Scouting Berlin

Record: 16-7 overall, 5-5 in East Central Flyway
Notable wins: def. Waupaca, 46-45 and 48-42 (OT).
Key losses: lost to Waupun, 48-41 and 62-54; lost to Laconia, 64-63; lost to Omro, 31-20.

What you should know: While Berlin isn't quite a mystery to Waupun, it is a difficult team to figure out. On the one hand, you could say that six of the team's seven losses came by less than 10 points. But on the other hand, five of its wins were by three points or less, and a sixth came in overtime over Waupaca in a regional final.

Player to watch: Jordan Gerth, a 6-foot-3 senior. Gerth missed the last meeting between the two teams with an ankle injury and while the Indians shot the lights out early, it had no answer when Waupun switched to a zone. Gerth just gives the team another option aside from point guard Scott Falk, forward Alex Mittelstaedt or big man John Mirr.

Bottom line: It will be interesting to see how Waupun uses Monday's game against Chilton. An overtime game like that can go one of two ways... it can either affect your confidence and make you question if you are as good as you really are, or reinforce the fact that games aren't won on talent alone. Usually, familiarity favors the underdog, but in this case, I think it favors Waupun. Despite shooting the lights out early on in the second meeting, Berlin was never really in control after the Warriors made one second-quarter run.