 We're at Lutheran High School where tonight the Crusaders take on Goodman Pembine in a regional final game tonight. Hello everybody, alongside Jim Leipholm, I'm Mike Martin. Jim, we got a tough game tonight. Pembine comes in 24, same as Lutheran. Yeah, it's another round in the playoffs here and you know, everyone knows the more rounds we get into, the bigger the teams are going to get, the more well-coached they're going to be. So tonight, we're going to have a good test here, but I think the Crusaders will be ready and we'll see what happens. One of the things I think that Lutheran might have to their advantage is Pembine has a lot of junior stars. Lutheran, even though they're somewhat young, they still have senior leadership. They do. They got those three seniors at start and then they got a bunch of sophomores and refreshments for those three seniors. I'd like to step it up. The number one guy, Sam Decker, let's see what he can do tonight and control the temple. Now, one of the things that Goodman, Goodwin, Goodman Pembine has is they have pretty good height. They have a kid, Brennan PRK. He's 6' 7", averaging over 13 points a game. And Austin Lorenz is averaging just over 11. He goes 6' 4". And then he got another kid, 6' 3". Zach Sparazzo. And he's averaging almost 10 a game. So that's a lot of height to handle. That is a lot of height. And during warm-ups here, they're from the upper north. They're little biker bodies up top, too. So Lutheran's got to control those boards, give them one shot. And like the other night, they got to get the ball up the court. They got to move the ball and control the temple. I don't know if you realize this, Jim, but Tyler Zastrow is not starting tonight. He got in a little bit of trouble and they're starting Jeff Hess instead. Yeah, they have a team policy. Saturday didn't show up with the right stuff on. And that's the way it's going to go. Look for him to get back in there pretty quick, though. Yeah, hopefully. Well, we're going to step out right now and we come back. We'll have the starting lineups and the tip-off for tonight's regional final basketball game. More than perfect balance. More than a great pair of legs. More than a good sword. It takes more than just talent. More than the will to win. It takes you. It takes your donations to support the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams. And now you can donate on Facebook. He's done it! The U.S. has done it! Support the U.S. Olympic team on Facebook and donate to make Olympic dreams come true. Don't you just love running water? It's like a little tiny waterfall with the tiny whirlpool. Like a whirlfall. Yeah, we just made up a new word. That happened. The moment using water becomes wasting water. It gets weird. Get normal by visiting WastingWaterIsWeird.com. If you're in high school, they're getting ready to do the introductions for tonight's game. We'll turn it over to Reverend Bergland. That's Trent Heath, the point guard. The officials for tonight's game are Dan Bram Schneider, Dan Magnell, and Paul Ford. And those gentlemen are from the Pulaski area. I've never seen any of them before. Jimmy, my brother-in-law, said he thought he recognized them. But I don't know if you do. I haven't seen it. I haven't noticed any of these. This place is jumping right now. Yeah, she's back there. You get a good shot of Todd and Mike and Nick. Brain trust for the Crusaders. We talked about, as you move up in the tournament, the competition gets stiffer. The referee gets better, too. Yes, they got three refs tonight, too. So let's be ready here. Goodman Pembein in a zone. Looks like Fox in one. Fox in one. Huge. It isn't like they haven't seen that before. Damn it. Yeah, they've definitely seen it. Man-to-man defense by the Crusaders. Heath has it looking inside. Couldn't get it inside. Passes it back out to Sprada. And they're being very patient. Deep shot. Yeah, no good. But Pembein comes away with it. Second shot is no good. Decker pushing it. Leipholm tried to dish it off to Wheeler, but threw it out of bounds. Yeah, they tried to push the ball a bit. Good take by Phillip to get to the lane, got to make that pass. You're right about PRK. Looks pretty comfortable just standing out there. That's what he's doing during warm-ups there, yeah. Sam's got him right now. He's sitting out at the three-point line, so. Goodman Pembein averages 70, 67 points a game. They give up only 49.5. Pass open again. Let's it fly, no good. PRK with the rebound. Yeah, Sprada number 31. His main thing right now is you're inside of Sam Decker there. You do not let him get the ball back. Lorenz posting up inside, being guarded by Wheeler. Pretty good defense there. Lutheran playing very tough defense, making it very difficult for Goodman Pembein. And as I say that, he goes for a lamp. Yeah, they pulled it out and then he went right around Hess. Two Lutheran on top. Decker forces one. Couldn't get it in, but he gets fouled. Picking up the foul was Zach Sprada. Yeah, Marty, like you said, Lutheran's seen boxing one. So they got some plays. Let's just see if they're disciplined enough to get set up in those plays and work that offense a little bit. Usually in that boxing one, you're going to need some people to hit some shots, but let's see if we can work the ball around and get some good shots. Well, it looked like that last time, basically all four of the other defenders were really keeping an eye on Sam, you know, wherever he went. Like you said, if they can hit some shots from the outside, it forces them to draw tangent away from him. Lutheran's got to make their free throws. Wheeler working real hard inside, guarding Lorenz. Long shot is no good. A lot of bounds by Lorenz. I'll tell you, Wheeler is really doing a job on the inside defense. He's down there. Yeah, he's pushing. You know, he's getting his body into the guy, and there you go. Gulliker kisses it off the glass. 