January 2013

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Middleton's Ott picks Northern Illinois

Derek Ott has been through it all at Middleton High School.

Two WIAA Division 1 boys state soccer tournaments. Countless games against top flight competition and high-end players.

It all has Ott ready for college soccer — something he’ll experience at Northern Illinois.

Ott, one of the finest players in Middleton history, committed to NIU last week.

“Many experiences at MHS will prepare me for NIU,” Ott said. “Playing at MHS has allowed me to experience what it feels like to play with a lot of pressure and how to succeed and deal with the pressure.

“I got to play very good teams and players, which will prepare me for the college game. All the great teammates that I’ve had also have taught me a lot of things.”

Ott, a senior midfielder, was a two-time all-state performer for the Cardinals.

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Kinne Opts Not To Seek Re-election, Share To Run For Seat

A new person will join the Middleton Common Council this year.

The filing deadline revealed that District 1 alderman Paul Kinne will not seek a third two-year term. Miriam Share, 7781 Elmwood Ave., filed to run for Kinne’s seat.

Assuming no successful write-in candidate emerges, Share will sit across the table from District 4 alderman Jim Wexler, the man against whom she launched an unsuccessful campaign in 2010.

Incumbents JoAnna Richard (District 3, 1720 Mayflower Dr.), Howard Teal (District 5, 7134 Companion Ln.), and Hans Hilbert (District 7, 3209 Cedar Trail) will all be unopposed on the ballot.

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St. Bernard Voting Location Different for Primary

 

There will be a slight change for voters at St. Bernard’s Church during the February 19 Primary.

“We will not be in the Parish Center as we usually are,” said city clerk Lorie Burns. The Parish Center, which is the usual location for voting, is already scheduled to host a private event. “We will still be at St. Bernard’s in the lower level of the Education Center, [on the] far east side of building.”

 Burns said there will be two entrances to the polling place. The first entrance will be directly inside the main doors off of the east entrance to the building. The other entrance will be off the north side of the building (stairs only).

“We will have plenty of signage guiding voters to the two entrances of the building,” said Burns.

The Primary for Justice of the Supreme Court. The candidates are Vince Megna, of Menomonee Falls; Ed Fallone, of Whitefish Bay; and Pat Roggensack, of Madison.

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Technical Issues Could Delay Town Pickup

 

Due to mechanical difficulties, the pickup of recycle materials will be delayed for today’s route in the Town of Middleton.

The regular trash truck is running on schedule, according to town administrator David Shaw.   If they are not able to complete their route today or tonight, they will be pick up the remaining materials tomorrow. 

For additional information, call Advanced Disposal (formally Veolia) at 251-7878 or the Town Hall at 833-5887.

 

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Hockey Cards are rolling

 

A Big Eight Conference championship might be a longshot.

But the way Middleton’s hockey team is playing right now, everything else remains a distinct possibility.

The Cardinals put on a clinic last week, drilling Sun Prairie, 7-1, last Tuesday and following that with an 8-0 rout of Madison Memorial on Friday.

Middleton has now won four straight games and improved to 10-3 overall. The Cardinals are in second place in the conference at 7-2, but remain two games behind league-leading Verona (7-0) in the loss column.

“Great to see us play with some moxie in the offensive zone,” Middleton co-coach Steve Liberty said. “The forwards really were in attack mode on the forecheck and in front of the net. A physical presence in front of the net is necessary for us to have success.”

Success in Sun Prairie is never easy. Sun Prairie is always one of the area’s top home teams, and early on, it appeared this would be much of the same.

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Middleton boys top Beloit, Craig

It would have been easy for a letdown.

Less than 48 hours after Middleton’s boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Madison Memorial, the Cardinals welcomed Beloit Memorial to town last Saturday afternoon.

“The Beloit coach (Jay Bryant) told me after the game he thought we were flat during warm-ups and he thought they could get us,” Middleton coach Kevin Bavery said. “He knew it would be easy to be a little emotionally drained after our Madison Memorial game.”

Turns out the Cardinals were just fine.

Junior guard Derek Rongstad scored 22 points and junior guard Luke Schafer added 10 as Middleton bested Beloit, 63-52. Purple Knights junior forward Andre Neal also scored 22 points.

The Cardinals improved to 7-7 overall and 6-5 in the Big Eight Conference. Beloit Memorial fell to 4-10, 3-7.

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La Follette tops MHS girls

There’s a general belief that two months into a basketball season, you simply are who you are.

Middleton’s girls basketball coach Jeff Kind disagrees.

“I don’t think that’s always true,” Kind said. “There’s still time to get things fixed.”

Kind and his Cardinals certainly hope so.

Middleton had another frustrating outing last Friday, falling to visiting Madison La Follette, 51-46.

The Cardinals dropped to 6-5 overall, 4-3 in the Big Eight Conference and now sit three games behind league-leading Janesville Parker (10-1, 8-0) in the loss column. Middleton slipped to fifth place overall in the conference, and its run of six straight league titles is almost certainly over.

“We can’t worry about that right now,” Kind said. “We just have to worry about getting better and make sure we’re playing our best basketball at the end of the year.”

Two consistent problems reared their ugly head against the Lancers (8-3, 7-1).

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Depth powers Middleton gymnasts

 

Middleton’s girls gymnastics team didn’t field a full team at last Saturday’s Madison East Invitational.

But the Cardinals still had enough talent and depth to place second overall.

Verona/Madison Edgewood won the event with a 132.55 team score and Middleton was second at 131.675.

Cardinals standout Aryn Skibba only competed on the bars, yet Middleton was nearly able to win the title.

“I think it really speaks to the depth on our team when we can come in second out of eight teams in our conference and sectional without our highest individual scorer on three events,” Middleton coach Kari Steck said. “I'm not sure many teams in the area could do that. It shows how hard each one of the girls on the team works on a daily basis, and how strong of a team we are.”

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MHS swimmers second at own invite

Middleton’s boys swimming and diving team took second place at the 11-team Middleton Invitational last Saturday.

Madison Memorial won the title with 448 points, while Middleton was second at 384. Verona/Mount Horeb (362), Madison West (356) and McFarland (316) rounded out the top five.
“A lot of great swims for all the guys, a lot of great times from our relays overall,” Middleton coach Luke Lengfeld said. “Our depth really helped us with our second place victory.” 

Middleton’s quartet of Zack Parkin, Jack McGovern, Nick Lund and Jackson Uselman won the 800 yard freestyle. The Cardinals’ foursome of Lars Haskins, McGovern, Lex Peterson and Uselman was also first in the 500 yard free relay.

Middleton’s quartet of Cooper Green, Matthew Kim, Jacob Aegerter and Haskins was third in the 200 yard medley. The Cardinals’ foursome of Aegerter, Peterson, James Mai and Nick Lund was also third in the 300 yard fly.

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