Williamsville High School students, please wear blue tomorrow in support of Jayden Veesenmeyer, his family, and the Pleasant Plains school district. You are in our thoughts and prayers
With the end of the 2022-2023 school/athletic year, Williamsville High School and the Wire will lose one of the most respected, scholarly, and influential people in the school’s history,
@SethKunz3
. Although this is the end of the road, the impact he made may last forever.
It’s Official, Aaron Kunz is the win king at Williamsville. Bullets win the silver bucket for the 8th straight year. And the Bullets punctuate an awesome homecoming week with a shootout win over New Berlin.
Thanks to Olivia Weller for these awesome pictures.
"An Ol' Missouri Boy" - By Paul Jenkins read by Seth Kunz
Head over to the Williamsville Wire shop and get a special shirt, for a special night. The Bullets take the brand new Paul Jenkins Field September 2nd
@wcusd15sports
@BulletBoosters
@WCUSD15Supt
The Williamsville Bullets take on the New Berlin Pretzels on Pretzel Field tonight in the 21st installment of the Battle for the Old Silver Bucket. But what is the silver bucket, and what does this game mean to each side? Thanks to 1450 for the clips
We would like to take the time to thank the seniors of the WHS football team. Thank you guys for a special season, and we loved being able to bring you guys coverage throughout the year. Good luck in all of your future plans
Here is the 2023 Holiday Tournament bracket. The tournament starts on December 27th. The Williamsville Wire will once again have expanded coverage for all of the winners bracket, including Live Wire and highlights.
There must be something about Center Fielders from Williamsville. Catch Kaden Griffitts and the Williamsville Bullets back in action as they take on the PORTA Bluejays. Videos courtesy of
@BobbySports1450
and USA Today HS Sports.
@WHSBASEBALL6
@GriffittKaden
@wcusd15sports
It’s official, we will have the call of the Williamsville-Olympia showdown with a trip to the State Semis on the line. Link will be posted tomorrow, kickoff is at 2
Unbelievable game last night for Bullets’ Basketball last night. How Shoufler’s teammates were able to pick him up, and he was able to come back and lead them to victory. Article available in link below.
IHSA State 3rd Place Game vs. Byron
Tigers: 62
Bullets: 48
Final
Williamsville’s magical season comes to an end. The Bullets finish the season 26-11 with a fourth place trophy.
GIRLS SOCCER IS HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!
Madison Rigdon with a spectacular 40 yard free kick shot to take a 1-0 lead late
Williamsville will take on Altoff Catholic at 2:30 on Saturday
The EIU turf was hot on Tuesday afternoon, but the battle on the court between the WHS Football players and their coaches was hotter. Watch the highlights from the upset here.
Well that is gonna do it for our coverage of the 28th Annual Williamsville Holiday Tournament. Across 4 days we posted 19 videos. Every team in the tournament was in at least 1. We thank everyone for all of the support. We have to give a huge shoutout to the Wire’s staff.
THE BULLETS ON THEIR WAY TO CHAMPAIGN: Williamsville Wire will have extended coverage tomorrow from the State Basketball Tournament; beginning with our YouTube pregame show ~45 minutes before tipoff, then Williamsville vs. Phillips to follow!
After a long night, the 2023 Purple & Gold games have come to a close. A very exciting year in Williamsville sports is ahead! The Wire will be posting interviews from all the games, and highlights in the coming days.
#thewire
1 Week Later: Brecken Thomas continues to have a magical March, from leading Bullets’ Hoops to state to starting the baseball season 4 for 6 with 2 RBIs!
45 Days until kickoff, The Bullets Football team took on Jacksonville in a 7 on 7 scrimmage on Paul Jenkins Field. This is their first week of practice since last year’s
@IHSAState
run.
Congratulations to the Rizzlers, a team full of Williamsville juniors, on winning a basketball game against a team of Williamsville sophomore athletes. It’s great to see a good student lead competition.
#itsbettertobeabullet
Everyone has had this game circled since the summer, and it’s finally here. A Sangamo battle at Paul Jenkins Field begins tonight at 7:00 pm/ct on CW23.