6-2 timeout. Goodman-Penbein, 30-second timeout. I was just thinking, you know, that when Wheeler keeps the ball from being passed inside, if that guy catches it inside, what do you think the first thing he's going to do is pass it out somewhere? That's what I'm thinking. And this way, if they can't get it inside, your perimeter defenders can stay with their guy. Yeah, because that guy from Goodman, he's down there. He wants that ball, and Wheeler's denying it, which is doing a good job. He's got to keep it up, and cause some havoc with those guys. Redditor of all the last time we were together, and Nick had a couple of nice shots inside that he didn't make, and that was a good one to start off with. Well, you know that being a scorer. That first shot, that sometimes can really get you going. If that big guy can make a couple of those first couple of shots, it's always a big thing too. So, they'll find them on that box. He's just got to finish. Heath being guarded by Hess. So, sophomore on sophomore. A little bit late was Leipholm. Jump shot is up and in. That didn't look sweet, but it certainly went in. Dylan Church passes stolen by Goodman Penbine. Trent Heath has it. Luther with a block. That's what Luther's got to do. Get out and run. Don't let him set up. Reaching foul. That's going to be a foul on Goodman Penbine. Lorenz picks up his first. And a good shot of Boston Lorenz. Throwing away. Trent, overly. Got pressure from Hess. Good job by Hess to run all the way back there, yeah. And then Luther throws it right away. Take care of the ball. That's three turnovers. Sash throw in there, yeah. Leipholm coming out. Six to four, Luther. Three and a half minutes left in the first. Got a low scoring affair so far. They do get the ball inside. Lorenz on a leap and leaner. Got the rebound back. Put it up again. No good. Decker on the push. Above the rim to get that rebound. Wheeler's shot is off. The tip by Decker is no good. He's complaining he was held. No call. Heath's shot is no good. Boy, you had a good look too. Drove it hard to the hoop. And another throw away by Josh Wheeler. Four out of the last five trips down at turnovers. And just based on the last couple of minutes, it doesn't seem like running, pushing the ball up the court really is Luther's forte. Not right now. I think that's what they got to do. But I think maybe a little jacked in memory, a little nervous. He's got to get that under control. Aubrey Cloyster once said the worst basketball you could ever see is the first two minutes of a North-South game. Because everybody was jacked. Yeah. I think they're going to get Zastrow on that. Yeah, no talk. And Zastrow just kind of played D and then ran into that guy setting the pick. Nick Reddick are coming out. Phil Zastrow back in. And chucking back in for the Patriots is Brennan PRK. And coming out is Sprada. Tony Shufflebind checked in when we weren't looking. Another fade away is up and in. That must be church's favorite shot, that fade away. Yeah, he's got a couple of them. Zastrow right on them. We're all tied up at six. Let's get a bucket. Decker from 13. Off the iron, no good. Trent Heath, oh, there's a foul on Sprada. He was definitely, or Shufflebind, definitely stuffed his leg out. That was an easy call. They'd like to run in that dribble right off that screen there. Perhaps got to keep an eye on that. You know who that reminds me of? That guy from Wisconsin. I think it was maybe last year, two years ago, Crabontree. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Inside feed. The Decker is shot is off. No good, but he is fouled. All goes on Trent Heath. That's the fourth team foul on the Patriots and each player has one. Sam had a one-for-two trip earlier and now he misses the first one here. I recall the last time I was with you, Jim. He had troubles at night also with his free throws. That's been their problem in the past two weeks here. They got to get these free throws to go down. You know, playoff time is one or two points. Exactly. The margin of difference is so low and you can't let things like free throws get in the way. Nope. That's off. The glass is good by Sprada and they lead for the first time tonight. Eight to seven. Found a little bit of a height difference there with Juris playing them. Astro shot is off. 120 remaining in the first quarter. Eight to seven. Goodman-Penbine. Lorenz couldn't get it. You got to get one shot. And a tip by Juris goes off of Sam Decker's hand. Let's see who steps up here for Lutheran. You can tell they're nervous. And let's see who can, you know, along with Sam, who can step up here and calm this down. Right to Juris. And a quick foul. Picking up the personal is going to be Austin Lorenz and that's going to be a second. That'll be the fifth foul and we're not even through the first quarter. Goodman at least brings some guys on their bench. The last two games, Lena and Oneida Nation. They brought maybe a team of maybe seven or eight guys. And I think one guy got in foul trouble in the first quarter. Gron checking in. Juris, rainbow three is good. The freshman. Ten to eight, Lutheran. S guarding Heath. And where are they going to get on the foul? Straight up. Juris. They're battling down low there. Juris trying to get around them. That was a tough foul. Five-second count. Heath didn't get the time out in time. And it's a turnover. Forty-five seconds. Leipholm coming in again. A little talking going on. Down at the other end. Lorenz, I don't know what... for exchanging recipes or... Yeah. But they didn't class today. Juris, quick release. Leipholm, no good. Leiphols. And 30 seconds left. Leipholm kicks it out. Juris again. No good. Twenty seconds. 