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Middleton golfers making a splash

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 18:44

The WIAA boys state golf tournament — which returns to University Ridge this year — is just one month away.

Middleton hopes to make a splash when state arrives. And if last week was an indicator, that could very well happen for these Cardinals.

Middleton won the 18-team Nevada Bob’s Showcase held at University Ridge on April 29. The Cardinals shot a sensational team score of 300 to easily outdistance runner-up Edgerton (311) and third place DeForest (314).

“Our guys played U-Ridge really well,” said Middleton coach Tom Cabalka, whose team is ranked fourth in the latest Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin poll. “It's nice to play well at the site of the state tournament.

“We had four players in the 70's again. I see loads of confidence in them.”

Junior Reis Von Ruden continued his torrid play, of late, firing a 1-over-par 73 and tying for third place individually. Von Ruden is now a combined 7-over-par in his last five matches.

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Tennis Cardinals third at Nicolet Sweet 16

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 18:42

Middleton’s boys tennis team finished in a tie for third place at the star-studded, Nicolet Sweet 16 Tournament last Friday and Saturday.

No. 1 ranked Brookfield Central won the team title with 95 points, while Brookfield East was second with 86. Middleton and Madison West tied for third with 82 points, while Nicolet was fifth with 78 points.

Here’s how the Cardinals fared at each flight.

 

SINGLES

No. 1 — Alexander Bo finished third in an elite field.

Bo opened with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Will Nordstrom of Eau Claire Memorial, then defeated Homestead’s Graham Benish, 4-6, 7-5, 10-8. Eventual champion Alex Thomas of Notre Dame defeated Bo in the semifinals 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Bo then won the third place match when Brookfield Central’s Andrey Semin defaulted.

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Boys lacrosse team splits a pair of games

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 18:36

Middleton’s boys lacrosse team split a pair of games last week.

The Cardinals dropped a 15-9 decision to Waunakee last Saturday at the 16-team Badger Spring Invite held in Wisconsin Dells. Middleton rebounded with an 18-6 win over Superior later that same day.

Here’s a recap of the Cardinals’ games.

• Waunakee 15, Middleton 9 — The Cardinals suffered their first loss this season to a team from Wisconsin.

The Warriors jumped to a 12-5 halftime lead, then withstood a second half charge from the Cardinals.

Middleton sophomore goalie Jake Brooks, who entered the game in the second quarter, notched a 57% save rate.

Troy Teff led Middleton with four goals, while Arjay Johnson added three. Patrick Passini, Evan Mazur and Espen Achenbach all had goals, as well.

• Middleton 18, Superior 6 — Eleven different Cardinals scored in a rout of Superior — one of the state’s newer schools to field a lacrosse team.

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Strikeout Cancer game on May 15

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 05/08/2025 - 18:33

The 11th annual Cardinals ‘Strike Out Cancer’ baseball game will be played May 15 at Middleton High School's Breitenbach Stadium.

Big Eight Conference rivals Middleton and Sun Prairie dedicate an annual matchup to raising awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research.  

The game was started in 2014 by former Middleton manager Tom Schmitt and Sun Prairie coach Rob Hamilton. The tradition has carried on under current MHS skipper Brent Jorgensen and Sun Prairie East coach Jack Marchese.

Over the past 10 years, these programs have raised more than $213,000 for American Family Children's Hospital Kids Cancer Research.

“Childhood Cancer Research brings out people who really want to make a difference in a child’s life,” UW Health American Family Children’s Hospital Development Outreach Specialist Lori Schultz said. “This event does just that.

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Village Oks Earlier ATV Hours

Submitted by schollmeyer on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 11:40

CROSS PLAINS - Opening side streets to All-Terrain and Utility-Terrain Vehicles has produced few complaints in the past five years, prompting the Board last week to expand their hours of legal operation. 

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Rooted in Renewal: Vermont Lutheran Church’s Prairie and Woodland Revitalization Builds on a Legacy of Stewardship

Submitted by schollmeyer on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 11:40

When Vermont Lutheran Church established its Legacy Fund in January 2019, the goal was ambitious but deeply rooted in the church’s long-standing commitment to creation care: raise enough money to purchase the 115-acre farm adjacent to its property. Just three years later, in January 2022, that goal became reality.

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Wisconsin Heights Fires Activities/Athletics Director After Lengthy Hearing

Submitted by schollmeyer on Wed, 05/07/2025 - 11:38

When the Wisconsin Heights School Board filed into a room adjacent to the High School Library on April 22 at 7 p.m., they were there to ostensibly judge the employment fate of an employee. That employee’s actions had drawn attention in various corners of the community, enough so to draw an admittedly small crowd that regardless stayed for the entire five plus hours of the hearing. 

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Week 19

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WIAA approves NIL deals for prep athletes

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 05/01/2025 - 18:29

STEVENS POINT — Wisconsin’s high school athletes will now be allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness by entering into advertising and brand deals, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association decided on Friday.

In a 293-108 vote, members of WIAA member schools approved an NIL provision at the organization’s annual meeting in Stevens Point. The provision allows high school athletes to enter into NIL deals, so long as they don’t wear their team uniform or use school or WIAA logos in an advertisement.

WIAA athletes will also not be allowed to enter into NIL deals promoting alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or weapons. The NIL changes are expected to take effect in May.

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Softball Cards celebrating good times

Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 05/01/2025 - 18:27

It’s not every day Middleton’s girls softball team shows up in the state rankings.

The Cardinals spent a few weeks there in 2021. Prior to that, though, it was more than a decade since Middleton had been ranked.

Don’t look now, but the red-hot Cardinals are back in the polls.

The latest Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association poll was released Tuesday and Middleton was ranked ninth in Division 1.

It’s easy to see why, too, after the Cardinals went 4-0 last week and pushed their winning streak to 10 games.

Middleton is now 12-1 overall and leads the Big Eight Conference with an 8-0 mark.

Here’s a recap of the Cardinals’ week.

• Middleton 14, Sun Prairie West 1 (5) — Megan Button had a day for the ages.

Button threw a one-hitter and earned the win. She also belted two home runs, went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and scored a pair of runs as the Cardinals routed the host Wolves on April 22.

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