LaMonte Bearden Jr. will play for Bobby Hurley at Buffalo next season.
Photo by Allen Fredrickson
Steve Showalter
2012-13 record: 28-0, Division 1 state champions, No. 2 final Xcellent 25 national ranking
Players to watch: Jon Averkamp (6-6, Sr., F),
Brian Bearden (6-1, Sr., G),
LaMonte Bearden Jr. (6-2, Sr., G, Buffalo verbal commitment),
Dearionte Hudson (5-8, Sr., G),
Jake Showalter (6-3, Sr., G, North Dakota State verbal commitment),
Evan Wesenberg (6-7, Sr., F, North Dakota State verbal commitment)
Breaking down the Warhawks
Germantown was a bit of a hot topic after finishing No. 2 in our national rankings last season.
Head coach and police officer Steve Showalter played for Bo Ryan at Wisconsin-Platteville.
Photo by Allen Fredrickson
Could a team that never stepped outside of Wisconsin or played a nationally ranked opponent be that good?
It's impossible to know for sure, but what is certain is that no other team in America has dominated in-state competition like Germantown has the past two years. The Warhawks have won 56 games in a row and back-to-back Division 1 state titles. Of those 56 wins, 42 have come by 20 points or more and 32 have come by 30 or more.
While Germantown will miss 6-10 Luke Fischer – now a freshman at Indiana – in the middle, Showalter brings back 13 players from last year's championship run.
The backcourt is loaded with Junior All-American LaMonte Bearden (13 points per game), brother Brian, coach's kid Jake Showalter (12 ppg) and Hudson. Wesenberg and Averkamp combined to team for around 15 points per game last season and give the Warhawks some size down low.
Key datesDec. 14 – vs.
Dominican (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) at NY2LA Sports Classic
Dec. 21 – vs.
Pius XI (Milwaukee) at Al McGuire Center
Dec. 27-28 – WBY Shootout
Jan. 4 –
La Follette (Madison, Wis.) at #SwingFam Showcase
Jan. 14 – at
Brookfield Central (Brookfield)
