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Clintonville’s season ends at regionals

Madison Dunn reflects on basketball career

By Erik Buchinger


The Clintonville girls’ basketball team’s season ended in the WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinals with a 67-30 road loss to Xavier on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

In her final game in a Clintonville uniform, senior Madison Dunn said she was proud of how hard the team played despite the outcome.

“It didn’t go exactly how we wanted it to go, but I still felt we played well as a team,” Dunn said. “It wasn’t the best way to end the season, but I thought my teammates did really well, and I was glad with how everybody played.”

Clintonville got off to a quick start, and Lizzy Weatherwax knocked down a three to give the Truckers a 9-3 lead. She scored seven of the team’s first nine points.

Xavier responded with 18 unanswered points as part of a 31-3 run, and the Truckers went into halftime trailing 38-16.

“The game started out good for us when we got up 9-3, but then we couldn’t handle the pace of the game,” Clintonville head coach Nick Yaeger said.

Clintonville’s Erin Viergutz began the second half with a put-back layup for two of her six points, but the Truckers were unable to cut into the deficit in the loss.

Weatherwax and Lindsy Carpenter led the Truckers with seven points each in the loss.

Rebekah Vande Hey scored a game-high 26 points for Xavier.

“We couldn’t stop Vande Hey, who is a very good ball player,” Yaeger said. “We need to understand to play better as a team. We gave up big points to individuals all year long in games, and this game was no different.”

With five seconds left, Yaeger pulled Dunn out of the game to an ovation from the Clintonville crowd.

“I was very emotional, and was like, ‘Wow, this is the last game I’m ever going to play,’” Dunn said. “So I was just really sad about it, but also I was happy I got to spend the last moments with my team.”

As the lone senior on the team, Dunn reflected on her four years in the Clintonville basketball program.

“It was really great,” Dunn said. “I made a lot of really good memories, and it’s really cheesy to say, but they really did become like my family, and I wouldn’t have wanted to spend it with anybody else.”

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