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FARMINGTON – A Waupaca area teen is still beaming with excitement after her recent trip to “The Ellen Degeneres Show.”

The trip was all thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation which grants wishes to children with medical conditions.

If you ever need to smile, Meghan Czerwinski will give you a good reason.

“This is my migraine medication, my other migraine medication, my multivitamins. I use these for energy. This is my narcotic that I use for migraines and this is my seizure medication,” said Meghan Czerwinski as she looked through her medications.

She continues to stay positive even after finding out, a little over a year ago, she has two brain tumors.

“My larger one is in the back of my head, on the right side of my head, and that was egg shaped,” Czerwinski said.

After spending time in the hospital, doctors were able to remove most of the first tumor.

“My other one is on my optic nerve by my eyes, and they can’t touch that one because they’ll blind me if they try to remove it,” Czerwinski said.

Czerwinski’s family has been with her every step of the way but it hasn’t always been easy.

“I walked into the room and Meghan and [her mom] were crying and Meghan said, ‘I don’t want to die,”‘ said Jon Czerwinski.

Doctors say her tumors aren’t cancerous but she still has numbness on the left side of her body and occasional migraines.

“I definitely have memory problems. It’s not anything specific but sometimes I’ll forget to do things like shut cupboard doors or refrigerator doors,” Czerwinski said.

But last week’s trip to California, to see her favorite talk show host, is a memory Czerwinski says will last a lifetime.

“Make-A-Wish called my dad. My dad came downstairs and said. ‘Meghan next month we’re going to the Ellen show. I was freaking out,”‘ Czerwinski said.

She didn’t get to meet DeGeneres but Czerwinski did get to see the comedian up close.

“She started dancing by me and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, DeGeneres is standing right next to me,”‘ Czerwinski said.

Czerwinski brought back home a few shirts and mugs from the show.

She shared her experience on her Facebook page called Megan’s Motivation.

“We posted a lot on that,” Czerwinski said.

She says support from her family and friends and even people she doesn’t know keeps her going.

“I’m strong and I can still move on and go on with life,” Czerwinski said.

Czerwinski just finished up her first semester at UW Oshkosh.

But because of her condition, she’s going to take a break from school and work at a local nursing home.

CLEVELAND (AP) – Trey Lewis got his first career double-double and combined with Anton Grady for 49 points as Cleveland State cruised to a 76-62 victory over Green Bay on Saturday.

Lewis finished with 25 points, including four 3-pointers, and a career-high 12 rebounds. Grady had 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, and Charlie Lee chipped in 12 for the Vikings (13-10, 7-2 Horizon). Cleveland State shot 51.9 percent in the first half and 64.7 percent in the second.

The Vikings led 32-21 at the half after holding Green Bay to just eight points over the final 8 minutes before the break. The Phoenix managed to close within six points with 15 minutes left to play, but nine straight put the Vikings back up by double figures, and they led by 17 with 6:16 on the clock.

Carrington Love scored 14 points to lead Green Bay (17-5, 6-2) while Greg Mays added 13.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) – Andrew Chrabascz scored 30 points and No. 25 Butler overcame a 10-point deficit in the final 4:21 of regulation to beat Marquette 72-68 in overtime over Marquette in a Big East Conference game on Saturday.

The Bulldogs opened a 66-61 lead on a layin by Chrabascz with 1:09 left in overtime, but Marquette rallied within 66-65 on baskets by Duane Wilson and Juan Anderson.

Butler took advantage of being in the double bonus and converted all six free-throw attempts in the final 24.5.

Kellen Dunham added 17 points and Alex Barlow 15 for Butler (16-6, 6-3 Big East). Wilson and Matt Carlino had 18 points apiece for Marquette (10-11, 2-7), which lost its fifth straight.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Frank Kaminsky wasn’t letting another second-half lead get away from No. 5 Wisconsin.

Kaminsky had 24 points and nine rebounds and the Badgers locked in defensively during the second half en route to a 74-63 win over Iowa on Saturday. Coach Bo Ryan called the consecutive road wins over Michigan and Iowa “huge” for his team.

