Hartford Union High School 74

Oshkosh North 34

Beaver Dam 62

Slinger 41

Port Washington 49

Kewaskum 38

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 87

Brown Deer 20

Arrowhead 87

Sun Prairie West 36

Germantown 76

Hamilton 60

Menomonee Falls 70

Rufus King 33

Lake Country Lutheran 78

Milwaukee Languages 39

Lakeside 61

Lake Mills 17

Howards Grove 55

Dodgeland 22

Oconomowoc 81

Janesville Craig 67

Grafton 81

Watertown 26

Watertown Luther Prep 41

University School of Milwaukee 17

LaFollette 81

Kettle Moraine 75

Lomira 54

Winnebago Lutheran 37

Pewaukee 72

Fond du Lac 31

Oostburg 90

Mayville 38

Nicolet 77

Hartford Union High School 63

Slinger 86

West Bend East 41

*Owls win outright North Shore Conference championship

Sheboygan South 77

Kewaskum 54

Martin Luther 75

Lake Country Lutheran 70

Lake Mills 84

Lodi 81

Beaver Dam 58

Watertown 48

New Berlin Eisenhower 82

Pewaukee 80

Wauwatosa West 89

Hamilton 75

Germantown 78

Wauwatosa East 77

Brookfield Central 64

Menomonee Falls 48

St. Mary's Springs 55

Campbellsport 47

Oak Creek 67

Kettle Moraine 60

Luther Prep 59

Living Word 48 48

St. Ambrose 59

Horicon 42

Lomira 83

Mayville 59 

The individual high school state wrestling tournament begins today at the Kohl Center, in Madison.

There will be champions crowned in 14 weight classes in three divisions for boys and 12 weight classes in one division for girls. Wrestlers who finished first or second in each weight class at last weekend’s boys’ seven sectionals in each division, as well as the eight girl’s sectionals qualified for the State Tournament. There are 196 qualifiers for the championships in each boys’ division for a total of 588. The girls have 192 qualifiers. There are 222 programs represented at this year’s individual championships for the boys. There are 124 programs represented in the girls tournament. 

Hartford Union High School’s Ruby Neitzel will represent the Orioles at state. 

"I'm excited to go to state. I at least want to win one match this time. Last year I went, and unfortunately I didn't win at all. I'm more confident this year."   

Ruby Neitzel earned a sectional championship and she's one of three wrestlers from the Hartford girls wrestling team that qualified for state.

Hartford’s Jacob Kidder, also a sectional champ, qualified for the state tournament and told WTKM Sports that everyone on the team has been working hard.

"I'm definitely looking to place this year. Last year I had a rough run as a four seed. We have been working hard all season. It's super competitive in practice. Going to state, there is nothing like it. It's electric."

The Orioles boys wrestling team sends five wrestlers to state this year.

Kewaskum High School boys wrestling team experienced close, tough matches that led to a 1-point loss to Port Washington, 33-32. Kewaskum wrestlers continued with a 58-20 win over Campbellsport, and a 40-32 loss to Pewaukee.

Five wrestlers from Kewaskum High School qualified for the individual state tournament. It includes Carter Heimerman (126), Ethan Immel (144), Brayden Loehr (150), Bryston Scoles (157) and Eli Ogi (190).    

The Kewaskum boys wrestling team finished their team season with a 14-6 overall record.

The most decorated American athlete at the Winter Olympics, 21-year-old speed skater Jordan Stolz, of Kewaskum, exited the Games with a 4th-place finish in the mass start event on February 21, narrowly missing bronze. He is the only U.S. athlete to win two individual gold medals at these Olympics, and the only one to win three total medals, making him statistically the most successful American athlete who competed in Italy, according to NBC Sports. 

Stolz won his first-ever Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, February 11. The Wisconsin native dominated the men’s 1000m speed skating event, setting an Olympic record with a time of 1:06.28, according to NBC Sports. Stolz entered the event as the world record holder (1:05.37) and a two-time world champion in the distance.

He earned his second Olympic speedskating gold medal on Saturday, February 14 becoming the first American since 1980 to win two gold medals in the sport. NBC Sports reported that Stolz finished first in the 500-meter event, with a time of 33:79, which is an Olympic record.

