It’s official:
#Ledgers
golf is headed to Blackwolf Run in Kohler next week for the
@wiaawistate
tournament.
Springs finishes 2nd; Ben Baker finishes 2nd as an individual.
And congratulations to senior Keenan Rahn of Omro, who led the conference in scoring and steals. He also finished second in rebounding. A dominant senior season!
#WIHSGolf
Results - Valders Regional
1. Howards Grove 333
T2. St. Mary's Springs 346
T2. Kohler 346
4. Valders 364
Not the
#Ledgers
best, but plenty good enough to get them through to sectionals. Sophmore Ben Baker led the way with a fifth-place, 79.
In last night's meet at Berlin, WLA
#Vikings
' Cole Keifenheim broke the school record in the pole vault and Kaiden Schmitz broke a 43-year old school record in the shot put.
The WIAA congratulates these 27 outstanding schools that have been named recipients of the 2023-24 Award of Excellence! 🏆✨
This award recognizes efforts & achievements in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership & character. ➡️
New segment by popular demand: the Flyway Focus Ump Audit.
Today
@CoachKKrueger
was responsible for approximately 200 calls (unofficial) and had a staggering 100% accuracy!
In all seriousness, awesome to see Coach Krueger out helping high school events happen!
“I hope people remember my intense school spirit and my willingness to always work hard.” - Ellie Judkins
Our story on the Flyway soccer player of the year, who had to overcome injury to get there.
#Ledgers
📸 A Flash of Sunshine Photography
The first WBCA rankings of the season are out and three
#Flyway
baseball teams are ranked in Division 3.
The Lions were preseason No. 3; both Laconia and Omro were unranked going into the season.
Omro & NFDL carry the
#Flyway
banner in nonconference action and the
#Lions
stay hot with a 5-inning win over Mayville, who was playing extremely well.
Track & Field: WLA
#Vikings
swept the small-school division at Ripon.
#Ledgers
were runners-up.
#Cougars
boys were runners-up in large-schools. Plus, an interview with Laconia
#Spartans
' Molly Duel, one of the top runners in the area.
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How's this for a "stat of the day": Since postseason play began, WLA
#Vikings
baseball and
@Ledgersbaseball
have combined to give up FOUR runs across six total games.
Two teams playing their best ball right now and they'll meet Tuesday in the sectional semifinal.
UPDATE: Mayville. The
#Cardinals
are a dangerous bunch this year with good leaders and a renewed attention to detail. Updated story with quotes from coach Hilber, Joren Schlender and Austin Thoreson.
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Highlights for
#Laconia
track and field from Ripon College last night:
-Molly Duel ran a 5:19 mile, finished second
-Tierney Madigan: 4th in the 400m in 1:05.68
-Marissa Johnson: 6th in the 800m
-Girls 4x200 team: 6th
-Aubrey Leonard: 7th in 60m
-Owen Leonard: 6th in shot put
Fun 🏈 fact of the day:
Lomira's three-headed monster of Jackson Goebel, Taylor Schaumberg and Jack Luedtke averaged 19.4 yards per carry in last night's game.
#Lions
#Vikings
Sam Loehr and
#Foxes
Keenan Rahn & Ryan Schoeni will play in the boys D3 game on June 27 at 12:30 p.m.
On June 26,
#Orioles
Lauren Stettbacher and Omro's Julia Koch will play in D3 at 12:30. WLA's Lindsey Nell & Abby Cole will play in D4 at 10:30 a.m.
#Flyway
football fun fact of the day: 7 of the 8 conference teams lose their starting quarterbacks from last season.
The conference returns just THREE players that completed a pass last year - those three combined for just 259 yards.
Flyway golfers in the top-10 of today’s
#Ledger
Invitational, in order: Mayville’s Ray Baldus (3rd), Lomira’s Preston Jung (6th) and Springs’ Tyler Hoffmann (10th)
The fastest runner in Wisconsin state history might well attend Campbellsport High School. But for now, the WIAA won't let him try to prove it.
Our story on Josh Onwunili.
The first of the 2024 Football Preview series takes us to Campbellsport, where the
#Cougars
are looking to replace an elite rusher. But the defense and lines are still loaded heading into this season
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The WBCA has announced its All State teams. In D4, state champion
@LaconiaGirlsBB
represented by Tierney Madigan, Payton and Finley Morgan. Aubrey Leonard was honorable mention for the
#Spartans
Plenty of talent returning this year in track & field in the
#Flyway
.
Molly Duel, Grace Coon and Lydia Toshner are names to look out for on the girls side; Gannan Schwartz, Caleb Smith and Evan Wilcox are a few of many notable boys returners.
