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FREDERIC

VIKINGSVIKINGSFOOTBALL

Jack Tricker-King Hunter Dodds Sawyer Tetiz Austin Kurkowski Zach Schmidt Josh UnderwoodBen Kurkowski Jaryd Braden

Greg Peterson Zach Williamson Eric Chenal Brad Erickson Jared Lund Mark OlsonIrric Erickson Zane Matz

David Crandell Ryan Strenke Matt Tietz Tim Lund Sam Pewaush Zach KuechenmeisterAdam Chenal Chris Schorn

Vikings in a titlefight with new con-

ferenceby Marty Seeger

Leader staff writerFREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings ran

away with the conference crown last sea-son, and without question, they were oneof the top five teams in the state in Divi-sion 7. This year’sroad to the confer-ence crown willtake on new chal-lenges in 2012 asthe Vikings moveinto the LakelandNorth Conference,filled with formerteams of the LargeLakeland. With aschool the size ofFrederic going upagainst schoolstwice their size,there’s no doubt that the Vikings are thelittle fish in a big pond.

“It’ll be a tough season. It’ll be chal-lenging. Nothing easy. It’ll be differentthan it has been the last few years, that’sfor sure,” said Ken Belanger, who iscoaching his 47th year of football, and

12th as head coach of the Vikings, proofthat he is truly doing what he loves.

“It’s so much fun. It’s exciting. Greatkids. They make it interesting, that’s forsure,” Belanger added.

The Vikings of 2012 put in anothersolid effort in the weight room over thesummer, along with a summer agilityand fitness program through help of thetrainers from St. Croix Regional MedicalCenter. Players participated in the pro-gram on their own time, which shows thework ethic that continues each year withthe Frederic football athletes.

Frederic has a good number of athletesback from last season but lost two key de-fensive tackles and an inside linebackerto graduation. They’ll be looking to oth-ers to fight for those three spots to fill thevoid.

“We’ve got both defensive ends back,couple linebackers and couple d-backs.So we got some back, never as many as

you’d like to have back but they’re doinga good job,” Belanger said.

Senior Adam Chenal was a 1,000-yardrusher last season and will provideplenty of leadership for Frederic this sea-son in the backfield, along with PeterChenal. There’s also center BlainClemons, right guard Brad Peterson,tight end Chris Schorn, and split end IanLexen. Senior guard David Crandell hasalso been solid so farthis season. AdamChenal, Clemons,Peterson and Lexenare team captains.

There’s also a newface at quarterbackthis season in juniorJaryd Braden, whoBelanger said hasmade big improve-ments from last sea-son. He is replacing

last year’s quarterback, Waylon Buck.“I’m just really pleased with how Jaryd

has looked at quarterback. Leaps andbounds ahead of what he did last year.Done a great job getting ready,” Belangersaid.

The FredericVikings looktough again thisseason but willface new chal-lenges in theLakeland NorthConference. –Photo by MartySeeger

FREDERIC VIKINGS FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Chris Schorn, Adam Chenal, David Crandell,Blain Clemons, Brad Peterson, Ryan Strenke, Matt Tietz,Ian Lexen.JUNIORS: Ben Kurkowski, Jaryd Braden, Jack Tricker-King, Hunter Dodds, Sawyer Tietz, Zach Kuechenmeister,Sam Pewaush, Tim Lund, SOPHOMORES: Austin Kurkowski, Zach Schmidt, PeterChenal, Josh Underwood, Irric Erickson, Zane Matz, GregPeterson, Zach Williamson, Eric Chenal, Brad Erickson,Jared Lund, Mark Olson.FRESHMEN: Roman Poirier, Hunter Schmidt, Mitchell Pa-quette, Cole Britton, Mark Wylie, Austin Ennis, ChrisKuechenmeister, Jon Erickson, Blake Thompson, KodyMenke.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Ken BelangerASSISTANTS: Troy Wink, Jason Pickering, Billy Struck.

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Coach Belanger

Brad PetersonBlain Clemons Ian Lexen


GRANTSBURGPIRATES

FOOTBALLFOOTBALL

Cameron Lynn Lars Thoreson Chandler Witzany Tristan Brewer Tony Britton Avery BuggertJoseph Gaffney Brody Bonneville

Josh Glover Cody Hoffman Chris Parker Nathan Swenson Chase Covey Jaeger StaevenDylan Bekholm Andrew Coy

Brandon Ryan Evan Ryan Clay Poeschl Dakota Linke Adam Parker Connor MyersJake Wald Lucas Willis

Pirates workingwith a new headcoach this season

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer

GRANTSBURG – New Pirates headcoach Adam Hale isn’t an unfamiliar facearound the Grantsburg area as he’s spentthe past two seasons as Grantsburg’shead girls basketball coach. Along withhis tenure on thebasketball court, healso spent time asan assistant coachon the Pirates foot-ball team, as well aslast year’s defen-sive coordinator.This is his first yearas a head coach butHale totals 12 yearsof experience as anassistant coachwith the Piratesand elsewhere. So what’s Hale most ex-cited for this coming season?

“A chance to work with a hardworkinggroup of kids and a number of kids withvarsity experience,” he said.

The Pirates finished in the middle ofthe West Lakeland Conference with a 4-2record and playoff appearance under for-mer coach Keith Lehne, who spent 17years as Pirates head coach. The Pirates

also made the playoffs last year but lostout to Stratford in the opening playoffgame. Hale has a solid number of experi-enced seniors returning, which is likely tobe one of the Pirates biggest strengths.

“The kids also put in a great effort thissummer in the weight room,” Hale said,and added that one of the weaknessescould be the lack in numbers throughouttheir freshman, sophomore and juniorclasses. Some of those who are returningfor the 2012 season include Joe Gaffney atrunning back and defensive back, andDakota Linke, Adam Parker, ClayPoeschl, Colton Tretsven and ChandlerWitzany on the offensive and defensiveline. Evan Ryan could also spend time onthe defensive line and at wide receiver.Connor Myers is another receiver, quar-terback and defensive back to watch, andBrandon Ryan and Bryce Ryan will re-turn to running back and linebacker du-ties. Jacob Wald could provide an optionas a receiver and defensive back, andLucas Willis is a returning quarterbackand linebacker.

“Each Friday night will be a battle,”Hale said. “It should be a close race andmany teams probably have a shot to winit.”

Grantsburg reciever Josh Glover hauled in a touchdown pass over an ElkMound receiver at a scrimmage in Barron. – Photo by Scott Hoffman

GRANTSBURG PIRATES FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Bryce Ryan, Jacob Wald, Brandon Ryan, AdamParker, Connor Myers, Lucas Willis, Dakota Linke, ClayPoeschl, Colton Tretsven, Evan Ryan.JUNIORS: Lars Thoreson, Joseph Gaffney, ChandlerWitzany, Brody Bonneville, Cameron Lynn. SOPHOMORES: Dylan Bekholm, Tristan Brewer, TonyBritton, Avery Buggert, Andrew Coy, Josh Glover, CodyHoffman, Adam Johnson, Bill King, Carter Lee, ChristopherParker, Nathan Swenson.FRESHMEN: Chase Covey, Jaeger Staeven.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Adam Hale.ASSISTANTS: Josh Watts, DJ Henderson, Goob Coy.

Coach Hale

Bryce Ryan Colton Tretsven

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LUCKLUCKCARDINALSFOOTBALL

Travis Muller Andre Todd Connor McGinnity Jeremiah Johnson Derek Hutton Trevor DexterEric Blaser Karsten Petersen

Taylor Hawkins Noah Mortel Steven Holdt Jordan Jones Parker Steen Jared HunterTrent Strapon Christopher Pouliot

Cards could havethe edge in eight-man this season


LUCK – With a predicted decline in en-rollment and a shortage in the number ofunderclassmen boys, the Luck Cardinalsfootball team felt as though there was nochoice but to moveto eight-man foot-ball for the nexttwo seasons. Withonly 22 players onroster this season,possibly evenfewer next season,eight-man footballseemed the perfectfit for Luck.

The Cardinalswere riddled withinjuries last yearand because of that, and eight-man foot-ball on the horizon, the team started anoffensive scheme under head coach DonKendzior to fit what they’ll be running onoffense this year. It could be a significantadvantage for the Cardinals who aresmall in numbers but big on talent, in-cluding several seniors that have spentsignificant time in the weight room overthe past summer. Kendzior says he’s ex-cited about playing eight-man this seasonand about the senior leadership. Key re-turning starters include Evan Armour,Brodie Kunze and Kyle Hunter. Other re-turning key starters include Karsten Pe-tersen, Trent Strapon, Alex Richey andJoe Christensen.

Luck held its first scrimmage of the sea-son on Friday, Aug. 17, scoring severaltimes in the process and producing pun-ishing hits. Watching eight-man footballisn’t unlike watching 11-man football,with exception of the football field, whichis smaller at 80 yards long and 40 yardswide.

