May 2025

As Mary Duffy watched Evanston’s girls soccer team warm up last Friday night, Middleton’s coach had one overriding though.

“Watching their warm ups, we knew they were well disciplined, skilled, and a cohesive opponent,” Duffy said. “This was one of the best teams we have seen this year.”

The same can be said for Middleton, though. And the Cardinals proved exactly that over the next two hours.

Middleton played arguably its finest game of the season and defeated the visiting Wildkits, 3-1. Evanston, a school of nearly 3,600 students in a Northern Chicago suburb, had defeated the Cardinals, 2-0, last year.

Middleton, which also tied Madison Memorial, 0-0, on April 23, improved to 2-0-3 overall and is 0-0-1 in the Big Eight Conference.

“The whole team was fired up to play,” Duffy said of facing the Wildkits. “I will say that most of us, if not all, were disappointed by the tie with Memorial. We dominated the play for the vast majority of the game.

Middleton’s track and field teams shined at the Watertown Invite last Friday.

Middleton’s boys finished first at the none-team event with 126.50 points, while Janesville Craig (125) and Neenah (94) were second and third.

Middleton’s girls were second with 119 points, behind only champion Neenah (184).

Here’s a recap of the Cardinals that had top-five finishes.

BOYS

• Tyler Montag won the 400-meter dash (55.05) and Alex Sonetti was fourth (55.72).

• Samuel Bauch won the 110-meter hurdles (15.36) and River Moll was fourth (16.06).

• Matthew Arnold won the 300-meter hurdles (40.74) and Maxwell Hunter was third (42.24).

• Middleton’s 3,200-meter relay team was first.

• Middleton’s 1,600-meter relay team was second.

• Nathan Kaluarachchi was second in the 3,200-meter run (10:24.14).

• Zachary Tang was second in the 800-meter run (2:05.03) and Owen Winkelmann was third (2:05.36).