 We're at Lutheran High School where tonight the Crusaders take on their cross-down rival, Sheboygan Christian. Hello everybody, alongside the coach, Chris Wright, I'm Mike Martin. Lutheran is having one heck of a year, Chris. They come in 13 and 2. I was shocked to see their 10 and 0 in conference. They're running away with that too. Yeah, they are picked to win this year. They're basically all seniors. I mean, this was the year that, you know, they had counted on probably that they were like in seventh grade and they're having a magical year at standing in the way of a couple more victories and at a conference championship. But of course, one of them that's sitting their way the next two weeks is Sheboygan Christian. Now, Christian has a 6-8 record, you know, but they're coming on. They've been playing much better. I had a chance to talk to Ken Lyphum. And he said, you know, they almost beat N-E-W Lutheran and they're just playing better. And Lutheran's going to have to be on her game tonight. Well, Christian's playing better teams and playing better. They're a little bit younger, but they've got some guys that have been around for a couple of years, even though they're a little bit younger. But I mean, this Christian team last year, we thought Lutheran would beat them and then in their place, they beat them. But here at Lutheran, they want to hold serve. Now coming into tonight's game, Tyler Zaster averaging 18-6 a game and Jacob Juris 17-2. But what makes those guys really tough, I think, is the ability to shoot the three-pointer. Yeah, well, they get open in the wings and they can shoot. And we've seen Zaster hit shots for years and Jacob Juris. Jacob Juris, one of the only ones that is a junior, but, you know, he's played since he was a freshman on the basketball team. Want to stay championship with that team as well. I mean, these guys are very battle tested, but, you know, we're probably going to see a lot of scoring tonight. There's no doubt about it. So looking forward to a fun game. Another guy we want to give a little shout out to is Jeff Hess. We've seen him play over the last couple of years. And now he's a senior, like you mentioned, senior laden. He's averaging 10.2. So a lot of balance on the Lutheran team. Yeah, Wyatt Kidd's on the team that just does all the muscle work. He's a big kind of fruit kind of guy. He's the one that's going to get a lot of rebounds. You know, we've seen him over the last couple of years, you know, do get some big scoring things. Only averaging about six points a game. But he's just a beast in the middle and hustles a lot and does a lot of the little things. I mean, there's just very talented group of Lutheran. And we're very lucky to have him here in Cheboygan. Lutheran comes in senior laden. Christian, on the other hand, is quite young. And we're used to seeing a lot of tall kids over there. And they're not that tall this year. The one big kid is Jacob, no, Meinert, I believe his name is. And he's 6'4", sophomore. And but other than that, they're, you know, not that tall or kind of short. And they're going to have to control the inside against Lutheran. Yeah, they will. You know, neither team's got really big, big kids and things like that. But we've seen Kale and Kelly have some big games. Josh Stecker last year had a wonderful game, too. And, you know, this team, like I said, is much better. Right now, as you mentioned, Lutheran is 10-0. And Cedar Grove and Usberg is 7-4. And they're, like, just 5-4. So they have a whole bunch of games left. But, you know, they're playing much better this year. I'm excited to see what the Eagles have to show. Actually, I got to do a little correction here. Eddie Windsor is the 6'5", sophomore. He's averaging 10 a game. So they're going a little bit young. You know, he's going to have to step up tonight. Yeah, he's doing that. And off a sophomore team, I just watched the JVs for Christian. I mean, they got, they got not too many seniors and they had a very nice JV team. This is some treatment we should be looking for, not even tonight, but down the road as well. A little shout-out to Brett Flipsy, 17th year as the head coach. He's the dean of coaches in the Central Lakeshore. He does a heck of a job each year. Yeah, he's one up on Kevin Brunig and things like that. And just sticks with these guys and gets real intense and things. He's had some conference championships himself. So he has nothing to pass. And he's starting to build that program right back up. So we'll see if they can pull the upset tonight. All right. And with that, we're going to step out and we come back. We'll have the starting lineups and the tip-off for tonight's basketball game. I believe in the spirit. I believe in trust. Beauty. I believe in my mom. 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Chris and I mentioned some of the leading scores. Kyle Stecker, a junior, is averaging 7.6. Graham Verveldi, another junior, is averaging 6.6 per game. That goes along with Caleb Kelly, the leading score at 13-2. Josh Stecker, 11-6. And Eddie Windsor, 6-5. Sophomore averaging exactly 10 a game. For the Crusaders, we mentioned Zastro and Juris and Haas, Jacob Ames averaging 7-3. Chris's favorite player, Ryan Shealy, averaging 6-3 and Phil Leipholm by averaging 5.9 points a game. And another Leipholm going through the program, Chris. Yeah, and I noticed there's some yet down below here, too, and a freshman as well. So I don't think that'll ever end, Marty. Well, Jim has got about three or four kids and told none of them over, I think, seven. So there's going to be some more. So there's going to be some more Leipholms coming through in a few years. Our officials tonight are going to be Chuck Bladorn and Dave Thiel. And we had those guys earlier this year. I think it was over at North Chris. They'd do a nice job. From Fondalac. Right. We won't hold that against them, though. This night. Yeah. Lutheran comes in, 13-2. They're 10-0 in conference. They are coming off a win at Howard's Grove, a 58-53 win. 6-8, 5-4 in conference. They're also coming off a win at, again, Cedar Grove, Belgium by 10, 58-48. We had mentioned that they are playing better. And I got one of my keys for Victory tonight for Lutheran is they got to stay