17, 16. That's not good play inside by Josh Wheeler. He's got to have enough confidence. Just take it back out and get it out of traffic. Yeah. He was in the right spot to get that rebound but then lost it. Grebin in the game for the Patriots. This quarter is a carry, not called. Juris going on a blitz. Shot at the buzzer is no good. Zastral from three-point land. Couldn't get it in. But they had a good look at the end. We're at the end of one-quarter play. Luther, 10. Goodman-Penbein, 8. I think that Adrien would never be able to go to college like his brother or achieve his dream of being an actor. We couldn't disagree more. We're the Ark and we believe everyone should have the opportunity to realize their full potential. The Ark stands up for those in need, advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I want to be a professional actor. So they can be anything they want to do. If you need help, or if you want to help, visit us at www.theark.org. Yeah. Back at Lutheran High School, Jim was just saying, we were talking about how Sam played that first quarter and you said generally as a team they were... Nervous, yeah. So let's see if they can get through that. We're up two now. Let's go to the second quarter and let's get going here. We were talking to you during the timeout. We got Sam down low against that boxing one. Should take advantage of that. Zastral guarding Heath now. But underneath, Wheeler has got Lorenz again. Getting a little help inside from Leipholm. Church's shot. He's three for three. Oh, yeah, yeah. Everyone is the same, too. Leipholm leaner. Becker turned an ankle. Heath's shot is no good. Rebound. And Lorenz is followed by Juris and that's his second. First free throws by Goodman Pennbine. Hess in for Juris who picked up his second there. Hess, no good. Becker's tap is no good. And Sprada comes away with the board. Pennbine on top. 11-10 and they have the ball. A little more quickness by Hess. He might add a break away. Dylan Church, way short. A little out of his range there. Becker off the glass and in. Forced it, but he got it to go. They like getting that body on him, too, so control, travel. Heath trying to do too much. Another 30-second timeout by the Patriots. Well, it's nice to have the lead back, Jim. Yeah. But I'll tell you, baskets are hard to come by. They are. They're down here battling. You know, Goodman's down here battling on that D. Not even Lutheran anything easy. And Lutheran's just got to calm it down. Did your swallow a little funny when you saw Decker down there? Yeah, I know how to go. Gingerly going off on that ankle. Came down on the other end. He told Coach, I'm all right. Keep an eye on it. You know, the other thing, the way the game is going, he hasn't gotten any rest yet. No. Sprada is the one man. They're in a poor man's zone. Wheeler open, but that shot looked good, but just wouldn't go. And the Patriots seem to be coming down with a lot of loose balls. And he's trying to pass it into Sprada, but Zastrow got great position. Yeah, Zastrow grabbed that one. They're down the coach over here on Goodman. He wants that ball slowed down when he comes down on his other end. Yeah, that should have been his second. And they got it now on the board. Yeah. Six falls, next fall, Luther will be shooting. Zastrow with a hand in his face, couldn't get it in. Attack the hoop. Zastrow again. Bangle. 15 to 11. My thing is, if your jumper isn't falling, take it to the hoop, but Tyler just said, hey, I'm going to shoot that one again and nail it. A jump shot from Tan is good by Sprada. Yeah, Sprada's down there. He's doing whatever he can to get the ball. A good inside feed, but Wheeler couldn't make the catch. And Lorenz comes away with the loose ball. Bobby Knight once said, you know, the game is really easy. If you can catch it and pass it, it's not that hard of a game. What else is there, right? Oh, life on a little bit late. I like the idea. He's down there battling with Sprada down there and then he stepped up and tried to get that steal. I think he said Marty a little late. Yeah. Team falls situation. The Patriots have six. The Crusaders have four. I'll tell you, you know who was wide open underneath the basket? Did you see that? The big cross screen, then he, you know, squared up and the Reddicker just wasn't ready for it. Unfortunately, neither was the inbounder. Sastral around and out. Light pom. Got it. Three pointer. I think that's the first of the year for Phil. It's about time. Yes. Not like that. Another light pom. Yes. From. One shot. No good by Sprada. Decker. Bango. Another. Not only going to give them two or three. A two. Two pointer. Crowd coming alive. Another timeout. Third one and a half by Goodman Pembein. And it's a full timeout, Carrie. So we'll take a short break. Scam artists are trying to trick seniors into giving them the Medicare numbers. I heard that. This happened to my friend. A man came to her door wanting to sign up for the new Medicare program. Well, when she got her Medicare summary notice, it was full of charges for services she hadn't received. So I did something about it. I joined the senior Medicare patrol where I teach others to protect their Medicare numbers, review statements to spot false charges, and report suspected fraud. Back at Lutheran High School and there you see some of the crowd. It's a packed house tonight. Goodman Pembein is about a three-hour drive. That coming from Patty Kramer sitting right next to us, and they brought down a lot of fans on a work night. Yeah, on a Monday night here, a three-hour drive, but it's playoff time and let's pack the house. Exactly. Trent Heath being guarded by Tyler Zastrow. Rettiker inside, guarding Lorenz. And Planozone now, maybe? Or no. Nope, man to man. Heath with a long one. Holy cow. That was almost a