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(2008/10/01)
The offensive line of the Onalaska High School football team ripped through Sparta early and often Friday, allowing running backs Eric Lavery and Jake Rick to each run for more than 160 yards in a 38-14 dismantling of the Spartans.
(2008/10/01)
Onalaska and Holmen’s cross country teams will see their largest meet of the season in terms of size of field at Saturday’s University of Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational.
(2008/10/01)
Onalaska High School’s girls tennis team will be shooting for its first Mississippi Valley Conference championship since 1992, while Holmen is hoping to advance in at least three flights at Monday’s league tournament, which begins at 9 a.m. at UW-La Crosse.
(2008/10/01)
The Onalaska and Holmen High School girls golf teams, who played for first place in the Mississippi Valley Conference at Trempealeau Mountain Thursday (after deadline), should be among the favorites to advance at Wednesday’s Division 1 regional at Hiawatha at Tomah.
(2008/10/01)
Luther High School’s football team went to a zone blocking scheme prior to the season in hopes of giving its smaller, but quicker, offensive line a better chance to be consistently competitive. But the switch to zone blocking has yet to take hold, as Luther struggled again on offense in Friday’s 33-7 loss to Dover-Eyota.
(2008/10/01)
Luther High School's girls tennis team will attempt to extend its streak of Coulee Conference championships to four at Saturday’s season-ending tournament at Black River Falls.
(2008/10/01)
Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball contender Aquinas, who are first in the state in the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association Division 3 state rankings, entered their Sept. 18 match with Onalaska at the Chuck Deeth Fieldhouse with two 5-game matches in league play. The Hilltoppers hadn’t played any up until that point, and Onalaska coach Megan Swiggum thought that may have been a deciding factor in the Blugolds 25-16, 16-25, 25-21, 17-25, 15-11 win.
(2008/10/01)
In a showdown of undefeated Coulee Conference volleyball teams, West Salem High School had all the answers and took down Luther 25-13, 25-16, 25-23 Sept. 18
(2008/10/01)
Despite what appeared to be an upset 2-1 loss at Central Sept. 9, Onalaska High School’s boys soccer team still retained control of its own destiny for this fall’s Mississippi Valley Conference championship entering Tuesday’s match with Sparta at the Riders Club Fields. Despite outshooting the Spartans 22-9, Onalaska no longer controls its own fate for the league title after a 1-0 loss.
(2008/10/01)
Brooke Reynolds and Emilie Klos posted three top-four finishes each, helping the Onalaska-Holmen-Aquinas girls high school swimming team to a third-place finish at Saturday’s eight-team Chippewa Falls Invitational.
(2008/10/01)
Luther High School cross country runners Todd Korthals and Marit Henckel finished in the top 40 percent of their respective fields at Saturday’s Racine St. Catherines Angel Invitational at UW-Parkside.
(2008/09/25)
After engaging in high-scoring affairs with Lodi and West Salem, the Onalaska High School football team’s game at Adams-Friendship Friday certainly appeared headed in that direction again after the Hilltoppers led 21-14 less than nine minutes in. But Onalaska’s defense held the Green Devils scoreless over the final 39 minutes, with their offense continuing to score often in a 52-14 win.
(2008/09/25)
Buoyed by nines in the 40s from Brianna Manguson, Katie Bird and Kristina Helgeson, Onalaska High School’s girls golf team took charge of the Mississippi Valley Conference race Monday at Cedar Creek, winning both matches to likely put themselves one more win away from a third straight league title.
(2008/09/25)
Onalaska High School’s girls tennis team swept the doubles flights Tuesday in a 5-2 win at Logan that allowed them to take a two-point lead over the Rangers in the race for this fall’s Mississippi Valley Conference championship.
(2008/09/25)
Onalaska’s Maddie Hibshman won the girls race at Saturday’s Onalaska Gale Johnson Invitational at the Riders Club Fields. Hibshman rebounded from finishing outside the top 35 and with a time of over 17 minutes at the Sept. 6 Verona Invitational, improving more than two minutes in winning the race. Hibshman finished 13 seconds ahead of teammate Jami Hill.
(2008/09/25)
Luther’s Marit Hcnckel and Jack Albert set personal records at Saturday’s Onalaska Gale Johnson Invitational at the Riders Club Fields.
(2008/09/25)
Onalaska High School’s boys soccer team faced two Big Rivers Conference contenders and 2007 Mississippi Valley Conference runner-up West Salem late last week, emerging from the tough three-match stretch with two wins and a tie.
