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VOL. 124, NO. 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

www.MiddletonTimes.com

See WATER, page 8

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Busy day at local polls

Dominant victory for Giosta in city council raceVoters in the city and the town of Middleton headed to the polls Tuesday, casting their ballots for a variety of races including the Presidential Primaryand the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In the city’s fourth district, incumbent ald. Briana Giosta racked up 67 percent of the vote, easily defeating challengerThomas Yost. Pictured above, workers were busy despite a lack of local contests as a stream of voters poured into the Middleton Town Hall on West OldSauk Road to have their say in the presidential primary and state supreme court races.

Spring ElectionPheasantBranchConnectorcoming?

A large water main would beinstalled this summer up Pheas-

ant Branch Road from Whittle-sey Road then east along Balzer

Road and into a new section of the Community of Bishop Bay,

following approval by the Pub-lic Service Commission.

Called the Pheasant BranchConnector, the 16-inch diameter

main will pass though the townsof Springfield, Middleton and

Westport but will not serve any-one there.

“It’s a transmission mainonly, not for distribution,” said

Shaw Stauske, the City of Mid-dleton’s director of public

works.There is no intention of serv-

ing anyone in the town of Springfield or Westport, west of

CTH Q. Instead the $1.6 millionmain will provide a second

water source for Bishops Bay,said Stauske.

The main will complete aloop for the water system serv-

ing Bishops Bay. The other half of the loop now dead ends in

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

MCO returnsKyle Knox and the Middleton Community Orchestra

will return to the Middleton Performing Arts Centerstage next week. Read more on page 5.

Cops arrest man for 5th OWIOn Wednesday, March 30, at

approximately 11:40 p.m. theMiddleton Police Department

responded to the report of an in-toxicated man that was leaving

in a vehicle from a parking lotin the 1000 block of N. Gam-

mon Rd. Witnesses saw theman leave the parking lot by

driving his vehicle over a curb,

continuing

through thegrass ter-

race, over asidewalk,

and thenonto the

road in-stead of

using a des-

ignated exit from the parking

lot.Officers located the vehicle

and made contact with thedriver, 59-year-old, John E.

Paul of Madison. After field so-briety testing, he was arrested

5thoffense OWI, a felony, andbooked into the Dane County

Jail.

$1.65 million

main would

provide water for Bishops Bay

development

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Paul

The American Cancer Soci-ety Relay For Life of Middleton

High School will take place onSaturday and Sunday, April 16-

17, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The

event is open to the public from6-11 p.m. at Middleton HighSchool, 2100 Bristol St.

Join local volunteers and par-ticipants from the community

and celebrate cancer survivors,remember those lost to the dis-

ease, and take action to savemore lives from cancer.

The opening ceremony,

which includes a special Sur-vivors and Caregivers Lap, willbegin at 6 p.m.

A Luminaria Ceremony tohonor cancer survivors and re-

member those lost to cancerwill take place at 10 p.m. The

closing ceremony will be at 6a.m. on April 17.

Visit relayforlife.org or re-

layforlife.org/middletonhs tolearn more about the event, orcontact Stephanie Jackson at

608-662-7544 [email protected].

Relay for Life at MHSCommunity will come together April 16-17 to fight cancer


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City of Middleton finance di-

rector John Lehman’s last dayof work at city hall will be April29.

He announced he would be

retiring in November of lastyear, following his sixth an-

niversary working for the cityand an entire career in govern-

ment finance. Lehman recentlyshared what he views as his

greatest accomplishments anddropped some nuggets of

budget wisdom before he ridesoff into the proverbial sunset.

Lehman says he always had alove of government and that

may have something to do withhis roots.

“I’m from

the D.C. area,”Lehman said.

“Whether thereis any connec-

tion to the factthe I was born

in D.C. and Ilove govern-

ment I don’tknow, but local government is

what I really like because it isvery tangible.”

In local government every-thing is much easier to visualize

and understand, which makes itsimpler to solve problems,

Lehman says.Lehman was inspired early in

his career during his time work-ing in the budget department in

Fairfax County, a county right

outside of D.C. and one the

wealthiest in the country. Hesays the county had about 25

employees working strictly asbudget analysts and anytime the

board of supervisors had a ques-tion about the budget they had

an entire team to call on.Lehman says he realized then

what made a good financial an-

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Photo contributed

Irish legendsHeartline Theatricals, a local theater company based in Middleton, performed a live radio

play entitled “Legends of the Leprechauns,” a re-telling of three of the most famous Irish

folk tales as collected by William Butler Yeats and Thomas Crofton Croker, at the local li-brary on Thursday, March 17.

Middleton Area Historical Society

In the days before cell phonesOne of the biggest advances in

technology has come in the tele-phone industry. The following is

an excerpt from a book titled“Middleton’s Early Years” by

Lorena Gordon. It gives us someinsight into the early years of the

emerging telephone industry.The Farmer’s Union Tele-

phone Company was authorizedby the Secretary of State as a

Wisconsin Corporation on April15, 1901. Its purpose was to con-

struct and operate telephones,telephone lines and maintain the

same. Capital stock amounting to$1,000 was issued.

By September 1901, the Vil-lage of Middleton had telephone

services. The first telephone di-rectory was published in 1901. It

was named “Code of Signals”and contained the rules and reg-

ulations to be followed by the pa-

trons, since there would be as

many as 20 patrons on one line.Listening to other people’s con-

versations was not allowed underany circumstances. Eaves drop-

ping was one of the problems of having what was called ‘a party

line’. Although eaves droppingwas forbidden by company rules,

one could not really expect theparty line customer not to lift

their receiver to get the ‘news of the day’. Lastly, batteries in the

telephone were to be kept ingood condition. There was a

problem with subscriber inadver-tently leaving the receiver off the

hook. It was necessary to put adevice in operation called a

‘howler’. This device would alertthe subscriber that their receiver

had not been placed back on thetelephone. It made it impossible

for the other customers to use the

phone.

The first switchboard was lo-cated in Cross Plains in the fur-

niture store of Chris Ubersetzig.The family took turns as opera-

tor. Whoever worked at nightslept on a roll away bed. An

alarm awakened them when acall came in.

If a customer wanted to makea long distance call, they would

have to come frown to theswitchboard to use a special

phone. If some one knocked onthe door, the operator would have

to admit them.In the early days, people did

not bother to look up numbers,they would just call the operator.

The operator also had to ac-cept all fire and police calls.

They would blow the siren, andthe tell each man tat called, the

location of the emergency.Photo contributed

The Village of Middleton had phone service by the end of 1901.

