Muston runs away from Arcadia early

The Arcadia boys basketball team couldn’t seem to get a stop in the first half of their Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional quarterfinal game as Mauston scored 40 points to take a big lead into halftime.

The Golden Eagles didn’t slow down much from there. They led by 20 at halftime then scored 34 more points to take a 74-48 win. Mauston was the fifth seed in their Division Three bracket, while Arcadia was the 12th. The Golden Eagles lost to (4) Wisconsin Dells by two in the semifinal of a regional that was won by West Salem. 

Arcadia’s season ends with a 4-21 record. They’ll graduate five seniors, including three who started throughout the season.

Mauston 74 Arcadia 48

The Golden Eagles were able to attack both inside and outside in the game as they used a balanced attack to take a 40-20 lead into the locker room. 

While Arcadia was struggling to get its outside shots to fall — they shot one-for-15 on three-point attempts in the game — Mauston kept attacking. The Golden Eagles scored 34 more points, while maintaining control throughout the second half.

Brock Massey led Mauston with 21 points as Spenser Lehmen scored 17 and Adon Saylor finished with 13.

Arcadia shot 37.5 percent in the game and five-for-11 from the free-throw line. 

In their final games, Arcadia’s two top scorers were Trev Bjorge with 17 points and Richard Gomez with 15, both also led the team in rebounds with eight. Another senior, Kaden Updike scored eight in the game while Kaiden Rotering and Devon Baier both finished with two.

Arcadia (field goals/attempts-free throws-attempts-rebounds-fouls-points) — Rotering 0/5-2/4-2-1-2 Boland 0/2-0/0-0-2-0 Scow 0/0-0/0-0-1-0 Baier 1/3-0/0-4-0-2 Bjorge 8/13-0/1-8-2-17 Weltzien 1/8-2/3-3-3-4 Gomez 7/13-1/3-8-2-15 Updike 4/11-0/0-1-1-8 Teske 0/0-0/0-1-0-0 Sandoval 0/1-0/0-0-0-0