BY TINA L. SCOTT
EDITOR
The Merrill Seventh Grade Traveling Basketball Team punched their ticket to State for the second year in a row when they won the Wausau Noon Optimist basketball tournament on Feb. 3-4, 2024. There the boys defeated four other teams to move them forward to the State competition. They defeated Steven’s Point (Lopez) 44-19, Stratford 38-33, Wausau Newman 47-35, and Mosinee 44-42.
They also went undefeated in their home tournament on Feb. 10, 2024, defeating Antigo 41-23, Three Lakes 46-16, and Wausau Newman 49-36.
The State Tournmanent will be held in Stoughton on March. 22-24, 2024. “We are waiting to find out who and when we play,” Coach Craig Josiger said.