in a role for a high school kid I don't know how that really affects you going into the state tournament then I mean it takes a lot of effort to win that conference tournament So far we've got a basket by who's now cut the deficit to fourteen it's thirty one to seventeen Kohler in front of Sheboygan Christian You're looking more comfortable on the offensive and again settled in from behind Tyler Raider and Joe Lemenis Now in the ultimate possession Kohler will keep the ball tomorrow night we'll be back at WSCS we're going to travel over to Sheboygan Lutheran where two of the top teams in the Big East Conference go at it that's Sheboygan Lutheran and Howard Strohle and there's another basket by Conor Cassidy and next Tuesday night we'll see these blue bombers over at Sheboygan Lutheran which is always a test ball game A lot of big games early Yep, very much so Exciting high school basketball people should come out and watch and support these teams you know you've got out here tonight Exciting I think that this is a great time of year Yeah I enjoy high school basketball and it's kind of strange it's the first week in December a lot of these teams already like we said have the fifth game already and conference games that's the thing that you know with again having that big conference they start off with conference games really I think we'd like to have a couple of conference games figure out who your players are what they're doing, what they're doing nice finish by Eli but that's not the case anymore because you know the way things are shut up Yeah that's a very good point Nice find see if we can finish at time the size of the colder inside made them kick the ball out after the block inside players are less likely to want to go up that's the third three for Kohler tonight extends the lead back to 21 oh now it's raining threes good shot leave I 38 to 20 no traitors not happy once the time out it's going to be a full time out with that we're going to take a quick break it's 38 to 20 blue bombers these are really good you don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent there are thousands of teens in foster care who don't need perfect there's one thing you can never have sex without it's consent because sex without it isn't sex it's rape it's on us to stop sexual assault learn how and take the pledge at it'sonus.org welcome back to Kohler high school where Kohler leads Shaboy and Christian 38 to 20 Jeff Wolfe you would think with an 18 point lead a coach wouldn't always want to call a time out but as a coach sometimes you see your team out there doing things you don't want them to do instead of letting them build bad habits you reinforce by taking the time out make the adjustment and let's see them come out and get a good shot here it'll be interesting for Kohler too they've too not played too many of the tougher teams in the league where Christian has played some tougher it'll be interesting Kohler, like we said, goes into Lutheran right away and then I think they play Howard's like right after that so they're going to get their tests early too we'll see where the conference is going to shape up in early December but it's probably good for Kohler to maybe struggle a little bit against Hilbert last night and then have that come back right away and play right away again tonight you know it depends on what kind of team you have you have an experienced team that's playing those tough games early but a young team like Christian facing tough competition right away it's a big challenge and then they come out and compete Nugent on a tiki-tack foul you know you mentioned conference tournament and all that another comment some coaches made was let's say you play an early game like Kohler has to play Lutheran next week already and you got to play in their place maybe in February if you have them back at your place you have a completely different team and Christian's going to be a different team in February as well exactly that was my point before it takes away that opportunity it's a way to get the ball back after you get a foul called in good pass ahead good finish by Leo Fink nice pass by Carter Debbler you've mentioned Leo Fink's name a whole bunch of times tonight coach but that's just his first basket and that's the way he plays sometimes he'll give you a 10-12 and they're taking it to the basket there's all the little things offensive rebounds nice can handle the ball do a lot of things on the perimeter offensively quick hands defensively so it makes him the valuable part of the bombers you can see the intensity level after that time out from Kohler really ratcheted up couple turnovers the blue bombers coach it's 1355 in the second half that is the blue bombers first trip to the line and I don't see a lot of fouls being committed out there that they're not calling which is good it's just unusual especially early in the year kids are playing with their feet instead of trying to reach a lot picking up all those fouls nice finish nice job a Trevor Wissy to finish on that drive to the basket Trevor's up to six points now he's got to be that person that steps up and makes plays like that for his team for them to order them to be competitive one of the seniors on Christian Eagles Kevler right to the basket nice play Mike Carter you watch these coaches on play out and you can see that they see the court sometimes differently than a lot of other players good job by Carter that time good double good work by Nugent too to fill up their lane Trevor got there I think that Coach Flipsy wants him to get into the paint to create something by that time he was a little bit off balance couldn't stop his momentum and ended up traveling you want to finish when you come into the lane with a two foot jump stop you want to stay square to the basket give yourself a triple threat position that you can pass shoot or finish as we mentioned the first half it's shoot for a cure coaches versus cancer that's why Kohler is wearing the pink socks earlier tonight the blue bomber ladies defeated Brad Bulkos, Sheboygan Christian squad this is the game of the double header varsity double header putting Joe Lemenis out on perimeter I think he's had some trouble with the size inside of Kohler they're going to need him to start making some plays to score