Arcadia splits non-con games against Durand, McDonell

In the first full week of 2025, the Arcadia boys basketball team was faced with a pair of non-conference tests and managed to split those two games.

The Raiders (5-6, 2-2 Coulee) rode a second-half surge to power their way past Durand-Arkansaw to begin the week, though a rocky opening half ultimately sealed their fate in a loss to Chippewa Falls McDonell Central Catholic two days later.

Arcadia is set to host Cochrane-Fountain City in non-conference play on Thursday, then will head out on the road to face Viroqua in Coulee action on Tuesday.

Arcadia 69 D-A 53

After only leading by two at halftime, the Raiders roared their way to a big second half, outscoring the Panthers (7-3) 35-21 over the final 18 minutes to pull away for a double-digit road victory last Tuesday in Durand.

Kaiden Rotering led all scorers on the evening by pouring in 22 points. Other leaders for Arcadia were Carter Wegman with 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Trevor Pronschinske with 13 points, Deklyn Grzadzielewski with eight points, Nolan Smith with six points and eight rebounds and Ted Teske with 10 rebounds.

Durand-Arkansaw’s Luke Weber scored 12 points, while Parker Almsted, Dane Bates and Brett Breidung added nine points apiece.

As a team, the Raiders shot 48.9 percent from the field, 39.1 percent from three-point range and 73.7 percent from the free throw line.

Arcadia (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-fouls-points)—Grzadzielewski 2/6-2/3-5-4-8; Rotering 6/14-7/8-5-1-22; Teske 2/4-0/1-10-4-4; Pronschinske 4/7-3/3-0-0-13; Wegman 6/9-2/4-7-4-16; Smith 3/5-0/0-8-3-6; Blaschko 0/2-0/0-3-0-0.

McDonell 62 Arcadia 49

A 13-point halftime deficit proved too much for the Raiders to overcome in a loss on the road to the Macks (8-4) last Thursday in Chippewa Falls.

Rotering was again the leading scorer for Arcadia with 13 points. Pronschinske and Wegman each added eight points while Teske and Grzadzielewski tacked on seven and six, respectively, to the scoring ledger.

For McDonell Central, Cooper Mittermeyer finished with 17 points and Cael Holm tallied 14 points.

Arcadia (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-fouls-points)—Grzadzielewski 1/5-4/4-4-1-6; Rotering 4/15-4/4-1-2-13; Teske 3/7-1/2-3-2-7; Conner 0/0-1/2-0-0-1; Pronschinske 3/5-0/0-1-1-8; Wegman 2/8-2/2-3-5-8; Smith 2/5-0/1-3-4-5; Blaschko 0/2-1/2-0-0-1.