focused. You can't look past this game. Well, it's a rivalry game and anything happens. We're going to have a couple of weeks. We're going to have back-to-backers. We're going to have this replay, basically, and then the North South game. But anything can happen in a rivalry game. But playing at home is always the advantage. And when we talk about, when we go back to Christian, a couple of weeks, we'll probably flip the thing and say the same thing. It's probably a little advantage for Christian that night. The first Holy War by the shore. The next one coming up. About a week or so. Get ready for the national anthem. Hi, crusaders. This evening, recognizes the passing of Robert Bellboom, who passed away on Wednesday. His funeral was earlier today. Robert has three grandsons playing for Christian High this evening. Jacob Stecker, who played in the JV game. And Josh and Kyle Stecker, who will be playing in the varsity game. Lutheran High School joins the Christian High School family in wishing the Bellboom and Stecker families the Lord's comfort and blessings. We remember them in our prayers. We pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we give thanks to you for sending your son Jesus Christ into the world. We know that he went to the cross and died there for us. He poured out his blood for the forgiveness of our sins. And that is our hope of our salvation. And that is our comfort in times of sorrow. We pray that you bless these families with that comfort and strength that you alone can provide. We also ask that you watch over our players this evening from both sides, the coaches, the officials. We pray that all perform their duties to the best of their ability. Help us all to display good sportsmanship and always to treat each other with courtesy and respect. We pray that all in Jesus' name, Amen. We ask that you remain standing and now join in the singing of our national anthem. Moxon, Joseph Mater, Kirby Taylor, and Casey Verhegan. It's been a second year. And as I mentioned in the opening, Lutheran comes in ranked number four in the state. They've only two losses to number one, Green Bay New and to number three, Burlington, Catholic Central. The other team in there is Castfield. They're ranked number two. I haven't heard Castfield's names and Sam Oakey played there. Yeah, really. Chuck Bladorn is going to toss it up. He'll see the back of the head. Kesson Windsor jumping center and Christian controls. Brady Otty, number 11, still running a point. He's been ruined that since a freshman. Now a senior for Christian. He's on the floor for the Eagles also. Jump shot by Kelly is no good. High riser on that jump shot, Chris. Basterwood a nice feed inside to Shealy for two. Baster has it on top. Getting a little relief from Otty. Windsor from just inside the line nails one. That's the sophomore. Lutheran flying down the floor. Like home gives it off to Hess who lays it up and in. Too easy there, Chris. Press by Lutheran. Very deep. Very fast. Good pass by Josh Stecker. Over to Kyle Stecker, but Kyle not able to hang on to it. Lost it. Zastrow has it being guarded by Caleb Kelly. There you see the travel. Backdoor cut. Shot is blocked. That was Hess on the attempt. Good defense by the Eagles. I thought the call was Omaha. Omaha. Hear that tomorrow. Kick out pass. Jump shot by Josh Stecker is woefully short. Lead feed to Hess and he gets bumped. No call. Ball out of bounds. He brought in by number 11 Brady Otty for Christian Eagles. Lutheran on top. We're down to the six minute mark of the first quarter. Obviously you can tell how Christian handles the pressure. Going to be a difference in the game so far tonight. So far the press hasn't done that much. Kyle Stecker turned it over for the second time already. Looking for the backdoor cutting through it. Wolf is real behind his cutting teammate. Not even close. Juris open from three point land. Good. That was a nice play Chris. They ran that one to perfection. One of the best shooters in the city. There's no doubt about that. Jacob Juris. Kyle Stecker has it on the wing. Going hard baseline. Reverse layup is no good. Rebound by Shealy. Layup is up and in. That one by Phil Leipholm. Pretty good start I guess for Lutheran Marty. Very good. 9-2 and a steal. Nice from behind. Leipholm goes down hard. You know Marty. You talked about Lutheran coming out a little flat. You know who looks a little scared tonight? Christian so far. They're not handling the first couple minutes to play through. Reminds me of what Aubrey said in that desso show. The first two minutes of a North-South game were some of the ugliest basketball you saw. Because everybody was nervous. That's what we're seeing out of Christian here right. The Leipholm looking for a point number four for him and number 11 for the Crusaders. He couldn't get it to roll in. Phil just averaging just under six points a game. Probably a little lower than I thought probably for this year for him but he can do other things too. Another attempt at a backdoor cut but again the pass goes out of bounds. Four turnovers for the Crusaders. You talk about Phil not scoring quite as much. That's partly a product of having a couple guys on your team that are averaging 17 and 18 points. I remember starting for North and we had a kid on the team Bill Praigles. He scored over 300 points a senior year. He was averaging about 18 points a game. I didn't average enough either. I thought I was doing pretty good at seven a game. Windsor's feet inside is almost throwing away good recovery by Kyle Stecker. Good trap. And a good backdoor. A cut down the lane, caught it. Killed it in. Good call Chris. Oh that gets Christian a little excited on that play. Santa's standing around cut to the basket and that's what Adi did. Zastrow catching shoot no good. Leipholms shot is no good. Zastrow had another attempt no good and then it goes out of bounds looked out by Christian. It takes a lot of effort when you have the offensive rebound put it up and then it gets missed and you try and get it again. Adi Windsor is going to pick up that fall giving it to Stecker. That's his second Marty. 