MTT08 Dummy MG DUMMYcombined

VOL. 124, NO.
God is one
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016
www.MiddletonTimes.com
SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25
Sikh community
flourishes in the
Good Neighbor City
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
Scenes from
the Cardinal
Booster Tailgate
Party on page 4
Library
expected
to re-open
this week
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
Michael Leiferman of Strategic Structural Design LLC

spoke to city council at its latest
meeting about the structural repairs that caused an emergency
closure of the library in late January. The building was only
partially open while the repairs
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger
Paramjit Singh, a priest at the Sikh gurudwara, or temple, on Century Avenue, reads from the SriGuru Granth Sahib. Leaders
in the local Sikh community welcome anyone, regardless of faith, to join them on Sundays.
Every Sunday morning, a

stream of local Sikhs flows into
the gurudwara on Century Avenue.
Out of the icy Wisconsin
winter air they enter a tall, spacious building filled with the
warm aromas of sweet and savory foods. The melodic songs
that are a central part of their
worship greet their ears. Their
eyes are met by generations of
people - some who came to
Wisconsin from India, some
who were born here - who all sit
on the floor, regardless of economic or social rank, as equals.
It is a crossroads of poetry,
culture and faith.
Upstairs, Paramjit Singh, the
temples priest, sits on an altar
behind the Sri Guru Granth
Sahib, the Sikh holy book. The
hymns and poems within it,
which are meant to be sung - by
See SIKH, page 6
See LIBRARY, page 5
Gathering with Kiwanis for fun and food
Photo by Jeff Martin
Middleton Kiwanis hosted its annual Pancake Breakfast at the Middleton Sport Bowl onSaturday, Feb. 13. The fundraiser helps Kiwanis support many
projects for Middleton youth and the greater Middleton community. They include Middleton High School Key Club and Best Buddies, Kromrey Builders
Club, scholarship programs and many more. Pictured above, Middleton Ford employees (from left) Ernest Winter I, Adam Schmidt and Jim Kopp enjoyed
an early pancake breakfast before heading to work. See more images from this fun annual event on page 2.
Scenes from Middleton Kiwanis Clubs annual Pancake Breakfast...
PAGE 2
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Wilma and Dwayne Rohweder are about to partake of the great

breakfast fare. Dwayne has been a Kiwanis member for nearly
60 years.
Four-year old Aidan Fuszard prepares to butter her own

pancakes while Grandpa Curt Fuszard looks on.
Photos by Jeff Martin
Jeff Lerdahl (on the right) enjoys a pancake breakfast with

his father, Dave.
Board and ski teams have best ever state runs
For local skiers and snowboarders, this years time on the podium, the result of a lot of hard work, was particularly special.
The MHS boys snowboard

team weathered a subzero day
of competition and the steep
runs of Mt. La Crosse to bring
home an outstanding second
place finish overall at the Wisconsin High School Ski and
Snowboard State Championship February 13-15 in La
Crosse, Wis. This result capped
a winning season for a team that
is already aiming high for next
year.
This was the best racing
Middleton has ever done at
State. I couldnt be more proud
of the boys and girls for what
they accomplished this year
with their domination of confer-
ence, winning those championships, and what we did at

State, said Coach Darrin
Kolka, citing boarder Campbell
Esbecks seventh place finish
overall as a highlight among
many others at this 42nd annual
event, which is held by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Alpine
Racing Association. Kolka was
also thrilled with Sam Andersons 10th place performance
overall and Alec Johnsons two
top-ten finishes: a 4th in giant
slalom and a 7th in boarder
cross.
The teams podium moment
felt sweet and much deserved.
Over the years, they have
had three top-five State finishes

as a team, with 2015 being their
best with a fourth place finish
by four measly points. This
year, they were able to turn the
tables and took second place by
two points.
On the girls side, the boarders matched last years third
place finish and also placed
three racers in the top sixteen
overall for both events (slalom
and boarder cross): captain
Paige Wirth who took 14th,
Megan Chandler 15th and Abigail Drake 16thwith solid runs
turned in by Hannah Laufenberg and Samantha Williams.
Aside from Paige, the com-
petition at State was an entirely

new experience for these girls,
said Kolka. I couldnt be more
proud of their performance this
weekend.
The steep and varied terrain
of Mt. La Crosse provided excitement and reward for the
MHS ski team as racers navigated the fearsome headwall
and a course Coach Ray Riddle
called rugged, technical and an
eye opener. During two days
of competition in three events
(slalom, giant slalom and super
G) individual MHS girls qualifier Olivia Krigbaum placed a
stellar 16th overall while the
boys found fifth in an extremely
tight race against the teams
from Oconomowoc and Kettle
Moraine.
What a great result, said
Head Coach Ray Riddle, noting
it was the best finish yet for a
MHS ski team, which previously came in 8th overall. They

dominated the conference and
attacked at State. What a fitting
culmination for the three seniors on the team and a high standard for those returning next
year.
The skiers were led by senior
Jack Ronnie who took 8th overall, freshman Nick Ronnie 16th
and senior Zach Whritenour
20th.The boys team is comprised
of Jack Ronnie, Zach Whritenour and senior Max Westhoff,
juniors Austin Krantz and Eric
Andersen, sophomore Alec Riddle and Nick Ronnie.
Pre-race
encouragement
slope side included personalized videos playing of current
U.S. Ski Team members commiserating with the 2016 competitors over the treachery of
Mt. La Crosse.
Photos contributed
Lindsey Vonn, Tommy

Ford, theyve all made an appearance at this ski hill and it
says something that they remember how hard it is, said
Riddle. It tests the mettle and
ability of all the racersand
they handled it.
Assistant Coach Midori
Shaw said the athletes hard
work this winter paid off. The
teams trained hard and the boys
achieved their goal of being a
competitive force at State. Middleton High School is lucky to
have such great skiers.
CHURCH NOTES
OBITUARY
Nyles. H. Tolzmann
Nyles. H.
To l z m a n n
passed away
peacefully
from
this
earth
on
M o n d a y,
February 15,
2016
at
11:15pm. He was born to Herb
and Mae Tolzmann on May 10,
1938 in Minnesota Lake, MN.
His career as a teacher, coach
and education administrator
spanned 5 decades at 5 different
schools. He held two master degrees; for History and Educational Administration.
A graduate of Winona State
College, he began his teaching
and coaching career in St. Paul
Park, MN. In 1968, the Tolzmann clan emigrated to Middleton, WI where Nyles enjoyed a
satisfying and successful career
as a Phys Ed and Driver Ed
teacher and the Head Wrestling
Coach at MHS.
When not teaching and
coaching, he and his former
wife, Dorthy Evenson enjoyed
pulling their five children on a
string behind a boat around the
lakes and rivers of Wisconsin.
After leaving MHS he taught
and coached at DeForest high
before returning to his home
state of Minnesota as an interim
Principal at the Granada Huntley East Chain school district.
He and his late wife, Sandy, returned to Wisconsin where they
owned and operated the RocheA-Cri bar in Friendship. After
Sandys death, Nyles returned
to teaching and coaching at
Adams-Friendship where he enjoyed another satisfying and
successful tenure. He retired in
2010 at the ripe young age of
72.
The family is honoring his
request to forgo a memorial
service. He asked that we gather
on his birthday and remember

the good times.
Nyles was preceded in death
by; his wife, Sandra (Dorman)
Tolzmann, his mother, Mae
Belle Tolzmann and his father,
Herbert G. Tolzmann.
He is survived by his loving
partner of 20 years, Jan
Matysik, her daughter, Lori
(Brian) Wysocki and granddaughters; Karissa (Brian)
Brodhagen and Kristen. Son
and daughter-in-law, Kerry and
Tracey (Featherston) Tolzmann.
Grandsons; Kevin, Kirk and
Krystian Tolzmann and Tony
Featherston. Daughter and sonin-law, Kathy and Dan Hellenbrand. Grandchildren; Nicole
and Ben. Son and daughter-inlaw, Stuart and Lea (Noll) Tolzmann. Grandsons; Scott and
Garrett. Son Michael Tolzmann.
Grandchildren; Matthew, Sean
and Jenna. Son and daughter-inlaw, Grant and Michele(Ackerman) Tolzmann. Grandchildren;
Jax, Zoe, Evi and Liv. Son,
Jimmy (James H. Tolzmann).
Son and daughter-in-law; Ralph
and Danielle Tolzmann. Grandchildren, Chazz Tolzmann,
Amanda Jo~son-Owen and
Robin
Larsen~daughter
Clementine Rose.
The family wishes to thank
the nurses, doctors and staff of
the UW Hospitals and Clinics
and the St. Michaels hospital in
Stevens Point for their compassionate care of Nyles. We also
thank the kind staff at the
Atrium Post-Acute Care facility
in Whiting, WI.
Gratitude to the John J
Buettgen Funeral Home of
Schofield, WI for their cremation services.
Mid-Wisconsin Cremation
Society is assisting the family at
this time. Online condolences
can be made at www.HonorOne.com.
PAGE 3
Plan commission approves golf

course area study, sets apartment
hearings for March 8 meeting
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The Middleton Plan Commission two weeks ago approved recommending to the
common council use TIF district #3 funds to finance a land
use study for the area urban and
undeveloped area that surrounds the Pleasant View Golf
Course. The plan commission
also set two public hearings for
their March 8th meeting for two
apartment developments.
City planning director Eileen
Kelley explained to the plan
commission that the study
would incorporate several as-
pects on a very large portion of

land.
The idea is to look at this
very important area, Greenway
Station, Greenway Center and
the Pleasant View Golf
Course, Kelley said. We also
want to try to look at other
recreational opportunities and
maximize what we have and tie
it to the TIF district with economic development.
Kelley said that she is proposing at this point to utilize exTIF
consultants
isting
Vandewalle & Associates and
add it to the scope of work of
existing contracts with them.
Mayor Kurt Sonnentag explained his understanding of
how the proposal came about.

