Loyal's Geiger Wins Inaugural 3-Point Contest
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Loyal's Geiger Wins Inaugural 3-Point Contest

Riley Geiger, a sophomore from Loyal, won the inaugural boys’ 3-Point Challenge held Saturday at the Kohl Center in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th State Boys Basketball Tournament.

Geiger was one of 10 participants in the contest. He scored 20 points in the final round to win the contest. Philip Flory of Oshkosh North was second with 16 points in the final round.

Geiger scored 20 points in the opening round and 17 in the semifinals. Flory opened with 20 points and followed with 18 in the semifinals. Jake Hierlmeier of Glenwood City and Tanner Bruchs of Poynette also advanced to the semifinals from the opening round. Hierlmeier tied for the most first-round points with 20 and scored 15 in the semifinals, and Bruchs tallied 19 points in the opening round followed by a 16-point performance in the semifinals.

Other participants were Blake Johnson of Oshosh West, Cole McDonald of Darlington, Christian Haffner of Gresham Community, William Brown of Darien-Delavan, Logan Maulick of Freedom and Bailey Kale of La Crosse Central. 

The top two players per division were selected for the contest based on the best 3-point field goal percentage with a minimum of 75 attempts during the regular season.

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