11-6 a game for Stecker. It's been all Phil Leipholm recently he's got the last four points for the Crusaders. There you get a good shot. Pops in the second one. 17-6 for him. I get to Stecker's backwards there Marty. Sorry. Good hustle by Leipholm. Nice move. Caleb Kelly. Just a junior. You get a follow inside. Well Lutheran just keeps attacking Marty. He certainly do. I did it wrong again. Lutheran comes in averaging 63 points giving up 49. The way they're off and running today they're like that Green Bay new game where they scored 91 and lost. And that was an overtime either. That's pretty amazing. Gonna be a foul there. Christian decides to attack a little bit Marty. A little lot up and down they like doing that if you had a chance to watch a JV game they do the same thing. Benadringa comes in the game. His first action coming off is Kyle Stecker. Kyle with the two fouls Marty. Missed a pair. Lutheran still with their same starting five Marty. Yeah they're going along with them. Juris open from outside the line. Had a good look but couldn't get it to go. He's very quick on the shot Chris. Quick release. Catch and shoot. Very different than south and north where they kind of rotate guys all the time. Lutheran ranked fourth in the state. Going with their starters for the first five and a half minutes. Radiati looking to go. Juris on the good defense moved his feet well. 14-6. Lutheran on top. Christian trying to gather themselves and back in the game here. Another bad pass that one being made by Josh Stecker. Leipzig up and in. Flying high to the hoop Chris. Too many early turnovers for Christian Marty. Yeah they're going to have to cut that out. And bring up bringing it up against a much smaller astral. Not sure he wants the ball. It seems like he's always looking for somebody there Marty to get rid of it. I think that was a good idea by him. Hadi on a kick out pass. Windsor shot is no good. Phil Leipholm having a nice night so far Chris. Pess. Backward. Quick release from way downtown. Caleb Kelly from the parking lot. Wow. 16-9. Juris a kick out. Shealy. Not exactly his shot. Leipholm is going to pick up the foul. A couple of substitutions for the Crusaders coming in as Ames and Hasenstein coming in for the Eagles is James Rasmussen. Under two minutes. See how Rasmussen runs the point here. Jump shot and Elaine is good by Stecker. Josh Stecker. 16-11. Christian fighting back inside feed. Nice pass to Shealy but he couldn't finish. Hasen right now he's run point like Chris mentioned before. Almost lost and there is a whistle called a whistle blown. It's going to be a foul called. Ames picks up his first foul. Each team sitting with three team fouls Chris. And it's up and down Marty. Up and down is right. 1-10 left in the quarter. 16-11. Christian was down 16-10. They were down 10. Shealy with a strong rebound. Good cross court pass. Zastrow. Not in good position to shoot that time. Shot from outside the line is good by Nathan Hasenstein. 14-11. 45 seconds left. White clock stopped. There was a whistle blown. I think the net got stopped. Alrighty. Caleb Kelly going hard to the basket. There's a whistle out on the floor. Ball is going to go on Hasenstein. Caleb Kelly really has the ups Chris. Well he can jump. He's a quick jumper too. He's got the magic socks on. Eddie Windsor for two. I tell you for a sophomore he's not afraid to take shots and lead. Nice touch. Zastrow's shot is no good. Coming away with it is Kelly. Windsor has it inside. His shot is contested and it's no good. And it goes off the hands of Ben Andringa. And Luther will have it. 12 seconds Marty. 12.1 Chris. Under 10. Taking her good nature time. What was that all about Chris? I am. Doom from the As soon as he handed it off to Ames I mean what was the point? Well we're at the end of one quarter play it's 19 to 13 Luther on top. You always made sure I brush my teeth. You told me that smart was cool. You always told me to dream big. To all of those parents who took the time to make raising their children their most important job we'd like to say from the bottom of my heart thanks mom and dad. 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Got a new crew member tonight Chris Manuel Vasquez a senior over at South High is on the up camera Eric Weisman giving you that shot he's on the down camera Scott Maloff is our director got a new 18 tonight taking it hard to the hoop and dishing it off to Windsor for a basket was Josh Stecker shot by Hasenstein is no good and tapped out of bounds who got that last basket? 32 Eddie Windsor Windsor on the little lay in Windsor with four points tonight Christian's survived that early early bad start a lot of turnovers clean that up Kelly into the lane had a shot block but he's going to be fouled either going to be on Hasenstein or Shealy giving it to Shealy Kelly at the line shooting a pair he missed two back in the first quarter Christian shooting 50% from the floor you know they're getting some really nice shots leave those two bozos in the middle and Lutheran leads by three but they're only shooting 35% 19 to 17 they've got more shot attempts because already Christian had those six turnovers Hasenstein for three off the bench three a seven from three point range for Lutheran Reveldi had it for a minute now Rasmussen Graham Reveldi down the lane lays it off the glass and in a little bit of Swiss cheese defense for Lutheran a lot of holes a lot of holes is right Hasenstein open for just a second he cans another three he's three of three from out there he only misses a two pointer was too close and attacking the basket was Graham Reveldi and he gets fouled on the way he'll be going to the line let's see how that Christian is beating Lutheran down the floor in a way it doesn't I just think they should be getting back but they're a little lazy is that part of that focus part in a way you know what I mean pride you want to get far in the state tournament in a month you're going to have to play a little bit of defense one for two trip makes a 25 to 20 disaster open from three point land in rhythm he nails a three misses first three shots but you're not going to keep him down that's four three pointers in her ultras Hasenstein's had three of them pick out past the Kelly leaner in the lane is no good Shealy gets fouled by Andringa Shealy with five rebounds has not been on the bench yet the