City finance director John Lehman says goodbye

See LEHMAN, page 8

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

Lehman


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Members of Troop attained

the rank after completing

impressive projectsJacob Harnois, a senior at

Middleton High School, com-

pleted a project to repair andrenovate the historic kitchen

and bathroom at the MiddletonArea Historical Society Mu-

seum. He completed the 50-Miler Hiking Award and the

Mile Swim in addition to earn-

ing 24 merit badges. He is amember of Order of the Arrow,Scouting’s national honor soci-

ety, and completed at 75-milehike at Philmont Scout Reserve

in New Mexico. Jacob willstudy mechanical engineering at

Marquette University beginningthis fall.

Shaun Wettstein graduatedfrom Middleton High School

last June. His Eagle project in-cluded building barriers for the

Hoop House at AdventLutheran Church, preventing

rodent damage to the plantsgrown in the structure. He is a

member of Order of the Arrowand completed a 75-mile hiking

trip at Philmont. Shaun is a Pri-vate First Class in the U.S. Ma-

rine Corps Reserves, and he ispursuing a Bachelor’s Degree at

the University of Wisconsin –Milwaukee.

Arik Van Asten, a graduate of

Madison West, built a path be-

tween Pheasant Branch Trailand Woodcreek Village as his

Eagle project. He earned the

50-Miler hiking award andScouting’s Triple Crown HighAdventure Base Award, com-

pleting adventures at Philmont,Minnesota’s Northern Tier (hik-

ing and canoeing), and Florida’sSea Base (scuba diving). Arik

participated in the 100th An-

niversary National Scout Jam-boree in 2010 and worked as a

staff member at Philmont in

2014. Arik is also a member of Order of the Arrow. He is pur-suing a degree in mechanical

engineering at UW – Madisonand is currently studying at

Danish Technical University inCopenhagen, Denmark.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

Members of Troop 940 make Eagle

Photos contributed

Above, Boy Scout Troop 940’s Jacob Harnois, Shaun Wettstein and Arik Van Asten have all earned the rank of Eagle, which is Scouting’s highest honor.

Troop 940 has offered exciting, hands-on learning experi-

ences for over 30 years. They invite families with boys be-tween the ages of 11 and 18 to visit a meeting or join them for

an outdoor adventure. Meetings are Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m.,at Northside Elementary during the school year and at Lakeview

Park during summer vacation. Contact Scoutmaster Jan Cer-mak ([email protected] or 608-831-5661) for more.


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The Downtown Middleton

Business Association, (DMBA),will host a Spring Wine Walk on

Thursday, May 5 from 5 to 8

p.m.Guests will start the evening

at the BMO Harris Bank where

they will receive a wine glassand a wristband. Each guest will

plan their adventure, proceedingto each business as desired;

enjoy tasting one ounce of a redwine, one ounce of a white

wine.A selection of wines will be

featured from France, Califor-nia, South Africa, Washington,

Australia, Chile, Italy, Wiscon-sin, Argentina and France. Busi-

nesses will offer delicious appe-

tizers to compliment the wines.The participating businesses

include: Barriques Wines &

Spirits, Cole & Decker, Diny’sJewelers, Z.Bella Boutique,Middleton Staybridge Suites,

Neena Boutique, MomentumFloral & Decor, Chauette

Home, Middleton Dress Com-pany, The National Mustard

Museum, The Roman CandlePizza, Simon Real Estate, Hall-

man Lindsay Paints and BMOHarris Bank. Many of the busi-

nesses will also be offering spe-cials for the evening.

Gunderson Funeral Home andCremation has generously do-

nated the wine glasses for this

event.

The tickets will go on sale on

Thursday, April 7. They can be

purchased at Marilyn’s Salon(1833 Parmenter Street), start-

ing at 5:00 a.m. Plan to stop by

early that day as only 250 tick-

ets will be sold at $25 each.

The Spring Wine Walk is a

fundraiser and a portion of the

proceeds will be donated to the

DAIS (Domestic Abuse Inter-

vention Services) by the

DMBA.

Organizers will be accepting

cash and checks only.

Photo contributed

Wine Walk returns for 10th year Photo contributed

‘Live from Nashville’Live from Nashville will soon bring the songs that define American Music – the songs that

America’s beloved singers have brought to life for decades: Patsy & Hank, Cash, Parton, Swift - to Middleton’s own Performing Arts Center. The production will be April 16 at 7:30p.m. at the Middleton Performing Arts Center located at 2100 Bristol St.

Tickets for adults are $35, seniors are $30, and students are $10. The are available at Mid-dleton Community Bank, online at friendspac.org, or by calling 608-886-3103.


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On Wednesday, April 13, the

Middleton Community Orches-tra will present an early Spring

Concert featuring regular guestconductor Kyle Knox in a per-

formance of the Prelude to Act

1 of Lohengrin by Wagner andSymphony No. 3 by Sibelius.This music is gorgeous, and

organizers promise a short andvery sweet evening of great

music with a reception to fol-low.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. atthe Middleton Performing Arts

Center. General admission is$10. All students are admitted

free of charge.Knox enjoys a diverse musi-

cal career as a conductor, clar-inetist and teacher.

Since 2013 he has been As-sistant Conductor at UW Madi-

son where he makes regularappearances with the University

Symphony and Chamber Or-chestras. Increasingly active in

opera, Kyle was engaged to

lead UW Opera’s 2014 produc-

tion of Britten’s Albert Herring and will return this winter to

lead that company’s productionof Conrad Susa’s Transforma-

tions. Having previously served

as Assistant Conductor forMadison Opera’s production of D ead Man Walking, Knox was

invited by that company to leadtheir 2016 winter production of

Mark Adamo’s Little Women inthe Madison’s Capitol Theatre.

Other 2015-2016 highlights in-clude a debut with the Wiscon-

sin Music Clinic High SchoolHonors Orchestra as well as a

return visit with the MiddletonCommunity Orchestra, a group

he has performed with regularlysince 2013.

In addition, he has conductedmusical theatre productions in

Milwaukee and Madison, mostrecently performing Rodgers

and Hammerstein’s masterpieceC arousel in a joint production

with the Middleton Players

Theatre and the Middleton

Community Orchestra. In thesummer of 2015 he was chosen

to conduct the New SymphonyOrchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria

under the mentorship of Larry

Rachleff. Previous conductingappearances include CHATTER(Albuquerque), the Northwest-

ern University Orchestra, andthe Cleveland Institute of Music

Orchestra.From 2005-2010 Knox was

Assistant Principal and Eb clar-inetist in the Milwaukee Sym-

phony Orchestra and on facultyat UW Milwaukee. He has per-

formed often with the Santa FeOpera and Philadelphia Orches-

tras and has been featured at theTanglewood, Spoleto (Italy),

Santa Fe Chamber Music, andBowdoin Summer Music Festi-

vals, as well as the New YorkString Orchestra Seminar. His

recording credits include theKoch and Naxos labels in addi-

tion to numerous performances

on NPR’s Performance Today.Knox has premiered works

by Osvaldo Golijov, Sean Shep-herd, and Huang Ruo among

many others. Nico Muhly’s

chamber work S ervice Music (2004) was written for and ded-

icated to him. He holds a BM inclarinet from Juilliard where he

studied with Ricardo Morales

and an MM in conducting fromUW Madison where he studied

with James Smith.He lives in Madison with his

wife, violinist Naha Greenholtz.

