Madison Sports Headlines

From a WIAA news release:

Kryka will be among nine individuals honored next month in Anaheim, Calif., as recipients of 2013 Distinguished Service Awards from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

MILWAUKEE – Giannis Antetokounmpo won’t be the only member of his family to be playing in the Milwaukee area this fall.

SWC teams to play Coulee Conference foes in Weeks Three and Four, starting next year.

Scott Rohlfing left Verona’s football game at Madison La Follette feeling like his brain was going to bulge out of his eye sockets.

The Oregon Panthers were ranked second in Division 2 in the latest Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association coaches' poll. released Tuesday.

On the boys' side, Madison West, Monroe and Darlington are ranked second in their respective divisions.

Madison Memorial, Oregon, Mount Horeb, Belleville/New Glarus and Lakeside Lutheran earn No. 1 seedings in revamped, four-division format.

At an area meeting in Black River Falls, WIAA executive director also suggests his group wants to give up responsibility for conference alignment.

From a Baraboo High School news release:

Boscobel boys first, girls second in Division 3; Dodge/Point girls first in Division 2; Madison West boys second, girls sixth in Division 1.

The Sun Prairie football team fell one spot to fourth in the weekly Associated Press state high school football rankings, voted on by a panel of statewide sportswriters and broadcasters.

WISCONSIN INTERSCHOLASTIC SWIM COACHES ASSOCIATION

Kristi Paskey has seen the WIAA state girls basketball tournament from nearly every possible point of view.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association followed through on its promise Monday, mainly because it felt the Green Bay area followed through on its promise back in March.

It appears that Southwest Wisconsin Conference football teams might not have to worry about doubling up on their regular-season schedules after this season.

Milwaukee Marquette drew all 12 first-place votes in the rankings, and 13 of the 16 teams mentioned are from southeastern Wisconsin.

Coach Michael Harris' Lancers are 3-0 and ranked ninth in the state heading into back-to-back tests against Verona and Sun Prairie.

Other teams from area conferences mentioned are East Troy, Madison Edgewood, Walworth Big Foot, Lodi, Wisconsin Heights, Cuba City, Barneveld and Royall.

From a Green Bay Packers news release: