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Doubleheader features reunion of former college teammatesBy: 

Troy A. Bruzewski, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Chase Henning pulls back from a bunt attempt Saturday during Shawano Community High School’s doubleheader against Edgar. He finished with six RBIs in the second game.
Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Dylan Sumnicht delivers a pitch in Shawano Community High School’s 10-5 win over Edgar in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday.

Rob Wolff and Dave Schuett pledged to meet up more often.

The two former teammates on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball team tried for two years to arrange a matchup of the high school teams they now coach. Saturday, Wolff’s Shawano team hosted Schuett’s Edgar squad at Memorial Park. Though it was refreshing for Wolff to rejoin his former teammate on the diamond, he might have regretted not just meeting Schuett for lunch.

Edgar – a Division 3 team – defeated the Hawks in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, 3-2. Shawano answered with a 10-5 win in the second game.

“This was fun to be able to make this game happen after trying for nearly two years,” Wolff said. “When (Schuett) told me he had the coaching job at Edgar, we said we had to schedule a game.

“Then, (Edgar) got us in the first game, which won’t help us in (postseason) seeding.”

The Wildcats earned the upset win in the first game, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning while Kaleb Wolf held the Hawks’ offense without a run until their final at-bat.

Edgar extended its 2-0 lead in the fifth inning, with a leadoff walk and a double, making the score 3-0.

Shawano started a seventh-inning rally with Nathaniel Laude and Tommy Stueck both reaching base and eventually scoring, but two strikeouts were followed by the game-ending grounder with the game-tying run on base.

Mason Boogren and Ky Schmidt added hits for Shawano. Brendan Cummings took the loss, allowing three hits and no earned runs.

The Hawks left nothing to chance in the second game, taking a first-inning lead and holding it for the 10-5 win. Boogren scored three runs for the Hawks, including their first on a Chase Henning single for a 1-0 lead.

Shawano took control of the game in the second inning, scoring four runs with two outs. Boogren scored his second run of the game on a Henning double that gave the Hawks a 5-0 lead.

Edgar scored a run in the third off Dylan Sumnicht, who pitched five innings for the win. Though, the Hawks kept adding to their lead.

Boogren finished with two hits and three runs scored for Shawano. Henning had two hits and six RBIs in the game. The win improved Shawano’s record to 13-10 overall and its 7-7 in the Bay Conference.

The Wildcats moved to 5-11 overall on the season. They are 3-7 in the Marawood-North Conference.

Shawano will learn its first-round foe for the postseason Wednesday when the seeding and pairings are completed. Wolff said he hopes splitting the doubleheader doesn’t negatively affect Shawano’s position.

“We’re right around that No. 6 or No. 7 spot in our region, and you need a No. 6 seed to host in the first round,” he said. “That first loss certainly didn’t help.”

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Hawks drop 11-0 decision before starting postseason playBy: 

Troy A. Bruzewski, [email protected]

Leader photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Shawano High School Erin Cerveny pitcher halts her swing during the Hawks’ 11-0 home loss to Sturgeon Bay on Friday.
Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Shawano Community High School pitcher Sydney Schreiber throws to first after a bunt attempt by Sturgeon Bay during Friday’s game, an 11-0 Shawano loss.

A second-inning error was the snowflake that began an avalanche.

An overthrow to first on what would have been the third out led to the first of many runs for the Sturgeon Bay High School softball team, which scored 11 unanswered runs in an 11-0 win at Shawano on Friday.

Abby Denesh got the win for the Clippers, who took advantage of three Hawks’ errors in the victory.

Shawano coach Kevin Isaacson said the Hawks were experimenting a bit in this final game of the regular season, in preparation for postseason play that begins Tuesday.

“Anytime you’re trying something new, it’s not 100 percent successful,” Isaacson said. “The kids learned some things tonight, and we need to go on from here to concentrate on the playoffs.”

Erin Cerveny got the start for Shawano and was relieved in the second inning, with a scoreless tie and two Sturgeon Bay runners on. Sydney Schreiber entered in relief and was pitching when the unearned Clippers’ run broke the scoreless tie. They held a 2-0 advantage into the third and kept adding to it.

Sturgeon Bay loaded the bases and used three consecutive one-run singles to extend the lead to 6-0.

Two more throwing errors in the fifth inning sank any Shawano hopes of a late rally. The Hawks committed one throwing error on an infield grounder that put a runner at first; the second loaded the bases and was followed by more runs.

Sturgeon Bay turned its 8-0 advantage into an 11-0 lead in the fifth inning and held Shawano scoreless in the bottom of the inning to seal the win. Though the Clippers were stingy with the Hawks’ hitters, Isaacson said he’s confident the offense is there.

“We have the best-hitting lineup of anyone in the area,” he said. “It’s a matter of how we decide to play.”

Cerveny and Saige Henning had hits for Shawano, which dropped to 10-14 overall and 7-9 in the Bay Conference.

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Shawano hosts Clintonville in openerBy: 

Troy A. Bruzewski, [email protected]

DIVISION 2

Clintonville @ Shawano

In a favorable postseason opener for the Hawks, they host Clintonville on Tuesday in a rematch of a 15-0 thrashing by Shawano on May 15.

Shawano’s win over the Truckers broke a losing streak that lasted nearly two weeks. Should the Hawks (10-14, 7-9 Bay Conference) get another win over Clintonville (2-18, 2-13 Eastern Valley), they will host the winner of the game between Wittenberg-Birnamwood and Peshtigo.

W-B @ Peshtigo

Wittenberg-Birnamwood was to have a final chance Friday to prepare for the postseason, but its game against Northland Pines was cancelled.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood finished the regular season with a 7-18 record and a 4-10 mark in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8. The Chargers’ most successful stretch of the season was in early May, when they won three of four games to start the month. However, they followed it with a seven-game losing streak.

Peshtigo enters the postseason with a 10-game win streak and lost just one game since a season-opening loss to Marinette. The Bulldogs won the Marinette & Oconto Conference with a 12-0 mark and are 21-2 overall.

DIVISION 3

Crandon @ Bonduel

The Bears ended a five-game losing streak prior to concluding the regular season and will host Crandon, which won three of its last four games.

Bonduel finished with a 5-9 mark in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 and a 7-14 overall record. The Bears were fifth in the CWC-8; Crandon finished 8-12 overall on the season and 6-4 in the Northern Lakes Conference, good for third.

DIVISION 4

Manawa @ Bowler

Bowler closed the regular season with two lopsided wins – 11-4 over Wild Rose (May 21) and 13-3 over Gresham (May 18).

Bowler finished the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 season with a 9-9 record to finish tied with Port Edwards for fifth in the conference. It finished the regular season with a 9-10 record. Manawa earned just its third win of the season in the second-to-last game of regular season, to finish 3-16 overall in the regular season, but winless at 0-14 in the CWC-8.

The winner faces the winner between Rosholt and White Lake.

Newman Catholic @ Gresham

Gresham finished with a 4-14 record overall and in the Central Wisconsin Conference-10, but lost its final two games of the regular season. The Wildcats lost 13-2 to Almond-Bancroft (May 21) and 13-3 to Bowler (May 18).

Newman Catholic finished fourth in the Marawood South Conference with a 6-6 record, and it was 6-7 overall.

The winner advances to face the winner of the Marion-Tigerton game.

Marion @ Tigerton

Tigerton earned a 14-1 win when these teams met on May 7. The Tigers finished with a 12-6 mark in the Central Wisconsin Conference10 to finish fourth in the final standings; Marion went winless in both the conference (0-17) and overall (0-18).

The winner advances to face the winner of the Newman Catholic-Gresham game.

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BASEBALL

Denmark 5

Shawano 4

A game-winning RBI single with two outs for Denmark (11-9, 8-7 Bay Conference) gave it a home win in eight innings Thursday.

Shawano (12-9, 7-7 Bay Conference) had two hits, including a three-run home run, from Chase Henning. Ky Schmidt added two hits.

Mason Boogren took the loss. He pitched just the final inning an allowed one hit.

