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MADISON, Wis. (AP) While his teammates chose to wear neon green shoes in their title defense, senior Duane Wil son went with simple sneakers and white socks with a large pink decal for breast cancer aware ness. It was a shout-out to his moth er, Lashonda Lever, who under went successful breast cancer surgery Wednesday. Playing the tournament in his mother's honor, Wilson scored 26 points to lead Whitefish Bay Dominican to a 57-44 victory over Auburndale to win the WIAA Division 4 state champi onship Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center. She's texted me every morn ing, Wilson said. I was at ease today. That really helped me a lot. My teammates picked me up. Dominican (24-4) won its sec ond straight state championship and fourth overall after shooting 49 percent (24 for 49) from the floor. They took control with a 12-0 second-quarter run that Wilson orchestrated with his passing and athleticism. He had a hand in eight of the points, including a behind-the-back pass that teammate Diamond Stone slammed in and a one-handed dunk that brought the crowd to its feet. It was pretty fun, said Wil son, who added five rebounds and seven assists. Usually we don't get that many fast breaks. Lever was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and under went surgery the day before the Knights faced Cuba City in the semifinals. Wilson responded to that emotional challenge with 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists in a 55-47 victory, setting the tone for the weekend. It feels great to win it for my mom, he said. Her birthday is coming up, so it's like an early birthday present for her. It's a blessing that I can play up here and a blessing that her surgery went well. Stone, regarded as one of the top sophomore prospects in the nation, added 22 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. He also added three blocks .Duane and Diamond really controlled things for us, Domini can coach Derek Berger said. Once again, we had some role players step up,but they hit big shots and made big stops for us. Senior Austin Hawkins scored a game-high 31 points and added 13 rebound for Auburndale (26- 2), which fell to 2-3 in state championship games. Auburn dale struggled to match the phys icality and talent of two players who will likely play Division 1 college basketball within the next three years. They are high Division 1 guys, Apaches coach Chad Weinfurter said. We don't have the athletes to match up with that, but we hung with them. I thought our kids did a good job executing what we could.” Roberts scores 13, Randolph wins 0-5 title MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Winning the school's 10th state title in 18 sea sons and improving to an impressive 18-1 record at the Kohl Center, Ran dolph coach Bob Haffele attributed his program's unparalleled stretch to one constant defense. We have guys that don't worry about their points, Haffele said. It's all about the team. When pushed by one of any two undefeated teams left in the state, Randolph asserted itself defensively down the stretch to beat Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, 48-42, to win the WIAA Division 5 state championship Saturday at the Kohl Center. The 10 titles is the most of any WIAA member school for Randolph (27-2), playing at state for the ninth time in the last 12 years and 15th time overall. It's ridiculous to do what our pro gram has done, Haffele said. You have to give credit to our kids. They made plays when they had to. The Rockets outrebounded their opponents 34-24 and used their size on the interior to take control of the game after falling behind 42-41 with 3:44 remaining. Randolph closed the game on a 7-0 run, including four from junior Kyle Roberts, who scored a team high 13 points and hit the go-ahead jumper with 2:48 remaining to put Randolph ahead for good. I am a little hard on Kyle at times and he's still learning, but he's a bat tler Haffele said. He's long, athletic and gets after it.” Senior Travis Voigt had a game high 14 points for the Blazers (28-1) He hit the second of consecutive 3- pointers to give his team the lead late, but Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran went cold from there, missing three 3-pointers that would have tied the game or given the Blazers the lead. It really came down to the last two minutes, said Lutheran coach Mark Meerstein, as the Blazers went 5-for-23 from 3-point range. We missed some shots that we usually don't miss. The Blazers were making their third state appearance in the past four seasons but are still searching for their first title. Haffele, who previously said he would retire once he reached 10 titles, was noncommittal about his future. He said he entered this sea son thinking another title was improbable, but he gained optimism as the season progressed. I had a feeling, Haffele said, that somehow we'd get it done.
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