AMHERST BOYS BASKETBALL SLIPS PAST WEYAUWEGA-FREMONT IN OVERTIME

Zaleski Sports

AMHERST – The Amherst boys basketball team charged back from a six-point halftime deficit to force overtime and went on to defeat Weyauwega-Fremont 52-50 in the Central Wisconsin Conference East Division and regular-season finale for both teams on Thursday at Amherst High School.

Weyauwega-Fremont (11-13, 4-8 CWC East) led 21-15 at halftime before the Falcons came back to force overtime and outscored the Warhawks 5-3 in the extra period to snag the win.

Wyatt Blaskowski scored 13 points and Spencer Cohen added 12 for Amherst.

Amherst will play a WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal at Clintonville on Tuesday.

Falcons 52, Warhawks 50 (OT)

Weyauwega-Fremont 21 26 3 - 50

Amherst 15 32 5 - 52

WEYAUWEGA-FREMONT (50): Statistics not reported. Record: 11-13, 4-8 Central Wisconsin Conference East Division.

AMHERST (52): Ian Hall 4-13 1-2 9, Jake Derezinski 0-3 0-2 0, Tyler Soulsby 3-11 0-0 7, Ethan Zilisch 0-4 0-0 0, Adam Jastromski 1-7 0-0 2, Matthew Glodowski 4-16 0-2 9, Wyatt Blaskowski 6-7 0-0 13, Parker Femal 0-1 0-0 0, Spencer Cohen 5-7 0-1 12. FG: 23-69. FT: 1-7. 3-pointers: 5-26 (Cohen 2-3, Blaskowski 1-2, Glodowski 1-6, Soulsby 1-7, Zilisch 0-1, Hall 0-3, Jastromski 0-4). Rebounds: 37 (Derezinski 7). Record: 13-11, 5-7 Central Wisconsin Conference East Division.