1st and 2nd Grade Reno Big Horns

Coach Dan Reimer and Coach Powell were honored to work with the wonderful kids and families of the Reno Big Horns. The goal was simple, have fun and learn about playing the game of basketball as a team. We won a lot of games this season and had success. However, when we did lose, we showed great character and sportsmanship.

Thanks again Coach Ceroni for giving these kids a chance to learn about teamwork and themselves.

Big Horns Nation

Coach Powell & Coach Reimer

“Team Turley” - 8th Grade White Wins Championship at UW-Oshkosh Titan Tournament

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Congratulations to our JR Charger 5th grade girls White team. The girls tied for the league Championship and won their league tournament. 

Featured in the photo is the 5th grade girls JR Charger White team (left to right):
Madelyn Martinez
Coach Kelly Jordan
Maddie Claas
Ella Evenson
Madeline Garcia
Maja Pechanach
Janelle Stuempfig
Hannah Jordan
Sarah Wegener
Coach Gregg Dempsey
Amber Dempsey
Jessica Godlewski

Congratulations to our 5th Grade White JrChargers Boys team for taking home a championship in the Mukwonago Jr Indians tournament on Feb 1st, 2014.

Congratulations to the 5th Grade Boys Red JR Chargers basketball team for taking first place in the JR Charger tournament on Feb 1st, 2014! 

The 6^th Grade Hamilton Jr. Chargers � Red teams first appearance at State on April 13^th & 14^th  proved to be a great trip.

They beat Chippewa Falls, Appleton East, and Middleton in pool play to advance to the sweet 16.  A win against Brookfield East moved them to the elite 8 where they defeated Sun Prairie to move them to the semi-finals.

Injuries wore on the team as they lost two tough games to teams they defeated in prior outings, Appleton East and Muskego, to take 4^th in the State. 

Pictured left to right:

Standing:

Asst Coach- Pat DeStefanis

Zach Herbert

Cal Botsford

Tyler Ellingson

Christopher Barnes

Zack Lawrence

Jake Fierst

Head Coach- Brian Ellingson

Kneeling:

Connor Smith

Joe DeStefanis

Hunter Slaats

Zac Bagley

Augie Bronson

Not pictured: Asst Coach John Barnes

Congratulations to the 5th Grade Boys White Team on their consolation championship last weekend. After starting out flat in their first game losing to Muskego's A team, the boys rallied back in true Charger fashion by coming out firing in the second game.  The boys defeated Waukesha West by double digits, jumped out against an A team from Cedarburg 22-8 and
finally defeating Germantown in a nail biter to win the Consolation Championship.  Out of the 8 tournaments we've played this season, the boys have placed in all but 2. Congratulations!

Defense and heart were words of the day for these young men.

Front Row: Darius Bates, Joey Ghelfi, Elijah Houser, Kyle Brinkman, Jacob Fobes.
Back Row: Coach Scott Stevenson, Brenden Ban,   Justin Stevenson, Adam Fantl, Josh Meulemans Coach Daryl Bates

The boys finish up the season this weekend playing in the 8th Annual SC
Sports/Concordia Basketball Classic.

The 6^th grade Chargers White team won the Concordia March Madness Challenge over the weekend.  The boys played tenacious defense and were monsters on the boards, grabbing 140 of them in the four game tournament.  The boys defeated Nicolet and West Bend on Saturday and returned on day two to defeat South Milwaukee and Nicolet�s �A� team in the championship. The boys played unselfishly, making great passes, and showed great poise coming down the stretch of Sunday�s games.  The championship was decided on a basket with 10 seconds left.  More tenacious defense by the Chargers prevented Nicolet from getting a shot off to tie the game.  The tournament was the perfect way to cap off a fun season of Chargers basketball.

Congratulations to the 5^th Grade Boys Red team who won the WYBL League Tournament championship in the A division this weekend. 

On their way to the title, they defeated Mukwonago 28 � 10, Waukesha West 60 � 25, Pewaukee 39 � 23, and Franklin 33 � 21.

This team went undefeated in league play, and have now won their second straight WYBL League Tournament championship.

Front row: Morgan Middaugh, Aidan Torres, Carson Smith, Joel Hoytink, Jack VanDeVen
Back row: Coach Todd Hoytink, Jack Corcoran, Drew Schultz, Lucas Finnessey, Jacob Studer, Cole Sanchez, Coach Brian Smith

Not Pictured: Coach Pete Gumina and Ben Gumina (sick)

Congratulations to the 6th Grade Boys-Black team who took 2nd place in the WYBL �B� Division Tournament this past Sunday. The boys played great team basketball and outstanding defense all day to earn their way to the championship game.  They beat Wauwatosa West and Shorewood in their fist two games by narrow margins.  In the semifinal, the Chargers came back to tie the game in the final minute and send it into overtime, where they gained a come from behind overtime victory.  In the championship game against Mukwonago, the Chargers played tough the entire game.  After being down by as much as 12 points with under 4 minutes to go, the Chargers stormed back and cut the lead to 4 with 1 minute left, only to fall short by 6 points in the end.

The accomplishment in the WYBL Tournament capped off a terrific season for the 6th Grade Jr. Chargers-Black team where all the boys improved their basketball skills and the team compiled over 30 wins on the season.

Congratulations to the 6th Grade Jr. Chargers Black team: Nicholas Barth, Cody Bobert, Jacob Dye, James Hayden, Zach Heckman, Sam Knerr, Jackson Kollath, Tyler Minkoff, Matt Mysliwski, Sina Riaza and Sam Yarnot. 

Coaches: Tony Barth and Tom Knerr.   

Congratulations to the 8th Grade Girls for winning the 8th Annual Burlington Demons Girls Basketball Tournament on February 16th.  Wins included...

