All in all, it turned out to be a successful three days for area wrestlers at the WIAA State Individual Tournament, held Feb. 26-28 at the Kohl Center in Madison.

Saturday, Feb. 28

Lena 47, Three Lakes/Phelps 44

Lena’s girls basketball team needed its three-point halftime lead as both teams scored 24 points after the break, giving the Wildcats a 47-44 regional title win over Three Lakes/Phelps.

Carla Caballero-Morante led Lena with 16 points, while Ella Thomson scored 13 and Alisa Finger had six.

Any chance the Spooner girls basketball team had of pulling off a major upset in the WIAA state tournament didn’t last very long.

Rory Salvesen and Melaina Granquist made sure it didn’t happen.

Friday, Feb. 27

Bay Area 3, Lakeshore Lightning 1

After defeating the Lakeshore Lightning by a 4-0 score Dec. 4 and a 3-1 score Jan. 17, the third time was a charm for the Bay Area Ice Bears girls hockey team as they punched their ticket to state, defeating the Lightning 3-1 on Feb. 27.

Despite a few warm snaps (one that canceled the fishing portion of Battle on Bago ice fishing tournament that I wrote about last time), this crushing winter is really wearing most of us thin.

As I get older, I find my hands and feet get cold much quicker. It’s probably related to my type 2 diabetes or maybe because I don’t walk as much as I should. But it’s a great time to catch up on my reading.

Thursday, Feb. 26

Bonduel 83, Weyauwega-Fremont 53

Bonduel’s boys basketball team finished the regular season with a perfect 14-0 conference mark and 21-3 overall with an 83-53 win over Weyauwega-Fremont.

The Bears have won 46 consecutive conference games over the past four years.