Xavier boys basketball rips Berlin to capture WIAA Division 3 regional title

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BERLIN – No. 3 seed Xavier rushed out to a commanding 18-point lead by halftime and cruised to a 76-52 win over No. 2 seed Berlin in a WIAA Division 3 boys basketball regional final Saturday night at Berlin High School.

Xavier (19-7) will take on No. 1 seed Brillion (23-3) in a sectional semifinal Thursday at Oshkosh North High School. No. 1 Freedom (25-1) and No. 2 Seymour (25-1) will play in the other sectional semifinal at Ashwaubenon, with the winners meeting in a sectional championship game on Saturday, March 14, to play for a berth in the state tournament.

The Hawks led 41-23 at halftime and finished off the victory by outscoring Berlin (21-5) by six points the rest of the way to clinch a regional championship.

Logan Ramczyk and Kyler Bleck each scored 21 points, and Caden Schuler chipped in 11 for Xavier, which shot 54 percent from the field. Ramczyk also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.

Hawks 76, Indians 52
Xavier   41   35   –   76
Berlin   23   29   –   52
XAVIER (76): Logan Ramczyk 7-14 5-6 21, Kyler Bleck 8-11 4-5 21, Caden Schuler 4-8 1-2 11, Quinn Comerford 3-7 3-3 9, Grant Neumann 1-3 2-2 4, Kolbe Donnermeyer 1-1 0-1 2, Rylan Heyndrickx 0-0 0-0 0, Osaze Fourmiller 1-3 2-2 4, Porter Meach 0-0 0-0 0, Owen McGreevey 1-1 0-0 2, Ben Kappell 1-2 0-0 2, Owen Hermes 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 27-50. FT: 17-21. 3-pointers: 5-17 (Schuler 2-5, Ramczyk 2-6, Bleck 1-1, Neumann 0-1, Fourmiller 0-1, Kappell 0-1, Comerford 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (Ramczyk 7). Record: 19-7.
BERLIN (52): Statistics not reported. Record: 21-5.