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By: 

Scott Owen, Special to the Leader

On race night, fans and friends gather together. Cars assemble in the lineup chute, ready to tackle the venerable half-mile speedway. As the field of cars thunder through the turns and hit the frontstretch, flagman Josh Effenberger looks over the field and drops the green flag. Races are won by multiple drivers throughout the night, and fans cheer them on.

The racing we know and love at Shawano Speedway is thanks to the efforts of veterans such as IMCA Stock Car racer Steven Stewart, Late Model rookie Josh Oakley and IMCA Sport Mod veteran Les Yaeger.

As the calendar approaches Memorial Day, it is a great time to sit back and reflect on some of the great things we have in our lives thanks to the sacrifices of the many brave men and women who have served in the armed forces of this great nation.

Every Saturday night in summer, I and many of you reading this have the freedom to get together at the Shawano Speedway. Thank a veteran.

One of the great things about Shawano Speedway is the passion that race fans have for their favorite drivers and the freedom to express their opinions about those drivers. Thank a veteran.

A lot of the technological gains that make the cars as safe as they are for the family and friends that we have in race cars are the direct result of military research. Thank a veteran.

After World War II many soldiers came home and needed to find a sport that could give them an adrenaline rush. Racing fit the bill, and veterans went to work turning street cars into racing machines. The cars continued to evolve into what we have today. Thank a vet.

As a racer, it is a great honor to carry the American flag around the track during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Those of us not on the track can stand with hands over our hearts in respect and reflection. Thank a vet.

All of the freedoms we enjoy in our day-to-day lives are a result of the sacrifices that complete strangers have made for us. Thank a vet.

Many times soldiers are quite humble and don’t seek the praise they deserve. If you know a vet, thank a vet.

If they plan on coming to the races Saturday night, let me know who they are — so we can all thank the vets.

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CWC teams have final tuneup before regional competitionBy: 

Troy A. Bruzewski, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Gresham-Bowler hurdler Arthur Boucher earned a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles Thursday at the Bonduel Invitational.
Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Trebor Rueckert finished second in the triple jump Thursday for Bonduel High School at the Bonduel Invitational.

The experiment seemed to work for the Bonduel High School track and field teams.

Coach Jim Watry said the Bears weren’t trying for maximum points Thursday at the Bonduel Invitational; they were trying potential combinations that could bring success in next week’s WIAA Division 2 regional at Seymour.

“We moved our kids to where we think we’re going to have the best chances for success in the regional,” Watry said. “We want to put the kids where they have the best chance to survive and make it to the sectional.”

Bonduel’s lineup shuffling led to a second-place finish in the boys division with 119 points and a third-place finish for the girls with 84 points. Newman Catholic (129) won the boys division. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (163) won the girls side.

The Bears’ 800-meter relay team set a school record with a race-winning time of 1 minute, 34.89 seconds. Trebor Rueckert, Danny Tauchen, Preston Robaidek and Austin Marcks finished nearly 2 seconds ahead of second-place Manawa (1:36.78).

Hunter Berry (2:03.84) won the 800 for the Bears, finishing over five seconds ahead of Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Tyler Weller (2:09.11). Berry (4:30.63) also won the 1,600, more than 16 seconds ahead of Gresham-Bowler’s Cody Montez (4:46.98).

Montez (10:42.34) won the 3,200 with the Chargers’ Riley Bohlman (10:54.45) in second.

“We may have a chance in our regional,” Watry said. “It’s a really tough regional and we’re just trying to get ready for it.”

Maddy Pietz won two individual events for the Wittenberg-Birnamwood girls and joined a relay team for another in their victory. She finished in 12.87 to win the 100 and finished the 200 in 26.82. Pietz joined Emily Norrbom, Mikayla King and Paige Norrbom to win the 1,600 relay in 4:06.85.

Paige Norrbom and Bonduel’s Hayley Pues (5-0) were two of five competitors tied for the high jump win.

Emily Sorenson (16-5) gave the Bears a win in the long jump.

Bonduel Invitational

Boys results: 1. Newman Catholic (129), 2. Bonduel (119). 3. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (84), 4. Gresham-Bowler (60), 5. Manawa and Weyauwega-Fremont (53), 7. (48), 8. Tigerton (29), 9. Menominee Indian (26).

Bonduel (top-three finishes): 400 - 2. Trebor Rueckert, 52.66; 800 - Hunter Berry, 2:03.84; 1,600 - 1. Hunter Berry, 4:30.63; 300 hurdles - 3. Lucas Nolan, 47.04; 400 relay - 3. Elijah Mastey, Jacob Banker, Danny Tauchen, Preston Robaidek, 46.75; 800 relay - 1. Trebor Rueckert, Danny Tauchen, Preston Robaidek, Austin Marcks, 1:34.89; 1,600 relay - 2. Danny Tauchen, Preston Robaidek, Hunter Berry, Trebor Rueckert, 3:34.29; 3,200 relay - 3. Sam Falck, Austin Kurey, James Watry, Austin Marcks, 9:12.92; High jump - 2. Preston Robaidek, 5-8; Long jump - 3. Danny Tauchen, 19-1; Triple jump - 2. Trebor Rueckert, 40-8.

Menominee Indian (top-three finishes): 100 - 1. Gordon James, 11.31; 200 - 3. Armando Rodriguez, 26.39.

Gresham-Bowler (top-three finishes): 1,600 - 2. Cody Montez, 4:46.98; 1. Cody Montez, 10:42.34.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood (top-three finishes): 400 - 3. Trevor Stewart, 54.09; 800 - 2. Tyler Weller, 2:09.11; 3,200 - 2. Riley Bohlman, 10:54.45; 300 hurdles - 1. Derek Hoffman, 44.41; 1,600 relay - 3. Derek Hoffman, Damon Wolff, Tyler Weller, Trevor Stewart, 3:40.10; 3,200 - 1. Dustin Tomson, Damon Wolff, Riley Bohlman, Tyler Weller, 8:59.48; Shot put - 2. Mason Enjaian, 42-8.5.

Tigerton (top-three finishes): Discus - 3. Vernon Parrott, 119-0.

Girls results: 1. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (163), 2. Newman Catholic (120), 3. Weyauwega-Fremont (82), 4. Iola-Scandinavia (77), 5. Marion (40), 6. Tigerton (35), 7. Manawa (34), 8. Gresham-Bowler (8), 9. Menominee Indian (4).

Bonduel (top-three finishes): 100 - 3. Peyton Hrabik, 13.72; 1,600 - 3. Ashlyn Schnell; 3,200 - 3. Abigail Palmer, 13:52.7; 400 relay - 1. Emily Sorenson, Hayley Sorenson, Hayley Pues, Christine Sell, 52.49; 1,600 relay - 3. Hayley Sorenson, Anna Palmer, Allyssa Moser, Ashlie Masey, 4:31.98; High jump - 1. Hayley Pues, 5-0; Long jump - 1. Emily Sorenson, 16-5.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood (top-three finishes): 100 - 1. Maddy Pietz, 12.87; 200 - 1. Maddy Pietz, 26.82; 400 - 1. Paige Norrbom, 1:03.6; 800 - 3. Taylor Nier, 2:38.11; 1,600 - 2. Alyssa Meverden, 6:04.05; 3,200 - 1. Alexis Balliett, 12:38.65; 300 hurdles - 1. Erica White Eagle, 49.99; 400 relay - 3. Samantha Kasprak, Maykayla Verkuilen, Micah Nier, Emily Norrbom, 52.72; 800 relay - 2. Samantha Kasprak, Kylie Linke, Micah Nier, Paige Norrbom, 1:49.71; 1,600 relay - 1. Emily Norrbom, Mikayla King, Paige Norrbom, Maddy Pietz, 4:06.85; 3,200 relay - 2. Alexis Balliett, Taylor Nier, Mikayla King, Emily Norrbom, 10:08.59; Shot put - 3. Anna Hartman, 33-8; High jump - 3. Paige Norrbom, 5-0.

Tigerton (top-three finishes): 100 hurdles - 3. Lonna Minniecheske, 18.03; 300 hurdles - 3. Lonna Minniecheske, 51.27.

