Tri-Star Basketball Results

Saturday, February 18th, 2023 -- 1:13 PM

The Optimist Club of Neillsville conducted their annual Tri-Star Basketball competition for boys and girls ages 8-13 on Friday, February 17th at the Neillsville Fieldhouse. Over 75 children participated with the top winners in each age category...

8 year olds:

Boys-

1st Hayden Poeschel 

2nd River Davel 

3rd Aiden Luchterhand

4th Caleb Slemec 

5th Hercules Paine 

6th Braxton Reints 

7th Gabe Carteron

8th Grayson Gurney 

9th Mason Gurney 

10th Matthew Kopp

Girls-

1st Olive Bennett 

2nd Brooke Spencer

9 Year Olds:

Boys-

1st  Lucus Luchterhand 

2nd  Garret Ehlen 

3rd  Corbin Wirkuty

4th Jarus Backaus 

5th Tripp Laufenberg 

6th Gavin Simpson 

7th Draven Phelps

Girls-

1st Harper Opelt

2nd Harper Ruzic

3rd Tyra Wuethrich

4th Addisyn Brown 

5th Alle Erickson & Emma Spencer

6th Bella Ehlen & Payton Zank

7th Grace Hagmann

10 Year Olds:

Boys- 

1st Evin Dittner 

2nd Zayden Knutson

3rd Ian Ochodnicky

Girls-

1st Olivia Roman 

2nd Kenzie Klimpke 

3rd Emerson Schoengarth 

4th Brielle Erickson 

5th McKenzie Smith 

6th Angela Paine

11 Year Olds:

Boys-

1st Jesse Backaus 

2nd Patrick Hausauer 

3rd Joseph Slemec

Girls-

1st Alexis Bergemann 

2nd Hadley Hare 

3rd Ali Shaw

4th Angelica Roman

5th Alexis Opelt

6th Courtney Paine

12 Year Olds:

Boys-

1st Keagan Ormond 

2nd Kyson Erickson 

3rd Jace Pederson 

4th Eli Rossman

Girls-

1st Addie Kranz

2nd Tinley Wuethrich

3rd Brooklon Soderberg

13 Year Olds:

Boys-

1st Trevor Hart

Girls-

1st Maddie Shaw

Also competing and earning medals were these pre-eligible athletes: Reagan Davel, Charley Kowalczk, Zoey Langreck, Zee Calkins, Kaid Klimpke, Ethan Wirkuty, Bryson Soderberg, Evan Buchholz, Maria Backaus, Harlynn Erickson, Arie Lewis, Ashton Brown, Kayden Simpson, Reid Ehlen, Jameson Bennett, Maxon Cody, Collen Slemec, & Cashton Smith. 

The event included competition in passing, dribbling and shooting skills. Each first place winner received a plaque, while all other participants received medals. The winners will have the opportunity to participate in the state Tri-Star competition held in Fond du Lac on April 1st. 

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.