Port boys parlay big first half into blowout; Grafton struggles

Fourteen Pirates played and 12 scored in an easy road win last week for the Port Washington High School boys’ basketball team last Saturday.

Port topped South Milwaukee, 76-43, after bolting to a 39-12 halftime lead.

Senior Cal Loose scored 14 points on 5-for-9 shooting. Senior Izaiah Scheftgen had 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting and senior Grady Karrels had 10 points on 4-for-8 shooting, along with six assists and four steals. Senior Colton Struckman had eight points on 3-for-5 shooting and six rebounds.

Port shot 30-for-55 from the field (55%).

“The guys are really starting to trust each other on both sides of the floor,” coach Garrett Hoffmann said. “We got all 14 of our healthy players good minutes, and it was fun to see.”

On Dec. 16, Port beat Kettle Moraine Lutheran, 76-60. The Chargers at the time were ranked 10 in the Division 3 Bound Wisconsin/Zaleski Sports Boys Basketball Media Poll.

Loose had 26 points on 11-for-18 shooting, eight rebounds and seven steals. Senior Aiden Mitchell had 19 points on 8-for-11 shooting, five rebounds and four assists. Karrels had nine points. Struckman had eight points on 3-for-4 shooting and five assists, and Scheftgen had seven points, nine rebounds and five assists.

Port shot 32-for-57 (56%) from the field and went 7-for-18 on three-pointers (39%).

Port, 6-1, plays in the Oostburg Holiday Classic after Christmas, first facing Winnebago Lutheran at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26. Two Rivers plays Oostburg at 6:30 p.m.

The consolation game starts at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, with the title game at 4:30 p.m.

Grafton, shorthanded due to injuries, lost to Homestead, 89-46, on Dec. 16 and, 103-42, at Nicolet last Friday.

The Black Hawks 2-7, play Kenosha Tremper at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday, Dec. 27.