EAST DUBUQUE, Ill.—The South Beloit boys basketball team had tried to prepare for postseason play by going up against a strong Lena-Winslow squad in its regular season finale.
The result? The SoBos were stomped 55-24. But it turns out that South Beloit had learned a little something from the matchup after all.
The SoBos won their third-straight regional championship by downing the sixth-seeded Panthers 48-44 in the 1A East Dubuque Regional finals.
Ross Robertson, South Beloit’s all-time leading scorer, helped spur the win with his team-high 21 points. Behind the junior was balanced scoring as Desmond Hampton, Coltan Porter and TreyMon Payton-Ruff all contributed eight points.
The third-seeded SoBos (25-7) had advanced to the championship against fifth-seeded Lena-Winslow (23-9) with an exciting 32-32 win over East Dubuque on Wednesday night.
Robertson provided a double-double by pouring on 16 points and snatching 14 rebounds while Hampton hit a layup with under a minute to go that proved to be the game-winner.
South Beloit’s defense got one final stop on the Warriors (20-12) to seal the victory.
The SoBos will face first-seeded Eastland (25-9) in the sectional semifinals at River Ridge High School in Hanover on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• In other girls playoff area games, 12th-seeded Beloit Memorial (8-13) fell to 77-37 to No. 5 Waunakee (13-13) in its regional opener. Tessa Bryan scored 26 points for the Warriors but no other stats were reported.
In Division 3, no stats were reported as No. 7 Big Foot (9-17) was defeated 66-25 by No. 2 Edgewood (23-3). And in Division 4, no stats were reported as No. 5 Brodhead edged No. 4 Belleville (16-8) 53-50 before the Cardinals (18-9) lost to No. 1 New Glarus (23-2) 72-49 in the regional championship.
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