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Sitting at a rustic wood table,their shadows falling against the

crags and escarpments of alimestone wall as old as Mid-

dleton itself, Troy Rost andRobert Yocum are talking about

the past, the present and the fu-ture.

They are also chatting abouttheir shared affection for oxtail

croquettes, corned beet salads,fresh plates of meat and

seafood, and Nick Johnson, theexecutive chef who lovingly

concocts them all.In the brief, early day respite

that comes before 1847 at theStamm House opens its doors to

the public later that afternoon,Rost and Yocum are reminisc-

ing about the hard labor that

breathed new life into an iconicbut once-languishing building.

And they should know, becausethey did the work themselves.

In between discussions aboutthe menu and the local foods

philosophy behind it, Rost looksup and marvels at the old

growth timber that makes up thebuilding’s aged but mighty

bones. He lauds the “massivestone footings” on which the

structure rests, and he says hewants to put as much care into

food and service as the StammHouse’s original builders put

into the brick and mortar.“We’re lucky,” Rost says.

“The building was built reallywell. It was a ton of work to re-

store, but it’s not like it wascrumbling at its base.”

The Stamm House was orig-inally born the same year as

Jesse James, Thomas Edison

and Bram Stoker. James“Young Hickory” Polk was

president, there were only 29stars on the American flag, the

Town of Middleton had not yetbeen created, and Wisconsin

was not even a state.Needless to say, a lot has

changed since then. But in thesingle year that the eatery has

been open under their care, Rostsays they have learned a lot.

Yocum, the current generalmanager, has experience at

Lombardino’s, the Tipsy Cow,and helped Rost rebuild the

Stamm House with his own twohands.

He says Johnson, a nominee

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1847 at the Stamm HouseStriving to do something special at one of the city’s most iconic eateries

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

See STAMM, page 9

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Nick Johnson, executive chef at 1847 at the Stamm House, has been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award. “Heinspires the whole kitchen,” says Robert Yocum, who manages the restaurant.

Photo by Jeff Martin

Whole Lotta LoveFirefighters in Middleton teamed up with Pasqual’s

Cantina on Sunday to host a community event andfundraiser for Ari Meyer and Hayley Krause, the young

girls who were injured on in a hit and run accident onApril 21. Pictured above, young Taetem Martin and herbrother Lincoln hug each other while waiting for theirchance to ride in one of the Middleton fire engines. Seemore on page 10.

Downtownmarket

returns

The Downtown Middle-

ton’s Business Association

(DMDA) Farmers Marketreturned Tuesday, May 17.The market is held every

Tuesday, rain or shine from2:30-6 p.m. and runs

through October 4.It is located in the parking

lot of Capital Breweryunder the Terrace Avenue

Pavilion.The market features lo-

cally produced fruits, veg-etables, eggs, oils, balsamic

oils & vinegar, breads,cheese, apples later in the

season, mushrooms, hang-ing baskets, meat, jams and

bloody Mary mix.


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The 117-year-old former

Blacksmith Wagon and Car-riage shop in downtown Ma-zomanie is now filled with a

vast display of some of thesmallest and most unusual auto-

mobiles.The owners of the unique

collection of vintage microcars,mopeds and bikes, Middleton’s

Carlo Krause and his son Sven,recently opened the Midwest

Microcar Museum inside thehistoric building.

Carlo, who has been collect-ing cars for 30 years, became

intrigued by microcars becauseof the small size, oddities and

distinctive shapes of the auto-

mobiles.“It’s just kind of a hobbygone a little crazy,” he says with

a gentle laugh.As Carlo’s microcar collec-

tion grew, so did his family’sdesire to find a place where they

could showcase the cars whilesharing the history with others.

They found the character of thebuilding in Mazomanie to be

the perfect fit for the museum.“It’s a nice place to do it; I

love the way they look inthere,” Carlo says.

Sven describes their work onthe museum as a “labor of

love.” It is set up as a non-profitorganization in hopes to gener-

ate funds for local charities inMazomanie and surrounding

areas. Since Carlo has dozens of cars, they plan to rotate the col-

lection annually to show morevariety.

“It was really…giving thecars a chance to do more than

just sit in a shed with car coversover them,” Sven explains.

The duo has spent timesearching for cars and restoring

them together.“The hunt is what drives

him,” Sven says about Carlo.

While they find cars online andthrough auctions, they espe-

cially like meeting and talking

to the people who have owned

microcars for decades.“There’s a lot of history and

stories that come along with

each of the cars,” Sven says.

Carlo and Sven became in-volved in collecting the micro-

cars nearly 10 years ago, a timewhen most collectors were in-

terested in finding retro classicslike Mustangs and Camaros.

“We kind of took a little bitof a different approach in look-

ing after the rare, the bizarreand the oddities that exist in-

stead of the, I’ll say, the crowd

favorites,” Sven says.The quaint automobiles be-

came more distinguished in2013 when the owner of Double

Bubble chewing gum liquidatedhis entire collection of 350-400

microcars.The majority of microcars

came from Europe, Sven ex-plained. The microcars were

made by mostly former plane

manufacturers post World WarII to save on fuel costs during

tough economic times when

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

The great big world of tiny cars

See MICRO, page 7

by ERIN VANDER WEELE

Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photos by Erin Vander WeeleThe 1975 Reliant Regal is one of many unique automobiles in Middleton man Carlo Krause’s

collection (Above). His vintage vehicles including microcars, mopeds and bikes are on display atthe Midwest Microcar Museum in downtown Mazomanie. Top left, a 1957 Heinkel Kabine Ger-man microcar is on display. Bottom left, so is a 1953 Bond minicar.

A Middleton man and his son run museum dedicated to classic microcars


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The American Academy for

Park and Recreation Adminis-tration (AAPRA), in partner-

ship with the NationalRecreation and Park Associa-

tion (NRPA), is pleased to an-nounce Middleton Public

Lands, Recreation & Forestryas a finalist for the 2016 Na-

tional Gold Medal Awards forExcellence in Park and Recre-

ation Management.Founded in 1965, the Gold

Medal Awards program honorscommunities in the U.S. “that

demonstrate excellence in parksand recreation through long-

range planning, resource man-agement, volunteerism,

environmental stewardship,program development, profes-

sional development and agencyrecognition.”

Applications are separatedinto seven classes, with five

classes based on population,one class for armed forces

recreation and one class forstate park systems awarded on

odd numbered years.

The Middleton Public Lands,Recreation & Forestry Depart-

ment is a finalist in the Class V(population less than 30,000)

category.“Once again the City of Mid-

dleton Public Lands, Recreationand Forestry Department has

demonstrated their ability toserve as catalyst in the develop-

ment, initiation, coordinationand the support for a variety of

leisure time activities and facil-ities for residents of all ages

while adhering to NRPA’s 3 pil-lars of conservation, health &

wellness, and social equity,”stated a press release issued by

the city. “Through a wide vari-ety of programs and services in-

cluding urban forestryactivities, trail days and conser-

vation efforts, the city focuseson advocating environmental

stewardship and sustainablegrowth. The Department offers

numerous programs includingsports and fitness classes to fa-

cilitate health & wellness, as

well as partners with a varietyof organizations for their use of

department facilities, trails andparks for an array of endurance

events such as runs, bike ridesand triathlons. Over the past

couple of years, the Departmenthas increased its social equity

efforts trying to make parks andrecreation services equally ac-

cessible and available to all peo-ple regardless of income level,

ethnicity, gender, ability, or age.Updated city ordinances, schol-

arships, and a unique partner-ship with the Middleton Cross

Plains Area School District torevitalize the Middleton Youth

Center are just a few of those ef-forts.”

Agencies are judged on theirability to address the needs of

those they serve through thecollective energies of citizens,

staff and elected officials. Mid-dleton Public Lands, Recreation

& Forestry joins three other fi-nalists in their class that will

compete for grand honors this

year.“It’s an incredible honor for

us to be named one of fourfinalists in the small city

category,” MiddletonDepartment of Public Lands,

Recreation & Forestry directorPenni Klein said in a written

statement. “Our staff andpartners have demonstrated

excellence and successfullycompleted many

environmentally sustainableprojects in the areas of long-

range planning, resourcemanagement, environmental

stewardship, program andprofessional development,

along with agency recognitionon the state and national levels.”

“We are very excited to beselected to compete in the

NRPA Gold Medal Award finalsand are honored to have been

chosen among so manyqualified agencies,” Klein

continued.A panel of five park and

recreation professionals reviews

and judges all application mate-rials.

This year’s finalists willcompete for Grand Plaque

Award honors this summer, andthe six Grand Plaque recipients

will be announced live duringthe NRPA General Session at

the 2016 NRPA Annual Confer-ence in St. Louis, MO, Oct 5-8,

2016.For more information on the

Gold Medal Awards, visitwww.nrpa.org/goldmedal or

www.aapra.org.The American Academy for

Park and Recreation Adminis-tration is a non-profit organiza-

tion founded to advanceknowledge related to the admin-

istration of recreation and parks;to encourage scholarly efforts

by both practitioners and educa-tors that would enhance the

practice of park and recreationadministration; to promote

broader public understanding of the importance of parks and

recreation to the public good;

and, to conduct research, pub-lish scholarly papers and spon-

sor seminars related to theadvancement of park and recre-

ation administration. For moreinformation, visit

www.aapra.org.

The National Recreation and

Park Association is a national

not-for-profit organization ded-

icated to advancing park, recre-

ation and conservation efforts

that enhance quality of life for

all people. Through its network

of 50,000 recreation and park

professionals and citizens,

NRPA encourages the promo-

tion of healthy and active

lifestyles, conservation initia-

tives and equitable access to

parks and public space.

Musco Lighting LLC has

been a proud sponsor of the

Gold Medal Awards program

for over 10 years.

For more information, visit

www.nrpa.org.

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City operations center wins Project of the YearAt its annual meeting in Wis-

consin, the American PublicWorks Association named the

City of Middleton’s MiddletonOperations Center (MOC) as its

Project of the Year in Wiscon-sin.

Construction of the approxi-

mately $11.5 million MOCbegan in the spring of 2014 andwas completed May, 2015. The

project enables development byMeriter/Unity Point at the for-

mer Public Works garage site.It also allowed the City to ad-

dress current and future needsof a growing community. The

scope of the project included re-location of the 51 stall park-

and-ride site, building of an85,000 square foot Operations

Center and a 22,000 square footcold storage building and relo-

cation of a salt storage facilitywith expanded capacity. The

City enhanced the project fur-

ther by adding a new RecyclingCenter to the mix.In the spring of 2011 the City

initiated the process for build-ing a new Middleton Operations

Center (MOC). The designprocess began with a committee

of stakeholders including repre-sentatives from the Public

Works divisions of Streets and

Fleet Maintenance and the

Water Utility, as well as thePublic Lands department, and

Architect Angus Young & Asso-ciates. This collaborative design

effort, plus an extensive site se-lection process, led to the cre-

ative re-use of an underutilized

Wisconsin Department of Transportation park-and-ridesite. It also enabled the City to

return the former site of 5+acres (Laura Lane at Century

Avenue) to taxable property forthe Meriter Ambulatory Care

Center project (an estimated$80 million development) set to

start preliminary site work in2016.

The MOC is now providing ahome for the basic services the

community needs. The shareduse of this facility by the Public

Works and Public Lands depart-ments allows the City to pro-

vide efficient work spaces,

locker and break rooms, toiletfacilities and offices. Moreover,the City’s permanent Recycling

Center is a fantastic new serviceto the community, and the City

is near completion of an agree-ment with MG&E for a Com-

munity Solar array capable of producing 600KW of energy

atop the MOC.

Architect Angus Young and

Associates, General Contractor

Newcomb Construction, City of Middleton staff and elected of-ficials worked together as a

team, to conceive, design andconstruct this Operations Center

to provide appropriate servicespace for City employees and

equipment to serve the City of Middleton well into the future.

Photo contributed

MOC Project Manager Rich Weihert (right) accepts the city’s Wisconsin Project of the YearAward from the American Public Works Association.

Middleton is finalist for Excellence in Parks and Rec. Management

A few of the City’skey objectives duringthe design and con-struction phases ofthis project included:

1.) Improving safety andaccessibility for employeesas well as community resi-

dents visiting the site.Incorporating sustainable

and energy-efficient fea-tures as a model for otherCity development.

2.) Managing the overallconstruction cost and im-pact to the existing openspaces through site selec-tion analysis and project de-sign.

3.) Providing a futurehome for development of aCommunity Solar array inpartnership with MadisonGas & Electric (MG&E).


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Final concert of MCO seasonJoin the Middleton Commu-

nity Orchestra on Wednesday,

June 1 for “Brass Extrava-ganza,” the final concert of the

MCO’s sixth season.

This is a great opportunityfor brass players and young stu-dents to hear two brass instru-

ments in solo performanceswith the MCO.

They will perform Dvorak’sCarnival Overture,

Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Ital-ien, Gliere’s Horn Concerto fea-

turing Paul Litterio, and DotyTuba Concerto featuring Pat

Doty, composer and soloist.Tickets are available at Willy

St. Coop West and at the door.For more information: call 608-

212-8690.Pat Doty is a tuba soloist,

chamber musician, composer,

arranger and private instructor.He is currently pursuing a Mas-ter of Music degree at the Uni-

versity of Wisconsin - Madisonin Tuba Performance. He has

had the pleasure of studying

under John Stevens, StephanieFrye and Tom Curry.

Doty has extensive experi-ence in many different types of

ensembles. During his time in

Madison, Wisconsin, he hasparticipated in the Tuba/Eupho-nium Ensemble and Concert

Band, was a four year memberof the Marching Band, and is

currently a member of the WindEnsemble, which performed at

Carnegie Hall in March 2015.Through these ensembles, in

addition to a number of cham-ber ensembles, Doty has gained

a very broad range of knowl-edge and experience. His work

with John Stevens, coupledwith the opportunity to partici-

pate in a master class with Øys-tein Baadsvik, has sparked a

tremendous interest in composi-

tion.In the past year, he has com-

posed more than twenty works,

the majority of which are scoredfor tuba solo or small chamber

ensembles. Many people and

genres provide inspiration forDoty’s compositions, but the

underlying theme is a desire tocultivate a connection with

one’s audience. On April 13,2015, Pat performed his first

full recital of exclusively hisown original compositions.

When not playing tuba orcomposing, he enjoys “watch-

ing sports that he is not fitenough to play,

watching movies he is not qual-ified to review, drinking scotch

he can not afford, and giving hisbeautiful wife, Brigid, a hard

time.”Paul Litterio, an accom-

plished French horn playerholds several tenured positions

with orchestras around the Mid-west including the Duluth-Su-

perior Symphony in Minnesota,the Dubuque Symphony in

Iowa, and the La Crosse andFox Valley Symphonies in Wis-

consin.Litterio began playing the

horn at the age of thirteen in his

hometown of Reading, MA andattended high school at Phillips

Academy in Andover, MA andInterlochen Arts Camp at the

age of seventeen. Some of thehighlights of his career have in-

cluded playing with MannheimSteamroller, the Irish rock

group Cherish the Ladies,Cirque du Soleil, and in July of

2013 he performed with theLancaster Festival Orchestra in

Ohio backing upperformers Michael Bolton, and

American Idol Crystal Bower-sox.

In 2004, after receiving hisBachelor of Music degree in

Horn Performance from McGillUniversity in Montreal, he took

over as Director of the BethanyCarillons Handbell Choir while

working toward his Master’s inHorn Performance from the

UW-Madison. He enjoys work-

ing with the many talentedringers at Bethany, rehearsing

and performing a broad varietyof pieces. In 2013, Paul stepped

in as Interim Director of theMadison Area Concert Hand-

bells, Wisconsin’s premierehandbell choir.

Litterio has studied horn withJohn Zirbel, Principal Horn of

the Montreal Symphony,Jean Gaudreault, also of the

Montreal Symphony, and Dou-glas Hill, Professor Emeritus of

the University of Wisconsin andinternationally-recognized horn

pedagogue. During the off sea-son, Litterio enjoys freelance

performing with several musi-cal theater organizations and

chamber groups in the Madisonarea. During the day he is a

member of the support staff of Godfrey and Kahn, S.C.

Pat DotyPaul Litterio

Familyreunion

All family members of

the August and Tena(Olson) Danz family are

invited to ‘save the date’and attend a family re-

union on Sunday, Aug. 21at Cross Plains Legion

Hall, 2217 American Le-gion Drive in Cross

Plains.The event will be held

from noon-4 p.m., with apotluck beginning at

12:30 p.m. Those attend-ing are asked to bring a

dish to pass and their owntable service.

Photo by Jeff Martin

Pie and ice cream social Members of the Middleton Area Historical Society Pie and Ice Cream Committee are looking

forward to the famous Pie and Ice Cream Social sponsored by your Middleton Area HistoricalSociety. The big event will be held on Wednesday, June 15 at Lakeview Park in Middleton, start-ing at 5 p.m.

As usual, they will have a wide variety of pies and other baked goods, topped with ice cream, and, for your listening pleasure, the New Horizons Band will again be playing your favorite songsstarting around 6:30 p.m. If you are a baker and would like to contribute your delicious pies, cakes or cookies to the Social they would love to have your donation.

Brass Extravaganza, featuring two guest performers, will close out Middleton Community Orchestra’s sixth season at the PAC

Learn about native bees at the next Friends of the Pheas-

ant Branch Conservancy event. Christy Stewart, fromUSDA’s agricultural research department, will have dis-plays and show how to identify a bee versus other insects, the interesting ways bees live, and what you can do to attractand support them. Also, find out why “most of what youthought you knew about bees is wrong and become an ex-pert around your friends,” according to organizers.

Hosted by the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, this event will take place Thursday, May 19from 7-9 p.m. at Middleton Glen Retirement Community6720 Century Ave, Middleton. RSVPs are appreciated butnot required to: [email protected] or 608-767-2394.

CHURCH NOTES

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the Middleton Performing ArtsCenter. General admission is $10. All students are admitted freeof charge.

Are you wrong about bees?


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The Middleton Plan Com-

mission voted last week to rec-ommend the Common Councilapprove a developer financed

tax increment financing (TIF)agreement for $653,562 to as-

sist Mazur Realty with the Car-dinal Row Apartments project,

a multi-family building at 2317Parameter Street.

The TIF assistance was ap-proved for “extraordinary

costs” incurred by the developerincluding underground parking,

demolishing the existing build-ing and reserving two units of

workforce housing for 15 years.The 16-unit multi-family

building will have a mixture of one, two- and three-bedroom

units and 25 underground park-ing stalls. Two of the units will

be reserved for tenants earning

up to or below 80 percent of theadjusted area median income

with rent levels adjusted ac-cordingly.

