GAME OF THE WEEK (Dec. 7–13)

WRESTLING: Fennimore (3–3, 0–0 SWAL) at Darlington/Black Hawk (1–0, 1–0 SWAL), Thursday, 7 p.m.

     Tonight’s SWAL dual could go a long way to determining this year’s SWAL duals champion. The three-time defending SWAL duals champion Golden Eagles are off to a 3–3 start in duals action after a 3–2 third-place finish at Saturday’s Stoughton Duals and a 31–30 tie-breaker loss to Sparta last Thursday night. Meanwhile, the WarBirds could put a strangle hold on this year’s race for the SWAL crown with a win tonight. Darlington/Black Hawk defeated Mineral Point for the first time in 27 years with a 42–30 victory last Thursday night to begin SWAL action 1–0.

Other Area duals

Prairie du Chien at MFL Mar Mac, Thursday, 7 p.m.

Lodi at River Valley, Thursday, 7 p.m.

Richland Center at Viroqua, Thursday, 7 p.m.

Riverdale at Cuba City/Southwestern/Benton, Thursday, 7 p.m.

Area tournaments

Wisconsin Dells Invitational, Saturday, 8 a.m. (at Chula Vista Dome) —  Participating area teams include: Mineral Point, Prairie du Chien and Iowa–Grant/Highland.

Sun Prairie Bob Downing Scramble, Saturday, 9 a.m. —  Participating area teams include: Belmont/Platteville, Fennimore and River Valley.

Tomah Invitational, Saturday, 9:30 a.m. —  Participating area teams include: Lancaster, Boscobel and Richland Center.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Mineral Point (2–0, 0–0, #3 in D4) at Darlington (3–0, 0–0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

     The premier matchup in the area is undefeated Mineral Point, ranked third in Division 4, traveling to 2017 Division 4 state runner-up Darlington, which is off to a 3–0 start under coach Tom Uppena this season. Sophomore point guard Issac Lindsay, a Division 1 recruit who already has offers from UW–Green Bay and South Dakota State, is averaging a conference-high 18 points per game to lead the Pointers. Freshman forward Carter Lancaster leads the new-look Redbirds, who graduated all five starters from last year’s state-runner up team is averaging 16.3 points per game for Darlington.

Other Area Conference Games this week

SWC

Platteville (3–1, 1–0) at Lancaster (3–1, 0–1), Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Richland Center (3–1, 0–1) at Prairie du Chien (1–2, 0–1), Friday, 6:30 p.m.     

Dodgeville (1–2, 1–0) at River Valley (2–2, 1–0), Friday, 6:30 p.m.

SWAL

Iowa–Grant (0–2, 0–0) at Fennimore (4–0, 0–0, #9 in D4), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Boscobel (0–4, 0–0) at Southwestern (3–1, 0–0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Riverdale (0–3, 0–0) at Cuba City (1–0, 0–0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Six Rivers West

Potosi (2–0, 0–0) at Belmont (0–3, 0–1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Benton (4–0, 1–0) at Highland (2–2, 0–0), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

River Ridge (0–2, 0–0) at Shullsburg (0–4, 0–1), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Benton at Cassville (1–3, 1–0), Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Belmont at Highland, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Shullsburg at Potosi, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Potosi (3–0) at Black Hawk (4–0, #1 in D5), Monday, 7:30 p.m. 

Potosi and high-scoring guard Abby Kaiser (29.3 points per game) travel to top-ranked Black Hawk Monday night for a non-conference game with the undefeated Warriors. Sophomore Natalie Leuzinger is averaging 21.8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals per game for Black Hawk.

Other Area Conference Games this week

SWC 

Platteville (3–1, 1–0, #1 in D3) at Lancaster (4–2, 0–1), Friday, 8:15 p.m.

Richland Center (1–3, 0–1) at Prairie du Chien (1–4, 0–1), Friday, 8:15 p.m.     

Dodgeville (5–0, 1–0) at River Valley (2–3, 1–0), Friday, 8:15 p.m.

SWAL

Cuba City (3–1, 1–0, #9 in D4) at Southwestern (2–3, 0–1), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Darlington (3–2, 1–0) at Riverdale (1–3, 0–1), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Mineral Point (2–2, 0–1) at Iowa–Grant (1–2, 1–0), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Six Rivers West

Benton (3–1, 1–0) at Highland (2–3, 1–0), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Cassville (0–3, 0–1) at Shullsburg (2–1, 0–1), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Potosi (3–0, 1–0) at Belmont (1–3, 0–0), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Belmont at Highland, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.