1^st Round: Beat Prairie School 45-12
2^nd Round: Beat Oak Creek Tourney Team 24-20
3^rd Round: Beat Burlington 40-22

Top Row: Jim Sumiec (Coach), Lexi Gaatz, Jordan Fierst, Sam Glendenning, Lauren Walsh, Jay Walsh (Coach), Brad Williams (Coach)
Middle Row: Megan Schmitt, Ellie Sumiec, Natalie Pena
Bottom Row: Katelyn Hamilton, Macy Williams

The Jr. Chargers 5th grade Boys White basketball team captures yet another championship at the �Cooney Classic� in Oconomowoc   on January 26^th ,  along with a 2^nd place finish at Just a Game Field House in the Dells on January 19^th.  The championship run by these young men was very impressive.  The Chargers saw Double digit victories over very good competition including; Oconomowoc, Whitnall and finally Germantown in the finals. During the second game, the Chargers were majorly outsized down low.  A superb defensive effort, using their speed, leverage and great footwork, Josh Meulmans, Justin Stevenson, and Adam Fantl shut down the very big low post play of Whitnall.   Outstanding three point shooting by Kyle Brinkman, great passing by Elijah Houser and  Jacob Fobes, along with unstoppable dribble penetration by Brenden Ban and Darius Bates proved to be too much for Whitnall to handle.

During the course of this Semi-Final game Darius Bates suffered a fractured finger on his shooting hand.  Not wanting to let his team down, he begged his coaches to let him play in the championship game and also in our two league games the next day.  Darius went on to score forty points between those three games and at one point broke a full court press using only his left hand and scoring the layup on the other end!

The team is playing its best basketball of the year.  Team and individual confidence is at an all-time high for these young men but most of all, they are having fun!

Front Row: Jacob Fobes, Brenden Ban, Kyle Brinkman

Back Row: Coach Bates, Josh Meulemans, Darius Bates, Adam Fantl, Justin Stevenson, Elijah Houser,  Coach Stevenson

Missing: Joey Ghelfi

The Sussex Hamilton 8^th grade red team won the Kettle Moraine Tournament this past weekend by defeating Waukesha North 58-22, Franklin 59-17, a very good Kettle Moraine team 51-29, and one of the better teams in the state at the 8^th grade level, Grafton Select 48-39.

The boys played stifling defense all day Sunday to propel them to the championship. In the first two games every player scored and contributed quality minutes. Ben Nolde returned to form, contributing both on the offensive and defensive ends of the floor all weekend long. Jordan Smith led the charge vs Kettle Moraine with a 19 pt 5 reb effort. Bradley Purko added a team leading 6 rebs and also hit two timely jump shots. The team was very solid from the charity stripe making 15 of 17 attempts. 

In the championship game Sam Bjorkland could not be stopped. He turned in a very impressive performance finishing with 19 pts and 7 rebs. Jordan Smith�s was physical on the defensive side of the ball and held one of the better 8^th grade players in the state in check. Hamilton imposed their will on Grafton from start to finish.

The team really came together this weekend. They played very well on the defensive end, executed the game plan, and shared the ball. All the boys contributed in some capacity through out the entire weekend.

#2 Devin Yates

#8 Jordan Smith

#10 Ben Nolde

#12 Connor Provan

#13 Sam Bjorkland

#15 Jake Kessnich

#18 R.J Feurstien

#23 Cooper Vance

#25 Brad Purko

#31 Jack Liedtke

Head Coach: Christopher Newbauer
Asst Coaches: Darryl Porter, Steve Provan, Duane Nolde 

The 7th Grade Boys Black Team placed 2nd out of 8 teams at the KABA (Kiel Area Basketball Association) Jr. Raider Regional Boys Tournament.  The team defeated Fond du Lac 18-9 in the first round and Oshkosh 29-22 the 2nd round.  We ended up losing the championship game to Plymouth 29-22.  All in all a great day for the black team, the boys did all of this with only 7 players.  Way to play Chargers!

Congratulations to the 7th Grade Jr. Chargers Black team for their 2nd place finish in the RSK Sports Tournament in Appleton.

Back Row:  Logan Ambrookian, Eric Torres, Evan Lueck, Zack Dolney, Grant Feuerstein
Front Row: Cooper Horn, Jared Wesline, Ethan Bauer, Isiah Bois

Asst. Coach Left: Chris Horn
Head Coach Right: Mike Strobl

Sussex Hamilton 5th grade boys white team took home the championship at Kettle Moraine defeating Waukesha North 46-15, Oconomowoc 25-14, and finally, Central WI Crusaders 24-19. Great ball movement, aggressive defense, and unselfish play, was the key to their success.  Every player on the team was able to score!

Front Row: Jacob Fobes, Darius Bates, Kyle Brinkman, Austin Deharde, Elijah Houser
Back Row: Brenden Ban, Adam Fantl, Justin Stevenson, Josh Meulemans, Joey Ghelfi
Coaches: Scott Stevenson, Daryl Bates

Sussex Hamilton 6th grade boys Jr. Chargers red team won the championship at the 2013 Oconomowoc Cooney Classic, defeating Menomonee Falls 44-24 , Verona 49-19, finally, Sun Prairie 48-26 in the championship game to take home the hardware.  Tough pressure defense, outstanding rebounding, and terrific shooting were the keys
to this weekend's games.

Congratulations to the Players and Coaches�  for winning the Winter Showdown Tournament at Center Court on Saturday, December 8, 2012. 

Pictured from Left to Right Back Row:

Coach Jim Doering, Matt Miller, Ben Doering, Ty Olejnik, Nolan Holler, Jason Schrader, Coach Steve Pratt

Front Row Left to Right:

Michael Swope, Bennett Vance, Conner Parris, Bennett DeGeorge, Ryan Apel