whole game except for a timeout you're going to see it oops I didn't mean to do that but I'll help you up and Shealy says no thank you faster bringing it up we're at 5.50 left until half time it's 28 to 20 Lutheran has found the range from three point land to open up the lead Shealy and Windsor battling on the inside you got to like that what do we got here Josh Stecher I believe calls on Josh Stecher you're right Chris actually okay Hasenstein open for a second good block that time by Verveldi he hustled out got out there on the D Rasmussen right down Main Street for an easy two that's a travel there's another one of those it's lack of pride little take it right down the middle bad turnover there Chris he actually had two kids open and he didn't pass it to either one and when he tried to throw it cross court he hit the back of the backboard that's how it looked like he was open now he's going to take it to the basket and rolls it in four of six excuse me four of seven shooting in the quarter for Lutheran Verveldi over to Windsor they're running the weave right now Josh Stecher jump shot from 12 is no good Hasenstein had it for a second lost it but Lutheran gets it back and then it goes Juris trying to pass it to a teammate threw it off Eddie Windsor goes out of bounds Lutheran will keep it Kyle Stecher and his two fouls are in Marty well Brady Ott he doesn't have two fouls but he's back in and Zastrow paired up that's a good for those two young men Juris trying to get himself open finds Hasen in the middle for an easy basket has to a four from the floor Stecher's Josh Stecher's three-point attempt is no good Lutheran has equaled their largest lead of the night at ten Juris too close yeah he likes those three-pointers Shealy in the lane got the rebound put it up and in he's fouled Shealy was seven rebounds already second offensive rebound and that results in a basket and a chance of the three-point play of the old fashioned way Rasmussen picks up the foul both teams now sitting with six team fouls brings it home it's 35 22 a 13-point lead is the largest of the night for the Crusaders definitely down your sheet tonight Marty yeah a lot down that right side kick out pass shot by Rasmussen is no good Shealy with another rebound good cross court pass the Juris has shot his up and in and he's fouled committing the foul was Josh Stecher good no look pass look at this he was looking off to the left threw it to the right and had Juris for the layup threatening to break this one wide open Chris they're in a big run certainly are Marty didn't seem like it was out to 16 so fast but was 22 to 19 and all of a sudden now it's 35 to 22 Wow Kelly looking to take it down the lane there he does puts it off the glass and in he's a force in there good backdoor cut by Zastrow and he lays it up and in cause he was left handed he was right handed there was probably nowhere for him to go but the old left hander as Marty says got that one to go left hander he's three of six from the floor now Zastrow hit his last three 245 left in the half Kelly off the screen nails a jump shot he's hit his last two he's getting hot shot is no good rebound by Windsor he lost it but Brady Otti was right there to pick up the loose change whoopah went to Leipholm good fake and he lays it in easily they're up by 16 but it doesn't seem like Christians that far behind them no they made a nice comeback late in the first quarter and early in the second but recently it's been all Luther Kelly couldn't get that one to go Zastrow pushing it up the court nice nice no look pass again Leipholms layup is in five a five from the floor excuse me four a five from the floor for Leipholm he's exceeded his average tonight timeout Christian with 130 left it's 4426 30 second timeout so we'll keep it here you know we're dishing Luther a little bit for their lack of intensity getting back on defense but they certainly certainly aren't lacking intensity that they like to play they're shooting 66 percent in a quarter and they get a lot of shot attempts Marty they have tempted 30 shots already my gosh we watched north last week play and took them three quarters to get 30 shots Heisenstein hit a three at the end of the first quarter those were the last points for Luther then he hit another one for Luther's first points of the second quarter then he had another one for their next three points and then Zastrow hit a three and then we had two three point plays besides that so you're looking out of the last floor you're scoring one two three four three point baskets and two three point plays 44 points for Luther in the first half Christian can run with them but I don't know if they have the horses to stay with them strong rebound that time by Taylor Zastrow Tyler Zastrow can't get it good tip out Tyler Taylor no getting it up from way outside the line couldn't get it to go Caleb Kelly has it Christian spreading the floor we've got Kyle Stecker inside now he moves out to the corner Brady Ottey think something that Brady that's very well he drives and kicks and normally there's open shots but that's going to be a turn over not many turnovers since early in the first quarter by Christian but that was a bad one yeah just three and a quarter Marty yeah being down by 18 and then throwing them all away trying to hold it for one shot Marty yeah 30 seconds very exciting quarter very exciting two quarters lot of up and down action and some extremely good shooting 15 seconds almost to steal good hustle by the Eagles pick out past the Hasenstein can't get it she can't get it and that's going to be halftime Lutheran on top 44-26 more than muscle it's about inner strength so I push myself that's why I serve in the United States Coast Guard I 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Shealy had five Heisenstein off the bench had nine Hass had four Phil Leipholm had a really nice first half had eleven and Tyler Zastrow not only scoring with nine but also running the point making some nice passes Chris what do you got for us I got how about even scoring percentages forty seven percent shooting for each side the difference is basically the three pointers five three pointers of thirteen one of five for Christian but eleven extra shots for Lutheran couple