WAUPUN ― The chemistry on the Waupun prep boys hockey team this season is second to none.

And the Warriors (15-6-2), ranked fourth in Division 2 according to WisconsinPrepHockey.net, are on the right path as a result ― winning five of their last seven games. They'll try and make it six of their last eight when they close out the regular season Monday at home vs. Cedarburg in their last tune-up before going into the WIAA D2 playoffs as a No. 2 seed and taking on seventh-seeded Stoughton in next Thursday's regional finals. 

“We’ve all hung out our whole lives and these are all my best friends,” Malachi Buchholz said. “We’re pretty close. For a small school, these are kids I see in the day. This is my family. Technically, they are.”