The Allenton American Legion Blue Hawks fast pitch team has openings for players. They encourage young ladies that have graduated from 8th grade, to graduating this year as a senior to consider joining the team. They will be playing home games in Allenton on Thursday evenings.

Their mission is to foster teamwork, discipline and self-confidence in young female athletes, while providing them with a positive environment to grow both on and off the field. Organizers are thrilled to bring this new opportunity to the girls in Washington, Fond du Lac, Dodge and Waukesha Counties.

If you are interested in joining, contact Coach Jim Koerber at 262-225-8981.

The Hartford Fishing Club traveled to the Wisconsin River, near Stevens Point and Wausau to compete in the Ice Fishing State Championship.

The Orioles earned 13th place out of 85 teams.

They caught 36 out of 40 fish in the mixed bag total.

The 83rd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Individual Wrestling Tournament and the fifth Girls Individual Wrestling Tournament will be held in conjunction Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, at the Kohl Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. 

All weight classes will be wrestled in consecutive order through the classes on a “next available mat” basis within the mat assignments. 

Thursday, Feb. 26

Session 1: 
Div. 1 Boys &?Girls Preliminaries - 2 p.m. 
Div. 1 Boys & Girls Quarterfinals - approximately 4:30 p.m. 
Div. 2 & 3 Boys Preliminaries - approximately 6 p.m. 
Div. 2 & 3 Boys Quarterfinals - approximately 8 p.m. 

Friday, Feb. 27

Session 2: 
Girls Consolation Prelims - 10 a.m. 
Girls Consolation Quarterfinals - approximately 11 a.m. 
Div. 2 & 3 Boys Consolation Prelims - approximately 1 p.m. 
Div. 2 & 3 Boys Consolation Quarterfinals - approximately 2 p.m. 

Session 3: 
Div. 1 Boys Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 1 & 2 
Div. 2 Boys Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 5 & 6 
Div. 3 Boys Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 7 & 8 
Girls Semifinals at 7 p.m. on mats 3 & 4 

Saturday, Feb. 28

Session 4: 
Boys Div. 1, 2, 3 &?Girls Consolation Semifinals - 10 a.m. 
Div. 1, 2, 3 &?Girls Fifth-place Matches*
Div. 1, 2, 3 & Girls Third-place Matches*
* Third-place and fifth-place matches will run concurrently by weight class after all consolation matches are completed.

Session 5: 
Boys Division 1 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 1 
Girls Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 2
Boys Division 2 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 3 
Boys Division 3 Championships at 5:30 p.m. on mat 4 

Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m.

Division I

#13 Fond du Lac @ #4 Hartford Union High School

#12 Green Bay Preble @ #5 Germantown

#9 Homestead @ #8 Menomonee Falls

#11 Pewaukee @ #6 Sheboygan North

Division 2

#2 Slinger plays the winner of #10 West Bend East vs #7 Kewaskum

#3 Nicolet plays the winner of #11 Grafton vs #6 West Bend West

Division 3

#3 Kettle Moraine Lutheran plays the winner of Brown Deer vs Milwaukee Madison

Division 4

#2 Horicon plays the winner of #7 Dodgeland vs Waterloo

The Hartford Union High School cheer team performed at the WACPC Varsity Cheer State Championship Series. The finals were held at the Resch Expo Center, in Green Bay on February 20 and February 21.  

The stunt group is new, and the Orioles earned fourth place out of the eight teams that advanced to state. 

The cheer dance team finished fifth in the state in the last year of this division.

The non-tumble team earned third place out of the nine advancing teams. 

Results from a post by Nicole Hust.

Slinger 85

Grafton 37

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 74

West Bend West 56

West Bend East 61

Destiny 57

Germantown 74

Whitnall 64

Wauwatosa West 83

Menomonee Falls 65

Oakfield 71

Hustisford 37

Lake Mills 78

Waupun 57

Lakeside 51

Columbus 48

Milton 62

Watertown 61

Beaver Dam 69

Baraboo 35

Lomira 75

Campbellsport 45

Horicon 72

Valley Christian 59

Wisconsin Heights 66

Waterloo 64

Wauwatosa East 86

Hamilton 70

Muskego 71

Oconomowoc 63

East Troy 85

Jefferson 47 

Girls Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 87

Nicolet 52

Orioles win North Shore Conference title, with Whitefish Bay.

