Western Conference News

Championship- The game between the two best teams in the league lived up to all the hype ending in and 130-126 overtime victory for Pichler Painting. Both teams came out on fire and the game was tied at 34 after one. Turnovers were costly for FKBC throughout the game, but the ones late in the game and in overtime hurt the most. Fred Bell went down with a knee injury late in the 4th, which really hurt FKBC's ball control. FKBC led by 9 at the end of the 3rd, but Pichler quickly cut into that lead. The teams exchanged baskets and numerous lead changes added to the drama. In the 4th quarter Jake Browarski didn't miss a shot and ended up leading Pichler with 32. League MVP Brad Hintz chipped in 29 for Pichler. Fred Bell led FKBC with 30, followed by MacGillis' 29 and Knueppel's 19, 21 & 10. These two teams led the league in points against average and championship games generally tend to be defensive battles, but this turned into the exact opposite. Congrats to Pichler Painting for their first championship in franchise history!

3rd Place- What can be reported about one of the worst games in CGL history? The game started out 4 on 4 because a New Balance team member overslept, but made a valiant effort to get to the game thereby earning the right to not have his name mentioned here. On the other hand JAKE WOLTER was a no show, which helped to ruin the game. I enjoy spending my weekend making calls to find subs for teams yet end up with a team who doesn't have enough because someone failed to call. It makes me very happy. Double D won this game over New Balance 166-119. Andy Duncan scored 51 points on 15/25 3-pointers. Ryan Borowicz scored 50 points on 10 3s. Josh Metzger scored 37 and pulled in 32 rebounds. Bobby Overland scored 37 and Tony Fisher 29. There were 105 combined 3-pointers attempted. Both teams broke the single game shot attempts record. Because this game did not live up to the CGL standard of competitiveness that we have all come to enjoy, these statistics will not be counted in any record book at any time. If anybody who played in this game would like to argue this please feel free to share your reasons as to why you believe the game was competitive enough to warrant using the stats and I will be glad to listen to them. I will simply point to the fact that if Duncan can score 51 on BJ LaRue in a competitive situation, Dunc should have played at GB and BJ at lowly Wisconsin Lutheran College.

5th Place- Aurora SMI trailed 77-88 going into the fourth and proceeded to outscore Thrivent 40-24 in the quarter to pull out a 117-112 victory. Scott Landisch led SMI with 39 points and 17 rebounds including 21 points in the 4th. Gunnar Stapp added 24, 14 and 6 for SMI. Justin Lettenberger shot 17/31 from the field on his way to 45 points and 16 rebounds for Thrivent. Craig Machut threw in an additional 34 for the financial gurus.

7th Place- KK Lawncare earned their 3rd victory of the season in the "Game Not to Finish Last." Derrick Canada had his second straight triple double finishing with 37, 10 & 12 for KK. Mike Busateri and Luke Sadowski both had season highs with 32 and 30 respectively. Troy Wagner led Milwaukee Sporting Goods with 29 points wearing an unregistered #45 Viterbo jersey. Mike Masino chipped in 26 for the last place team in the league.

News & Notes - Stay tuned in the coming weeks for information on CGL5, which begins May 15th at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The draft will be held approximately one week prior to the start date. If you have committed to CGL5 and something comes up be sure to let the Commissioner know immediately! Another successful season in the books. (Except for the infamous Double D/New Balance game.)

Western Conference Leaders

- Scoring -	GP	TP	Avg		- Rebounds -	GP	R	Avg		- Assists -	GP	A	Avg
J. Lettenberger	7	239	34.1		Chris Bauer	10	184	18.4		Mike Roemer	8	94	11.75
Brad Bestor	7	197	30.3		Kon Knueppel	9	138	15.3		Steve Kohl	9	73	8.11
Scott Landisch	9	272	30.2		Eric Melka	9	137	15.2		Kon Knueppel	9	61	6.78
Steve Kohl	9	247	27.4		J. Lettenberger	7	83	11.9		James Hischke	10	66	6.60
Craig Machut	8	216	27.0		Mike Roemer	8	87	10.9		Fred Bell	9	59	6.56
Eric Melka	9	238	26.4		Craig Machut	8	84	10.5		Jeff Frank	10	63	6.30
Adam Crawford	7	183	26.1		Scott Landisch	9	94	10.4		Scott Frey	10	58	5.80
Mike Masino	10	244	24.4		Jeff Guidinger	6	62	10.3		Brad Bestor	7	34	5.23
Aaron Hoenisch	8	192	24.0		Gunnar Stapp	9	85	9.44		A. Crawford	7	35	5.00
Fred Bell	9	212	23.6		Dan Wargolet	7	66	9.43		Scott Landisch	9	42	4.67

Western Conference Season Stats
Note: LP is the league points the player has accumulated in the games he has appeared in.

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