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Iola and Pacelli again decide titleBy: 

Troy A. Bruzewski, [email protected]

Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Marion High School golfer Jared Sawal finished in a tie for seventh place Thursday at the CWC All-Conference Tournament at Foxfire Golf Course in Manawa.
Leader Photo by Troy A. Bruzewski Madison Bushman had the best score of the Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School golf team in Thursday’s CWC All-Conference Tournament at Foxfire Golf Course in Waupaca.

The breeze at Foxfire Golf Course in Waupaca wasn’t a wind of change.

Central Wisconsin Conference boys golf teams were faced with gusting winds for Thursday’s All-Conference Tournament, though the results were virtually the same as last year’s event. Iola (365) defeated Pacelli (369) in a playoff hole for the tournament and conference titles.

Bonduel (428) was ninth in the tournament and eighth in the conference. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (379) finished fourth in the tournament to create a third-place tie with Manawa (375) in the final conference standings.

“I wish I could blame it on the wind,” Bonduel coach Dave LaBerge said, “but unfortunately this just wasn’t a good round for us.”

Austin Acker had the Bears’ only score under 100, finishing at 97. Mitch LaBerge had a 114 and Matt LaBerge had a 117.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood was more successful, though even improved play wasn’t enough to keep pace with Iola and Pacelli.

“I thought we played one of our better rounds as a team and even jumped up a spot in the conference,” Chargers coach Chris Bartletti said. “At the same time, I was disappointed for Maverick (Bushman) and Kyle (Adamski), who both finished barely out of position for all-conference honors.

“However, they are both juniors and will have a chance to get back to this spot again next year.”

Adamski finished with a 96, as did teammate Gavin Czerwonka, while Bushman finished with a 99. Madison Bushman led the team with a 95.

Marion (422) finished ninth in the conference standings with its eighth-place finish in the tournament. Jared Sawall finished in seventh-place tie with Pacelli’s Zach Williams for Thursday’s top individual score and ended with a final conference score of 176.4, which was good for sixth this season. The average consists of three conference nine-hole scores averaged and added to the golfer’s score in Thursday’s event.

Sawall was Marion’s only golfer under 100 Thursday; Claire Jorres finished with a 108 and Brandon Schultz had a 110.

Gresham (441) was 10th in the tournament and finished 10th in the conference while Killian Eggert challenged for the tournament win. He finished two strokes behind Shiocton’s Max Beecher (76) for medalist honors. Eggert’s 162.6 conference score placed him third overall for the 2015 season.

James Kazik added a 97 for Gresham.

Menominee Indian’s John Long was the team’s only golfer to submit a score Thursday, finishing with a 105.

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BASEBALL

Gresham 6

Almond-Bancroft 1

Christian Haffner had two hits, one RBI and a run scored, while also pitching the home win Thursday. He pitched all seven innings, allowing three hits and four walks with no earned runs.

Almond-Bancroft scored an early run to take a 1-0 lead, then the Wildcats scored six unanswered runs.

Drew Haffner added two hits and a run for Gresham (11-6, 11-6 Central Wisconsin Conference-10). Kevin Ile had two hits, and Neal Cerveny had a hit with a run scored.

Bonduel 10

Manawa 1

Connor Rosin pitched a complete-game win on the road for the Bears on Thursday.

He allowed five hits and struck out 10 to improve his record to 6-0 on the season. Travis Wollenberg and Bailey Dingeldein both had three hits for the Bears; Wollenberg and Rosin had two RBIs each.

Bonduel improved to 18-1 overall and 13-1 in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8. Manawa dropped to 3-14 overall and 0-13 in the CWC-8.

SOFTBALL

New London 11

Shawano 5

New London got out to an 8-1 lead and held it for the road win Thursday.

The Hawks had a late rally, but it fell short and their Bay Conference record dropped to 12-4 on the season. Erin Cerveny hit a home run for Shawano and took the loss on the mound. She allowed nine hits and two walks. New London improved to 20-5 overall.

Bonduel 12

Manawa 4

Kailee Pedersen and Kaylee Rynish had five RBIs each for Bonduel in its road win Thursday.

Pedersen finished with three hits and Rynish had two. Lexi Reinke pitched the complete-game win for Bonduel (7-14, 5-9 Central Wisconsin Conference-8).

Menominee Indian 19

Rosholt 0

The Eagles had a 14-run third inning in the home win Thursday.

Ania Smith and Joan Waukau each had a three-run home run for Menominee Indian (16-4, 15-3 Central Wisconsin Conference-10). Smith finished with four RBIs and three hits. Kelsey Corn struck out nine for the win.

Rosholt dropped to 17-7 overall and 13-5 in the CWC-10.

TENNIS

Fox Valley Lutheran 4

Shawano 3

Shawano won all three doubles events at home Thursday, but was shut out in singles.

Teddy Mickelson and Zach Soper (6-0, 6-0) won at No. 1 doubles; Sajen Knueppel and Rolando Colon (6-4, 6-4) won at No. 2 doubles; Manuel Morel and Kyle Easter (6-2, 6-3) won at No. 3 doubles.

The Hawks finished the regular season at 6-5 and begin postseason play Tuesday.

SOCCER

New London 2

Shawano 0

Carlie Hinnefeld had four saves for the Hawks, who dropped to 7-8-2 overall and 4-2-2 in the Bay Conference with the home loss Thursday.

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By: 

Gary Seymour, [email protected]

A time-honored tradition for journalists around this time of year is to cobble together a compendium of life lessons, guidelines and advice to impart to high school graduates as they embark upon their next steps into the “real world.”

Someone once postulated that 80 percent of success in life is a matter of just showing up. If that’s true, dear graduate, then go for it and don’t be late. The life tip for high school seniors, then, is: leave earlier.

With that out of the way, here’s something to consider. Where might sports fit into post-graduation life for the high school senior? Beyond the college years, even. What sports will today’s senior athletes play, enjoy and benefit from into their adult lives?

It’s always a rush to drain a 30-foot putt, and driving in the winning run in a beer league softball game never gets old.

For a more tangible bump in quality of life, there is running.

Long ago, a friend turned me on to the effects of LSD – Long, Slow Distances – and the empirical evidence of a better life has been obvious ever since.

Unlike biking, running is a natural motion, the oldest of exercises. From the time the first troglodyte high-tailed it from some saber-tooth beast, humans have been picking them up and putting them down for one reason or another.

It wasn’t until fairly recently that the scientific community made official what runners have known all along: running is good for you, and can extend your life.

The physical benefits are obvious — weight loss, better skin tone, lowered blood pressure, etc. The biggest dividend from running is one that takes place between the ears.

“It gives you confidence, for one thing, to know that you’ve worked through whatever pain you might have been feeling,” Jake Klister said. “And there’s the feeling of inner peace that you get after a run, it stays with you. Yeah, I’ll always run, definitely.”

Klister is a Shawano Community High School senior with a knack for brisk locomotion on land or in water. He has competed in the state swimming finals in four events during his career at Shawano, and recently he topped off his second-place finish in the 800-yard run at the Bay Conference meet by anchoring the league-winning 4x800 relay that included teammates Andrew Cardish, Austin Lhotka and Brandon Pagel. A berth at this year’s track and field state finals, he said, would be the perfect capper to the past four years.

A closer delve into Klister’s personal life reveals he has served on the student council, and has been a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and the Science Society. He also volunteers as a Big Brother to an 8-year-old boy. (“Yes, I’ll try to get him into running, too,” he said.)

Klister, who will run track and cross-country next year at Winona State University in Minnesota, says that running has a way of keeping you focused, grounded and in tune to the priorities of your life path. Re-read the previous paragraph and ask yourself if he’s slinging a bunch of fried air, or if he is indeed the personification of positive outcomes achieved with a big assist from exercise.

What he advocates about the sport also applies to the 12-minute-mile jogger. You don’t need to break the tape at the finish line to feel great afterward, as Klister did as an 11-year-old, when the sport of running sunk its hooks into its newest addict.

