Tomorrow at approximately 5:30pm, the 5 ranked team in Division 2 Seymour Thunder will take on the Grafton Black Hawks. Seymour is 8-1 on the season, and their only blemish was against Division 1 Green Bay Southwest. They are led by Dakota Oskey, a terrific junior that earned all league honors last season. He is averaging 17.6 points per game. Oskey was also the quarterback for the football team this past fall. His backcourt mate, Sandy Cohen, is a smooth all-around player that is averaging 15.8 points per game, and both will be playing college basketball in a couple years. Grafton is struggling through a 3-6 season, but also play in one of the best conferences in the entire state, the North Shore. They have a Division 1 college recruit in Scotty Tyler, who has made a commitment to play college basketball at Idaho State next season. He is their leading scorer, averaging 14.8 points per contest. He is ranked 16 best in the state by Mark Miller of the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook. "(Tyler) can make shots from behind the 3 point arc as well as find open teammates with his outstanding passing skills." Grafton has a new coach, Bob Maronde, who led the girls' basketball team to state championships in 2007 and 2009. He takes over for Kevin McKenna, who took the coaching job at league rival Homestead. Expect this one to be close, but Seymour should come out with a win.
