Roncalli and Howards Grove boys basketball teams produced a ‘thriller’ last night at Kaukauna High School. The Jets ‘outlasted’ the Tigers in ‘3-overtimes’, 61-58 to move on to the Division 4 Sectional finals. The intensely fought battle saw the two teams tied at 47 after regulation..50 All after the first overtime and 52-a piece after the 2nd four minute sessions. A Matt Le Vene 3-put the Jets ahead to stay but they had to weather the storm and hit some key free throws down the stretch.
Jets Coach Joe Garceau…
Coach Joe Garceau, on what he told his team after the ‘48’-minute game…
Tigers’ coach Wade Georgeff..on a fine line between winning & losing.
The Howards Grove coach on the classic battle.
Junior Rhombi Lambert, paced the Jets with 20-points, 6-assists and a handful of rebounds. Mitchel Schneider scored 16 and Matt LeVene chipped-in 10. Eric Reinemann topped Howards Grove with 20-points and 16-rebounds…as the Tigers close out the season with a mark of 22-and-3. The Jets, now 20-and-5, move on to Waukesha South HS tomorrow to face the Prairie School of Racine for a 1:00 o’clock tipoff. The Hawks defeated Destiny 66-57 last night.