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Swimmers thinking big again

Submitted by MTT News Desk on Tue, 12/03/2013 - 00:00

 

The goals rarely change anymore.

Middleton’s boys swimming team has become one of the state’s elite outfits. And year-in and year-out, the Cardinals’ aspirations are largely the same.

It begins with competing for a championship in the Big Eight Conference, which is undoubtedly the state’s premier league. It extends to sending as many swimmers as possible to state.

And it ends with a top-five finish at the state meet.

The Cardinals finished fourth at state a year ago, and bring several key cogs back from that team. And when Middleton began its season Tuesday at the Brookfield East Invite, the expectations were for another big year.

“I bring the same approach each year,” Middleton coach Luke Lengfeld said. “That our team can compete with the best in the state and should be considered a top team in the state.  

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Girls basketball team falls to No. 1 Oak Creek

Submitted by MTT News Desk on Tue, 12/03/2013 - 00:00

 

BROOKFIELD — It was a perfect storm — or an imperfect one in the eyes of Middleton’s girls basketball team.

The Cardinals are a team still searching for a point guard. Oak Creek, the state’s No. 1 team, is long athletic, and pressures teams throughout.

So when those teams met at the Brookfield Central Thanksgiving Shootout last Friday night, the results weren’t pretty.

Middleton turned the ball over a whopping 38 times and fell to the Knights, 53-29, in its season-opener.

“You can’t win when you have more turnovers that shots,” said Middleton coach Jeff Kind, whose team had just 25 shots from the field. “But we’ll get there and we’ll get better as the year goes along.

“We just weren’t ready for that yet. We still need to do a lot of work with our point guards.”

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Rogeberg steps down from football staff

Submitted by MTT News Desk on Mon, 12/02/2013 - 00:00

 

Middleton’s football coaching staff took a hit recently.

Brad Rogeberg, the Cardinals’ defensive line coach and a member of the coaching staff for 22 years, stepped down.

“The main reason for giving up coaching was the total time commitment that is needed to coach varsity football at Middleton,” Rogeberg said. “This year I was averaging around 35 hours a week.

“No one understands how much time is required to coach varsity football these days except another varsity football coach. With the time put in I did not spend the time that I wanted to with my family.”

Rogeberg spent his first two years at the freshman level, and the last 20 with the varsity. For the past 15 years, Rogeberg has been in charge of the football out of season strength and conditioning workouts. Then in 2012, Rogeberg and Steve Myrland took over as strength and conditioning coaches for the entire sports program at Middleton.

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Hockey Cards start strong

Submitted by MTT News Desk on Mon, 12/02/2013 - 00:00

Middleton’s hockey team had an impressive debut last week.

The Cardinals started their year with a flurry of activity, and finished by winning two of their first three games.

Middleton defeated Beloit Memorial, 5-3, in its season opener on Tuesday.

The Cardinals then toppled Waunakee 2-0, and fell to University of Milwaukee School, 3-0, during a weekend tournament in Milwaukee.

“Every player got ice in key situations whether they recognized it or not,” Middleton co-coach Steve Libert said. “Hopefully the experience will help speed up our development and learning curve.”

The Cardinals had a fast start against Beloit Memorial, jumping to a 3-0 lead and cruising home.

“First game of the year so the there was a lot of unknowns,” Libert said. “We came out pretty good and scored a couple goals, but as soon as we scored the third one we called it a day. All of their goals were gift wrapped by us.”

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