October 2012

No. 1 ranked Newell-Fonda brought its vaunted ground game to West Bend last Friday night and showed why they’re ranked on top handing the WBM/GCB Wolverines a 56-20 loss. The Eight-Man District 2 matchup marked the end of the regular season schedule for both schools. N-F entered this week’s state playoffs unbeaten at 9-0 and sealed the district championship with their win over the Wolverines. WBM/GCB, meanwhile, slipped to 6-4 overall, 5-2 in district play. They received the No. 4 seed in the first round of the playoffs with their fourth-place finish in the district. The Mustangs rode the legs of running back Zak Sievers, who rushed 15 times for 213 yards and four touchdowns. Brady Bohe netted 97 yards on 12 carries and Jonathan Johnson had 69 yards on eight carries as N-F piled up 501 yards of offense, including 377 on the ground. “This game unfolded not like we expected it go. We could not get our running game going,” WBM/GCB head coach Pete Kapustynski said.

West Bend-Mallard/Gilmore City-Bradgate opened Class 1A regional tournament play last week (Oct. 16) at home with a three-set sweep over Algona Bishop Garrigan. The Wolverines won by scores of 25-14, 25-18 and 25-19. Heather Fehr made 10 kills at the net while Ashley Schmidt had nine and McKenzie Grimm eight. Emily Bormann made seven. Courtney Bargmann directed the offense and made 31 assists. Kayla Banwart had 11 digs. Grimm had five blocks at the net and also served 25 of 26 for six aces. Wolverine co-coach Kari Ehlers was cautiously optimistic entering the contest. “You can’t go off of Garrigan’s record this year because they play 2A, 3A and 4 A schools in their conference,” Ehlers said. “They really deserve more credit than a number of people give them. But we don’t take them lightly, either. Our girls were ready to play and they showed it tonight.” “I’m am so proud of how they played.