While there is a big payoff on the vanity end of running — who doesn’t want to pare the adipose tissue off that otherwise fascinating, tight body? — ultimately the biggest draw is its ability to fend off or mitigate depression. Depression, in all its varying levels, is one of those occupational hazards of being alive. In a world surfeited with no-account dolts, liars and jerks, keeping your head on an even keel can be a challenge in the 21st century.

If you can find a better way to stay fit and manage levels of depression naturally than by lacing up the running shoes three or four times a week, by all means you should grab ahold with both hands and run with it.

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BASEBALL

Denmark 2

Shawano 1

Grant Wainio pitched all seven innings for Shawano (12-8, 7-6 Bay Conference), but the offense had just three hits in the road loss Tuesday.

Wainio finished with seven strikeouts and allowed four hits.

Tanner Umentum pitched the complete-game win for Denmark (19-2, 12-2 Bay).

Tri-County 12

Menominee Indian 11

Michael Pecore had three hits and three RBIs for the Eagles and also took the loss on the road Tuesday.

Tri-County (9-7, 9-6 CWC-10) held an early 3-0 lead, but the Eagles scored five runs in the second to take their first lead. Before the end, the lead changed several times before Tri-County scored the game-winner off Pecore in the bottom of the sixth.

Pecore allowed four hits and two earned runs in 1 2/3 innings for Menominee Indian (6-12, 5-11 CWC-10).

SOFTBALL

Shawano 14

Oconto Falls 8

The Hawks withstood a late charge by Oconto Falls to earn the road win Tuesday.

Saige Henning had three hits, four RBIs and four runs scored for Shawano, helping it to an early 7-0 lead. The Hawks scored three in the first and four in the second, then extended their lead to 8-0 in the fourth.

McKenna Holman helped the Panthers get on the board and make the game more competitive. She finished with three hits and four RBIs, as Oconto Falls scored eight runs over three innings. However, the Hawks continued to score and held the lead.

Erin Cerveny earned the win, allowing 11 hits and six earned runs with three strikeouts. MaKenna Kussow allowed 18 hits and 10 earned runs in the loss.

Courtney Ainsworth had four hits, two RBIs and a run scored for Shawano (10-12, 7-8 Bay Conference). Briana Boda, Cerveny and Alli Raddant had two hits and one RBI each.

McKenna Holman had three hits and three RBIs for Oconto Falls (6-16, 5-11 Bay). Sabrina Brasier had three hits and scored a run.

Menominee Indian 18

Tri-County 3

The Eagles finished with 20 hits in their road win Tuesday.

Joan Waukau had four hits and five RBIs for Menominee Indian, and Kelsey Corn added three RBIs.

The Eagles took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and scored four runs in each of the following two innings, holding a 10-0 advantage heading into the bottom of the third.

Tri-County (2-17, 2-15 Central Wisconsin Conference-10) ruined the Eagles’ shutout bid with a third-inning run, but the game still came to an early end with Menominee Indian’s seven-run fifth inning.

Corn and Taylor Mahkimetas split pitching duties in the game. Corn pitched two innings and had three strikeouts; Mahkimetas went three innings and had five strikeouts.

Aaliyah Pecore added two RBIs for the Eagles (15-4, 13-3 Central Wisconsin Conference-10).

SOCCER

Fox Valley Lutheran 6

Shawano 4

The Shawano girls soccer team’s overall record evened at 7-7-2 on the season with its loss at home Tuesday.

Colleen McFarlane, Morgan Klitzke, Louisa Keenan and Sarah Dickmann each had a goal for the Hawks. Dickmann and Klitzke also had an assist each.

Carlie Hinnefeld made 16 saves for Shawano, which is 4-1-2 in the Bay Conference.

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Shawano boys win pole vault, relayBy: 

Leader Staff

The Shawano Community High School boys track and field team earned a pair of wins and finished fifth in Saturday’s Bay Conference Championship at Marinette.

West De Pere topped the team standings. Seymour was second and Luxemburg-Casco third.

Daniel Boivin earned a win in the pole vault for Shawano, which also won the 3,200-meter relay.

Boivin was the only competitor to break the 13-foot mark, finishing at 14 feet; 18 inches higher than second-place Kyle VanDenBusch of Luxemburg-Casco.

Andrew Cardish, Austin Lhotka, Brandon Pagel and Jake Klister won the 3,200 relay for Shawano, finishing in 8:37.82.

West De Pere started its march to the front by winning nearly every individual track event. The Phantoms won the 100, 200, 800, 1,600 and 3,200 before Seymour won both hurdles events.

Boivin (41.46) was second in the 300 hurdles, just .07 seconds behind Marcus Cornelius (41.39) of Seymour.

Klister finished second in the 800 (2:03.14).

Zeke Gueths (138-7) added a second-place finish in the discus, not far behind Eric Herman (139-0) of Seymour.

Bay Conference Championship

Boys scores: 1. West De Pere 158.5; 2. Seymour 120.5; 3. Luxemburg-Casco 111; 4. Menasha 94.5; 5. Shawano 58; 6. Denmark 49.5; 7. Oconto Falls 44.5; 8. New London 34.5; 9. Marinette 31.

Shawano results (top-eight finishes):

800-meter run - 2. Jake Klister, Shawano, 2:03.14.

1,600 - 7. Andrew Cardish, Shawano, 5:01.32.

3,200 - 6. Chase Lhotka, Shawano, 10:56.59.

300 hurdles - 2. Daniel Boivin, Shawano, 41.46.

400 relay - 8. Shawano (Payden Buck, Logan Stefl, Richard Wilber, Kainen Halstead) 50.19.

800 relay - 6. Shawano (Richard Wilber, Olin Gilliam, Jake Klister, Daniel Boivin) 1:35.86.

1,600 relay - 8. Shawano (Michael Mault, Andrew Cardish, Tyrell Hesse, Logan Stefl) 3:54.67.

3,200 relay - 1. Shawano (Andrew Cardish, Austin Lhotka, Brandon Pagel, Jake Klister) 8:37.82.

Discus - 2. Zeke Gueths, Shawano, 138-7.

High jump - 5. Tyrell Hesse, Shawano, 5-8.

Pole vault - 1. Daniel Boivin, Shawano, 14-0.

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Hawks 7th in Bay championshipsBy: 

Leader Staff

Kristina Kurtz earned the lone win for Shawano Community High School’s girls track and field team in Saturday’s Bay Conference Championship at Marinette.

She led the Hawks to a seventh-place finish with 53 points. West De Pere won six events and the team title with 143.5.

Kurtz won the pole vault at 9 feet, 6 inches, finishing ahead of a second-place tie between teammate Onalee Siegfried (9-0) and Michelle Wenninger (9-0) of Seymour.

Kurtz also had a third-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 29.28 seconds, along with leading Shawano’s relay teams.

Kurtz, Jewel Carey, Sarah Hokenstad and Averi Vomastic finished second in the 800-meter relay at 1:51.76. Kurtz, Carey, Hokenstad and Hannah Wendorff finished the 1,600 relay in 4:27.25 to place third.

Vomastic added two top-five finishes for the Hawks, finishing third in the 200 at 28.01 and fourth in the 300 hurdles at 51.59.

Bay Conference Championship

Girls results:

1. West De Pere 143.5; 2. Seymour 114; 3. Luxemburg-Casco 88; 4. Marinette 87; 5. Oconto Falls 77; 6. Denmark 73; 7. Shawano 53; 8. Menasha 35; 9. New London 27.5.

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By: 

Leader Staff

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School boys golf team had three top-10 finishers Monday to win the Bonduel Invitational at Golden Sands Golf Course.

Witt-Birn finished with a 380. Manawa (389) was second. Area Central Wisconsin Conference members Bonduel (417) placed fifth, Gresham (430) eighth, Marion (452) ninth and Menominee Indian (455) 10th.

“It was a very challenging day for the golfers with the wind picking up all day and the temperature dropping,” Bonduel coach Dave LaBerge said. “The scores were higher across the board because of the conditions.”