This was all precipitated by
our parks and open space plan
update and the golf course trying to do a master plan, they
werent necessarily jelling so
were trying to pull it altogether
into one planning thing with
everybodys input, Sonnentag
stated. I think this is going to
work a lot better.
Alder Hans Hilbert said he
felt the study was really needed
and the lack of it contributed to
his trepidation on approving
any new developments in the
area.
Some of you might remember that I was quite adamantly
opposed to the previous Erdman
development and part of that

was because we didnt have this
master plan for this area,
Hilbert shared with the commission. I think this is really
needed before any of that can
move forward. I think parks has
that understanding, the golf
course has that understanding,
so this is the logical next step.
Plan commission member
Cindy Zellers asked who would
approve the document and who
would have to abide by it.
Hilbert said that once the
land use was agreed upon there
would have to be a hierarchy of
approval established by the city.
See HEARINGS, page 5
PAGE 4
Amber Indian Cuisine open for business
Photo by Lisa DuChateau
Amber Indian Cuisine has opened its doors at 6913 University Avenue for lunch and dinner.
Middleton Mayor Kurt Sonnentag and Middleton Chamber of Commerce director Van Nutt recently celebrated with the business at its official ribbon cutting ceremony.
New home for KJWW Engineering
Photo by Lisa DuChateau
Booster club party a rocking success
Photos contributed
Hundreds of Middleton High School (MHS) parents converged on KEVA Sports

CenterSaturdaynight dressed in their finest 1970s gear. They rocked the night away dancing to 70s Superstar Band VO5, bidding on auction packages donated from each sports
team, and buying raffle tickets from MHS coaches. Approximately $35,000 was raised to
support Middleton High School Athletes - including the Strength and Conditioning Program,
Sports Gear and Equipment, a Scholarship Fund for Low-income Athletes and much more.
We have an amazing group of parent volunteers, said MHS athletic director Bob Joers.
The generosity of Middleton parents, businesses and the entire community is fabulous and they know how to [have] fun doing it.
Middleton Chamber of Commerce director Van Nut (left) and Mayor Kurt Sonnentag (second
from left) recently helped welcome KJWW Engineering into their new space at 1800 Deming
Way, Suite 200.
Focus on Women and Retirement
On Thursday, March 3 at 6
p.m., former UW instructor
Laurie Ellis-McLeod will give a
presentation on Women & Retirement at the Middleton Public Library.
Laurie will examine how previous generations of women

thought about money across
their lifespan this has shifted
significantly over the last several decades. This presentation
is designed to address financial
planning issues specific to
women, but registration is open
to all and spouses are encouraged to attend. Laurie EllisMcLeod is a financial adviser
who specializes in estate plan-
ning, long-term investment

strategies, and planning for
long-term care. She is a former
instructor at UW-Madison and
holds a Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of
Delaware. This is an educational presentation; no financial
products will be advertised or
sold.
To
register,
visit
midlibrary.org/events or email
info@midlibrary.org.
Hesselbeins Alzheimers
bill passes on 94-0 vote
UW grants will fund blood studies
The Wisconsin State Assembly last week voted unanimously to pass Rep. Dianne
Hesselbeins bill to give the
University of Wisconsin-Madison $50,000 in grants to launch
two adult blood studies of adult
children of Alzheimers sufferers. The vote was 94-0 with five
members absent.
Other bills from the
Speakers Task Force on
Alzheimers and Dementia give
people support and information.
This bill gives them hope, she
said. In our travels around the
HEARINGS
The plan commission also set

public hearings for two proposed apartment developments.
Cardinal Row Apartments
has a March 8 hearing for a rezoning request, a 16 unit multifamily building, with a mixture
of one, two and three bedrooms
and underground parking on
LIBRARY
are ongoing. Leiferman told the

council the city could anticipate
to fully reopen by today.
While
visiting
the
library January 19, Leiferman
and library director Pamela
Westby noticed a gap in the
ceiling that had not existed previously. A few days later
Leiferman returned to look
above the ceiling and found
substantial structural damage to
the trusses.
Leiferman
advised
Westbyand building inspector
Scott Ellarson to close the library to protect the public and
library employees. Westby
closed the building effective
Saturday, Jan. 23.
Leiferman explained to the
state, the one clear message we

received was to do whatever we
can to find a cure.
The grant, which university
researchers hope will open new
lines of study and attract larger,
national research grants, will
study blood and look for new
proteins possible associated
with Alzheimers, a progressive
brain disease that eventually
causes death.
Hesselbein was the Vice
Chair of the Speakers Task
Force, which had bipartisan
members.
Parmenter. A developer financed TIF request for

$653,562 from Mazur Realty
approvedwas conceptually by
the common council.
A public hearing for the general implementation plan for
Market West Apartments
council that there were numerous errors made during the construction of the roof trusses. He
gave a Power Point presentation
with a schematic of the truss design and pictures of failed
welds. He said that whoever
made the trusses were not expert welders.
The original general contractor responsible for the construction of the library in 1989 went
out of business years ago along
with the design and engineering
group involved in the project.
The repairs are being made
by Ideal Builders, who interrupted their committed work
schedule to help out the City of
Middleton. Leiferman said that
Ideal fixed 45 wood trusses in
PAGE 5
A message from the new Middleton

Area Historical Society president
by JEFF MARTIN
President, MAHS
As the new President of

your Middleton Area Historical Society, I would like to introduce myself.Im a native
of Michigan, but Ive been a
Middleton resident for almost
33 years.I retired from UWMadison in 1999, where I had
been a Dept. of Forestry faculty member and also Wisconsins
Extension
Forester.My wife Jan and I
currently have a photography
business that we pursued in
our retirement years.
willalso be on March 8. Market West Apartments LLC has

proposed developing a six acre
parcel at the north end of
Greenway Station on Market
Street into three new buildings
each with approximately 84,000
sq ft of commercial space and
the roof that had notches carved

out, something that should not
have been done, he said. They
also repaired the failed welds.
In terms of safety, is there
anything which the city would
have to be concerned about?
asked alder Gurdip Brar.
Not for the members that we
repaired,
Leiferman
responded.
We didnt go
through the entire building and
check piece by piece from the
roof to the foundation. We were
mainly concentrated on things
we could see that were broken
in the roof assembly.
Brar asked if some of the roof
leaks the building has been having had anything to do with the
broken trusses. Leiferman said
Im privileged to work
with a dedicated group of
volunteers who serve as your
MAHS Board of Directors:Ruth Bachmeier (Vice
President), Sandy Lewis
(Secretary), Edith Ersland
(Treasurer), Mike Davis (Past
President), Carol Burger, Jessica Contreras, Steven Drake,
Mel Krc, Carolyn Mattern,
Donna Parks, William Reinke
and Duane Van Haren. We
are all very enthusiastic about
keeping history alive in the
Middleton area!
See HISTORY, page 6
continued from page 3
80 apartment units. A TIF request for $7.8 million is was

also approved conceptually by
the common council.
Both hearings will take place
at City Hall during the regularly
scheduled plan commission
meeting.
the leaking areas are in the rubber membrane portion of the

roof and would likely be caused
by some damage to the membrane.
Do you think there is any
possibility that any of the support structure on the next floor
down could have been effected
by any of these failures such
that it might be a good idea to
look at them? asked alder
Howard Teal. Leiferman said
he doubted it.
Thanks for dropping whatever you were doing and coming to our rescue, said Mayor
Kurt Sonnentag when Leiferman finished.
Headed to Nationals
Anna Hoffmann and Erik Gessner.
Two local athletes will represent Blackhawk Ski Club at the

Ski Jumping Junior National
Competition this week in Salisbury, CT. The youth are Erik
Gessner, eighth grader from
Sennett Middle School, and
Anna Hoffmann, sophomore
from Madison Memorial.
After participating in four
qualifier tournaments, Gessner
and Hoffmann were two of 16
athletes selected to represent the
Central Division, including
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinios
and Michigan, at the national
competition. Athletes representing Alaska, Eastern, InterMountain, Rocky Mountain and
Central Divisions will compete
in a tournament for individuals
on Thursday, longest distance
on Friday and a team competition on Saturday.
This will be Gessners and
Hoffmanns first time participating in the Junior National
competition. Gessner and Hoffmann are the youngest in their
families. Since they were both
at practices and competions
with their older siblings, they
started ski jumping when they
were very young, ages 2-3.
Photo contributed
They have watched their older

siblings compete and participate
in Junior Nationals. Now it is
their turn. Wow! We get our
names on the send off cake!
Weve been waiting a long
time, said Hoffmann. Im really excited to go to Junior Nationals, said Gessner. When
theyre not jumping, Gessner
enjoys playing football and
baseball and Hoffmann likes
cross country running and soccer.
Three of Blackhawks ski
jumpers have represented the
United States at the Olympics
including: Dave Norby 1968,
Bill Bakke 1968, and Kurt Stein
1992 and 1994.
Both Gessner and Hoffmann
learned to ski and ski jump at
the Blackhawk Ski Club, a notfor-profit organization founded
in 1947 that teaches more than
400 area youth all types of skiing and mountain biking.
More info can be found at
www.blackhawkskiclub.org,
www.jncjn2016.com (about
Junior Nationals) and www.skijumpingusa.com (about the
sport) and Womens Ski Jumping USA www. wsjusa.com.
SIKH
PAGE 6
From left, Balwinder Bob Singh Seerha and Paramjit Singh play religious music in the sanctuary at the Middleton Sikh temple.
themselves or accompanied by
the rhythmic thumping of
drums and the bellowing of a
harmonium fill an upstairs
sanctuary decorated by a dazzling array of colors.
On the gurudwaras walls,
television monitors show the
scriptures text, side by side in
Punjabi and in English. The
men wear colorful dastaar
turbans, and the women are
adorned with bright chunni or
turbans of their own, both in
order to cover their heads while
in Gods temple.
It is warm and welcoming,
says Balwinder Bob Singh
Seerha, because that is
Sikhisms central message.
Its a part of the religion. Its
not for Sikhs only, he says.
Its for all humanity.
Balwinder has called Middleton home for more than three
decades now. He owns and runs
a machine shop, lives a block
away from the temple, and he
says he has never, in 31 years
here, experienced discrimination or ill treatment from the
local community, he says.
Never, ever, never, as long
as I have lived here, he reiterates. Everyone has been very
supportive.
I love it here, he continues.
My kids were born here and
went to school here. My oldest
is at Harvard, my second is in
high school, and my third is in
third grade.
While it has 170 members
HISTORY
Whats Ahead For 2016