Wayland 54

Dodgeland 48  OT

Waupun 57

Lake Mills 24

Milton 66

Watertown 22

Lomira 59

St. Mary's Springs 52

Boys Basketball:

Pewaukee 88

Waukesha South 54 

American speed skater Jordan Stolz, of Kewaskum, won the silver medal in the 1500m race on Thursday, February 19 in the Milan Olympics.

Stolz skated in the day's last heat, and adds a silver to the two other gold medals he won in the 1000m and 500m, according to NBC Sports.

The 21-year-old will race on Saturday, February 21.

It’s a busy time of the year with winter sports. Hartford Union High School Superintendent Dr. Stacy Gahan and Athletics and Activities Director Scott Helms joined WTKM for an update on Wednesday, February 18.

Helms shared some good news regarding their ski and snowboarding team, and the Orioles' cheer team.  

"Ski and snowboarding, they came back as state champs last weekend for the third year in a row. Last weekend, we also hosted the state prelims for cheer at Hartford. We had close to ninety teams come through from around the state. It was a busy day. Our cheer team qualified and will head up to state in Green Bay."

Over 1,300 students cheered during the competition. 

Hartford Union High School’s girls basketball team play Thursday night, February 19 at Nicolet, for their final conference game of the season. If they win, the Orioles will earn at least a share of the North Shore Conference Championship for the third year in a row.

More good news for the girls wrestling team, according to Helms.

"We saw conference championships from the girls wrestling program. They won it as a team, as well as seven individual champs."                                              

There was a different tournament structure for boys wrestling. It was a super sectional, Hartford took third – behind Oconomowoc and Arrowhead. Five Hartford wrestlers are heading to the state boys individual wrestling tournament in Madison, including Gavin Wolters, Parker Neu, Jacob Kidder, Jacob Pekrul, and Ayden Grulke.  

Hartford’s gymnastics team has their conference tournament upcoming.

The WIAA Boys High School State Swimming and Diving championships is Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21. The Orioles’ Fin Nelson qualified in two events.

Boys Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 74

Homestead 72

West Bend West 74

West Bend East 55

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 67

Sheboygan South 64

Dodgeland 84

Valley Christian 75

Oakfield 70

Horicon 63

Lake Mills 66

Columbus 46

Baraboo 63

Watertown 56

Lourdes 81

Hustisford 32

Pewaukee 91

Waukesha North 71

Mayville 56

Campbellsport 51

Girls Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 69

Homestead 27

Grafton 83

Slinger 57

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 70

Whitefish Bay 67

Kewaskum 60

Campbellsport 39

Wauwatosa East 76

Menomonee Falls 27

Hartford varsity boys wrestlers earned the #1 seed for the team state sectional on Saturday, February 21 at Slinger High School.

The Orioles have five sectional champions qualifying for the state tournament, including Gavin Wolters (126), Parker Neu (157), Jacob Kidder (175), Jacob Pekrul (215), and Ayden Grulke (285). 

The postseason for WIAA boys high school wrestling started on Saturday, February 14 with individual sectionals. 

The Slinger team sectional includes 16 teams, including Hartford Union High School, Slinger, Watertown, West Bend East-West, Oconomowoc, Germantown, Arrowhead and Beaver Dam.

Photo by Hartford Union High School.

Minnesota women's basketball team (20-6, 11-4 Big Ten) defeated the Wisconsin Badgers (13-13, 5-10 Big Ten) 83-60 on the road on Sunday, February 15.

Minnesota out-rebounded Wisconsin 29-26 in Sunday's game, paced by six boards from Hart. The Gophers also grabbed 10 offensive rebounds and scored 17 second chance points, according to gopherssports.com.

The Minnesota defense was effective at taking away the basketball in Sunday's game, forcing 21 Wisconsin turnovers while committing 12. Those takeaways turned into 26 points on the other end of the floor. 

