SPASH tandem leads local WBCA selections
WAUSAU - A high-ankle sprain sidelined Joey Hauser for the first 11 games of the prep boys basketball season.
But when the Stevens Point Area Senior High junior returned to the court, little seemed to slow him or the Panthers down.
Hauser, a 6-foot-8 post player, averaged 23.6 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists for the Panthers over the final half of the season. He had 33 points and 21 rebounds and four assists as SPASH rolled to a win over Arrowhead in the WIAA Division 1 state championship game for the Panthers' third straight title.
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On Monday, two days after that performance, Hauser was a unanimous All-State selection by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. Terrence Lewis, of Milwaukee Riverside, was the only other Division 1 player to be a unanimous selection to the team.
Hauser’s junior teammate, Drew Blair, was a first team All-State selection as well. Blair averaged 19.2 points and 4.5 rebounds this season for the Panthers.
The SPASH standouts were the co-players of the year in the Wisconsin Valley Conference and are among five local players named first team All-State by the WBCA. Three other players were honorable mention selections.
Columbus Catholic’s Tyler Fuerlinger and Hunter Schultz were both first-team selections in Division 5 following a season in which they helped the Dons reach the state tournament for the first time since 2003. Fuerlinger, the player of the year in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division, averaged 22.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists.
Schultz, a senior point guard, averaged 23.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists as the Dons posted a 25-3 record and reached the state semifinals.
Columbus Catholic defeated Almond-Bancroft in the sectional semifinals and the Eagles’ Dylan Bunders was an All-State pick in Division 5 as well. The 6-7 senior averaged 19.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists as Almond-Bancroft went 23-3 and earned a share of the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 championship.
Assumption junior Joe Grundhoffer was an honorable mention selection in Division 5 as he averaged 17.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game this season.
Adams-Friendship’s Donnell Kelly was an honorable mention pick in Divison 3 as he averaged a team-best 18.7 points per game for the Green Devils, who reached a sectional title game.
Auburndale’s Caleb Weinfurer, who averaged 12.6 points per game this season, was an honorable mention pick in Division 4.
WBCA ALL-STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
DIVISION 1
Drew Blair, jr., SPASH; Will Chevalier, sr., Kimberly; Trevell Cunningham, sr., .Arrowhead; Tryee Eady, sr., Middleton; Tyrese Haliburton, jr., Oshkosh North; Joey Hauser, jr., SPASH*, Chris Knight, sr., Madison Memorial; Terrence Lewis, sr., Milwaukee Riverside*; Luke Loewe, sr., Fond du Lac; Gage Malensek, so., Brookfield Central; Koreem Ozier, sr., Racine Case.
*unanimous selection
Honorable mention
Brandon Hau, sr., Mukwonago; Andrew Lewis, sr., Milwaukee Vincent; Storm Murphy, sr., Middleton; Jordan Noelle, sr., Bay Port; Marlon Ruffin, jr., Sun Prairie; Ben Seefeld, sr., Arrowhead; Drew Yetka, sr., Oak Creek.
DIVISION 2
John Diener, jr., Cedarburg*; Alou Dillon, sr., Wauwatosa West; Tyler Herro, jr., Whitnall*; Bailey Kale, sr., La Crosse Central; Kobe King, sr., La Crosse Central*; Ryan Krueger, sr., Hortonville; Mitch Listau, jr., Waunakee*; Deontay Long, so., Milwaukee Washington; Jordan McCabe, jr., Kaukauna*; Garrett Nelson, sr., Beaver Dam
*unanimous selection
Honorable mention
Jordan Anderson, sr., Milwaukee North Division; Jay Gentry, jr., Brown Deer; Tyler Hughes, sr., Onalaska; Jordan Johnson, sr., Cedarburg; Nick Klug, jr., Burlington; Aidan Nordquist, sr., Pewaukee; Kevion Taylor, sr., Whitnall; Bryce TeKulve, sr., Luxemburg-Casco.
DIVISION 3
Alex Arians, sr., Edgewood; Brennen Banks, sr., Evansville; Xavier Cummings, sr., Hayward; Marcus Domask, so., Waupun; Alex Fruin, sr., Beloit Turner; Owen Hamilton, sr., Prescott; Eddie Muench, sr., Ripon; Hunter Plamann, jr., Xavier; Alex Ranney, sr., Lake Mills; Bennett VanderPlas, sr., Ripon*
*unanimous selection
Honorable mention
Nolan Beirne, sr., New Holstein; Trequan Carrington, so., Martin Luther; Sam Ferris, jr., Xavier; Luke Goedeke, sr., Valders; Tarren Hall, sr., Mauston; Donnell Kelly, sr., Adams-Friendship; Nick LeCaptain, sr., Southern Door; Alex Setzer, sr., Brookfield Academy; Jesse Solberg, sr., Westby; Adam Wehking, sr., Marshall.
DIVISION 4
Terrance Banyard, sr., Destiny; J.C. Butler, jr., The Prairie School; Trevor Cook, sr., Washburn; Evan Ganther, sr., Lourdes Academy; Drew Gunnink, sr., Laconia; DeAndrew Johns, sr., Kenosha St. Joseph; Sarion McGee, sr., Destiny; Nate Schmidt, sr., Shiocton; Mitchel Schneider, jr., Roncalli; Will Schwartz, sr., Darlington.
Honorable mention
Brady Booth, sr., Stanley-Boyd; Cullen Brooks, jr., New Glarus; Erik Christopherson, sr. Melrose-Mindoro; Seth Hause, sr., ,Stanley-Boyd; Nicholas Henke, jr., Pardeeville; Garrett Hoffmann, sr., Ozaukee; Tresean Jordan, sr., Young Coggs Prep; Byrce Pedrin, sr., Howards Grove; Caleb Weinfurter, sr., Auburndale; Guner Wilder, jr., Cameron; Darryl Williams, sr., Chetek-Weyerhaeuser.
DIVISION 5
Hayden Baughman, jr., McDonell Central; Dylan Bunders, sr., Almond-Bancroft; Neal Cerveny, sr., Gresham; Tyler Fuerlinger, sr., Columbus Catholic; Caiden Haake, sr., Alma/Pepin; A.J. Hendrickson, sr., Pecatonica; Matthew Myers, sr., Barneveld; Alex Ohde, sr., McDonell Central; Luke Reader, jr., Bangor; Hunter Schultz, sr., Columbus Catholic.
Honorable mention
Joe Grundhoffer, jr., Assumption; Connor Heise, sr., Lena; Kayne Korger, sr., Augusta; Kody Krueger, sr., Hilbert; John Ross Linscheid, sr., Highland; Hunter Matye, sr., Shullsburg; Joseph Meyer, sr., Shullsburg; Nick Payne, sr., Seneca; Drew Rohde, sr., Prentice; Sawyer Rosner, sr., Phelps; Wesley Schiek, jr., Valley Christian; Davin Stricker, sr., Mellen.