The New Glarus eighth grade boys basketball team brought home the championship hardware from Stevens Point on Sunday night, as they completed a seven-game sweep of competition in the 26-team Division 4/5 level in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament. The young Knights edged three-time winner Howards Grove (at grades 5, 6 and 7) in the semi-final game, 41-35, and then bounced back from a near-disastrous first half to win the championship, 55-50, over Iola-Scandinavia. 

New Glarus opened up the two-day tourney with a 41-30 win over Stevens Point Pacelli, while 76 teams d...