I once again pegged out the fun meter, as I hung out with my good buddy Paul Bucher, who owns The Cumberland Advocate and had some quality campfire time as well as caught a mess of very large bluegill.
Christian senior Brock Zylstra athlete at the school to win a conference championship when he claimed the Big East title in the high jump with a measure of 6-0.
Lutheran’s golf team won the Big East Conference championship for the second straight time, and North’s Ryder Miller claimed the Fox River Classic Conference title.
The soccer playoffs start today in Division 1, as seventh-seeded North hosts no. 10 Hartford at 7 p.m.
The winner, barring a major upset, will face second-seeded Arrowhead (ranked third in the final state poll).
North’s Blake Buhr recently announced he will play football at the University of North Dakota.
72-year-old JoAnn Derus died on March 12, just days before the first practice of the season.
“It came as a complete surprise,” Stricker said. “A total and complete surprise. Everybody was just blindsided.”
Her Crusaders helped ease the pain as much as possible.
Carter Krueger has spent the last three seasons on South’s soccer and swim teams, and he’s going to study nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin in the fall.
Last May I headed down to Columbia County, put my canoe into the Wisconsin River and did a physical and – at times – dangerous journey for 90 minutes to a stream.
Addy Verhagen knows she’s been blessed.
“There’s not enough words that I can come up with to say how grateful I am for another opportunity to play past high school,” she said.
North’s Ryan Lang has been selected one of 32 finalists to receive the WIAA Statewide Scholar-Athlete Award.
