The 8th grade boys red team competed in the Wisconsin State invitaional tournament March 27th & 28th in Stevens Point in the large division.  The top 32 teams from the state had high hopes to beat back to back state champs Appleton West.  The Chargers started Saturday morning with a tough first round loss to Appleton North, but the team battled back to beat De Pere and Pulaski in pool play to finish 2nd to move them into the round of the top 16.  Next up was Franklin who wouldn't give up, but several late free throws moved the team into the top 8.  Sunday morning started with an early game against Mukwonago where the boys stayed in control moving them into the final four against Arrowhead.  The Chargers lead for the entire game and Arrowhead came close to tying the game late, but the boys held them off to move them into the Championship game.  The final 8th grade game for this team was against Brookfield Central.  The Chargers kept the lead through the first half of this game, but came up short in the end.  Congratulations boys on the best finish ever by a Jr. Chargers team in this tournament.  You should be proud of your hard work this season and the past four years.  

Thanks to coaches Brian Ellingson, Tim Patterson & Terry Geszvain for your dedication to the boys and the program. 

Team members: Mitch Gezsvain, Tom Diehl, Ryan Warzon, Drew Patterson, Austin Kendziorski, Tyler Surma, Brett Buehler, Brady Ellingson, Danny Lunowa and Bret Harvestine. 

Stats manager, Tyler Ellingson.