The MAHS Board is very active on a variety of fronts as we
head into 2016.As you know,
we take great pride in our Rowley House and Depot Museums,
and it will soon be time to tidy
up and open the former for
what we hope is another busy
visitor season. In 2015, we had
157 visitors sign our Guest Registry at Rowley House and were
visited by nearly 400 young students and their teachers. The
Depot Museum was also a very
popular stop for Middleton visitors with over 200 signing our
MAHS Guestbook.
We plan to change our Depot
displays this year switching
the focus from WWII to the history of Middleton businesses.We are also gearing up
today, the Middleton gurudwara

started in a small, single-story
house before the current temple
was constructed in 2008.
Jovial and gregarious, Balwinder says a small but growing
Indian community helps keep
the local religious hub vibrant.
Many people have their own
businesses they own gas stations, hotels, there are six or
seven restaurants now, he says.
Many of them converge on
Century Avenue each week to
meet, worship and dine as
equals. Members of the gurudwara, who take turns providing
and preparing the scrumptious
meals, prepare the food using
their own ingredients.
There is food after the congregation, Balwinder explains.
We just roll out the carpeting
and people sit on the floor. Sitting on the floor is for equality,
if you are a millionaire or a
worker.
Sitting in the buildings lower
level, sipping hot spiced tea and
snacking on sweet cakes made
from minced carrots and milk,
Paramjit - his jet black beard accented by thick streaks of gray,
his kara bracelets clinking
whenever he moves his arms explains that his training as a
priest was in large part an education in classical music. The
temperature outside is seven degrees Fahrenheit, and the temple is, for the time being, quiet
and mostly empty as he tells of
his personal journey to the
for our annual Pie and Ice
Cream Social (with the New
Horizons Band again) which
will be held onJune 15; and we
are planning a fun social event
at the Stamm House for September (stay tuned).
A major project starting in
the fall of 2016 will involve our
Carriage House. The upstairs
will be insulated and drywalled
so heating and AC can be
added.This will give us additional storage space that meets
the environmental standards for
properly preserving historic artifacts.As you know, our Rowley House rooms (and closets)
are full and we really need more
and better storage options.
We have several more Historic Fact Sheets about the Middleton area underway. They
American Midwest.
A native of Punjab, India,
which is Sikhisms birthplace,
Paramjit came to Middleton, by
way of Canada, to serve as the
local temples priest nine
months ago.
I like it here, he says. I
like it so much. Bob and another
board member invited me, and
they, and everyone, have been
very nice.
Every day, we take guidance
from this, the Guru Granth
Sahib, he says. When we read
this, it gives us every answer.
What is says, like any sacred
scripture, is equally simple and
complex, fundamental and arcane, lucid and mysterious. But
the primary theme, Paramjit
says while gesturing upward, is
that there is one God above.
It is a deity who provides inspiration and guidance, on Sundays, at weddings, and even at
funerals.
I read it to them, and the
grubani [the writings of the
Sikh gurus, who were close to
God] give them peace inside,
he continues. We all sing the
grubani.
The writings cover a wide
range of topics fundamental to
the human condition.
Every morning, at the end of
the prayer, we end by saying all
of humanity is goodness, says
Balwinder.
We wish, Paramjit agrees,
for the welfare of all humanity.
will be added to our website and
be available at both museums.We are always trying to
keep the website current as we
add new material, photographs
(90+ online now), and Society
news. Our Newsletter, edited
by Mary Hilgendorf, is always
full of interesting news and
local history that hopefully
keeps you interested in Middletons past.
How YOU Can Be

More Involved
Since MAHS is a volunteer
organization with several projects and events underway or
planned we invite you to get
more involved with these activities. Serving as a volunteer Docent at Rowley House is a great
way to learn about Middleton
Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger
Passages from the holy Guru Granth Sahib are displayed in both Punjabi (on the left) and
English (on the right).
We love every religion,

Paramjit continues. Everyone
is welcome here. Any religion,
any color, anyone can come
here.
In fact, Sikh tradition actually
requires followers to take in
those in need of shelter or protection.
This religion is not forced
on anybody, says Balwinder.
It cannot come to you by force;
it must come from inside you.
The usual conversion process
for people not raised within the
Sikh tradition is simple, he
adds: You listen, and if you
like it you learn more.
One of the dominant themes
of Sikhism is self-control. One
who can control the self, the
saying goes, can control the
whole world.
But, while there is certainly
temporal violence in Sikhisms
history the faith contains
many stories of martyrs who
were put to death for various
reasons the scripture is relatively light on fire and brimstone.
Heaven and hell, we do not
know much about, says Balwinder. But the afterlife we do.
What I understand is that, after
all these lives, God gave you
human life, with a mind to think
for yourself what is good and
what is bad. The afterlife is the
time you get out of the circle of
life.
Sikhisms 10 gurus are not
actual deities, followers are
quick to point out.
They came as messengers of
God, Balwinder says. They

came to take you to God.
In that way, Sikhism is more
of a path than a structural religion, they say.
I can pray myself, says
Balwinder. [Paramjit] is a
teacher. He teaches us to follow
the path. He sings hymns, and
he teaches whoever is interested
to sing hymns.
People are not necessarily
saved or not saved, in Gods
grace or not in it. Rather, they
are at different points along
their respective paths.
As our gurus explain, God is
one, Balwinder says. We are
all his kids.
Money, power, these are
things people want to keep, he
adds. But they are things for
this world.
Some of Sikhisms symbolism reflects these beliefs. The
Golden Temple in India features
four prominent doorways to reinforce the fact that members of
all four social castes are equally
welcome. Founded in the 15th
century, Sikhism is one of the
younger world religions, which
allows it to, in some ways, be
more progressive than those
founded thousands of years before it.
Our first guru defended
women, Balwinder says. People said they were not equal, but
he said of women, this is where
you come from.
In a postmodern America,
where people increasingly pick
and choose their own spiritual
paths and more people than ever
are open to the idea that many

different paths lead to God,
Sikhisms openness seems like
a perfect fit. Thats why it was
so shocking when, on August 5,
2012, a white supremacist and
United States Army veteran
named Wade Michael Page
walked into a Sikh temple in
Oak Creek, Wisconsin and murdered six innocent people in
cold blood.
Following the tragedy, people from all over southern Wisconsin held candlelight vigils to
honor the victims. One such
vigil, held at the Middleton gurudwara, brought local people
from all walks of life, including
city leaders and neighbors from
a variety of faith traditions, to
the temple to show their solidarity.
My feeling, reflects Balwinder thoughtfully, is that
even tragedy happens for a reason. Before that, not many people knew about Sikhism [in the
United States]. When that happened, it was on CNN. Many
people learned about us.
My boy was in high
school, he adds. And all of his
friends came. Even some of
their parents came.
When people came, they got
to know more about their community, he continues.
Its a community that is an increasingly important part of the
fabric of the Good Neighbor
City.
history as you welcome visitors

and show them around and
no, you dont need to be a local
history expert to fill this important role and have lots of fun
doing so! We have materials
that provide helpful information
to you and our guests and,
we will host an orientation
workshop for volunteers this
spring (date to be finalized).
Please plan to join us for one or
more afternoons at Rowley
(Tuesday or Saturday, 1:00 to
4:00, mid-April to mid-October).Sign-up information is on
our website or you can call
or send an email.
If you think of stories, etc.
that ought to be featured in the
Newsletter or on our website,
dont hesitate to tell us we
are always looking for new
ideas! Please visit our website

often if you think of things
to add (or correct) please let me
know.
We also have other Society
opportunities that you may
enjoy.We currently have several Committees that can always use some help and this is
a terrific way to learn more
about Middletons past while
working on a project or event.I
will briefly list the committees
here: (1) Membership, (2)
Building and Design, (3) Collections, (4) Education/Programs/Outreach, and (5) Pie &
Ice Cream Social. You can
learn more about their mission
and activities by visiting our
website and clicking on the
Volunteering/Committee Opportunities Tab.
Lastly, another opportunity

awaits if you would like to join
the MAHS Board of Directors.We had two recent resignations from our Board and
therefore are looking to fill
these positions.If you would
like to join the Board and help
steer
our
projects
and
eventsplease let me know.The
Board meets on the firstThursdayof the month and we would
welcome your participation to
help us keep history alive in
the Middleton area.
Contact the Middleton Area

Historical Society
through their website at
www.middletonhistory.org
Iconica steps up to help Middleton Outreach Ministry

PAGE 7
Design-build firm builds and installs

awnings at non-profit headquarters
Because of an urgent need to

expand services for the people
in Middleton and West Madison, in March of 2013 MOM
moved into new larger facilities
that provided a greater capacity
to help people in need. This
quick move, followed by a Capital Campaign to raise funds to
pay for the building, meant that
there was only time to make the
most urgent improvements, and
that other important improvements still needed to be addressed.
The Wisconsin weather
proved the need for awnings
over the front doors at the office
and the Distribution Center entryways. This needed to be
completed for the safety of the
MOM clients, volunteers,
donors, and staff.
Iconica had been wanting to
support MOMs efforts to End
Hunger and Prevent Homelessness in the community. We
were so grateful when they offered to build and install new
awnings on our building. Its
because of generous people like
Jim Pientka, President of Iconica, and the many dedicated employees who came out to MOM
to build the awnings even

during harsh weather conditions, that we can make sure
everyone in our community has
what they need to feel secure
and have hope for the future.
We and those we serve couldnt
be more thankful! said Al
Ripp, Executive Director of
MOM.
Jim Pientka, President of
Iconica added, I believe that
supportive organizations like
MOM are vital to a happy and
healthy community. When this
opportunity was presented to us,
I knew that we could offer what
was needed to ensure the safety
of the hundreds of people who
come to MOM each week. We
were honored to be able to assist.
MOM is just $280,000 away
from the final Capital Campaign goal.
For more information,
visit momhelps.org/campaign.
All investments in the Building
Hope, Strengthening Capital
Campaign, will help MOM
eliminate a long-term mortgage
and allow us to redirect those
funds to help more people with
more services.
Middleton Outreach Ministry

