June 2016

Emmet Herb has joked he’s 130 pounds — “dripping wet.”

But one of the smallest golfers in the state was also the best in 2016.

On Tuesday, the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin named Herb the boys state Player of the Year. Herb, who won the WIAA Division 1 individual state title earlier this month, was also named first-team all-state.

In addition, Middleton senior Joey Levin was named second-team all-state, while senior Brady Thomas was named honorable-mention all-state.

“That was pretty neat to hear,” Middleton coach Tom Cabalka said. “I was hoping he would be first team and I was fairly confident in that. But this was a great surprise. He was our little big man.”

Herb shot a remarkable 6-under-par at the state tournament and won that event by seven strokes. Herb’s 138 total was the third lowest in any division since the state tournament moved to University Ridge Golf Course in 1994.

GRAND CHUTE — It took Middleton’s baseball team exactly six minutes to discover that Tuesday just might not their day.

On only the eighth pitch of the game from Cardinals starter Alec Morrison, Green Bay Preble third baseman Ryan Dougherty sent a shot back up the middle. The ball struck Morrison in the right forehead, sent him to the ground and immediately ended his day.

While Morrison was eventually OK, the Cardinals weren’t.

Middleton managed just four hits, couldn’t overcome the loss of their ace and dropped a WIAA Division 1 quarterfinal game to Green Bay Preble, 4-2, at Fox Cities Stadium.

Middleton finished the year 22-6, while Preble improved to 24-5.

“That was a tough one to handle,” Schmitt said of Morrison’s injury. “Morry is kind of our heart and soul in the middle of the lineup and our No. 1 (pitcher).