“We’re road warriors,” Kaminsky said. “We’ve kind of embraced that mentality throughout the years. We were able to silence the crowd with some shots.”

Nigel Hayes scored 14 points and Sam Dekker and Josh Gasser each added 11 for the Badgers (19-2, 7-1 Big Ten).

Wisconsin had 21 second-chance points and only committed six turnovers to win its fifth straight against the Hawkeyes (13-8, 4-4).

Aaron White had 15 points and seven rebounds to lead Iowa, which has dropped three straight games. White was limited in practice this week after injuring his shoulder last week against Purdue.

The Badgers led comfortably most of the second half, but Iowa closed the gap to 49-44 with more than 13 minutes left.

For Kaminsky, it started to look like a repeat of Wisconsin’s last game. The Badgers held on to a 69-64 win at Michigan after leading by 11 points in the second half.

“We didn’t want that to happen again,” Kaminsky said. “We knew in our minds we had to get stops and then convert on offense.”

Wisconsin did just that. The Badgers pulled away when Iowa went nearly seven minutes without a field goal.

Hayes made a flashy one-handed, put-back dunk in the middle of that 13-5 run. A few minutes later, Gasser did a double-pump fake before hitting a step-back 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock.

“I was able to get a little separation and I just let it fly confidently,” Gasser said. “Fortunately, it went in.”

Later, White hit a 3-pointer with 2:57 left to bring Iowa within 65-57.

But Wisconsin scored seven straight points from the foul line – four from Kaminsky – to put the game away. The Badgers made 21 of 26 free throws.

The Hawkeyes made only 3 of 17 shots down the stretch before a couple of buckets in the final minute.

Iowa shot 64 percent in the first half, but trailed 42-36 at halftime. The Hawkeyes shot 30 percent in the second half.

“We had a couple of quick shots, contested shots, and then we had a couple of goofy turnovers that really hurt us,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said.

Gabriel Olaseni added 12 points for Iowa.

TIP-INS

Iowa: The Hawkeyes made eight of their first nine shots to reach 17 points in the first eight minutes, matching their first half total in the earlier meeting between the schools.

Wisconsin: The Badgers out-rebounded Iowa 35-24. Wisconsin’s 15 offensive rebounds tied a season best, which also came against the Hawkeyes.

COURTSIDE

ESPN commentator Dan Dakich’s trip to Iowa City was mellower. His comments during Wisconsin’s 82-50 win over Iowa on Jan. 20 riled up McCaffery and Hawkeye fans.

Dakich called Iowa center Adam Woodbury “gutless” after Woodbury appeared to poke a pair of Wisconsin players in the eye. McCaffery defended Woodbury, saying Dakich should apologize.

Iowa officials said there was extra security for the game. Some Hawkeye fans in the student section chanted at Dakich to start the second half, but he appeared unfazed.

STATLINES

Kaminsky scored 20 or more points in consecutive games for the third time this season . White played a game-high 38 minutes despite coming off the injury . Iowa’s bench outscored Wisconsin 17-6.

UP NEXT

Iowa plays at Michigan on Thursday.

Wisconsin hosts Indiana on Tuesday.

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CAIRO (AP) – An online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.

The video, released on militant websites and highlighted by militant sympathizers on social media sites, bore the symbol of the Islamic State group’s al-Furqan media arm.

Though the video could not be immediately independently verified by The Associated Press, it conformed to other beheading videos released by the extremists, who now control a third of both Syria and neighboring Iraq in its self-declared caliphate.

The video, called “A Message to the Government of Japan,” featured a militant who looked and sounded like a militant with a British accent who has taken part in other beheading videos by the Islamic State group. Goto, kneeling in an orange prison jumpsuit, said nothing in the roughly one-minute-long video.

“Abe,” the militant says in the video, referring to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, “because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war, this man will not only slaughter Kenji, but will also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found. So let the nightmare for Japan begin.”

Goto was captured in October, after he traveled to Syria to try to win the release of Haruna Yukawa.

The hostage drama began last week after militants threatened to kill Goto and Yukawa in 72 hours unless Japan paid $200 million.

Jordan and Japan reportedly conducted indirect negotiations with the militants through Iraqi tribal leaders.