MOM is a local non-profit organization that leads a community-wide effort to prevent
homelessness and end hunger
by providing food, clothing,
housing assistance, emergency
financial assistance, seasonal
help such as school supplies,
and special services for seniors.
MOM hosts the largest Food
Pantry in Dane County that
serves a localized service area.
In 2015, MOM distributed 1.3
million pounds of food.
Iconica is a fully integrated
design-build firm that works in
an agile way to minimize risk
and deliver exceptional commercial building projects to its
clients. This company provides
innovative business space solutions and enhances the quality
of living in the communities it
touches. Dedicated to the improvement of lives though creating spaces that serve people,
Iconicas team members were
honored to help MOM an organization that improves the
lives of its neighbors. To find
out more about the team that
made it happen visiticonicacreates.com.
Photos contributed
Top, Al Ripp, Executive Director of MOM (left) with Jim Pientka, President of Iconica. Above,
workers help install awnings.
PAGE 8
Glacier Creek honor roll
7th Grade
Honor Roll
* denotes 4.0
Accola, Melanie J
Acker, Brianna K
Ahuja, Vashima *
Aumann, Wilhelmina Y *
Ballweg, Colin P
Barrett, Allison J
Basel, Alexander L *
Belgiano, Jonathon T
Bernd, Emily G *
Bogner, Ian S
Bohachek, Ian D *
Bukhman, Eugenia A *
Burkard, Samantha K
Button, Alexander K *
Buza, Eleanor J
Caldwell, Erin J
Casper, Ainsley M *
Chang, Kevin G *
Cheng, Brian
Chiaverini, Michael E *
Christensen, William D
DOrazio, Ella E *
Dahmen, Quint A *
Davis, Kobi-Ann O *
De Young, Michael P
Dettmann, Jordan R
Djamali, Aria M
Duecker, Anna G
Dunn, Nolan P *
Engelien, Mason F
Esser, Daniel T
Faessler, Malia R *
Faust, Brynn B
Fisher, Fiona M *
Friedle, Ava E *
Frinzi, Leona R *
Gadalla, Yousef H *
Gandhi, Aaryaman A *
Gassen, Calvin J *
Giefer, Rose D *
Go, Maria R *
Go, Michael E
Gonzalez, Saffron L *
Grosspietsch, Carl W
Gustafson, Michael A *
Hebert, Olivia R
Heise, Nicholas W
Helmers, Anezka L
Henke, Sara E
Hidrogo-Romero, Jessica *
Hink, Avery M
Holahan, Bridget N *
Holthaus, Alexandra E
Hornung, Ashley A *
Howard, Zoe S *
Hunt, Johanna J
Hurd, David R
Jensen, Elena P *
Johns, McKenzie J
Kalscheur, Grace A *
Kalscheur, Spencer Z
Karls Niehaus, Ciana R *
Keohane, Mei Mei K *
Krantz, Karlene E
LaCour, Alexander J
Martin, Norah I *
McNerney, Joseph J *
Mohrbacher, Kaitlyn L
Molander, Mackenzie R
Mulligan, John D
Murray, Jackson D *
Nelson, Christopher J
Nelson, Josiah B
Newman, Claire T
Nie, Zinnia Z *
Noak, Lily E
OHandley, Katherine R
OMalley, Timothy P
Ozers, Andrew L
Parente, Michael A *
Patterson, Elleanor E
Pertzborn, Jackson J
Pertzborn, Sawyer J
Phaneuf, Madeline M
Poehling, Lauren E *
Prabahara Sundar, Poojha *
Prichard, Zachary T *
Pritchard, Lily K *
Prohaska, Isabel M
Puli, Sai Rithika *
Renfert, Koby H *
by JANELLE MATHEWS
linkages for students with identified mental health concerns,

increase home to school connections to ensure continued
student success, and increase
school staff understanding of
behavioral health concerns and
trauma responses of younger
children.
This grant is unique in that it
is a public/private partnership
as Catholic Charities is the vendor providing the service
through a county contract.
Through the agreement with the
Middleton-Cross Plains Area
School District, Wisconsin
Heights will have access to one
to two seats per 90-day cycle
within the Building Bridges
caseload,
and
Wisconsin
Heights is treated as one of the
Middleton schools as the distance between the districts is
very minimal. Heights will pay
approximately $15,000, only a
portion of the total $352,575 invested for the project with costs
shared between schools and the
county. The Middleton-Cross
Plains School District will pay
$70,000, which was already
budgeted for at a meeting in the
fall.
In their grant application,
MCPASD and WHSD stated:
Ropa, Darshana J
Roquitte, Maxwell C
Rough, Alexander S
Sabol, Morgan M
Sax, Charlotte L
Schollmeyer, Ryan C
Shimniok, Abigail H
Smith, Benjamin B *
Smith, Phileas E
Sprecher, Rachel G *
Squire, Ian M *
Stoecker, Kayla M *
Svedberg, Anika M
Svendsen, Samuel W *
Theis, Tyler A
Thomley, Allison L *
Trainor, Elise A
Underwood, Olivia L *
Vogel, Isabel P
Weibel, Guy E
Whitehead, Callista G *
Wilkes, Riley R
Wilson, Karson V
Winkler, Parker T
Yang, Suabcua K *
Yosick, Sydney A *
Yosick, Zachary T
Zeimentz, Michael J *
Zhang, Edwin T *
Zhang, Julia L *
7th Grade
Honorable
Mention
Abreu, Luis A
Bohl, Samuel J
Bolden, Piper
Colwell, Bennet T
Dresen, Lauryn M
Hale, Aris S
Kolodziej, Taylor G
Pinder, Emma V
Schreier-Jacobson, Sadie M
Schutte, Jack T
Veit, Dylan T
8th Grade
Honor Roll
* denotes 4.0
Acker, Lauren R *
Ahuja, Aniket*
Anagnostopoulos, Alexandra A *
Anderson, Julia G
Ballamudi, Apurupa L
Bauerle, Megan J
Bebermeier, Cailin M
Biwott, Ashley J
Bodenstein, Cheyanne M
Boehnen, Elizabeth M *
Bovy, Jessica S *
Bursac, Karina *
Carlson, Cian R
Casali, Adam C
Chomiak, Henry J*
Coffini, Alexander J *
Davis, Ross I
De Oliveira, Sophia C
DeJarlais, Daniel L *
Deptula, Cole M *
Edlebeck, Camren S
Edwards, Michael J
Ehrhardt, Noah S *
Engler, Samuel R
Fargen, Jacob D
Fritz, Amber L
Frusciante, Brian A
Gattenby, Tanner J *
Gehrke Kallstromer, Alicia N*
Gehrke Kallstromer, Emelie S
*
Gilles, Braedon D *
Ginsberg, Kyra B *
Godishala, Shreya
Hanson, Kaitlyn G
Hartung, Henry J
Hellenbrand, Amanda L
Hellenbrand, Jordan J *
Helt, Sydney L
Hinz, Nicholas S
Hodson, Makenzie L *
Hoferle, Peter J
Huff, Tyler W
Hylbert, Julia L
Isaacs, Sam G
Ismail Ali, Moyraa
Jackson, Joelle N
Jafari, Amirali *
Jasinski, Micheline P *
Jens, Bryn E *
Johnson, Brandon I *
Johnson, Paxton J
Jones, Cecelia M *
Joslyn, Katherine M
Kalscheur, Blake S
Kalscheur, Brooks C
Karbusicky, Andrew P
Kelliher, Mason R *
Kelshiker, Akshay I *
Kjentvet, Jack C *
Knight, Kaitlin M
LaBoda, Lane P *
Lamson, Noah D
Larsen, Samuel R
Lawrence, Madelyn R
Lemirande, Josie L
Lenz, Andrew W
LeRoy, Jackson T *
Lindblom, Cecilie V*
Livelli, Victoria M *
Luetscher, Seth M *
Maas, Katelyn M
MacLean, Brad M *
Malcheski, Madelyn H
Mallannagari, Sai Likhith R
Martin, Lydia C
McGill, Megan C *
McLain, Natalie A *
Michaels, Allison L*
Moore, Aedan G
Needham, Abigail J *
Pao-Huang, Yao-Tian P
Parthasarathy, Shruti *
Patterson, Katherine A *
Phaneuf, Ashlyn K
Pientka, Jessica L *
Rankin, Dylan S
Reed, Ashton E *
Reed, Payton M
Renfert, Karsey P
Revord, Nathaniel J *
Roach, Logan M
Roesch, Amanda A *
Rogers, Ella R *
Schwartz, Megan J
Semrad, Drake D
Shanley, Connor L
Siver, Megan A
Sommers, Grace C *
Soni, Abhav
Stafford, Ethan J *
Steiner, Lauren E *
Steinmetz, Grace E
Stone, Magdalen K *
Tanin, Sitori I *
Teff, Drew M
Thomas, Jada K
Tischer, Ashleigh M
Van Gilder, Hayden R *
Westerlund, Julian R
Whritenour, Ryan M
Wilson, Tyler G *
Xiong, Emily H
Ystenes, Roman E *
8th Grade
Honorable
Mention
DeNoble, Kennedy L
Hillebrand, Lexi M
Houghton, Kylie E
Hovind, Alexander J
Huber, Carson J
Huber, Taylor M
Johnson, Ekaterina M
Kriewaldt, Thomas M
Litchfield, Benjamin D
Moore, Cade T
Pavelski, Jacob W
Pongratz, Katelyn G
Purdy, Max J
Rudolph, Samuel P
Satterlund, Jason T
Schulenberg, Deserae E
Thomas, Bret T.
School districts team up to combat mental health problems

Times-Tribune
The Wisconsin Heights

School District, in partnership
with the Middleton-Cross
Plains Area School District, was
awarded the Mental Health
Teams/Building Bridges grant
by Dane County, a program developed and spearheaded by
Dane County Executive Joe
Parisi in his 2014 budget as a
significant policy initiative of
that budget. Also earning the
competitive grant was the Deforest School District.
This grant will provide better ways to support our students,
stated
Wisconsin
Heights District Administrator
Mark Elworthy. Its one more
layer of support for students.
Mental health has really been a
priority for us this year, and this
is something that the students,
families, and communities can
benefit from as a whole.
The mental health team program connects youth with mental health services before a crisis
occurs. The goals of this program are to decrease student
mental health crises in schools,
provide appropriate service
Both school districts have seen

a consistently increasing intensity and need for mental health
supports and services for our
students and families. The level
of these needs is simply beyond
what we can meet alone as a
district. We believe the Building
Bridges Programs wrap around
[sic] approach is desperately
needed within our elementary
and middle schoolsthe needs
are so significant that we have
been unable to meet them alone,
and this has resulted in a significant number of law enforcement calls for support.
Building consultation teams
and the Joining Forces for Families team will identify and refer
students to the Building Bridges
Program.
Overseeing the program for
Wisconsin Heights will be Vivian Heatwole, Wisconsin
Heights Director of Pupil Services. She has participated in collaborative teams made up of
pupil services staff, county social workers, juvenile justice
workers, law enforcement officers, community mental health
providers, and staff members
from neighboring school districts.
Furthermore, she is currently
Photo contributed
The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, partnered with the Wisconsin Heights School
District, earned the Mental Health Teams/Building Bridges grant which helps connect students
with mental health issues to people who can help.
a member of the Joining Forces

for Families team for the Wisconsin Heights School District,
which identifies students in
need and connects them with
community resources. She is
trained in nonviolent crisis intervention and youth mental
health first aid.
The Dane County Youth Assessment of students across
Dane County showed that mental health is a problem many
students struggle with. According to the assessment, more than
one in five students in grades
seven through 12 stated they
felt sad or hopeless almost
every day for at least two weeks
that they stopped some usual

activities. Just under one in five
admitted to giving serious
thought to killing themselves,
and 38 percent of high school
students surveyed reported having long-term emotional or
mental health issues, including
depression, anxiety, an eating
disorder, or other mental health
problem including attention
deficit disorder.
If we can help one or two
more students, I think that is a
big accomplishment, Elworthy
said.
One of Wisconsin Heights
initiatives this year was to gain
a better understanding of mental
health issues and how they affect students. Earlier this year,
32 staff members of the Wisconsin HeightsSchool District,
including educational assistants,
school secretaries, school administrative assistants, pupil
services staff, and health teachers, received youth mental
health first aid training from
McFarland School District representatives David Witte and
Casey Ruhland, and a presentation was given by Nancy Pierce
with Journey Mental Health
Center in November of this
school year.
PAGE 9
Follow Rob
Reischel on
Twitter at
@robreischel
Champions
once again
Girls basketball
teams earns
share of Big 8
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The odds were stacked

against them from the start.
Few believed a Big Eight
Conference championship was
possible this winter for
Middletons girls basketball
team. Instead, Verona was a
consensus favorite to win the
league.
But history has shown that
overlooking
Jeff
Kinds
Middleton program isnt wise.
And that was certainly the case
in 2015-16.
Middleton notched a pair of
wins last week and captured a
share of the conference title.

