Hawks dominant in win

After falling to Luxemburg-Casco 52-44 Monday night, the Shawano Community High School boys basketball team righted itself Tuesday night against Denmark.

The Hawks (10-7, 8-3 Bay) dominated from the opening tip, finishing off the Bay Conference foe 67-33.

“We were due to shoot it well,” Shawano coach Chris Kellett said. “Shooting the ball goes along with playing unselfish, and I’m proud of my guys tonight for how well they passed with each other. We truly played like a team and we were able to pull one out.”

Dillon Frechette, a 5-foot-10 senior guard, led the charge off the bench. He hit two 3-point shots in the first half, on his way to a game-high 14 points.

“Dillon Frechette didn’t start for us for the first time in a while,” Kellett said. “Sometimes it’s nice coming off the bench because they kind of forget about you and some guys are tired. Dillon went in, and not only did he score, he was very good on the defensive side of the ball, and that’s all we ask of him.”

With Shawano leading 19-7 after the first quarter, Denmark (3-14, 3-10 Bay) turned to Brent Rabas, a 6-foot senior guard who had two first-half 3-pointers and scored eight of his 11 first-half points in the second quarter.

Despite Rabas, Shawano continued to pull away. By halftime, it was 35-19 and the Hawks put together a 23-4 run, led by Zeke Gueths.

Gueths, a 6-foot-6 center, scored four points in the first half, but exploded for nine in the third quarter, moving people around in the paint.

“Can’t say enough about how Zeke has played the last three games,” Kellett said. “He’s been way more aggressive than he was earlier in the year. If Zeke can do that, he’s a heck of a player and I’m excited for him.”

With Shawano in control much of the game, Kellett took the opportunity to get a lot of players minutes, including Travis Geenen, who took over at point guard for Zack Sousek in the second quarter and helped expand the Hawks’ lead from 12 to 20 points.

“Travis was tremendous tonight, and that’s the Travis that we like to see,” Kellett said. “Hopefully we’ll continue to do that.”

The Hawks travel to West De Pere on Friday, where Kellett knows his team will have to play harder than it did in its previous win over the Phantoms.

“We’ll do some things differently against West De Pere than we did the first time,” Kellett said. “They’ll have more time to prep for us. … They’re an unbelievably talented team and no matter what we do, we have to play harder than they do and take care of the basketball.”

Denmark (33)

Rabas 4 1-3 11, A. Schultz 1 0-0 2, Collins 2 3-4 7, Havlovitz 1 0-0 2, Diny 1 00 2, Pelischek 1 2-2 4, J. Schultz 0 2-2 2, Whipp 1 0-2 2, Brunner 0 1-2 1

Shawano (67)

D. Frechette 5 2-2 14, Geenen 0 2-2 2, Kneuppel 2 1-2 5, Dallas 2 0-0 5, Sousek 1 1-2 3, Schlise 2 0-0 4, Bartz 1 0-0 2, Lacy 3 0-0 7, Quinn 3 0-0 7, A. Frechette 1 3-6 5, Gueths 6 1-1 13

Denmark 7 12 4 10 — 33

Shawano 19 16 23 9 — 67