The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) is pleased to announce that Ryan Anderson, Director of Athletics & Activities at Menomonee Falls High School, has been recognized by this association as a Certified Master Athletic Administrator.

To earn this distinction, Anderson has demonstrated exemplary knowledge, contributions and on-going professional development in the field of interscholastic athletic administration. The voluntary certification process included a thorough evaluation of the candidate’s educational background, experience, NIAAA Leadership Courses and professional contributions. It is culminated with a practical written project.

Anderson is one of a very elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism.

The NIAAA is a national professional organization consisting of all 50 state athletic administrator associations and more than 10,000 individual members. It is dedicated to promoting the professional growth of high school athletic administrators and preserving the educational nature of interscholastic athletics and the place of these programs in the secondary school curriculum.

Menomonee Falls Athletic Director Ryan Anderson (right) is pictured with Menomonee Falls Police Officer Jim Kirchberger in February during halftime of a basketball game in which Kirchberger was honored for his service to the school district as a school resource officer. Anderson recently received national certification as an athletic director from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

Angie Wildish was part of the UW-Whitewater women’s volleyball team that won an NCAA Division III title in 2002, and last fall she was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Wildish — now known by her married name, Angie Vogt — was one of several inductees into the UW-Whitewater Hall of Fame ceremony. She was raised in Menomonee Falls and graduated from Menomonee Falls High School before playing volleyball at UW-Whitewater for four years. She is currently a physical education teacher in the School District of Menomonee Falls. 

“Yes, this event brought up many fun and exciting memories of my college days.  It also brought up sad and heartbreaking memories.  It was great to be back to the place where so many life long memories were made,” she said of the ceremony.

Vogt was an outside hitter for the UW-Whitewater women’s volleyball

team from 1999-2002.  She was part of UW-Whitewater teams that won three regular season conference titles and qualified for the NCAA tournament for four years. She was of the team that won the Division III title in 2002 and and were national runners-up in 2000 and 2001.

Also at Whitewater, Vogt was AVCA All-American, being selected as a first team selection in 2002. The same year she was selected as a WIAC Player of the Year and as a member of the NCAA Division III Championship All-Tournament Team. Vogt also earned first team All-WIAC and AVCA All-Region accolades two times, and was a three-time all-conference honoree overall, according to a biography from the school. 

She is on the school’s record list for career kills (second at 1,639), career digs (third at 2,365), career matches with double-figure digs (third with 102) and matches with 20-plus kills (third with nine). She was a team captain during the 2002 season.

During her speech at the Hall of Fame presentation in November, Vogt thanked her oldest son Nolan and her husband John and his family as well as neighbors for being there. She also thanked her parents, brothers and sisters for attending her UW-Whitewater matches and showing their support. 

“It was very exciting to have my entire family there with me.  My aunts and uncles, my son Nolan, my friends and many of teammates came out to celebrate,” she said later. Vogt also noted that she received thanks and congratulations from her co-workers at Ben Franklin Elementary School. At the beginning of her speech, she cited the support of her parents during her playing career.

“First, my parents are the biggest reason why I am up here today.  Their tireless efforts to make sure I got to and from practice and games, getting up at 4 a.m. to get to me to club volleyball tournaments out of state, paying for all the various expenses that go along with being a club sport athlete and most importantly – their ongoing support to make sure I was successful and could play and do something that I had a true love and passion for,” the text of her speech stated.  “I started playing volleyball when I was in fifth grade, while my mom was my coach. I owe her so much as she taught me the basics.  I quickly fell in love with all aspects of the game.  When I wasn’t playing organized volleyball, I have many memories of my older sister Kim and I playing pepper in the yard or passing and serving against the garage.”

In her speech at the Hall of Fame ceremony, she recalled playing in three national championships, two of which were on UW-Whitewater’s home court.