things about that Christian has had one just one offensive rebound and they've turned the ball over nine times so that's why they don't have as many shot attempts for both teams shooting forty seven percent Marty what did they have Chris for a turnovers in the first quarter six so they only had two in the second three in a second okay they had nine okay that's right so they did clean somewhat yeah but it's a it's a track mean out there and you know I don't know if Christian can stay with Lutheran at the you know the pace you're going to have to shoot much better I know shooting forty seven percent from the floor you think you're doing alright you look at the scoreboard and you're down by eighteen which well the one thing you said is a telling stat two eleven more shots makes a difference Brady Otte has it eleven more shots and five three-pointers made Stecker Stecker Windsor Kelly and Otte on the floor for the Eagles Windsor almost threw it away can't get it to a much better player than just had it Caleb Kelly inside the Windsor going right to the hoop and scores very impressed with that young man fifth four rebounds for me three of six from the floor just a sophomore just a sophomore Hess jumpstop tried to kick it out to Shealy but couldn't and then the save by Stecker goes right to Hess or Leiphorn pardon me who got it to Hess and a whistle on the floor I think it was a tie-up but it's going to Lutheran since Christian brought it in starting the second half Leiphorn too easy somebody lost track of their man there Chris Leiphorn slipped through he now has 13 points five of six from the floor Kelly goes hard and lays it up and goes in he's five of ten Kelly good backdoor cut right down the lane as Shealy he can't get the layup coming away with it was Kyle Stecker good D by Jerse yeah very good D you're right and that was just an Aaron pass a little like who's that guy for the bears Bobby Douglas I was thinking Jack couldn't get it wait till he gets one more foot away and then I'll throw a hard pass gave Hess a look there like what was that the Astral comes away with it and 32nd time out by the way speaking of basketball and crazy shots last night in the north game Davis Larson fell down in the lane the ball came off the rim or was passed him while he was seated on his but ski and he put it up and in in the middle of the lane they're cold and raiders get quite enough no made a valiant effort in that fourth quarter it by the way as we pan the stands you can see we have a very nice crowd very nice crowd they shoveled or plowed out one of the fields by the school so they could have overflow parking from the regular parking lot yeah I was saying the last couple years the crowds haven't been good for these games but I'll tell you tonight Saturday night 10 degrees outside people can come out because 10 degrees feels warm compared to what we've had really, isn't that the truth Juris almost had it tipped away feed to Ames Ames should have just taken that shot Chris I don't know what you think but last two minutes it seems like Lutheran looking to make that extra pass instead of shooting it which is not like them the way they shoot the ball Ames from outside the line couldn't get it Eddie Windsor got his hands on it but couldn't save it Juris will toss it in being guarded by Brady Otte good hands by Kelly tipping it away from Tyler Zastrow I don't know I'm ready to pack it in here Marty these teams have all slowed down you're right played just about a little over two minutes here in the quarter and we're just not having that up and down action like we're used to in the first half like it Juris on the steal and he's followed on the shot attempt lazy pass on the outlet to Otte and Jacob Juris was Johnny on the spot or should I say Jacob on the spot there he is saw the tail end of it heck of a year here Lutheran cross country team for boys again went to state I believe they combined with Christian and that team went to state for soccer boys are ranked number five and say what an athletic group here at Lutheran high school for such a small school it has been a very nice year and I think the kids even behave pretty good over here Juris with eight points now on those two free throws look like a pretty good block but I think it's going to be Shealy maybe picking up the foul going to the line is Graham Verveldi it's quite an accomplishment when you have teams going to state and then you have other sports and when you had mentioned it in your comments that it's a very athletic group Juris nails a three boy that was sweet 20 point lead now Verveldi gets it inside to Windsor kicks it out to Caleb Kelly no good Ames Hasenstein no good Juris Hasi had it tipped away, tried to put it in and Windsor with a block and then he almost throws it away but Verveldi with a nice save Verveldi no good Zastrow had it stolen away by Adi pushed out of bounds by Ames discussion right in front of us about who's making the call but like the official said it got made yes and he said he was screened out he admitted it and Chuck Playdorn did the right thing and said what he saw a little shoving under the basket but no call Lutheran comes away with the rebound Juris had it taken away, Kelly lays it in Hasenstein in the small court over there ran right into the wall there's not a lot of room on both sides and he may have got an ankle caught up there Zastrow couldn't get the leaner to go Kelly on a good pass out to Josh Dekker who lays it up and in and he's fouled and Christian on a run Well it's just Hasenstein still grabbing at his ankles Jim here is so small kind of reminds me of the Armory where he gets the stage there and he just got his ankle caught between the mat and the wall may not feel that a lot today but maybe tomorrow morning once again seems like Christian's coming down the floor and there's only one or no defenders for Lutheran back to that issue of not getting back on defense the way they need to pick out to Tyler Zastrow who nails the three Bada Bing Bada Boom Luther needed that you know got to keep heads up you know we're right here some of those passes if they ever miss a player that's going to be right at us yep now Shealy's hurt Shealy goes down hard ball's going to go on Rasmussen watch this