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By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal / Fennimore Times / Boscobel Dial
Tannah Radloff, Jr., G, Prairie du Chien girls basketball
Tannah Radloff had a terrific all-around game with 18 points, 6 steals, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in the Prairie du Chien girls' 71–52 Pre-Thanksgiving victory over La Crosse Logan last Tuesday night. The first half was a back-and-forth battle with the Hawks taking a 28-27 lead into halftime. Prairie du Chien used a strong scoring attack in the second half to pull away from the visiting Rangers on their way to moving to 2-0 on the season with the win.
The Hawks not only out shot the Rangers from the field (52 percent to 44 percent), but also collected more rebounds (28 to 26), assists (18 to 13), steals (14 to 9), and blocks (3 to 0). After Tuesday’s game against Holmen, Prairie du Chien finishes up their home stand on Friday, Dec. 1 with conference rival Platteville before stepping back out of conference for a road contest at Oregon on Saturday, Dec. 2.
HONORABLE MENTION (in alphabetical order):Ashton Schmitz, Sr., PG, Iowa–Grant boys basketball
Schmitz hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 28 points in Tuesday's wild 77–73 double overtime victory over Highland. Schmitz also scored 15 points in last Tuesday's 69–67 season-opening loss at Argyle last Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Will Murray, Sr., F, Darlington boys basketball
Murray had 26 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals in the Redbirds' dominating 75–36 non-conference win at Dodgeville Tuesday night in the season-opener for both teams..
McKenna Reilly, Sr., G, Dodgeville girls basketball
Reilly scored a game-high 22 points to go with five rebounds in the Dodgers' 54–34 win over Black Hawk Tuesday night. She also had a game-high 19 points, three assists and two steals in a 60–40 win at Wisconsin Heights last Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Taylor Williams, So., G, Lancaster boys basketball
Williams scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Lancaster (2–0) to a surprising 47–46 victory over four-time defending Six Rivers West champion River Ridge Monday night. Williams also scored a game-high 21 points and had eight rebounds and six assists in a 74–60 season-opening victory over Barneveld last Tuesday, Nov. 21.