some baskets there was a four on one break and finishing for two was think now with four points that's a nice job isolating a little inside against a smaller defender and he finished that shot by the freshman and I just thought I just had freshman nice take by Gevler Lemenis with the rebound at this point 20 points Don 11 and a half you've got to he'll call there you've got to get something out almost every possession if you're Christian you've got to get an opportunity to get a good shot also went right to the time but they said that the Kohler defender and on top of the ball they didn't call a jump ball they just play on Kohler state champs 1980, 82, 83 and 99 you went to state with your squad too did you not when you were in high school we lost in the finals against Marathon 1976 Marathon went on went three state championships in a row they had quite a squad nice reverse miss and again Christian good shot they just can't make it it should be Christian Ball and it is good hustle both ways I recognize this official right here Coach he's done state tournaments well it's two to one on fouls 10 minutes 47 seconds left we have six in the first half as cleanly played games I've seen in a high school especially early in the year well it's 44-24 another full time with that we're going to take a quick break also a new gym coach a lot different than when you played and even when I coach diversity it's all different field houses are kind of the new way to go yeah it's really a nice job they did here when they we did the remodeling here for the high school and added classroom I spent it I don't think that's what Coach Flipsy wanted he wanted to get a certain shot call that time out that was Ben Hines senior 6-5 bomber making that basket good hustle by Joel Lomines Christian trying to get something in there but I thought Kohler's on a pretty nice job on their defense now looks like they're standing in their zone you're playing the 2-3 and the 3's up and miss good box out there by Ben kept his body in between offensive rebounder nice shot Davis Mackie he always seems to find a way to get a shot open Davis Mackie yeah from a lot of great players in that family shot by Christian rebound by Adams and here come the bombers Gevler leading the break kick out to Mackie and it's up Christian looks a little tired right now and you kind of mentioned that in the first half that that might be the case Mackie open shot and a miss shots per minute pretty good Casey Mackie right winning coach when you went to state Casey was on that team also Ty Mackie Cody Mackie Cody Mackie I just remember the game I coached against you in your gym here and I was ahead of you 12 seconds or 15 seconds you called time out I told our guys whatever you do don't let Mackie touch the ball Mackie touched the ball he made the basket and we lost I don't care who gets it I was smart enough to do this because I knew he's a winner and he wants the ball I told our guys don't whatever you do I don't care if you're in front of him you're standing golden shirt I think it was fist 3 we ran again the ball in your 2-3 zone hands up Ben Hines in his second basket 8-24 left 50-24 there's finally Levenez gets a basket I haven't heard much of him from the scoring tonight I guess you can credit the size I think the size is really bothering inside and like you were saying earlier in the game Chris I mean they don't lose any size when they go to the bench which is really unusual you know at this level they have that kind of size coming off the bench too Joe had the first basket for Christian and that was his first basket since plays hard, does a great job both ends of the court but he's really got to stop up and try to make some plays well he's one big post player amongst three or four tall timbers that the bombers keep wheeling in and out and there's another Christian turnover and it's not going to get any easier now so they're taking advantage of that size and not making it easy for them to score inside at all nice job with him with the steal well they really knows where he is at all points on defensive end they're shading him there's Davis Mackie right there good back box out by Adams to allow Gabbler to get that rebound Hendricks had a good look you got to make most of those opportunities there's a kick out to Adams drives short but he's fouled good take and Colin Adams will go to the free throw line shooting two again for Kohler most of course Radar was talking about his team being young because they're all juniors but you can see that especially those players that had experience in the last year for Kohler really have made a big big stride as far as improving coming into this year Colin is the goalkeeper here for a state ranked powerful soccer team coach takes a lot of pride in his work as a keeper I guess you would call it I'm not a soccer person I'm not a soccer person either Rod Hogan the coach did a great job he's the goal guy they were ranked number one in state I think this year unfortunately he lost in sectionals I believe it was sectional finals for Sturgeon Bay give it some Mackie up reserve some time here to play gonna get Adams over the back I know Colin Adams brother Caleb is a huge huge Bucks fan he's got good taste then he was excited about the trade and then I think like everybody else with Sam Decker today getting traded to Washington Sam had a few moments as a buck I guess too bad I think he would have done a great job here got a great following here in the state had a great career at Wisconsin I would have liked to have seen him have the opportunity to play in Milwaukee but a lot of times all about salary cap room and making room for players maybe not this year but next year when the Bucks need to resize some of those guys but they have to win this year too they got the opportunity to be on the top teams in the east and I got a tough road tonight against the Warriors we'll be on probably we can see the second half last year though they beat him this year in Golden State but they beat him here last year too whoops Mackie gets blocked by Hendricks there nice to the Warriors to go to Kebom Looney's High School yeah I saw that Jersey Retirement and Hamilton High School pretty classy move by the entire organization you can get that as most of you basketball people