The TIF subsidized units area part of the city’s recently

adopted workforce housingstrategy.

Part of the workforce hous-ing policy adopted by the city in

last fall encourages the use of TIF to provide affordable hous-

ing. The policy was a responseto a Dane County report which

demonstrated the demand foraffordable housing in local mu-

nicipalities.The workforce housing com-

mittee that developed the policyrecommended the TIF subsi-

dized units be mixed in withnew developments so that af-

fordable housing units are not inone segregated part of the city

but rather mixed in market rate

units.

While the strategy may beuncommon in the area, the com-

mittee suggested it has had suc-cess in many other cities.

The TIF agreement says thedeveloper must reserve at least

one three-bedroom unit forworkforce housing. A single

tenant that is a full time studentor multiple tenants with more

than one full time student arenot eligible for the unit. It may

be occupied by a tenants earn-ing up to or below 80 percent of

the adjusted area median in-come.

Upon receiving informationthat a tenant is earning more

than 50 percent of the adjustedarea median income, the devel-

oper shall provide 120 dayswritten notice that the threshold

has been exceeded and that; rentmay be increased in accordance

with the increase in income.

Upon earning more than 80 per-cent of adjusted area median in-

come the tenants rent will beincreased to full market rate or

the tenant will be required tovacate the unit.

The TIF agreement also stip-ulates that the developer shall

pay $764 to the city each monthor portion of any calendar

month exceeding one weeksuch unit is rented in violation

of workforce housing obliga-tion.

With no discussion a motionto approve contingent on ap-

proval by the city attorneypassed the plan commission

unanimously.The Cardinal Row TIF agree-

ment then passed unanimouslywith no discussion at this

week’s Middleton CommonCouncil meeting.


Photo contributed

Middleton Kiwanis Club celebrates a quarter centuryThe Middleton Kiwanis Club met at Sofra Family Bistro on Thursday, May 12 and celebrated 25 years in business. The

Middleton Kiwanis Club meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Sofra at 5:30 p.m. At the most recent meeting, Ellen Lindgren was elected President of the Club. Todd Punzenberger was named President Elect and Cheri Theis was electedTreasurer.

Laser Express, a Madisonprinter and printer parts distrib-utor, is planning to move its op-

erations to a new site inMiddleton on Airport Road. The

Middleton Plan Commissionapproved the plan conceptually

as well as a conceptual TIF re-quest last week.

The new Laser Express sitewould include one 16,560 and

two 60,000 square foot build-ings built in three phases. The

first two phases would be the60,000 square foot warehouse

buildings and the third phaseswould be the 16,560 square foot

office building with under-ground parking.

The architect and engineerfor the project gave a presenta-

tion to the plan commission.Plan commission members

raised some concerns about atiered retaining walls toward the

northern edge of the property,the tallest being 18 to 20 feet

tall.Alder Hans Hilbert said he

felt the plan was fairly boringand would like to see something

more interesting. He suggestedadditional underground or

structured parking to allow formore green space and eliminate

or reduce the retaining walls.He also said he would like to

see a more innovative approachto stormwater management.

Plan commission membershad other comments and sug-

gestions about the architecturebut said those could be worked

out in the proceeding approvalsteps. The plan commission

voted to grant concept approval,with the provision that the city

will require the developer to es-tablish an access easement to

accommodate a potential north-westerly extension of a private

street. The motion carried 6-1,with Hilbert opposed.

Laser Express also submitteda conceptual tax increment fi-

nancing (TIF) request but withno amount or specified TIF eli-

gible costs. City staff explainedto the commission that the com-

pany just wanted to see if thecity was open to the idea of

using TIF. Staff claimed itwould be developer financed

and would have to createenough tax increment to be paid

back in eight to ten years.“Given the motion we just

passed, I think this is logical,”said plan commission member

Jim Weller before making themotion to approve.

Hilbert said he thought it wasunnecessary to make a TIF re-

quest with no specified costs oramount since TIF requests are

granted on a case by case basis.“I think we would consider a

TIF for anything if it met theTIF plan,” Hilbert said. “It’s not

necessary that we need to do aconcept review of TIF. I mean it

is going to stand on it’s own twofeet if it’s worthy of TIF.”

“You’re are absolutely right,”Mayor Kurt Sonnentag said in

direct response. “But a lot of time applicants are just looking

for a comfort that we wouldmove forward with something

when the numbers actuallycome back to us.”

City staff noted that the sitehas environmental contamina-

tion due to the previous adja-cent land use, a gun club, and

environmental remediation willbe one of the items requested

for TIF assistance. The plancommission voted unanimously

to approve the conceptual TIFrequest given that amount re-

quested and projected paybacknumbers, proposed items eligi-

ble for TIF assistance be re-viewed and approved at a future

meeting.After some follow up debate

on Tuesday of this week, theMiddleton City Council fol-

lowed the commission’s lead,moving the project forward

with ald. Gurdip Brar and citycouncil president Susan West

opposed.

Laser Express

eyes new location

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

TIF for workforce housing at

Cardinal Row Apartments

Company want TIF for Airport Road project


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mation that is obtained from an-other source and subsequently

verified using DMV records isnot subject to the DPPA, as long

as, upon verification, the infor-mation is not substantively al-

tered to conform to the DMVrecords.”

Attorney Bob Dreps summa-rized the latter point as follows:

“When you think about it, howoften does a police report con-

tain a name that the policelearned only from the DMV?

That would be when they call ina license plate and that’s all they

have. In every other circum-stance, they’re merely verify-

ing.In the rare instance that the

information is originally ob-tained from the DMV, it can still

be released if disclosing the in-formation serves a “law en-

forcement function,” the courtstated. It did, however, reverse

the circuit court’s judgment thatresponding to a public records

request is a “function” of the

police department, for purposesof the agency functions excep-

tion to the DPPA.“Permitting the DMV to dis-

close personal informationevery time a public records re-

quest was made would eviscer-ate the protection provided by

the DPPA, which was enactedto limit the circumstances in

which state DMVs could dis-close drivers’ personal informa-

tion in order to protect their

safety and privacy,” stated theruling.

“Consequently, interpretingthe agency functions exception

in the manner advocated by theNewspaper—that is, that the ex-

ception allows unfettered dis-closure of personal information

in response to public records re-quests—would be inconsistent

with the manifest purpose of theDPPA and would therefore be

unreasonable,” added the rul-ing.

As a result, the AppealsCourt remanded for determina-

tion whether release of the inci-dent report serves some other

function of the police depart-ment, beyond mere compliance

with the public records law. Anexample of how release of such

information could serve anotherfunction of the police depart-

ment includes a situation, like agas drive-off, for which the re-

lease of such information wouldhelp law enforcement appre-

hend a suspect.


Fifteen win Exemplary Soloist Award

Middleton High School

(MHS) students performed inover 150 music events at UW

Platteville on Saturday, April30. Congratulations to each of

the performers on their dedica-tion to practice and their excel-

lence in musicianship.Fifteen MHS students were

recognized with the WSMA Ex-emplary Soloist award and eight

others received a nominationfor this award.

The Exemplary Solo Recog-nition Project expands recogni-

tion of outstanding student

soloists at the WSMA State

Solo & Ensemble Festival.State festival adjudicators iden-

tify the most exceptionalsoloists at each of the state fes-

tival campuses through a two-step process: nomination and

final selection.Throughout the festival day,

adjudicators have an opportu-nity to nominate soloists whose

performance was truly excep-tional – beyond what is typi-

cally expected for this agegroup. At the end of the day,

each adjudicator selects the

most exceptional soloist(s) to

receive the Exemplary SoloistAward from among those nom-

inated.Steve Kurr, MHS Orchestra

Teacher, commended all MHSmusic students who participated

in solos and ensembles by say-ing: “Solo & Ensemble is a time

of great musical growth for allof our participants. They learn

important musical independ-ence skills and also see a

broader repertoire of music thanis available in the large ensem-

ble setting.”

RECORDS continued from page 2

Exemplary Soloist Winners:

Melissa Ahn, Timpani

Chloe Cole, Alto

Adam Goren, Marimba Amanda Huff, Soprano

Kei Kohmoto, Trumpet

Connor Kooistra, Trombone Andy Lewis, Jazz Brass

Improvisation

Max Newcomer, AltoSaxophone

Anna Nordhaus, Flute

Morgan Pincombe, Flute Hannah Thompson, Piano

Anton Tung, Marimba

Matt Wakai, Alto Saxophone Alex Warholic, Marimba

Anna Welton-Arndt, Flute

Students who were nominated

for this prestigious award:

Melissa Ahn, Marimba Anna Ashley, Trumpet

Adam Goren, Timpani

Calvin Guse, Piano Akash Pattnaik, Flute

Jordan Schulenberg,

French Horn Lydia Shaw, Soprano

Alex Warholic, Parade Drum

And the winners are...

Anna Nordaus (right) received an Exemplary Soloist award f or her exceptional flute solo performance at the State Solo/Ensemble festival while Hannah Thompson (left) received anExemplary Soloist award for her outstanding piano solo performance of a Rachmaninoff Prelude.

June 17 marks the ninth annual Gills for Gilda’s

event in support of Gilda’s Club in Middleton.The six-mile swim across Lake Mendota is

completed by dedicated - if a bit crazy - ultraswimmers who wish to make their efforts larger

than just the swim by helping those in the toughest journey of their lives - a journey with cancer.