Kyle Knox returns to MCO stage

Photo contributed

On Wednesday, April 13, the Middleton Community Orchestra will present an early SpringConcert featuring regular guest conductor Kyle Knox.


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DemocracySpring andDemocracyAwakening

Our democracy is based onthe idea of “one person, one

vote.” But we still are fightingto ensure that every voice is

heard and every vote iscounted.

The barriers that shut someAmericans out of the political

process – including restrictivevoting laws and a campaign fi-

nance landscape that allows bigmoney to shape elections –are

preventing us from effectingchange on key fronts, from cli-

mate change to health care andeducation and more.

It is time to take our democ-racy back.

This is why I am writingabout these two events in Wash-

ington, D.C. in April 2-18 for amass convergence on the na-

tion’s capital. These events re-flect a movement that demand a

democracy that works for allAmericans, not just corporate

interests or the wealthy.Democracy Spring and

Democracy Awakening eventsare mobilizing because of re-

cently adopted measures innearly two dozen states impose

unjust voter identification re-quirements, because after the

Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling inCitizens United mega-corpora-

tions the rich are pouring eye-popping sums into our elections

drowning out average citizens

voices, and because Senate Ma-

jority Leader Mitch McConnellhas created a constitutional cri-

sis-in-the-making with his polit-ical stand that Senate

Republicans will block ap-proval of any nominations for

the Supreme Court justice untila new president takes office.

We want fundamental reformthat makes our democracy work

and enables us to tackle ourgreat challenges together.

Events are already inprogress but it’s never too late

to join in.Learn more at Spring

democracyspring.org anddemocracyawakening.org.

Julie Crego

MiddletonWisconsin Grassroots

Network

RowleyHouse readyfor season

Spring is officially here andtherefore the annual opening of

the MAHS Rowley House must

also be close at hand! As youwell know we have lots of inter-esting treasures in our main mu-

seum and we do get quite a fewvisitors every year (179 signed

our guest registry in 2014, 157did so in 2015) and we also host

lots of school students everyyear (369 in 2014, 548 in

2015). To make the visitationenjoyable for our guests, we

rely on help from our members,so I am sending you this request

to PLEASE consider helping

out this coming season.The Middleton Area Histori-

cal Society needs volunteers togreet visitors and serve as do-

cents at the Rowley House Mu-seum. A meeting for new and

past volunteers is scheduledfor Saturday, April 9, at 10a.m. at the museum, 7410 Hub-bard Avenue.

The Rowley House Museumis open on Tuesdays and Satur-

days from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.from mid-April to mid-Octo-

ber. Volunteer hours are flexi-ble.

If you are interested in learn-ing about Middleton’s history

and if you enjoy meeting peo-ple, plan to attend the meeting

for more information about vol-unteer opportunities. A tour of

the museum will follow. If youhave questions contact Carol

Burger at 836-3779.

Jeff Martin,President

Middleton AreaHistorical Society

Affordable

housing isnot the issue

We are writing in response to

your article regarding neighbor-hood opposition to JT Klein’s

proposed “Stage Coach TrailApartments” 73-unit complex at

6620-6630 Century Avenue.The vast majority of strong

opposition to JT Klein’s pro-posal is due not to

affordable/workforce housingissues (as the headline seems to

suggest), but rather to the factthat the density and height of

this massive redevelopment is

not appropriate to our commu-nity or to the adjacent Pheasant

Branch Conservancy.We are deeply concerned

about the impact JT Klein’sproject would have on:

- The Pheasant Branch Con-servancy: The loss of green

space, mature trees and plant-ings, and permeable surfaces

could result in serious water-shed and drainage issues, and

damage to the surroundingproperties and the creek.

- Increased traffic at the al-ready dangerously busy car and

pedestrian intersection on Cen-tury Avenue, and on Century

Avenue and Old Creek Road.- Parking: There is no addi-

tional street parking for guestsor any over-flow parking.

- Our neighborhood, privacy,environment, property values,

and quality of life.The three single-family

homes directly bordering thesite (ours included) would be

backed by parking lots, 24-hourlights, and paved non-perme-

able surfaces, with constanttraffic and noise pollution. The

huge L-shaped, four-story com-plex, balconies, and roof-top

party deck would tower overour back yards and homes, in-

vading windows and privacy.The noise, lights, and run-off

would carry over to our neigh-bors across Old Creek Road, the

Middleton Glen RetirementCommunity, the Solitude Con-

dos on Old Creek Road, and theConservancy Condos on Pheas-

ant Branch Road, adversely af-fecting them as well.

JT Klein’s plan to demolishsix small single-family

homes/duplexes, large yards,and old-growth trees – and re-

place them with a development

of this size and mass is not a

good one. There is a definiteneed to explore two-story op-

tions that allow for livability,maximum green space, and less

density.We have been a part of this

long-established, historicalneighborhood since 1983. We

urge the city of Middleton to re- ject JT Klein’s current “Stage

Coach Trail Apartments” plan,and maintain the integrity of our

neighborhood by making devel-opment choices that fit the char-

acter and scale of ourcommunity, and that support

and protect Middleton’s beauti-ful Pheasant Branch Conser-

vancy area.

Katie Brown andDave Trezise

‘Massive’apartmentproposalis bad forMiddleton

Our family has lived on OldCreek Road in Middleton formore than 30 years. We have

seen a lot of development, fromMiddleton Hills, to the Solitude

Condominiums, the MiddletonGlen development and then

Phase II several years later.The JT Klein Development

plans called “Stage Coach TrailApartments” are NOT good for

Middleton. According to cur-rent plans, six homes will be

destroyed and replaced by onemassive building of 73 apart-

ments in four stories,(50 ft. high) with a flat roof-top

party terrace over the three-

story “L” section strung in be-hind (east of) Old Creek Road

homes. Many old growth treeswill be destroyed and the apart-

ments will block the entire east-ern view for everyone living

west of the building.There is already plenty of

traffic on Century Avenue and itwill become quite dangerous as

residents try to negotiate it dur-ing rush hour. (You might ask

current residents how they likepulling into traffic on Century

Avenue.)Because parking is bare min-

imum, guests and visitors to theproposed Stage Coach Trail

Apartments would easily fill theproposed parking lot meant for

Conservancy visitors.This is basically a single-

family residential neighbor-hood. A structure this massive,

this close to the street and tosingle family homes would

dominate and overshadoweverything. There are plenty of

excellent examples in Middle-ton Hills of condos and apart-

ments with low profiles(two-stories), generous land-

scaping and green space sur-rounding them. Nothing about

the JT Klein proposal would en-hance the neighborhood quality

of life or protectour wonderful Conservancy.