parking lot. Zastrow open. He's got a three. Those are big shots. Big knockdown. We're just going to open stuff up for Sam. Spray to open. Off. And a good rebound by Piarchy and his rebound putback is up and in. His first points, he's their leading scorer. Oh, even Sam had a little trouble catching that pass. Yep, down on that block. Rolling down to the three-minute mark until half-time, it's 23-18, Lutheran on top. Zastrow from 12, couldn't get it to go, but it's tipped out of bounds by Goodman Pembein's Dylan Church. You know, Goodman's in some foul trouble a little bit. Let's take it to the hoop there a little bit. His first point, shot's nice, but... Leipholm's shot is off. Church runs it down. Biggest lead of the half was seven points. A few seconds ago. And as I look at my sheet, there aren't any runs per se. You know, it's been a back-and-forth affair. Yeah, maybe those two-threes, Lutheran put together there. Or not actually, it wasn't a three for by Sam. That was a two. Yeah, but it was an outside shot. A round and down. A two-pointer for Sprada. Decker in the lane couldn't get it, but he's going to have two free throws. I'm thinking you got to keep taking to the hole here and then go out to that three-point shot, but... Lorenz's third foul. Third foul on Lorenz. You were right about the foul trouble thing of taking it to the hoop. Yeah, and then let's make some free throws. Ah, here we go. Yeah. Three for five. Couldn't go four for six on the night. He does 25 to 20. All right, one, two, two here. There we go. I like to switch up your D. He's shot off the glass. There you go, Reddaker. Pess left open didn't take it. Double team inside. Patience. Attack. Pess open. Couldn't get it. Decker strong rebound. Powers it up. Couldn't get it in. Gets it right back. And he's fouled. Foul's on Sprada. That's his third foul. Keep going at him. 115 remaining in the half. 18 fouls by the Patriots. Decker's fouled his groove now. He's made the last five free throw attempts. Going back to their zone here. Good call by Coach Decker here. He's got to get the one board. One shot. Decker blocks the shot and gets the rebound. Lorenz not used to seeing that kind of height. Decker from outside the line. Couldn't get it. Reddaker tried to get the board but couldn't gather it in. Sprada no good. He gets the board back though. Travel. Had it. Lorenz couldn't get it. Rebound Decker. We're at 30 seconds. Might want to pull it out boys. Let's not. 20 seconds. I think there's a case where he's not really looking at the clock. He's not aware the game situation. Pess with a tip. All the way. He gets fouled on his way to the basket. Foul's going to go on Trent Heath. That'll be his second. Pess will be shooting two. Pardon me. Yeah. He'll be shooting two. Two shots. It's 27 to 20. This is the largest lead for Luther. Let's see if they can build on it. Pess had the first points of the game. He nailed that three from the corner Jim. He's been silent since. Nice to get him a free throw here. Jeff does what he does. He scrambles all over the place. He gets the offense, the rebound, the defense, the rebound. There you go. Good free throw. Really nice kid to come off the bench. He can score a little bit. He plays real tough defense. No foul. No foul. Shot at the buzzer is no good by Roman Breben. And we're at half time here at Luther and I with the Crusaders on top 28 to 20. Africa don't want to help themselves. What's the point? Where's the proof? Actually, SMART programs are saving lives. In just 10 years, over 15 million more kids are alive. All plus than 1% of the total leave of budget. How's that for proof? And today there are new vaccines that could save millions of more kids. Go to 1.org and join the media. We're not asking for your money. We're asking for your voice. Don't you just love running water? It's like a little tiny waterfall with the tiny whirlpool. 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So they can be anything they want to do. If you need help or if you want to help, visit us at www.thearc.org. Let's collect the appropriate menu item now. In this case, of course, it would be sports. Let's go through some first half scoring. For Goodman Pembein, Trent Heath at five points. Austin Lorenz at one. Zach Spreda at six. Dylan Church six. And their high-scorer, Brennan Piarki, had only two points. For the Crusaders, Nick Rediker at two. Tyler Zastrow six. Bill Leipholm three. Jeff Hess four. Jacob Juris three. And Sam Decker had ten. Jim, what are your thoughts of the first half? And what does Luther have to do to keep this and build on the eight-point lead? Yeah, they're up eight. You know, after that first half there, you know, they couldn't make a shot. You know, and let's see if they can control their, you know, control the tempo again and take it to the hoop and knock down some threes. I'm pretty much saying everything, but... Yeah, well, I get you. That's what they need to do. Yeah. The winner of this game will play the winner of Hilbert and Green Bay, Northeastern, Wisconsin, Lutherne next Thursday at Chilton Mile stomping grounds. And they've got a real nice facility over there. But that's what's going to happen. That'll be the first round of sectional play. And then the finals of sectional play will happen on Saturday, March 10th at Wapaka. You want to take a look at this? Yeah, Hilbert pulled off that win the other night against Surin at Surin. So they play the night against NEW. And then the winners will face off on Thursday. And we're out of the gates here in the second half. Goodman Pembein looks like they're in a zone again. And Wheeler for the third time, at least in the game today, has just thrown it out of bounds. They've got to take care of that ball. Those possessions are going to become big time here. Yeah, they're going