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@WarriorsAthens
We have good news and we have bad news: Bad news, school alarms armed so we had to leave… so we have to wait to upload some things until the morning
Good news: We have everything edited and it just needs a finishing touch to post
Thanks to everyone for the support
Night started off with the camera popping off the Tri pod and almost shattering… luckily
@kunz_aaron
taught me how to catch at a young age. Be on the look out for our next video “Wired In Maddie Roberts” as we had
@wvillesoftball
Maddie Roberts Mic’d Up for Game 1 of Area v City
Boys 🏀 vs West Central at Illinois College
Bullets: 36
West Central: 48
Final
The loss means so little to what’s at stake. Everyone here at the Wire is praying for Blake Shoufler and his family and wishing him a swift recovery.
The SJO Spartans are one of eleven undefeated teams in the state of Illinois. The plan is simple:
1. Pack Dave Root Court
2. Create an unreal atmosphere
3. Knock off the Spartans
And it all starts with you
We are excited to announce the Williamsville Wire Podcast will be returning December 26th. Take some time to catch up on all things Williamsville High School sports and meet the staff. Also a huge thanks to our sponsors Law Automotive, Carter Bros, and Fire and Ale.
SOME THINGS COME FULL CIRLCE: 8 seasons ago Athens beat Williamsville on a two-point conversion in OT 36-35. Tonight the same result but reversed.
Williamsville walks it off in OT 36-35.
The Williamsville Lady Bullets soccer team picked up their first win of the season with a 6-0 win over St. Thomas More. Grayson Mirabile and Laura Romence combined for 5 of the 6 goals.
You can find the highlights right here:
The stage is set. The 2023 Boys IPC-Sangamo Conference Shootout at Williamsville High School. Schedule with game times and broadcast crews will be released early next week
Kaden Griffits hit a grand slam, Trey Carter has 8 strikeouts (3 innings), the Bullets lead 12-1. Everything is going their way as they look to become outright Sangamo Champs
Boys Regional Final vs. Riverton
Bullets: 59
Hawks: 42
Final
Williamsville brings home a Regional Title for the first time since 2018
The Bullets will head to Beardstown to play Auburn in the Sectional
Girls 7th Grade Girls Basketball State Championship
BeeBees: 25
TTown: 27
Final
The Girls take home a second place trophy
Let’s congratulate the future Lady Bullets on a fantastic season!
Bullets season comes to an end at the hands of a very good UHigh team. End the season with 24 wins. So proud of this group. Thank you to the 7 seniors and families for all your time and commitment to our program. Thank you to our students and community for your support tonight
The Wire has a new plan in place for videoing moving forward. We are sorry that we were unable to upload all of the videos from tonight. Seth Kunz will do a break write up to summarize day 1 of the 28th Annual Holiday Tournament. Thank you for your patience and support
Williamsville’s gutsy effort up short in heartbreaking loss to state ranked Unity Rockets. 48-45 final. Thanks to everyone who tuned in to the Wire during the Holiday Tournament.
Williamsville takes on Chicago Phillips in a 2A State Semi-Final! The Wire will have a live broadcast on our YouTube, beginning ~45 minutes before game time!
Williamsville takes on Macomb in the IHSA super-sectional game tonight at 6 pm! The Wire will have a live stream on our YouTube available ~15 minutes before tipoff!
Harley Sharp makes a leaping grab off the mound and sends it over to Kyle Griffith at 1st to end the game as the
@WHSBASEBALL6
beats
@pawneecusd11
8-4
Bullets play SHG at home tomorrow
And just like that, the boys basketball season begins tonight against Taylorville. The Wire will have a pregame live podcast beginning around 6:15. Then Colin Burge and Nathan Simko will have the call on the Live Wire. Both will be on our YouTube.
Williamsville Wire Coverage tonight: Bullets take on QND in the IHSA Regional semi-final at Athens High School tonight. We will do a pregame show at ~6:45, and the stream for the game will follow!
Boys 🏀 vs North Mac
Bullets: 54
Panthers: 41
Saling with 21, Shoufler with 19
Coach Beard able to break the win record here at Williamsville
Congrats to Coach Beard and his family!
Start your Sectional Semi-Final Wednesday with a Bullet Soccer double feature. Re-live the Regional Championship, and then take a look into Monday's practice with Jacob Park's mic'd up