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Boys golf: Milton's Kade Wieland officially signs with Wisconsin
MILTON — Wednesday marked National Signing Day for most high school athletes around the country, and amongst those signing the dotted line was Milton standout Kade Wieland. Wieland, the top-ranked golfer for the state of Wisconsin’s Class of 2027, has been verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin since last fall. Wednesday finally allowed the senior to officially sign on as a member of the Badger recruiting class for the 2027-28 season, marking one year to the day since Wieland had verbally committed to the Badgers. “We are beyond excited to welcome Kade to the Badger family,” Mike Wilson, head coach of the Wisconsin men’s golf team said on Wednesday. “Kade is one of the best junior golfers that the state of Wisconsin has ever produced, and one of the top juniors in the country. We cannot wait for him to showcase his talents with us next year, and we look forward to watching him grow as a Badger.” Wieland is a multi-time Wisconsin State Player of the Year by both the Wisconsin PGA and Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin. As a junior the Milton Red Hawk finished as the WIAA Division 1 State Runner Up individually, and the year
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'Mary Poppins' comes to life in Milton High School musical
MILTON — Milton High School will bring a Disney classic to the stage in its annual musical. Milton High School students will perform “Mary Poppins” in the Jon Platts Performing Arts Center this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The musical is based on the 1964 classic film, books by P.L. Travers and Broadway musical about a nanny at the home of the Banks family in London. There are 72 students total working on the musical between the cast, and pit and crew orchestra. Students have rehearsed since the first week of the school year in September. Of those students is senior Lucia Wallace playing the lead role as Mary Poppins. “I think she is a great mix between a very proper, feminine, kind person but also she has a little sass sometimes and just has fun sometimes with her friends, with Bert, with Mrs. Corry, who owns the Talking Shop,” Wallace said. The other lead role, Bert, went to Eli Bilhorn. Bert starts the musical as a narrator. Bert’s a bit of a jack of all trades. He is a chimney sweep, a street artist and he cleans the house central to the story. “He has a sly wit to him
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Girls swim: Red Hawks gear up for state meet
The 57th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Swimming & Diving Championships are set to take place on Friday and Saturday at Waukesha South High School Natatorium — and four Milton Red Hawks will be competing. Junior Hannah McGinnis, freshman Sophia Mezera, senior Brielle Meverden and sophomore Payten Vlasak will each be competing in the Division 2 field Friday. The Red Hawks qualified for the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays alongside other individual events too. Swimmers qualified for state based on their sectional times. First-place finishers in each sectional qualified for state, and the next fastest 19 times from all the sectionals did too. “It’s definitely an amazing opportunity,” Milton coach Lindsey Hassenfelt said. “A lot of the girls were super pumped to be able to get that extra heat in D-II sectional this swim season. So they were definitely working hard all year.” Freestyle relays In the McFarland sectional, McGinnis, Meverden, Vlasak and Mezera clocked a time of 3 minutes, 54.93 seconds in the 400 free relay, finishing fifth and qualifying for state. The Red Hawks’ 200 free relay team, consisting of the same four girls, recorded a state-qualifying time of 1 minute, 44.38 seconds and finished fifth. Milton will
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Westfield’s own Preston Pekala part of UW–Whitewater football conference championship team
Preston Pekala, a Westfield native majoring in Management, is a member of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater football team, which earned the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs with a 24-21 victory at UW–Platteville on Nov. 7. The Warhawks, who...