Gophers' freshman guard Makena Christian is off to a great start in her college career, after finishing as Hartford Union High School's all time leading rebounder and was recognized as the No. 1 guard from the state of Wisconsin in the Prep Girls Hoops rankings coming out of high school. She played over 14 minutes in this rivalry game, scored five points and had one steal.

Christian has a total of 12 steals this season and is a 72 percent free throw shooter for Minnesota, while averaging four points per game.      

Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m.

Division I

#14 Oshkosh North @ #3 Hartford Union High School

#9 Germantown @ #8 Hamilton

#13 Menomonee Falls @ #4 Milwaukee King

#9 Janesville Craig @ #8 Oconomowoc

Division II

#5 Kewaskum @ #4 Port Washington

#6 Slinger @ #3 Beaver Dam 

American speed skater Jordan Stolz, of Kewaskum, captured his second Olympic speedskating gold medal on Saturday, February 14 becoming the first American since 1980 to win two gold medals in the sport.

NBC Sports is reporting that Stolz finished first in the 500-meter event, with a time of 33:79, which is an Olympic record.

His first gold medal in the Milan Olympics was in the 1,000-meter event.

Boys Basketball:

Whitefish Bay 88

Hartford Union High School 70

West Bend West 79

Grafton 60

Girls Basketball:

University School of Milwaukee 62

West Bend West 38

Sheboygan South 52

West Bend East 34

Port Washington 47

Kewaskum 38

Arrowhead 89

Oconomowoc 63

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 56

Plymouth 18

Pewaukee 60

Wisconsin Lutheran 34

N. Fond du Lac 58

Mayville 44

Waukesha West 48

Kettle Moraine 41

Germantown 76

Menomonee Falls 51

Beaver Dam 59

Monona Grove 45

Baraboo 61

Watertown 57

Girls Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 75

Whitefish Bay 69

Menomonee Falls 56

Brookfield Central 52

Boys Basketball:

Nicolet 63

Slinger 60

Lake Mills 82

Poynette 49

Lake Country Lutheran 60

Luther Prep 49

Lakeside Lutheran 60

Lodi 54

Beaver Dam 62

DeForest 49

Hartford Union High School gymnastics team earned an impressive win over Oconomowoc, posting a season-high score of 142.675 on Wednesday, February 11.

The Orioles' JV gymnastics team set another new school record with a mark of 126.65.

21-year-old speed skater Jordan Stolz, of Kewaskum, won his first-ever Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, February 11.

The Wisconsin native dominated the men’s 1000m speed skating event, setting an Olympic record with a time of 1:06.28, according to NBC Sports.

Stolz entered the event as the world record holder (1:05.37) and a two-time world champion in the distance.

Boys Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 68

Fond du Lac 62                          OT

Slinger 84

Homestead 60

Arrowhead 87

Oak Creek 66

Kettle Moraine 60

Oconomowoc 48

Wisconsin Lutheran 69

Pewaukee 53

Lake Country Lutheran 55

West Bend West 42

Waunakee 82

Watertown 71

Girls Basketball:

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 78

Kewaskum 48

Oostburg 69

Arrowhead 60

Divine Savior Holy Angels 67

Germantown 49

Waunakee 78

Beaver Dam 55

Lomira 57

North Fond du Lac 35

Brookfield Central 64

Lake Country Lutheran 60

Lakeside Lutheran 49

Lake Mills 43

There were many strong performances from Hartford Union High School from the North Shore Conference Wrestling Meet at Whitefish Bay on Friday, February 6.

The Orioles finished with six conference champs, including Johnny Guillen, Gavin Wolters, Parker Neu, Jacob Kidder, Jacob Pekrul and Ayden Grulke.

Congratulations to the HUHS Girls Wrestling Team on winning the North Shore Conference Meet. Conference champions include Samantha Munz (100), Nevaeh Briseno (107), Taylor Hahn (120), Tatum Boylen (152), Kendra Pekrul (165), Ruby Neitzel (185), Brooklynn Klebsch (235).

The Slinger High School Girls Wrestling Team earned a second-place team finish at their first-ever North Shore Conference Tournament.  