The Lakeland 8-Man Conference in-cludes Siren, Luck, Northwood/SolonSprings, New Auburn, Birchwood,Prairie Farm, Bruce and Winter. Kendziorexpects New Auburn, Northwood/SolonSprings and Prairie Farm to be amongthe top teams.

Kendzior said the Cardinals biggeststrength will come from the fierce workethic of its athletes as well as leadership,

but the weaknesses will lie with a rosterof only 22 players that includes under-classmen. Barring injuries during the sea-son, the Cardinals could still be the teamto beat this year.

Along with the Lakeland 8 Conferencethere are schools in the southern part ofthe state who have been playing eight-man as well. According to wissports.netthey include Stockbridge, Oneida Nation,

Abundant Life/Madison Country Day,Wayland Academy, Wisconsin School forthe Deaf and Valley Christian. At the endof the eight-game season, the top fourteams will be meeting at a neutral field atStevens Point. The game would beplayed at the time 11-man teams are play-ing in the Level 3 playoffs.

The Cardinals are set for their first year of eight-man football along with Siren and six others in the Lakeland 8-ManConference. They beat Bruce 46-0 in the season opener in Rice Lake. – Photo by Marty Seeger

LUCK CARDINALS FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Jan Rozumalski, Joe Christensen, BrodieKunze, Evan Armour, Kyle Hunter, Alex Richey, Eric Blaser.JUNIORS: Connor McGinnity, Karsten Petersen, TravisMuller, Andre Todd.SOPHOMORES: Trent Strapon, Jeremiah Johnson, DerekHutton, Trevor Dexter.FRESHMEN: Christopher Pouliot, Taylor Hawkins, NoahMortel, Steven Holdt, Jordan Jones, Parker Steen, JaredHunter.

COACHHEAD COACH: Don Kendzior.

Coach Kendzior

Evan Armour Brodie Kunze Joe Christensen Jan Rozumalski Kyle Hunter Alex Richey


ST. CROIX FALLS

SAINTSSAINTSFOOTBALL

Trevor Cross Dakota Peters Andrew Erickson Dan Horn Drew Dumke John HoulistonBrian Gilbert Teagan Hills

Ryan Fenton Alex West Brock Peters Sean Haasnoot Shane WarnerCooper Peterson Hassan Talbi

Tony Stelton Dylan Lynch Ryan Johnson Hayden Peterson Ben Kopp Joe Rademacher

Shane Swanson Michael Chernyaev Kevin Fisk

Jake Sommer Taylor Woller

Saints look to de-fend conferencecrown under new

coachby Marty Seeger

Leader staff writerST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints football

program underwent some changes sincelast year with one of the most significantbeing the additionof a new headcoach in GrantBelisle. He replacesformer head coachRod Sempf, who isdoing some coach-ing at the middleschool level thisseason, and enjoy-ing a little morefree time.

Belisle isn’t newto coaching and isin his 11th season but first as head coach.He did eight seasons of coaching at Som-erset, which is known as the local footballpowerhouse, and spent the past few at St.Croix Falls. Perhaps his biggest challengethis season will be rebuilding what was a

senior-dominated team last year. Theygraduated 17 seniors last year and have amuch smaller senior core coming back.

“Most of the 2011 skilled-position play-ers were seniors, so we’ll have new facescarrying the ball. Shane Swanson andJake Sommer do return to the runningback position that they shared last sea-son,” Belisle said.

The Saints will have a little more inex-perience than last season, but Belisle sayshe’s excited to see the seniors “experiencewhat Friday nights are all about duringtheir last season.”

The new Lakeland North Conferencewill be another new challenge for theSaints this season.

“Conf realignment is a huge change.Playing smaller, but experienced and suc-cessful, programs like Shell Lake and

Frederic brings a certain challenge that isnew to SCF,” Belisle said. It also meansthere will be no gimmes this season ei-ther.

“Every week, our opponent has the ca-pability of beating us. We have to takecare of ourselves, put our best effort for-ward and see what the outcome is,” saidBelisle.

Belisle said pre-dictions on the sea-son are difficult thisearly since he is a lit-tle unfamiliar withsome of the teams inthe Lakeland Con-ference, but likemany other coaches,he believes Cameronand Frederic could

be the top contenders for a conferencetitle. But he’s quick to point out thatUnity, Grantsburg and Webster are justsome of the others that will be in the mixas well.

Grant Belisle isthe new headcoach of the Saintsand hopes histeam will be a dom-inant force in theLakeland NorthC o n f e r e n c e .Belisle has beenan assistant for theSaints over thepast few seasonsand knows thegame well. – Photoby Marty Seeger

ST. CROIX FALLS SAINTS FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Shane Swanson, Michael Chernyaev, KevinFisk, Jake Sommer, Taylor Woller, Royal Reasby, TonyStelton, Dylan Lynch, Ryan Johnson, Hayden Peterson.JUNIORS: Brandan McPherson, Ben Kopp, Levi Ward, JoeRademacher, Brian Gilbert, Teagan Hills, Trevor Cross,Dakota Peters, Andrew Erickson, Dan Horn, Drew Dumke,John Houliston.SOPHOMORES: Cooper Peterson, Hassan Talbi, RyanFenton, Alex West, Jay Forsman, Brock Peters, KyleBastin, Sean Haasnoot, Shane Warner.FRESHMEN: Austin Straka, Dalton Langer, Brady Leahy,Dio Aluni, Jake Johnson, John Petherbridge, Chris Swan-son, Jarett Dowd, Hunter Fickbohm, Jeremy Cermin, Dal-ton Kloos, Steven Lattin, Hunter Hanson, Hayden Stone,Noah Prill.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Grant Belisle.ASSISTANTS: Rob Bullard, Ryan Humpal, Jake Meyer,Paul Gilbert.

Coach Belisle

Kyle Bastin


SIRENDRAGONS

FOOTBALLFOOTBALL

Caleb Mulroy Devan Pavlicek Jared Emery Triston Alden John Dalsveen Nathan MartinGraham Hall Lucas Stiemann

Bryce Highstrom Vince Barr Josiah Wegner Keenan Cook Aaron Ruud Alexi GloodtTrenton Anderson Reid Halverson

Hunter Wikstrom Corey Bauer John D'Jock Jade Merrill David St. John Asa HunterJosh Lemieux Reuben Mixsooke

Eight-man footballkicks off unique new

season by Marty Seeger

Leader staff writerSIREN – The Siren Dragons are enter-

ing an exciting new era of football thisseason after deciding to go with eight-man football, alongwith Luck, North-w o o d / S o l o nSprings, NewAuburn, Birch-wood, PrairieFarm, Bruce andWinter. It’s not onlya chance to give thesmaller schools awinning attitude, ithas also broughtback a new sense ofexcitement to thegame of football.

“I am most excited about the enthusi-asm the players are showing this year.They are coming together as a team andnot individuals,” said coach Bill Hoefler,who is in his fifth year of coaching.

One of the biggest challenges the Drag-ons will have this season is learning themany new offense and defensive playsthey’ll see from opposing teams this year.

With so many options to choose from,and little or no game film to study, therecould be many surprises in each game.

“Our biggest weakness will be in try-ing to adapt on a game-by-game basis thevarying defenses and offenses that will bethrown our way,” said Hoefler.

But since most of the teams are facingan essentially different game of football itcould even the playing field. Eight-manfootball can be a lot faster with emphasison high-scoring offenses that can be diffi-cult to defend, but with three fewer play-ers on both sides of the ball, the Dragonsshould be in good shape. Key returningplayers include Shay Johnson, ReubenMixsooke, Caleb Mulroy and JoshLemieux.

“I think more than ever, however, thisteam will be very well-balanced. We havemany players that will be contributing inone way or another, and we aren’t solelyrelying on just a few players to make theplays this year,” Hoefler said.

Some teams already opted to go eightman last year and may have a slight ad-vantage as to how the game is played, yetin the end, it’s still just football, with onlythree fewer players. Hoefler believes thatLuck could be one of the toughest teamsin the eight-man conference this season,but expects Northwood/Solon Springsand New Auburn to compete as well.

“However, I think the conference isvery well-balanced, and each and everygame could be tough,” he said.

Reuben Mixsooke was just one of four Dragon running backs who piled onthe yardage against Winter in the eight-man football opening jamboree inRice Lake. The Dragons won handily, 57-7. – Photo by Marty Seeger

SIREN DRAGONS FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Reuben Mixsooke, Josh Lemieux, Hunter Wik-strom, Shay Johnson. JUNIORS: Devan Pavlicek, Corey Bauer, Jared Emery,Lucas Stiemann, Graham Hall, John D'Jock, Asa Hunter,David St. John, Jade Merrill, Triston Alden, Caleb Mulroy. SOPHOMORES: John Dalsveen, Nathan Martin, TrentonAnderson, Reid Halverson, Bryce Highstrom, Vince Barr.FRESHMEN: Josiah Wegner, Keenan Cook, Neil Oustigoff,Aaron Ruud, Wyatt Honeysett, Alexi Gloodt, Michael Sta-ples.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Bill Hoefler.ASSISTANTS: William Sargent, Ron Dorn, FrankTaylor.