“In my college volleyball career, I played for three national championships, two of them at Whitewater. I am not quite sure how many people can say they played on their home court, where they sweat, laughed, cried and worked so hard to have their dream of winning a national championship come true. The night we won, we swept the number one team in the nation 3-0 and for the first time in school history won a national championship,” Vogt said her speech.  “My memories from college are endless, but being named a national champion was number one.   Because of this sport, I have met lifelong friends and exceptional people and role models.  I do think my experiences have truly been unique and I have you all of you sitting here to thank.”

 -By Thomas J. McKillen, Managing Editor

By Thomas J. McKillen

Germantown’s Isaac Riddle placed fourth in the Division I 132 weight class at the WIAA individual wrestling tournament at the UW-Madison Kohl Center Feb. 22-24.
Riddle lost his opening match to Daniel Stilling of Mukwonago, 8-0 on Feb. 22 but then began to advance in the consolation bracket after Lucas Benn of Mukwonago was unable to wrestle due to an injury in a previous match. Riddle then scored a 5-3 victory of Zach Weller of Burlington and followed that with a 5-3 sudden victory over Nate Ellis of Janesville Craig. He lost the third place match to Stilling, 11-0.
Germantown teammate Chase Celicowski lost both of his matches in the 126 weight class, falling to eventual champion Mason McMillen of Reedsburg 13-3 and then losting Grant Truesdale of Elkhorn, 12-4.
Menomonee Falls wrestlers Casey Reigstad, Alec Lind, Tyler Gill, Jon Thomas and Logan Fallon also were at the meet Reigstad lost to eventual 10-6 champion Hayden Halter of Burlington while Lind lost to eventual 120 champion Hunter Lewis of Stoughton. Both Falls wrestler then lost their next matches.
Gill upset Brandon Mickisch of Kaukauna in his opening match at 132, getting a pin on a wrestler was ranked third in last WI Wrestling poll before the posteason. Gill then was pinned in the quarterfinal by Thomas Severson of DC Everest. Gill scored an 8-3 decision over Jake Skattebo of South Milwaukee in the consolation bracket before finishing the tournament by being pinned by Reese Thompson of Oshkosh West.
Thomas lost his opening match to Ben Statz of Waunakee, 12-3. Fallon won his opening match against Austin Ertl 4-1 on a tiebreaker. He then was pinned in the quarterfinal by Tre Williams of Racine Park. Fallon finished the tournament by being pinned by Aodan Marshall of Stoughton.

By Greg Bates
ACN & Times-Press sports correspondent
For the first time in program history, the Shiocton boys basketball team played in a sectional final.
The players had hopes of heading to the WIAA Division 4 state tournament, but that dream came up just short.
A big, athletic Marathon team wore down Shiocton in the second half and came away with a 60-48 victory at Wausau East on Saturday, March 10.
“We hung in there really well, but we needed to shoot better,” Shiocton coach Chad Schmidt said. “I felt like if we could shoot it better, I knew we’d get some looks. And we did, we just couldn’t get the ball to fall.”
The Chiefs shot just over 30 percent from the field and hit six 3-pointers.
Shiocton didn’t have as much depth as it usually does. Three of its top bench players missed the game: Deven Bedor was nursing an ankle injury from the team’s sectional semifinal victory, and Jack Fielding and Jordan Ott were on a school field trip.
“We had to have a couple of other guys step up, guys that have primarily been JV the second half,” Schmidt said. “It’s not an easy puzzle piece to put together because when they don’t get a lot of reps, they don’t always remember what we kind of do.”
Marathon features a solid inside-outside game. The Red Raiders have a pair of guys who shoot over 45 percent on 3-pointers. Nathan Stoffel, a 6-foot-5 monster inside who is a University of South Dakota football signee, had a big game with 21 points.
“They got us on the physical piece, no doubt about it,” Schmidt said.