check his foot hard to tell looks like he might have tipped an ankle though Shealy at the line shooting a pair of free throws he's a one for one well one for two now on the night trying to make a two out of three they shoot free throws pretty well Marty they're doing pretty good tonight four for five four for five for six there six for seven seven for eight nine for ten ten for twelve Wisconsin should take notes on that hey they shot free throws well in the first half Windsor nice move to the middle of the lane he got his shot up and in made his last three basket Windsor the sophomore Taylor Zastrow Bangle baby his first points of the night never knew what Zastrow didn't like to score or shoot Marty I would say shoot we all like to score even when we're not playing basketball hey I sat with the Fairweather fans last night at the north game the Horsens Graham Vervelli taking the inbounds pass 58 to 40 Andringa shot by Stekker is no good Josh Stekker it goes out of bounds two minutes and five seconds left in the third quarter Christian made a little bit of a run but Lutheran has come back to that Zastrow being guarded a little too closely by James Rasmussen as he's going to pick up his third yeah he got bumped he got bumped he got bumped then he got pushed Zastrow to Zastrow yeah Block and Andringa Tyler Zastrow went down hard Ben Andringa picking up his second fall Windsor and Shealy inside still battling Taylor Zastrow he's got a nice stroke Chris that's the fourth three pointer for Lutheran in the quarter a new high for a lead 21 Andringa with the reverse layup got it up and in we get a timeout it's a 30 second timeout Chris these kids can play good basketball another 50% shooting for Lutheran sometimes you wonder a little bit about the defense but offensively they get after it play hard another net stretch for a time in the first quarter with the turnovers by Christian getting a hang of it a little bit now Christian again shooting almost 67% in the quarter and they're still not making up any ground I think part of the reason for the better start for the Lutheran team is because of the seniors good point very good point and it's home you're playing at home like I said when we come back on February 13th and see the rematch we'll see how it flips when it's at Christian I mean these teams just attack that's what I like and there's it doesn't matter for either team everybody can shoot everybody's allowed to shoot and North and South play this year and one of the big concerns we've had is who's going to score for these teams it's like who's not going to who's not capable of putting one up here everybody gets the opportunity to score fun basketball James Rasmussen is going to have to come off the floor Chris he's got four falls and we're still only in the third quarter I know he's frustrated but he needs to just move he just seems to play body up a little bit too much and yeah I didn't think he moved his feet a little good Tyler Zastrow is a four year veteran and knows how to draw some of that body contact well he got a good guy to bring in Brady Otte Andringa well he saw Zastrow hit him he thought he should go too he starts to and getting called for the fall Jacob Ames and he pretty much cleared out watch this block out underneath by number two and then you decide if it was a good call or not I think that was a great call Ames has four falls too Chris wow he's going to stay in there nobody at the table yet he's coming in at seven points a game he's attempted just one shot tonight Ames Ames and Windsor getting to know each other three point attempt by Verveldi is good Zastrow had a shot blocked Ames on the save Taylor Zastrow got it again Ozenstein in the first half Zastrow Taylor in the second half wow Caleb Kelly fouled on the floor Brett Flipsy what do you mean fouled on the floor he was shooting what? that's the call Jeff Hess committing the fall Juris comes back in and they get Ames out of there with his four falls five three pointers in the quarter for Lutheran good save by Otty Christian getting stuck in the corner and they throw it out of bounds but that's the end of the third quarter Lutheran on top 66-45 simple moments are what make every day count we've been giving you that shot if you're getting sick I think he's jumping around doing the jump around 66-45 I was just showing Chris score by quarters combined score by quarters combined score and the first quarter was 32 in the second quarter they combined for 38 points and in this third quarter they combined for 41 points so they've been progressively scoring more doesn't say much for the defense but it's a lot of fun for the fans to watch I think it's been very exciting Marty I remember some years back where we did a game I believe it was this way too was here Lutheran won by pretty much they probably had the better team that year they went over to Christian had to play the second war by the shore they were losing Christian really came out and played a fine ball game so this does not mean a win over at Christian when we go over there cover that game speaking of next games our next game is going to be this Wednesday, February 5th when Wisconsin Lutheran college goes over to Lakeland to play and then on Thursday second holy war by the shore Lutheran will be over at Christian to play that game the next game for these two teams Christian will be at Kohler on Tuesday and Random Lake is the opponent for Lutheran shot by Taylor's Astros no good and then Chili's shot is knocked out of bounds by Eddie Windsor Lutheran only made two-point baskets in that quarter marty but five of them were threes they only made one two-point basket who's that, remember that guy this afternoon for Ohio State with the curl here Diwali that's who Eddie reminds me of with the hair pass with a basket and he's fouled about 47% shooting for Lutheran Christian at 51% and they're down by 23 points 10-3 pointers and numerous three-point plays by Lutheran as well got that right 69-45 it's been all Lutheran here in the second half Eddie Windsor for two he's four of four in the quarter hard a half, excuse me Astro DeJuris from way outside is no good Caleb Kelly with the rebounds over to Josh Stecker no good Windsor good again that's good he's got seven