ATLANTA (AP) – The daughter of late singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was found unresponsive in a bathtub Saturday and taken to a hospital in the north Atlanta suburbs, police said.

Bobbi Kristina Brown was found by her husband, Nick Gordon, and a friend and given CPR, said Officer Lisa Holland, a spokeswoman for the Roswell Police Department. When police arrived, they gave Brown additional care until she was taken alive to North Fulton Hospital.

The incident remains under investigation, police said.

Brown, 21, is the only daughter of Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown. A representative for the family did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Whitney Houston was found dead in a hotel bathtub on Feb. 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, California. The 48-year-old Houston had struggled for years with cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her behavior had become erratic.

Authorities examining Houston’s death found a dozen prescription drug bottles in the hotel suite. They concluded that Houston accidentally drowned. Heart disease and cocaine use were listed as contributing factors in Houston’s death.

Over her career, Houston sold more than 50 million records in the United States alone. Her voice, an ideal blend of power, grace and beauty, made classics out of songs like “Saving All My Love For You,” ”I Will Always Love You,” ”The Greatest Love of All” and “I’m Every Woman.” Her six Grammys were only a fraction of her many awards.

Houston had her first No. 1 hit by the time she was 22, followed by a flurry of No. 1 songs and multiplatinum records.

Houston left her entire estate to her daughter.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A team of students from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is conducting research on foxes and coyotes in hopes of learning how the animals and humans can peacefully coexist.

Forest and wildlife associate professor David Drake and his students are humanely trapping the animals, running tests, then fitting them with tracking devices. WISC-TV reported the goal is to learn about traveling patterns, diseases the animals might have, and how they interact with other animals and humans.

“These animals are moving into these areas where people are living,” Drake said. “If that habituation continues and the animals continue to lose their fear of humans, in extreme cases these animals can start becoming aggressive.”

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said residents should stay a safe distance from foxes and coyotes, and should not feed them.

“You don’t want to encourage any contact with the animals. For the most part if you see a coyote you would act around them just like you would a strange dog,” said Andy Paulios, wildlife biologist at the DNR.

Middleton police said they have had several reports of sightings of foxes and coyotes in the city. In each case, there has been no human interaction. Police encourage people to be careful, but say there’s no cause for alarm.

“The nature preserve is there for people to observe and see the animals and they are among the animals that you are going to see and they will wander up in the yards,” said Sgt. Donald Mueller of Middleton police.

Drake hopes these sightings will help spread understanding about the animals.

“It’s fun to give people practical knowledge that they can use in their everyday life. To improve their quality of life but also enjoy the wildlife around them,” Drake said.

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) – Police and SWAT teams have surrounded a house in Hudson and evacuated nearby residents, after authorities received a report about a domestic situation.

Hudson Police Chief Marty Jensen tells KSTP-TV that police were called to the house at 4:30 a.m. Saturday.

Jensen says a man and woman were initially in the house, but the woman left and called police.

One man is believed to be inside. Police are unsure if he is armed. Authorities have used tear gas inside the house, but the man didn’t come out.

Jensen says police are asking nearby residents to stay away from the area.

(Green Bay) – The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, Inc. and the Green Bay Packers today announced that the 2015 Hall of Fame induction banquet for former Packers quarterback Brett Favre is sold out.

The July 18, 2015 event will feature the retirement of No. 4 by the Packers organization, with Favre’s name and No. 4 to subsequently be unveiled inside Lambeau Field on the north façade during a ceremony at a to-be-determined game during the 2015 season.

Approximately 1,600 people will be in attendance.

ASHWAUBENON – A major storm system will hit southern Wisconsin Saturday Night and Sunday. We are on the northern edge of this storm. The heaviest snow will fall from Milwaukee south to the Illinois border.

A wide variety of impacts are expected around our area on Sunday. Snowfall around Sheboygan will be near 5 inches by Sunday evening, while 2-3″ is likely in Oshkosh and Manitowoc, and less than 2 inches north of Appleton to Green Bay.  The Northwood’s will only see a few flurries out of this system.  Everyone will see gusty winds and some blowing snow as the storm moves by.  Roads will be slick were the snow falls tomorrow.