We hope that the MiddletonPlan Commission listens to us

and other long-termresidents of this area and rejects

the JT Klein plans, unless theyare significantly reduced to

compliment the neighborhoodto be a part of it, not overwhelm

it.

Margaret andTom Washa


Letters to the Editor


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Looking back at Middleton Junction Cemetery’s long and storied history in the local communityThe Middleton Cemetery As-

sociation has announced theopening of the new entrance to

the Middleton Junction Ceme-tery. It is named Middleton

Junction Cemetery from theolden days, even though today

the cemetery is technically in

the city limits of Madison. Thenew entrance replaces the fourformer entrances on Mineral

Point Road. These entranceswere closed after the recon-

struction of the intersection of Mineral Point Road and Junc-

tion Road. The new entrance is just west of the west side Target

Store.Since 19015, many improve-

ments and updating have beenmade to the cemetery. Roads

have been repaved, many oldertrees have been trimmed, a new

roof and gutters have beenadded to the old well house as

well as a new door. A new alu-

minum weather proof displaycase has been hung on the sideof the well house displaying

names of all lot owners, and a

display map, now computer-ized, showing the entire ceme-

tery with directions to findgraves. This case is dedicated

to the memory of Gilman C.Voss, former Chairman of the

Board, who died in 2015. An

older display case will be re-moved.

The area known as “Middle-

ton Junction” was also called“East Middleton,” and was the

first site of what is now the cityof Middleton. In the 1900s lead

was hauled by teams from Min-eral Point to Milwaukee on

what was then called MilitaryRoad or Stagecoach Road.

When the train came throughheaded toward Madison the

center of Middleton shifted toits current location. Originally,

a Methodist church stood at thecorner of the cemetery but was

torn down many years ago, and

the wood reused by an areafarmer. Historically, the ceme-tery has always been open to all

races and creeds.

Many early settlers to theMiddleton area are buried at the

cemetery. The earliest tomb-

stone is dated 1850. The histor-ical marker at the cemetery

notes the graves of the great-

grandparents of Wisconsinwriter Zona Gale. Soloman

Freeman, a freed slave, active in

civic duties, who was belovedby the Middleton community;

three generations of the doctorsRowley and their ancestors who

cared for and supported theMiddleton community. The his-

tory also includes the stories of

many others including that of two brothers who went westseeking their fortune and were

hanged for cattle rustling orhorse thieving, and were re-

turned to their loved ones inMidddleton for burial. More in-

formation about burials at thecemetery can be found at

www,findagrave.com wheremore than 800 graves are listed.

A Website for MiddletonJunction Cemetery can be found

at www.junctioncemetery.comThe Board members for the

Cemetery include RichardBakken, James Dahlk, Rod

Waldmann, Nancy Van Aman,

Fred Kempfer, and JamesUllom.

Photo contributed

The area known as “Middleton Junction” was also called “East Middleton,” and was the firstsite of what is now the city of Middleton.

Photo contributed

Youth center to host Spring ShowcaseThe Middleton Youth Center will host its 2nd Annual Spring Showcase on Thursday, April

21st from 5:30-7 p.m. at Clark Street Community School (2429 Clark Street). It is free andopen to the community. Please join them for displays of student projects from the past year, a chance to talk with students, staff, and partner organizations, and a short presentation andstudent performances at 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

County announces $2.25 million for affordable housing

Dane County Executive JoeParisi has announced

$2,250,000 to address afford-

able housing in Dane County is

available to be applied for.

The Affordable Housing De-

velopment fund was established

in the 2015 County Capital

budget and establishes a source

of funding to assist in the cre-ation of affordable housing in

Dane County. There are two

separate available funds one is

for transitional housing for re-

leased offenders ($500,000) and

the other for affordable housing

for individuals who are home-

less ($1,750,000).

“More people are moving toDane county than any other

county in Wisconsin,” said

Parisi. “We must continue to in-

vest in affordable housing to

help address the current housing

challenges we face. No one en-

tity can solve our housing chal-

lenges alone, we must continue

to partner together to create so-lutions.”

The fund was passed as part

of the Dane County 2015

budget.

It allocates $2 million each

year for four years to establish

an Affordable Housing Devel-

opment Fund. The purpose of

the fund is to encourage the de-velopment of affordable hous-

ing in Dane County by using

money from the fund to lever-

age additional funds.

This fund is just one example

of the county’s work on Afford-

able Housing. In 2015 the

county teamed up with the City

of Madison, Wisconsin Housingand Economic Development

Authority, Heartland Housing,

Heartland Health Outreach,

U.S. Bank, BMO Harris, the

Federal Home Loan Bank of

Chicago, the Home Depot

Zoning legislation marks politicalvictory for the Towns Association

Legislation to allow towns inDane County to more independ-

ently change zoning and landuse services was signed Febru-

ary 29 and took effect March 2as Act 178. The law allows

towns to set zoning and land usewithout oversight by Dane

County.While some towns lamented

the potential added costs, and

county supervisors pondered amore piecemeal approach to

land use in Dane County, andstill others worried about the

negative environmental impactit could have, those who pushed

for the change were downright jubilant.

“Town residents, not supervi-sors from the City of Madison,

will be making decisions for the

future of their towns,” said JerryDerr, Dane County Towns As-

sociation president. “We’realso eliminating an expensive

duplicate system of review bygiving towns the option to leave

the County zoning system.”Under the new law, towns

will be able to withdraw from

County executive Joe Parisi says the new funds are available to apply for today

See HOUSING, page 9

See ZONING, page 7

Town of Middleton supervisor Tim Roehl says country was infringing on local control


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Foundation, and Enterprise

Community Partners to fund a

permanent supportive housing

unit on Rethke avenue focused

on chronic homelessness, in-

cluding homeless veterans. The

facility will open early this

summer.

