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    Page 2 DEFENDING THE TITLE March 16, 2013

    Moments after coaching theGermantown boys basketball team to itssecond straight boys Division I title March9, Coach Steve Coach Showalter recalledthe last time his team lost the March 15,2011 defeat to Appleton East in Oskhosh,

    under the since scrapped Super Tuesdayformat of having the Division I quarterfinalplayed on a neutral court. Germantownlost 53-52, though replays showed thegame clock did not start on time.

    Showalter referred to the game as theSuper Tuesday debacle, noting that thejunior class from that team said to eachother they werent going to lose again.

    Germantown has no lost since. TheWarhawks completed a 28-0 record in the2011-12 season with victory overMilwaukee Rufus King in the March 17,2012 title match.

    While Germantown was favored tomake a strong challenge for this yearsstate title, the Warhawks entered the sea-son having to fill four of the five starting

    spots for players who graduated. Thedepth from the previous season was criti-cal to this years team, as three of the spotswere filled with returning players whoplayed key roles in the championship runthe previous season. Germantown alsobenefitted from two players who movedinto the village from a neighboring com-munity.

    The Germantown program had

    emerged within the past decade, making itto the sectional final in 2007 before break-ing through with state tournament quarter-final appearances in 2008 and 2009. TheWarhawks stayed in the role of contenderin following seasons, making it to the sec-

    tional round until contending for a spot forthe state tournament in the Super Tuesdaycontest in 2011.

    Germantowns first title was won with agroup of players who learned the gametogether and lived through the ups anddowns of being a contender.

    This year would be different. This yearGermantown was the favorite, and everyteam the Warhawks would play knew whothey were and were ready for them.Competing teams threw every defenseimaginable at the Warhawks and eachopposing player was prepared with everyoffensive set that could challengeGermantowns defense.

    The Warhawks answered the chal-lenge. Germantown won playing its

    uptempo game or the grind-it-out styleimposed upon them by opponents late inthe season. Germantown won with its fivestarting players and from strong contribu-tions from its bench.

    Germantown remained undefeated,ending the season with a 56-game win-ning streak that dates back to the last sea-son. In the process, Germantown would beranked second in the nation nationally by

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    Moments after answering several ques-tions about Germantowns state semifinalwin over Oshkosh North March 8,Warhawks Coach Steve Showalter whojust finished his 13th season as coach wasasked to look back when he took over theprogram and his first years at the position.

    Its an incredible feeling, Showaltersaid, recalling a moment from last yearstournament run wondering how the experi-ence was possible.

    Never could I imagine wed have ateam out on the court (for the state tourna-ment) and never could I imagine that wedbe this close again. Weve worked extreme-ly hard and I got to give all the credit to ouryouth club and our kids who worked so hardon the way up to our program, Showaltersaid.

    The next evening, moments after winning

    From Super Tuesday to 56-0

    An incredible feelingCoach reflects on second championship team

    Germantowns Evan Wesenberg awaits the start of the WIAA DIvision 1Championship game against Mukwonago March 9 while the Germantown studentsection cheers in the background. Photo by Thomas J. McKillen.

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    one polling service while senior LukeFischer would be named the states Mr.Basketball.

    Its been a long journey a longmarch to get here, Coach Showalter said

    after Germantown 57-28 win overMukwonago in the state final. Once wedid it, it was much more difficult to do it

    again.In 2011-12, Germantown emerged to

    become an undefeated state champion.This year, the Warhawks turned backevery challenge to defend the title.

    By Thomas J. McKillen, ManagingEditor

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    Even before the boys state basketballtournament was completed, the individualawards and honors started to be announced,and Germantowns Luke Fischer received

    one of the biggest awards.Fischer who will be playing basketballat Indiana next season was named Mr.Basketball by the Wisconsin BasketballCoaches Association, finishing on top of asenior class that included high profile playerssuch as Matt Thomas of Onalaska (who willplay at Iowa State next year), Duane Wilsonof Dominican (Marquette), Deonte Burton ofMilwaukee Vincent (Marquette) BronsonKoenig of LaCrosse Aquinas (Wisconsin)and Nick Fuller of Sun Prairie (Nebraska).

    In the post-game press conference fol-lowing the state semifinal win over OshkoshNorth March 8, Fischer said he found outabout the honor from Coach Steve Showalterduring the team shootaround earlier in theday.

    Its a great feeling. I cant believe it actu-ally happened this year with so many good

    players in this class, Fischer said, mention-ing several of the other candidates for theaward.

    Im honored to be named Mr.Basketball this year, Fischer said.