Today will be rather quiet with mostly cloudy and it will be a touch warmer with a high near 27.

Tonight will be chills with a low near 9.  Snow will start to fall towards morning in the Fox Cities.

Sunday will be snowy and windy, especially for the southern half of NE Wisconsin. The high will be near 12 degrees so the snow will be fluffy and blow around easily. The winds will be NE at 10-25 mph.

Monday will be cold with morning temperatures just below zero as you head off to work. Under partly cloudy skies the high will be near 10.

Another shot for some snow comes in on Tuesday with a high of 22, then more cold air settles in for the end of next week.

GREEN BAY – A Taste of Wine and Cheese will take place in a couple of weeks.

It’s an event that features wine tasting and a variety of cheeses — all to benefit the programs of the Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay.

Hotel & Conference Center’s Food & Beverage Director Vivek Trivedi, Executive Chef Brian Singer and Stephanie Schallhorn of Boys and Girls Club of Green Bay — joined FOX 11’s Emily Deem on Good Day Wisconsin to talk about the event.

Chef Brian created some delicious dishes: Meatball Burger with Gorgonzola and Rigatoni Alla Carbonara.

Click here for more information about the event.

MENASHA –  20 people in Menasha were forced from their apartments overnight because of a fire.

Fire crews were called to the Elizabeth Court Apartments around 5:30 Friday night.

There was a fire in one of the apartments. Three other units had smoke and water damage.

About 14 of the displaced residents spent the night at a Red Cross shelter at Jefferson Elementary School.

The fire department says the fire is not suspicious, and residents should be allowed back in their apartments by the end of the weekend.

GREEN BAY – Even though its winter, people can still enjoy a farmers market.

The New Leaf Winter Farmers Market season is nearly half over.

More than 80 vendors set up shop at the K-I Convention Center each Saturday morning offering local meats, cheeses, baked goods, vegetables, canned items, coffee, handcrafted art pieces and more.

Special cooking demos and musical entertainment are provided each week:

-Jan. 31: Music by Tarl Knight, cooking demo by Caffe Espresso. 

-Feb. 7: Music by Jamie Fletcher, cooking demo by Adams Street Pub. 

-Mar. 7: Music by Duffey & Friends, cooking demo by Titletown Brewing Co.

-Mar. 28: Music by Amy Peters & Pat Lucas, cooking demo by Black and Tan. 

The market is open from 8 a.m. until noon.

The last day for the market March 28.

FOX 11’s Pauleen Le spent the morning exploring the market.

For more information on the New Leaf Winter Farmers Market presented by Bellin Health, click here.

SUAMICO — Friday night the only boys basketball teams with one conference loss met at Bay Port with the Fox River Classic Conference lead on the line.

De Pere, with Wisconsin recruit Brevin Pritzl, was looking for its eighth win in nine games, while the Pirates were looking to make a statement as they are a team without stars.

Pritzl has scored as many as 44 points in a game this season, but Friday night it wasn’t about offense. It was about defense and grinding out a win, which is exactly what the Redbirds did.

De Pere, ranked No. 7 in the FOX 11 Top 11, now sits on top alone in the FRCC after recording a 60-43 win.

“Obviously it’s a real important game in conference and we’re happy about the win,” De Pere coach Brian Winchester said. “We got off to a rough start, we got down four and didn’t have any rhythm or flow offensively. We got settled down and got back into the game and I thought our kids did a great job of making a run.”

This is really big,” Pritzl said. “After we lost to Ashwaubenon, we marked this one on our calendars in order to keep that conference championship alive.”

De Pere (13-3, 10-1) opened a 26-16 halftime lead as its defense never let Bay Port (10-6, 8-2) get a rhythm. In the second half, neither team really found a groove on offense.

The second half was dominated by fouls and after making six field goals in the third quarter, De Pere didn’t score from the field in the fourth. However, it was 16 of 20 from the free-throw line as Bay Port never was a threat as for the third time this season it lost when held under 50 points.

“We did a real good job against them in the first half defending and holding them to 16 points,” Winchester said. “We got things going when we needed to offensively.”

