As well as the Bonduel boys basketball team had played leading up to its return trip to state, that didn’t happen in the Bears’ semifinal matchup with Cambridge.

The Bears, the No. 1 seed in Division 4 at the WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament, saw their season end March 19 with a 71-49 loss to fourth-seeded Cambridge at the Kohl Center in Madison.

Oconto Falls High School senior Rylie Shallow was a unanimous selection for the North Eastern Conference defensive first team all-conference award for girls basketball.

Shallow was also the only Panther named to the all-conference first team.

Junior Ella Jahnke was named honorable mention.

Two Lena wrestlers and one from Gillett/Suring were among those named to the first team all-conference for the Marinette & Oconto Conference.

Lena seniors Lucas Heimke and Max Peterson were joined by Gillett/Suring junior Davis Staszak in earning the award.

Earning honorable mention honors were Gillett/Suring freshman Vince Kohls and Lena senior Erik Kosch.

Thanks to the Bonduel boys basketball team, two No. 1 seeds for this season’s WIAA state tournament aren’t in the mix for a state title.

The Bears, however, are heading back to the Kohl Center in Madison for the second time in a row and second time in program history after a 78-68 win over Marathon March 14 in a Division 4 sectional final at D.C. Everest High School in Weston.

Plans for the Tigerton boys basketball team’s first trip to state in program history have been put on hold.

The Tigers headed into their WIAA Division 5 sectional final with Reedsville on March 14 with a 28-0 record, but the Panthers ended Tigerton’s season with a 56-45 loss at Oconto Falls High School.