Brodhead, Big Foot notch comfortable wins in playoff openers

No. 5 seed Brodhead raced out to a 32-point halftime lead with 51 points in the first 18 minutes of its 78-40 WIAA Division 4 regional win over No. 12 Wisconsin Heights on Tuesday night in Brodhead.

Addison Yates led the Cardinals with 28 points, and Alecia Dahl scored 26.

Brodhead’s win sets up a meeting with No. 4 Belleville at 7 p.m. Friday night in Belleville.

BRODHEAD 78, WISCONSIN HEIGHTS 40

Heights 19 21 — 40

Brodhead 51 27 — 78

Wisconsin Heights (fg ftm-fta pts) — Severson 5 0-0 11, Keil 1 0-0 3, Teela 3 2-4 8, Schdeimann 1 0-0 2, Robenden 4 6-11 14, Talschewer 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 8-15 40.

Brodhead (fg ftm-fta pts) — Yates 9 6-11 28, Hilliard 2 0-1 4, Dahl 9 4-5 26, Hawkins 1 0-4 2, Jones 2 0-1 4, Schooff 2 0-0 4, Schwartz 0 1-2 1, Williams 4 1-4 9. Totals 29 12-28 78.

3-point goals — WH 2 (Severson, Keil), B 8 (Yates 4, Dahl 4). Total fouls — WH 22, B 13. Fouled out — Robenden (WH).

Walworth Big Foot 47, River Valley 31 — The seventh-seeded Chiefs got 18 points from Leah Paulsen and nine from Mya Gonzalez to set up a meeting with No. 2 seed Madison Edgewood on Friday. The Crusaders are ranked third in the state in Division 3, according to WisSports.net.

Big Foot jumped out to a 28-8 halftime lead — after River Valley made just a single field goal in the opening 18 minutes — and never looked back. Friday’s game is in Madison at 7 p.m.

WALWORTH BIG FOOT 47, RIVER VALLEY 31

River Valley 8 23 — 31

Big Foot 28 19 — 47

River Valley (fg ftm-fta pts) — Osborn 1 0-0 3, Lilla 1 0-0 2, Gostomski 1 0-0 3, Stokes 1 6-9 9, DeVinney 3 0-0 8, Spann 0 4-4 4, Billhorn 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 10-13 31.

Walworth Big Foot (fg ftm-fta pts) — Klamm 2 0-0 4, Paulsen 7 1-2 18, Gonzalez 4 0-1 9, Hummel 3 0-0 7, Lueck 2 1-2 6, Anderson 1 1-1 3. Totals 19 3-6 47.

3-point goals — RV 5 (DeVinney 2, Osborn, Gostomski, Stokes), BF 6 (Paulsen 3, Gonzalez, Hummel, Lueck). Total fouls — RV 13, BF 12. Fouled out — None.

Fennimore 72, Orfordville Parkview 27 — No further information was reported. The Vikings finish the season 8-16 overall with a 6-6 mark in Trailways South play, good for fourth place.