Junior Kaiden Wilber scored 20 points in leading the 15th-seeded Holmen High School boys basketball team to a 73-49 win over No. 18 Appleton West in the first round of the Division 1 playoffs Tuesday.
Wilber was 7-for-12 from the field, including 3 of 4 from deep for the Vikings (13-12), who will play at 7 p.m. Friday at sixth-ranked and top-seeded Stevens Point (21-3).
Just to compare, the Terrors (1-24) lost back in early December to Stevens Point 69-34.
Holmen, which has won eight consecutive games and 11 of its past 12 since starting the season 2-11, was 9-for-23 (39.1%) from beyond the arc and hit 18 of 20 free throws.
Meanwhile, No. 4 Onalaska (18-6) — which is ranked ninth in the final Division 2 poll and had a first-round bye — will host fifth-seeded New London (15-8) at 7 p.m. Friday night and will stream on WKTY.
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Also playing Friday, Central is at fourth-ranked and second-seeded Fox Valley Lutheran (22-2), after beating Sparta 91-49 on Tuesday in a game featured on WKTY.
Also getting a first-round bye is ninth-ranked and third-seeded Aquinas (19-5) in Division 4. The Blugolds will host Regis (10-15). Aquinas beat Regis in the season-opener 73-57.