GAME OF THE WEEK (Dec. 14–20)
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Potosi (4–1, 2–0 SRW) at River Ridge (6–0, 1–0 SRW), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Potosi travels to unbeaten River Ridge tonight in this week’s McDonald’s SWnews4U.com Game of the Week. The Chieftains are coming off their first loss of the season, a 69–43 non-conference loss at top-ranked Black Hawk (5–0), but coach Brad Bierman’s club holds a slight lead in the Six Rivers East standings just two weeks into the conference season. Senior Abby Kaiser is averaging a conference-best 27.2 points per game and is sure to be the main focus for coach Caron Townsend’s stifling River Ridge defense. The undefeated Wolves are coming off a 52–43 victory over Seneca on Monday. Sophomore Skylar White and junior Taylor Langmeier lead Ridge in scoring.
Other Area Conference Games this week
SWC
Prairie du Chien (2–4, 1–1) at Platteville (5–1, 2–0, #1 in D3), Friday, 8:15 p.m.
Dodgeville (7–0, 2–0, #10 in D3) at Lancaster (4–4, 0–2), Friday, 8:15 p.m.
Richland Center (2–5, 0–2) at River Valley (3–4, 1–1), Tuesday, 8:15 p.m.
SWAL
Fennimore (1–5, 0–2) at Cuba City (5–1, 2–0, #7 in D4), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Iowa–Grant (1–3, 1–1) at Boscobel (5–0, 2–0), Friday, 7;30 p.m.
Riverdale (2–3, 0–1) at Mineral Point (4–3, 1–1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Southwestern (2–5, 0–2) at Darlington (4–2, 1–0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Cuba City at Boscobel, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Darlington at Fennimore, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Mineral Point at Southwestern, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Riverdale at Iowa–Grant, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Six Rivers West
Shullsburg (3–1, 1–1) at Benton (5–1, 1–1), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Belmont (3–4, 1–1) at Cassville (1–5, 0–2), Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Shullsburg at River Ridge, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Fennimore (5–0, 1–0, #7 in D4) at Mineral Point (2–1, 0–1, #8 in D4), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
The Pointers host the Golden Eagles in a battle of top-10 ranked teams in Division 4. Preseason SWAL favorite Mineral Point dropped its league opener to Darlington last Friday night 56–53 and can’t afford to fall two games back. Tom Needham’s Fennimore squad is off to a scoring start behind the play of senior Liam Kenney (18 ppg, 4.2 apg) and junior Reid Larson (16.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.8 apg). Mineral Point junior Isaac Lindsey (15 ppg) has Division 1 scholarship offers from UW–Green Bay and South Dakota State.
Other Area Conference Games this week
SWC
Prairie du Chien (2–2, 1–1) at Platteville (4–1, 2–0), Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Dodgeville (1–4, 1–1) at Lancaster (3–2, 0–2), Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Richland Center (3–3, 0–2) at River Valley (3–2, 2–0), Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
SWAL
Darlington (4–0, 1–0, #6 in D4) at Cuba City (2–0, 1–0), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Boscobel (0–5, 0–1) at Iowa–Grant (0–3, 0–1), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Southwestern (4–1, 1–0) at Riverdale (0–5, 0–1), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Six Rivers West
Cassville (2–3, 2–0) at Potosi (4–0, 2–0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Benton (5–1, 2–1) at River Ridge (0–4, 0–1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Belmont (0–5, 0–3) at Shullsburg (1–5, 1–2), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
WRESTLING: This week’s area conference duals
SWC
Lancaster at Dodgeville, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Belmont/Platteville at Prairie du Chien, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Richland Center at River Valley, Thursday, 7 p.m.
SWAL
Cuba City/Southwestern/Benton at Darlington/Black Hawk, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Fennimore at Iowa–Grant/Highland, Friday, 7 p.m.
Mineral Point at Riverdale, Friday, 7 p.m.
Area tournaments
Richland Center Invitational, Saturday, 9 a.m. — Participating teams include: Baraboo, Belleville, Belmont, Boscobel, Cashton, Cochrane Fountain City, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, Hillsboro, Ithaca, Mauston, Monroe, Reedsburg, River Ridge, Riverdale, Tomah, Wisconsin Dells and Richland Center.
