Xavier boys basketball upsets top-seed Laconia in WIAA Division 3 regional final

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ROSENDALE – The Xavier boys basketball team went on the road for the second-straight day and came away with another big playoff win.

The No. 5 seeded Hawks overcame a four-point halftime deficit to defeat No. 1 seed Laconia 67-62 in a WIAA Division 3 regional final Saturday night at Laconia High School.

Xavier (21-6) moves on to a D-3 sectional semifinal against No. 3 seed Little Chute on Wednesday at Menasha beginning at 7 p.m.

Logan Ramczyk scored a game-high 22 points, and Kyler Bleck and Luke Oelhafen each added 11 in the victory for Xavier, which reaches the sectionals for the third-straight season.

Cash Farrell led Laconia (21-5) with 20 points.

Hawks 67, Spartans 62
Xavier   30   37   –   67
Laconia   34   28   –   64
XAVIER (67): Logan Ramczyk 9-19 1-1 22, Kyler Bleck 2-5 6-6 11, Caden Schuler 0-0 0-0 0, Joe Gallucci 3-5 3-6 9, Jonah Gentry 1-1 0-0 3, Grant Neumann 2-3 1-2 6, Cole Hietpas 2-6 0-0 5, Luke Oelhafen 5-15 1-2 11. FG: 24-54. FT: 12-17. 3-pointers: 7-22 (Ramczyk 3-7, Gentry 1-1, Neumann 1-1, Bleck 1-3, Hietpas 1-4, Oelhafen 0-6). Rebounds: 25 (Oelhafen 9). Record: 21-6.
LACONIA (64): Cam Smit 15, Cash Farrell 20, Ethan Pinno 8, Carter Bonlender 9, Rhett Gerrits 0, Sam Bartz 4, Nick Blank 6. Record: 21-5.