MHS' Fab Four heads to All-Star game

Four Middleton football players will compete in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Game.

Former MHS standouts Joey Passaglia, Tyler Vogt, Chase Rogers and Oliver Wenning will all play for South Large All-Star team. That game is Saturday at 4 p.m. at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh.

Passaglia, Vogt, Rogers and Wenning helped Middleton go 9-2 overall and win the Big Eight Conference with a perfect 7-0 mark in 2025.

Passaglia was the Big Eight’s Offensive Player of the Year and the conference’s Quarterback of the Year last season. He was also named all-Region and honorable-mention all-state.

Passaglia threw 25 touchdown passes and just three interceptions. He threw for 2,318 yards, completed 69.2% of his passes and averaged 12.0 yards per completion.

Passaglia also ran for 456 yards, had five rushing touchdowns and averaged 5.5 yards per rushing attempt.

In Passaglia’s two years as a starter, he threw for 4,813 yards and 57 touchdowns.

“I can’t remember anyone who’s passed for 4,000 yards around here,” Middleton co-coach Tim Simon said. “Beyond the stats, it’s his demeanor and his character and his leadership. His job was to lead the team and lead the offense and he did that extremely well.”

Vogt was named the Big Eight’s Defensive Player of the Year last season, as well as the conference’s Inside Linebacker of the Year. Vogt was also named all-Region and honorable-mention all-state.

Vogt had a team-high 123 tackles and also led the Cardinals with 16 tackles for loss. Vogt had one forced fumble and was one of Middleton’s best leaders in many years.

Vogt also won two coveted team awards for the second straight season — the ‘Best Teammate’ award and the ‘Out of Season Dedication’ award.

“Tyler is the best leader we have had since Casey Cramer, and that’s going back 25 years,” Simon said of Cramer, a 2000 MHS graduate who attended Dartmouth and had a five-year NFL career. “He’s just that type of player.

“We had officials came over and asked if No. 45 (Vogt) is for real because he’d be asking them how their day was going. This type of kid doesn’t come around very often. He’s a culture changer.” 

Rogers was named all-Region, first-team all-state and the Big Eight’s Wide Receiver of the Year. Rogers had 56 receptions for a team-best 781 yards and a team-high 11 receiving touchdowns.

“Chase had that big play ability, but also knew how to run the under routes,” Simon said. “He also doesn’t waste any energy on flash. He just does what the route calls for, which is why he was always open.”

Wenning was named the conference’s Outside Linebacker of the Year, all-Region and was an honorable-mention all-state selection.

Wenning was second on the team with 93 tackles and second with 13 tackles for loss. Wenning tied for the team-lead with three fumbles recovered and had one forced fumble, He was also second on the team with three interceptions and second with eight passes defensed.

“In our 4-2-5 defense, your hybrid linebacker needs to be a special kid, physically and mentally to play that position,” Simon said. “He answered the bell on both. He played a very demanding position mentally as much as physically and he did it a really high level.”