to be critical. Wheeler, a senior too. He's got to have better play out of him. Rettiker got away with a push inside. Shot was missed by Sprada. Decker with a fade. No good. Tip away by, look out below. And a hold, and he couldn't get it in again. Sam had an open look, but couldn't get it. He was fouled by Zach Sprada. And he picks up his fourth early in the third. Jim, how do you handle that? Kid with four fouls now, if you're a coach. I'd be pulling him out right now. And as Jim speaks, nobody is at the table checking in. Minute into the second half here. He's got four. Yep. Ten point lead. Biggest of the night for the Crusaders. Hess hounding. Heath, he brings it up the court. Church, fade away. No good. Luther on the bust out. And Leipholm is hurt. He's down on the floor. And we get official time out, but he did make the layup. With the left hand, I might add. Yeah. That's all coaching from you, Jim. Yeah, out in the driveway with mom and dads. Heath inside the lane, couldn't get it. Hess with a tip. There we go. One shot. They're giving him. At time, he's outside the line. Nails a three. Decker, it's 35 to 20. Now we've got a run, Jim. Let's count them up. 12 point run. All right. It was 23 to 20. And they've run off 12 straight. There we go. They, you know, they're pushing that ball. Philip taking to the hoop on that layup. Getting some guys in follow trouble. That's what they had to do. And again, Sam measuring where he was on the court and saw the opening and just pulled up and took it. I think that was the first time all night that he found himself wide open. Well, he did on the first half, remember? He pulled up, but he was just at his foot on the line, I believe. This one, no one was even within, you know, I think he was like, holy cow. Well, you know what he's thinking? I didn't make those laps when I was fouled. I'll just nail one there outside. There we go. Start out and move in then. Yep. Let's see if we can get one all the way in on a nice close. Maybe dunk. Goodman was at state back in 95 or 96 somewhere in there. Oh yeah? Yeah, somewhere in the middle to late 90s. So they've got the history on their side. Now, just this starting this year, they combined with Pembein. So those two smaller communities combined for one high school. Okay. They have an enrollment of 132. So you can imagine, you know, one school had about 50 some, the other had 80. Yeah. So it combined was a good move. And that's why Coach Osterman only has one year as an ad coach, even though in reality, when you take the school he was at, he probably had about five years of head coaching there. Okay. Basket is good by Sprada and he's fouled. Rettiker kind of riding him there. Nick Rettiker picks up his first foul. All right, let's be disciplined with the ball here. High palm open from 10. Couldn't get it in. And Lorenz with the steal. Just doesn't work when you try to dribble it through three guys. Someone's going to get it. Rettiker working hard on PRK inside and tests with the steal. Yeah, tests. There has to come in over there, knocking that ball free. Rettiker from way outside the line, no good. And ball goes out of bounds, tipped out of bounds by Trent Heath. Jurisans Astro and a couple of scorers. Astro open. Got it. Nails a three. He's been hot. He's hitting that shot down. Maybe we should bring him off the bench all the time. Heath pushing hard. And Zastro picks up the foul. Good job by Trent Heath pushing the ball to the basket. Yeah, that first half. Goodman kind of walked the ball up the court. Now they're kind of picking it up. Lorenz got it inside. Was fouled by Rettiker, but missed the shot. Austin Lorenz got a quiet first half. I know he talked a lot about the inside defense on him. At one point it was a free throw. Rettiker picking up two quick ones here. This is only going to be the fifth free throw by Penbine. He got that one in. Whoa. Rettiker from 10. Got it. That's a shooter's roll right there. Yeah, I was just going to say that whatever way it will take it. 40 to 24. Spray the shot is off. They're going right at Rettiker down on his other end. Yeah. He actually should have thrown it right away when he was on top. He didn't need to penetrate. There was nobody over there. And Sprayda comes out with his four fouls. Coach left them in there for a good two or three minutes after he picked up that fourth. And he did a good job not picking up that last one. And still being pretty aggressive down on the other end. He's still drawn in the ball game for the Patriots as is Keith and Church and PRK and Lorenz. And there's going to be a double dribble. Here we go. Good block by Lorenz but he's going to pick up the foul and that's going to be his fourth. Down on the other end these guys are freshmen and sophomores and they're picking up their D and it's looking good. You know, come play off time all these teams get, you know, you got to pick up that D and get in their face and I'm liking Luther and how they're looking down on the other end here. When Sprayda picked up his fourth, you thought Coach would send a sub in right away. Yeah. But with Lorenz picking up his fourth, he did send a sub in right away. That was Shufflebine. There we go. Duris. Rainbow. Three drops right through the basket. Oh man. They found them that time. I was going to say, you know, you miss a free throw and then it comes back and they still get a three on it. Again. Zastrel open. Oh, couldn't get it in. PRK with a nice strong rebound on the other side. Straight up. Get it, Reddicker. There you go. Look like Wheeler got a hand on the shot here. Yeah. Zastrel. Shot was blocked by PRK. Duris nails a three and he's knocked to the floor and no call. Think of two-pointer. Two-pointer. He was on the line there, but he also got knocked down. Should have had a three point