Middleton man Darren Fortney originated theswim nearly a decade ago to ensure that no one has to

face cancer alone. “As a cancer survivor, I know first-hand the importance of having a place to go where

you can find support from others that understand ex-actly what you’re feeling,” said Fortney. “That is why

I am such a huge fan of Gilda’s Club Madison andwant to raise awareness and funds for this incredible

organization.”Only a small number of swimmers are accepted as

participants in this ultra-swim each year. If you are in-terested in participating in 2017, contact Darren Fort-

ney at [email protected] , or call Gilda’sClub Madison at 608-828-8880 to learn how to donate

and support this effort.Gilda’s Club Madison creates a community of free

emotional support, cancer education, and hope forchildren and adults with any cancer diagnosis and

those who care about them.

Can you handle the Gills for Gilda swim?

Photo contributed

For more information, visit www.GildasClubMadison.org.


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for the prestigious James BeardAward, is 1847 at the Stamm

House’s “lifeblood.”“He’ll whip something up

and you’ll be like, ‘How didyou do that?’” says Yocum. “He

inspires the whole kitchen. Heinspires me, too.”

“I think it all comes fromhim,” Yocum continues.

“I believe people shouldcome here for the food above

anything else,” Rost agrees.

“Nick is an inspiration in thekitchen. I think he is the very

definition of what a chef shouldbe.”

Johnson’s love of cookingbegan at an early age. When

other kids were watching foot-ball on Thanksgiving, he was in

the kitchen. When his peerswere giggling at cartoons, he

was watching cooking pro-grams.

“I remember being in fifth

grade and making Sloppy Joesone night,” he recalls. “From

scratch. The sauce – every-thing.”

“It was my mom and threeboys, so it was a lot of hot dogs,

or macaroni and cheese, or hotdogs with macaroni and cheese

the next night,” he continues.“When I started cooking, I en-

joyed the feeling of being con-nected to other people that it

gave me. Dinner is a thing thathappens every night, and if I

can make food that makes yourday, or your night, better, then I

feel good.”While the 36-year-old chef

earned acclaim in the culinary

world at an early age, he says heremains “just a cook” when he’sin the kitchen.

“[F]ood, to some, is just sub-stance but it’s more than that,”

he explains. “It’s culture andtraditions. And that’s what I

want and try to do; develop afood culture.”

“There are a lot of greatrestaurants people don’t hear

about in small towns,” Johnsonsays. “I want to bring Middleton

into the light of being a placewhere good restaurants and sus-

tainable food cultures areknown and recognized beyond

its population.”The menu at 1847 at the

Stamm House, utilizing vegeta-bles from Elderberry Farm in

the Town of Westport, meatfrom the Conscious Carnivore

just down the road in Madison,and many other local producers,

changes with the seasons. John-son features Wisconsin white-

fish and line-caught cod, but heshies away from perch, a fish

that still appears on manymenus despite the fact that it is

being imperiled by unsustain-able fishing practices.

“Show me a sustainableperch fishery and I’ll put it on

the menu,” Johnson says. “Butthe fact it, it is overfished.”

The items that do find theirway onto the menu are varied:

Duck a L’Orange. Oxtail Cro-quettes with bone marrow aioli.

Pickled eggs with smoked fat-back, mustard and rye. Corned

beet salad featuring radish, wa-tercress, goat cheese, pickled

mustard seed and rye. Bone-inrib eye. Duck Poutine - an amal-gamation of duck confit, rose-

mary, jalapeno, garlic mornay,red eye gravy and fried egg.

Roasted lamb with Moroccanspices. Fish and shellfish with

wild rice, potato, leeks and chilisaffron broth, all bubbling to-

gether in the Fisherman’s Stew.King Salmon with pastrami

spice, braised kale, fingerlingsand sweet and sour and crème

fraiche.While 1847 at the Stamm

House might offer some of theold time aesthetic appeal of a

supper club, its menu is some-thing entirely different.

It is, of course, a delicate bal-ance. The menu is inspired by

an older time, when poverty andthe harsh realities of climate,

agriculture and the workingclass forced people to get cre-

ative with their food. It is out of necessity that people found new

and delicious ways to cookevery part of the animal, and to

pickle, prepare and preserveeverything that could be grown

or scavenged in the AmericanMidwest.

Today, Stamm House uses asimilar approach to its food.

The result is an intriguing, if somewhat surprising, combina-

tion of blue-collar roots andgourmet flare.

“It’s important to do that cor-rectly, I think,” says Rost. “And

to not be political or class-basedor preachy when you are doing

it.”Rost, whose grandparents

were farmers in Nebraska,doesn’t want to merely cater to

pretentious foodies. He wants toprovide special meals for those

who seek them out, as well asthose who might be ordering

Old World-inspired charcuterie

for the first time.

“We’re trying to bring thingsto people,” he says. “To show

them that there’s more to thecow than sirloin.”

“Maybe when you come hereyou’ll have something you’ve

never had before,” he continues.“We sell a lot of steaks andburgers, but we also sell a lot of

duck.”“Our beef is grass fed,” Rost

says. “Maybe you can’t eat it allthe time. I appreciate it’s more

expensive. But it’s really, reallygood.”

Rost, the president of LakeEffect Properties, had built a

restaurant before, but theStamm House is his first foray

into running one after the con-struction phase was completed.

“One thing I learned,” ex-plains Rost, “is that the Stamm

House doesn’t have one history;it has many.”

“It’s been fun,” he says. “It’salways been a hands-on restau-

rant. The kind of place whereRobert will jump behind the bar

if we’re really busy.”As the eatery enters its sec-

ond year, the kitchen and waitstaff are increasingly comfort-

able, they say. The result, Rosthopes, is an increasingly special

dining experience for Middleto-nians, as well as those who ven-

ture into their small city.

“We want to make it an expe-

rience every time you come. We

want to slow the place,” he

says. “We want it to be ab-

solutely fantastic.”

“That’s what we want this to

be,” Rost comments. “We don’t

want it to be a factory.”

It is a food philosophy that

both Johnson and Rost think

Middleton is ready to embrace.

“I think Middleton is grow-

ing enough that it’s ready for a

place like this,” says Rost.

“Things are going on in Mid-

dleton,” adds Johnson. “There

are people who live here who

drive [to] downtown [Madison]

to eat,” he says. “But we want

that food culture, that dining

scene, to exist here.”

“I think it’s fun,” agreesYocum. “This exercise of see-

ing what something was and

what it can be now.”


STAMM continued from page 1

Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

1847 at the Stamm House uses a variety of local and heirloom ingredients.

1847 at the Stamm House is located at 6625 Century Avenue. It can be reached at [email protected] or 608-203-9430.


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Photos by Jeff Martin

Sunday’s fundraiser at Middleton Fire Station No. 1 raised $10,511 for the Standing StrongTrust Fund benefiting Ari Meyer and Hayley Krause. Clockwise from top left:

Ari Meyer (with her mom Theresa) and Hayley Krause (with Dad Tim, a Middleton fire-fighter) are joined by their large “support team” of Middleton firefighters and emergency re-sponders, many of whom were on the scene providing the needed care to both girls when theywere struck on a Century Avenue crosswalk on April 21.

Ethan and Louis Bregman (sporting new Middleton Fire Dept. tee shirts) watch the fire engineand wait for their turn to take a ride.

A long line of youngsters awaiting their turn for a ride in one of the Middleton fire engines.A portion of the large turnout for this event enjoying a meal inside the Middleton Fire Sta-

tion.

Good Neighbors flock to fundraiser to help girls injured by hit & run driver


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The goals never changed.

The target never moved.

And last Friday, on a cold

and rainy night in Beloit,

Middleton’s boys track andfield team fired a bulls-eye.

The Cardinals won the Big

Eight Conference tournament

with 133 points. Madison La

Follette was second at 113,

while Verona (107), Sun

Prairie (88) and Janesville

Craig (69.5) rounded out the

top five.

Middleton’s win marked

the fourth straight year it won

the conference title.

“We had our sights set on

the four-peat,” Middleton

first-year coach Joe Line

said. “I inherited a terrific

team and I am incredibly

proud of the way they perse-vered through horrible weath-

er and were able to shine. The

work they put in this season,

despite it being a lackluster

spring, set them up to excel in

the elements.”

Middleton had several

individuals excel at the con-

ference meet, none more than

senior Perrin Hagge.

Hagge, a Princeton recruit,

set a new conference record in

the 1,600-meter run with a

blazing time of 4 minutes,

13.33 seconds. Hagge broke

the old conference mark of

4:16.4 set by Madison East’s

Gabe Heck in 2010.

Later, Hagge defended his

conference title in the 800,

winning the race in 1:56.92.

Hagge also won the 800 in

2014 and ’15.

“Perrin was not very satis-

fied getting second in his

events the week before at

Arrowhead,” Line said. “You

can tell he was on a mission

from the get go and wanted to

be a three-time champ in the

800.”

Cardinals senior Jack

Jesse, a Notre Dame recruit,

won the long jump with a leap

of 21 feet, 9 inches. That was

more than one foot better than

the second place finisher.

“Jack Jesse came up big at

the end,” Line said. “He was

not leading going into finals,

but he put it all together at the

end to have his second confer-

ence title in the long jump.”

Middleton’s Will Funk had

a terrific performance and

won the 200-meter dash in

22.36 seconds.