Coach Hoefler

Shay Johnson


UNITY

EAGLESEAGLESFOOTBALL

Zachary Johnson Mitchell Kruger Colin Loehr Oliver Raboin Dakota Ward Tevin AndersonCaleb Hacker Cash Hickethier

Hunter Fjorden Joshua Grams Connelly Helms Dylan Ruck Spencer Schultz Ben TraynorDamon Bearhart Bradley Eley

Evan Lunda Justin Peper Austin Petersin Jacob Ruck Kyle Sorensen Justin BradleyAaron Koshatka Alex Lennartson

Eagles conditionedfor success this sea-

sonby Marty Seeger

Leader staff writerBALSAM LAKE – The Eagles football

team played .500 football last seasonoverall, but with a4-2 conferencerecord, theyearned a spot inthe playoffs, onlyto fall against astrong Somersetteam. Unity has alot of fresh newfaces on the teamthis year, as theyonly bring backthree starters on of-fense, and will befilling the gaps with less experience. Buton that same note, the returning playersdid see some playing time at the varsitylevel, which is a bonus for coach DaveAnderson.

“We do have a lot of kids coming backthat have played varsity roles. Theymight not have started last year but theygot a lot of playing time, so they know our offense and defense really well,” An-

derson said.The Eagles have dropped considerably

in enrollment from last season, goingfrom about 370 kids to 313. There areroughly 36 kids on the roster this year,which is also a drop.

“It might be a weakness because we’regoing to have to bring up some youngerkids,” Anderson said, adding too thatmost of their starters will need to playboth on offense and defense. Last year theteam didn’t have to do that as much.

At the team’s most recent scrimmage atAmery, Anderson was pleased with howhis team played, particularly with howwell-conditioned they were compared to

the other teams.“They’ve been really working hard on

conditioning. A lot of weight room workover the summer,” Anderson said, but healso said the Eagles will need to be in topform since many players will be neededon both offense and defense.

Anderson feels the team's biggeststrength will be in the conditioning butalso says he is big on the offensive anddefensive line. He has starting runningback Kyle Sorensen from last season andwill have a new quarterback with ZachJohnson.

The Eagles have a slight change thisseason with the new Lakeland NorthConference and the addition of Shell

Lake and Frederic. Other than playingFrederic for the first time in many years,the Eagles will be set to take on the sameconference rivals and earn another spotin the playoffs.

The Eagles foot-ball team doesn'thave the numbersthey're used to, butthey are alreadyconditioned to takeon the oppositionand sustain an-other successfulyear of football.They played well ata scrimmage inAmery as a warm-up to the season. –Photo by MartySeeger

UNITY EAGLES FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Alex Lennartson, Jacob Ruck, Austin Petersin,Aaron Koshatka, Mitch Egge, Kyle Sorensen, Justin Peper,Zac Baxter, Evan Lund.JUNIORS: Cash Hickethier, Zac Johnson, Justin Bradley,Mitchell Kruger, Colin Loehr, Oliver Raboin, Dakota Ward,Caleb Hacker, Alex Juleen, Reese Johnston.SOPHOMORES: Ben Traynor, Hunter Fjorden, DylanRuck, Damon Bearhart, Josh Grams, Brad Eley, SpencerSchultz, Connelly Helms, Justin Thompson, Tevin Ander-son, Maxwell LeCaptan.FRESHMEN: Logan Bader, Jarett Davison, Cole Garvey,Nathan Heimstead, Derek Johnson, Walter Lenk, MitchellMorse, Brett Nelson, Erik Peterson, Marcus Qualle, Emer-son Rollings-DeHaven, Phillip Sorensen, Wyatt Stenberg,Jesse Vlasnik.

COACHHEAD COACH: Dave Anderson.

Mitchell Egge

Coach Anderson

Zac Baxter


WEBSTERTIGERS

FOOTBALLFOOTBALL

Mike Johnson Cliff Benjamin III Rob Cook Shawn Stevens Ryan Curtis Austin PiephoPaige Young Jack Ralph

Alex Ralph Jake Smith Dan Okes Max Norman Paul Sargent Grant PrestonBrandon Chapmann Tristan Kingbird

Devon Rondou Curt Rand Jr. Max Sperry Mark Stoner Alex Spafford Lance PrestonDillon Reeder Aaron Dietmeier

Tigers short on sen-iors but hope

to shine in new con-ference


WEBSTER – If the Webster Tigers foot-ball team can start the season the waythey finished lastseason, they’ll bein good shapeunder head coachJeromie Voeltz,who has been lead-ing the Tigers since2005. Webster de-feated Unity andFlambeau in theirfinal two games ofthe season andwon the opener,but it was a diffi-cult conference season overall. This yearthe challenges will be even higher, as theTigers get set to play in the LakelandNorth Conference for the first time.

“Every team we play will be a key op-ponent. We are very fortunate this year tobe in an extremely tough conference thatwill give our football team a challengeeach and every week. We will need to beon our A-game as we face seven playoff

teams from a year ago. Our athletes knowthat they cannot take a moment off be-cause each opponent will be a difficulttask. We are going to have to prepare ex-tremely hard each and every day, and ourcoaches and players are going to be readyfor those challenges,” Voeltz said.

The team is short on seniors this yearwith only three, and of the seven teamsthey face on the schedule this year, fiveearned a spot in the playoffs. They returnseven letter winners from last year in-cluding seniors Nathan Puttbrese andDillon Reeder. Juniors Aaron Dietmeier,Cliff Benjamin, Mark Stoner, Lance Pre-ston and Michael Johnson round out thelist.

“We will be obviously lacking in oursenior numbers, but I believe that they

are up for any task that is presented infront of them. With only three seniors, wewill be looking for some of our youngerathletes to also step up and be that solidfoundation that we need for the successof our program,” Voeltz said.

With so much talent loaded into theLakeland North Conference, the Tigersand others will have their hands full eachweek. Voeltz says Frederic and St. CroixFalls are favorites to be at the top of theheap again this season, but others feelCameron could bring a lot to the table,since many of their talented skill playersare back again this year. Either way,Voeltz feels his kids are up to the chal-lenge.

“I am excited to start another new jour-ney with a new group of student athletes.

We have a very eager group of athleteswho are up to the challenges that a foot-ball season brings forth.”

The Tigers foot-ball team doesn'thave a lot of depthin upperclassmenand experience butdoes have sevenreturning letterwinners that willno doubt makethem a competitiveteam in the Lake-land North Confer-ence. – Photo byMarty Seeger

WEBSTER TIGERS FOOTBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Nathan Puttbrese, Dillon Reeder, MarkPackard.JUNIORS: Curt Rand Jr., Aaron Dietmeier, Devon Rondou,Cliff Benjamin III, Lance Preston, Jack Ralph, Paige Young,Mark Stoner, Max Sperry, Mike Johnson, Robert Cook,Alex Spafford.SOPHOMORES: Brandon Chapmann, Shawn Stevens,Austin Piepho, Tristan Kingbird, Ryan Curtis.FRESHMEN: Alex Ralph, Paul Sargent, Jake Smith, DanOkes, Max Norman, Grant Preston.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Jeromie Voeltz.ASSISTANTS: Jovin Kroll, Andy Smith, Craig Dorn.

Coach Voeltz

Nathan Puttbrese Mark Packard


Frederic volleyballVikings starting2012 season with

a new coachby Marty Seeger

Leader staff writerFREDERIC – Frederic Vikings have a

familiar face back in the gym with 2004Frederic graduate Jackie (Funk) Petersonat the helm. The married mother of a 1-

year-old daughtermoved back to thearea last July, after sixyears living in EauClaire.

Peterson was astandout athlete inboth volleyball andtrack, and playedtwo years of volley-ball at VermilionCommunity Collegein Ely, Minn. Shesays her main sportwas track and field inhigh school, whereshe earned trips tostate in the 300-meterhurdles and 4x100-meter relay. This isPeterson’s first coach-ing experience, butshe’s excited for theopportunity.

“We all get a fresh

start,” said Peterson, her new career. Shehas a full roster of about 24 girls includ-ing seven seniors and two juniors.

“We’ve got a lot of really good sopho-mores and good freshmen coming up, soI think with some consistency, we’ll havesome good years coming up,” she said.

Frederic posted just three wins in atough conference last season, but theywon seven matches overall and earned atrip to the second round of the WIAA re-gional playoffs. They lost a few key sen-ior starters from last season, but have alot to look forward to with a new coach.Peterson says her newness as a coachmight be a weakness, but could also be anadvantage.

“I consider it a weakness because I’venever coached before, but at the sametime, the girls are kind of helping mewith things, and I’m helping them withthings. So I think we’ll be a stronger teamaltogether just because we’re learning to-gether.”

