![]() ![]() ![]() Mocadlo (10.5 points) is one of the state's top defenders and her intensity sets the tempo for the team. She finished with 41 points, including 16-for-17 from the free throw line. Welson, a 5-foot-10 sophomore guard and the team's leading scorer at 19 points a game, was sensational in the Polar Bears' 71-54 victory over Neenah in Saturday's sectional final. We replaced her with four or five other athletes doing one more thing." Mikayla (Werner), we're going to need some more rebounds.' Trinity, I'm going to need a couple more points and some more steals from you. "We just said, 'OK, Rainey (Welson), I need a couple more points from you. "We never looked at it like, 'Oh boy, what are we going to do now?' " Clouthier said. Clouthier said he told the team to not think of it as one player having to step in and fill Peppler's absence, but rather several players "doing one more thing." ![]() Related: State-bound Hortonville girls basketball the focus on Varsity Roundtable But that’s what made us push so much harder, was that we wanted it so bad for her and just to do it for all of our teammates in general." And we were almost thinking in the back of our minds that we couldn’t do it without her. "It hindered our goals of what we thought we were going to get because she had just a big role on our team. "It was very sad, I think we can all agree," Mocadlo said of Peppler's injury. Peppler, a 6-foot junior and UW-Milwaukee recruit, was second on the team in scoring, a key rebounder and tough defender who could also run the floor. Perhaps no situation was more imposing for the Polar Bears this season than losing one of their top players, Kallie Peppler, to a season-ending knee injury in January. For us, that’s what we’re focusing on and focusing on staying together as a team and executing as well as we can and playing the best defense that we can as well." "Every team that’s going into state − and they’re all amazing teams − it really comes down to who is going to perform and who is going to be themselves and play their game and execute. "It’s about us," Hortonville senior Trinity Mocadlo said. They also believe the game will come down to what they can do on the court. The second-seeded Polar Bears are battle-tested and know the third-seeded Lasers will be a formidable opponent. More: Predicted champions, top teams and players to watch at the WIAA state girls basketball tournament ![]()
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