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(Each day 9am-4pm) May select one, multiple, all days June 22, 24 July 6, 8, 20, 22 243363004 Our mission is to help individuals bring to their lives the enrichment that comes from developing skills and gaining knowledge in the fine arts. 243.30003 By Pat Neumuth Freeman Staff WALES — Mitch Pfeifer is a player. At least that's how Arrowhead High School boys basketball coach Craig Hasse sees the Kettle Moraine senior. "I think Mitch really rose to the occasion in big games," Hasse said. "In that second game against us, he played extremely well in crunch time and that's when you see the best player rise up. "And he rose up late in the game. I can't remember the exact statistics, but he had 14 or 16 points in the fourth quarter of a game we had in control until he made some incredibly ath- letic plays." The thing about Pfeifer is he knew he could rise to the occasion. KM coach Brad Bestor knew Pfeifer could rise to the occasion. But Pfeifer never got his shot to rise to the occasion until this season. Pfeifer broke his leg in his last football game as a sophomore and was out the entire basketball season. Bestor said he would have been a three-year starter if he could have played his sophomore season. And last year Pfeifer played the role of third option as cur- rent North Dakota State University freshman Paul Miller led the team with 19.1 points per game and Mitchell Oleson averaged 13.5. Pfeifer averaged 12 ppg as a junior. He obviously took full advantage of being "the guy" as a senior. Pfeifer averaged 18 points per game — third most in Waukesha County — and 6.6 rebounds as KM took second in the Classic 8 Conference. He was select- ed the conference Player of the Year and The Free- man's Player of the Year. "I don't even know how to explain it after being out my entire sophomore year," Pfeifer said. "I came back junior year tentative in everything — football and basketball. "I didn't feel any pres- sure coming into my senior year because I knew I could (lead the team). Fortunate- ly, I was able to do it." Sitting his sophomore year wasn't much fun. All Pfeifer could do was sit on the bench and learn plays. It did add fuel to his fire. Not only did it make him miss athletics, but it made him work hard in rehab to get back on the court. "It was a lot of work and a lot of time getting the muscle back in my leg," Pfeifer said. "Basketball is a lot of jumping, and I couldn't jump for the longest time." If you were at KM's sec- ond meeting with Arrow- head, you never would have thought he broke his leg. He had a quiet game until the fourth quarter due to foul trouble, then had a monster dunk to help pro- pel the team into the lead for good. Pfeifer added another transition dunk when the Lasers had the game in hand just for good measure. "The magnitude of the game and playing for sec- ond place, he absolutely took over the fourth quar- ter of that game," Bestor said. "A couple of big dunks, shots and three- point plays — that has to be his highlight game." It's been two years, but Pfeifer said he sometimes still feels a twinge in his leg. He said he had to for- get about the pain. There was no pain in those two dunks against Arrowhead. Pfeifer had a game-high 26 points in that game. "When I was sitting on the bench (in foul trouble) I said to myself, 'You are having a horrible game. You are just going to get in there and take over,'" Pfeifer said. "You don't see too many (dunk opportuni- ties), so when you get one everyone gets excited. Everyone gets nuts, espe- cially the student section. That first one we were only up by one with 1:30 left and I got the steal, the dunk and (a foul) to put us up by four. The second dunk, I think we were up by 10 and I wanted to put it away." Pfeifer plays basketball nine months out of the year between high school and AAU. Even though he played a back seat to Miller last year, he was always the top option on his AAU team. That confidence helped him roll into this season and make this year's squad his team. "I fully expected him to score the way he did," Bestor said. "But his abili- ty to take over a lot of phases of the game was a big credit to him. He played a great role as a role player, and the competitor that he is, he become a kid who could take over a game, which was fun to watch." Bestor said Pfeifer is much more than a scorer. He would put up 25 points, but Bestor said you wouldn't think he was scoring that much because Pfeifer would pull down rebounds and be a lockdown defender. The talent is there, but not showing his talents the past two years complicates the collegiate recruiting process a little. Pfeifer is racking his mind on what school he wants to attend and at what level he can play basketball. "I continue to think about this every single day," Pfeifer said about his colle- giate plans. "D3, the only option would be Whitewater. D2, I'm still waiting to hear from the GLIAC and NSIC. Me and coach were also talk- ing the other day about walking on somewhere D1. I'm just seeing what I can pull out." Pfeifer thinks he can play Division I basketball, and he's shown it in practice against Miller. "I know what he's capable of, and I knew I can do the same thing," Pfeifer said, comparing himself to his former teammate. "Obvious- ly, our games are not the same. We can do different things, but I just know what it takes." Email: pneumuth@conleynet.com KM's Pfeifer ready for big games Senior excelled in pressure situations The 2014-15 All-Freeman Boys Basketball Team At a glance Who: Mitch Pfeifer What: Kettle Moraine High School senior who was select- ed The Freeman's 2014-15 Boys Basketball Player of the Year Age: 17 Family: mother, Catie; father Jim; sister, Sammy Notable: Pfeifer averaged 18 points — third most in the county — and 6.6 rebounds per game with a season-high 34 points against Catholic Memorial. He was selected the Classic 8 Con- ference Player of the Year and was also first-team all-confer- ence quarterback during the football season. Future: undecided between playing basketball at either UW-Whitewater, a Division II school or walking on to a Divi- sion I program PLAYER OF YEAR MITCH PFEIFER Kettle Moraine Charles Auer/Freeman Staff Kettle Moraine senior Mitch Pfeifer was selected the Classic 8 Conference Player of the Year.

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