Friday, February 23, 2018

Wisner-Pilger Boys beat Madison, lose to Lutheran High Northeast in Sub-Districts to end season









The Wisner-Pilger Boys Basketball Team routed Madison 71-35 on the road last Friday night to end the regular season before falling 57-35 to Lutheran High Northeast in the C2-4 Sub-District Semifinals at Norfolk Catholic Tuesday night.

The Gators got out to a 17-10 lead at the end of one on the Dragons, and outscored them 14-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 31-18 lead into the locker room.

Wisner-Pilger outscored Madison 17-9 in the 3rd quarter to go up 48-27 at the end of three.

The Gators outscored the Dragons 23-8 in the 4th quarter.

The Eagles got out to an 11-7 lead after one before outscoring Madison 14-8 in the 2nd quarter to take a 25-15 lead into the locker room.

Wisner-Pilger won the 3rd quarter 13-10 to make it a 35-28 game at the end of three.

LHNE outscored the Gators 22-7 in the 4th quarter.

Tough way to go out for Wisner-Pilger there's no doubt about it.

The Gators end the season at 17-8.

It was a nice season for Wisner-Pilger overall I would say.

The Gators picked up big wins over West Point-Beemer, Oakland-Craig, Wayne, Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family, Howells-Dodge, and Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.

Wisner-Pilger didn't really have any bad losses this year as their losses came to good teams.

The Gators part ways with Hunter Waterman, Gunner Labenz, Chase Albers, Keegan Ruskamp, and Jack Canetta.

All of these players were very valuable members of the team and their contributions to Wisner-Pilger Boys Basketball will be missed without a doubt.

The Gators have to be excited about the future though as Wisner-Pilger brings back Jayden Raabe, Rockney Peck, Dylan Kneifl, Colby Heller, Mason Dimon, and Caden Schweers, among others.

Great players graduate, but great players return for the Gators as well.

Wisner-Pilger really has to get after things this offseason, and dedicate themselves to improving at the game of basketball, and getting bigger, faster, and stronger.

The Gators have to be committed to working out often and honing their skills.

It takes a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and determination to be great, and Wisner-Pilger has to get out there and go make it happen.

The Gators had a tough finish to the game against the Eagles so perhaps Wisner-Pilger needs to condition themselves more to become the last team standing.

Whatever the Gators do they need to figure out a formula to get over the hump and get out of sub-districts and into a district final and on to state.

I thought Wisner-Pilger had a nice season this year, but thought they could have done even better than they did.

The Gators were a good team this year, but with a lot of hard work put in over the summer can be great next year without a doubt.

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