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This morning's
#Flyway
sports report taking you through 28 different events from the conference that qualified for state. Plus, interviews with Grace and Lexi Coon after they clinched spots at state.
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Springs baseball comes up 2 runs short of state.
#Ledgers
lose 7-5 to Kenosha St. Joseph.
Springs golf finished sixth today. That leaves Laconia softball as the lone
#Flyway
team left competing this spring
#Vikings
alum Ethan Cole struck out 7 batters tonight to earn his first win of the summer for the FdL Dock Spiders, 11-6 over the Lakeshore Chinooks.
#Cougars
alum Joey Nerat had the night off for Lakeshore.
FINAL: Laconia’s Lily Schultz just finished off a no-hitter against WLA. Schultz faced just one batter over the minimum… one error kept it from a perfect game.
#Spartans
win 2-0.
This morning's
#Flyway
sports report. Big focus on the track and field championships, including interviews with
#Spartans
Molly Duel and Marissa Johnson and
#Cougars
coach Derek Toshner.
Plus, the rest of the action from yesterday and today.
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Josh Onwunili ran a 10.42 in the semifinals of the 100m dash at the New Balance Nationals in Philly. He didn’t qualify for finals because he finished 5th in his heat. Unlucky.
Two slower runners will race in the finals instead because they were top-2 in a different heat.
This morning's
#Flyway
sports report, featuring sound from
#Ledgers
tennis Scarlett Gaertig and Jasline Loynes. Plus, full results from yesterday and previewing a big cross country day today.
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Awesome event last night in Kewaskum at the Jerry Gosa Invitational. A full recap with thoughts from Alex Lynch, Grace Coon, John Coon and WLA coach Mark Heckendorf.
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A glance at the
#Flyway
softball picture before the season gets rolling, including some thoughts from WLA coach John Suprenand.
Mayville and Lomira figure to be strong contenders.
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We were finally able to get out to practices at Mayville and North Fondy last night.
We'll have updated stories coming up today and tomorrow on the
#Cardinals
and
#Orioles
With Mayville's 2-1 win over Lourdes/VC and Springs' 7-0 win against Lomira, the
#Ledgers
have clinched the
#Flyway
title outright with one match still left to play.
Golf update: Through 13 holes at South Hills golf course, St. Mary's Springs is in second place at +28, four strokes behind Sheboygan Lutheran.
#Ledgers
Hear from
#Ledgers
Gracie Konkol and Nevaeh Galligan in today's
#Flyway
sports report. Springs got a big softball win against Laconia yesterday.
Plus, a recap of everything else in the conference and a preview of a busy day today.
T8: Oh my. Coach Mike Seibel with a gutsy call. He calls a suicide squeeze with two strikes on the batter and Sam Ferguson gets it down, driving in Miles McAuly.
#Vikings
lead 5-4.
My goodness.
We had sports!! This morning on the
#Flyway
focus sports report:
-Springs
#Ledgers
girls soccer beat New Holstein 2-1
-Laconia
#Spartan
track and field had some standouts at the Red Hawk Challenge at Ripon College
Hannah Wolf and Allie Schwirtz combined in the circle for Mayville’s 7-5 win against NFDL.
Wolf and Schwirtz also drove in six of the seven runs.
#Cardinals
Front side of a 9-and-9 at Whispering Springs is complete (WLA's home portion of the day) and Springs was on fire, winning by 14 strokes. The
#Ledgers
had three of the top-5 individual finishers.
Play continues on the back 9 for the NFDL home meet.
First football game of the
#Flyway
season coming up tonight when North Fondy travels to Whitefish Bay HS to take on Dominican.
7pm kick for the
#Orioles
Rounding out our season previews with WLA. Things will look much different for the
#Vikings
this year, but they boast one of the most exciting skill groups in the conference.
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Today's
#Flyway
sports report, featuring sound from
#Cardinals
QB Ryan Clark and RB Joren Schlender after last night's win at WLA. Plus, a full football scoreboard.
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Five
#Flyway
track & field teams competed in various meets yesterday. Laconia's girls and Campbellsport's boys dominated.
Here's our recap of all five meets:
Mayville entered the bottom of the seventh trailing Lomira 3-1.
The
#Cardinals
scored three runs, including 2 RBIs for Addy Youngbeck and they walked it off to clinch the
#Flyway
championship
At this time we’d like to extend congrats to all those schools that received the WIAA Award of Excellence for last school year.
This award recognizes member schools for their efforts & achievements in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership & character.