Girls Track Wins First-Ever Conference Title; WIAA Regional Today

The Lancer girls track and field team captured its first-ever conference title, taking the Big East Conference crown Monday over 12 other schools at Reedsville with 117.5 points, 13.5 points better than second-place Oostburg. The Lancers scored points in every single event except for one. (The top 8 in each event score points.)

Conference champions in their events were senior Brooklyn Luebke, who captured 1st places in the 800m (2:30.32), 1600m (5:27.04), and 3200m (12:20.48), senior MonRaye Ermis, who took 1st in the shot put (38' 2.5") and discus (102' 3"), and senior Emily Marohn with a 1st place in the triple jump (33' 10.5"). Marohn also captured 2nd place in the long jump (14' 11.5"), 5th place in the 100m hurdles (17.32) and 6th place in the 300m hurdles (53.27). Also receiving All-Conference honors with their 2nd place finishes were our girls 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams. The 4x200, consisting of junior Isabella Blauert, sophomore Peyton Luebke, and freshmen Bitsy Blauert and Maren Dewane finished in 1:54.93, while our 4x400 of sophomore Taylor Schuettpelz and freshmen Dewane, B. Blauert, and Addie Korte crossed the finish line in 4:31.60.

Lancers achieving 4th place finishes were Peyton Luebke in the 200m (28.71) and our 4x800 relay team (11:40.82) of senior Grace Zander, junior Lizzy Kolar, and freshmen Trisha Kiss and Bella Flores. 5th places were won by Schuettpelz in the 400m (1:09.79) and our 4x100m relay (54.42) (same athletes as our 4x200). Full results are on athletic.net.

In addition to their All-Conference honors and championships, two Lancer athletes received additional recognition. All thirteen schools' head coaches were unanimous in awarding Brooklyn Luebke honors as the Female Track Athlete of the Meet (her second year of winning this) and MonRaye Ermis as Female Field Athlete of the Meet.

Head Coach Abbey Bubolz noted, "(Winning conference) is no easy task to accomplish, and it took all the girls' contributions. I had projected them to get 113 points and they exceeded that with 117.5. The MLHS girls' track team has been incredibly successful over the last 50 years, even taking 2^nd at State a few times, but never winning a Conference championship. All the pieces have to fall into place on the right day. Monday was that day. If you were following along it was pretty close between Oostburg and our girls. Great job to the girls for their efforts!"

Our varsity track and field teams now start post-season competition, with our boys and girls traveling to Hilbert today (Monday) to compete in the WIAA Division 3 Regional 2D Track Meet against 11 other schools. Field events begin at 3:30pm; running events start at 4:15pm. Admission is $6. Ages 5 and under are free, and no passes are allowed. Live results should be available on pttiming.com.

The top 4 finishers in each event at Regionals then move on to our WIAA Div. 3 Sectional 2 at Rosholt, which is this Thursday. Once again field events start at 3:30pm; running events start at 4:15pm and admission is $7; ages 6 and under are free. Results will be posted after the meet on athletic.net and wiaawi.org. The top 4 in each event at Sectionals qualify for the WIAA State Track Meet at UW-La Crosse, and will compete there on June 3rd and 4th.

Please come to Hilbert and Rosholt this week to support and cheer your Lancer track and field teams!

Boys Track With Many Personal Bests at Conference Meet

Our Lancer boys track and field athletes are hitting the post-season in good form after hitting many personal and season bests at the Big East Conference Meet Monday in Reedsville.

The Lancers had one All-Conference athlete, with senior Sho Fukasawa taking 2nd place in the long jump with a 19" 7" leap. Other Lancers earning points at the meet were junior Caleb Uhlhorn with a 18' 9" long jump for 6th place, Fukasawa took 8th in the 100m (11.80), and three of our relays. Our 4x100m relay team (senior Chase Loeh, Fukasawa, Uhlhorn, and sophomore Kaeden Storzer) finished in 48.15 for 7th place, and our 4x800m relay took 7th as well with senior Shawn Egerer, junior Seth Ciha, sophomore Jon Thoma, and freshman Jacob Kanzenbach finishing in 9:40.03. Our 4x200m relay took 8th place in 1:41.28, consisting of sophomore Kaden Hagenow, as well as Loeh, Uhlhorn, and Storzer.