Pritzl, who’s averaging an FRCC-best 26.4 points per game, scored 22 points. He didn’t explode, but took advantage of Bay Port foul trouble

“My shot chart probably didn’t look that good,” Pritzl said. “I think we did agood job late in the game of staying in it.”

Winchester said a key to the game was his team’s approach. Was it a big game? Yes. But he tried to keep his players grounded.

“You don’t make them too big,” he said. “You can get kids too anxious and excited if you make the game too much. Make sure they understand the importance of the game … and tell them to have fun.”

De Pere is in the driver’s seat to win the conference and Winchester and Pritzl likes the direction their team is going in.

“We’re trying to build towards the end of the season,” Winchester said. “I really like where our young kids are developing into right now. I think we have a good chance at the end of the year to be playing our best basketball.”

“Feel really good about our team,” Pritzl said. “We’re going to need big play from our young guys. I’m confident in their ability to play with us and our ability to continue to play well.”

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De Pere guard Brevin Pritzl talks about his team’s win over Bay Port on Friday night.

De Pere visited Bay Port in a Fox River Classic Conference boys basketball game Friday. De Pere won, 60-43.

With just under a month left in the regular season for most high school basketball teams in our area, there were plenty of key games Friday night. Click on the video to see the De Pere, West De Pere and Kimberly boys notch big wins while a Green Bay Southwest girls star put her name in the record book.

DE PERE – Ten area school districts in our area will ask taxpayers this spring for collectively about 80 million dollars.

That includes 10 million in De Pere.

Last year, that district said it wanted avoid referendums and stick to private fundraising for projects.

Heritage Elementary Principal Kathy Van Pey says her building’s entrance needs a safety upgrade.

“We still have an issue with our building entrance, where our office is located over here, not necessarily with our entry door,” said Van Pey.

That security improvement is part of the multi-million dollar Unified School District of De Pere referendum.

Voters will be asked two questions at the polls.

The first: allowing seven million dollars to be spent on maintenance to various buildings. The second: 3.1 million dollars for high school athletic stadium upgrades.

“We still have a few more things that need to be done, including stands, building concession stands at various fields with bathrooms and storage facilities,” said Superintendent of Schools Ben Villarruel.

Last year for athletic field upgrades, De Pere opted to go to the community for private donations. So I asked the superintendent why the change to a referendum for this year’s projects.

“You said you wanted to raise those funds privately,” FOX 11’s Kelly Schlicht said. “What has changed in that year?”

“Well, we still do. But we made a good faith effort through a lot of hard work we raised 2.5 million. The universe for De Pere is small. But people gave and they gave generously,” said Villarruel.

Out of those 2.5 million dollars, 95 thousand came from just one night: the Diamonds and Denim fundraising event.

We spoke with the organizer, Tricia Freeman.

Freeman says those fundraising efforts will continue this year. But, she says a large high school stadium project is out of reach for fundraising.

“I think that the community will look at that we made a valiant effort, we raised a lot but we fell a little bit short. We need a little bit of help to get those improvements made,” said Freeman.

If the referendum passes, a taxpayer with a 150-thousand-dollar assessed home would see their tax bill go up roughly 23 dollars.
Voters go to the polls April 7.

FOND DU LAC – A man serving life in prison for murder will not get a new trial.

Mark Price was found guilty of the 1989 murder of Michael Fitzgibbon in Winnebago County. Price argued the prosecutor in his case used false testimony to get a conviction.

The prosecutor was then-Winnebago County District Attorney Joe Paulus. Paulus later spent time in prison for prosecutorial misconduct during his time as DA. However, Paulus’ case was separate from the Price case.

55-year-old Mark Price attended his hearing by telephone from the New Lisbon Correctional Institute Friday.

Price was convicted in the 1989 shooting death of Michael Fitzgibbon. However, the defendant claims he did not shoot Fitzgibbon, but was present during the murder and helped put Fitzgibbon’s body under the ice of Lake Butte des Morts. Price says two other men actually murdered Fitzgibbon.

On Friday defense attorney Jeremy Newman told the judge the prosecutor in Price’s original case bribed witnesses and allowed false testimony to convict Price of murder.

