June 2023

MADISON–Judith A. "Judi" Green, 79, of Madison, passed away on May 30, 2023. She was born on March 3, 1944, in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of Harvey Fairchild and Dorothy Krause.

Judi graduated from Gibraltar High School in 1962 and went on to earn her degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1966. In 1967, Judi married the love of her life, Douglas Green.

Judi dedicated her life to helping others, working as a social worker for Dane County. Throughout her distinguished career, she was highly respected by the Dane County Human Services and made a lasting impact on the lives of countless individuals and families.

Judi had a passion for the arts and frequently attended performances at The Overture Center. She was an avid ballroom dancer and could often be found showing off her latest pair of dancing shoes on the dance floor.

Zaira Malloy-Salgado was on a mission,

Neither rain delays, nor lightning or a power outage was going to keep the Middleton senior distance runner and University of Wisconsin recruit from her goal of finishing her high school career on the top of the podium at Veterans’ Memorial Sports Complex in La Crosse last weekend.

Mission accomplished.

Malloy-Salgado won the 3,200-meter run at the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet last Saturday for the second straight year. Malloy-Salgado also finished fourth in the 1,600-meter run last Friday.

“My overall strategy for the weekend was to run strategic races, but also take risks, and finish each race with zero regrets,” Malloy-Salgado said. 

No problem.

The Friday evening session, which included preliminaries and five finals events, was extended due to multiple weather-related delays. There was also another half-hour delay when the stadium lights went dark at 11 p.m.

MADISON — This time, the stakes were much higher.

This time when Koji Heineman and Ethan Bo squared off, it wasn’t just to determine who would play at No. 1 singles — a spot the two fought for all season long — for Middleton’s boys tennis team.

This time, it was to determine who would advance to the semifinals of the WIAA Divi-sion 1 state tournament.

Oddly enough, that made things easier for the teammates — Heineman a junior and Bo a sophomore — when they took the court at Nielsen Tennis Stadium for last Friday afternoon’s quarterfinals match. 

“It felt more like the easiest challenge match. It felt like all that pressure for who’s going to play No. 1 had finally flown away and I was really just able to focus on the tennis,” said Heineman, the No. 6 seed in the draw who entered the tournament with a 20-3 record. “There were no other variables that I was worried about. It was just about tennis today.”

LACROSSE — Of all the terrific Middleton baseball teams in recent years — and there have been plenty — this wasn’t the one expected to break the drought.

There was just one starter back from the 2022 team that reached the sectional semifinals. There were no proven commodities on the mound. And as skipper Brent Jorgensen examined his roster back in March, he was left with a bevy of questions and very few answers.

Yet there were the 2023 Cardinals dancing, laughing, smiling and embracing one another at beautiful Copeland Park on Tuesday evening. This team that few thought would excel three short months ago continued a season that’s been surprising, rewarding and exhilarating.

Middleton toppled Verona, 3-1, in a WIAA Division 1 sectional final and earned the school’s first trip to the state tournament since 2016. The Cardinals, who were seeded fourth in their sectional, improved to 22-8 and continued their stunning postseason run.