“They’re the best inside team we faced all year. They’ll deliver from the top, they’ll deliver from the side. If you’re fronting them, they’ll slide out a little bit and go get it, and then they’re attacking you.”
Shiocton (19-6) went on a 7-0 run to go up 23-22. But Marathon’s Cameron Schilling nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give his team a 30-28 lead at halftime.
“We felt good where we were,” Schmidt said. “We were hoping to wear them down a little bit.”
Shiocton took the lead back for the final time of the game, 35-34, as Matt Peterson converted a layup with 13:28 remaining.
Marathon (22-4) answered with a 6-0 run. Shiocton’s Corbin Lorge hit one of his four 3-pointers to make it 40-38, but Schilling hit a shot and Marathon added a pair of free throws to bump its lead back up with 7:29 left on the clock.
“We had two chances for a couple of bunnies that just didn’t fall for us,” Schmidt said. “It got to be four and missed again, it got to be six. We got to that stretch there where we couldn’t hit a basket.”
Down the stretch, Shiocton got within four points, but could never get over that hump.
Marathon flustered Shiocton with its 1-3-1 defense, utilizing its long and rangy players. The Chiefs committed 18 turnovers.
“We haven’t seen that type of 1-3-1 with that type of athleticism and length,” Schmidt said.
After scoring 28 points in Shiocton’s victory over Oconto in the sectional semifinals, Peterson scored just six points in his final game. Fellow senior Wesley Brouillard had five points. The duo combined to average over 25 points per game during the season.
Super sophomores Lorge and Austin VandenBosch had big games. Lorge scored a team-high 18 points and Vanden Bosch added 16.
Shiocton closed out its season with 19 victories, which is the third straight year of 17 or more wins. Schmidt couldn’t have been happier with how his team played all season.
“I’m really pleased with how we developed into the new roles, especially with some of the adversity we had with Derek (Bedor) with mono and Matt (Peterson) with the fractured ankle early on and Joe (Herrmann) with a fractured thumb recovering from surgery early on,” Schmidt said. “I was super pleased with our performance as a group to be able to play as well as they did together with seniors and sophomores. It doesn’t always happen really easily.”
Shiocton loses a strong senior class with starters Peterson, Brouillard and Herrmann and two reserves, Ott and Kyle Stedjee. Peterson and Brouillard were three-year varsity players who helped the Chiefs go 37-5 in conference play and captured two regional titles during their careers.
But the future is bright for Shiocton. Lorge and Vanden Bosch will lead a talented sophomore class, and Schmidt has a good freshmen group as well.
The seniors helped the young players mature this season, and the guys will be better off come next season.
“Those guys got to see really, really good leadership and the way things are done and how kids take things seriously in practice, what we do in games,” Schmidt said.
“We’re not going away. We’re going to have a presence in the sectionals, and hopefully we can bust through in the next couple of years. Right: Jack Fielding fights for the shot against a Marathon opponent, Shiocton lost 60-48 at Wausau East on Saturday, March 10. – Photo by Dave Gomm
Left: Sophomore Corbin Lorge drives to the basket against a big, athletic Marathon team who wore down Shiocton in the second half and came away with a 60-48 victory at Wausau East on Saturday, March 10. Lorge scored a team-high of 18 points.

by seymour

Raven Vanden Langenberg signs her letter of intent to St. Cloud University for softball. Her club softball coach, Kevin LaPoint said that Raven brought a spark to his team and every team needs a teammate like Raven, every coach asks for one more day and he gets to watch her with his daughter for four more years as she signs for St. Cloud.
Family and friends, teachers, students and coaches attended the signing.
Vanden Langenberg thanked everyone for coming and supporting her. This has been her dream for as long as she can remember and she was happy to share it with family and friends. She thanked her parents for their love and support, endless car trips they endured and sacrifices that they made to make her the best person and player that she is today.
Vanden Langenberg thanked her mom and talked about how much she will miss her and how she will have to learn to cook now since she is going to college.
She thanked her dad for coaching her since she was little and always wondered why he was always harder on her. She said he was always there for her when she needed him and she loves to make him proud.
She then thanked her sisters Kylee and Brynn, and admitted that she will miss them also.
Vanden Langenberg told a story about her sister Kylee, stating that she was really hungry and asked Kylee to make her a potato.
If she refused Raven was going to take Kylee’s thank you out of her speech. Raven said, “it was a really good potato.”
She told Brynn to keep pushing herself in sports and remember that their dad does know what he’s talking about – sometimes.
She thanked her grandparents for all their support and for traveling to her games.
Vanden Langenberg thanked her coaches Jason Setliff and every other coach that taught her over the years, not just in softball but in all the sports she was in.
Last but not least she thanked her teammates, and said she would not be where she is today without them.
Karrie Vanden Langenberg, (second from left) Raven’s mother and softball coach said, “We have coached Raven all her life and as a family we talked many times about putting our “coach’s hat” on and then having to switch and put our “parent hat” on. Today I decided that it was more important to support her with my “Parent hat.” Raven Vanden Langenberg (middle) with her family, left to right, sister, Kylee, mother Karrie, father Todd and sister Brynn.