(2008/09/25)
Onalaska finished third at Holmen’s volleyball invitational Saturday.
(2008/09/25)
Luther finished fifth at Holmen’s volleyball invitational Saturday.
(2008/09/25)
When Luther High School’s tennis team lost Division 2 state tournament players Rachel Niemi, Cassie Dickow, Hannah Krueger and Megan Hamilton, and Jackie Tolvstad, to graduation, the chances of Luther continuing its four-year run atop the Coulee Conference were uncertain. But Luther is in position to do that once again this fall after completing the dual portion of the league season with a 5-2 win at Black River Falls Tuesday.
(2008/09/25)
Brooke Reynolds was part of three top-three relays, while six other Onalaska-Holmen-Aquinas girls swimmers were part of two top-three relays, helping OHA to a third-place finish in Saturday’s five-team Baraboo Relays.
(2008/09/25)
FILLMORE CENTRAL 42, LUTHER 2 First quarter Fil — Jordan Jarland 66 run (Chris Morem kick failed), :26
(2008/09/18)
Be it on a football field, hockey rink or track, Onalaska High School junior halfback Nate Trannel has used his legs and his speed to be a successful athlete.
(2008/09/18)
Onalaska High School No. 1 singles player Maddie Johnson has been relatively untested through the season’s first 3 1/2 weeks, with her lone tough match likely coming Aug. 20 at Stevens Point against Verona’s Megan Kasten. That should change this week, beginning with Waunakee’s Alyssa Larson Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Gullikson Courts and continuing with Logan’s Kristi Kroker Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in La Crosse.
(2008/09/18)
Onalaska High School’s cross country team will host its annual Gale Johnson Invitational Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Riders Club Fields.
(2008/09/18)
The level of play isn’t as high as 2005, when Holmen featured future college players Jill Preeshl and Rachael Johnson, and Christina DeBoer, and Onalaska featured future college players Katie Tabbert, Emily Swift, McKenzie Holthaus and Katie Swift. But with three league matches remaining, Holmen and Onalaska are tied for first in the race for this fall’s Mississippi Valley Conference championship.
(2008/09/18)
Luther High School’s volleyball team has been building toward a Coulee Conference championship the last two seasons. They’ll get their first big test on the path toward that goal Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at West Salem.
(2008/09/18)
Despite what coach Jon Benrud called a much improved defense, turnovers bit the Luther High School football team for the second straight week in a 12-8 loss to Southland Friday.
(2008/09/18)
Onalaska High School’s boys soccer team looked to be in good position to ascend back toward a place at the top of the Mississippi Valley Conference after a 4-1 win over another expected league contender, Tomah, Sept. 4 at the Riders Club Fields. But that was in some doubt Tuesday after the Hilltoppers fell 2-1 to Central in an apparent upset at the La Crosse Youth Soccer Parents Association Fields.
(2008/09/18)
Luther High School’s girls tennis team has lost just one Coulee Conference dual since the formation of the league in the sport in 2004. The one team that has challenged the most in that timespan is Black River Falls, who Luther will travel to play Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
(2008/09/18)
Seniors Michelle Sawaya and Ashlee Gordon had a hand in two relays wins each, helping the Onalaska-Holmen-Aquinas girls high school swimming co-op to a 90-66 dual win over Chippewa Falls at UW-La Crosse’s Mitchell Hall Sept. 4.
(2008/09/18)
Luther High School’s girls cross country team continues to show potential for a late-season run toward the Division 3 state meet after the Sept. 4 Crazy Buffalo Invitational at Pine Creek Golf Course in La Crescent according to coach Kevin Lisk.
(2008/09/18)
Onalaska High School’s volleyball team has been fairly successful in its first eight matches this season, winning six. But Onalaska also is close to breaking through against a quality opponent, including losses to Stanley-Boyd at Saturday’s Black River Falls Invitational and at Central Sept. 4.
(2008/09/11)
When Onalaska High School girls golf coach and social studies teacher Daren Simms entered the 2007 season with a team with a legitimate shot at a Division 1 state championship, he tried not to think too far ahead. Fellow Onalaska social studies teacher and cross country coach Darin Shepardson can relate this fall.
(2008/09/11)
If 2007 playoff teams Onalaska and Tomah will indeed be two of the top teams in the Mississippi Valley Conference again this fall, the Hilltoppers will have to contain bruising back Joel Sweeney when they meet. Onalaska got to see a similar back Friday in Lodi’s Keith McBride.
