Vanguards’ girls earn No. 2 seed

The Wisconsin Heights girls basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in its postseason pod. Waterloo was the No. 1 seed, followed by the Vanguards, Palmyra-Eagle, Parkview, Deerfield and Johnson Creek. The Vanguards have a first round bye, then host the Palmyra-Eagle/Johnson Creek winner on Feb. 12 in a regional semifinal. The location for that game was unknown at press time. The regional final is Feb. 13 at 7 p.m., while sectional semifinals and finals are Feb. 18 and 20. The Vanguards also dropped a 53-46 overtime game to host Pecatonica last Friday. The teams were tied at 45 through regulation, but Heights went cold in the extra session and was outscored, 8-1. Hanna King led the Vanguards with 16 points, while Kylee Doherty added eight. Heights trailed, 25-22, at halftime, but rallied back and led, 45-41, with 1:49 to play. Pecatonica fought back, though, and forced overtime. “We had a couple of costly turnovers that Pecatonica converted to tie the score to end regulation play,” Heights coach Bill Sullivan said. • On deck: Heights was at Mineral Point Monday, then faced New Glarus Thursday.   Jan. 29 PECATONICA 53,  WIS. HEIGHTS 46 Heights ................... 22 24 — 46 Pecatonica ..............25 28 — 53 WISCONSIN HEIGHTS (fg ft-fta pts) — Payne 3 0-0 6; VanRiper 1 0-0 2; Teela 0 3-4 3; Duhr 3 0-0 6; King 4 6-7 16; Bartel 1 1-2 3; Doherty 3 2-2 8; Mickelson 0 2-4 2. Totals 15 14-19 46. PECATONICA — Zimmerman 0 1-2 1; Tisch 2 2-3 8; Busser 1 0-0 2; Schraepfer 4 6-8 14; Gross 1 0-0 3; Peterson 2 7-11 11; Green 5 4-4 14. Totals 15 20-32 53. 3-point goals: WH 2 (King 2); P 3 (Tisch 2, Gross 1). Total fouls: WH 21; P 15. Fouled out: Doherty.