The final individual results:

1st Place

Tatiana Campos

Brianna Gehring

2nd Place

Leah Gehring

Tylie McKenzie

Leeliuna Deleon

3rd Place

Lili Hoskins

Adrianna Vermilyea

Peyton Trushinsky

Girls Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 87

Cedarburg 43

Oconomowoc 49

Oak Creek 38

Catholic Memorial 44

Muskego 43

Poynette 57

Mayville 45

Beaver Dam 77

Menomonee Falls 45

Boys Basketball:

Hartford Union High School 70

Cedarburg 51

Hustisford 63

Wayland 46

Horicon 72

Dodgeland 60

Monona Grove 64

Watertown 49

Oregon 58

Beaver Dam 39

Columbus 53

Lodi 52

Lomira 67

Winnebago Lutheran Academy 61 

Girls Basketball:

Kewaskum 58

West Bend East 38

Brookfield East 84

Germantown 56

Arrowhead 77

Waukesha West 40

Pewaukee 79

Pius Catholic 43

Madison West 35

Watertown 33

Lakeside Lutheran 48

Columbus 37

Boys Basketball:

Oak Creek 65

Oconomowoc 52

Germantown 74

Brookfield East 73 

The Hartford Union High School Fishing Club earned first place in the Big 6 Species Slam Tournament on Saturday, January 31.

The challenge for all of the fishermen was to land a mixed bag from six different species, counting one big fish per species.

For the Orioles, an impressive total of 107 inches.  

Leading the charge, according to Hartford Union High School:

 Porter Kaul – 26" Walleye

 Noah Boll – 13.5" Crappie

 Alex Fies – 32" Northern Pike

 Ian Russ – 18" Bass

 Alex Fies – 9" Bluegill

 Alex Theiler – 8.5" Perch

Girls Basketball:

Arrowhead 88

Oak Creek 50

Germantown 108

West Allis Hale 42

Whitefish Bay 62

Pewaukee 58

Divine Savior Holy Angels 41

Menomonee Falls 36

DeForest 65

Watertown 22

Beaver Dam 82

Baraboo 43

Oconomowoc 56

Sun Prairie East 43

Central Wisconsin Christian 64

Horicon 60

Boys Basketball:

Plymouth 66

West Bend West 61

Lake Country Lutheran 69

Catholic Memorial 43

Central Wisconsin Christian 74

Hustisford 42

Germantown 85

West Allis Hale 57

Oakfield 54

Dodgeland 39

Kettle Moraine 59

Watertown 43

Lomira 100

Xavier 94  double OT

As the winter sports season approached, flyers were posted around Slinger High School. In a way, it was a plea to come to the cafeteria on November 11 at 6:30 p.m. if you want to make history.

It was the beginning of the first-ever girls wrestling team. 

"I knew I had some work ahead of me if we were going to make this a team," admitted Owls Head Wrestling Coach Carlo Davila. "We started with two girls, so I came up to the lunch room and made some flyers. I visited every table during the lunch period, looking for girls who wanted to make history. It's the first time that they come out and have their own wrestling practice times, having their own team."

The original two girls certainly provide a solid foundation for a new team. They have shown dedication and passion for the sport. Sophomore Brianna Gehring has been wrestling since the sixth grade, and returns for her fifth season. She is the first female from Slinger High School to place at the WIAA High School State Wrestling Tournament. Gehring placed fifth last season. Tatiana Campos brings three years of experience and is also loaded with talent. Both were nominated to be the first captains of the Slinger High School girls wrestling team.  

"Having that opportunity to go out and start, essentially being those pioneers that in ten years other girls are going to look back at the first team and be inspired, said Davila, who likes the work ethic of the team and is excited about how they have come together, as one. "I'm trying to get these girls to understand that no matter what the challenge is, we are going to go out there and be us. We are going to celebrate the wins and the opportunity to learn."

There have certainly been many highlights this season, including the Owls first team tournament at West Allis on December 13. Gehring earned first place, Peyton Trushinsky finished fourth while Tatiana Campos wrestled to fifth place.  

The Slinger girls wrestling team travels to Whitefish Bay on Friday, February 6 for the North Shore Conference Wrestling Tournament.