(2008/09/11)
Onalaska High School volleyball coach Megan Swiggum thought the new jump serve of three-year setter Lauren Mlsna could be a weapon. It turned out to be just that late in Onalaska’s season-opening 25-21, 25-21, 26-24 win over Tomah at the Chuck Deeth Fieldhouse Tuesday.
(2008/09/11)
Luther High School football coach Jon Benrud did his best to quote Murphy’s Law when discussing Friday’s season-opening 35-20 loss at Rushford-Peterson.
(2008/09/11)
Luther High School’s volleyball team entered the season with a potentially dominating front line of Courtney and Krista Hoeg, and Toni Walters. But Luther’s depth also showed in its opener, a 28-26, 25-15, 20-25, 25-15 win at Viroqua Aug. 28.
(2008/09/11)
Onalaska High School sophomore defender Jack Ringhand committed a push in the box that led to a penalty kick and a goal for West Bend East in Saturday’s non-conference soccer doubleheader at the La Crosse Youth Soccer Parents Association Fields. But Ringhand redeemed himself later, converting a header off a corner kick to lead the Hilltoppers to a 2-1 win and sweep of the day.
(2008/09/11)
The short game of sophomore Alli Plath helped the Onalaska High School girls golf team top a sectional-laden field at the Aug. 27 Mississippi Valley/Big Rivers meet in New Richmond.
(2008/09/11)
Luther High School’s cross country team produced five top-10 finishers between the boys and girls races at Friday’s West Salem Early Bird Invitational. Four of them weren’t terribly surprising, Luther’s girls top two runners, Marit Henckel and Janae Wrobel, along with the Knights boys top two runners, Todd Korthals and Steve Ebner. But the fifth was somewhat of a surprise, as freshman Naomi Loeffelholz took ninth in the girls race.
(2008/09/11)
The No. 2 singles match between Onalaska senior Ashley Sinclair and Central senior Emily Romeyn should highlight the dual when the two schools meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. in La Crosse.
(2008/09/04)
With several returning skill players and an offensive line that returns nearly intact, Onalaska High School's football team shouldn't have huge problems producing offense this fall. But a defense that head coach Dieter Antoni thinks will be more physical gives Onalaska hope they can move toward a second Mississippi Valley Conference championship in three seasons in 2008.
(2008/09/04)
Luther High School's football team rode an offense keyed by seniors Alex Kohlmeier, Ryan Lussky, Trent Traxler and Ben Albrecht to its first-ever WIAA playoff berth last fall. Those four players are graduated, however, meaning a line highlighted by two returning tackles and change to a zone blocking scheme could be keys to the Knights making a push toward a return to the postseason.
(2008/09/04)
The last time the Onalaska High School volleyball team had a trio of three-year players of this quality, the Hilltoppers advanced to the fifth game of a Division 2 sectional final. OHS is hoping to relive that type of magic this fall.
(2008/09/04)
Luther High School's volleyball team should have the front line covered against nearly all of their opponents with returning all-Coulee Conference players Courtney and Krista Hoeg, and Toni Walters. How some of those same players do in their other roles could be the key to Luther ascending back to the top of the league this fall.
(2008/09/04)
Onalaska High School's boys soccer team had a rough 2007 season, dropping from winning the previous two Mississsippi Valley Conference championships to sixth in the league. Onalaska also had its first season that stopped short of at least a sectional final since 2003. But the Hilltoppers look like they'll at worst make a move toward the top of the MVC and a sectional berth again this fall.
(2008/09/04)
Luther High School's cross country team has sent at least one athlete to the Division 3 state tournament each season since 2002, a stretch that has included probably the best two runners in program history, Josh Schoeffel and Erica Babinec. With Babinec having graduated and headed to Martin Luther College, Luther should still have a handful or runners who could extend that state streak this season.
(2008/09/04)
Maddie Johnson earned a win over a state tournament match winner from a year in winning at No. 1 singles, while Dani Hill at No. 4 singles also reached the championship match in her flight, pacing the Onalaska High School girls tennis team to their best-ever finish at last week's Stevens Point Invitational.
(2008/09/04)
Emilie Klos and Brooke Reynolds each had a hand in four event win, helping the Onalaska-Holmen-Aquinas girls high school swimming to a 97-73 win at Marshfield in its season opener Tuesday.