“Sometimes you are wait-


MHS hits the daily double Boys track

team wins

4th straight

Big 8 title

Girls track team wins Big Eight

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Cory Christnovich crunchedthe numbers throughout the

week.And each time, Middleton’s

girls track and field coach got aresult he wasn’t happy with.

“When you scored the heatsheets coming into the meet we

were supposed to place third,”Christnovich said of the Big

Eight Conference meet.Well, the heat sheets clearly

couldn’t measure improve-ment, determination and desire.

Middleton’s girls pulled off a minor surprise and won the

meet handily last Friday inBeloit.

The Cardinals finished with146 points and easily outdis-

tanced runner-up BeloitMemorial (119) and third place

Sun Prairie (112).“I was really proud of how

everyone stepped up and beattheir seed times or (personal

record) to get the win for us,”Cardinals standout senior

Lauren Smith said. “I love run-

ning with these girls and we’ve

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See BOYS, page 17

See GIRLS, page 17

Photos courtesy of Christopher Hujanen

Middleton’s boys and girls track teams (top) celebrate after both groups won Big Eight Conference titles. Below, Middleton senior Perrin Hagge set a new conference record in the 1,600.

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel


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SUN PRAIRIE — Alec

Morrison wasn’t mincing

words.

“It (stunk),” Middleton’s

senior pitcher said. “It just

(stunk).”

His teammates couldn't

have agreed more.

Middleton led Sun Prairie,

3-2, last Thursday in a Big

Eight Conference showdown

game. But host Sun Prairie

rallied for two runs in the bot-tom of the seventh and

escaped with a 4-3 win.

Sun Prairie (12-2 in the Big

Eight, 16-3 overall) and

Janesville Craig (11-2, 15-2)

both lead Middleton (11-3,

14-3) by one game in the loss

column in the race for the con-

ference title.

Craig and Sun Prairie met

Tuesday, while Middleton still

plays the Cougars on May 26.

But instead of controlling its

own destiny down the stretch,

Middleton now needs help to

win the league.

“It’s a tough one,” said

Middleton manager Tom

Schmitt, whose team also

dropped a 4-3 decision to Sun

Prairie on April 16. “I think

the teams are pretty evenly

matched. It’s a play here or

there, a bounce here or there.

They just made one more play

than we did.”

The loss didn't hurt

Middleton when it came to

postseason seeing.

Middleton received the No.

1 seed in its sectional, fol-

lowed by La Crosse Logan,

DeForest, Sauk Prairie, La

Crosse Central, Waunakee,

Onalaska, Holmen, Baraboo,Madison Memorial, Tomah

and Reedsburg.

The Cardinals were a unan-

imous selection as the No. 1

seed and will have a first

round bye. Middleton will

then host a regional final on

June 2.

“We’ve got a heck of a

team,” Schmitt said after the

loss to Sun Prairie. “I think

people realize that and losing

to a team as good as Sun

Prairie shouldn’t hurt us.”

It didn’t. But the loss itself

stung deep.

Morrison had done yeo-

man’s work escaping trouble

throughout the day against

Sun Prairie’s dominant lineup.

But Morrison couldn’t get out

of the seventh.

Sun Prairie leadoff hitter

Marcus Reuter opened the

seventh with a line drive sin-

gle to left. Jack Maastricht

laid down a sacrifice bunt, but

reached safely when

Middleton second baseman

Hunter Bindl dropped the ball.

Right fielder Ben Hauser

walked to load the bases, then

cleanup hitter Justus Benson

hit a sacrifice fly to right field

that tied the game, 3-3.

After an intentional walk

loaded the bases, third base-

man J.P. Curran hit a slow

roller on the left side.

Middleton shortstop Ivan

Monreal fielded the ball, but

didn’t even make a throw

when he realized there was no

play.

“It could have gone either

way,” said Middleton right

fielder Nolan Kouba.

“They’re a great team and so

are we. It just went their way.”

Kouba did all he could to

swing things Middleton’s

way, when he unleashed a

long home run to right center

in the first inning off of Sun

Prairie’s Reuter.

“I just hit it sweet,” Kouba

said.

Sun Prairie evened things

in the third when Hauser’s

sacrifice fly scored Walker

Jenkins.

Middleton’s bats went

quiet and it was retired in

order three times over a four-

inning stretch.

Sun Prairie took a 2-1 lead

in the bottom of the fifth,

before Middleton showed

some life.

In the top of the sixth soph-

omore catcher Alan Roden

doubled and Morrison was hit

by a pitch. Sun Prairie manag-

er Rob Hamilton inserted

Jenkins on the hill for Reuter,

and Brennan Schmitt ground-

ed into a double play.

“They had a new pitcher

and I wanted to give Brennan

at least one chance there,”

Tom Schmitt said of the dou-

ble play. “I should have had

him get a bunt down. That was

my mistake.”

Middleton did even things

up, though, when Kouba

reached on an error that

scored Roden. Zach Shipley

followed with an infield sin-

gle that put runners on the cor-

ners, but Liam Belleveau flew

out to center to end the rally.

One inning later, Sun

Prairie prevailed.

“We had our chances

against them,” Morrison said.

“Both games we played them

could have gone either way.”

• Middleton 9, Madison

La Follette 8 — The

Cardinals scored four runs in

the bottom of the seventh and

knocked off the Lancers

Monday.

Liam Belleveau’s two-run

single scored Brennan Schmitt

and Nolan Kelliher with the

tying and game-winning runs.

Reliever Justin Gurtner

threw a scoreless seventh

inning and got the win.

• On deck: Middleton was

at Madison Memorial Tuesday

and is at Madison West

Thursday at 5 p.m. The

Cardinals then host

Watertown in a doubleheader

Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.

May 12Sun Prairie 4, Middleton 3Middleton …….… 101 001 0 — 3 3 2Sun Prairie …..….. 001 010 2 — 4 7 3

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) —Jenkins (2-0-0-0-0), Reuter (W; 5-3-2-3-

2), Morrison (L; 6.1-7-3-3-5).

Leading hitters — Sun Prairie —Curran (2x4), Reuter (2x3). 2B —

Oakley. HR — Kouba. 2B — Roden.


Baseball Cards earn No. 1 seed But loss at

Sun Prairie

hurts chances

for Big 8 titleby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s baseball team is the No. 1 seed in its sectional. The Cardinals will receive a first round bye, then host a regional final on June 2.


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to deal with an umbrella, slip-

pery grips, wet scorecard and

everything else that you have

to deal with in rainy condi-

tions.

“I thought our score of 302

was one of our better rounds

this season with the very diffi-

cult conditions.”

The weather wasn’t much

better at the Lake Country

Charity Invite held at Brown

Deer Golf Course on

Saturday.

For just the second time in

15 outings this season,

Middleton didn’t finish first.

Milwaukee Marquette won

the 18-team tournament with a

313. Hartland Arrowhead was

second at 319, while

Middleton (320), Mequon

Homestead (325) and Lake

Geneva Badger (326) rounded

out the top five.

One day later, Milwaukee

Marquette and Middleton

traded places atop the latest

Golf Coaches Association of

Wisconsin poll, with the

Hilltoppers jumping to No. 1

and the Cardinals moving to

No. 2.

“We had sun for maybe two

holes, then the clouds rolled in

with high winds and numer-

ous times, snow showers,”

Cabalka said of the LakeCountry Invite. “Needless to

say it was quite cold. We

didn’t play badly, just not well

enough.”

Herb finished his round

with three consecutive birdies

and shot a 75, which was good

for a sixth place tie. Arneson

and Thomas both shot 81,

while Levin carded an 83.

“Sometimes not finishingon top makes the guys know

that they might not always be

the best,” Cabalka said. “And

I hope they don’t enjoy that

feeling.”

The Cardinals got back on

the right track Monday, win-

ning the 12-team Spartan

Invite at Blackhawk Country

Club.

Middleton shot a 304 toeasily outdistance second

place Madison Memorial

(323). Waunakee (327), Sun

Prairie (334) and Oregon

(337) rounded out the top five.

Herb captured medalist

honors with a sensational,

even-par 72. Levin finished

third with a 75, Arneson tied

for fourth at 78 and Thomas

tied for ninth with a 79.

“That kind of consistent

and confident play is going to

get us to where we want to

be,” Cabalka said. “Our

goal has to be to keep working

hard, working to

improve your game, gettingbetter, more confident and

outworking every team in the

state.”

May 14LAKE COUNTRYCHARITY INVITATIONAL

Division 1 team scores: MilwaukeeMarquette 313, Hartland Arrowhead

319, Middleton 320, Mequon

Homestead 325, Lake Geneva Badger

326, Brookfield Central 334, Waukesha

South 335, Mukwonago 335, Neenah336, Eau Claire North 340, Muskego

343, Oconomowoc 346, Menomonee

Falls 349, Germantown 350, Hartland

Arrowhead varsity reserve A 357,

Hartford 361, Hartland Arrowhead var-sity reserve B 365, West Allis Hale 371.

Overall top 10 individuals: 1,Morway, MH, 72; 2 (tie), Tolan, ECN,

Ott, Marq, Garski, Wauw, and Polivka,

Mus, 74; 6, Herb, Mid, 75; 7 (tie),

Knapek, HA, and Walzer, Lodi, 76; 9(tie), Kalmadge, WS, Bourneuf, LGB,

Kneiser, Ocon, Galloway, Nee, and

Cross, Muk, 77.

