Hillsboro Represents Scenic Bluffs Conference at State, Wins Second Place in Division

by Vanessa Zipperer

Hillsboro took on Green Bay New Lutheran Thursday, March 19 at the Kohl Center for their semi-final game, looking for a bid to lead them into the championship game.

They were neck and neck with the whole time, but Hillsboro was able to widen the lead in the closing minutes to send them to Saturday’s championship game.

Hillsboro’s first year varsity coach, Curt Hildreth, was interviewed multiple times.  One of his interviews with News 8000 he said, “We had our struggles early on in the season that were well documented but our guys came together when it matter and we got this done and we are just so proud of these young men.”

The WIAA Division 5 championship game was on Saturday and Hillsboro took on Young Coggs Prep. It was an intense game. Hillsboro trailed the whole game, but it was very close. Young Coggs Prep took the gold ball home with them and Hillsboro took the silver ball home, losing by 6.

Hillsboro boys had displayed wonderful sportsmanship and had a really good season this year. They had two losses in conference, both of them against Bangor.

The Tigers started out their first regional game against Weston really strong, defeating Weston without a problem. In their second game they took the Royall Panthers down. The following day they beat the Wonewoc-Center Wolves, making the Hillsboro Tigers regional champions.

Their first sectional game was against Gilmanton, who had taken Bangor down by a point the prior week. The Hillsboro game against Gilmanton was a more challenging for the Hillsboro Tigers but they still added another win to their record.

It came down to their last sectionals game against Shullsburg.  The game started out great for the Hillsboro Tigers, they had the lead in the first half. Shullsburg came back with a couple point lead after half time. Hillsboro shut them down fourth quarter and finished the game with a 48 to 35 victory.

Max Stockwell said during an interview with News 8000 after their win against Shullsburg, “I have been dreaming of this since second and third grade, I can’t put this into words what it is like.” Max Stockwell scored his 1000th point in the second regional game against Royall.