Austin Acker (92) had Bonduel’s best score, finishing in a tie for fifth. Other scores for the Bears were Zach Acker (94), Garrett Riemer (112) and Matt LaBerge (119).

Alex Hulbert (87) of Weyauwega earned medalist honors with an 87. Kyle Adamski of Witt-Birn finished second with an 89. Chargers also in the top 10 were Maverick Bushman (94) in a tie for seventh and Gavin Czerwonka (95) in ninth.

Gresham’s Cole Hoffman and Killian Eggert just missed top-10 finishes. Hoffman (96) finished 11th and Eggert (97) was one stroke behind in 12th.

John Peters’ 94 led Menominee Indian. John Long finished with a 97. Jared Sawall led Marion with a 106.

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EAST DIVISION

CLINTONVILLE 6, SHAWANO 2

WP - John Dunlavy; LP - Ben Scheidermeier

CLINTONVILLE: Garrick Morgan was 3 for 5. John Dunlavy was 2 for 5. Jesse Wiley was 2 for 4. Parker Mendl was 2 for 4.

SHAWANO: Wade Weisnicht was 3 for 4.

MARION 9, MENOMINEE 5 (8 innings due to tornado warning)

WP - Chase Stenson; LP - Shane LaTender

MARION: Ryan Mortenson was 2 for 4. Jake Westphal was 2 for 5. Dave Jueds was 2 for 6.

MENOMINEE: Melvin Chavelier was 2 for 3. Steve Awonopay was 1 for 3.

GRESHAM 4, NEOPIT 2

WP - Adam Carroll; LP - Alex Peters

GRESHAM: Joey Ejnik and Jordan Stichman were 3 for 4. Brent Burkholtz was 2 for 4 with a double. Nate Ejnik was 2 for 4.

NEOPIT: Dustin Peters was 2 for 4. Carl Peters and Brandon Frechette were 2 for 5.

WEST DIVISION

TIGERTON 6, CAROLINE 0

WP - Paul Sellner; LP - Nick Desrochers

TIGERTON: Eric Kroening was 2 for 4 with a home run. Dylan Berg and Pat Provoast were 2 for 3.

CAROLINE: Bryce Rodriquez was 2 for 4. Ryan Brietenfeldt was 2 for 3.

LITTLE FALLS 11, LEOPOLIS 1

WP - Ryan Gullixon; LP - Hunter Hoffman

LITTLE FALLS: Mark Radies was 3 for 4 with a double; Jeremy Bauer was 2 for 4 with a double; Ryan Gullixon was 3 for 6 with a double; Justin Miller was 2 for 4 with a double and a triple.

LEOPOLIS: Hunter Hoffman and Nick Kristof were 2 for 4.

BOWLER 13, TILLEDA 7 (5 Inn. Rain)

WP - Rainer Shooter; LP - Curt Brei

BOWLER: Ryan Zarda was 3 for 4; Rainer Shooter was 2 for 4 with a home run; Kregg Boldig was 2 for 3; Walker Miller had a double.

TILLEDA: Mark Brei was 3 for 3. Craig Brei was 2 for 3.

NORTH DIVISION

ELAND 9, POLAR 6

WP - Vaughn Steebs LP - Sric Scheilke

ELAND: Shane Larson was 4 for 6 with a double; Brian Hubacek was 4 for 5. Ryan Richter was 2 for 3. Tyler Betry was 2 for 5 with a double. Vaughn Steebs was 3 for 4.

POLAR: Cody Gust was 2 for 2. Jared Tomany was 2 for 5. Phil Seis was 3 for 5 with a double; Randy Krebs was 2 for 4 with a double.

BIRNAMWOOD AT ANIWA

Rained out in the top of the 5th inning.

HATLEY 11, WITTENBERG 5

WP - Josh Hahn; LP - Dom Anderson

HATLEY: Travis Olds was 2 for 4 with a double; Brad Block and Wyatt Brown were 2 for 4.

WITTENBERG: Matt Yaeger was 3 for 4. Jamie Deruchowski was 2 for 4 with two doubles.

SOUTH-CENTRAL DIVISION

LANARK 14, MANAWA 4

WP - BJ Mitchell; LP - Casey Reierson

No other information was provided.

PLOVER 5, NEW LONDON 1

WP - Howie Heinrich; LP - Joe Schuster

PLOVER: Eric Fritz was 3 for 5; Howie Heinrich was 2 for 3.

WAUPACA 14 SCANDINAVIA 0

No other information was provided.

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BASEBALL

Bonduel 3

Weyauwega-Fremont 2

Bonduel clinched the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 title with its win Monday.

Connor Rosin's two-run home run in the first inning proved to be the big blast for the Bears (17-1, 12-1 CWC-8). Rosin added a single in the fifth; Colton Dobratz also had two hits.

Trevor Pedersen threw a solid six innings, giving up two runs on four hits, walking three and striking out four. Rosin pitched a scoreless seventh for the save.

Logan Bosquez took the loss, going six innings and surrendering three runs on six hits with two walks and eight strikeouts. Collin Jorgenson had two hits for the Indians (6-10, 4-5 CWC-8).

Shawano 13

Escanaba 2

Chase Henning was 3 for 4 with a double and a three-run home run as Shawano won the championship of the Bink's Coca Cola Baseball Invitational in Escanaba, Michigan.

Shawano collected 16 hits, and three Hawks had two hits each: Zach Sousek, 2 for 4 with a double; Ky Schmidt, 2 for 3; and Grant Wainio, 2 for 3 with a double.

Nate Laude was the winning pitcher. He went seven innings, gave up two earned runs on four hits, struck out three and walked one.

Tyler Scufca was 2 for 3 for Escanaba. He also took the loss, giving up nine earned runs on 10 hits over 3 2/3 innings. He had one strikeout and issued three walks.

Shawano raised its record to 12-7. The Hawks are 7-5 in the Bay Conference.

Shawano 6

Bark River-Harris 2

Brendan Cummings gave up three hits, and Grant Wainio and Chase Henning sparked the offense against Bark River-Harris at the Bink's Coca Cola Baseball Invitational in Escanaba.

Wainio was 3 for 3 with a double, and Chase Henning was 2 for 4 with two doubles. Zach Sousek and Nate Laude also each had two hits.

Cummings allowed two earned runs in five innings. He walked two batters and did not record a strikeout. The last 12 Broncos batters went down in order.

Drake Draze took the loss. He worked seven innings, gave up four earned runs on 10 hits, walked two and struck out three. Mike Hall was 2 for 3 for Bark River-Harris.

Gresham 11

Bowler 7

After five lead changes Monday, Gresham managed to seal the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 win with a strong seventh inning.

Gresham (10-6, 10-6 CWC-10) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Kalen Fischer singled, then scored with Kevin Ile on a single by Drew Haffner, who drove in three runs in the win. The Wildcats went up for good in the seventh on a RBI single by Beau Hoffman, scoring Riley Nietzer.

Christian Haffner paced the Wildcats with a 2-for-4 performance at the plate, driving in one and scoring two runs. Ile, Nietzer, Fischer and Beau Hoffman had two hits each.

Bowler fell to 7-8 in conference and overall.

Wild Rose 8

Menominee Indian 7

Wild Rose scored the winning run on a single in the ninth inning Monday at Wild Rose.

Michael Pecore was hot from the plate for Menominee Indian (6-11, 5-10 CWC-10). Pecore went 3 for 5 and scored one run. Nick Corn pitched 8 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs on 12 hits in the loss.

Schuyler Waller got the win for Wild Rose (13-7, 12-3 CWC-10). He pitched two shutout innings, struck out two, walked none and gave up one hit.

SOFTBALL

Menominee Indian 7

Wild Rose 2

Joan Waukau's two-run home run helped lift Menominee Indian to a Central Wisconsin Conference-10 win that featured four lead changes Monday at Wild Rose.

Waukau, Taylor Mahkimetas, Faith Munson and Ania Smith combined for six hits and four RBIs.

Elizabeth Corn struck out nine en route to the win for Menominee Indian (11-3, 10-2 CWC-10). Corn gave up one earned run, three hits and seven walks over seven innings.