The Cardinals and Verona finished the year 17-1 in the Big
Eight, three games ahead of
third place Janesville Craig.
Middleton clinched a share
of this years title thanks to an
87-74 win over visiting
Janesville Craig last Saturday.
The Cardinals also rolled past
Beloit Memorial, 76-37, last
Thursday.
The conference championship is a nice reward for the
entire body of work within the
conference,
Kind
said.
Verona was the prohibitive
favorite and our early victory
over them was a stepping stone
to the rest of the season.
Cardinals junior forward
Alexis Thomas agreed.
Of course, winning the
conference title individually as
a team is better than sharing it,
Thomas said. But sharing it
with Verona means a lot more

than not winning it at all!
Verona's a great team, and
knowing that we were able to
share a conference championship with them shows how
hard we have worked.
Middleton has now won at
least a share of the conference
title eight of the past 10 years.
The Cardinals are a remarkable
155-21 in conference games in
that time (88.1%).
I think we've grown along
the way, Kind said of
Middletons season. We were
able to pull out a few close victories and come away with a
share of the conference championship. Combined with the
focused performance against
Craig, it's a good way to head
into the postseason.
Middleton, the No. 2 seed in
See GIRLS BB, page 15
Swimmers
7th at state
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Jeff Kinds girls basketball program has won at least a share of the Big Eight Conference eight
of the past 10 years.
by PHIL MCDADE
For the Times-Tribune
Gunning for the top

Middleton freshman Kevin Meicher (left) qualified for the state tournament last Saturday.
Meicher, Rogers
chasing state
wrestling titles
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
This has always been the

plan for Kevin Meicher.
When Meicher began
wrestling as a kindergartner,
there were flashes of greatness.
When he began competing in
national tournaments as a sixth
grader, his vast potential was

evident.
Now, Meicher gets a chance
to display his immense skill set
on the states grandest stage.
Meicher, a freshman at
Middleton High School, won
the championship at 126
pounds at the WIAA Division 1
Waunakee Sectional last
Saturday and qualified for the
state tournament. Meicher (393) will meet Union Groves
Brett Kieslich (40-9) in a first
round match Thursday at 3
p.m. at the UW Kohl Center.
With Kevin, this has

always been the expectation,
Middleton coach Kent Weiler
said. Coming in, we knew he
was good. But hes trained hard
and had a great year.
So has teammate Chris
Rogers, a junior who will be
making his second straight
appearance at state.
Rogers finished second at
sectionals at 132 pounds.
Rogers (34-7) will also wrestle
his first round match Thursday
at 3 p.m. against New
Richmond
junior
Bryce
Younger (33-2).
A year ago, Rogers won his
first round match at state, then
lost his next two.
My goal is to win state or
place, Rogers said. I've been
here once and I want to do better than last year.
This state tournament experience will be new for Meicher.
But the bright lights and huge
crowds shouldnt be intimidating.
Wrestling runs in the family,
See WRESTLE, page 14
Led by sophomore Michael

Draves and a podium-finishing 400-yard freestyle relay,
Middleton finished a solid
seventh at the WIAA Division
1 boys state swimming and
diving meet Saturday at the
University of Wisconsin
Natatorium.
Middleton, which had been
ranked in the top 10 of
Division 1 programs most of
the year, validated that ranking.
The Cardinals scored 123
points and were edged out of
sixth place by the Waukesha
South/Catholic Memorial coop (125 points). Fifth-place
Franklin beat had 132 points,
just nine ahead of the
Cardinals.
Madison Memorial won its
sixth straight title with 314
points, while Madison West
was second at 202.
We had a very solid overall meet, said Middleton
head coach Sam Niesen, a former standout swimmer at
MHS.
Senior Jack Zocher, competing in his third straight
state meet, got the Cardinals
off to a solid start with a seventh-place finish in the diving
competition. It completed a
high school career that saw
Zocher steadily climb the
ranks of Division 1 divers
he finished 16th as a sophomore and 10th as a junior.
Zocher finished with
426.30 points and made a terrific comeback to lock down
seventh place. After the first
five rounds, Zocher stood in
13th place. But executing
some of his more difficult
dives, Zocher climbed to
eighth place after the semifinal round and his final three
dives helped him jump to seventh.
When the state meet turned
to swimming, Niesen admitted the team got off to what he
described as a sluggish
start.
The 200-yard medley relay
of junior Eric Grelle on backstroke, senior Ethan Lengfeld
on breaststroke, junior Isaac
Hanson on butterfly and senior Dean Zillner finished 12th,
a move up from their seeded
position of 14th place. But the
quartet was able to improve
their time from sectionals a
week earlier by just .03 seconds.
Draves started off the individual swim events with a
seventh-place finish in the
See SWIMMERS, page 14
On the brink
PAGE 10
Hockey Cards
close in on
state berth
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
One step from state.

Thats where Middletons
hockey team finds itself after
defeating Verona, 3-2, in double overtime in a sectional
semifinal Tuesday night. Troy
Reifsteck had the game-winning goal in the second overtime on assists from Preston
Lewis and Garrett Graf.
The top-seeded Cardinals
now
face
second-seeded
Madison Edgewood in a sectional final Saturday at 7 p.m. at
Sun Prairie Ice Arena.
The state tournament is
March 3-5 at the Alliant Energy
Center. Middleton will be trying to reach the state tournament for the fourth time in
school history and the first time
since 2011.
Middletons
win
over
fourth-seeded Verona marked
the third time this season the
Cardinals slayed the Wildcats.
Middleton also toppled the
Wildcats, 3-1, on Jan. 9, and 41 on Feb. 11.
Playing Verona for the third
time, lets just say there won't
be any secrets, Middleton

coach Steffon Walby said
before the game. Itll just
come down to which team truly
wants it more and who takes
advantage of the bounces and
the opportunities.
Verona scored an even
strength goal at 5:40 of the first
period to take an early 1-0 lead.
But the Cardinals answered
when Griffin Gussel scored on
assists from Justin Engelkes
and Jordan Hylbert at 6:46 to
tie the game, 1-1.
Middleton took a 2-1 lead at
7:20 of the second period when
Reifsteck had an even strength
goal. Davis Bunz assisted on
the play.
But Verona tied the game, 22, at 9:59 of the second period.
It stayed that way until
Reifsteck played hero in the
second overtime.
Cardinals goalie Tony
Wuesthofen picked up the win
after notching 28 saves.
Middleton reached the sectional semifinals following a 50 win over Monona Grove in
last Fridays regional final. The
Cardinals got goals from five
different
players,
while
Wuesthofen notched the win.
The game against Monona
Grove was more of a formality, Walby said. We were able
to roll all four lines and our
depth ultimately prevailed.
Middletons Casey Harper

struck first, scoring on assists
from Hylbert and Gussel to
give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead
just 5:14 into the game.
Engelkes pushed Middletons
lead to 2-0 with a goal at 7:48
on assists from Jake Livesy and
Nolan Kouba.
Bunz had a power play goal
midway through the second
period that gave Middleton a 30 lead. Livesy and Harper
assisted on the goal.
Alex
Nisbet
pushed
Middletons lead to 4-0 at 4:30
of the second period. Bunz and
Harper assisted on the play.
Livesy then capped the scoring at 10:59 of the third period.
Ross Johnson and Wes Rock
both had assists on the goal.
Ive got to hand it to
Monona Grove, Walby said.
They hung in there a lot longer
than what I thought they would.
Hats off to the coaching staff
for having them prepared.
Feb. 19
Middleton 5, Monona Grove 0
Monona Grove .... 0 0 0 0
Middleton 2 1 2 5
First period: M Harper
(Hylbert) , 6:23; M Engelkes
(Livesey), 8:06.
Second period: M Bunz (PP),
8:55.
Third period: M Nisbet (Bunz,
Engelkes), 4:30; M Livesey
(Johnson, Rock), 10:59.
Saves: MG (Nahirniak) 40; M
(Wuesthofen) 14.
Braxton Walby and Middletons hockey team are just one win from state.
Gymnasts
second at
Big 8 meet
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middleton and Sun Prairie.

