January 2025

It’s almost as if the vote was timed to coincide with Thursday’s four-inch snowfall: The Middleton Nordic Center will operate a facility adjacent to the Middleton Bike Park, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding given final approval Dec. 17 by the Middleton Common Council.

Back-to-back state championships in boys and girls swimming and boys soccer.

A state title in boys lacrosse.

Conference championships everywhere you turn.

And several individuals that earned trips to state tournaments.

All of those were achieved during another banner year for Middleton sports in 2024.

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1) Boys soccer repeats

Eight returning starters.

A sensational 16-person senior class.

And a state championship already in tow.

Résumés like these don't appear often.

So from the time Middleton’s boys soccer team assembled for its first practice on Aug. 19, there was one — and only one — thing the Cardinals believed would make their season a true success.

“Back to back,” dynamic senior midfielder Jimmy Murphy said. “That was really the only goal.”