rebounds he's around the ball that's for sure timeout by Lutheran another 32nd timeout 649 remaining in the ballgame just two offensive rebounds tonight for Christian one of them was right there by Windsor one thing and you kind of alluded to it you know about having anybody can score and they all shoot it but the other thing is they push the ball you know they're not afraid to run it up the floor doesn't always look pretty creates causes sometimes at running to have more turnovers but fun to watch Light Palms five of six Taylor's Astros three of five Hasenstein made some big baskets Zastro four of nine the other one that is Tyler good hustle there by Verveldi you're going to get a foul there on Josh Stecker he's up to four Marty a request for a replay time and I know it's tomorrow Sunday and I think it's at 1230 they want to make that announcement here in the gym I did Johnny Cash tonight they keep banging in free throws one two three four five six seven six of seven nice leap and leaner there for two chance to add to that free throw total balls on Kelly that's his third you're right Chris they really do shoot free throws as well I was wrong before they were four for four so far in this quarter and only missed one free throw in the half 10 of 11 good inside feed to Windsor he scores easily six of six in the quarter he'll light palm with another basket he's six of seven they don't miss a lot tonight neither team they're getting to the rim a lot of the time Windsor had his man out there got to hit him in the ballgame with Christian he certainly had six in the first quarter like Marty said really have cleaned that up light palm with 17 points no, Hess has it on the wing threw it right to Kyle Stecker and Christian returns the favor go behind the back pass Caleb Kelly blocked it I'm not sure if they're going to call fast in an appearance watch this a little behind the back action and Kelly gets up to the block and Windsor helps on the crush too what a game for light palm really he's going to could easily end up with 20 points he's got 19 now I counted right before 19 oh he's on the floor but just goes to show he's a slasher gets in there why the score looks 24 points but I'll tell you that seems a lot closer I mean Christian just battling all the way it just doesn't seem like it's that big of a lead they're running up and down the court the way these teams are it's considerably easier than when you look at the way some teams in the valley play very controlled slow it down hard to come back when you're you know even down the court stand we mentioned like Ashwara and they lead the that conference and I mean they're barely scoring 60 points a game kick out pass to Taylor's Astro goes out of bounds and up by 22 I guess you can smile about it a little bit 7th turnover on Lutheran for the game for the game that's Wisconsin-esque well considering how high pace they are it does pretty well nice drive in the basket by Kyle Stecker that's just his first basket and he's averaging almost 8 a game yes has it gives it up to Juris like to probably run some clock here a good defense at time by Graham Verveldi took it right away from Taylor's Astro not afraid to shoot Kyle Stecker two more points for that young man deep into the corner Taylor's Astro had Hesse on the cut through he didn't hit him Juris had it tipped away Ames fighting forward lays it off the glass and in but there was a whistle prior to the shot a little sloppy it's up to Fowle Jacob Ames going to the line Ames looking for his first points tonight a little flat on that second attempt 8th rebound for Windsor Kelly going hard to the hoop and they're going to get Shealy with the foul but Caleb Kelly will be going to the line again Chris Christian shooting 86% in the quarter and it's still trailed by 19 Lutheran however keeps making their free throws so that's why the lead doesn't get any shorter this is going to be the 8th free throw by Kelly nailed five of them Kelly working Juris all the way up Shealy got it behind the line didn't know what to do with it made a good decision there tick tick tick tick is much more important inside feed light bomb on a reverse layup great pass Jeff has pardon me yep but it was a great pass by Juris irregardless third pass excuse me fourth basket tonight for a six on the floor for Jeff Hess Graham Reveldi shot is a little strong Ames takes it away from Stecker and then he's fouled Ames will be shooting free throws another timeout Marty can't be full timeout Scott 238 left in the fourth quarter Lutheran up by 20 what a day we need to get outside but honey I think there's a game on somewhere well I know another game we can play golf you and me I'm ready to learn and I found a great deal on lessons okay game on I can take it now you can learn to play golf starting with one great deal five lessons from a PGA or LPGA instructor starting at only $99 get the details at getgolfready.com get ready to play there's a score Marty and Christian's got five new guys in the game no mud on their jerseys so far who's going to have more mud on their jersey tomorrow I don't know any or Wilson tough game to call I'll say that see if we can get the names of these young men Austin Black Matt Cider Daniel Parsons Chad Kulis Tyler Minert Hooksich and Welshin for Luther nursing their first action Ames makes a couple of free throws this time has three on the night right through the hands of the intended receiver Minert Hooksich has it gives it off to Taylor Zastrow trying to set a screen was Justin Wells but then he popped back out that's looking for an opening good defense being played by Austin Black that time on Hess well shattered again Hess being guarded closely by Black gets a little help and now Hooksich has it had it doing a little globe trotter weave huh they need metal arc lemon at the top there's no metal arc lemon out here tonight unless they're sitting behind this monitor right here that would be you Black playing the hard defense picks up a fall but that's okay 131 left in the ball game trying to get an interview for us before we are done they had 44 at half there almost going to double each quarter very impressive scoring for Lutheran Black with a turn wrong kisses it off the glass and in they just continue