    Coach Showalter added that wins tellthe story as most of his starters were on thebench in the second half after his team gotout to big leads on opponents.

    In the games prior to the state tourna-ment, Fischer averaged 20.5 points pergame and grabbed 9.4 rebounds per game.

    Coach Showalter said that most of Fischerspoints and rebounds came during the firsthalf or early in the third quarter.

    For what were trying to do out here,Luke has done everything that I ever askedhim to do. Humble, never celebrates except in volleyball hes not out there beat-ing his chest, Showalter said. If he doessomething good, he puts his head down andhes ready for the next play, which is what Ilove.

    In addition, two Germantown players

    Lamonte Bearden and Jake Showalter received honorable mention recognitionsfrom the coaches panel that voted for the All-State team.

    Besides the coaches honor, Fischer wasalso named Most Valuable Player of thestate tournament while Showalter wasnamed to the All-State Tournament Team. Theteam was chosen by a media panel coveringthe tournament.

    Germantown also found itself being men-tioned in national poll rankings. The

    Warhawks ended the season ranked secondon the MaxPreps Xcellent 25, just behindLone Peak of Highland, UT. In addition,Germantown was ranked 19th in the USAToday Super 25.

    To be ranked in the country, thats unbe-lievable as far as what I would ever dreamfor my team and my program. Thats such atribute to what weve done to build thisthing, Coach Showalter said.

    By Thomas J. McKi llen, Managin gEditor

    Postseason honorsFischer named Mr. Basketball; Showalter named to tourney team

    Luke Fischer, Germantown Coach Steve Showalter and Jake Showalter answer questions following the Warhawks statesemifinal victory over Oshkosh North March 8. Photo by Thomas J. McKillen.

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    After a 28-0 championship season in2011-12, Germantown began the seasonranked first in the state coaches poll.

    While four of the five starters from the pre-vious years team graduated, center andIndiana University recruit Luke Fischerreturned.

    Fischer was joined by the starting lineupby Jake Showalter, Jon Averkamp and EvanWesenberg, all of whom played significantminutes coming off the bench the previous sea-son. New to the program was LamonteBearden, who along with his brother Brianmoved into the community from the Mequon-Thiensville School District.

    December 2012: Early challengesand strong performances

    Germantown faced its two main NorthShore Conference rivals right away. On Nov.27, the Warhawks turned back an early chal-lenge from Homestead, which led 18-16 afterthe first quarter.

    Germantown finished the second quarterby scoring the eight final points and held a 36-22 lead at halftime. The Warhawks main-tained a lead between eight and 14 points

    throughout third quarter. A three-point basketby Jake Showalter gave Germantown a 70-52lead with 2:54 remaining before the teamstraded baskets in the closing minutes of play asGermantown won 78-62..

    Afterward, Coach Steve Showalter saidhis team was different from last year and Imstill learning them, theyre still learning things.Chemistry wise, its different.

    We took a couple shots to chin and wewobbled a little bit, but I think we regained ourfeet and our guys did a pretty good job,

    Showalter said.Germantown took charge early three days

    later against Whitefish Bay, scoring the first 13points against the Blue Dukes. When Fischerpicked up his second foul with 2:38 left in thefirst quarter, the Warhawks responded with an

    8-2 run. The domination continued in the sec-ond half, as Germantown led by 35 or morepoints on the way to a 107-65 victory.

    Afterward, Germantown CoachShowalter predicted the game the next day a Dec. 1 nonconference matchup against

    Brookfield Central "is going to tell us a lotabout ourselves."

    His words proved prophetic, as theWarhawks faced its toughest matchup of theseason. The score was tied 64-64 whenGermantown had possession of the ball with40 seconds remaining. The Warhawks held

    onto the ball until the closing seconds whenDearionte Hudson attempted a shot. Fischergrabbed the rebound and put it in the basketto secure the win for Germantown.

    Following that close win, Germantown fin-ished the month with wins over Grafton Dec. 7(74-42), Cedarburg Dec. 11 (105-27),Milwaukee Lutheran Dec. 14 (75-39),Menomonee Falls Dec. 15 (87-44) and PortWashington Dec. 21 (71-45).

    On Dec. 22, Germantown faced East Troyat the Al McGuire Center, winning 80-36against a team that later played in the Division3 state semifinals.

    Germantown finished 2012 at theWisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout atConcordia University Dec. 27-28. TheWarhawks opened the Dec. 27 game with a16-2 run against Arrowhead and ended it witha 28-10 scoring run in the fourth quarter to

    win 100-47.The next evening, Riverside stayed close to

    Germantown early, taking a 16-15 lead overthe Warhawks in the first quarter. ButGermantown took advantage of early foultrouble by Riverside to open a nine point leadby halftime and started the third quarter with10 straight points on the way to a 79-50 win.