Middleton: Herb 75, Arneson 81,Thomas 81, Levin 83.

At Brown Deer GC, par 71.

May 10MIDDLETON TRIANGULAR

Team scores: Middleton 302,Madison Memorial 330, Verona 339.

Middleton: Levin 71, Herb 74,Thomas 78, Arneson 79.

Madison Memorial: O’Loughlin80, Piotrowski 82, Weitz 83, Andringa

85.

Verona: Kaegi 80, Bates 82,Meland 87, Kellerman 90. At BishopsBay CC, par 72.

The postseason is just

about here.

And Middleton’s boys golf

team believes it’s ready to

make some magic.

The Cardinals had a solid

week while often playing in

miserable conditions.

Middleton won a triangular

last Tuesday, finished third atthe Lake Country Charity

Invite last Saturday, then cap-

tured the Spartan Invite

Monday.

Now, Middleton heads to

the Big Eight Conference

meet Thursday and hosts a

WIAA Division 1 Regional

Tuesday as its quest for a state

title intensifies.

“Our postseason is quickly

approaching and I believe the

guys are ready to play their

best golf of the season,”

Middleton coach Tom

Cabalka said. “They also

know that if they don’t, our

season is over.”


Golfers ready for

postseason runGolf Coaches

Association of Wisconsin Poll

1. Marquette

2. Middleton3. Arrowhead4. Notre Dame

5. Madison Edgewood6. Badger

6. Homestead8. Madison Memorial

9. Hudson10. Catholic Memorial

Middleton

has another

solid week

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune


Middleton’s Emmet Herb was the medalist at Monday’s Spartan Invite held at BlackhawkCountry Club.

Middleton’s season to date

has been spectacular — and

the Cardinals were strong

again last week. Middleton

capped a perfect 9-0 Big EightConference dual meet season

by winning its own triangular

at Bishop’s Bay last Tuesday.

Middleton shot a blistering

302, while Madison Memorial

carded a 330 and Verona shot

339.

Middleton senior Joey

Levin shot a 1-under-par 71

during a round played in

steady rain. Senior Emmet

Herb fired a 74, senior Brady

Thomas shot a 78 and senior

Nils Arneson carded a 79.

Not only were all four

Cardinals under 80, their

totals would have also been

the No. 1 score for both

Madison Memorial and

Verona.

“Bishop’s was cold, windy

and had a steady rain the

entire round,” Cabalka said.

“Joey’s 71 was a remarkable

round, not only playing a

tough, long course, but having


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Middleton played many of itsreserves in the contest.

Middleton improved to 10-4-1 overall. The Cardinals are

also 6-1-0 in the Big Eight,one-half game behind confer-

ence-leading Verona (6-0-1).“The thing is I’ve never

seen a team with this muchpotential,” said Middleton sen-

ior defender Grace Douglas, aUniversity of Wisconsin

recruit. “We got such a newbatch of girls and they have so

much potential.“We can score on people,

we can defend people. But thecomposure aspect of the game

is what we need to work on.And that only comes with

experience.”Middleton has just eight

players that were on the varsityroster when the 2015 season

began. So inexperience wasdefinitely a concern when this

season started.But the Cardinals have met

almost every challenge throwntheir way and have kept

improving. And that has Duffy& Co. buzzing.

“The things that I was con-cerned about at the beginning

of the season are starting toclear up a little bit,” Duffy said.

“And this group can transitionfrom game to game in terms of

what we want them to do. Sothey’re starting to figure out

the game a little more. They’rereally new, but they’re really

good.”That was evident during a

big week.Middleton’s win over West

moved it into sole possessionof second place in the Big

Eight. It also was large forpostseason seeding, which

takes place May 25.Middleton got a goal from

freshman midfielder DanielleMartin in the 29th minute. And

sophomore keeper CarolinePowers was big in net.

“The girls played well andkind of shut down some of their

forwards,” Duffy said. “Ourdefense did a really good job of

shutting down their opportuni-ties and Grace commanded the

back. We did a good job withorganization. I thought it was a

very gritty defensive effort byus.”

The following night,Middleton upended a

Homestead team that’s beenranked throughout the year.

Both Douglas and juniorforward Kristen Reikersdorfer

had first half goals for theCardinals. Middleton then held

on during the second half.“Homestead was really

good and we dominated,”Duffy said. “It should have

been 4-0. Their one goal camewhen we broke down a little bit

and that’s one thing we stillneed to work on.”

That was clear on Saturday,when some defensive break-

downs hurt Middleton againstNeenah.

The Cardinals took a 1-0lead in the 25th minute when

freshman forward CharlotteDunn had a gorgeous goal from

25 yards out.Neenah answered just 90

seconds later when freshmanPiper Green beat Cardinals’

reserve goalie Belle Gallegos.Neenah then got the game-win-

ner in the 30th minute whensophomore Abby Kummerow

chipped a ball that hitGallegos’ hands and trickled

into the net.“That’s where we still have

to get a lot better,” Douglassaid. “We were one-up on

them, then we lose it for 10minutes and we don’t know

how to come back on them.“Game-time composure.

What do we need to do? Whendo we need to do it?”

Duffy isn’t overly worried.Middleton has made

immense gains since the startof the season. The Cardinals

are peaking at the perfect time.And Middleton could be a

scary team come the postsea-son.

“The concerns from the startof the season are not there

now,” Duffy said. “We’ve

worked them out. Now it’s just

making sure we put a completegame together, a 90-minute

game so we don’t have thosebreakdowns.”

Douglas agreed.“The talent here is a differ-

ent good,” she said. “Ouryoung girls really play well

together. Before it was a waymore individual effort. There

were always very strong play-ers.

“However with our fresh-

men and sophomores theyknow what their job is, they

know what they need to do andthey get it done. So definitely

as a team they can be reallyscary.”

May 12Middleton 1, Madison West 0Madison West …............…… 0 0 — 0Middleton ………………….. 1 0 — 1

First half: M - Martin, 28:54.Saves: MWHS (Monette) 4; M (Powers

2, Gallegos 1) 3.

May 13Middleton 2, Homestead 1Middleton ………..…………. 2 0 — 2Homestead …………………. 0 1 — 1

First half: M - Douglas, 15:30;Reikersdorfer (Tanin), 18:50. Secondhalf: MH - Heyden (Padgett), 69:00.Saves: M (Powers) 1; MH (Ausman 2,

Malicky 3) 5.

May 14Neenah 2, Middleton 1Neenah ……….......………… 2 0 — 2Middleton ………….........….. 1 0 — 1

First half: M - Dunn (Shea), 22:50;N - Green, 24:10; Kummerow, 29:10.

Saves: N, 3; M (Gallegos) 3.

BROOKFIELD —Minutes after Middleton’s girlssoccer team ended their two-

day stay in Brookfield, theCardinals weren’t racing to

their cars.They weren’t flocking to the

bus or a local diner.No, several Middleton play-

ers raced outside the stadium atBrookfield East to hold a new

puppy that seems to havebecome somewhat of a team

mascot.“Maya, don't leave without

me holding that puppy,”

Cardinals head coach MaryDuffy yelled to junior forwardMaya Shea. “I want to see that

puppy.”Middleton had every reason

to feel good about its new pet— and its play on the field —

following an impressive weekof soccer.

The Cardinals blankedMadison West, 1-0, last

Thursday in a showdown of Big Eight Conference heavy-

weights.Middleton then toppled

state power Homestead, 2-1,last Friday during the first

round of the Gusho Memorial

Soccer Tournament held atBrookfield East.

Then in the second round of

the Gusho, the Cardinals fell toNeenah, 2-1. That score is

slightly deceiving, though, as


Soccer Cards peaking at perfect time


Grace Douglas and Middleton’s girls soccer team had a terrific week.

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

MHS beats

Madison West

& Homestead


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point along the way to get to

state. That’s been one of ourgoals all year long and that

doesn’t change because we losttonight.”

Hibner said that Veronadeserved the top seed of the 14

teams in the Sun Prairie section-al, which was to be decided on

Wednesday.“I think it will go Verona,

DeForest, Sun Prairie, us. The

only other team that could makea claim for a top-four seed isBaraboo but they’re 13-9,”

Hibner said. “We crushed LaCrosse Central and beat

Waunakee pretty handily. We’rethe only team in the sectional

with wins against Verona, SunPrairie and (Janesville) Craig,

even though Craig is not in thissectional.”

Middleton appeared ready tostake its claim for a No. 3 seed

when Hanna Fisher doubled tocenter field with one out in the

first inning and Rachel Eversondrew a walk. That set the table

for Ballweg, who drove a 1-1

pitch from Sun Prairie sopho-more pitcher Allayah Lane overthe center field fence for her

sixth home run of the seasonand a 3-0 lead.

“It felt great, and it felt goodto know we could hit their

pitcher and we could competeagainst them,” said Ballweg,

who had three hits and was onlya triple away from hitting for the

cycle. “Sun Prairie is a toughteam and it felt good to know

off the bat we could be in thisgame and we could win.”

It got better for Middleton inthe top of the second inning

when Bailey Kalscheur singled

to center for the first of her threehits, and Katherine Hibner drewa walk. Lauren Banke followed

with an RBI single to center

field for a 4-0 lead.

Fisher then hit a sacrifice flyto left field to score Hibner, and

Banke eventually came aroundto score on Ballweg’s single to

center field.“We knew coming in this

was a game for better seeding,”Kalscheur said. “We wanted to

jump out early and then shutthem down. But we needed to

finish it off like we didn’t do.”

