There are plenty of intriguing matchups in high school boys’ basketball tonight throughout northeast Wisconsin.
Two of the better teams hook up tonight at the Hangar as 12-2 Sheboygan Lutheran heads to battle 10-4 Roncalli.
The Crusaders are in second place in the Big East South and have a deep, talented roster with four players averaging double-figure scoring.
Senior Brennen Hackbarth averages 23 points-per-game on 64 percent shooting. That includes 42 percent from 3-point-range and nearly 76 percent from the free-throw line.
Sophomore McCoy Micheal scores better than 15 per contest while juniors Oliver Leipham and James Schulze average 12 and 10 points per game, respectively.
Roncalli has seemed to right the ship following the season ending injury to senior Donovan Cowley, having won three straight.
Junior Max Gulseth scores 20 points-per-game but is the starter, averaging double figures.
The Jets rely on a stingy man-to-man defense that has yielded just 37 points on average over the last five games.
Coverage on “WOMT 100” and WOMTRadio.com begins at 7 p.m.
Another interesting matchup takes place in Elkhart Lake as 12-1 Reedsville travels to play 11-4 Elkhart Lake/ Glenbeulah.
Manitowoc Lutheran looks to extend its winning streak to nine as they host Mishicot.
A pair of state-ranked teams meet in Fox Crossing as St. Mary Catholic hosts Howards Grove, while unbeaten and Division Four top-ranked Kewaunee (Max Preps Poll) hosts the Kiel Raiders.
Elsewhere, Brillion hosts Southern Door, Chilton heads to Sevastopol, Gibraltar hosts Hilbert, Green Bay East entertains Sturgeon Bay, Peshtigo plays at Algoma, Oostburg heads to Random Lake, and Ozaukee is home to play the Cedar Grove/ Belgium Rockets.
In high school girls’ basketball tonight, state-ranked Denmark plays at Oconto Falls, Hilbert heads to Green Bay NEW Lutheran, Pulaski hosts Green Bay Preble, Notre Dame has a short bus ride to West De Pere, and Sturgeon Bay welcomes the Southern Door Eagles.
The regular season is winding down in high school wrestling.
Boys’ matches scheduled have Manitowoc Lincoln hosting Sheboygan North, Reedsville hosts Mishicot, Ozaukee and Oostburg in a Big East triple dual, Kiel entertains Brillion, Chilton, and New Holstein in an EWC triple dual, while both
The Two Rivers and Sheboygan Falls boys’ and girls’ teams head to Valders for EWC double dual meets.
In boys swimming, Manitowoc Lincoln entertains Fond Du Lac, and Two Rivers/Roncalli and Sheboygan South head to Chilton to swim against Chilton/Valders/Brillion.