to be hot shooting here in the quarter too bad it's way too late Lutheran just keeps making those free throws well shot is blocked but he's fouled will go to the line to shoot a pair free throw is good by Justin Welsh he's officially in the books Christian right now shooting 58% from the floor in the ball game and they trail by 23 they're not getting enough shots Chris that is correct had it in the corner gave it up to Coulis had it somebody's got to shoot it come on boys shot in the lane by Coulis is no good Lutheran comes away with it 25 seconds left Lutheran fans up clapping for their team well they'll improve to 11 and oh conference and that'll do it Chris they're going to be conference champs with this one I believe 14 game schedule when the next plays team had four losses that's the end of the ball game 85-62 Lutheran with a good win and an impressive win to say the least parents sure have their hands full and they could use an extra hand now every state offers free or low cost health insurance for your sports hero or budding artist kids up to age 19 can get checkups doctor and dentist visits hospital care prescriptions and more your child make qualify based on your family size and income it's one less thing to worry about call or go online for more information our daughter might be drinking or taking something else we can't talk with her about it she keeps everything secret but when I pretend everything is okay I'm keeping secrets too my therapist suggested alanon family groups it was helpful to hear what other parents said are you troubled by someone's drinking you might be surprised at what you 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everyday in practice we run like that we got 8 guys that run with us 10 guys that run with us it doesn't matter who's in there didn't matter again today too everybody shooting 3's too you guys hit like I think you had 6 baskets in the third quarter you had number 3's I mean you had 5 3's in the first half everybody could shoot the 3 too I mean that's got to be fun too shooting all those 3's yeah we all got confidence in everybody's shots it doesn't matter who gets it that's going in you never know in these kind of Luther and Christian games the rivalry is kind of neat what has it been for you to play in these kind of rivalry games well last year was those were close, those were back and forth those were fun this was a fun one too though running up and down really clicking tonight congratulations you guys stay here I was just mentioning you guys got a couple championships in soccer you got one in what else, cross country and things like that I mean you guys have been want to stay championship in basketball it must be a great thing to be with such seniors and what a great group of guys and I mean all the athletic in this small little school oh yeah I love it we've been playing with these guys since middle school and we really put the work in it in the summer when we come out here and play great this against a rival like Christian you don't think about it much you play your games during the season but a lot of the work gets done all summer you guys travel all over and play a lot of games and things like that that's where the hard work goes too some of you guys actually look bulked up this year too that's right coach makes this work but he makes us have some fun which is nice and we get all the guys in the gym in the summer which is perfect and in the fall even though we got fall sports in the gym we're working we're lifting and you see it's paying off for us this year it's been great well I know you've kind of been one of these guys I mentioned during the game I said oh my gosh you only got averaging 6 points a game and my partner mentioned well whenever those other guys are scoring but you got a bunch tonight too you got about 20 I think you were like 6 to 7 from the floor but so that had to be nice in a senior rivalry game for you that's right it felt great out there I mean I like to get out there and make some three throws but it was a good feeling for sure another good comment you just made you guys made free throws all night I mean in the year percentage I was just saying I wish Wisconsin made free throws like you guys because you guys made a ton tonight and I mean it didn't matter who was up there everybody was making them that's right it's been up and down this year with three throws but it was good to come out here tonight and have a whole group of guys make three throws all night not just one half or two three throws in a row getting to the hoop getting some good passes we got a lot of assists tonight which is why we got to the line a lot one last comment I asked Jacob the same thing you know these rivalry games anything can happen it's your last home rivalry game you haven't won in two weeks yet but how's it been to play Sheboy and Christian throughout these years it's been great just like I imagine it's sitting up in the stands really fun playing against them and getting after it last year when we lost to them at their place felt sweet to get a nice win here double overtime win here last year nice to get a good solid win congratulations both you guys conference champs got a couple weeks left and we'll see you down the road in a couple weeks with that we're going to send it back to Marty again Sheboy again Luther in the winter 85-64 let's go through with some scoring Caleb Kelly and Windsor, Eddie Windsor each had 18 points to lead the Eagles for Luther they were led by Leipam you just saw him there on the interview with 19 points Tyler Zastrow had 16 Jacob Juris had 11 and Taylor Zastrow had 10 points coming off the bench in that second half Chris had mentioned about the free throws I got Luther at 25 out of 29 free throws Christian finished 8 for 13 not bad for them either with the win tonight Luther goes to 14 and 2 11 at 6 Christian drops to 6 and 9 5 and 5 in conference our next basketball game will be Wednesday February 5 when Wisconsin Lutheran College visits Lakeland we look forward to bringing you that ball game and for the crew our director Scott Maloff on cameras Manuel Vasquez and Eric Weisman for my partner Chris Wright I'm Mike Martin saying thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road