The Wauwatosa West and Brookfield Central boys will compete in the Sectional Final at Waukesha North High School on Thursday March 13th. The West boys won 101-69 against Milwaukee Lutheran in the Regional final. Brookfield Central won 77-33 against Beaver Dam in the regional final.
The game will tip off at 7:00 PM, on Thursday.
Tosa West and Brookfield Central are tied in conference play 14 – 2, they share the Greater Metro conference championship. These two teams have faced off twice before in the regular season resulting in these teams going 1-1. The first game on February 21st was 65-56 resulting in a Trojan win, and the second game was February 25th resulting 61- 41 resulting in a Lancer victory.
The Trojans are coming off of a blowout victory in the Regional Final against Milwaukee Lutheran. The final score was 101-69 with the top performer being Matthew Kloskley with 30 points. Jake Hansen and Jalen Brown both finished with 23 points as well.
The Lancers are coming off of their blowout victory against Beaver Dam 77-33. The top performer was Anthony Rise with 28 points.
The Tosa West players have been practicing and preparing harder than ever to come out on top of the Sectional Final and go to state.
“We know everything that is in front of us and they have put in the work up to this point to be prepared for it and to win,” said student manager senior Brandon Collins.
Tosa West has been focusing their practice on watching film and preparing themselves for whatever plays and sets that Brookfield Central throws at them.
“We have some freshman boys coming up and doing scout team for us. And just doing the same old thing that we’ve been doing all season long just game prep to watch enough film, make sure that we’re fully prepared,” said Assistant Coach and Tosa West hallway monitor Caleb June.
The Tosa West players know what is needed in order to win as they have played Brookfield Central twice and beaten them once.
“We have played them three times this year and it’s been up and down each time we played them, but I feel like we’re pretty prepared for them.” Said junior Messiah Chambers.
The players believe in the process and what the coaches have been preparing them for. All that is needed is the application on Thursday.
“Our coaches will have us prepared to be successful Thursday night. We just have to follow through.” Said Junior Roman Long.
It seems as if the players at Tosa West have all of the pieces to the puzzle, they just have to put it together on Thursday.
“We’ve prepared all season for big games like this. Since we played this team twice this year already, we know a lot of their tendencies and have been keying in on that.” Said Junior David Hennings.