“Assuming there was false testimony and assuming the prosecutor knew or should have known about that testimony and it wasn’t corrected and it was presented before the jury, a new trial is mandated if there is any likelihood that the false testimony could have affected the judgement of the jury,” said Newman.

The prosecutor in the original case was Joe Paulus, who was convicted of misconduct in other cases. We were unable to contact Paulus for this story, but he was never found guilty of misconduct in Mark Price’s case.

Friday’s hearing was held in Fond du Lac, although it is a Winnebago County case. Winnebago County judges removed themselves from the case.

On Friday Winnebago County Deputy District Attorney Scott Ceman admitted Paulus mishandled Price’s trial.

“But it was on points that were so minute compared to the overall, overwhelming guilt of Mark Price that justice, in this case, at the end of the day, was served. The evidence was overwhelming of Mark Price’s guilt,” said Ceman.

Judge Richard Nuss agreed with Ceman. He told the court Price’s own testimony proves his guilt in Fitzgibbon’s death.

“But for his actions at the apartment on the date in question, you know, it’s highly likely Mike Fitzgibbon might be alive today,” Nuss explained.

The judge decided Price will not get a new trial. As of now, Price has served about 25 years of his life sentence.

GREEN BAY – Ron Wolf needs 80% of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 46-person Selection Committee to vote for him if he is to find his bust in Canton this year. If current NFL general managers had their way, Wolf would be a lock.

“Go in the Packers’ building look at the trophies,” said Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie. “Check out the trophies. He’s been great for me and great for the NFL. He’s more than deserving.”

McKenzie is one of 5 current NFL general managers who learned under Wolf, along with Ted Thompson in Green Bay, John Schneider with the Seahawks, Scot McCloughan in Washington and John Dorsey with the Kansas City Chiefs.

“He is truly, truly one the best football guys in the National Football League,” said Dorsey. “Not only for the individual clubs he worked for but also the national football league as well.”

Wolf’s son Eliot, recently promoted to director of player personnel for the Packers, could one day by a GM himself. Wolf speaks with tremendous pride about those he taught and mentored who now run almost 1/6th of NFL teams.

“Let’s face it: those guys are exceptional at what they do,” said Wolf. “It just so happened I had the good fortune of having them work with me. The fact that they’ve gone on and done great things doesn’t surprise me at all.”

Dorsey chuckled when told that Wolf didn’t take much credit for the success of his former pupils.

“One of the distinct traits you love about Ron is he’s so humble in his approach,” said Dorsey. “That’s a great characteristic to have.”

Those great personnel executives helped turn around a Packers team in need of revival and build the squad that won Super Bowl XXXI.

“I remember the days, old Scotty McCloughan, John Schneider, Dorsey and Teddy T!” said McKenzie with a laugh. “It’s unbelievable. The tree that kind of descended from Ron is I think a great one.”

Wolf is remembered by his former coworkers as a great talent evaluator, confident in his evaluations and not afraid to take risks: most notably trading a first round pick for then-Falcons backup quarterback Brett Favre. Packers historian Cliff Christl calls the greatest in league history.

“He resurrected a franchise that a lot of people believed was doomed, might never win again,” said Christl.

Christl spent 13 years on the Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee. He no longer votes, but from his contacts who remain on the committee, he thinks both Wolf and Bill Polian, the other nominee under the new “Contributor” category will be elected to the Hall.

“I would be surprised if both don’t get in,” said Christl. “Unexpected things happen. It’s a long meeting, exceeds 8 hours, so there are surprises, but I’m anticipating they’ll both be elected.”

Part of Wolf’s legacy, in addition to turning the Packers around, in addition to the Super Bowl win, is his tree of general managers currently in the league. That may or may not play into the mind of Hall of Fame voters, but those who sat in draft rooms with Wolf, who learned to evaluate players and run a team think he belongs in Canton.

“The only way I knew was Ron Wolf’s way,” said McKenzie. “Sounds cliché, but the way I learned when I was in that building, to me, was a great way. We learned how to win, we learned how to work well together and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

For more on what Wolf had to say about possibly becoming a Hall of Famer, click here.