play. Big shots out of that freshman. Don't pick one up. Church's shot. Reddicker. Reddicker gets it out. Uh-oh. Look out below. Boom. That's it. Take that. They've doubled up on Goodman-Penbine, 48 to 24 in a timeout again. By the crew, by the Patriots. Oh my. I don't think they've seen that kind of a dunk all year before. That was on TV. And they'd have to be watching Syracuse. I'm not going to see that from the Badgers. Nice by Sam. His bull in the house. I don't think bull, but the assistant coach here. I think he's standing right up there against the wall. Yeah. Gary. Guard. Guard. Yeah. Yeah. Put it over here. Yep. There's a good replay of it. Yep. Good job in there, Kerry. We got the Weisman brothers here tonight working the cameras. Mike is on top. Eric is down below. Kerry Kautzer running the truck. Spinning those dials. Jim Leipholm stepping in again for the tardy. An absent. Chris Wright. Yeah. And I'm Mike Martin. We've got the 18 plus going on here tonight, Jim. I was nervous here. No, that last couple of minutes here. I can tell. I can tell. You were really pretty tense on the first half. I told it in that pregame. I was a little, every game here is madness. Yeah. Well, the more you have invested, the more important it's going to be. And the more tense it gets. It's probably a good thing to take a time out of nothing else to give Sam a little bit of a break. Because I'll tell you, it's spent a lot of energy on that dunk. Yeah. The astro shot is no good. Decker on a putback in and out. Keith on the push, but a good job of getting back on defense. But then he nails a three anyway. Good look by Sam to get that inbound. Jerse. Jerse. Was it a two? Yeah. Layup. Turnover. Turnover by Goodman. Pembein. Oh, he's coming back with the kid with four falls. Zack Spreda. Checking out is Roman Grubbin. It's probably the toughest thing to do there. You know, you've got to decide, OK. Oh, good block inside by Piarque. How long do you keep him on the bench? Exactly. You've got nothing to lose anymore. Good tip away. There's a case. It doesn't pay to throw the ball into three men either. S taking it hard to the basket gets fouled. I'll tell you, you can't hardly put your head down. I need a partner tonight. They're up and down, taking to the hoop. Falls on Dylan Church. We've got a minute 39 left still in the third. So let's keep going at it. That's getting some playing time tonight. Yeah, a lot of it. Yeah. It's his fifth point. Make it six. It's 52 to 27. And a quick whistle. Hesse's going to pick up a foul there. That wasn't a good one. Only his first though. And Lorenz is back in with his four falls. Checking out is Brennan Piarque. Church, leap and leaner. No good. Decker, rebound. Nice pass by Sam over to Zastrow for an easy two. There you see it again. Good replay. Back to the other end. Lorenz. He's had a tough night tonight. He's had some good looks and just not able to get it in. Zastrow, a little bit flat on that shot. And Shufflebind came away with it. Hustle back. Push off. Drabble, no call. They're saying it was tipped away. And that foul is going to go on number 31. Zack Spreda and that's going to be five. With 48 seconds remaining in the third, Spreda goes down or out. He's senior too. That'll be his last... That's one thing about the state tournament. Now they've got five divisions. Only five teams come away winning their last game. A lot of seniors go out on a losing note. And we've all been there. You don't have a state title on your belt yet, Marty? Actually, I do. But I was the assistant coach at Chilton. Same year as North and Newsburg one back in 86. But as a high schooler, nope. Oh, man. Just getting hammered. Come on. They had more chances than Lindsay Lohan. Waiting all night to use that. Something had to get called there. Sam was just getting hammered. Really? Somebody's going to get hurt. Yeah. Lutheran's doing a great job down on this other end. Getting those rebounds. One shot and that's it. Got to like that. 19 points for Decker. You got 35 seconds left. He's going to take a seat. That's a good, I like that substitution. Yep. You were saying earlier, giving a little breather. They've been on his belt buckle all night. Lorenz with a great move, boy. That was slick. Yeah. He pinned Phil down and then he spun on him. 12 seconds. Nathan Haasenstein in. Light pump. Got it inside. Couldn't get it in. The desperation shot would not have counted, but we're at the end of three quarters of play. Lutheran 56. Goodman Pennbine 31. Don't you just love running water? It's like a little tiny waterfall with the tiny whirlpool. Like a whirlfall. Yeah, we just made up a new word. That happened. The moment using water becomes wasting water. That's just deep. It gets weird. Get normal by visiting WastingWaterIsWeird.com. It takes more than perfect balance. More than a great pair of legs. More than a good sword. It takes more than just talent. More than the will to win. It takes you. It takes your donations to support the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams. And now you can donate on Facebook. He's done it! The U.S. has done it! Support the U.S. Olympic team on Facebook. Starting fourth quarter action. It's 56.31. Piarchy coming over to the table ready to check in. The shot is blocked. Shufflebine. And then we get a whistle inside. Paul's going to go on Reddicker. It'll be his third. I see Brennan Piarchy. He's a big boy. If you're looking at some of their game logs, he threw in a couple of 20-point games. Oh yeah. I can see probably in most games he's going to be the biggest guy. Notice how Sam went diving for the ball when Gard was standing right there. Fits on the other side. Mike, if you can swing your camera over to the wall, we'll see Gard standing there all alone with all his friends. Church trying to do the step-back jumper thing but couldn't get a handle on it. You might need a replay on that one. And we get another foul. This one's going to go on Reddicker again. R.K. with that bucket. 