    Coach Showalter later indicated he wasconcerned the Riverside contest would be a

    Looking back: Season begins with early challenges

    Left photo: Jake Showalter attempts a layup against Whitefish Bay Nov. 30. Rightphoto: Evan Wesenberg converts a layup against Homestead Nov. 27. Photos byThomas J. McKillen.

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    trap game after the dominating win overArrowhead the previous evening. Riversidewas quicker early in the game and it tookawhile for his team to adjust.

    We figured out a way to win. It wasnt

    easy, but we figured out a way to win, hesaid.

    JanuaryFeb. 1, 2013: Winningthe conference

    Germantown began January with itstoughest conference North Shore Conference

    matchup of the season. It then startedFebruary by winning the conference title out-right.

    On Jan. 4, Nicolet staged a 23-7 run inthe second half that cut the Warhawks lead to67-63 with approximately four minutes left.Fischer responded with several key basketsand free throws to secure a 76-69 win forGermantown.

    Playing the conference rivals for the sec-ond time in the season with most of thegames on the road the victory margins wereless as teams played Germantown differently.Germantown beat Homestead 72-51 on Jan.10 and followed that win with a 73-60 victoryat Whitefish Bay Jan. 18. Against WhitefishBay, Germantown put the game out of reachby scoring the first eight points in the fourthquarter.

    Germantown then edged closer to a con-

    ference title with a 75-51 win over GraftonJan. 25 before facing Whitef ish BayDominican the next evening in a high profilenon-conference game that featured two teamsthat later won state championships (Dominicanwon the Division 4 title). Coach Showalteradded that the game prepared both teams forgames further down the road in the postsea-son.

    The Knights started the game with a 14-11lead before Germantown rallied, as a 6-3 rungave Germantown a 33-25 halftime lead.

    Germantowns shooters broke the gameopen in the third quarter, with both JakeShowalter and Brian Bearden scoring on con-secutive three point attempts as Germantownheld a 61-41 third quarter lead and scored thefirst eight points of the fourth quarter on theway to a 88-53 victory.

    Three days later, Germantown secured ashare of the conference title with a 79-35 winover Cedarburg. The Warhawks clinched thetitle outright with a 94-44 win at MilwaukeeLutheran Feb. 1.

    We took care of business and did whatwe needed to do this week, Coach Showaltersaid after the win over Milwaukee Lutheran.

    Showalter noted that his message to theteam at halftime was to not let up which hesaid would remain the message through therest of the season.

    Were not going to let up. Were going toplay as hard as we can. Every game, play ashard as we can with every possession, hesaid.

    The Warhawks finished the regular seasonwith dominating wins over Wisconsin LutheranFeb. 5 (84-51), Port Washington Feb. 8 (78-35), Hartford Feb. 9 (80-48) and Nicolet Feb.

    14 (99-45).

    The postseason pushGermantown opened the postseason Feb.

    22 with a 90-22 win over Waukesha South.While South trailed 14-10 toward the end ofthe first quarter, the Warhawks scored ninestraight points to end the quarter and went ona 26-point run in the second quarter.

    The next evening, Germantown secured

    Looking back: Warhawks win conference, dominate regional bracket

    Left photo: Dearionte Hudson converts a basket against Milwaukee Riverside Nov.28. Right photo: Lamonte Bearden scores against East Troy Dec. 22. Photos byThomas J. McKillen.

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    the regional bracket with a 70-44 conferencewin over North Shore Conference rivalHomestead.

    Germantown (24-0) kept a double digitlead throughout the first half. Homestead

    scored seven straight points late in the secondto cut the deficit to 10 points at 29-19. A three-point play by Bearden ended the first half scor-ing with Germantown leading 32-19. TheWarhawks had a 54-35 advantage enteringthe fourth quarter.

    At the Feb. 28 sectional semifinal atWaukesha West, Arrowhead stayed close toGermantown through the third quarter, asArrowheads Dominic Todarello and D.J.Escamilla converted three-point baskets tomake the score 39-33 midway through thethird quarter.

    Fischer and Lamonte Bearden carried theGermantown team on their backs in the finalquarter of regulation, scoring a combined 13points down the stretch to increase the marginback to double digits.

    Two days later Germantown faced DePere in the second sectional final matchupbetween the two teams in two years.

    De Pere played another physical gameagainst Germantown and the Warhawks wereready for the challenge. "We knew that theywanted to push us around, and we were readyfor it," Fischer said.

