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Protestors Picket City Council Meeting

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 18:50

MIDDLETON–Two dozen people picketed outside the Middleton City Hall Nov. 5 before the city council meeting to oppose a change to airspace classification the council was set to vote on, and oppose any airport expansion. The council tabled the airspace classification until an ongoing master plan is completed

Steve Ziegler who owns property adjacent to the airport said he was at the airport commission meeting where the change in airspace regulations was proposes and found it troubling.

“What really concerns me is that in 20 years there is this airspace definition that needs to be quickly adjusted one week notice to a commission, brought to the chamber here with one month in the middle of a master plan study, $250,000, two-and-a-half-year study and all of the sudden we are redesigning airspace because of a petition that was brought forth to a commission with less than one week to study it, that was very confused by it,” Zeigler said. 

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Middleton enjoys a gold rush

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:50

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Brian Finnel’s message was simple. Executing it was far more challenging.

Finnel, Middleton’s boys cross country coach, told his team before last Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 state meet that everyone had to try performing like they were the Cardinals’ No. 1 runner. Finnel stressed that if they all ran to that level, the Cardinals could surprise and win a state championship.

Amazingly, that’s exactly what happened.

Middleton placed five runners in the top-25 and upset favored Stevens Point to win its second state title in three years and the third in school history.

The Cardinals finished with 104 points, while Stevens Point was second at 116. Hortonville (179), Madison West (182) and Oconomowoc (183) rounded out the top five at the 20-team race held at The Ridges Golf Course.

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Girls XC team 4th at state

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:48

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Maddie Ruszkiewicz found herself in the last place she expected last Saturday afternoon.

On the ground.

Just moments before reaching the finish line at the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet, Ruszkiewicz — a Middleton High School sophomore — collapsed. As Ruszkiewicz briefly laid on the cold and wet soil at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids, she had one overriding thought.

“I thought about my teammates and how they probably already were there,” Ruszkiewicz said. “And then one of them passed me, and I was like, ‘We’re probably not going to place if I don’t crawl across the finish line.’ ”

So that’s exactly what she did.

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Memorial ends Middleton's year

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:45

MADISON  — Back in mid-September, Middleton’s football team left Mansfield Stadium dazed, confused and uncertain where their once-promising season was headed.

The Cardinals had just lost to the Spartans, fell to 2-2, and admittedly were having a crisis of confidence.

Middleton once again left Mansfield Stadium last Friday broken hearted, following a 30-0 loss to Memorial in a WIAA Division 1, Level 2 playoff game. But what happened between the two games left the Cardinals with mostly good vibrations about their season.

In the 49 days that separated the two Memorial contests, Middleton ran off six straight wins, including an impressive victory at Sun Prairie and two wins over playoff qualifier Madison La Follette. The Cardinals finished their first year under Jason Pertzborn with an 8-3 record and a good deal of momentum heading into the offseason.

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Soccer Cards fall in sectional semis

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:42

Their plan was to be aggressive, assertive and forceful all 90 minutes.

Middleton’s boys soccer team decided that its best chance to knock off top-seeded Verona in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal last Friday was by taking the fight to the Wildcats.

The Cardinals did just that — and scored more goals against Verona than anyone else has all season. But Middleton’s defense also had critical breakdowns and the Wildcats defeated the Cardinals, 5-3.

Middleton finished the year 13-6-3, while Verona (19-1-2) defeated Madison West in the sectional finals and qualified for state for the first time in school history.

“We really thought that we could get our best shot at Verona by focusing on the attack,” Middleton coach Ben Kollasch said. “Our defense has played well — and did play well against Verona — and we have a high-powered offense that has come together even more in the last few weeks.

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Boys spikers fall in sectional finals

Submitted by MTT News on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 16:40

SUN PRAIRIE — Middleton boys’ volleyball interim coach Justin Haack said the 2019 season was about far more than just volleyball.

Haack said the Cardinals learned a lot about life.

Haack has been filling in much of the year for head coach Ben White, who is battling lymphoma. Before Middleton’s WIAA sectional final against Kettle Moraine last Saturday, the Cardinals donned “His Fight is My Fight” T-shirts in support of their beloved coach.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, their emotional season came to a disappointing end when the third-seeded Lasers stunned top-seeded Middleton, 3-2, at Sun Prairie High School.

“We’re disappointed. We knew we’d have to play a solid match,” Haack said. “Credit to Kettle Moraine, they came out and played really well. They knew they would have to serve tough against us, and they did.”

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