Mr. Basketball

Dominican makes history, Germantown denied at 100th WIAA Basketball Championships

March 23, 2015 By Bill Scott

Two teams entered the 100th WIAA Boys State Basketball Championships with an opportunity to add their name to the list of teams to win four-straight state titles, and only Whitefish Bay Dominican accomplished the task at the Kohl Center in Madison.

Six-foot-10 Diamond Stone a game-high 23 points as three-time defending champion Dominican beat previously undefeated Mineral Point 75-49, joining the Randolph teams of 2002-2005 as the only schools in state history to pull off the four-peat. Both did so in Division 4.

Earlier in the Day, Stone and Rice Lake’s Henry Ellenson were named co-Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Mr. Basketball. Ellenson, who is headed to Marquette, did not play in the Division 2 title game against Mt. Horeb due to a broken left hand suffered in Friday’s semifinals. [Read more…]

Germantown’s Fischer is Mr. Basketball

March 10, 2013 By Bill Scott

The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association named Germantown’s Luke Fischer as its Mr. Basketball after leading his school to a 28-0 record and its second straight WIAA Division 1 title.

Fischer had 17 points and 7 rebounds in a 57-28 win over Mukwonago in the championship game Saturday. The Indiana recruit finished the season averaging 21.3 points and 9.5 rebounds.

Fischer beat out a class that included Wisconsin recruit Bronson Koenig of La Crosse Aquinas, Marquette recruit Duane Wilson of Domincan, Iowa State recruit Matt Thomas of Onalaska and Nebraska recruit Nick Fuller of Sun Prairie.