Located at 715 Rethke Av-

enue in Madison the $8.9 mil-lion, 60-unit building will

provide housing for individuals

who are chronically homeless,

with a focus on veterans, for

whom 25 of the units will be

designated. Rethke is designed

to serve those who would not be

able to stay housed without a

wide range of supportive serv-

ices and who, conversely, need

to be housed to be able to fully

participate in these services.Many homeless individuals

have a number of factors stand-

ing in their way, potentially in-

cluding mental illness, a sub-

stance disorder, or chronic

medical problem. Onsite serv-

ices will be provided by Heart-

land Health Outreach and will

include mental health services,

links to other health care and

employment providers, case

management and social enrich-ment, all designed to improve

stability and support economic

self-sufficiency.

Dane County also works to

keep families in their homes

through eviction prevention

funding. In 2015 the veterans

service office kept 70 veterans

in their homes through eviction

and utility disconnect preven-

tion.

Dane County’s Departmentof Human Service kept 100

families and 209 children in

their homes through eviction

prevention funds.

In the 2016 budget Parisi in-

creased funding for eviction

prevention from $25,000 to

$75,000.

$500,000 was awarded to

Nehemiah Community Devel-

opment Corporation for use in

expanding their network of

transitional housing for persons

released from custody from the

Wisconsin Department of Cor-

rections. The money will be

used to purchase two multiunit

buildings. The overwhelming

majority of ex-offenders return-

ing to Dane County are youth

and African-American. Well-

documented racial disparities in

our community place these ex-

offenders at a high risk for re-

entry failure, recidivism and

homelessness.

The County will also award

nearly $1.5 million to three

projects for affordable rental

housing. The County awarded

$500,000 to Housing Initiatives,Inc. to purchase affordable

rental housing targeted towards

homeless veterans, the chroni-

cally homeless, and persons

with mental illness. Housing

Initiatives has been active for

over 20 years. The organization

owns and operates 98 rental

units across the City of Madi-

son.

An award of $554,000 was

made to Gorman & Company to

support its affordable housing

project at the Union Corners de-

velopment at Milwaukee Street

and East Washington. This proj-

ect includes a total of 90 units,

76 of which will be set aside for

persons with incomes ranging

from 30% to 60% of the

County’s median income. Gor-

man has partnered with

Lutheran Social Services to pro-

vide supportive services to low

income residents.

The third award was made to

Movin’ Out, Inc. for its Madi-

son on Broadway

project. Movin’ Out will com-

bine the county’s $384,000

award with low-income tax

credits and other financing

sources to develop 48 income

restricted housing units on the

2200 block of West Broadway

and at 197 Lake PointDrive. Movin’ Out targets its

units to persons with physical

disabilities and veterans.


HOUSING continued from page 7

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www.danepurchasing.comRFP number

115083.


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The timeis now

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Emmet Herb and Middleton’s boys golf team have high hopes this spring.

Middleton’s expereinced golf

team has state title aspirations

There’s a long-standing

saying that deadlines spuraction.

For Brady Thomas, EmmetHerb and Joey Levin, their

deadline has arrived. Now,Middleton’s senior golfers are

expecting their finest actionyet.

The Cardinals’ terrific triohas been part of the varsity

lineup since their freshmanseasons. In that time, they’ve

helped Middleton finishfourth at state in 2014 and

fifth in 2015.Now, with the end in sight,

Herb, Levin and Thomas allwant to leave on a high note.

“This is our last go at thatstate championship,” said

Thomas, whose team beginsits season Friday at the

Wisconsin Dells Invite. “Wehave had our chances the last

two years at winning and

failed.

“I think this year it’s our

turn to really take overbecause it’s our last year andwe all have worked really

hard to come out on top in theend. I'm extremely excited to

work our way to (University)Ridge and then get the job

done there.”Levin agreed.

“We are all really excitedfor this season,” Levin said.

“This past winter we put in alot of work in order to succeed

this year. I know that all theguys, especially the seniors,

are really motivated to leavetheir mark on the Middleton

golf tradition.”

The chances of that hap-pening appear awfully strong.

Herb, Levin and Thomas

— who will finish theircareers as four-year letterwin-

ners — were all named first-team all-Big Eight Conference

last season. Fellow senior Nils

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See GOLFERS, page 13

File photo

Middleton junior forward Kristen Reikersdorfer was named first-team all-Big Eight Conference last season.

Rankings?What rankings?

That was Mary Duffy’sreaction when told her

Middleton girls soccer teambegan the year ranked No. 4 in

the first Wisconsin SoccerCoaches Association poll of the

season.“I had no idea,” Duffy said

of the preseasonrankings. “That is very nice

that people voted for us. I thinkour strong runs in the postsea-

son contribute to this ranking,and while I think Middleton

will be good and we have thesquad to make a strong run dur-

ing postseason, this is still anew year with different kinks

to work out. I do not put muchstock in pre-season rankings,

nor do I during the season.”That seems wise, as the

rankings themselves — espe-cially in April — are worth less

than the paper they’re printedon.

But people clearly thinkhighly of Middleton once again

this season, and it’s easy to seewhy.

The Cardinals captured a

second straight Big EightConference title last season andreached the WIAA Division 1

sectional finals. Middleton losta terrific group of 12 seniors

from that team, but returns agifted nucleus and has several

newcomers ready to make theirmark.

“Middleton is one of the topschools in the state for getting

teams to state, or at least hav-ing a long postseason run,” said

Duffy, whose team opens itsseason Saturday with games at

Appleton North and

Big things

lie aheadGirls soccer

team has

high hopesby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See SOCCER, page 14


11/20


Middleton’s dynamic duo of

Perrin Hagge and GusNewcomb both have extremely

large goals this season.

If they both achieve them, itcould be a magical season foreverybody inside the Cardinals

program.Newcomb won the 1,600

meter race and Hagge was firstin the 800 at last Saturday’s

Madison West Relays held atthe Camp Randall Sports

Complex. Those performanceshelped Middleton finish sixth

among 27 teams at the meet.Stevens Point was first at

54.5, while Oak Creek (48),Lake Forest, Ill. (44),

Hononegah, Ill. (41.5) andMenomonee Falls (40) rounded

out the top five. Middleton fin-

ished with 36 points.“I was very pleased with

Gus Newcomb and Perrin

Hagge,” Middleton first yearcoach Joe Line said. “This was

their first meet of the seasonand they looked very healthy

and performed at a high level.”Indeed.

Newcomb completed the1,600 in 4 minutes, 24.61 sec-

onds, more than four secondsfaster that runner-up Alex

Carter of Oconomowoc(4:29.19).

“Gus tried to get an earlyseason time on his 1600-meter

and ended up winning theevent,” Line said.

Hagge finished the 800 in1:59.54 and ran away from the

field in the process. MadisonLa Follette’s Trevor Legg was

second in 2:02.98.“Perrin stuck with the com-

petition and turned it on in thelast lap,” Line said. “He looked

great doing it.”Middleton had several other

solid performances, as well.Sophomore Jack Rader took

third in the 3,200-meter race(9:37.97).

