On April 4-5, 2008, our merged basketball team. the Sauk Beavers attended the State Basketball Tournament held in Oshkosh. Participating from Sauk County (Agency 6-52) were Keni Gillingham, Josh Kuhls, Heather Kutaj  and Shawn Neises. Athletes from the RAHS Beavers (Agency 6-09) were Syd Burdick, Alex Fedderly, Donielle Fendler, Dylan Seipp, and Jamie Wischmann.

Our Keni Gillingham was selected to light the torch in the opening ceremonies.

      

On Saturday, April 5th, the Sauk Beavers faced the Manitowoc Co. Miracles Hoopers. Though they gave it their all, the Manitowoc team beat us by a score of 20 - 14. In the consolation game played on Sunday, the team faced a tough Green Bay team, The Momentum.  After a hard fought battle, the Green Bay team prevailed by a score of 31 - 29.  Each loss was by a very slim margin. They finished in 4th place overall in Division 10.

We would like to congradulate our Basketball stars and thank them for a wonderful and exciting season! We would also like to thank our Caoches and Volunteers for providing a great experience for the Athletes.

     

 

Special thanks go out to Trish Wischmann and Josh Kuhls for submitting the team photos. See the Album, SAUK BEAVERS GO TO STATE 08 for more great photos.

 

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Here are some links to explore and some fun tournament facts as well:

Team Roster:  http://www.specialolympicswisconsin.org/gms/08IST/UABH86AMDZOFJR0J.html

Bracket Results for Division 10:  http://www.specialolympicswisconsin.org/pdf/sports/08_ist_bball_results.pdf

Athletes at Tournament: 1000
Coaches at Tournament: 300
Volunteers at Tournament: 505
Spectators at Tournament: 800

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