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Environment su�ersNature is taking a beating on state and national levels OPINION, PAGE A3

No cause in blastExplanation months away STATE, PAGE A3

Tracking the T-BirdsBaraboo collects five podium finishes at state SPORTS, A4

JAKE PRINSENjprinsen@wiscnews.com

Baraboo High School’s gradu-ation ceremony highlighted the academic, athletic and artistic accomplishments of the class of 2017.

Held inside the high school gymnasium Friday night, the ceremony featured perfor-mances from the high school band and choir, while more than 150 seniors were given their high school diplomas. Baraboo High School Principal Glenn Bildsten said the ceremony served as a launching point for the grad-uates’ future endeavors and encouraged them to befriend supportive, hard-working indi-viduals along the way.

“My message to you, as you leave Baraboo High School to begin new and exciting jour-neys, is to surround yourself with people of high character,” he said. “There’s no doubt the world you’re entering is demanding and challenging, and we need others to help navigate the dif-fi cult times, and to celebrate the good times.”

Graduates Anoop Chan-drashekar and Bethany Deyo de-livered speeches during the cer-emony. During his talk, Chan-drashekar told fellow classmates that many skills and concepts

they were taught throughout high school will not be needed in the real world.

BHS givessend-o� toclass of 2017

CHRIS FLORES, BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC

Senior Josie Schaefer winds up for a throw in the girls shot put on Saturday in La Crosse.

JAKE PRINSENjprinsen@wiscnews.com

When Matt Lohman’s wife told him to fi nd a new hobby, he made the most of it.

The Prairie Du Sac resident converted his basement into a

home brewery, joined the Blu� Hoppers brew club out of Sauk Prairie and began making his own beers. He now travels with the club to several home brew-ing competitions across the state each year, where his unique beers are featured with other home brews.

Home-brew festhelps MS SocietyBROCK FRITZ

bfritz@wiscnews.com

LA CROSSE—After breezing to the state title in the discus on Friday night, Josie Schaefer had to fi ght for it a little more in the shot put on Saturday.

But the Baraboo senior pulled it o� , claiming the Division 1 shot put title with a school-record ty-ing throw of 47 feet, 8 inches at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state track and fi eld meet at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Sat-urday.

“I’m really excited, what a great way to go out,” Schae-fer said after stepping o� the podium Saturday. “I think it makes all the hard work worth it. ... To work all season, work through some not so great throws and come back and end up where the goal was at the beginning is the right way to go out I think.” Schaefer, who won the discus with a toss of 163-08 on day one of the meet, joined Hartford Union’s Sam Noenning as the only Wisconsin athletes in the last seven years to win both Division 1 girls’ throwing events in the same year.

The shot put outcome was up in the air until the very last throw. Seeded fi rst entering the day, Schaefer set the tone with a toss of 45-05.25 on her opening e� ort. That mark held until Ash-

waubenon senior Erin Dunning, the defending state champion, tossed her fi fth attempt 45-08.5 to overtake fi rst place.

Schaefer, who was the run-ner-up to Dunning last season, couldn’t surpass that with her fi fth throw, and Dunning ex-tended her lead with a mark of 47-03.25 in her sixth and fi nal attempt.

Schaefer got set for the fi nal throw of her high school career,

needing to approach her per-sonal best in order to unseat the defending champion.

“We knew what we needed to fi x, so I was confi dent going into that last one,” Schaefer said. “I’ve been in that situation a few times before, so thankfully I was kind of mentally prepared for that situation. I was just thinking about what I needed to do to get a nice throw out there.”

She did so and then some, matching her own school record with a throw of 47-08 to win her fi rst shot put championship, and the third overall state title in her fourth trip to La Crosse.

“After my fi fth throw, we were like ‘OK, my left arm is drop-ping, it’s got to be level,’ so we were doing some spins in the extra circle,” said Schaefer, who reached the podium six times in four years. “We got it fi gured out, it was feeling good. I knew this was what I needed to do to have a great throw. Then I just brought some adrenaline, had to do what I needed to do and I got it done today.”

Schaefer also took pride in competing against someone like Dunning, as the two have pushed each other throughout their high school careers.

Baraboo’s Schaefer earns 2 state titles

PREP TRACK AND FIELD | STATE MEET

Senior wins discus crown Friday, shot put on final toss Saturday

BROCK FRITZ, NEWS REPUBLIC

Baraboo senior Josie Schaefer claimed the shot put title at the WIAA Division 1 state track and fi eld meet in La Crosse on Saturday. For more coverage of the state meet, see page A4.

Only onlineFor a gallery of photos of Baraboo athletes at the WIAA state track meet, visit www.baraboonewsrepublic.com

Diplomas bestowed on more than 150

JAKE PRINSEN, NEWS REPUBLIC

Baraboo High School graduate Anoop Chandrashekar speaks during Friday’s graduation ceremony in the high school gymnasium.

Only onlineFor a gallery of photos from the Baraboo High School com-mencement ceremony, visit www.baraboonewsrepublic.com

Baraboo event raises more than $2,500

JAKE PRINSEN, NEWS REPUBLIC

Joe Olsen, left, of Clown Town Brewing, serves a home-brewed beer for Mark Olsen on Saturday during the Brew at the Barn home brew competition at the Barn Restaurant in Baraboo. The crowd favorite beer will be brewed professionally by Working Draft Beer Company in Madison.Please see SCHAEFER, Page A3

Please see FESTIVAL, Page A3

Please see GRADUATION, Page A3