Sun Prairie and Middleton.
The two Big Eight
Conference powers traded
blows all season long and
they might not be done yet.
Sun Prairie landed the latest
shot, edging Middleton for the
Big Eight Conference title last
Saturday. Sun Prairie won the
meet with 139.0750 points and
snuck past Middleton, which
posted a 138.950.
Madison Memorial was a
distant third at 134.050.
The two conference powers
will go their separate ways at
sectionals this weekend, but
could meet again at the state
meet March 4-5.
We werent disappointed
with second, Middleton coach
Kari Steck said. We simply
wanted the girls to go out and
do their best and have fun.
They did both.
Sun Prairie and Middleton
have been neck and neck all
year, and losing by 0.15 is so
close. We would rather have it
be close than a five-point loss,
so we considered it a very successful meet.
Middleton junior Madeline
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was her
brilliant self, winning the allaround title with a score of
37.525. Pflasterer-Jennerjohn
won the floor exercise (9.575)
and the uneven bars (9.425),
was third on the vault (9.350)

and third on the balance beam
(9.175).
Middletons Chloe Young
tied for sixth on the uneven
bars (8.350), Ellen Cottingham
was eighth (8.250) and Eleanor
Mackey was 11th (8.050).
Jordan Baggot was 11th on
the beam (8.550), Dani Aranda
was 12th (8.450) and Katherine
Marshall was 13th (8.40).
Baggot was eighth on the
floor (8.80), Marshall was 11th
(8.725) and Young was 14th
(8.60).
And on the vault, Marshall
was 13th (8.60), Ashley Bindl
was 19th (8.40) and Young was
23rd (8.250).
Middleton now heads to the
Madison Memorial Sectional
Saturday beginning at 11:10
a.m. The Cardinals will be trying to reach the state meet for a
fifth straight year and the 20th
time in school history.
The pressure of conference
is new to many of the girls,
especially a young group like
we have this year, Steck said.
Its a good warm up for sectionals, where the pressure is
more intense.
Middleton also defeated
Verona-Madison Edgewood,
129.350-124.7250,
last
Tuesday.
Chloe Young was second in
the all-around competition
(32.875)
and
Katherine
Marshall was third (32.650).
PAGE 11
Times-Tribune
photo by Mary
Langenfeld
Middleton
freshman
J o r d a n
B a g g o t
helped
the
Cardinals finish second at
the Big Eight
Conference
meet
last
Saturday.
Title dreams in sight

PAGE 12
Boys basketball team one win from Big 8 crown

by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The long drought is almost

over. And for Middletons boys
basketball team, the end cant
come soon enough.
Middleton routed Beloit
Memorial, 66-43, last Friday.
The Cardinals are now just one

win away from clinching at
least a share of the Big Eight
Conference title for the first
time since the 2000-01 season.
The Cardinals improved to
18-3 overall and 14-3 in the
league. Middleton shares the
top spot of the conference with
Sun Prairie (17-4, 14-3). Beloit

fell to 6-11, 8-13.
Junior forward Tyree Eady
led the Cardinals with 15
points, while junior guard C.J.
Fermanich recorded a doubledouble with 10 points and 10
rebounds.
See BELOIT, page 13

Times-Tribune
photo by Mary
Langenfeld
Tyree
Eady
n
d
a
M i d d l e t o n s
boys basketball team are
tied for first
place in the
Big
Eight
Conference
with one game
left in the regular season.
Middleton earns No. 2 seed

Cardinals
open playoffs
on March 4
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middleton boys basketball

coach Kevin Bavery was on a
local radio program last week
when the host said he thought
the Cardinals should be the
No. 3 seed in the WIAA
Division 1 Sun Prairie
Sectional.
Bavery quickly quipped
that he was glad the radio host
wouldnt be at Sundays seeding meeting.
Instead, Bavery brought
enough firepower to the meeting and Middleton emerged as
the sectionals No. 2 seed. The
Cardinals will open the postseason by hosting 15th-seeded
Kenosha Bradford in a regional semifinal March 4.
Sun Prairie earned the No.
1
seed,
followed
by
Middleton,
Madison
Memorial, Muskego, Madison
East, Oconomowoc, Madison
West,
Janesville
Craig,
Verona, Watertown, Badger,
Kenosha Tremper, Beloit
Memorial, Kenosha Indian
Trail, Kenosha Bradford,
Janesville Parker and Madison
La Follette.
Middleton and Sun Prairie
share
the
Big
Eight
Conference lead with 14-3
records. Middleton is also 183 overall, while Sun Prairie is

17-4, although Sun Prairie
defeated Middleton on Feb.
11.
We felt we were the No. 1
seed, Bavery said. But its
hard to argue when Sun
Prairie has the same conference record and beat us in our
most recent meeting.
The 17 coaches in attendance ranked the schools from
No. 1 through 16. Coaches
could not vote for themselves.
Sun Prairie finished with
nine first and seven second
place votes. Middleton had
seven firsts, eight seconds and
one third place vote.
Oconomowoc head coach
Kurt Melton voted Sun Prairie
as the No. 1 seed, with
Muskego and Middleton as
his No. 2 and 3 teams.
Oconomowoc was the
only school of the 17 not to
give us a No. 1 or a No. 2, and
the majority of the Big Eight
schools also gave us a No. 1,
Bavery said. So it was
schools outside of our conference who didnt show us
much respect.
Middleton began the year
14-0, but lost three of four
games between late January
and
mid-February.
The
Cardinals losses came to
Verona, Madison East and
Sun Prairie.
Had we beaten Verona or
East or Sun Prairie were the
clear No. 1 with no arguments
C.J. Fermanich (center) and Middletons boys basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in their sectional.
from anyone, Bavery said.

So its always on us.
The regional finals are
March 5, and if the seeds hold,
Middleton would host seventh-seeded Madison West.
The Cardinals edged the
Regents, 71-70, on Feb. 16.
The sectionals semifinals

are March 10 and the sectional
finals are March 12. If seeds
hold there, Middleton would
meet third-seeded Madison
Memorial in the sectional
semis and top-seeded Sun
Prairie in the sectional finals.
Cardinals fight off West
Murphy hits
game-winner
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Just
hours
before
Middletons boys basketball
team headed to Madison West
last Tuesday, Cardinals coach
Kevin Bavery used words like
scary and dangerous to
describe the Regents.
He was right.
Middleton was pushed to
the limit in a critical Big Eight
Conference game before escaping with a 71-70 win.
Cardinals junior guard
Storm Murphy hit a floater
with 15 seconds left that gave
Middleton a 71-70 lead. West
then missed two shots in the
final five seconds and the
Cardinals survived.
No doubt it was an
escape, Bavery said. But at
this time of the season, a win
by one or a win by 31, there is

no difference and well take it.
Middleton improved to 17-3
overall, 13-3 in the Big Eight
and stayed tied atop the league
with Sun Prairie. West is 9-8 in
the league and 11-10 overall.
Murphy led the Cardinals
with 20 points and six assists.
Junior forward Tyree Eady
added 18 points and six
rebounds, while junior guard
C.J. Fermanich had 10 points.
Our players certainly knew
and anyone else within shouting distance knew that West
has extremely physical and talented personnel and had been
playing very, very well of late,
Bavery said.
The game was tied at 67
with 30 seconds left, when
Murphy split the defense and
found sophomore forward
Brogan Brunker in the lane to
give the Cardinals a 69-67 lead.
West responded, though,
with a fast break basket.
Middleton also committed a
foul on the play, and when
West hit the ensuing free throw,
PAGE 13
the Regents grabbed a 70-69

lead.
After a timeout, Murphy got
a terrific screen from Eady and
hit a floater that put the
Cardinals back in front, 71-70.
West had a chance to win it
in the final seconds. But the
Regents missed a 15-footer,
then after grabbing the loose
ball, West had a 10-foot shot at
the buzzer rim out.
They got a much better
look than we wanted in that situation, Bavery said of the
final seconds. We should have
protected better and forced a
pass going away from their
basket, but they curled back
and caught the ball way too
deep and with momentum.
The teams were deadlocked,
35-35, at halftime. Eady had 12
first half points, while Murphy
added 10 and senior guard Cam
Maly had five.
The game stayed tight
throughout a thrilling second
half, before the Cardinals prevailed.
Middleton made 22-of-28
free throws (78.6%), including

9-of-10 by Murphy and 6-of-6
from Eady. The Cardinals also
committed just nine turnovers
and forced 17.
We allowed the ball to
come off ball screens too easily, which should never happen
if we stick to our basic defensive principles, Bavery said.
But Im proud of how we
never got rattled and made
plays when plays had to be
made.
Feb. 16
Middleton 71, Madison West 70
Middleton . 35 36 71
Madison West .. 35 35 70
MIDDLETON Ashford 1-2 1,
Bacon 1 1-2 3, Brunker 3 0-0 6, Eady 6
6-6 18, Fermanich 3 2-4 10, Maly 2 0-0
5, Markel 1 2-2 4, Murphy 5 8-10 20,
Smith 1 2-3 4. Totals 22 22-29 71.
MADISON WEST Carey 7 1-3
15, Davis 1 0-0 2, Hawkins 5 0-1 10,
Hess 2 1-1 6, McFadden 2 2-4 6, Meyer
7 0-0 15, Parker 4 0-0 11, Wright 2 1-1
5. Totals 30 5-10 70.
3-point goals MID 5 (Fermanich
2, Maly 1, Murphy 2), MW 5 (Hess 1,
Meyer 1, Parker 3). Total foulsMID
17, MW 23.
Middleton is trying to
reach the state tournament for
the first time since 1998.
We really like our position, plus its nice to play
someone from outside of the
Big Eight for a change,
Bavery said of his first round
n BELOIT
Sophomore forward Brogan

Brunker added eight points,
seven rebounds and three
steals, while senior guard
Kevin Ripp and junior Jack
Smith chipped in with six
points each. Junior guard
Storm Murphy added five
assists and three steals.
It was Middletons annual
Coaches vs. Cancer awareness and fundraiser night, and
the Cardinals started fast. Six
different Middleton players
combined for seven first half
three-pointers as the Cardinals
raced to a 40-26 lead at the
break.
Eady led Middleton with
eight first half points and two
three-pointers.
Fermanich
added seven points, while
Brunker had six.
Any time you can share the
ball and spread the scoring
around its a good sign,
Middleton coach Kevin Bavery
said. Regardless of who
scores the ball, player movement is key in any offense.
When we pound it too
much we get stagnant. Its been
a process from day one, and
when we get into actions and
then let it come back around,
we are so much better.
Hopefully it continues.
Middletons second half
defense was terrific, as it
allowed Beloit just 17 points.
The Cardinals also forced 23
turnovers and committed just
12 of their own.
We did give up way too
many offensive boards, especially in the first half, Bavery
said. Its something we con-
matchup. We have to focus

this week on getting better
each practice and not focus
on the tournament until the
following week.
tinue to harp on and work on

daily. Guys are getting used to
the rebound bubble we put
over the basket, and have to
assume every shot is going to
be missed and find a body to
block out.
When we allow penetration
and have to rotate to stop the
ball, we become more vulnerable to deep offensive rebounds.
So defensive rebounding usually starts with containing the
ball, making the individual task
of blocking out much easier.
We have to square up on the
ball better if we want to finish
out the regular season the way
we want and to have a quality
run at tournament time.
On deck: Middleton hosts
Janesville Craig Thursday at
7:30 p.m. in its final regular
season game. The Cardinals
then host Kenosha Bradford in
a WIAA Division 1 regional
semifinal on March 4 at 7 p.m.
Feb. 19
Middleton 66, Beloit Memorial 43
Beloit Memorial ... 26 17 43
Middleton . 40 26 66
BELOIT
MEMORIAL
Betancourt 1 0-0 3, Farr 1-4 1, Freitag 2