By Greg Bates
ACN & Times-Press sports correspondent
Hailey Oskey received some unexpected news on March 5.
Seymour girls basketball coach Bobby Kuchta and the school’s activities director Ryan Spaulding gave Oskey the good word that she had been named Miss Basketball 2017-18 in the state by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
“I didn’t say anything at first because I was really surprised that I got it,” said Oskey, who recently wrapped up her senior season at Seymour. “I was happy that I did. It was pretty exciting.”
In a long line of solid basketball players produced in Seymour, Oskey is the first girls or boys player to be named the state’s top player.
“It’s an awesome honor,” Seymour girls basketball coach Bobby Kuchta said. “For our program, all these younger kids look up and see they’ve got something to shoot for – an awesome role model to look up to.”
According to Jack Hervert from the WBCA, there were six finalists for the award. The names of the other five student-athletes weren’t revealed.
“I didn’t know who the other candidates were,” Kuchta said. “Was I surprised? Maybe a little bit, because she didn’t have the 30-point average per game. I think she’s certainly one of the best in the state for sure.”
It was announced to the public on the Saturday morning of the state girls basketball tournament that Oskey had won the award. That night at halftime of the Division 2 state championship game at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Oskey was honored at midcourt.
Oskey and Kuchta were able to talk to Hervert about why she was chosen.
“He said that what stood out for me from the other players was that I was a more all-around player with passing and rebounding – doing more than just the scoring part,” Oskey said. “Obviously, all of us that were nominated could probably score. But for me, I think that’s something I’ve improved on anyway the last two years is being an all-around player.”
Oskey, who will play next season at Green Bay, averaged 18.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game during her senior year.
“I think it was her overall body of her work for the season and just kind of how she’s improved,” Kuchta said. “She just became more of an all-around player this year than she was last year. Points were up by a little; her rebounds were up by quite a few – 2 ½ or 3 a game – that’s something she really focused on. I challenged her just to be more of an all-around player.”
Said Oskey: “I thought my senior year was my best year out of all four years.”
Oskey’s assists and steals were up, too. She was a more efficient player as well, shooting 51 percent from the field.
“She didn’t have games where she was like 4-for-20 like last year,” Kuchta said. “It was much more efficient, 12-for-20 or 15-for-20 this year.”
Oskey was just so hard to defenses to stop. Her ability to do everything on the court and get her teammates involved made her shine on the court.
“Just so explosive and versatile,” Kuchta said. “To do it in so many different ways: shoot the 3, get to the rim, get to the free throw line, get a big steal or a transition bucket. Tough matchup for anybody, too. That’s got to be their No. 1 focus, to stop her.”
The school’s all-time leading scorer for girls and boys, Oskey led her team in scoring all four years in high school. She also helped the program win 75 games during that span. Seymour went 23-2 this season and reached the sectional semifinals.
“A big part of the reason she got picked, too, is the team success,” Kuchta said. “I think that has something to do with it. People notice the team and they’re watching who’s on that team. Obviously, she couldn’t have done it without her teammates. We were a really solid team this year. We had girls that pushed her and made her better and got her the basketball, too.”
Oskey and senior teammate Jenna Krause were both named to the WBCA All-Star Division 2 North team.
Oskey committed to Green Bay as a sophomore and can’t wait to get to college and help the perennial top 25 team in the country. Kuchta believes with Oskey’s ability as a scorer and slasher, she translates to a shooting guard/small forward at the next level.
Oskey plans on working hard over the summer to get ready for Division I basketball.
“She had a heck of a year, but there’s a lot she can improve on yet,” Kuchta said. “I think with time and that level of coaching, I think she’s just going to excel.”
Hailey Oskey, third from left was honored at midcourt during the Division 2 state championship game at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon. Her coach Bobby Kuchta is at her side.

