Red Hawk boys keep Raiders winless in CC
Sawyer Schmidt of G-E-T drove to the basket while being defended by Kaden Updike of Arcadia during the Red Hawks' 52-35 win Friday.
A matchup of Coulee Conference rivals started close, but the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau boys held Arcadia scoreless for a long stretch to pull away midway through the first half. The Raiders remained winless in the Coulee with the loss, falling to 0-7 in the conference.
The Red Hawks improved to 8-6 overall on the season with the win, including a 5-2 mark good for a three-way tie for first in the Coulee with Black River Falls and Onalaska Luther. G-E-T faced Luther on the road on Tuesday in the first of three games scheduled this week. Their week also includes a home game on Friday in West Salem, as well as a Saturday road game at Prescott.
G-E-T 52 Arcadia 35 - Arcadia took a momentary lead at 10-9 with 9:30 remaining in the first half on a Chandler Sonsalla free throw, but a Kyle Scherr bucket on the ensuing possession put G-E-T back ahead and ignited a run. Red Hawk Grant Beirne laid up on a contested finish the next time down the floor, which Lance Lettner followed with a pair of layups and a free throw to pull ahead to 18-10. Ethan Weltzien broke up the run with a three-pointer late in the half, but Beirne added another four free throws and a layup, and Sawyer Schmidt put in another two from the line as G-E-T ended the half up 27-13 after an 18-3 run. Michael Schweisthal tallied the first six for the Raiders in the second half as part of a 6-3 start, but G-E-T stayed in front by earning their three on a Beirne hoop and the foul. Schmidt followed with a two, and a Trent Harshman three kept the momentum with G-E-T as they led 35-19. G-E-T for the game out-shot Arcadia 36.5 percent to 25 percent from the field. The Red Hawks also limited turnovers, losing possession seven times to the Raiders' 14. Leading G-E-T for the game were 14-point nights from Schmidt and Beirne, while seven each from Lettner and Harshman, four each from Tyler Hammond and Roger Niederkorn and two from Scherr rounded out the scoring. The Raiders were led by 10 from Schweisthal, nine from Weltzien, five each from Carson Pehler and Trev Bjorge, three from Chase Patzner, two from Sonsalla and one from Lizandro Aguilar.
