March 2024

Their season didn’t go quite as well as they hoped.

But Middleton’s boys basketball team still fared well when it came to Big Eight Conference honors.

Junior center Will Garlock was named first-team all-Big Eight. Sophomore point guard Isaiah Oliver, junior forward Marquis Walker and senior guard Gavin Meister were all named honorable-mention all-conference.

Garlock was joined on the first team by junior wing Chris Davis Jr. of Sun Prairie West, senior forward JJ Douglas of Janesville Parker, sophomore guard Mike Wilson of Madison West, senior guard Camron Henderson of Madison East, junior wing Drew Murphy of Verona, senior forward Gavin Van Wie of Sun Prairie East and senior guard Carson McCormick of Janesville Craig.

Davis Jr. was named the league’s Player of the Year, while Steve Maselter of Sun Prairie East was named the league’s Coach of the Year.

Three-party boundary talks between the City of Middleton and the towns of Springfield and Middleton may take place in the near future with appointees from the Middleton Common Council, thanks to action taken March 5 by the council.

The action occurred in response to a letter from the Middleton Town Board, whose members are eager to extend a boundary agreement set to expire on May 12. The 30-year agreement was reached in 1994.

Middleton senior football standouts Dom Frost and KJ Peterson were both named to the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Game on July 20 at Titan Stadium at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Both Middleton players will compete for the South Large team All-Stars.

Frost was the Big Eight Conference’s Defensive Lineman of the Year and Defensive Interior Lineman of the Year after posting 53 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks in 2023. Frost, who will play collegiately at Bemidji State (Mich.), also forced a fumble, had one interception, and earned all-Region honors.

After more than two years of discussion and debate — some of which wasn’t over on Feb. 20 — the Middleton Common Council voted for final adoption of changes to Middleton’s zoning ordinance and official map; outdoor lighting and sign ordinances.