“He was very consistentduring the race and got a new

(personal record),” Line said of Rader.

Junior Trevaun Turner fin-ished fourth in the 55-meter

dash (6.67) and senior GriffinGussel was fifth in the 400-

meter dash (52.23).Middleton’s 3,200-meter

relay team was also eighth.“We did not see any surpris-

es in the meet,” Line said. “Wethought we would score on our

distance events and we did. Weknew Tre Turner would have a

chance at finals in the 55-meterdash and he did.

“The biggest thing is wewere able to give some of our

younger guys a chance to com-pete against some top talent

and see what they could do. Iam very happy with what I

observed, but also see wherewe need to improve.”

April 2Madison West RelaysTeam scores: Stevens Point 54.5,

Oak Creek 48, Lake Forest 44,

Hononegah 41.5, Menomonee Falls 40,

Middleton 36, Kimberly 28, Madison

La Follette 28, Mukwonago 26, Verona

25, Rockford Auburn 23, Schofield

D.C. Everest 19.5, Ashwaubenon 19,

Whitefish Bay 18, Kettle Moraine 18,

Oconomowoc 17, Racine Park 17,

Madison Memorial 15.5, Hartland

Arrowhead 15, Milwaukee Marquette

10, Madison West 10, Waukesha North

8, Wauwatosa East 7, Hartford Union

6, Madison East 5, Jefferson 3,

Muskego 1, Waunakee 1.

55 meters: 1, Franz, SP, :06.55; 2,

Murray, WB, :06.60; 3, Chones, Muk,

:06.64; 4, Turner, Mid, :06.64.

200: 1, Ogden, OC, :22.33; 2,Guerrero, Hon, :23.1; 3, James, RP,

:23.22.

400: 1, Ogden, OC, :49.09; 2,Metz, SP, :50.82; 3, James, RP, :51.50;

4, Ifediora, V, :52.06; 5, Gussel, Mid,

:52.23; 7, Flores, J, :52.56.

800: 1, Hagge, Mid, 1:59.54; 2,

Legg, MLF, 2:02.98; 3, Waller, Muk,

2:03.15; 6, Bishop, MW, 2:05.61.

1,600: 1, Newcomb, Mid, 4:24.61;2, Carter, O, 4:29.19; 3, Belson, SP,

4:31.65; 7, Topel, MW, 4:35.44; 8,

Dorn, W, 4:35.89.

3,200: 1, Gessner, MLF, 9:19.56; 2,DeMuelenaere, MilM, 9:36.03; 3,

Rader, Mid, 9:37.97; 7, Zamzow-

Schmidt, MW, 10:03.04.

55 hurdles: 1, Hoch, LF, :07.48; 2,Fierek, DCE, :07.62; 3, McMurtry, MF,

:07.71; 4, Peters, MM, :07.79; 5,

Herkert, V, :07.87; 6, Biddle, V, :07.88.

400 relay: 1, Lake Forest, :43.77;

2, Menomonee Falls, :44.37; 3, Oak

Creek, :44.98; 8, Jefferson, :46.58.

800 relay: 1, Menomonee Falls,1:32.42; 2, Rockford Auburn, 1:33.88;

3, Stevens Point, 1:34.35.

1,600 relay: 1, Stevens Point,3:25.46; 2, Ashwaubenon, 3:29.18; 3,

Lake Forest, 3:30.01; 6, Verona,

3:37.09.

3,200 relay: 1, Madison La Follette

(Cotter, Nichols, Oliphant, Legg),

8:13.87; 2, Ashwaubenon, 8:15.20; 3,

Hartland Arrowhead, 8:26.26; 6,

Madison West, 8:26.73; 8, Middleton,

8:32.59.

High jump: 1, Herkert, V, 6-7; 2,Dybul, Muk, 6-6; 3, Murray, MF, 6-4;

5, Peters, MM, 6-0.

Pole vault: 1, Smith, OC, 14-0; 2,Jones, KMN, 13-6; 3, Johnson, H, 13-

6; T-8, Conklin, MM, 12-0.

Long jump: 1, Parchman, RA, 22-3½; 2, Polfliet, Hon, 21-10¼; 3, Peters,

MM, 21-6; 4, Morris, ME, 21-4½.

Shot put: 1, McCormick, K, 57-6;

2, Bruss, K, 53-2¼; 3, Terry, Hon, 53-

1.

At Camp Randall MemorialSports Center (The Shell).

Dynamic duo shines Newcombe,

Hagge roll at

West Relaysby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Photos courtesy of Christopher Hujanen

Middleton’s Trevaun Turner (top, center) finished fourth in the 55-meter dash at the Madison West Relays last Saturday. Below, Gus Newcomb won the 1,600 meter run.


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It’s a new season and a new

team, but the expectations for

Middleton’s boys lacrosse

team remain unchanged.

The Cardinals expect to

compete for a state champi-

onship.

Middleton won the state

title a year ago, and now wel-

comes back 16 players from

that team. Cardinals head

coach Matt Bock believes his

team has what it takes to

become champions onceagain.

“We have seen a lot of

improvement from Day One

versus last year,” Bock said.

“A lot of people have been

putting in work in the off-sea-

son, which is providing depth

and versatility. Once we build

on our team chemistry, every-

thing else should fall into

place.”

Many starters return on the

defensive side of the field,

which should serve the

Cardinals well, particularly

early in the season as

Middleton develops and

builds cohesiveness.

Among the returnees are

goalie Tyler Dohmeier,

defenders T.J. Jenkins, Gray

Woodward, William Braxton,

Justin Sarbacker and Erik

Slater.

“We stress communication

in all aspects of this game,”

Bock said. “Our returning

defenders have really stepped

that up and are showingeveryone else how it needs to

be done.”

Middleton took some hits

on offense, but has a strong

nucleus back.

Among the returnees are

Mitch Bacon, Lane Wahlgren,

Jake Hoskins, Travis Raffel,

David Vande Sande, Jack

Stormer and Jake Livesey. A

gifted group of newcomers

appears ready to help, as well.“So far we’ve seen a lot of

production from a number of

returners and newcomers on

the offensive side of the ball,”


Lacrosse team thinking big again

Photo submitted

Mitch Bacon (1) and Middleton’s lacrosse team are thedefending state champions.

Defending

state champs

aiming highby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See LACROSSE, page 15


13/20


File photos

Ready to rollClockwise (from left), Joey Levin, Brady Thomas and Nils Arneson are hoping to lead Middleton’s boys golf team to big things this spring.

GOLFERS continued from page 10 Arneson, who joined the

program in 2015, was namedsecond-team all-conference

last year.Good luck finding a team

anywhere with that kind of experience and talent.

