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Boys soccer team expects to reload

Submitted by MTT News on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 14:57

Ben Kollasch hopes people sleep on Middleton’s boys soccer team this fall.

Many will look at a program that graduated a gifted eight-person senior class and view them as susceptible. They’ll see a team that lost five all-conference players, including all-state selections in forward Derek Waleffe and midfielder Drake Vandermause, and see vulnerability.

Oh well.

“If people look at last year and who we graduated, we will blow right past them because they didn't get to see the talent the younger guys had,” said Kollasch, whose beginning his sixth season as Middleton’s head coach. “These guys will surprise people.”

There’s no question, the group Middleton said goodbye to was unique.

Waleffe had an area-best 45 goals, which was the seventh-most in the state, and eight game-winning goals. Waleffe added 13 assists, ranked seventh in the state with 103 points and was named first-team all-state.

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Girls spikers hoping to end drought

Submitted by MTT News on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 14:52

Nearly a decade ago, it all seemed so easy.

Middleton’s girls volleyball team went to consecutive state tournaments in 2008-’09. And that marked the fourth time since 2001 the Cardinals qualified for state.

In the nine years since, though, Middleton hasn’t been back. The Cardinals have remained a high-level program, but a trip to state has eluded them.

Middleton is hoping to change all of that in 2018, though.

The Cardinals welcome back nine seniors, including first-team all-conference outside hitter Lily Welti, from a team that shared the Big Eight Conference title a year ago.

“With nine seniors and the experience level that we have, we definitely are looking at not only winning the Big Eight, but taking that trip to state,” Middleton coach Franco Marcos said.

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Cross Plains' HTL team ousts Middleton

Submitted by MTT News on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 14:48

It has been a long wait for Kenny Allen and the Cross Plains Businessmen.

Since winning the 2011 Home Talent League Sunday championship, there have been some close calls, but no more trips to the league’s final round of four teams.

Until now.

Allen tossed a complete game and had two hits, Will Doherty hit a solo home run and sixth-seeded Cross Plains played outstanding defense to hold off second-seeded Middleton, 2-1, in the HTL Northern Section championship game at Sorenson-Bakken Field on Sunday.

“Kenny pitched all but four innings and we played the top three teams,” said Cross Plains manager Randy Meinholz, who was fighting back the tears after the Businessmen won their third straight playoff game on the road.

“But it’s not only pitching. The defense was unbelievable. I’m so damn proud of these guys.”

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Sewer Lift Station Flooding

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 11:28

Flooded Lift Station. The Middleton Sewer Utility experienced a flooded Sanitary Sewer Lift Station in the Nursery Dr. area of the Airport Road Business Park today. Crews are in the process of getting the pumps back in service. The area around Nursery Dr., Deming Way, Forsythia St. and Confluence Pond have been directly impacted by this outage. Please treat all floodwaters as contaminated. Be aware of the risk of electrocution. Do not touch electrical equipment if it is wet or if you are standing in water. If it is safe to do so, turn off the electricity to prevent electric shock. Avoid wading in floodwater, which can contain dangerous debris and be contaminated. Report missing manhole covers, water flowing across roads or entering your home through sanitary connections. Please contact us with this information. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Sewer Lift Station Flooding

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 11:24

Flooded Lift Station. The Middleton Sewer Utility experienced a flooded Sanitary Sewer Lift Station in the Nursery Dr. area of the Airport Road Business Park today. Crews are in the process of getting the pumps back in service. The area around Nursery Dr., Deming Way, Forsythia St. and Confluence Pond have been directly impacted by this outage. Please treat all floodwaters as contaminated. Be aware of the risk of electrocution. Do not touch electrical equipment if it is wet or if you are standing in water. If it is safe to do so, turn off the electricity to prevent electric shock. Avoid wading in floodwater, which can contain dangerous debris and be contaminated. Report missing manhole covers, water flowing across roads or entering your home through sanitary connections. Please contact us with this information. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Miramont Breaks Ground on Mental Health Hospital

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 13:49

MIDDLETON–Driving rain and claps of thunder couldn’t dampen the spirits of local government officials and representatives of Miramont Behavioral Health as they held a groundbreaking to kick off the construction of 60,000 square foot mental health care facility.

Mike Garone, director of development at Strategic Behavioral Health, Miramont parent company, thanked the City of Middleton for recognizing the need to address mental health concerns in the community at the Aug. 9 event. “It didn’t take us long to see the need for mental health services in Dane County,” he said. The 72-bed hospital offers inpatient care for children, adults and the elderly, including drug addiction services. 

Dane County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Corrigan spoke and echoed Garone’s sentiments of the need for care and added, “We need the community to work together to find the gaps in our system.

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Middleton's offense figures to be potent

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 15:52

Every November, Middleton co-head football coach Tim Simon heads to Camp Randall to watch the state football championship games. And every time, Simon has the same thought.

“I always think this could be and it should be us,” Simon said.

Jason Pertzborn, who will also serve as Middleton’s co-head coach this year, has a similar feeling.

“We should be there,” Pertzborn said. “Absolutely.”

Maybe, just maybe Middleton can make a run at its first state title since 1987 this season.

The Cardinals, who finished second in the Big Eight last year at 8-1 and went 9-2 overall, were picked to win the conference in a preseason vote of league coaches.

Middleton’s defense is always in good hands with veteran coordinator Tom Cabalka. And an offense that averaged 31.8 points per game could be even better.

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