Lexi Donotio was charged with the loss. She allowed seven runs in seven innings, walked five and struck out five for Wild Rose (7-7, 7-5 CWC-10).

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Weisnicht leads every lap in IMCA ModifiedsBy: 

Scott Owen, Special to the Leader

After an early restart, Nick Anvelink took the lead of Saturday’s Late Model feature at Shawano Speedway and held on for the win.

Tim Rothe led the first five laps prior to the caution flag for a Jeremy Kazynski crash between turns three and four. On the restart, Anvelink took the lead from Rothe. Paul Parker passed Rothe to take second shortly after while Anvelink continued to pace the field.

Troy Springborn got by Parker for second on lap 15, but nobody could catch Anvelink. Springborn was second and Parker finished third. Jeff Curtin and Rothe won heat races.

IMCA Modified

Mark Weisnicht went wire-to-wire on the way to winning a caution-free IMCA Modified feature. He started on the outside of the front row and quickly pulled away from the rest of the field for his first win of the season. Tony Wedelstadt gave chase, but could not catch Weisnicht and had to settle for second. Matt Oreskovich passed Jerry Wilinski on the final lap to finish in third.

IMCA Stock Car

Travis VanStraten won both the first heat race and the IMCA Stock Car feature. He started the feature in ninth and worked his way to the front; by the seventh lap he’d moved into second.

One lap later, he passed Gary Kasperek for the lead and held it for the win. Steven Stewart made a late charge to take second and Harley Simon was third.

IMCA Sport Mod

Tracy Wassenberg won the IMCA Sport Mod feature, passing Brianna Ambroziak for the lead on the seventh lap. Ambroziak started on the front row and held the lead until Wassenberg got by. A caution flag came out a lap later and Lucas Lamberies raced side-by-side with Wassenberg for a lap after the restart, but Wassenberg completed the pass and won his second event of the season. Lamberies was second and Brock Saunders finished third.

Mighty Four

Calvin Stueck led the entirety of the Mighty Four feature to score his first win of the year. He had to hold off his cousin and last week’s winner Brad Wedde for the win. Josh Slewinski finished third in the race.

Spectator Eliminator

Dave Stoffer and Brian Welch took home wins in Spectator Eliminator races.

Shawano Speedway

May 16

Late Model Feature: 1. Nick Anvelink, 2. Troy Springborn, 3. Paul Parker, 4. Ron Berna, 5. Tom Naeyaert, 6. Doug Blashe, 7. Aaron Wickersheim, 8. Joe Reuter, 9. Jeff Curtin, 10. Derek Jahnke.

Heat 1: 1. Curtin, 2. Naeyaert, 3. Anvelink.

Heat 2: 1. Tim Rothe, 2. Reuter, 3. Parker.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1. Mark Weisnicht, 2. Tony Wedelstadt, 3. Matt Oreskovich, 4. Jerry Wilinski, 5. Eddie Muenster, 6. Cody Hudson, 7. Mitch Stankowski, 8. Marcus Yarie, 9. Charlie Wild, 10. Mike Bailey.

Heat 1: 1. Wilinski, 2. John Peters, 3. Stankowski.

Heat 2: 1. Wild, 2. Jim Bartelt Sr., 3. Mike Fillion.

Heat 3: 1. Eddie Muenster, 2. Oreskovich, 3. Weisnicht.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. Travis VanStraten, 2. Steven Stewart, 3. Harley Simon, 4. Dustin Loberger, 5. Justin Jacobsen, 6. Luke Uttecht, 7. Vern Stedjee, 8. Gary Kasperek, 9. Tom Riehl, 10. Chris Lowenhagen.

Heat 1: 1. VanStraten, 2. Riehl, 3. Mike Schmidt.

Heat 2: 1. Kasperek, 2. Loberger, 3. Simon.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1. Tracy Wassenberg, 2. Lucas Lamberies, 3. Brock Saunders, 4. Jason Jach, 5. Wyatt Block, 6. Kyle Raddant, 7. Brianna Ambroziak, 8. Jason VandenBerg, 9. Brandon NyGaard, 10. Weston Frenche.

Heat 1: 1. Jordan Barkholtz, 2. Wassenberg, 3. Block.

Heat 2: 1. Lamberies, 2. Saunders, 3. Jordan Bartz.

Mighty Four Feature: 1. Calvin Stueck, 2. Brad Wedde, 3. Josh Slewinski, 4. Grant Kastning, 5. Lucas Hacker, 6. Dalton Nelson, 7. Lewis Jepson, 8. Hollie Welch, 9. Matt DeWilde, 10. Carl King.

Heat 1: 1. Wedde, 2. Nelson, 3. Kastning.

Heat 2: 1. Stueck, 2. Slewinski, 3. King

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Eagles sprinter wins 100, sets record in 200By: 

Troy A. Bruzewski, [email protected]

Gordon James finally had the upper hand, or foot.

Last season, the Menominee Indian High School sprinter was relegated to trading 100- and 200-meter dash wins with Tanner Hudziak of Wild Rose in the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 meet. The two even finished with identical 200 times in last year’s sectional, with Hudziak getting the win due to a faster preliminary time.

With both competitors returning for the 2015 season, they were expected to again duel for the conference and postseason wins.

“We all knew it would be these two guys again this year,” Menominee Indian coach Chris Clache said. “They are the two fastest guys around in both events.”

James proved to be the fastest guy in both events on Saturday at the CWC-10 meet in Plainfield, defeating Hudziak in both events and earning two wins for the Eagles, one setting a record for both the school and conference. After his time of 11.81 seconds won the 100 by .05 seconds over Hudziak (11.86), James (22.85) defeated Hudziak (23.3) in the 200 to set the all-time mark for Menominee Indian and the CWC-10.

“It was a big deal for (James) to win both events,” Clache said. “He won the 100 last year, but he certainly wanted both wins and got them this year.”

The two victories boosted the Eagles to fourth in the final team standings with 55 points while Rosholt (175) and Wild Rose (165) decided first place.

Drew Payne earned multiple wins for Gresham-Bowler, leading it to a third-place finish with 68 points. He won two field events for the Panthers, finishing ahead of a second-place finisher from Wild Rose in each. Payne (22-4.25) won the long jump with Jeremy Lesniak (20-2.5) and Hudziak (19-11), both of Wild Rose, finishing behind him. Payne (43-1) also won the triple jump ahead of Lesniak (40-11.5).

Menominee Indian’s Armando Rodriguez (25.31) was fifth in the 200 behind his teammate James. Both were on the winning 400-meter relay team that finished over three seconds ahead of second-place Rosholt. Lorenzo Warrington and Jarin Reiter joined Rodriguez and James for the win.

Alphonso Smith (42-4) gave the Eagles a field event second-place finish with his toss in the shot put.

Central Wisconsin Conference-10 Meet

Boys scores: 1. Rosholt, 175; 2. Wild Rose, 165; 3. Gresham/Bowler, 68; 4. Menominee Indian, 55; 5. Port Edwards, 44; 6. Tri-County, 38; 7. Almond-Bancroft, 29; 8. Tigerton, 21; 9. Marion, 6.

100-meter dash - 1. Gordon James, Menominee Indian, 11.81; 7. Armando Rodriguez, Menominee Indian, 12.48.

200 - 1. Gordon James, Menominee Indian, 22.85; 5. Armando Rodriguez, Menominee Indian, 25.31.

400 - 6. Jarin Reiter, Menominee Indian, 56.63.

1,600 - 3. Cody Montez, Gresham/Bowler, 4:50.52; 8. Tyler Carper, Marion, 5:27.75.

3,200 - 2. Cody Montez, Gresham/Bowler, 10:46.63.

110 hurdles - 3. Arthur Boucher, Gresham/Bowler, 19.07.

300 hurdles - 7. Arthur Boucher, Gresham/Bowler, 50.45; 8. Jarin Reiter, Menominee Indian, 52.16.