McKenna CookKourtni Douglas Larissa Houtari McKenna Rognrud

Kendra Mossey

Lexi DomagalaPaige Burton Carly Gustafson

Coach Peterson

FREDERIC VIKINGSVOLLEYBALL

ROSTERSENIORS: Kendra Mossey, Kourtni Douglas, LarissaHoutari, McKenna Cook, McKenna Rognrud, Natalie Pher-netton, Paige Burton.JUNIORS: Carly Gustafson, Lexi Domagala.SOPHOMORES: Kendra Mosay-Buck, Makayla Arthurs,Myakaye Rivera, Olivia Schauls, Lara Harlander, BrookeClaeys, Hayden Swanson, Isabelle Burton.FRESHMEN: Kinzie Matz, Ann Chenal, Taylor Alseth, JuliaBuck, Jenna Laqua, Sabrina Rehbein, Melanie Jacobsen.

COACHHEAD COACH: Jackie Peterson.

Frederic's Kendra Mossey sets the ball for a teammate during a game lastseason. – Leader file photo

Natalie Phernetton

Grantsburg volleyballPirates looking for arepeat of last year

by Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

GRANTSBURG – The Pirates return tothe fold with second-year head coachDeb Allaman-Johnson, who also has 18years total under her belt as a Piratecoach.

Grantsburg swept the West LakelandConference last year, and finished with a

32-2 overall record,culminating in a re-turn to WIAA StatePlayoff action,earned via a spark-ling win over EauClaire Regis, but thegirls fell by a 3-2mark to Spencer inthe state semifinal.

For 2012, the Pi-rates have an un-usual attribute this

year: nine seniors. “We have more seniorsthan we have had in our history, I believe.They will all play a different role,” Alla-man-Johnson said. “Our senior leader-ship is outstanding. We havetop-achieving students, positive rolemodels, state musicians and multi-sportathletes with many talents. Our entireteam is friendly, coachable and skilled.”

She noted that the Pirates did lose threeall-conference players, one of whom wasalso all-state, and called it “a challenge toovercome,” but the talent pool is deep inGrantsburg. “We have eager kids readyto step in, so we have a lot of new facesand more shared positions,” she added.

The Pirates are again favored to domi-nate the West Lakeland Conference, buttheir success makes them common tar-gets. “We consider every team a key op-ponent, but some of our best competitionthis season will come right in our ownconference.” She won’t make any predic-tions, but applauds the conferencecoaches for improving their programstremendously. “This makes everyone bet-ter. Area athletes have more skill and ex-

perience and coaches are doing a greatjob bringing up the level of play. It’s excit-ing.”

All-conference players and defensivestandouts Kylie Pewe and SamSchwieger return, as does libero GraceCorbin. “Our middles, RuthAnn Peder-sen and Macy Hanson, shared a spot lastyear and are ready to lead the team,” Al-laman-Johnson said.

She thinks the Pirates biggest strengthsthis year can be stated in five words: “Bal-

ance. Commitment.Work ethic. Desire.”She said their weak-nesses are one of ge-netics: beingvertically chal-lenged, with a teamheight averagearound 5-foot, 5-inches tall.

Stacey McKenzieEllie Corbin Grace Corbin RuthAnn Pedersen

Arikka Davison

Olivia TuckerWendy Roberts Hope Tucker

Coach Allaman Johnson

RuthAnn Pedersen goes up for a killfor the Pirates. Pedersen is one of sev-eral solid players on the Grantsburgvolleyball team. – Leader file photo

Macy Hanson

Sam SchwiegerSomer Rikkola Jen SchwiegerKylie Pewe

GRANTSBURG PIRATES VOLLEYBALLROSTER

SENIORS: RuthAnn Pedersen, Ellie Corbin, SamanthaSchwieger, Grace Corbin, Stacey McKenzie, Kylie Pewe,Arikka Davison, Somer Rikkola, Jen Schwieger.JUNIORS: Macy Hanson, Wendy Roberts, Hope Tucker,Rheanna Johnson, Jaicee Bowman, Brooke Roufs.SOPHOMORES: Anneka Johnson, Brittney Luedtke, KatieMiller, Marissa Jensen, Kelsey Fiedler, Carolyn Peterson,Sarah Morley, Kathryn Segner, Laura Drohman, LoraGlover, Emily Riewestahl, Alyssa Taylor.FRESHMEN: Olivia Tucker, Briena Jensen, HannahJones, Delia Labatt, Drew McNally, Megan Miller, ZoeMunz, Kirstin Olson, Violet Ohnstad, Amber Pedersen,Cassidy Quimby.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Deb Allaman-Johnson.ASSISTANT: Nell Polzine


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Luck volleyballLuck has fighting

chance for a confer-enc title

by Greg MarstenLeader staff writer

LUCK – The Cardinals roll into 2012with a solid returning corps this seasonunder veteran head coach Jen Nelson.

“We only lost one senior last season,”Nelson said. “So wehave a core group ofplayers that saw ex-tensive court timelast year. The team isalso holding eachother to a higherlevel of account-abil-ity and level of playthis season.

The Cards finishedsecond in the WestLakeland Conference

last season, with a 10-2 conference recordand a 24-7 overall mark. Their seasonended in the WIAA Regional semifinalwith a hard-fought, 3-2 loss to Clayton.

“The players put in a lot of hours in theoffseason, and now they are ready toplay!” Nelson said. “I am so grateful tohave such committed players and parentsthat love the game of volleyball.”

The Cards have a bevy of quality re-turning players at all grades. “We reallyare fortunate to have so much talent atLuck. The team understands that they’reeither going to win or lose as a team. It’s

not going to be oneperson’s victories orfaults,” Nelson said.“It doesn’t comedown to one play. Itcomes down to themplaying as a teamand the team withthe least amount oferrors wins ... We are“one team with onedream.”

She thinks on of the biggest strengthsfor Luck this season is the experience ofthe team playing together for so long. “Ialso feel like the girls have become ‘prob-lem solvers,’ able to recognize mistakeson the court and fix them,” she added.

Nelson was reluctant to predict out-comes in the conference, but promised

“Some really great volleyball from Luckthis year ... We are all looking forward toan exciting season. Go Cardinals!” she en-thused.

Bella NelsonJaimee Buck Kylie Rich Alicia Sund

Hannah Karl

Whitney PetersenCamille Marsten Samantha Harvey

Coach Nelson Luck senior Jaimee Buck gets low for a dig during a practice earlier this sea-son. The Cardinals should be top contenders for the conference this season.– Photo by Marty Seeger

Tessa Clemenson

St. Croix Falls volleyballSaints look like topcontenders in the

conferenceby Marty Seeger Leader staff writer

ST. CROIX FALLS – Choosing thisyear’s varsity squad was relatively easyfor coach Stacie Hoff in St. Croix Falls.With the exception of Sarah Petznick and

right side blockerAlexis Erickson, theSaints have a lot ofweapons back, andmany of them haveimproved tenfoldfrom last season.

“We had almost allthe kids that are onvarsity here everymorning, workingtheir butt off for anhour and a half every

day. Two hours. They’ve gotten bigger,faster, stronger, it’s unbelievable the waythey’ve progressed this season,” Hoffsaid.

One of the main differences with thisyear’s team is the addition of two fresh-men including a starting setter, EmmaWondra. The rest include starting outsidehitter Sydney Geisness, who has been onthe varsity all four years.

“She has comeback just absolutelyphenomenal. In thebest shape, and I justfeel she’s going todominate this year,”Hoff said.

Senior NatalieSempf is back as theteam’s libero, andjuniors KierstynCampbell and Jes-

sica Rademacher will fill keyspots on the left side of thecourt. Many of the playershave been playing club vol-leyball over the summer, andGeisness has been involvedin a league out of the TwinCities. But the biggeststrength is the weight train-ing over the summer accord-ing to Hoff, as well as height,depth and blocking ability.

“Our blocking has alwaysbeen kind of a strength. Wehave some tall kids here at St.Croix,” Hoff said. Finishingthird behind Grantsburg andLuck in the conference lastyear, the Saints look to be topcontenders this season.

Jessica RademacherNatalie Sempf McKenzie Christenson Matti Gerlach

Courtney Ewald

Hailey HansenMariah Rohm Marley Doolittle

Coach Hoff

Kierstyn Campbell isonly a junior this seasonbut saw a lot of action onthe varsity last season.She is one of severalstrong players on a tal-ented Saints team thisyear. – Leader file photo

Kierstyn Campbell

Ashley DexterTaylor Joy

Sydney GeisnessStephanie Melin

LUCK CARDINALSVOLLEYBALL

ROSTERSENIORS: Hannah Karl, Jaimee Buck, Taylor Joy, AshleyDexter, Kylie Rich.JUNIOR: Bella Nelson, Camille Marsten, Tessa Clemen-son, Whitney Petersen, Abbie Otlo, Darian Ogilvie.SOPHOMORES: Reilly Giller, Jenni Holdt, Angela Gore,Katie Pfaff, Hailey Foeller.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Jen Nelson.ASSISTANT: Renee Gavinski.