know not over the back he had him sought about a three fines you know the second unit for Kohler has really shown good discipline nice job by Colin really moved the ball really well there now with four points as well Kohler knows where Trevor Wussia is at all times you know he's a big three-point threat from out there against his own kicked it out nothing for Hendricks Hendricks with another good look yeah just a he too just a sophomore Jeff Ben Hines 21 is Crawl Adams with the miss put back in a miss I think by Crawl hustling on the floor hustle Christian's out with him here they come do you think get a good shot on this trip Kohler's being very active hands up high defense nice shot three and also there's another guy who's been kind of quiet scored a bunch of early points and haven't heard anything from him people might ask well we just made one basket why did the coach call time out well as a coach you want to build on something positive so you're in the middle of a second half the things haven't gone as well as they have for you in your prior games something you just knocked in a shot now as a coach you want to reinforce that positivity and come out and maybe get a steal defensively get another basket try to get some momentum you know the basketball is such a game of runs if you get yourself one or two baskets in a row get your team on a different track than they have been for most of this half of being hesitant and unable to finish now you like we mentioned in the opening you coached against coach Flipsy here at Christian he's had some wonderful teams from conference championship teams and he's the old war horse in the league him and coach Bruning at Usberg he I know is at Howard before that both of them done both those guys have done outstanding jobs running their programs for so many years you know players sacrifices coaches sacrifices and the families of players and coaches make sacrifices so both those gentlemen have done an outstanding job produce a lot of fine players and a lot of fine young men well what's interesting too is there's a miss there and a rebound there by Ben Himes you know coach Bruning followed coach Moriarty who was kind of you know a legend kind of coach you had a state championship coach Rader gets to follow that now he's had some success here you know kind of interesting how some of the coaches kind of followed in the paths of previous successful coaches and you know just carried the torch I guess you could say here's coach Flipsy taking withsy out of the game he gave it his all Kohler made it very difficult you know part of their scouting report was probably nowhere he is at all times don't let him get started they didn't let him do that tonight he's a fine player I'm sure he'll come back and do great things for the rest of the year we'll see Christian play Lutheran I believe that's in the end of January the 25th I believe that is Christian Lutheran again this year I don't remember where it's at but that'll be the next time we see the Eagles I'm impressed with this group that's out on the floor for Kohler right now in the offensive end even though they're playing defense Chris is that nobody's hunting their shots you know a lot of times you make substitution guys don't get a lot of time you know people try to hunt their shots and get their stats this team is really playing a good team basketball they're getting good shots because of it but you don't always see that when you make those spending substitutions I think Davis Mackie got a bloody nose on that play into the game comes Connor Cassidy back hand another solid hard fought quickly paced and then played half it really is nice motion with dribble drive that's Justin check number 14 first time we've seen him tonight for Kohler 6-1 junior Justin's one of those kids that really worked hard didn't always play basketball when he was younger came out for the team in middle school really worked himself into becoming a varsity basketball player everybody has different abilities some people have high abilities Justin has really worked hard and made himself a nice varsity player out here good to see people like that have the opportunity to get playing time follow there on Lucas Crawl it's 53-29 we're at 2-12 mark stick around after the game coach Wolfe is going to have to go grab coach Raider right away and get a couple of players we'll have some interviews we mentioned Tuesday night we'll see these blue bombers over at Luthorne tomorrow night we'll be at Luthorne watching Howard Grove and Luthorne and then next Friday I think we are at Sheboygan North where they take on the ships of Manitowoc and they take on the ships of Sheboygan North off to a one-on-one start which is really strange like I said they're one-on-one but you know these teams are already in their fifth game already it's crazy you look at all the different levels of basketball that go on in high school these days because of the league setups everything's a little bit different and this is you know because of the bigger league there by Crawl you're playing back-to-back from last night to the night yeah yeah that's you only get that in tournaments and then you get it in the tournaments again in the state tournaments that's another thing I never liked is when basically you play Christmas tournaments you play back-to-back and most of the time during the year you play a Tuesday Friday or a Tuesday Thursday and all of a sudden you get to sectionals you gotta play back-to-back nights that just didn't make any sense to me not all of them some had Thursday Saturdays so they all were always the same yeah I just I just never understood playing back-to-back games and sectional sectionals in the old days in the conference in the Fox Valley then it was back-to-back games now two coach you have three officials so it's more difficult to get officials because you know every varsity game has to have three so that's why you got teams playing on Thursday nights Friday nights you know half the league tonight's playing for the biggies but you know Lutheran sitting off tonight well it used to be you know you had certain nights which you would see that this is for high school basketball college basketball now because of so many different factors you got people playing in all different college games around