Sun Prairie trimmed thedeficit to 6-1 in the bottom of the second on Kellyn Herwig’s

run-scoring double. But she waserased on an inning-ending dou-

ble play when Erin Vertz flewout to Fisher in right field, who

then doubled Herwig off secondbase.

Sun Prairie then stole themomentum in its half of the

third inning and never gave itback, sending 15 batters to the

plate to grab an 11-6 lead itwould not relinquish.

“If a team is hitting the ball

hard, eventually the ball is

going to fall,” Hibner said. “It’snot like we had them off-bal-

ance the first inning or two. We just happened to get lucky the

ball was hit to somebody. Atsome point your luck runs out.”

It certainly did forMiddleton, but Sun Prairie had

something to do with it, resort-ing to some small-ball tactics to

unleash its relentless offense.

The host Cardinals openedthe third inning with five con-secutive hits, including bunt sin-

gles by Schyler Ek and KatieTews that produced the first run.

“We had three bunts in a rowwe got down and they weren’t

able to make the plays on,”Olson said. “That’s contagious.”

Hibner replaced Banke in thecircle with Makenzie Kopp,

who allowed a pair of doubleswrapped around a walk before

the first out of the inning wasrecorded. All but one of Sun

Prairie’s batters reached base in

the fateful inning and four play-

ers finished with multiple hits inthe frame.

“When they hit both of yourpitchers, there really wasn’t a

third option out there,” Hibnersaid.

Middleton tacked on twomore runs on Kopp’s RBI dou-

ble in the fourth inning andFisher’s run-scoring double in

the fifth.

But all eight Sun Prairie bat-ters reached base in the bottomof the fifth with Ek’s run-scor-

ing single — her fifth hit of thegame — driving in the final run.

“Getting up right away was aboost and Shelby’s home run

gave us the momentum rightaway. We didn’t expect them to

take it away from us,” Eversonsaid.

“I still think if we play ourgame, it doesn’t matter what

team we have. It helps to have ahigher seed. But when we do

play our best and we play ourgame, there aren’t many teams

we are scared off. I don’t wantto sound cocky, but we have the

confidence to step up and meetour goals.”

• Middleton 18, MadisonMemorial 1 — The Cardinalshad 17 hits and rolled past thehost Spartans last Thursday in a

game called after six inning dueto the 10-run mercy rule.

Kopp held the Spartans totwo hits and earned the win.

Ballweg belted a home run forMiddleton, while Kopp added

four hits. Jessica Parente andBanke also had three hits for the

Cardinals.Middleton improved to 14-6

with the win and 10-5 in the BigEight Conference.

• On deck: The Cardinalswrap up their regular season this

week. Middleton was atMadison West Tuesday and

hosts Beloit Memorial Thursdayat 5 p.m.

The WIAA regionals thenbegin May 25.

May 16Middleton ….......... 330 11 — 8 13 2Sun Prairie ........ 01(10) 16 — 18 21 1

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) —Banke (2-7-4-1-0), Kopp (L, 2-14-14-4-

0). Lane (W, 3-7-6-2-1), Fellers (2-5-2-

0-2).

Leading hitters — Middleton —Banke (2x4), Fisher (2x3), Ballweg

(3x3), Kalscheur (3x3). 2B — Fisher 2,Ballweg, Kopp, Kalscheur. HR —

Ballweg. Sun Prairie — Ek (5x5), Tews(2x4), Ward (3x3),Kromke (3x3),

Herwig (2x4), Fellers (3x4). 2B —Ward, Kromke, Herwig, Vertz. 3B —

Tews.

May 12Middleton 18, Madison Memorial 1Middleton ……..... 040 509 — 18 17 0Memorial …...…….. 001 000 — 1 2 1

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) —Kopp (6-2-1-2-8), Groves (2-9-9-1-0),

Pitman (4-8-8-4-3).

Leading hitters — Middleton —Banke (3x5), Fisher (2x5), Hibner (2x3),

Kopp (4x5), Parente (3x3). 2B —

Fisher, Hibner, Kopp 1. HR — Ballweg.3B — Curtin.


Sun Prairie routs Middleton


Middleton’s girls softball team lost to Sun Prairie, 18-8, Monday afternoon.

SUN PRAIRIE — ShelbyBallweg knew that it wasimportant for Middleton’s girls

softball team to get off to a goodstart against host Sun Prairie on

Monday afternoon.After all, the second Big

Eight Conference meeting of the season between the long-

time rivals had a lot riding on it,beginning with a third-place

standing in the conference raceand a top-four seed in the

WIAA Division 1 postseasonsoftball tournament.

“We really wanted to win toget a better seed,” said Ballweg,

whose first-inning three-runhome run gave Middleton a

quick lead. “We were hoping toget a three or four seed. I’m not

sure now with how we played.But this was a crucial game to

get a good seeding.”While Middleton jumped out

to an early six-run lead, SunPrairie proceeded to show off its

potent offense the rest of theday.

Sun Prairie used a 10-run,third inning to take the lead and

finished off Middleton with asix-run fifth inning to cruise to

an 18-8 victory in a game thatwas called in the bottom of the

fifth inning by the mercy rule.Middleton (14-7 overall, 10-

6 Big Eight) won the first meet-ing, 7-6, on April 12.

However, Sun Prairie coachJamie Olson knew it was a case

of ‘what have you done for melately’ with a possible No. 3

seed on the line behind BigEight Conference-leading

Verona and Badger North-Conference leader DeForest.

“We talked about it, knowinggoing into tonight’s game it was

a very big game for us,” saidOlson, whose team finished

with 21 hits. “Now we can fightfor a higher seed, especially

after this 10-run rule game.”Middleton coach Perry

Hibner was disappointed thathis Cardinals didn’t have a bet-

ter showing. But he did his bestto put a positive spin on a game

that quickly went south onceSun Prairie (14-5, 12-4) got its

offense going.“Neither one of us is going to

win the conference title. It’smore about making sure you’re

playing your best come tourna-ment time,” Hibner said.

“That’s what I reminded thegirls.

“We had a letdown, we

didn’t compete as well as weshould have. But the reality isthis is the type of team we’re

going to have to beat at some

MHS still in

good shape for

playoff seed

by DENNIS SEMRAU

For the Times-Tribune


16/20


Middleton’s girls lacrosse

team had another stellar week,notching two convincing wins.

The Cardinals rolled pastOregon, 12-3, last Tuesday.

Middleton also bestedDeForest, 17-0, last Thursday.

The Cardinals improved to9-3 on the year and are ranked

No. 4 in the state.Middleton also wrapped up

the championship of theMadison Area Lacrosse

Association (MALA).Not only did Middleton post

an impressive 29 goals in itstwo wins, eight different play-

ers scored.Junior Abby Drake led all

offensive players with nine

goals and two assists in the twogames. Drake is third in the

state with 43 goals this season.Sophomore Eleanor

Mackey added seven goals andtwo assists in the two wins.

Senior co-captain SydneyLivesey chipped in with four

goals and two assists.On the flip side of that pow-

erful offense has beenMiddleton’s stingy defense.

Junior Goalkeeper Mia Ackerwas tough in goal, recording

her first shutout of the seasonagainst DeForest.

Acker is currently tied withthree others for the state’s best

save percentage (94.0%).Acker is the only MALA goalie

at the top of the statewidegoalie rankings.

Acker also got terrific pro-tection from defenders such as

senior Steph Jarosz, juniorGabby Ballweg, sophomore

Tara DeLeo and senior CatieCastagnet.

• On deck: Middleton wasat Madison West Tuesday, then

travels to Sun Prairie Thursday.“Even though Oregon,

DeForest, and Madison Westare all seeded lower than

Middleton, every win gets uscloser to our goal of winning

the league and preparing forthe Wisconsin Lacrosse

Federation (WLF) StateChampionship Tournament,”

Middleton coach Anne Gravelsaid.

Middleton’s red-hot boyslacrosse team pushed its win-

ning streak to seven games lastweek thanks to four convincing

victories. The Cardinalsremained tied for the confer-

ence lead with Verona.Here’s a recap of

Middleton’s big week:• Middleton 18, Westside 6

— The Cardinals, notoriouslyslow starters, jumped to a 5-1

lead after the first period andnever looked back during an

easy win last Tuesday. JuniorLane Wahlgren had three goals

in the first period, while juniorTroy Reifsteck and junior

Gunnar Kunsch added goals.Middleton pushed its lead to

9-2 by halftime thanks to twogoals from junior Jack Stormer

and one each from seniorsMitch Bacon and Jake Livesey.

Wahlgren had three thirdperiod goals as Middleton

surged to a 15-3 lead. BryceReynolds, David Vande Sande

and Bacon also added goals inthe third.

The Cardinals then cruised

home behind fourth periodgoals from Reynolds, Stormer

and Bacon.• Middleton 14, Sun

Prairie 4 — VisitingMiddleton rolled past Sun

Prairie last Thursday. It markedMiddleton’s second convincing

win of the year over SunPrairie.

Bacon had two first periodgoals as Middleton sprinted to

a 6-0 lead. Noah Gall,Wahlgren, Reynolds and

Livesey all had goals in theperiod, as well.