ST. CROIX FALLS SAINTS VOLLEYBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Sydney Geisness, Stephanie Melin, NatalieSempf, Courtney Ewald, JUNIORS: Matti Gerlach, Kierstyn Campbell, McKenzieChristenson, Jesse Rademacher.SOPHOMORES: Marley Doolittle, Mariah Rohm, HaileyHansen, Megan Kerkow, Felicia Fisk, Becky Buss, KathrynFrenette.FRESHMEN: Hannah Peltier, Emma Wondra, SarahRude, Casey Milk, Bailey Ewald, Rebecca Nelson, AlysonFrey, Maddy Eighmy, Sam Mackenburg, Madelyn Doolittle,Shelby Cook, Erin Mevissen, Natalie Fisk, Erica Mevissen,Emma Tretsven, Raven Marx, Sophia Aguilar, PaigeWuellner.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Stacie Hoff.ASSISTANT: Angela Maternowsky.


Siren volleyballDragons steadily im-proving and shouldbe competitive


SIREN – Siren head coach Caryn Stan-ford is in her fourth season as head coachof the Dragons volleyball team, and whilethe process of turning the program

around has been agradual one, she feelsthe team is headingin the right directionthis year.

“I think we aremoving up in ourlevel of our ability,and I’m excited tosee how they fare,”Stanford said.

The team lost twoseniors to graduation

last year but have the majority of theirstarters back for their senior season.Those seniors have had a lot of time toplay at the varsity level, and they hope toshine this season and use what they’velearned over the past three years.

“We gained a lot of good experiencelast year, and this year we have somegood newcomers coming in and we’relooking pretty good. I think we’ll be justfine,” Stanford said.

The Dragons had just one win last sea-son, but it came at just the right time dur-ing the first round of playoffs againstSouth Shore.

Team strengths include not only seniorleadership but the fact that the team is acohesive group and gets along well. Theteam has had an interesting start to theseason as they’ve been forced to practicein Webster due to the fire at the end of theschool year last year. Stanford says theyshould be back to playing at home oncethe regular season begins and able to lookat their predicament in a positive way.

“Webster’s beenvery generous,”Stanford said. “Ina way, it’s a goodt e am-bu i l d i ngthing becauseyou’ve got to relyon each other.”

Jessica StrabelRaven Emery Whitney Yambrick

Elizabeth BrownBrittany Coulter

Amber Moore

Kyaisha Kettula

Lizzie StanfordEmily Howe Caitlynn Daniels

Coach Stanford

The Dragons volleyball team has a lot of talent back fromlast season, and many have seen quality varsity experienceover the years. – Leader file photo

Mackenzie Smith

Unity volleyballEagles look to a

fresh start with newcoach


BALSAM LAKE – The Eagles foundthemselves at 5-12 for the season last yearand went through their share of ups anddowns. With the resignation of former

coach Chris Lesneskiduring the middle ofthe season, juniorvarsity coach Jen-nifer DeLozier tookover as an interimcoach to lead theteam until the end.This year, DeLozier isback again to con-tinue her first-everhead-coaching roleand appears to be a

great fit so far.“When Chris left last year, I kind of fin-

ished off the season for him, and youknow I just decided to give it a try. It’s agood group of girls and it should be fun,”DeLozier said.

As the former JV coach and secretary atUnity, DeLozier is more than familiarwith the athletes and knows where thisteam is capable of going. She also hasnearly the entire team back from last sea-

son, and many of those girlshave been playing varsityroles since their sophomoreyear. Only one of thestarters from last year’steam was lost to gradua-tion.

“It’s going to be fun. Thisis a good core group ofgirls, so I just hope they canget along and play volley-ball. That’s the fun part,”said DeLozier.

Along with a greatknowledge of the game, De-Lozier is a fierce competitorand was a standout athleteat her alma mater in Fred-eric, where she grew up.

“I’m very competitive.More so than most of thesegirls are,” she said.

Lily LenkEmily Gross Carly Ince Danielle Mares

Sarah Bader

Maddie RamichSophie Peterson Kelly Radke

Coach DeLozier

Unity junior Carly Ince sends the ball over the netduring a practice at the start of the season. – Photoby Marty Seeger

Shay NelsonShauna Jorgenson Taylor Heathman Becca Garvey

Kennedy Olson

SIREN DRAGONSVOLLEYBALL

ROSTERSENIORS: Kyaisha Kettula, Raven Emery, Brittany Coul-ter, Elizabeth Brown, Kristina Weishaupl.JUNIORS: Whitney Yambrick, Jessica Strabel, Jade Tay-lor, Amber Moore, Mackenzie Smith, Ashlee Arntson,Mackenzie Brown.SOPHOMORES: Hattie Koball, Emily Howe.FRESHMEN: Lizzie Stanford, Aubri Larson, Allie Webster,Emily Stiemann, Laurel Kannenberg, Caitlynn Daniels,Madeline Doty.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Caryn Stanford.ASSISTANT: Kristin Kosloski.

UNITY EAGLES VOLLEYBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Sarah Bader, Hailey Olson, Taylor Heathman,Shay Nelson, Shauna Jorgenson.JUNIORS: Carly Ince, Maddie Ramich, Becca Garvey,Emily Gross, Sophie Peterson, Danielle Mares, KellyRadke, Kennedy Olson, Lily Lenk.SOPHOMORES: Mikayla Allison, Paige Lunsmann, ErynMares, Olivia Nelson.FRESHMEN: Allison Gross, Emma Moore, Ali Kreft, Ryh-ley Mattison, Raelin Sorensen, Whitney Rock, MarkellRamich, Hannah Wagner, Karie Moening, Erika Priebe,Gabriele Foeller, Velincya Andrade.

COACHESHEAD COACH: Jennifer DeLozier.ASSISTANT: Briana Coombe.MANAGER: Naomi Williamson


Webster volleyballYoung Tigers hopeto compete in an-other tough confer-

enceby Greg Marsten

Leader staff writerWEBSTER – The Tigers step onto the

court for 2012 with high hopes for astrong West Lake-land season behind 12-

year coach MindyWidiker, who led thesquad to a 5-7 confer-ence record last sea-son and an 8-9overall mark, endingwith a first-roundWIAA Regional lossto rival St. CroixFalls.

Widiker noted thatthe squad is young

and has some growing to do, but thatcould also mean they surprise some folks.“Our weakness is we are a young teamand have plenty to learn yet. But I’m ex-cited to see how this team will progressand develop as the season gets underway,” she said.

The Tigers have five returning playerswho are all key, according to Widiker.“I’m looking for different contributionsfrom all five of them: Gabby Schiller, JillHolmstrom, Marissa Elliott, Alex Holm-strom, Raelyn Tretsven and ChristinaWeis,” she said. “Our strengths this sea-son are yet to be determined.”

Webster finished solidly in the middleof the pack last year, but also had somestrong upsets and made every set count.Widiker thinks they can again be a con-tender, and like most local coaches, rec-ognizes the quality of the conference,compared to some parts of the state.

“My outlook is that it should be atough conference as always with a lot ofgreat teams playing this season,” shesaid.

Sydney StellrechtAlex Holmstrom

Gabby Schiller

Marissa Elliott Ashley Dietmeier

Jill Holmstrom

Lydia WilsonRaelyn Tretsven Christina Weis

Coach Widiker

The Webster volleyball team could surprise a few teams this season with ayounger core group of girls. – Leader file photo

Kenna Gall

Vikings to hit theground running again


FREDERIC – After going through anentire season without a cross-countrypro-gram, the Frederic Vikings are backon the scene this season. Only four girls

are on the roster thisyear, but it’s a start toa program that usedto be one of the area'sbest in both boys andgirls.

“It was a group ofathletes that camethrough that werejust an athletic groupof kids that fed offeach other andpushed each other,”said new head coach

Jeff Larcom. “Now it's time to start some-thing new.”

Vikings junior Abigail Brightbill wason the team as a freshman and was in-strumental in bringing the program backthrough talking to administration.

“She’s our experienced cross-countryathlete. Everyone else is new to the pro-gram,” said Larcom, who has been coach-ing much of his life. He’s been theFrederic girls track coach for the pastseven years. Other girls include onefreshman, Nicole Nelson, and the twoother juniors, Tylyn O’Brien and RachaelPoirier.

“It doesn’t constitute a team (for

points), but it's four girls I get to take to ameet and they can compete,” Larcomsaid, but added that the girls are workinghard and improving steadily.

Larcom said he will start trying to workon recruiting middle school athletes aswell as encourage more athletes to joinonce the school year begins. At the end of

the school year last spring, he had severalboys thinking of going out for cross coun-try, but they decided to play football in-stead.

“From my perspective, if kids aredoing something, that’s good enough forme,” he said. “It’s the kids that aren’tdoing anything that maybe could gain

some stuff from the experiences in crosscountry. That’s what I’m after.”