58 to 36. They got him down to 6'7". Maybe we'll get a replay on that Sam Decker dunk. He went right over him. That's like the one where LeBron went over that defender. Dunked it. That one we might be talking about. There it is. Boom! Parke's reaction is pretty good there. Decker, leap and leaner. He's going to draw the foul. Go to the line. R.K. picks up only his first. There we go. Got a bounce. Sammy getting to play regional finals here in his own gym. 22 points tonight. Got a good shot of Sam. I thought at the start of the game and I think he'll agree with me. He really didn't let the game come to him but as we played on he certainly did and then did come to him. Maybe trying a little too hard maybe. Then he hit that jumper that was on the line and that kind of got him going. Win or lose tonight. This is Sam's last game here at Lutheran. They had the right idea. Just a little bit high on the pass. Yeah. It's been four years of getting to watch him here at this court. I think a lot of fans will be taking him a little while. Nice pass. Hess couldn't catch it but Phil Leipholm on the good pass attempt. Sators are going to keep it going here. Pick up full court and let's knock this down. Steal by Wheeler. Wheeler, good job. The guy was even pushing on him. He got around him and got that steal. Zastrow had the wide open look from three but didn't take it. Lutheran pretty content to run clock. That was a wide open look for Zastrow. Jim doesn't like that call. That was a good one. Bumped him. What if that would have been a one point ball game? I think it had a hard time getting out of the gym. Three guys in stripes. Passed too high and Wheeler couldn't control it. We did have the double team on Brennan Piarki. Wheeler and Reddick are both seniors. I think they're stepping up big tonight. Down below. You don't really see that in the score book. The coach is on the sideline yelling out what was going to happen. They had it defenced. Looks like the same play that Lutheran uses. And Decker with a layup. Forgoes the dunk and for good reason because it would have been a hard play to make. Yeah. Another turnover. This full court. 61-36. Father in Heath a little bit. The ball in it. He hasn't had many breaks either. Sastro couldn't get it. Decker rebound. Get in there. No good. And he's hammered by two different Patriots. Who are they going to get? Forgoes on Trent Heath. That's his fourth. Sam playing all four years starting every game. Pretty impressive. I remember when he came in as a freshman he belonged. You're definitely right there. It wasn't a stretch to have him. Shuffle by and throws it away. I don't know about you Jim but I think this is about as good a defensive effort as I've seen the Crusaders have. A couple players down. Aipam on the bottom. Thank goodness he's okay. I didn't know if he got stepped down there. Looks like he got up all right. Even the last two games all three here in the playoffs they've been stepping it up. I know Coach Decker has been pushing that. He's having fun tonight. The crowd's loving it. Juris trying to make a good pass but had it intercepted and then Sastro picks one off. Sam says get me out. I'm in a great. Aipam will be at the line shooting. Who picked that one up. This is it. There you go Sammy. We do not have a rule at WSES for standing up and cheering so you're more than welcome to do that. He might be done for the night there Crusader Nation giving him a good standing ovation. Got him at 28 points. Wheeler comes out. Little four left in the ball game. Yeah, Sam didn't kind of look over at coach and say, hey, give me a break. Grab it, Reddicker. That's a 66-36, a 30-point lead. Without the jurors, rainbow down. JJ. Good penetrating pitch. Lorenz trying to have spin move again. Got it in. Off the ping board there. That breaks a big run by the Crusaders. It's a 13-4 run. Nice. Checking in is Craig Kovacowski. Seeing his first action of the night. Here, Reverend Berglund got the concession, right? All right, they've picked up their free throws here, and done a good job since that first quarter. Yes. Decker was 2 for 4 in the first quarter. And since that point, the free throw shooting has been much better. Yeah. Sastro tallies up, drawn. Run some clock. Ozenstein open underneath. Ozzie and a nice feed into Reddicker for an easy two. That was sweet. 73 to 38. They pulled it out, worked it around, and got a nice dump down to Reddicker on the block. There you go, Tyler, dropping to the level of the ball. And they are not going to call a foul. No. I think that was part of why Sam wanted out of there. Ozenstein's going to pick the foul up. Mataluski getting ready to check in, along with Mike Madison. And we don't have a name for number one. Alex Gardner is number one. Vintelman with a rebound. Matt Gumm also in the game. Two minutes. Hunter Keely getting ready to check in also for the Patriots. Getting it inside, but having it taken away was Jacob Ames for the Crusaders. His foot, oh. I think the kid knew it, too. Some of them you just happened to miss. He wasn't over. It was close. Madison looking to take Gumm, and he does a clanger. Possession arrow points. Goodman, Pinbind's way. Good D on Gumm. He decided to pull up for that thing. Gumm right in his grill. Matt can play some defense. Yeah. There he sees it again. Keely put it in. Oh. Wrigley, Spearman, Gumm. Nails a three. Coming off that screen, and bam. We're under a minute. Vintelman had a shot at it, but not quite quick enough. And then gets his hands all over Gardner. Crusaders are looking at their third regional final championship here. In their history. Under, yeah, in