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Fox Valley Lutheran boys basketball shoots past Tomah to win WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal

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APPLETON – Wyatt Schlueter and Caleb Dahlke each drained four 3-pointers to help lead the No. 3 seed Fox Valley Lutheran to a 64-54 win over No. 6 Tomah in a WIAA Division 2 boys basketball regional semifinal Friday night at Fox Valley Lutheran High School.

The Foxes (16-9) advance to a Division 2 regional final at No. 2 seed La Crosse Central (21-4) on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Dahlke finished with a team-high 17 points, Gabe Heiges and Braden Heiges each added 14, and Schlueter had 12 in a balanced scoring attack for FVL.

Fox Valley Lutheran made eight 3s in the first half to take a 38-27 lead and were able to hold on from there.

The Foxes finished with 12 3-pointers in all, while Tomah (13-13) had seven, five coming from Owen Laudon who had a game-high 21 points.

Foxes 64, Timberwolves 54
Tomah   27   27   –   54
Fox Valley Lutheran   38   26   –   64
TOMAH (54):
Quinn Gerke 1 2-2 4, Owen Laudon 6 4-5 21, Max Haldeman 0 0-0 0, Nate Hendricks 1 0-0 2, Brennen Worden 1 0-0 3, Silas Cram 4 3-5 11, Michael Zastroupil 4 0-0 8, Vandenhoogen 4 0-0 8, Boe Rewey 0 0-0 0. FG: 18. FT: 11-14. 3-pointers: 7 (Laudon 5, Worden 1, Vandenhoogen 1). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-13.
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN (64): Gabe Heiges 5 3-5 15, Eligh Erickson 2 0-0 5, Riley Lindell 0 0-0 0, Wyatt Schlueter 4 0-0 12, Blessings Kapande 0 0-0 0, Ezra Schaser 0 0-0 0, Cael Loberger 0 0-0 0, Braden Heiges 6 2-3 15, Caleb Dahlke 6 1-3 17. FG: 23. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 12 (Schlueter 4, Dahlke 4, G. Heiges 2, Erickson 1, B. Heiges 1). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-9.