Coach Larcom

Rachael Poirier, Tylyn O'Brien, Abigail Brightbill, Nicole Nelson and Coach Larcom are renewing the tradition ofcross-country in Frederic this year, after the school suspended the program last year. – Photo by Marty Seeger

FREDERIC CROSS COUNTRYCROSS COUNTRY

WEBSTER TIGERS VOLLEYBALLROSTER

SENIORS: Gabby Schiller, Jill Holmstrom.JUNIORS: Alexandria Holmstrom, Marissa Elliott, SydneyStellrecht, Ashley Dietmeier, Kayla Hatfield, Julieta Dipi-azza, Ashley Starks.SOPHOMORES: Kenna Gall, Raelyn Tretsven, ChristinaWeis, Sydni Schultz, Sam Emberson, Diana Jennings.FRESHMEN: Lydia Wilson, Caitlynn Hopkins, BaileyWoodford, Kaitlyn Moser.

COACHVARSITY COACH: Mindy Widiker.JV COACH: Stefanie Janssen.

FREDERIC CROSS COUNTRYROSTER

JUNIORS: Rachael Poirier, Tylyn O'Brien, Abigail Brightbill.FRESHMAN: Nicole Nelson.

COACHHEAD COACH: Jeff Larcom.


Pirate boys will look to lead area teams again


GRANTSBURG – Head coach PaulHuskamp is in his ninth year as headcoach, and in that span, he’s taken fourteams to the state meet and coached twoindividual state champions. Last year wasone of the best as the boys team brought

home a state runner-up trophy, andHuskamp was hon-ored as District 1Coach of the Year.

“That was a sur-prising honor,” saidHuskamp, who hasanother great groupof boys coming backagain this season,despite losing fourtop seniors from theteam that went tostate last season.

Junior Jacob Ohnstad will be one of theteam leaders, but others that were a bigpart of last year’s success include theteam’s only senior, Sean Handy, sopho-more Richard Schneider and junior ErlandOlson.

“Some of the guys have been putting ina lot of miles this summer, and I’m excitedto see what their potential will be. Wehave some big shoes to fill after last year’ssuccessful season, but I think they’re

ready to step up and take on the role ofwhere we were last year,” Huskamp said.

The team was hoping for more kids thisseason and has a total of 12 boys and justfour girls.

“Some of the girls that ran last year saidno to this season. And some of the boys aswell,” Huskamp said, admitting that it isa little frustrating, but he’s ready to make

do with what they have, particularly withhis group of boys.

“We’re not going to have a real domi-nant runner, but we sure have a goodsolid pack running this year. That’s whatwins races too,” Huskamp said.

Coach HuskampThe Pirates cross-country team is ready for another successful season. Pictured back row (L to R): Mark Olson, Jer-

emiah Stevens, Keith Vollendorf, Austin Handy, Jacob Ohnstad, Gus Johnson, Erland Olson, Sean Handy and RichardSchneider. Front row: Taylor Olson, Whitney Oachs, Taylor Byers, Dylan McKinley, Raelyn Pochman, Kate Rod andSpencer Louis. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer

GRANTSBURG CROSS COUNTRY

Saints girls look liketop contenders in the

conferenceby Marty Seeger Leader staff writer

ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Fallsgirls have already generated excitement atthe start of the season with a team win atthe opening Sherstad Invitational in

Grantsburg. Theteam has a newfreshman, SophieKlein, who posted atime of 17:59.4,which is a phenome-nal start to her run-ning career. She hasa shot at making thestate meet alreadyand the team has fullpotential to go aftera conference crown.

“The girls teamalso has the possibility to advance as ateam. Both Rice Lake and Bloomer (whoadvanced as teams last year to state) willbe the teams for us to watch for, but I’mnot going to rule out anything. If we workhard and keep our minds focused on thisultimate goal, anything is possible,” saidfourth-year head coach Jennifer Clemins.

Clemins should also be excited forsophomore Henry Klein on the boys team.He earned a spot at state last season andhas the potential to do it again this year.He took second overall at the Sherstad In-vite. With the majority of their veteranrunners back from last season, with excep-

tion of No. 1 and No. 2 runners on theboys and a top contender on the girlssquad, Clemins has good reason to bethrilled with what she has coming back.

“I’m super excited to get the racing sea-son under way and see what my athleteshave in store for us. I’m expecting somegreat personal-best performances and sus-pect I’ll be pleasantly surprised by myathletes continuously throughout the sea-son. I am fortunate to coach yet another

season with some other amazing coaches,Tammi Braund and Ryan Stridde. All inall, it should be another memorable cross-country season,” Clemins said.

Coach Clemins

The St. Croix Falls cross-country includes back row: (L to R): Coach Jennifer Clemins, Joseph Ward, Mark Wampfler,Henry Klein, Rob Foss, Noah Casterton, Brendon Gearhart, Cody Leach, Thomas Foss and assistant coach, TammiBraund. Front row: Madalyn Bollig, Joleen Gravelle, Sophie Klein, Autumn Erickson, Erica Bergmann, Cassi Leach,Allie Holmdahl and Jordan Johnson. – Photo by Marty Seeger

ST. CROIX FALLS CROSS COUNTRY

GRANTSBURGPIRATES CROSS COUNTRY

BOYS ROSTERSENIOR: Sean Handy.JUNIORS: Jacob Ohnstad, Gus Johnson, Austin Handy,Erland Olson, Keith Vollendorf.SOPHOMORES: Richard Schneider, Mark Olson, Jere-miah Stevens, Taylor Olson.FRESHMEN: Spencer Louis, Dylan McKinley.

GIRLS ROSTERJUNIORS: Whitney Oachs, Kate Rod, Raelyn Pochman.SOPHOMORE: Taylor Byers.

ST. CROIX FALLS SAINTSCROSS COUNTRYBOYS ROSTER

SENIORS: Rob Foss, Noah Casterton.JUNIORS: Brendon Gearhart, Cody Leach.SOPHOMORES: Mark Wampfler, Thomas Foss, HenryKlein.FRESHMAN: Joseph Ward.

GIRLS ROSTERSENIORS: Jordan Johnson, Autumn Erickson, Allie Holm-dahl.JUNIOR: Erica Bergmann.SOPHOMORE: Joleen Gravelle.FRESHMEN: Madalyn Bollig, Sophie Klein, Cassi Leach.


Unity/Luck boastsbetter numbers


BALSAM LAKE – The Unity/Luckcross country program is continually look-ing to build more numbers into the pro-

gram, and this yearis one of the bestsince Lori Andersonbegan her coachingcareer, especiallywith the boys.

Eight of the boyson the team this sea-son are freshmen,along with veteranrunners ColtonSorensen and ScottBever. Sorensen con-tinues his quest to

get to a state tournament again this seasonand barely missed his chance last season.But he and several others have been train-ing and working hard over the summer toimprove.

“Colton … he knows what he has to do

to make it to state, and I think he’s put thattime in,” said Anderson.

Sorensen is also a good role model forthe younger athletes, particularly at themiddle school level, which only makes theteam stronger. The team will also benefitin their close friendships.

“I think it’s because Colton is such agood leader and the camaraderie of theentire team. They’re friends. They getalong. They’re a little family,” Andersonsaid.

Of the six girls on the roster three areseniors, but eight of the 12 boys on the ros-

ter are freshmen and could provide a bigspark for the boys team.

“Good solid freshmen coming up,They’re inexperienced, but a lot of raw tal-ent, so it's really going to add to the team,”Anderson said.

Coach Anderson

The Unity cross-country team has good numbers this season. Pictured back row (L to R): Matt Volgren, Gaven Ouel-lette, Eli Vosbenkowski, Aaron O'Conner, Colton Sorensen, Neil Kline, Jes Pedersen and Lance Lindvall. Middle row:Joel Dix, Roen Aronson, Austin Baker, Matthew Peterson, Adam Bever and Derek Rennicke. Front row: Megan Volgren,Ella Luepke, Olivia Coen, Anna Luepke and Tatum Kline. – Photo by Marty Seeger

UNITY/LUCK CROSS COUNTRY

Tigers look to newleader for success


WEBSTER – The Webster cross-countryteam has at least one significant changethis season in the absence of former coachJim Muus, who retired last season after

roughly 30 seasonswith the program.Muus created one ofthe strongest andmost successful pro-grams in the areaand brought home amultitude of tro-phies including arunner-up finish atthe state champi-onships in 2007 anda state champi-onship the follow-

ing year. But right alongside of Muus wascoach Roy Ward, who should have notroubles leading many more successfulcross-country teams in the future.

“Much of my success has been directlyrelated to coach Muus and the athletescommitment to themselves and the pro-gram. I have enjoyed watching athletesimprove and reach their individual goalsas well as being part of being the bestteam in the state in 2008,” Ward said.