The Lancers boys team earned 17 points at the meet for 11th place. Oostburg was the conference champion team. Full results are on athletic.net.

Head Coach Abbey Bubolz commented, "I told the boys I thought they could beat more than just Mishicot and sure enough they were able to beat Mishicot and Random Lake. Many of the boys had season or lifetime bests. The relays were able to get some points from the first heat which is not always easy to do. Great conference meet all around!" 

Our varsity track and field teams now start post-season competition, with our boys and girls traveling to Hilbert today (Monday) to compete in the WIAA Division 3 Regional 2D Track Meet against 11 other schools. Field events begin at 3:30pm; running events start at 4:15pm. Admission is $6. Ages 5 and under are free, and no passes are allowed. Live results should be available on pttiming.com.

The top 4 finishers in each event at Regionals then move on to our WIAA Div. 3 Sectional 2 at Rosholt, which is this Thursday. Once again field events start at 3:30pm; running events start at 4:15pm and admission is $7; ages 6 and under are free. Results will be posted after the meet on athletic.net and wiaawi.org. The top 4 in each event at Sectionals qualify for the WIAA State Track Meet at UW-La Crosse, and will compete there on June 3rd and 4th.

Please come to Hilbert and Rosholt this week to support and cheer your Lancer track and field teams!

Baseball Finishes Regular Season; Plays Brillion Thursday in WIAA Regional Game

The Lancer boys baseball team went 1-1 in conference games last week against CGB and ELG, but lost in a non-conference matchup against Valders Tuesday, giving them a 6-7 (6-6 Big East) record as they head into the post-season.

Monday the Lancers had a 1-0 lead in the first inning at Cedar Grove before falling to the Rockets 3-1. Sophomore Noah Czarneski was the losing pitcher, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks in four innings of work while striking out 6. Senior Ethan Menges pitched the final two Lancer innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 1. Czarneski was 2 for 3 with the Lancers’ one RBI; senior Cameron Strutz was also 2 for 3, including a double, and senior August Hecker was 2 for 3 with 2 stolen bases.

Tuesday was Senior Night at Lancer Field, and Valders began the game red hot, taking a 9-0 lead by the end of the fourth inning. The Lancers’ 3 runs came in the fifth, and we only managed 2 hits in the game, by seniors Zack Koenig and Hecker, who also had 2 stolen bases. Defensively, Hecker also led in put-outs, with 5, while Koenig, senior Casey Stanzel, and sophomore Caden Stanzel each had 3. Sophomore Brayden Zirbel pitched the first three innings and took the loss in the game; Koenig pitched the next three innings, while senior Ryan Dewane pitched the final inning.

Thursday the Lancers traveled south and shut-out Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 19-0 in a five-inning contest. Hecker pitched the complete-game win, allowing only 3 hits and no walks while striking out 7 of the 18 batters he faced. Offensively, the Lancers had 15 hits in the game with Hecker going 3 for 5 with an RBI and 2 stolen bases, junior Sawyer Stuebs going 2 for 3 with a double, an RBI, and 2 stolen bases, and Strutz going 2 for 4 including a double and 3 RBIs. Also getting 3 RBIs were senior Zach LaFleur (2 for 4, 2 doubles) and Casey Stanzel (1 for 5, triple).

Our JV baseball team lost its final two games of the season, against Valders and Mishicot, and finish the season with a 5-5 record.

The Lancers received a #5 seed in the WIAA Division 3 bracket and travel to Brillion Thursday to take on the #4 seeded Lions (6-9, 5-8 EWC) at 4:30pm in the first round of the post-season. Coach Paul Durkee notes, “I would encourage fans to come to Brillion for the game on Thursday to cheer on the Lancers as we take on the 4 seed Brillion. It will be a team effort this week to get the victory!”

God’s blessings to our Lancer baseball student-athletes!