Dan Denniston News Today

Following back-to-back seasons with at least a regional title, Marshalls boys basketball program has the pieces to keep that momentum flowing.

Jack Nikolay admitted he was nervous with the ball in his hands and his team trailing by two points with under 10 seconds remaining. But when the moment presented itself, he delivered. Nikolay’s three-point play with 3.3 seconds remaining led Cambridge to a 59-58 comeback victory over visiting Marshall in a pre-Christmas Capitol South Conference game played Monday at Knoblauch Gymnasium. “I saw an open lane and I had to attack it. It was probably the best look I was going to get all n...

LAKE MILLS — With just under 7 minutes remaining in Friday’s non-conference game with Lakeside Lutheran, Marshall boys basketball head coach Dan Denniston had a big decision to make when Reid Truschinski picked up his fourth foul with the Cardinals clinging to a three-point lead: whether to sit the junior power forward or let him play hoping he didn’t foul out. Sitting his big man never crossed Denniston’s mind, and Truschinski came through for his head coach, and team, scor...