The Tiger girls took third overall, andthe boys came in fourth place in the open-ing meet of the season and have a wholeseason to improve. The team has severalrunners back from last season including

Kally Schiller and Emma Kelby. Both sen-iors earned trips as individuals to the statemeet last season.

With about nine boys and eight girls,Ward has a set of teams to work with thisseason and will most certainly have thekids in top form by the end of the year,just as Muus had done over the past 30seasons.

“My biggest challenge is to fill JimMuus’ shoes. He was a great distance

runner himself, and he has taken kids tostate every year. I was fortunate to coachwith Jim since 1998. I would like to con-tinue his tradition of excellence. The teamsneed to do their best with who they have.Like every team we have the same obsta-cles to deal with. My hope is that throughgood coaching and peer leadership, at theend we are satisfied with the final out-come,” Ward said.

The Tigers cross-country team includes back row: (L to R): Oudy Weber, Andrew Schrooten, Alec Gustafson, SeanMartinez, Dan Formanek, Billy Cooper, Nathan Gatten and Cortland Summer. Front row: Pichimon Loha, Diana Pope,Elizabeth Freymiller, Tessa Schiller and Emilie Pope. – Photo by Marty Seeger

WEBSTER CROSS COUNTRY

WEBSTER TIGERS CROSS COUNTRYBOYS ROSTER

SENIORS: Matt Smith, Cortland Summer.JUNIOR: Oudy Weber,SOPHOMORES: Dan Formanek, Nathan Gatten, AlecGustafson, Scott Hursh, Andrew Schrooten, Billy Cooper,Sean Martinez

GIRLS ROSTERSENIORS: Emma Kelby, Kally Schiller, Tessa Schiller.JUNIOR: Pichimon LohaSOPHOMORES: Emilie Pope, Diana Pope.FRESHMEN: Teagan Hollis, Elizabeth Freymiller.

UNITY/LUCK CROSS COUNTRYBOYS ROSTER

SENIORS: Scott Bever, Colton Sorensen.JUNIORS: Austin Baker, Neil Kline.SOPHOMORES: Aaron O'Conner, Jes Pedersen.FRESHMEN: Derek Rennicke, Adam Bever, Eli Vos-benkowski, Gaven Ouellette, Joel Dix, Lance Lindvall, MattVolgren, Matthew Peterson, Roen Aronson.

GIRLS ROSTERSENIORS: Anna Luepke, Megan Volgren.JUNIORS: Olivia Coen, Ella Luepke.SOPHOMORE: Tatum Kline.

Coach Ward


It’s a full house for

Luck/Unity golfby Marty Seeger

Leader staff writerLUCK – The biggest change for the

Luck/Unity golf team this season is in thenumbers. This will be the first year in sev-eral that they’ll have a full team compet-ing at matches, and with at least fourmatches golfed already this season, theteam has shown a lot of improvement.

“You can see improvement,” said coachRon Steen. “They want to learn, andthey’re having fun.”

Senior Avery Steen will once again leadthe team this season and she’ll be eyeing afourth consecutive trip to the state golfmeet in Madison.

“I hope she has a good year. I hope sheshoots well and is going to have fun,”Steen said.

Others include seniors Tina Lennartsonand Jena Alling, who have been with theteam since their freshman seasons.

The team has lured at least four othersfrom the volleyball team as well, whichhas helped to add more depth. Team“bests” are common now almost weekly,which is as good as it gets for any coach.The unfortunate thing about the seasonfor Luck/Unity is that they’ll once againbe playing without a conference. They

won’t have any home matches but will beplaying with the Heart of the North Con-ference once again. While they won’t beable to earn a conference title, they and St.Croix Falls, who is also without a confer-ence, team or individuals will still have ashot at qualifying for state as a team or in-dividuals.

Steen says that Hayward will be a teamto beat this season and have state poten-tial, while farther south in Osceola, CaseyDanielson will be looking for a fourth Di-vision 2 state championship.

LUCK/UNITY GIRLS GOLF

Briana ColbertJillian Klatt Megan BartyllaAvery Steen Tina Lennartson Coach SteenKerrigan Ekholm Maddie Joy

ELUCK/UNITY GIRLS GOLFROSTER

SENIORS: Tina Lennartson, AverySteen, Jena Alling.JUNIORS: Megan Bartylla, Jillian Klatt.SOPHOMORE: Briana Colbert.FRESHMAN: Kerrigan Ekholm, MaddieJoy, Anna Christiensen.

COACHHEAD COACH: Ron Steen

Full team highlightsSCF girls golf


ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Fallshad a down year last season due in part toonly two golfers showing interest in com-peting. One of those girls, McKenzie Katz-mark, is back again as a sophomore, andthe Saints have a handful more that willhelp make this season a bigger successunder coach Maria Gjovig, who is in hersecond season as head coach.

“The most exciting thing for me this sea-son is having more golfers to work withand expanding our program,” Gjovigsaid.

Other team members include seniorSamantha O’Brien and Taylor Orton aswell as sophomores Lindsey Wondra,Hayley Cermin, Megan Swenson andKamille Flandrena.

“Our returning sophomore, McKenzie,will be a big strength. Not only has hergame improved tremendously, she willalso be an asset in teaching the other girlsabout the courses we will be playing. Ad-ditional strengths will be our young, en-ergetic outlook,” Gjovig said.

Still after two seasons the Saints will notbe included in any conference other thantheir own, along with Luck/Unity’s golf

team. They won’t qualify for conferencepoints, nor a conference title in the Heartof the North Conference, but will be play-ing along on the various golf courses withthe Heart of the North throughout theshort fall season.

Gjovig, like other coaches, expect Hay-ward to be a solid team this season, andthe Hurricanes have proved that alreadyas many teams are in their fifth and sixthmatches. Meanwhile, St. Croix Falls looksto be continuing its growth and rebuild-ing on what has been a strong tradition ingirls golf for quite some time.

“I look forward to another growing sea-son and look forward to working with thisteam,” Gjovig said.

ST. CROIX FALLS GIRLS GOLF

ST. CROIX FALLS SAINTSGIRLS GOLFROSTER

SENIORS: Taylor Orton, SamanthaO'Brien.JUNIORS: Kamille Flandrena, MeganSwenson, Lindsey Wondra, Hayley Cer-min.SOPHOMORE: McKenzie Katzmark.

COACHHEAD COACH: Maria Gjovig.

Lindsey WondraHayley Cermin Kamille FlandrenaSamantha O'Brien Taylor Orton Coach GjovigMegan Swenson McKenzie Katzmark

The Luck/Unity golf team has a full team ready for the season. From (L to R):Kerrigan Ekholm, coach Ron Steen, Briana Colbert, Megan Bartylla, MaddieJoy, Avery Steen, Jillian Klatt and Tina Lennartson. – Photo by Marty Seeger

The Saints golf program has a full team this season. They include from (Lto R): Coach Maria Gjovig, McKenzie Katzmark, Lindsey Wondra, Megan Swen-son, Taylor Orton, Hayley Cermin and Kamille Flandrena. – Photo by MartySeeger


UNITY/LUCK TENNISUnity/Luck tennis

looks to stay compet-itive in Middle Border

Conferenceby Greg Marsten

Leader staff writerBALSAM LAKE – The cooperative

Unity/Luck tennis team returns to thecourt for 2012 with a solid group, both atsingles and in doubles.

Head coach Beth Fogarty returns for herfourth season at the helm, with returning

assistants Tom andJane Hoffman to as-sist at all levels andthe enthusiasm isstrong for the squadto do well in the for-midable MiddleBorder Conference,where they mayplay schools withmuch larger enroll-ments.

“We’re reallylooking forward to afun year,” Fogarty

said.The tennis season is among the first fall

sports to get under way, and theUnity/Luck squad already has some com-petitive court time, long before the sum-mer ends. So far, the two seniors, Anna

Ebensperger and Kelsy Johnson, and jun-ior singles standout Sierra Thomfohrdahave made their impact known, and with

the addition of Cass Hanson to varsity,they should be a strong singles team, asevidenced by an early singles sweep of

Durand.“I’m hoping that sets the tone for more

wins on the way,” Fogarty said. “I’m sohappy for their growth and drive to get tothe top.”

Fogarty and the Hoffmans continue towork with the Unity/Luck girls to maketheir doubles teams more cohesive andcompetitive, as some have only had lim-ited playing time together. They are hop-ing to get more wins as the seasonprogresses.

Fogarty has also mentioned her own ef-forts to have the teams and singles play-ers work to overcome unforced errors andmental focus to get them as solid as possi-ble.

The Unity/Luck squad plays theirmatches at the Unity tennis courts, butthey also have a growing rank of juniorvarsity squad players, with students fromboth school districts, which bodes well forthe future in several ways.