400 relay - 1. Menominee Indian (Armando Rodriguez, Lorenzo Warrington, Jarin Reiter, Gordon James), 47.15; 3. Gresham/Bowler (JJ Church, Levi Ludvigsen, Johnnie Surprise, Garrison Kietlinski), 55.90.

800 relay - 2. Gresham/Bowler (Arthur Boucher, Levi Ludvigsen, Johnnie Surprise, JJ Church), 1:50.45.

1,600 relay - 4. Gresham/Bowler (Cody Montez, Levi Ludvigsen, JJ Church, Tom Seidler), 4:21.05.

Shot put - 2. Alphonso Smith, Menominee Indian, 42-04.00; 4. Jon Jones, Gresham/Bowler, 38-08.00; 8. Brett Szulczewski, Tigerton, 34-02.00.

Discus - 2. Vernon Parrott, Tigerton, 125-01; 4. Alphonso Smith, Menominee Indian, 122-00; 8. Tom Seidler, Gresham/Bowler, 105-08.

High jump - 6. Tyler Carper, Marion, 5-04.00.

Long jump - 1. Drew Payne, Gresham/Bowler, 22-04.25; 4. Jacob Minniecheske, Tigerton, 18-11.00; 6. Brett Szulczewski, Tigerton, 17-10.00; 7. Tyler Carper, Marion , 17-03.50.

Triple jump - 1. Drew Payne, Gresham/Bowler, 43-01.00; 7. Alphonso Smith, Menominee Indian, 38-04.00; 8. Cody Montez, Gresham/Bowler, 38-03.00.

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Detert owns CWC-10 records in discus, shot putBy: 

Leader Staff

The top three teams would have accounted for each win in Saturday’s Central Wisconsin Conference-10 girls track and field meet in Plainfield, if not for Marion High School’s Cassidy Detert.

She broke through for two record-setting wins in field events as Rosholt, Wild Rose and Tri-County battled for the team win. Wild Rose (205) finished with the win, followed by Rosholt (161) in second and Tri-County (129.5) in third. Those three teams split all the meet’s event wins outside of Detert’s two victories.

Detert crushed the field in the discus, finishing at 134 feet, 5 inches and over 20 feet ahead of second-place Brea Yenter (111-10). Detert also dominated the shot put, finishing at 43-3 and nearly 10 feet ahead of second-place Yenter (34-9). Both of Detert’s marks put her atop the all-time conference list in each event.

Marion added a fourth-place finish in the shot put by Patty Ghent (32-11). Beyond the success for Marion in those events, top-five finishes were rare for those not in the team title race.

Mercedes Waupoose (1 minute, 10.95 seconds) earned fifth place for Menominee Indian in the 400-meter run, for the Eagles’ best finish of the meet.

Gresham-Bowler’s 800 relay team of Kendra Rickert, Crista Peters, Shannon Caskey and Emma Lau finished fifth in 2:21.41. Lau, Rickert, Peters and Tatelyn Ferguson also were fifth in the 1,600 relay at 5:46.45. Winter DeRoos (4-4) added a fifth-place finish in the high jump for the Panthers.

Central Wisconsin Conference-10

Team scores: 1. Wild Rose, 205; 2. Rosholt, 161; 3. Tri-County, 129.5; 4. Marion, 62.5; 5. Tigerton, 37; 6. Gresham/Bowler, 22; 7. Menominee Indian, 8; 8. Almond-Bancroft, 4; 9. Port Edwards, 3.

100-meter dash - 5. Charity Desrochers, Tigerton, 14.18; 7. Katie Watters, Tigerton, 14.54; 8. Allison Stewart, Gresham/Bowler, 14.59.

200 - 6. Allison Stewart, Gresham/Bowler, 29.40; 8. Jenny Gilles, Marion, 31.48.

400 - 5. Mercedes Waupoose, Menominee Indian, 1:10.95.

800 - 5. Charity Desrochers, Tigerton, 2:44.53; 8. Tatelyn Ferguson, Gresham/Bowler, 2:56.68.

1,600 - 8. Angela Hoffman, Tigerton, 6:29.55.

100 hurdles - 5. Lonna Minniecheske, Tigerton, 18.72; 8. Chelsea Peters, Gresham/Bowler, 21.48.

300 hurdles - 3. Lonna Minniecheske, Tigerton, 51.06.

400 relay - 3. Tigerton (Lonna Minniecheske, Karli Minniecheske, Charity Desrochers, Katie Watters), 54.90; 5. Marion (Melody Riemer, Harmony Riemer, Hannah Greene-Gretzinger, Paige Polzin), 58.50; 6. Menominee Indian (Sha’Nae Wynos, Mylia Olson, Mercedes Waupoose, Trinity Crowe), 1:02.67; 7. Gresham/Bowler (Chelsea Peters, Crista Peters, Kendra Rickert, Emma Lau), 1:07.05.

800 relay - 3. Marion (Melody Riemer, Harmony Riemer, Hannah Greene-Gretzinger, Paige Polzin), 2:04.56; 5. Gresham/Bowler (Kendra Rickert, Crista Peters, Shannon Caskey, Emma Lau), 2:21.41.

1,600 relay - 3. Marion (Kayla Jung, Harmony Riemer, Kate Breitrick, Paige Polzin), 5:01.78; 5. Gresham/Bowler (Tatelyn Ferguson, Emma Lau, Kendra Rickert, Crista Peters), 5:46.45.

3,200 relay - 3. Marion (Kayla Jung, Kayla Brei, Melody Riemer, Hannah Greene-Gretzinger), 11:58.87.

Shot put - 1. Cassidy Detert, Marion, 43-03.00; 4. Patty Ghent, Marion, 32-11.00; 8. Shannon Caskey, Gresham/Bowler, 30-03.00.

Discus - 1. Cassidy Detert, Marion, 134-05; 6. Patty Ghent, Marion, 91-10.

High jump - 5. Winter DeRoos, Gresham/Bowler, 4-04.00; 6. Melody Riemer, Marion, 4-02.00.

Long jump - 6. Katie Watters, Tigerton, 14-07.50; 7. Kate Breitrick, Marion, 14-05.00; 8l. Lonna Minniecheske, Tigerton, 14-00.00.

Triple jump - 5. Katie Watters, Tigerton, 31-03.50; 6. Kate Breitrick, Marion, 28-03.00.

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Bonduel boys earn 1st-place finishBy: 

Leader Staff

Hunter Berry earned three wins for the Bonduel High School boys track and field team in Saturday’s Central Wisconsin Conference-8 Championships at Stevens Point, leading the Bears to the team victory.

Berry won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 to account for three of the four Bonduel victories and helped the Bears to 149 points in the team standings. Iola-Scandinavia finished second with 104 points; Wittenberg-Birnamwood was third with 84.

Berry’s first win arrived in the 1,600, where he finished in 4 minutes, 44.86 seconds. His mark was nearly eight seconds ahead of second-place Jalen Block (4:44.86) of Iola-Scandinavia. Austin Marcks (4:52.42) added a fourth-place finish for Bonduel.

In the 800, Berry finished in 2:03.77 and ahead of Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Tyler Weller (2:07.3). Damon Wolff (2:16.11) added a fifth-place finish for the Chargers.

Berry’s third win was in the 3,200, where he finished 10:41.65 and over 15 seconds ahead of second-place Chris Young (10:56.91) of Weyauwega-Fremont.

Bonduel earned a field event win in the triple jump, where Trebor Rueckert posted a mark of 41 feet, 5 inches. Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Trevor Stewart was third at 40-8.75.

The Bears also had a pair of top-five finishes in the 400, with Rueckert (51.85) in second and Danny Tauchen (51.85) in third. Stewart (53.15) added a fourth-place finish for Wittenberg-Birnamwood.

Mason Enjaian (48-0) gave the Chargers a second-place finish in the shot put; Isaiah Griesbach (43-2.75) was fifth for Bonduel.

Central Wisconsin Conference-8 Championships

Boys scores: 1. Bonduel 149, 2. Iola-Scandinavia 104, 3. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 84, 4. Amherst 74, 5. Manawa 73, 6. Pacelli 59, 7. Shiocton 57, 8. Weyauwega-Fremont 53.

