Wittenberg Enterprise & Birnamwood News

Football: Witt-Birn runs past Iola-Scandinavia

Published by admin on Sat, 09/14/2019 - 8:48am

WITTENBERG — The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School football team earned a key Central Wisconsin Conference-Large Division win over Iola-Scandinavia on Friday, rushing for three scores in an 18-8 victory.

Coming off a 42-0 loss to Amherst in week three, Witt-Birn was hoping to get off to a fast start. The Chargers did just that, putting together an eight-play, 62-yard touchdown drive to open the game.

The hosts ran the ball on every play of the drive, with freshman David Gauderman and junior Austin Gibson sharing the carries.

High School Football Scores - Sept. 13

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 10:40pm

Last Updated: 2:45 p.m., 9/16

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 18, Iola-Scandinavia 8

Wittenberg-Birnamwood bounced back from a tough loss in week three with a big Central Wisconsin Conference-Large Division home win over Iola-Scandinavia on Friday. The win moves Witt-Birn to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

High School Highlights - Sept. 12

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 1:01pm

Last Updated: 4:45 p.m., 9/13

VOLLEYBALL

Shawano 3

New London 0

Shawano earned a road win over New London to open up Bay Conference play on Thursday. The Hawks won by scores of 25-21, 25-11, 25-18.

Katelyn Wilber had 14 assists and four aces for Shawano, while Rachel Reed finished with seven attack kills, seven digs and three aces. Margo Gull tallied 20 digs.

Baylie Hansen finished with six total kills, while Avery Dreier had five. Abi Vomastic contributed seven total kills and five digs.

Tigerton goes 1-1 at triangular

High School Highlights - Sept. 10

Published by admin on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 1:23pm

Last Updated: 2:45 p.m., 9/12

VOLLEYBALL

Bonduel 3

Tigerton 0

Bonduel eased to a Central Wisconsin Conference crossover home win over Tigerton on Tuesday, winning by scores of 25-5, 25-13, 25-15.

Megan Zeitler got the Bears off to a strong start, serving while the hosts claimed 15 straight points in the first set. She finished the night with 20 service points, six attack kills, five digs and three aces.

Cross-Country: Shawano’s Arce, White place first at invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 1:17pm

WITTENBERG — Shawano Community High School’s Odessa Arce and Alec White each placed first as individuals to lead their cross-country teams to strong finishes at the Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers Invitational on Tuesday.

Arce, a sophomore, won the girls race with a time of 21 minutes, 26.65 seconds. The Shawano girls placed first with a score of 49.

White, a freshman, claimed the top time (18:06.02) in the boys race to help Shawano take second with a score of 71. Witt-Birn (59) took first.

Athlete Profile: Logan Balliett

Published by admin on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 8:00am

Athlete: Logan Balliett

Sport: Football

Positions: Quarterback, safety

School: Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School

Year: Senior

WITTENBERG — The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School football team had lofty expectations heading into the season, and behind senior leader Logan Balliett, the team is off to a 2-1 start.

Balliett, who is the team’s quarterback while playing safety on defense, guided the team to a 34-0 victory over Northland Pines in week one. He tossed a touchdown to Simon Stewart for one of the team’s five scores.

College Highlights - Sept. 8

Published by admin on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 7:30pm

Minniecheske producing for Ripon early on

Tigerton High School graduate Monika Minniecheske is earning playing time for Ripon College's volleyball team early in the fall season.

During the Ripon College Quadrangular on Aug. 30 and 31, Ripon played three matches, going 1-2. In a win over Finlandia, Minniecheske tallied six attack kills. She had three kills in a loss to Dominican (Illinois).

High School Football Scores - Sept. 6

Published by admin on Fri, 09/06/2019 - 9:59pm

Last Updated: 6 p.m., 9/8

Shawano 50, Green Bay East 6

Brayden Dickelman rushed for over 300 yards and four touchdowns in the first half alone to power Shawano to a lopsided Bay Conference home win over Green Bay East on Friday.

Dickelman scored on runs of 52, 19, 98 and 57. He needed just 12 carries to accumulate the yards and touchdowns before resting the entire second half.

High School Highlights - Sept. 5

Published by admin on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 9:45pm

Last Updated: 11:45 a.m., 9/6

VOLLEYBALL

Oconto Falls 3, Clintonville 0

Clintonville was unable to finish off Oconto Falls in the first set, and the hosting Panthers went on for a North Eastern Conference victory on Thursday in Oconto Falls.

Oconto Falls won by scores of 26-24, 25-13, 25-17.

Sophomore Josie Colla was the Truckers’ most consistent attacker on the night.

Tigerton 3, Tri-County 2

Cross-Country: Bonduel girls, Witt-Birn boys each take sixth at invite

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 2:41pm

IOLA — The Bonduel girls and Wittenberg-Birnamwood boys cross-country teams each turned in sixth-place finishes Tuesday while competing in the T-Bird Invitational at Iola Winter Sports Park.

Bonduel earned a team score of 161 and was led by the 16th-place finish of Kara Troxel in 22 minutes, 32.54 seconds.

Placing in the top 40 for the Bears were Kalleigh Schroeder (23:53.88) and Madison Kurey (24:01.33), taking 35th and 37th, respectively. Breanna Schnell (25:11.28) and Kendra Troxel (25:20.69) capped the team score, placing 60th and 63rd, respectively.