(2008/09/04)
Amanda Beckendorf at No. 4 singles, along with the No. 2 doubles team of Leah Justin and Olivia Krause, won consecutive matches in consecutive dual wins for the Luther High School girls tennis team over Appleton Fox Valley Lutheran Saturday and Viroqua Tuesday.
(2008/09/04)
Brianna Manguson, an honorable-mention all-Mississippi Valley Conference golfer and potentially the No. 2 player for the Onalaska High School girls behind sophomore Alli Plath, made her season debut at Friday's Hayward Invitational.
(2008/08/28)
If Onalaska High School's girls tennis team played with just last year's returning players, they'd probably be plenty competitive, with eight players back from last year's fourth-place Mississippi Valley Conference finisher.
(2008/08/28)
Onalaska High School's girls golf team finished second at the Division 1 state meet each of the last two years, but played their first meet without now-college players Katie Tabbert, McKenzie Holthaus and Katie Swift at Monday and Tuesday's Brookfield Central/Mequon Homestead Classic. Sophomores Alli Plath and Carmen Lezpona each finished in the top half of the 110-player field, with Onalaska finishing 14th in the 22-team meet.
(2008/08/28)
Incoming Onalaska-Holmen-Aquinas girls swimming co-op head coach Heather Harris has been around the program since its inception as either a head or assistant coach. She says the level of skill in the program has improved each of those years, and thinks the same will happen this fall.
(2008/08/28)
Luther High School's girls tennis team rode a veteran senior class that included Division 2 state qualifiers Rachel Niemi, Cassie Dickow, Hannah Krueger and Megan Hamilton, and Jackie Tolvstad, to winning the first three Coulee Conference championships in runaway fashion. While Luther returns five of its players from last year's squad, lots of them will be asked to make big jumps in competition this fall.
(2008/08/28)
Onalaska High School senior Jordan Guth pitched a scoreless inning as a part of the Brewers Classic at Miller Park in Milwaukee Aug. 14.
(2008/08/21)
The six-pack of Onalaska and Holmen qualifiers for next week's Wisconsin PGA State Open at the Eau Claire Country Club seem to fall into two groups. La Crosse Country Club pro Jim Kjellenberg of Onalaska and former Cedar Creek pro Mark Schneider of Holmen don't seem to be entering the tournament with grandiose goals after not having a bevy of playing opportunities this summer. But Country Club assistant pro and Holmen High School graduate Joe DeRosa, 2007 Holmen grad Keegan Drugan, 2003 Onalaska grad Mason Milner and 2004 OHS grad Jeff Kaiser all seem to be playing near the top of their respective games, meaning one or more could find their way into championship contention.
(2008/08/21)
2008 Onalaska High School graduate Kyle Stewart pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one baserunner on a bloop single to right, in Sunday's 37th annual Wisconsin American Legion Baseball all-star game at Miller Park in Milwaukee Sunday.
(2008/08/21)
Joe DeRosa, a Holmen High School graduate and the assistant pro at the La Crosse Country Club in Onalaska, has been playing more tournaments in preparation for this week's Wisconsin PGA State Open at the Eau Claire Country Club. But he had nearly as big a win Monday in prepartion for next week, winning the WPGA's state assistant's championship at Chenequa Country Club in Hartland to qualify for this fall's national assistant's championship at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Flor.
(2008/08/21)
Onalaska's Ben Skogen tied for fifth in the boys 14-and-under age divsion at last week's Wisconsin State Golf Association state junior boys championships at Nakoma Golf Club in Madison.
(2008/08/14)
MERRILL -- Onalaska American Legion baseball coach Zeb Allert didn't think who would start on the mound in Tuesday's Class AA state championship game was much of a decision after Monday's 4-3 loss to Kaukauna. Allert planned on going with ace Kyle Stewart, who'd only thrown 2 1/3 innings since Friday's opening 10-9 win over Kaukauna.
(2008/08/14)
Heather Harris, a 2001 Holmen High School graduate, swam collegiately at UW-Stevens Point despite Holmen not having a high school swimming team.
(2008/08/14)
Bryan Erdmann, the head coach for the Onalaska-Holmen boys swimming program since its inception in 2006, has left the program.
(2008/08/14)
Two solid pitching efforts and a barrage of solid, line-drive base hits gave Tomah a 5-2, 14-3 doubleheader victory over the Onalaska High School summer softball team July 30 in Tomah.
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