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By Mark Miller


Wishoops.net Editor





Edgewood College administrators will have plenty of flexibility in deciding who will replace Steve Larson as the Eagles new mens basketball coach.





In addition to the mens basketball position, Edgewood is in need of a new athletic director, a new fitness center director, a new volleyball coach, a new golf coach and a new womens basketball coach.





The new mens basketball coach will be able to link his position with one of the above openings to create a full-time position.





Larson spent 20 years as the athletic director and head mens basketball coach at Edgewood before announcing Monday he will leave the Madison school to become the new full-time commissioner of the Northern Athletics Conference.





In 20 years at Edgewood, Larsons teams went 361-215 and won 11 Lake Michigan Conference regular-season or tournament championships.





Edgewood returns several talented performers from last years club that went 14-11, including LMC All-Rookie team selection Jon Ciche of Franklin.





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Joe Wolf has decided against accepting the mens basketball coaching position at Lakeland College near Sheboygan.





The former Kohler High School and University of North Carolina star was offered the position last week, but he decided against accepting the post over the weekend.





Lakeland officials will interview more candidates this week and expect to name a new head coach within the next 10 days.





Gary Grzesk resigned as Lakelands coach last month after three years at the school in order to become the new mens basketball coach at St. Norbert College in De Pere.





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New Berlin West senior Jason Averkamp will accept an invitation from the UW-Milwaukee coaching staff and join the Panthers program as a preferred walkon.





The 6-foot-6 Averkamp earned first-team all-Woodland Conference honors last season while leading West to a 10-11 record.





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Auburndale will take on Loyal while Stevens Point Pacelli will meet Iola-Scandinavia in American Division semifinal games on Dec. 27 in the annual Sentry Classic at UW-Stevens Point.





In the National Division, Eau Claire Memorial is scheduled to play West Allis Central while Stevens Point will take on Seymour in Dec. 28 semifinal games.





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Tim Aalsma has been hired as the new boys' varsity basketball coach at Reedsville High School.





Aalsma spent the past two seasons as head coach at Heritage Christian in Milwaukee and led the Patriots to a 9-12 record during the 2005-06 season.





The Waupun Central Wisconsin Christian graduate replaces Ron Prochnow at Reedsville. Prochnow resigned in March after spending six years as the Panthers' head coach.