    The Redbirds kept the pressure on theWarhawks late in the third quarter with back-

    to-back three-pointers by senior SpencerMocarski and junior Mitch Winter to cut theGermantown lead down to 49-45. A three-point basket by Wesenberg and much-neededscoring from Fischer and Lamonte Beardenhelped the Warhawks close out the third quar-ter with a 60-47 advantage.

    With the exception of Wesenbergs bas-ket, Germantowns 11 points in the final quar-ter came from either Lamonte or BrianBearden. The pressure finally wore De Peredown.

    "We just kept on going," Fischer said. "Wedidnt get tired at all. We just kept pushingand kept going."

    Returning to stateGermantown headed into the state tourna-

    ment as the defending champion with an unde-feated record, which included wins over threeother teams Wisconsin Lutheran, East Troyand Whitefish Bay Dominican that were alsoin the tournament in other divisions.

    At first, history appeared to be repeatingitself at the tournament, as Jake Showalter who converted several three point baskets inthe state semifinal against Madison Memorialin 2012 tied a state tournament record withseven three-point baskets against OshkoshWest in this years state semifinal. Afterward,

    Jake Showalter noted the team spent the pastweek preparing for Wests 1-3-1 zone.

    I knew that I could find holes in theirdefense. I knew I could get my shot off in thiszone, Showalter said afterward.

    When asked about the record later,Showalter said it didnt really click in my mindabout the record, I just wanted to hit somethrees.

    Lamonte Bearden scored points at the endof the first and second quarters to add toGermantowns lead. The outside scoring

    opened up the lane for Fischer, who had 32points.

    While one game away from a state title,with the opponent yet to be determined theMukwonago-Milwaukee Rufus King game fol-lowed the Germantown semifinal CoachShowalter kept the focus on being ready forwhoever was next.

    We know theres two good teams outthere were not stupid, he said after thestate semifinal win. (Milwaukee Rufus) Kingreally woke us up last in that championshipgame when we thought we were really ridinghigh last year at this point. We come in, beatMemorial handily and we think were going towalk to the championship obviously, it didnot happen. They woke us up and now weknow that no matter who wins the game wehave to prepare all night tonight and tomorrowduring the day and prepare to play in thischampionship game.

    The who turned out to be the biggest sur-prise of the state tournament, as King lost in theother state semifinal to Mukwonago, 64-47.

    The championship game was playedlargely on Mukwonagos terms, as the Indiansslowed the pace. While Germantown held a15-3 lead at the 3:27 at the 3:27 mark fol-lowing a layup by Brian Bearden,Mukwonagos Nate Tanguay converted a freethrow and later a three-point basket as theGermantown lead was down to 15-7 by theend of the quarter. More concerning was thatFischer and Wesenberg both had two fouls,with Fischer spending time on the bench in the

    first quarter.Mukwonagos deliberate play kept the

    Indians in the game, as a free throw byTanguay cut Germantowns lead to 23-18 with1:02 before halftime.

    Teams play us all different ways everygame and weve found ways to find through

    every different style and that definitely was astyle, Coach Showalter said afterward.

    He noted that much of what his team wascounting on for the game wasnt happening.

    We wanted to keep Luke on the floor thewhole game, we didnt do that. We wantedLamonte to have a really good game from thefield, he was 1-11. We wanted Jake to light itup from outside, he was 1-5 I dont knowwhat happened, Showalter said. Wereused to scoring 80 points a game, our guyswere sitting on the bench and not makingshots, I cant even explain what happened.

    Germantowns defense rose to the occa-sion, as the Mukwonago had a 20.9 percentshooting percentage and was outscored byGermantown 11-4 in the third quarter, givingGermantown a 36-22 lead. After concedingtwo free throws to Nick Blohm at the 5:37mark of the fourth quarter, Germantownscored the next 19 points to secure the title.

    I was pulling my hair out tonight. I had noidea of what to do. Luckily, they werent scor-ing, Coach Showalter admitted afterwards.If they were scoring, I would have had noanswer.

    He then added: For us to be able to per-severe and adapt to the situation it wasntGermantown basketball by any means. But tobe able to win by a pretty good margin at theend against a solid team we fought throughit and figured out a way.

    Reported by Managing Editor Thomas J.McKillen and Correspondent Troy Sparks

    Left photo: Luke Fischer (left) is guarded by a De Pere player in the sectional finalMarch 2. Bottom photo: Brian Bearden is hit in the forehead by a Mukwonagoplayer while trying to drive toward the basket in the state title game March 9.

    Photos by Thomas J. McKillen.

    From page 5

    ...At state: Mukwonago challenges Germantown

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