0-0 5, Johnson 3 0-0 6, Long 6 0-0 14,
McClendon 1 3-3 5, Patton 2 0-0 4,
Pegeese 1 3-5 5. Totals 16 7-16 43.
MIDDLETON Ashford 1 0-0 3,
Bacon 1 2-2 4, Brunker 2 3-4 8, Eady 6
1-2 15, Fermanich 3 3-4 10, Murphy 1
2-2 4, Ripp 2 0-0 6, Sigmon 1 0-0 2,
Smith 3 0-0 6, Spears 1 0-0 3, Thomas 2
0-0 5. Totals 23 11-15 66.
3-point goals MID 9 (Ashford 1,
Brunker 1, Eady 2, Fermanich 1, Ripp 2,
Spears 1, Thomas 1), BM 4 (Betancourt
1, Freitag 1, Long 2). Total foulsMID
17, BM 14.
PAGE 14
n SWIMMERS
Middletons Jack Zocher finished seventh in the state diving

competition last Saturday.
n WRESTLE
and has been part of

Meichers fabric since he was
about 5. In fact Meichers
father also named Kevin
still holds the record at
Middleton High School for
career reversals.
Meicher
remembers
wrestling about two tournaments a season when he was in
elementary school. The schedule and competition intensified
as he hit middle school.
And this year, hes had one
of the best freshman seasons in
school history.
At the beginning of the
year, I didnt know what to
expect, Meicher said. But I
realized quickly I could compete with these guys. On days
off of school, most people
would lay on couch, but Id
work out. This is really important to me.
And the results have been
impressive.
At sectionals, Meicher
opened the day by pinning
Bobby Bemis of Tomah in 1:54
in the quarterfinals.
Meicher then defeated Jacob
Obert of LaCrosse Central, 102. Then in the championship
match, Meicher edged Spartas
Christian Lamon, 6-5.
Since he walked in the
door, the goal has been to win
the whole thing, Weiler said.
That will certainly be difficult.
Meicher is ranked ninth in
his weight class, and hell
undoubtedly have to pull off a
handful of upsets to win a title.
But Meicher has proven during
a brilliant freshman year that
anything is possible.
I havent wrestled any of
the guys ahead of me, so Im
not sure what to expect there,
Meicher said. Im just really
200-yard freestyle. The

sophomore dropped a fair
amount of time from his seeded position coming out of sectionals 1:42.08 at the state
meet, compared to 1:43.34 at
sectionals.
But seeded to finish third,
Draves placed seventh after
several swimmers posted lifetime bests to pass him. In a
tightly contested race, Draves
was roughly 1/3 of a second
away from finishing in third
place.
In the same event, junior
Luke Delaney finished 17th,
just one place out of top-16
scoring position. His time of
1:47.72 was just a shade slower than the 1:47.68 he swam at
sectionals to qualify for state.
After the medley and 200
free races, however, Niesen
said his teams fortunes started turning around thanks to
senior
Jacob
Aegerter.
Swimming in his third straight
state meet, Aegerter swam the
200-yard individual medley in
1:55.95 faster than his sectional qualifying time by nearly of a second and good for
eighth place.
Aegerter had a near-repeat
of that performance in the
excited to see whats going to

happen.
So is Rogers, who is thrilled
to be heading to state for a second straight year.
A year ago, Weiler said
Rogers didnt wrestle his best.
This year, the expectations are
much higher.
I hate to say it, but I think
last year (Rogers) was happy to
be there, Weiler said. This
year, its a different expectation. Its how high on the podium can we get?
At
sectionals,
Rogers
pinned Zach Gordon of
Holmen in 2:34 in the quarterfinals. Rogers then lost to
Jaden Van Maanen of La
Crosse Central, 14-2, in the
semifinals.
In the third place match,
Rogers
pinned
Logan
Lewerenz of Reedsburg in 39
seconds. Then in the second
100-yard butterfly, dropping

nearly of a second off his
seeded time and swimming a
time of 52.03 that earned him
ninth place. Delaney also
earned
points
for
the
Cardinals in the 100-yard butterfly with a 15th-place finish
and a time of 53.18.
Hanson was the Cardinals
third competitor in the event,
and moved up to 22nd position after qualifying as the last
of the 24 individuals earning a
spot in the 100-yard butterfly
field. He registered a time of
54.32.
He stood out with halfsecond time drop in his fly
and a half-second time drop in
his IM, Niesen said of
Aegerter.
Draves provided the highest individual showing for the
Cardinals in the 500-yard
freestyle, as he swam a season-best time of 4:36.11 to
finish in second place, about
two seconds shy of first-place
finisher Connor Rumpit of
Brookfield Central/East.
Two other Cardinals swam
in individual races Grelle
finished 22nd in the 100-yard
backstroke with a time of
56.60, and Lengfeld swam to
20th place in the 100-yard

breaststroke with a time of
1:02.28.
Middleton also secured two
top-eight finishes with its
freestyle relays. The 200-yard
relay quartet of Aegerter, junior Max Hollfelder, Zillner
and Draves dropped nearly
two seconds from their sectional seed time, and the final
result of 1:28.74 garnered
them eighth place in the meet.
The highest relay finish for
the Cardinals came in the last
event of the meet the 400yard free relay as the foursome of Aegerter, Hollfelder,
Delaney and Draves finished
in 3:12.61, good enough for
fifth place. That landed the
Cardinals quartet on the podium, where the top six finishers in each event are recognized at the state meet.
Niesen said he was particularly happy to see Delaney
break 48 seconds in his 100yard freestyle split in the relay
and register a time of 47.96.
We finished very strong,
Niesen said.
Delaney said the meet
should provide a solid boost
to next year, when he returns
for his final season of compe-
tition for the Cardinals.

As a team, we all did really well, Delaney said. To
swim a 47 in the relay I
was really happy with how I
did.
DIVISION 1
Team scores 1, Madison
Memorial 314; 2, Madison West
202; 3, Brookfield Central/East
174; 4, Eau Claire Memorial/North
146; 5, Franklin 132; 6, Waukesha
South/Catholic Memorial 125; 7,
Middleton
123;
8,
Greenfield/Greendal/Pius 115; 9,
Sun Prairie 102; 10, Arrowhead 85;
11, Verona/Mount Horeb 83; 12,
Sauk Prairie/Lodi/Wis. Heights 76;
13, Appleton North/Appleton East
75; 14, Hudson 61; 15, Neenah 57;
16, Stevens Point 46; 17 (tie),
Oregon/Belleville and Wauwatosa
West/East 45; 19, Waunakee 43;
20, Muskego 42; 21, Kenosha
Bradford/Reuther
37;
22,
Holmen/Aquinas/Onalaska 34; 23
(tie), Milw. Marquette and West
Bend East/West 33; 25, Kenosha
Tremper 26; 26, Lake Geneva
Badger/Big Foot/Westosha/West
Bend/Wilmot 17; 27, Racine
Horlick 14; 28, Waukesha
North/Kettle Moraine/Pewaukee
10; 29 (tie), Janesville Parker, West
Allis Central/Hale and Bay Port 7;
32, Sheboygan North 4; 33,
Homestead and Wis. Rapids 2; 35,
Kenosha Indian Trail 1.
place match, Rogers defeated

David Hayes of Sparta, 11-5.
It's great to reach state
again, Rogers said. I've made
huge (strides) in wrestling
since last year, so I knew I had
what it takes to make it. I just
had to wrestle my hardest.
Overall my side of the
bracket gives me a lot of promise. I just have to come to wrestle.
Middleton had six other
wrestlers at sectionals that fell
short of state.
Joseph Hoffman (113),
Colton Best (120), Max
Mayhew
(152),
Caleb
Cymbalak (160), Gavin Adler
(195) and Matt Davey (220) all
lost their first match, which
ended their seasons.
They all had to wrestle
their best, Weiler said. Some
wrestled really good matches,
but not their best. Thats what
News Publishing Co. photo by Jeff Seering
Middleton junior Chris Rogers is headed to the state tournament for a second straight year.
the bright lights can do. You

stop and stare a little bit. Some
of our guys are freshmen and a
little immature. That will
change. It was a great experience for all of them.
WIAA Division 1 Waunakee

Sectional
113 - Joseph Hoffman (29-16)
place is unknown and scored 0.00
team points.
Championship Bracket - Todd
Werner (Lax Central) 27-13 won by
decision over Joseph Hoffman
(Middleton) 29-16 (Dec 2-0)
120 - Colton Best (17-14) place is

unknown and scored 0.00 team
points.
Championship Bracket - Tanner
Schultz (Holmen) 41-7 won by fall over
Colton Best (Middleton) 17-14 (Fall
2:29)
126 - Kevin Meicher (39-3) placed
1st and scored 21.00 team points.
Championship Bracket - Kevin Meicher
(Middleton) 39-3 won by fall over
Bobby Bemis (Tomah) 29-15 (Fall 1:54)
Championship Bracket - Kevin
Meicher (Middleton) 39-3 won by major
decision over Jacob Obert (Lax Central)
32-10 (MD 10-2)
1st Place Match - Kevin Meicher
(Middleton) 39-3 won by decision over
Christian Lamon (Sparta) 23-10 (Dec 65)
132 - Chris Rogers (34-7) placed
2nd and scored 17.00 team points.
Championship Bracket - Chris
Rogers (Middleton) 34-7 won by fall
over Zach Gordon (Holmen) 22-16 (Fall
2:34)
Championship Bracket - Jaden
Van Maanen (Lax Central) 42-1 won by
major decision over Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 34-7 (MD 14-2)
3rd Place Match - Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 34-7 won by fall over
Logan Lewerenz (Reedsburg) 30-17
(Fall 0:39)
2nd Place Match - Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 34-7 won by decision over
David Hayes (Sparta) 26-19 (Dec 11-5)
152 - Max Mayhew (26-11) place is
points.
Championship Bracket - Hunter
Kluender (Baraboo) 16-23 won by decision over Max Mayhew (Middleton) 2611 (Dec 11-6)
160 - Caleb Cymbalak (26-13)

place is unknown and scored 0.00
team points.
Championship Bracket - Zachary
Raymond (Baraboo) 42-7 won by major
decision over Caleb Cymbalak
(Middleton) 26-13 (MD 13-3)
195 - Gavin Adler (22-9) place is

points.
Championship Bracket - Austin
Zwiefel (Sparta) 22-20 won by major
decision over Gavin Adler (Middleton)
22-9 (MD 15-5)
220 - Matt Davey (19-19) place is

points.
Championship Bracket - Konrad
Ernst (Onalaska) 35-1 won by fall over
Matt Davey (Middleton) 19-19 (Fall
1:15)
Staying
alive
Photo courtesy of Carol Chen
The Madison Metro