“These guys have beenaround for a while now and

they’ve done some greatthings,” Middleton coach Tom

Cabalka said. “But I knowthey want to go out on top.

That’s really important tothem.

“For two years, they’vebeen saying this could be our

year. And each time it’s been agreat chance for it to be our

year, and we just didn’t finishthe job. But maybe this is our

year.”There’s certainly enough

firepower to make itMiddleton’s year.

Herb averaged a team-best77.15 last season and finished

in the top-5 at 12 differentevents. Herb won the Sparta

Invite, two different Big EightConference meets, then was

second at regionals and thirdat sectionals.

Herb was named first-teamall-Big Eight and honorable-

mention all-state. Herb will

also continue his golfingcareer to St. Thomas (Minn.),

one of the top Division 3 pro-grams in the country.

“Emmet is just a wonderfulkid,” Cabalka said. “He con-

tinues to work so hard and herefuses to be mediocre.

“He’s had great drive forthis game since he was 8 or 9

years old. This is his gameand he just keeps getting bet-

ter at it.”Levin has improved his

game by leaps and boundsduring his three years in the

program, as well.Levin averaged 77.20 a

year ago and finished secondin the race for Big Eight

Player of the Year honors.Levin had 12 top-five finishes

during the year, won theMiddleton Regional and was

also named honorable-men-tion all-state.

“Joey just keeps gettingbetter,” Cabalka said. “When

he was a freshman, he had allthe talent, but not all the shots.

Now I think he has all theshots.

“He’s such a perfectionistand has such a great attitude,

too. He’s always very hungry

for playing better, playingwell.”

Thomas was also a first-team all-conference and hon-

orable mention all-state play-er. Thomas averaged 79.10

last year and notched 11 top-five finishes throughout the

season.Despite those solid num-

bers, Cabalka knows Thomasis capable of even more.

“Brady struggled at timesbecause of his aspirations to

be a big-time college player,”Cabalka said. “At times, that

really kind of affected him.“Hopefully he’s put all that

stuff past him now, becausewhen Brady’s on, he’s got

probably one of best shortgames I’ve seen. We’re hop-

ing he has a big year.”Cabalka is hoping for the

same from Arneson, who wasMadison East’s No. 1 player

in 2013 and ’14. Arneson wasup and down a year ago, but

still earned second-team all-conference honors.

Arneson — along with the‘Big Three’ of Thomas, Herb

and Levin — were all named acaptains. And Cabalka

believes Arneson is poised for

a big final season.“At times, Nils showed he

can be a great golfer,”Cabalka said. “But it was a

learning curve for Nils notbeing the best on the team. It

was also a learning curve forme not knowing Nils as well

as I knew the other guys.“Now, Nils is one of our

captains. The kids wanted himto be a captain, and that’s

important knowing that theyounger kids look up to him.”

Middleton’s No. 5 golferfigures to be either sophomore

Henry Taylor, junior BrettWipfli, sophomore Andy

Zucker or senior Jack Vincent.Taylor came on late last

season and was Middleton’sNo. 5 golfer at state. Taylor’s

79 on the first day of state wasMiddleton’s second-best score

and he finished 44th individu-ally with a 162.

“Henry has a lot of abilityand he works as hard as any-

body,” Cabalka said of Taylor.“He’s a 4.0 student and he’s

also quite the student of thegame.”

Wipfli was one of thestandouts on the junior varsity

team last season and has

improved his game immense-ly. Zucker has golfed since an

extremely young age and ispushing hard to crack the top

five. And Vincent has experi-ence after golfing a handful of

varsity meets last year.“We’ve got a lot of great

options at No. 5,” Cabalkasaid.

Middleton has put togetherstellar regular seasons in

back-to-back years. What theCardinals hope to do now is

finish the deal at state.Last season, Middleton

struggled on the first day of state, was 14 shots behind

eventual champion HartlandArrowhead, and never chal-

lenged on Day 2.In 2014, Middleton also

struggled early and was 13shots behind eventual champi-

on Homestead after the firstday. The Cardinals tied for the

best team score of the secondround, but their deficit was

too great and they settled forfourth place.

This season, the Cardinalsdon’t intend to settle.

Their deadline has arrived.And these Cardinals plan to

exit in style.

“In order for us to get overthe hump, I think it is essen-

tial that we don’t get wrappedup in the moment,” Levin

said. “In the past, we have letthe atmosphere get to us men-

tally, which inevitably let ouremotions take over and caused

us to play poorly. So this sea-son, our key to success will be

staying focused on the golf and handle our emotions bet-

ter.”Thomas agreed.

“We can’t beat ourselves,”Thomas said. “The last two

years there hasn't been aremarkable team score that’s

won the tournament.“Both those years we have

taken ourselves out of theequation by shooting a high

score the first day and notbeing able to come back from

it the second. With four sen-iors this year, and a bunch of

experience under our belts,we’re ready to fire that

remarkable two-day score.”And bring home that elu-

sive state title.


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Kimberly. “Our goal every

year is to make it to state.“We will constantly adjust

and re-adjust for each game tohelp us have the maximum

potential of a state-bound teamthis year. We will work with

formations, tactics and posi-tions. We had promising try-

outs this past week and we lookforward to the intensity of

training and games.”Despite the heavy gradua-

tion losses, Middleton has apair of terrific starting points in

senior defender Grace Douglasand junior forward Kristen

Reikersdorfer.

Douglas, a University of Wisconsin recruit, was named

first-team all-Big Eight as asophomore and second-team

all-conference last year.“Grace is focused, serious

and determined,” Duffy said.“She is working hard during

practice, pushing her team-mates. This is the most focused

I have see Grace since she hasbeen on the team.

“She has set up very specificgoals for the season and her

determination is setting thepace for others. Her teammates

want to see her reach her goalsand are looking to help her in

achieving them.”Reikersdorfer played in just

the first 16 games of 2015before suffering a season-end-

ing injury. Amazingly,

Reikersdorfer still led the

Cardinals in scoring with 12goals, five assists and 29 points

and was named first-team all-Big Eight Conference.

“Kristen is elevating hergame even further by working

on helping lead the team aswell,” Duffy said. “She is ready

to work, train, and play. Hertouch and decision making is

that of a Division 1 college ath-lete. Her ability to see the field

tactically will help make thecenter of the field our strongest

asset.”The Cardinals have several

other returnees ready for anexpanded role.

Junior midfielder KallieAcker missed most of 2015

with an injury, but should beready for a big season.