Sun Prairie outshot MHS inthe second period and cut the

lead to 7-2 at half. Livesey hadMiddleton’s only goal of the

period.In the third period, MHS

stretched its lead to 11-3 asWahlgren scored twice, while

Stormer and Vande Sande alsofound the back of the net.

In the fourth period,Kunsch, Bacon and Wahlgren

all scored as Middleton contin-ued to pull away.

• Middleton 12, Ozaukee 1— The Cardinals rolled pastOzaukee last Saturday during agame played in Mequon.

Wahlgren led the way withfour goals, while Stormer had a

pair of goals.Middleton held a narrow 2-1

halftime lead, then explodedfor five goals in both the third

and fourth periods.Senior Eric Slater, freshman

Aaron Wills, Bacon, VandeSande, Livesey and Reifsteck

all added goals for MHS.• Middleton 4, Homestead

2 — Stellar defense and goal-tending were keys to MHS’ win

over the host Highlanders lastSaturday.

Goaltender Tyler Dohmeierhad 15 saves, while Erik Slater,

Connor Hellenbrand, WilliamBraxton, T.J. Jenkins, Gray

Woodward and JustinSarbacker played terrific

defense.Middleton trailed, 1-0,

when Wahlgren scored late inthe first period.

Stormer, who had a pair of goals, gave the Cardinals a 2-1

lead in the second period.Bacon notched a huge goal in

the third period to give MHS a3-1 advantage.

In the fourth period,Dohmeier made several key

saves, while Stormer scoredwith just more than five min-

utes remaining to seal the win.• On deck: Middleton host-

ed Verona Wednesday for thelikely conference champi-

onship. The Cardinals also hostJanesville Craig Thursday at 7

p.m. and host Madison East

May 24 at 7 p.m.

Boys lacrosseteam cruises

On aroll

Girls lacrosse

team red hot

Photo submitted

Middleton seniors (from left) Steph Jarosz, Amanda Tonnesen, Claire Fralka, Gabi Buechner, Catie Castagnet and Sydney Livesey have helped the Cardinals produce a big season.


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really become a close family

this year. I appreciate all thehard work that they put in to

get the conference title. Theydeserve it.”

Cardinals senior SamValentine had watched

Middleton’s boys team win thelast three conference titles, then

make it four straight champi-

onships Friday. Valentine want-ed MHS’ girls team to get in onthe fun, too.

“It was really great to beable to come back and win con-

ference this year as a teamalongside the boys team, after

not quite doing so last year,”Valentine said.

Valentine and Smith weretwo huge reasons the Cardinals

left Beloit as champions.Valentine set a new Big

Eight Conference record in the1,600-meter run with a time of

4:57.85. The old mark was setby Madison Memorial’s Katie

Ishmael’s (5:01.0) in 1980.

Valentine also won the 800in 2:18.22, nearly eight sec-onds faster than the runner-up

finisher.Valentine has battled stress

fractures in her leg in past sea-sons. But she’s been healthy all

year and the results have beensublime.

“Sam has had an amazingseason so far,” Christnovich

said. “And it stems from herbeing healthy for a full year of

training.”Valentine agreed.

“It was really refreshing tobe able to come back from

injury to win conference in the1600-meters for my senior

year,” Valentine said. “Settinga new conference record in the

process really wasn’t some-thing I expected from myself,

but a wonderful surprise.”Smith was also a double

winner.First, Smith won the 100

hurdles for the third straightyear, finishing in 14.91 sec-

onds. Smith later won the 200-

meter dash in 25.93 seconds.

“It was an incredible experi-ence to win the conference title

for the hurdles,” Smith said. “Ican’t think of a better way to

close out my last conferenceseason as a senior with a third

straight win. There’s nothingbetter than winning with your

team and I would say it was

more exciting than my personalwins.”

Smith’s big night certainly

impressed her head coach.“Lauren Smith had a fabu-

lous meet,” Christnovich said.“We asked a lot of her. In the

span of 90 minutes, she ranhurdle trials, 200 trials, and

long jump trials, and qualifiedfor finals and later placed in all

three.”Middleton had several other

top three performances, aswell.

All four of the Cardinals’relay teams finished second.

Middleton’s 400-meter

relay team consisted of Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn, Tai Pritts, Rachel

Zander and Betsy Hathaway.The Cardinals’ 800-meter

relay team was made up of Hailee Milton, Abbey Webber,

Jennifer McGinnis and HanneAnderson-Smith.

The 1,600-meter relay teamconsisted of Anderson-Smith,

Milena Martin, Milton andValentine.

And the 3,200-meter relayteam was comprised of Alyssa

Lemirande, Erika Rader,Taylor Zietz and Madeline Ace.

Pflasterer-Jennerjohn wassecond in the pole vault and

Hathaway was third. AndSmith was second in the long

jump (16-8 ½).“It was really amazing to

win conference,” Christnovichsaid. “It’s a very strong confer-

ence and both Sun Prairie andBeloit could have easily won.

“We talked with the girls allweek about doing the little

things right, about dealing with

the weather, and about trying to

improve one place over ourseed times in each event. Our

motto was ‘All it takes is allyou’ve got.’ The girls showed

up ready to compete.“I am really proud of their

effort and determination intough weather conditions. I

couldn’t ask for a better firstconference meet as a head

coach.”Middleton hosts a WIAA

Division 1 regional on May 23.The Cardinals then head to the

Holmen Sectional on May 26.“I think we have a good shot

at qualifying a lot of athletesthrough from regionals to sec-

tionals and hopefully ontostate,” Christnovich said. “I

feel like we have really good

momentum going right now forthe team.

“They worked really hardduring the season in our work-

outs and now that we are get-ting towards the taper, the

times will continue to drop andwe should be seeing our best

performances of the year. Ihope we have just as many

good surprises during the post-season as we did at the confer-

ence meet.”

BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE MEETTeam scores: Middleton 146, Beloit

Memorial 119, Sun Prairie 112,

Madison Memorial 78.5, Verona 64.5,

Janesville Craig 62, Janesville Parker

48, Madison La Follette 42, MadisonWest 23, Madison East 6.

100 meters: 1, Elliott, BM, :12.54; 2,

Summerville, BM, :12.83; 3, Turner,

MLF, :13.03.

200: 1, Smith, Mid, :25.93; 2,Summerville, BM, :26.18; 3, Elliott,

BM, :26.45.

400: 1, Mitchell, SP, :59.28; 2,

Meister, JC, 1:00.59; 3, Elliott, BM,

1:00.60.

800: 1, Valentine, Mid, 2:18.22; 2,Peterson, MM, 2:26.04; 3, Fibikar,

MLF, 2:26.17.

1,600: 1, Valentine, Mid, 4:57.85; 2,Pringle, SP, 5:10.77; 3, Van Wie, SP,

5:14.01.

3,200: 1, Van Wie, SP, 11:19.44; 2,Pringle, SP, 11:28.26; 3, Owca, MM,

11:40.93.

400 relay: 1, Verona (Alt, Schmaltz,

Lichty, Mitchell), :51.24; 2, Middleton,

:51.79; 3, Sun Prairie, :52.05.

800 relay: 1, Verona (Alt, Schmaltz,Lichty, Mitchell), 1:46.34; 2, Middleton,

1:48.49; 3, Beloit Memorial, 1:49.21.

1,600 relay: 1, Verona (Lichty,

Schmaltz, Alt, Mitchell), 4:08.42; 2,

Middleton, 4:10.22; 3, Madison La

Follette, 4:16.67.

3,200 relay: 1, Madison Memorial

(Bergman, Griffin, Bissen, Peterson),

9:49.05; 2, Middleton, 9:50.69; 3, SunPrairie, 9:50.82.

100 hurdles: 1, Smith, Mid, :14.91;

2, Porter, JP, :15.56; 3, Johnson, BM,

:15.58.

300 hurdles: 1, Diaz, BM, :46.73; 2,

Johnson, BM, :47.18; 3, Tuebert, JC,:49.71.

High jump: 1, Peek, BM, 4-10; 2,

Olson, V, 4-10; 3, Kundinger, V, 4-8.Pole vault: 1, Pfann, SP, 10-9; 2,

Pflasterer-Jenn, Mid, 10-0; 3, Hathaway,

Mid, 9-6.Long jump: 1, Turner, MLF, 17-5; 2,

Smith, Mid, 16-8½; 3, Laun-Smith, BM,

16-7.

Triple jump: 1, Laur Smith, BM, 36-

6; 2, Lee, MLF, 35-10¾; 3, Porter, JP,

34-2½.Discus: 1, Houston, MM, 138-11; 2,

Nielsen, JC, 108-8; 3, Meglic, JP, 104-6.

Shot put: 1, Hartwig, JP, 41-1; 2,

Weathers, SP, 38-3; 3, Houston, MM,

37-10.

ing for someone to step upand take control of a meet,”

Line said. “Will Funk was our

guy that night.

“Will ran faster than he

ever has despite it being some

of the worst conditions. For

him to win the 200 the way he

did was really special.”

Middleton’s 3,200-meter

relay team of Eddie Larson,

Cole Conklin-Little, Caleb

Easton and Ryan Madoch was

first in 8:03.86.

“The 3,200 relay has been

improving every meet,” Line

said. “No matter who we stick

in there, they do not disap-

point. We are hoping this teamcan go far into the tourna-

ment.”

Middleton had several

other top-three performances.

Gus Newcomb was second

in the 1,600 (4:16.13) and the

3,200 (9:27.66). Jack Radar

was also third in the 3,2

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