Lynx girls co-op hockey
team
defeated
Stoughton, 8-1, in a
WIAA regional final last
Friday. Middleton sophomores Carly Baltes
(left),
Mackensie
Bakken, and Hannah
Edington all scored goals
and Caroline Powers
had an assist. The Lynx
outshot the Icebergs, 6912.
The Lynx met the
Black River Falls co-op
in a sectional semifinal
Tuesday at Madison Ice
Arena. If the Lynx won
there, theyll advance to
the sectional finals
Saturday at Madison Ice
Arena at 8 p.m.
Baseball, softball
registration
Online registration for the

2016 summer baseball and
softball programs through the
Middleton Baseball/Softball
Commission is open. To register, go to www.mbscwi.com.
Good Hops
fundraiser
The Middleton Baseball

and Softball Commission will
hold its "Good Hops" beer and
wine tasting fundraiser on
March 12 from 5-9 p.m. at the
Holiday Inn West. Proceeds
will help build an indoor facility for youth teams to utilize
PORTS
during the inclement weather

times of the year.
Tickets can be purchased
online at https://mbscwi.sportngin.com/register/form/50267
4272 or purchasing them from
a MBSC member.
Cost is $45 per person.
Admission includes beer and
wine tasting from a variety of
breweries and wineries, hors
doeuvres, live music, a silent
auction and a 50/50 raffle. A
cash bar will also be available.
More information can be
found
at
www.mbscwi.com/goodhops.
Baseball clinic
The Middleton baseball
RIEFS
team will hold its 24th annual

spring break clinic March 2122 from 9-11 a.m. at the high
school field house. Cost is
$50.
The camp is for kids in
grades 2-8. Instruction will be
given by the Cardinals coaches and players.
Each camper will get a Tshirt and a baseball lunch on
the second day of the clinic.
Registration forms are available at local school physical
education teachers and at
www.mbscwi.com.
Bowling scores
Middleton Ladies League

Feb. 16
Cindy Hall 545; Lyn
Passini 494; Verelene Morris

459
Feb. 2
Lyn Passini 551; Theresa
Meisel 526; Cindy Hall 521;
Nancy Hellenbrand476; Janet
Meinholz 465.
Jan. 26
Mary Moody 565; Lyn
Passini544; Patti Larson530;
Donna Cushman 515; Krista
Miller498.
Jan. 12
Mary Moody 561; Frayne
Born
559;
Janet
Meinholz485; Sara Gudel 470
n GIRLS BB
its sectional, opens postseason play Friday when it hosts

15th-seeded Madison West at 7
p.m. If the Cardinals win there,
theyll host either seventhseeded Janesville Parker or
10th seeded Madison East in a
regional final Saturday at 7
p.m.
Middleton (19-3 overall)
heads to the postseason having
won 12 of its last 13 games,
including its two games last
week.
In the Cardinals win over
Beloit Memorial, junior forward Alexis Thomas poured in
20 points. Freshman post
Hannah Flottmeyer added nine
points, while junior guard Bria
Lemirande scored eight and
junior wing Carlee Lemirande
and sophomore forward Halle
White both added seven.
Although Middleton more
than doubled the Purple
Knights, it shot just 5-of-28
from three-point land and committed 20 turnovers. The
Cardinals also got to the free
throw line 39 times, but made
just 23 (59.0%).
The Beloit game was
Senior Night and not a great
challenge for the team, Kind
said. Even though the offense
was not particularly sharp, we
showed some signs of progress
in our defensive effort and the
execution of our zone offense.
And Beloit showed improvement, which is a good sign for
the conference and an indication that their new coaching
staff is making some inroads
with the program.
Middleton then played one
of its better games of the season and rolled past Craig
Saturday afternoon.
White, who returned just
two weeks ago from a seasonlong shoulder injury, was sensational with a career-high 22
points. Sophomore wing Claire
Staples had 15 points, Bria
Lemirande added 13 points and
Thomas had 11.
Craig senior guard Delaney
Schoenenberger had a gamehigh 30 points and Annie
Schumacher added 20. But the
Cardinals slowed down the rest
of the Cougars.
The Craig game was a big
game for us and we played one
of our better all-around games
in recent weeks, Kind said.
We showed more focus, and
despite big games from
Schoenenberger
and
Schumacher, we were able to
be in control for the majority of
the game.
It was the most effective
use of our posts against the
zone to date. Halle White and
(freshman
post)
Hannah
PAGE 15
Flottmeyer did a good job of

making themselves available
inside and being productive
once they got the ball. Craig
seemed focused on stopping
our perimeter shooting, which
allowed the inside looks and
penetration dribbles.
White had 13 of her 22
points in the first half as
Middleton grabbed a 45-38
lead at the break.
The Cardinals shot a blistering 17-of-28 from the floor in
the first half (60.7%), while
Craig shot 14-of-25 (56.0%).
Middleton dominated the
boards in the second half and
got several second chance
points. The Cardinals built a
65-52 lead midway through the
second half and held a doubledigit advantage down the
stretch.
Craig was forced to abandon
its zone defense and Middleton
carved up the Cougars man-toman defense.
It was nice to do that after
a steady diet of zone defenses
for the past couple months,
Kind said. I think it's a sign of
the progress we've made
attacking the zone.
Now comes the second season one the Cardinals cant
wait for.
There's no doubt that we
can make another run at state
this year, Thomas said. It's
been our goal since the beginning of the season and we're
not going to let that dream of
ours not come true!
Feb. 20
Middleton 87, Janesville Craig 74
Janesville Craig ............... 38 36 74
Middleton ......................... 45 42 87
JANESVILLE
CRAIG
Brittingham 6 0-0 12, Carlson 2 2-5 6,

Carlson 1 0-0 2, Foster 2 0-1 4,
Schoenenberger
7
10-12
30,
Schumacher 7 2-2 20. Totals 26 14-20
74.
MIDDLETON Flottmeyer 2 1-2
5, Lemirande 2 5-5 9, Lemirande 5 2-2
13, Lemirande 3 1-2 9, Staples 5 2-2 15,
Thomas 5 1-1 11, Webber 1 1-2 3, White
9 4-5 22. Totals 32 17-21 87.
3-point goals MID 6 (Lemirande
1, Lemirande 2, Staples 3), JC 8
(Schoenenberger 3, Schumacher 4).
Total fouls MID 20, JC 17.
Feb. 18
Middleton 76, Beloit Memorial 37
Beloit Memorial ............... 15 22 37
Middleton ......................... 39 37 76
BELOIT MEMORIAL Connor
3 4-4 10, Godwin-Dorsey 5 5-7 16,
Griffin 0-0 , Marshall 1 0-0 2, Roegner
2 0-3 4, Williams 1 3-3 5. Totals 12 1217 37.
MIDDLETON Anderson 2-4 2,
Ballweg 1 0-0 2, Flottmeyer 3 3-4 9,
Hibner 1 0-0 3, Lemirande 4 0-1 8,
Lemirande 3 0-0 7, Lemirande 1 2-4 4,
McDonald 1 0-0 2, Schafer 2-3 2, Shea
3-4 3, Staples 1 5-9 7, Thomas 8 1-3 20,
White 1 5-6 7. Totals 24 23-39 76.
3-point goals MID 5 (Hibner 1,
Lemirande 1, Thomas 3), BM 1
(Godwin-Dorsey 1). Total foulsMID
14, BM 27.
PAGE 16
PAGE 17
PAGE 18
CHILD CARE
FOR SALE
SERVICES
SERVICES
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
RENTALS
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
ADVERTISE! 767-3655
PAGE 19
PAGE 20

MTT08 Dummy MG DUMMYcombined

Загружено:

Сведения о документе

Авторское право

Доступные форматы

Поделиться этим документом

Поделиться или встроить документ

Параметры публикации

Этот документ был вам полезен?

Это неприемлемый материал?

Авторское право:

Доступные форматы

MTT08 Dummy MG DUMMYcombined

Загружено:

Авторское право:

Доступные форматы

VOL. 124, NO.

SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

Michael Leiferman of Strategic Structural Design LLC

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Every Sunday morning, a

See LIBRARY, page 5

Gathering with Kiwanis for fun and food

Photo by Jeff Martin

Scenes from Middleton Kiwanis Clubs annual Pancake Breakfast...

Wilma and Dwayne Rohweder are about to partake of the great

Four-year old Aidan Fuszard prepares to butter her own

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Photos by Jeff Martin

Jeff Lerdahl (on the right) enjoys a pancake breakfast with

Board and ski teams have best ever state runs

The MHS boys snowboard

ence, winning those championships, and what we did at

had three top-five State finishes

petition at State was an entirely

MHS ski team, which previously came in 8th overall. They

Lindsey Vonn, Tommy

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016

on his birthday and remember

Plan commission approves golf

pects on a very large portion of

how the proposal came about.

development and part of that

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Amber Indian Cuisine open for business

Photo by Lisa DuChateau

New home for KJWW Engineering

Photo by Lisa DuChateau

Booster club party a rocking success

Hundreds of Middleton High School (MHS) parents converged on KEVA Sports

Focus on Women and Retirement

Laurie will examine how previous generations of women

ning, long-term investment

UW grants will fund blood studies

The plan commission also set

are ongoing. Leiferman told the

state, the one clear message we

Parmenter. A developer financed TIF request for

A message from the new Middleton

As the new President of

willalso be on March 8. Market West Apartments LLC has

the roof that had notches carved

80 apartment units. A TIF request for $7.8 million is was

the leaking areas are in the rubber membrane portion of the

Two local athletes will represent Blackhawk Ski Club at the

They have watched their older

continued from page 1

Whats Ahead For 2016

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016

today, the Middleton gurudwara

How YOU Can Be

Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

We love every religion,

God, Balwinder says. They

are open to the idea that many

history as you welcome visitors

ideas! Please visit our website

Lastly, another opportunity

continued from page 5

Contact the Middleton Area