the history of under Coach Decker, I should say, 0-2. Now you're the numbers guy, right? I am, yeah. You got all this stuff down. 0-2. That was with Nick. They won the regional, and then they went on to play Randolph. And then last year they beat Elkhart Lake for the regional final. And then they went and lost to Randolph. Hard for Nails. A couple of free throws coming off the bench. She looked pretty good there. Gumm outside the line. Again, Nails a three. Hey. He's waiting for you to say bingo on that one. Bingo, baby. Matt Gumm. Hey, it's his last game on this court, too. He's showing up. Good job by Matt. Rebound. Keeley on the putback. Couldn't get it. And then getting fouled was Ryan Shealy, 14.9 seconds remaining. Shealy will have a chance to get his name in the paper tomorrow. Amps. Oh, couldn't get it in. He's not going to pass it. He's not going to pass it. Oh, yes, he is. Blocked by Fintleman. And that's the ball game. There he is, regional champions. Another step down here. Lutheran wins it, 79 to 42. He broke it open a little bit in the second quarter. He did, yeah. Sam Decker finished with 28 points. He's been kind of their recipe, you know, on first quarter, back and forth, and then that second quarter, breaking that team down. And you know, they did that the other night against Oh-Night-O-Nation and tonight the same thing. So good point. I know we mentioned it before, but one of the things that they did really well was play defense and showed up in the final score, two only allowing 42 points. Yeah, and getting those rebounds in one shot, that's huge, and Wheeler, Reddicker, Decker, those guys controlled the boards. All right, we're going to step forward and we come back. Hopefully we'll have a couple of interviews for you. Don't you just love running water? It's like a little tiny waterfall with a tiny whirlpool. Like a whirlfall. Yeah, we just made up a new word. That happened. The moment using water becomes wasting water. I've been on the street for a while. I've been on the street for a while. I saw it post our side. I saw it post our side. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. National Runaway Switchboard, how can I help? Call 1-800-RUNAWAY to make the connection. Don't you just love running water? Like a whirlpool. Joining me are the seniors from this basketball team. Introduce yourselves. Hey, I'm Nick Reddicker. What number are you, Nick? 35. I'm Matt Gump, number four. This is a regular experiment. Cody Fentlman, number 21. What number is that again? 21. Josh Wheeler, number five. Sam Decker, number one. What's your name again? Guys, last game here at Luther and High, you've had a nice career. What does this mean to you? It's a great experience to get a win last home game, like you said, especially that it means so much. Regional championship, bringing it back for a second straight year. You can't end on a higher note than that. Matt, it isn't very often you get to play as much as you did tonight, but then to cap it all off, you had a couple of threes. That had to be pretty sweet. Yeah, it was great. I got great pass from my teammates, and I was just right open, so I just took them. It was a good choice, too. Cody, what is playing here for four years mean to you? I'm really blessed to be here. I love the game. Even if I didn't get to play that much, I'm still here to support my teammates and through the ups and downs, and I'm just a great team player. It's guys like you, and I'm serious about this. I'm not laughing. It's guys like you that make a team goal because you're a senior. You maybe don't play that much, but you're out there hustling, helping all these other guys get better by playing hard in practice. Mr. Wheeler, what does it mean to you? What does it mean to me? This is everything to me. I mean, outside of the next level, this is everything you hope for, and I'm just really happy we could do this for the school, bring the plaque here, so it's just been an awesome experience. I noticed in the game tonight, Sam, you went diving for a ball down in that corner of the floor. You know who was standing against the wall down there, don't you? We figured if the assistant coach was on the other side, you probably wouldn't have been diving. What does it mean to you to be playing four years here? I mean, I've been playing four years of varsity basketball on this court. All these guys work just as hard as I do. We all work hard every day in the gym, and just the energy our fans give us and the success we've been having is just anything we can ask for as a unit, and hope we can keep it going. The big cheers you hear in the background are from the Goodwin-Penbine parents, their team coming out. They were a very capable opponent tonight. Yeah, they definitely gave it all at us in the first half, and it was a big fight there. We were sticking neck and neck with them for a while, and we just needed that run we had in the third quarter to pull away from them. One of the things I noticed after the game, when you guys were getting your trophy out on the floor and walking over, they were all here clapping for you, and I thought that was pretty good sportsmanship. Yep, they're very good sports. They played hard. They have seniors just like us. This is their last game, so you really feel for them, but you have a lot of respect for them too because they're great opponents. Great comments. Guys, I want to thank you for coming out here. It's been great following you. Hopefully we can get a couple more games. You guys are going to travel up to my old stomping grounds for your next game. I've chilled my taut out there for 13 years. So thanks again for stopping down. It's been great covering you again. With that, we're over at Lutheran High. We'll see you down the road, everybody. Thanks for watching.