Kelsy Johnson Anna Ebensperger

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Senior Kelsy Johnson returns a forehand shot. – Photo by Greg Marsten


Frederic Danceline

Unity Danceline

Webster High School has a dance team for 2012. Thegirls include back row (L to R): Amber Davis, EmmaRachner, Sam Perius, Ashley Davis and Mallory Daniels.Front row: Jessie Yezek, Tianna Stewart, Madison Mainand Logan Grey. Coaches include Jeanne Daniels,Brande Davis and Brenda Rachner. The girls first per-formance will be Friday, Sept. 7, at halftime of the foot-ball game. – Photo by Raelynn Hunter

Webster Danceline

The Frederic danceline is set to entertain at halftimeduring sporting events this fall and winter under the di-rection of coach Deb Long. Pictured front row: (L to R):Sabrina Rehbein, Larissa Houtari, Mckenna Cook,Brooke Claeys, Julia Buck and Jenna Laqua. Back row:Jami Siebenthal, Andrea Drummer, Hanna Daeffler,Makayla Arthurs, Hayden Swanson, Carly Gustafsonand Lexi Domagala. Not pictured, Brandi Bahr, MelanaNelson and Natashia Bailey. – Photo by Marty Seeger

The Unity danceline will be performing at halftime dur-ing football games this fall with a solid coaching staffincluding Betsy Lyga and Jillian Chell. Pictured backrow (L to R): Brittany Weinzirl, Leslie Peterson,Gabrielle Foeller, Karlie Moening and Mercedes Kobs.Middle row: Destinie Kobs, Brittany Kruse, MarkellRamich and Emily Ferguson. Front row: Elaine Butala,Ali Kreft, Renae McKenzie, Paige Jones and AlexisBenedict. – Photo by Marty Seeger


2012 - 2013 FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE

*Schedule is subject to change. See sports section each week for updated schedule.

Saturday, August 25VolleyballTBD Luck at UW-Stout Invitational Football1 p.m. Luck at Rice Lake4 p.m. Siren at Rice LakeTuesday, August 28Girls Golf9 a.m. St. Croix Falls at BarronCross Country3:30 p.m. Bruce Invitational

(Webster, Grantsburg)4:30 p.m. Frederic Meet

(St. Croix Falls, Unity/Luck)Volleyball7:30 p.m. Unity at St. Croix Falls

Luck at GrantsburgSiren at Frederic Cumberland at Webster

Wednesday, August 29Girls GolfTBD St. Croix Falls at SpoonerThursday, August 30Cross Country4 p.m. Spooner Meet

(Webster, Grantsburg)5 p.m. St. Croix Falls at St. Croix Cen-tralTennis 4:15 p.m. Bloomer at Unity Football6 p.m. Three Lakes at LuckVolleyball7:30 p.m. Webster at St. Croix Falls

Grantsburg at SirenFrederic at Unity

Friday, August 31Football7 p.m. Flambeau at Webster

St. Croix Falls at FredericShell Lake at GrantsburgCameron at Unity

Tuesday, September 4Girls GolfTBD Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

NorthwesternCross Country 4 p.m. Webster Meet

(Frederic, St. Croix Falls, Unity)Tennis 4:15 p.m. Unity at Mondovi Volleyball7:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Frederic

Unity at WebsterLuck at Siren

Thursday, September 6Tennis4:15 p.m. Ellsworth at Unity Cross Country4:30 p.m. Cameron Meet(Frederic, St. Croix Falls, Webster, Grantsburg)Girls GolfTBD Luck/Unity/St. Croix Falls at

NorthwesternVolleyball7:30 p.m. Webster at Siren

Luck at FredericSt. Croix Falls at Grantsburg

Friday, September 7Football7 p.m. Grantsburg at Flambeau

Unity at St. Croix FallsFrederic at CameronNew Auburn at LuckShell Lake at Webster

Saturday, September 8Volleyball TBD Unity at Pine City, Minn.9 a.m. Siren at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Football1 p.m. Siren at Birchwood

Tuesday, September 11Cross Country4 p.m. Rice Lake Meet

(Webster, Grantsburg, St. Croix Falls)Tennis4:15 p.m. New Richmond at Unity Girls Golf4 p.m. Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

Superior Volleyball7:30 p.m. Luck at St. Croix Falls

Frederic at WebsterGrantsburg at Unity

Wednesday, September 12Girls GolfTBD Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

NorthwesternThursday, September 13Girls Golf9:30 a.m. Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

NorthwesternCross Country 4:30 p.m. Frederic at Shell LakeVolleyball7:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Webster

St. Croix Falls at SirenFriday, September 14Football7 p.m. Grantsburg at Unity

St. Croix Falls at FlambeauBirchwood at LuckWebster at FredericPrairie Farm at Siren

Saturday, September 15VolleyballTBD Northwood at Grantsburg

Unity at Osceola Cross Country8:30 a.m. Osceola Invitational

(Webster, Frederic, Grantsburg)Volleyball10 a.m. Grantsburg Tournament

(Frederic, Webster)Tuesday, September 18Cross Country 4 p.m. Barron Meet

(Frederic, St. Croix Falls)Tennis 4:15 p.m. Unity at Osceola Volleyball7:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Frederic

Unity at SirenLuck at Webster

Wednesday, September 19Girls GolfTBD Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

ChetekThursday, September 20Girls Golf9 a.m. Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at\ Conference meetTennis4:15 p.m. Unity at Baldwin-WoodvilleCross Country4:30 p.m. Unity Meet

(Grantsburg, Webster)Volleyball7:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Unity

Grantsburg at LuckFrederic at Siren

Friday, September 21Football3 p.m. Luck at Winter7 p.m. Webster at Grantsburg

Siren at NorthwoodSt. Croix Falls at Cameron

Saturday, September 2210 a.m. Luck at NorthwesternFootball1 p.m. Frederic at UnityTuesday, September 25Cross Country4 p.m. Flambeau Meet

(Frederic, Webster, Grantsburg)

Volleyball7:30 p.m. Unity at Frederic

Siren at GrantsburgWebster at St. Croix Falls

Wednesday, September 26Girls GolfTBA Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

Regional at SpoonerThursday, September 27Cross Country4:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls Invitational(Frederic, Unity/Luck, Webster, Grantsburg)

Volleyball7:30 p.m. Frederic at St. Croix Falls

Webster at UnitySiren at Luck

Friday, September 28Football7 p.m. Grantsburg at Frederic

Shell Lake at St. Croix FallsUnity at WebsterSiren at Luck

Saturday, September 29Volleyball9 a.m. Amery Tournament

(Webster, Siren, St. Croix Falls)Monday, October 1Tennis9 a.m. RegionalsGirls GolfTBD Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

Hayward, sectionalsTuesday, October 2TennisTBD Regionals Cross Country4 p.m. Amery Meet(Frederic, Grantsburg, Webster, St. Croix Falls)Volleyball7:30 p.m. Siren at Webster

Grantsburg at St. Croix FallsFrederic at Luck

Wednesday, October 3TennisTBD SectionalsThursday, October 4TennisTBD SectionalsVolleyball7:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Luck

Webster at FredericUnity at Grantsburg

Friday, October 5Football7 p.m. Frederic at Shell Lake

Grantsburg at St. Croix FallsUnity at FlambeauNew Auburn at SirenWebster at Cameron

Saturday, October 6VolleyballTBD Unity at Mora, Minn.Football1 p.m. Luck at Prairie FarmMonday, October 8Girls GolfTBD Luck/Unity, St. Croix Falls at

StateVolleyball7:30 p.m. Frederic at BirchwoodTuesday, October 9Cross Country 4 p.m. Flambeau Conference Meet

(Frederic, St. Croix Falls, Webster, Grantsburg, Unity/Luck)

Volleyball7:30 p.m. Siren at St. Croix Falls

Webster at GrantsburgLuck at UnitySolon Springs at Frederic

Thursday, October 11TennisTBD State Volleyball7:30 p.m. Webster at Luck

Siren at UnityFrederic at Grantsburg

Friday, October 12TennisTBD StateFootball7 p.m. Flambeau at Frederic

Shell Lake at UnitySt. Croix Falls at WebsterWinter at SirenCameron at GrantsburgLuck at Bruce

Saturday, October 13TennisTBD StateVolleyballTBD Luck at Eau Claire9 a.m. Grantsburg at CameronTuesday, October 16VolleyballTBD RegionalsThursday, October 18TBD RegionalsFriday, October 19Cross Country TBD SectionalsTennisTBD StateSaturday, October 20FootballTBD PlayoffsVolleyballTBD RegionalsCross Country TBD SectionalsTennisTBD State Tuesday, October 23Football7 p.m. Bruce at Siren

Luck at NorthwoodThursday, October 25VolleyballTBD SectionalsFriday, October 26Cross CountryTBD StateVolleyballTBD SectionalsSaturday, October 27Cross Country TBD StateFootballTBD PlayoffsVolleyballTBD SectionalsThursday, November 1VolleyballTBD StateFriday, November 2VolleyballTBD StateSaturday, November 3FootballTBD PlayoffsVolleyballTBD StateSaturday, November 10FootballTBD PlayoffsThursday, November 15FootballTBD State

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