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 "We have been able to add new teams each of the past few years
and had 7 teams competing for this year's title", said Coach Dan
Horn from WLB. "This year we added, Delavan and Greenview to the
field of teams that included; WLB, CEL, Carroll Catholic, Hartsburg
Emden and last year's champion, Springfield Christian. "Fitting twenty one games into one gym had it's own unique set of
challenges, yet I feel we had a good response from the participating
coaches as well as the fans that the 3 day, round robing format, is
a great way to crown a champion and test the players with 6 games in
those 3 days. We could not have pulled this tournament off without
the help of our Booster Club and the extra efforts from the
parents."
Saturday's 4:00 pm game pitted the two 4-0 teams against each other,
with WLB besting Greenview 62-51, to win the outright Championship.
WLB finished the tournament undefeated with 6 wins and an average
margin of victory of 29 points. "Greenview challenged our
team in a way our kids were not used too, and it was a great win for
them to see a team that can score and defend just as well as we can
and overcome that adversity. That's a real good Greenview team, who
has played together and played at the Jr. High level, and taken some
lumps, and are now ready to win. They are going to be a tough team
to contend with. Coach Jansen's Bulldogs feature several 5th grade
players, including his son Alex, who can really play," said Coach
Horn.
 The Bulldogs were able to regroup in a short period of time to
face the 4-1 Crusaders in the 7:00 pm game and emerged with a 47-38
victory to place second in the tournament, in just their first
appearance. "When they come back next year, they have their eyes on
taking the title based on this years experience, with such a young
squad"
"It's a good tournament for us," Said Coach Jansen of Greenview, "
We could have gone elsewhere, but these are the teams we will be
playing in the IESA season next year, and it's a good test for our
kids to see where they stack up."
Coach Kincaid of Delavan agreed, "We had other tournaments we
looked at, but this pits us against good local competition, in a
good format, where we can look forward to next year's Jr. High
season."
Horn concluded, "I feel like a round robin format gives us a true
champion, because everyone plays each team in the tournament. So as
long as we can keep the number of teams to a manageable level, that
is the format we will use. We are looking to possibly add as many as
two more local teams next year, but after a long tournament,
following a basketball season that started for most of us in
October, I will worry about that after a nice well deserved break."
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The coaches also recognized a 5 member, All-Tournament Team.
Participating coaches voted to recognize the following players:
Kaden Froebe -WLB
(Unanimous selection) with a 24.16 ppg average Alex Janssen -Greenview
(Unanimous selection) with a 19.33 ppg average
Will Ewald -CEL
(Unanimous selection) with a 14.17 ppg average Matty Harper
-Delavan with a 14.66 ppg average
Dylan Singleton -Carroll with a 14.66 ppg average The following
players were also recognized by the coaches as honorable mention to
the All-Tournament Team appearing on multiple coaches' ballots
Kameron Whiteman -WLB
Justin Long -WLB
Sam Roat - Greenview
Jayden Graham -Carroll
Dawson Erkslavn -Delavan
Here is a complete list of the games with the scores.
Thursday results
WLB 53-26
Carroll 48- Delavan 29
Greenview 55- Springfield Christian 34
WLB 62- Hartsburg 17
Friday results
Carroll 48- Hartsburg 26
Delavan 48- Springfield Christian 39
Greenview 46- CEL 29
WLB 58- Carroll 22
Greenview 49- Delavan 38
Saturday results
Delavan 44- CEL 40
Greenview 56- Hartsburg 29
Carroll 49- Springfield Christian 31
CEL 36- Hartsburg 25
WLB 55- Delavan 32
CEL 51- Springfield Christian 45
Delavan 49- Hartsburg 19
WLB 62- Greenview 51
Carroll 51- CEL 21
Hartsburg 44- Springfield Christian 43
Greenview 47- Carroll 38
WLB 55- Springfield Christian 21 Grand Champions West
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