“She will dominate the mid-

dle with her exciting, but com-

posed play,” Duffy said of Acker. “She will be one of our

leaders.”Junior Maya Shea partnered

up with Reikersdorfer last yearto form a deadly forward tan-

dem. Shea has great versatility,though, and Duffy may use her

in different spots this spring.“She can play anywhere we

need her, and we will need todetermine the best place for her

to maximize her ability,” Duffysaid of Shea. “She may not be

in the scoring section of thefield this season, but her com-

munication on the field willhelp organize our formation.”

Senior midfielder EmmaGeppert is a two-year varsity

player expected to do bigthings in her final season.

“Emma will continue to beour spark plug,” Duffy

said. “She is tenacious wherev-er she plays. Everyone can tell

that she loves the game by theenergy she puts onto the field.”

Junior forward TessaGrywalsky has a powerful shot.

And sophomore defenderEmily Duecker joined the var-

sity late last season and shouldbe a terrific complement to

Douglas in back. Senior keeperBelle Gallegos also returns in

goal.Middleton also has a gifted

group of newcomers it will beexpecting big things from.

“The newcomers will belooking to fill in for every spot

on the field with the loss of astrong senior class last year,”

Duffy said. “At this point it ishard to say who will step up.

We will be a young squad withfour freshmen and five new

sophomores.”The Big Eight is one of the

top leagues in the state every

File photos

Middleton’s Maya Shea (above, #9) and Grace Douglas (right, #6) will be two of the Cardinals’leaders this season.

SOCCER continued from page 10

MIDDLETON GIRLSSOCCER ROSTER

No. Name Year0 Caroline Powers Soph.1 Belle Gallegos Sr.

3 Lauren Griffin Soph.4 Tessa Grywalsky Jr.

5 Martin Danielle Fr.6 Grace Douglas Sr.

7 Shea Ruhly Soph.8 Kristen Reikersdorfer Jr.

9 Maya Shea Jr.10 Emma Geppert Sr.

11 Claire Staples Soph.12 Casey Wempner Soph.

13 Payton Houden Jr.14 Kalli Acker Jr.

15 Tavi Tanin Soph.16 Celia Semrad Jr.

17 Lexey Grapetine Jr.18 Lexi Schultz Soph.

19 Emily Duecker Soph.20 Taylor Rough Fr.

21 Charlotte Dunn Fr.22 Malaika Maka Jr.

23 Katya Boehnen Sr.24 McKenzie Zocher Fr.

year, and this season figures to

be the same. MadisonMemorial and Madison West

are perennial powers, and SunPrairie is a program on the rise.

But most expect Middletonto be the team to beat once

again.“We will be in the hunt,

absolutely,” Duffy said. “Andwe absolutely have a great

chance of repeating. We have24 hard working, determined

group of girls ready to maketheir mark on the season. We

will and could be very danger-ous.

“What I want my players toknow is that … it will take hard

work. It will not come easily in

a conference that challenges

for the gold ball every year. Itwill not come easily if we do

not believe and put every onceof sweat and desire into mak-

ing it as a team.“It will take a team effort

from 24 girls who know thatthey could be part of something

bigger than a single season.Every girl will need to be on

the same page whether theystart or come off the bench or

do not leave the bench. Everygirl is extremely valuable in

our hopes to return to stateagain this year.”


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Bock said. “They are able

to read the field quicker andfind holes in the defense and

just make things happen .”

Bock has been impressed

with Middleton’s early season

practices, as there has been a

lot of energy.

“With the influx of new tal-

ent, that has really raised the

bar all around.” Bock said.

“The new guys are showing

they can hang with the older

guys so they continually push

each other. Every day, every

drill is a competition.”

Middleton will undoubted-

ly have a giant target on its

back following last year’sstate title. But Bock doesn’t

believe that will be a burden

for his team.

“Last year was last year

and they know what’s at

stake,” Bock said. “It just

proved that they can do it if

they come with the right

mindset and work ethic.

Knowing that they can

achieve that level of success

fuels everyone on the team

because they want it and they

want to be a part of it.”

MIDDLETON LACROSSEROSTER

Name Year Pos.Mitchell Bacon Sr. AttackWilliam Braxton Sr. Defense

Tyler Dohmeier Jr. GoalNoah Goll Senior Attack

Paul Groth Junior DefenseConnor Hellenbrand Fr. LSM

Max Hollfelder Jr. MidfieldJacob Hoskins Soph. Midfield

Tony Jenkins Sr. DefenseDaniel Johnson-Schunk Sr. Midfield

Nathan Kapp Fr. MidfieldReed Kochan Fr. Goal

Gunnar Kunsch Jr. MidfieldJake Livesey Sr. Midfield

Logan Maier Jr. GoalNicholas Miazga Sr. Defense

Gannon Piernot Jr. DefenseTravis Raffel Sr. Defense

Troy Reifsteck Jr. MidfieldBryce Reynolds Sr. Midfield

Justin Sarbacker Jr. DefenseErik Slater Sr. LSM

Jack Stormer Jr. MidfieldDavid Vande Sande Sr. Attack

Lane Wahlgren Jr. AttackGray Woodward Sr. Defense

Head Coach — Matt BockAssistant Coaches — Karl Wahlgren, Matt Vande Sande,

John Hoskins and David Handowski

LACROSSE continued from page 12

Photo submitted

TJ Jenkins and Middleton’s lacrosse team are gunning for another big season.

File photo

Lemirande honoredMiddleton junior guard Bria Lemirande (35) was named honorable mention all-state by the Associated Press.Lemirande led the Cardinals in scoring (14.7), assists (4.7), steals (2.8) and rebounds (6.8).

S P O R T SB R I E F S

Girls golfers honoredThe Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW)

announce the recipients of the fifth annual “Team Academic

All-State” award, established to recognize high school golf teams with the highest ‘team’grade point averages. Team is

defined as the five designated golfers on the roster for the fall

2015 WIAA regional tournament.The three teams with the highest cumulative team GPA in

each division (D1- D2) were recognized with gold, silver, or

bronze medals for each student-athlete, and their schoolsreceived a certificate to note this accomplishment.

Schools with at least a 3.25 team GPA received a certificateacknowledging honorable mention status.

Middleton High School finished with honorablemention recognition.

Middleton’s golfers were Loren Skibba, Alexis Thomas,Morgan Narowetz, Morgan Miles and Payton Hodson.

BowlingMiddleton LadiesMarch 15Theresa Meisel 590, Verelene Morris 552, Sara Gudel 528,

Chery Theis 496, Lyn Passini 494

March 22Patti Larson 554, Theresa Meisel 501, Frayne Born 488,

Cindy Hall 476, Donna Cushman 473

March 29Lyn Passini 540, Janet Meinholz 537, Cathy Matts 495,

Nancy Hellenbrand 492.


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