Student Reporter: Nick Bornheimer
The air was tense as the number one seeded Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets took on the eighth seeded Horicon Marshmen in the first round of post-season play on Tuesday, March 3. The Rockets exploded out of the gates, scoring the first seven points of the game, but early foul trouble for the Rocket’s big man, Jesse Anderson, helped the upset hungry Marshmen to put together an impressive surge late in the first quarter. Horicon went on an 11-3 run to close out the quarter and take their first lead of the game.
Scoring went back and forth at the beginning of the second quarter until Chris Peterson, senior forward for the Rockets, sparked a 17-3 run off the bench which accounted for 13 of his 17 points in the second quarter. Peterson hit a fade-away three pointer as time expired in the first half, giving the Rockets a 32-19 lead and full momentum going into the second half.
“I knew someone needed to step up,” said Chris Peterson in a post-game interview. “I wasn’t ready to stop the train in the first round; I still have a lot of basketball in me.”
It was smooth sailing the rest of the game for the Rockets, starting the third quarter on a 9-2 run and not looking back. Bench players contributed down the stretch, scoring 31 points in the team’s 66-43 win. The victory advances Cedar Grove-Belgium to the quarter finals and marks their fourteenth win in their last fifteen games.
Chris Peterson scored a game high 17 points, and Josh Peterson earned a double-double, finishing with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Senior Mike Michalovitz of the Marshmen led the team in scoring with 10 points and added 4 boards. The Rocket’s next mission will be to take on the fifth seeded Dodgeland Trojans this Thursday at home, hoping to prolong an exciting season for both the players and fans alike.
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