Friday nights it used to be considered the high school night on Saturdays they're all over the place I think a lot of that has to do on the college level because of TV you know there's a lot of factors going on where teams are playing different all different kinds of nights we've pointed out earlier tonight because in high school but you just go out and you play as hard as you can that's the thing you can control as a coach and as a player you go out and do the best you can with the opponent that you face each night and that's what you can control 53-29 we're under 30 seconds who bombers are going to win this they're going to play undefeated at 5-0 in first place in the league their next test is at Lutheran almost almost just in check with the basket there you can just tell how the student section wants him to have the ability to score because you know players like I said players like that deserve the opportunity to play and it's great that he's getting that opportunity and they'd love to see him score and with 14 seconds left tonight that's what we're not going to say bonus free throws tonight here's a layup nice job by Collin Adams scores again he's got finishes tonight with 6th leading scorer for Kohler tonight will be Carter Gevler with 16 but that's it final score tonight is 53-29 Coach Wolfe is going to go and grab a couple blue bombers and when we return we'll have two kids from Kohler talking with Coach Wolfe right now we're going to take a break 55-29 victory for the Kohler blue bombers they said a bottle was just a bottle that no one would ever notice me but I knew I could be more that one day I would make people smile food it nourishes brings us together and adds flavor to life that's why it's important to wash hands surfaces and fresh produce keep raw meat poultry and seafood separate from ready to eat foods like fruits and vegetables and cook to proper temperatures using a food thermometer enjoy and refrigerate leftovers within two hours for more tips on safely preparing foods visit home food safety nothing said I got it okay I'm going to go fix the lamp in your room you don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent there are thousands of children in foster care who will take care of you you make me wear my bike helmet taught me never to run with scissors to follow the swimming rules you tell me to stay away from drugs to always buckle my suit up so why do you keep a loaded gun in your drawer how safe is that you ask them to follow some safety rules now they're asking you in fact they're counting on you never let your gun get into the wrong hands always lock it up visit ncpc.org traditional light bulbs actually generate 9 times more heat than light switch to energy start light bulbs and you'll realize just how much cash you were really burning through saving energy saves you money learn more at energysavers.gov welcome back to Kohler High School where the Kohler Blue Bombers have pulled out a big victory over the Christian High School Jeff Wolfe here with Tyler Rader and Carter Gebler two of the stars of tonight's game Carter tonight you had another fine game and really looking good earlier in this season how do you feel out there on the court I feel really good our team we've been playing together since we were in first grade and we feel great together we're doing really well Tyler you really as a big person and I can relate to this you've really improved physically throughout the last couple years especially from last year this year how do you feel out there on the court lifted weights and stuff a lot easier I can tell just boxing out and everything it's just coming more naturally more natural both of you two are sons of coaches and sometimes that's not always easy to be you know have your father coaching you what's the best part of being the coach's son he has the keys to the gym so he always lets us in all the time so we don't need to ask any people from the school if they just let us in all the time okay and I'll give you the tough one what's the tough part of being a coach's son expectations got to feeling like got to live up to their expectations and really anything you do is good enough both of you come from basketball families you're from around here your family's from up north but all great basketball families do you guys feel any pressure now being the next generation okay coach Cameron a long time coach here you know did a great job here for many years your dad was a great player how do you handle that kind of pressure I just keep working my dad just keeps pushing me he wants me to live up to his expectations beat him everyone always tells me how good a player he was but I try to beat him that's my so what you got to do you got to take over that mantle Tyler now you've got a big uncle I know your uncle Greg how do you fair against them these days still beats me still pretty big not much I can do against him yet but you got to keep improving well this was a great job by the Kohler bombers looking forward to seeing them for a lot more success for the rest of the season this is Jeff Wolf throwing it back to Chris next week we'll see those blue bombers next Tuesday night good job guys Lutheran and just wrap up the final score tonight it was 55 to 29 Kohler was led by Carter Gebler who had 16 points Tyler Rader 8 Colin Adams chipped in with 6 off the bench for Christian it was Matt Alscombe with 8 for the crew tonight I'd like to thank everyone for coming out on our first night I know it was a cold night tonight but I would especially like to thank Coach Wolf for stepping in from Marty I always appreciate when Jeff is here and he really adds to things and we've been a long time friends so thanks so much for stepping in Jeff really appreciate the opportunity Chris it's great to get back here to Kohler seeing a hard fought basketball game and you know that Christian's going to have a hard time you know playing against this competition early but I'm sure it'll be fine after Coach Flipp working with Coach Flipp and Coach Rader's got a good looking team right now yes so with that we'll sign off and like a reminder Kohler with the win tonight tomorrow night we'll be over at Sheboygan Luther for Howard's Grove and Lutheran so we'll stay so long and as Marty says we'll see you down the road