Basketball

Mike Schachtner's European basketball career reached a new height when his team in Leiden won the league championship in The Netherlands last month. Schachtner produced one of the biggest moments of his career at the end of the opening game in the best-of-five championship series...

Taking second place in the Middle Border Conference standings helped the New Richmond girls basketball team land three players on the 2012-13 all-conference team. Junior Sydney Kannel was one of the six girls selected to the All-MBC first team. Tiger junior Mattie Kidder and sophomore...

New Richmond graduate Jodi Duffe has become a highly honored basketball official over the past 20 years. Her career reached a new peak last...

The boys basketball teams from Somerset and New Richmond were both well represented on the 2012-13 All-Middle Border Conference team. Somerset, which placed second in the conference standings, had three players receive All-MBC honors. Junior Gaelin Elmore was selected for the All-MBC...

Personal growth. Championships. Adversity. Tragedy. Resiliency. Somerset's Kellie Ring has run the gamut of emotions and experiences during her successful four-year basketball career at the University of St. Thomas. Ring improved each season. She had a breakout year in 2011-12 off...

It's been quite a freshman season for Tessa Cichy. Very few players go from being a walk-on to being a starter within their freshman season. Cichy, of Somerset, moved into the starting lineup for the University of Wisconsin-Madison women's basketball team during the Big Ten Conference...

The Somerset boys basketball team earned its second straight regional championship on Saturday. Now the Spartans are hoping to improve on last...

The Senior Night celebration for the New Richmond girls basketball team didn't have a great start, but it had a glorious finish. The Tigers...