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Year Team Highlights
1958-59: Cedar Grove won 18 regular season games while losing only twice, both times to arch rival Oostburg. In the tournament
though, Cedar Grove won 4 straight games, beating Oostburg by 23 points in the process.  Cedar Grove finally lost to
eventual State Champion Kimberly 72-61 in the Neenah Sectional. In that game Cedar Grove trailed by only 4 points
after the 3rd quarter.  It wasn't until the final minutes, when the trailing Rockets needed to foul, that the score built to its
eventual 11 point margin. Cedar Grove beat Niagara in the consolation game to end the season with a 23-3 record. 
Cedar Grove finished the season ranked number 14 in the "Little Sixteen" small school ratings.
1960-61: Cedar Grove won 22 straight games, including 4 tournament victories, all by a big margin.  They finally lost to eventual
State Champion Milwaukee Lincoln in the West Bend Sectional. According to the Sheboygan Press, Cedar Grove
played by far their worst game of the season while losing the game by 10 points.  Cedar Grove beat West Milwaukee
in the consolation game to end the season with a 23-1 record.  Mark Vander Jagt was given "Special Mention"
All-State, a special category designed that year because of the wealth of talent in the state.  Lowell Voskuil was given
Honorable Mention All-State. Cedar Grove finished the season ranked number 1 in the Little Sixteen.
1966-67: Although Cedar Grove lost 5 regular season games, four of the losses were by 3 points or less.  Playing in the Eastern
Wisconsin Conference, Cedar Grove finished in second place behind a very talented Sheboygan Falls team.  In the
tournament Cedar Grove won 4 straight before finally losing big in the Sectional to Whitefish Bay which went on to the
State Tournament.  Cedar Grove lost the consolation game to end their season with a record of 17-7.
1975-76: Cedar Grove won 16 regular season games, and won them by an average of 21 points per game.  Their only three
losses came to eventual Class C State Champion Runner-up Kohler. All three of the games were very close, even
though the tournament score may not indicate It.  In that game Cedar Grove trailed by only 3 points after the 3rd Quarter. 
In the final period, however, Cedar Grove was out-scored 21-6 and eventually lost 82-64.  Cedar Grove ended the
season with an 18-3 record.
1988-89: After starting the season with two tough 2 point losses, Cedar Grove went on to win 21 straight games. In a mid-season
holiday tournament The Rockets played one of their best games of the season in beating defending Class B State
Champion Whitnall by 3 points.  Playing in their first Sectional Tournament game in 22 years, the Rockets played a
great game but lost to Randolph 88-84.  Cedar Grove finished the season with a 21-3 record.  Craig De Ruyter was
named Honorable Mention All State.
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