200 dash - 4. Trebor Rueckert, Bonduel, 23.76; 5. Preston Robaidek, Bonduel, 24.48.

400 - 2. Trebor Rueckert, Bonduel, 51.85; 3. Danny Tauchen, Bonduel, 53.15; 6. Preston Robaidek, Bonduel, 54.6.

800 - 1. Hunter Berry, Bonduel, 2:03.77; 2. Tyler Weller, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 2:07.3; 5. Damon Wolff, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 2:16.11; 6. Sam Falck, Bonduel, 2:18.02.

1,600 - 1. Hunter Berry, Bonduel, 4:44.86; 4. Austin Marcks, Bonduel, 5:02.75; 5. Riley Bohlman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 5:05.87; 6. Sam Falck, Bonduel, 5:12.03; 8. Dustin Tomson, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 5:14.21.

3,200 - 1. Hunter Berry, Bonduel, 10:41.65; 4. Austin Marcks, Bonduel, 11:48.11; 5. Dustin Tomson, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 11:13.06; 6. Riley Bohlman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 11:21.72; 7. Austin Kurey, Bonduel, 11:48.11.

110 hurdles - 4. Allen Mays, Bonduel, 18.52; 6. Derek Hoffman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 19.48; 7. Wyatt Schoepke, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 20.72.

300 hurdles - 5. Danny Tauchen, Bonduel, 46.6; 6. Alex Schill, Bonduel, 47.49; 7. Allen Mays, Bonduel, 47.76.

400 relay - 2. Bonduel (Elijah Mastey, Jacob Banker, Lucas Nolan, Sam Griesbach) 48.89; 6. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Alex Nelson, Nathan Miller, Michael Nelson, Keegan DelForge) 53.34.

800 relay - 5. Bonduel (Elijah Mastey, Jacob Banker, Lucas Nolan, Sam Griesbach) 1:41.99; 8. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Wyatt Schoepke, Alex Nelson, Michael Nelson, Keegan DelForge) 1:51.98.

1,600 relay - 2. Bonduel (Danny Tauchen, Preston Robaidek, Elijah Mastey, Jacob Banker) 3:40.83; 3. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Derek Hoffman, Damon Wolff, Tyler Weller, Trevor Stewart) 3:42.25.

3,200 relay - 1. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (Dustin Tomson, Damon Wolff, Riley Bohlman, Tyler Weller) 8:41.96; 5. Bonduel (Sam Falck, James Watry, Austin Kurey, Josh Schill) 9:22.67.

Shot put- 2. Mason Enjaian, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 43-2.75; 5. Isaiah Griesbach, Bonduel, 38-4; 6. Keenan DelForge, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 36-2.5.

Discus- 3. Spencer Perry, Bonduel, 115-6; 8. Matt Thrun, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 100-7.

High jump - 4. Preston Robaidek, Bonduel, 5-6; 7. Lucas Nolan, Bonduel, 5-2.

Long jump- 3. Trevor Stewart, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 20-7.5; 4. Danny Tauchen, Bonduel, 19-5; 7. Elijah Mastey, Bonduel, 18-6.75.

Triple jump - 1. Trebor Rueckert, Bonduel, 41-5; 3. Trevor Stewart, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 40-8.75; 6. Allen Mays, Bonduel, 37-1.75.

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Charger girls dominate CWC-8 meetBy: 

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The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School girls track and field team won eight of the 16 events to claim the team title in Saturday’s Central Wisconsin Conference-8 Championships at Stevens Point.

Freshman Maddy Pietz won three events for the Chargers, who finished with 180 points. Bonduel was second with 105.5, followed by Iola-Scandinavia (93.5) and Weyauwega-Fremont (91).

The Chargers opened with a win in the 3,200-meter relay, finishing in 10 minutes, 17.88 seconds. Pietz followed with a win in the 100 dash, finishing in 12.62. Bonduel’s Emily Sorenson (13.65) was third and Peyton Hrabik (13.76) fifth.

A 1-2 finish in the 400 was the start of Wittenberg-Birnamwood pulling away from the field. Pietz (1:00.71) won the event and Paige Norrborn (1:02.16) was second. Hayley Sorenson (1:06.74) had a fifth-place finish for Bonduel.

Pietz then added a third win by finishing the 200 in 26.21, over a second ahead of Mikaela Hintz of W-F. Norrborn (27.76) was fourth for the Chargers, followed by Hayley Sorenson (28.59).

Norrborn earned her first-place finish in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 2 inches. Teammate Micah Nier (5-0) was third, followed by two Bears. Hayley Sorenson (4-10) and Hayley Pues (4-10) finished in a fourth-place tie for Bonduel.

Emily Sorenson earned a win for Bonduel in the long jump with a mark of 16-9. Pietz (15-9) finished third and Taylor Nier (14-10.5) was fifth for the Chargers.

After the Chargers won the 1,600 relay (4:09.22), Anna Hartman ensured their team win with first-place finishes in the discus and shot put. She was the lone competitor to cross the 100-foot mark in the discus (102-7), then won the shot put by less than a foot. Hartman won the event at 33-0; Autumn Ferg (32-5) of Manawa was second.

Central Wisconsin Conference-8 Championships

Girls results - 1. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 180; 2. Bonduel, 105.5; 3. Iola-Scandinavia, 93.5; 4. Weyauwega-Fremont, 91; 5. Pacelli, 79; 6. Little Wolf, 42; 7. Shiocton, 32; 8. Amherst, 28.

3,200 relay - 1. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 10.17.88; 4. Bonduel, 11 -28.58.

100 hurdles - 2. Hayley Pues, Bonduel, 17.76; 3. Erica Eagle White, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 18;.38.

100 dash - 1. Maddy Pietz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 12.62; 3. Emily Sorenson, Bonduel, 13.65; 5. Peyton Hrabik, Bonduel, 13.76.

1,600 run - 3. Alyssa Meverden, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 5 -56.87; 5. Ashlyn Schnell, Bonduel, 6 -05.01.

800 relay - 2. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 1 -53.49; 5. Bonduel, 1 -59.85.

400 dash - 1. Maddy Pietz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 1 -00.71; 2. Paige Norrborn, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 1 -02.16; 5. Hayley Sorenson, Bonduel, 1 -06.74; 6. Ashlie Mastey, Bonduel, 1 -07.08; 7. Allyssa Moser, Bonduel, 1 -08.23.

400 relay - 3. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 54.74; 6. Bonduel, 58.59.

300 hurdles - 2. Erica Eagle White, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 49.27; 4. Hayley Pues, Bonduel, 51.44; 5. 6. Danee Collier, Bonduel, 52.99.

800 run - 3. Mikayla King, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 2:34.80; 5. Ashlyn Schnell, Bonduel, 2:41.53; 6. Anna Palmer, Bonduel, 2:42.96.

200 dash - 1. Maddy Pietz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 26.21; 4. Paige Norrbom, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 27.76; 5. Hayley Sorenson, Bonduel, 28.59; 8. Emily Sorenson, Bonduel, 29.52.

3,200 run - 3. Alexis Balliett, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 13:24.65; 4. Abigail Palmer, Bonduel, 13:41.07; 5. Alyssa Meverden, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 13:46.06.

1,600 relay - 1. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 4:09.22; 3. Bonduel, 4:34.74.

High jump - 1. Paige Norrbom, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 5-2; 3. Micah Nier, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 5-0; 4. Hayley Sorenson, Bonduel, 4-10; Hayley Pues, Bonduel, 4-10.

Long jump - 1. Emily Sorenson, Bonduel, 16-9; 3. Maddy Pietz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 15-9; 5. Taylor Nier, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 14-10.

Triple jump - 2. Micah Nier, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 34-2.25; 5. Taylor Nier, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 30-7.25; 7. Megan Fisher, Bonduel, 29-2.

Discus - 1. Anna Hartman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 102-7; 7. Christine Sell, Bonduel, 81-5.

Shot put - 1. Anna Hartman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 33-0; 5. Whitney Banker, Bonduel, 27-3.

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