By Thomas J.McKillen
managing editor

Slinger’s Caleb Ziebell recorded the best finish among area wrestlers at the WIAA Individual Wrestling Tournament held at the UW-Kohl Center March 22-4, reaching the title match in the Division I 138-pound weight class before losing to Mason Phillips of Eau Claire North, 7-3.
“Caleb did a nice job. It was a close match,” Slinger Coach Chris Graziano said afterward.

Ziebell got on the board first in the championship match with a takedown with 51 seconds left in the first period. Phillips tied the score with a turnaround early in the second period. Ziebell took a 3-2 lead on an escape with 1:29 remaining in the third period but Phillips answered with a takedown and near fall with just under a minute left in the round.
Phillips was the top ranked wrestler in the Division I 138 weight class in the last WI Wrestling poll released before the postseason while Ziebell was ranked fourth.
“I knew it was going to be a tough match but I knew it was going to be close. Just based on their matches before it was really close. I was just hoping Caleb would pull it off this time, I knew he was capable of it, but I also knew the other guy was capable of it, too,” Graziano said.
Graziano then added: “Caleb is a great kid. He works really hard, he’s done a lot to get himself this far. Second in the state is nothing to be feel bad about.”
Ziebell said he and Phillips both have offense-oriented styles, which has resulted in low-scoring matches.
“It came down to one move deciding the match and it wasn’t in my favor,” Ziebell said.
This was Ziebell’s fourth year at the state meet. He said the past experiences at state said he knew what to expect with the experience.
“Being here the past three years, I didn’t have any nerves or butterflies going into the final match,” Ziebell said.
Ziebell finished the year with a 51-6 record. Ziebell started the tournament with a technical fall over David Holzem of Brookfield East and followed that with a 9-6 decision over Marshall Rushton of West Allis. In the semifinal, Ziebell scored a 3-2 decision over Wyler Lubeck of Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln.

Other results
Slinger’s Charlie Covert finished sixth at state, winning his opening match with pin over Isaac Klarkowski of Green Bay. He lost in the quarterfinal but scored two consolation round wins before finishing with two losses.
Hartford’s Jalen Spuhler finished fourth in the Division I 120 weight class. Spuhler advanced to the semifinal before losing Hunter Lewis of Stoughton, 14-2. He then split his next two matches.
Cayden Henschel of West Bend East finished with in the Division I 120 weight class. He started the tournament with a technical fall before being pinned in the quarterfinal. He then won three of his next four matches to secure fifth place.

By Thomas J. McKillen

Postseason brackets were finalized for boys basketball over the weekend.

In Division I, Menomonee Falls is seeded ninth and will open play at De Pere. In the same bracket, fifth seeded Sussex Hamilton will host 12th seeded Germantown. Hartford is seeded 14th and will open play at Kettle Moraine. All games begin at 7 p.m. March 2.

In Division 2, West Bend East is seeded sixth and will host 11th seed Grafton, fifth seed Slinger will host 12th seed Kewaskum while ninth seed West Bend West will play at eighth seed Milwaukee Vincent. All those games begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 27.

In Division 3, Kettle Moraine Lutheran is seeded fourth and will host 13th seeded Cristo Rey Jesuit at 7 p.m. Feb. 27. In Division 4, Living Word Lutheran is seeded fourth and will host 13th seeded Kenosha Christian Life at 7 p.m. Feb. 27.