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Brillion selected as February 2011 WSN Boys Basketball Team of the Month

Brillion is the winner as the WSN Boys Basketball Team of the Month for February following a statewide vote. The Lions received 34% of the votes from a very deserving group of nominees.

The Lions went 7-0 in the month of February, highlighted by the biggest victory of the season. Avenging its only loss of the year, Brillion rallied for a thrilling 50-49 victory at rival Roncalli on February 15th. Trailing by two as time ticked down in the fourth quarter, junior Ryan Reinke hit a three-point shot, his first of the year, with six seconds left to give the Lions a 50-49 lead, which held up when Roncalli's Ben Stelzer saw a last second jumper rim out. The win helped Brillion secure a share of the Olympian Conference crown with Roncalli at 17-1.

Valders' Andrwe Schoerer selected as February 2011 WSN Boys Basketball Player of the Month

Andrew Schwoerer of Valders is the winner as the WSN Boys Basketball Player of the Month for February following a statewide vote. Schwoerer received 48% of the vote from a very deserving group of nominees.

Schwoerer has quietly been among the state's scoring leaders this season (23.23 ppg currently), and has really picked up the pace late in the year. He scored at least 20 in all seven of his team's February games, averaging 27.4 for the month. In tough road losses at one-loss teams Roncalli and Two Rivers, Schwoerer scored 29 and 28 points respectively, doing all he could to keep the Vikings in the game. He set a season-high with 36 points in the final regular season game against Saint Mary Central. That lastest only a week however, as just last night (Tuesday, March 1) he scored 38 points in a come from behind playoff win over New Holstein. He became the school's all-time leading scorer early in the second half.