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Baseball

Talent has Vikings poised for run to state

the track and field team this season.

Anthony Iozzo

Assistant sports editor

Turnover in high school sports

can be tough to overcome in a
program, especially when losing
a No. 1 pitcher like Stoughton
graduate PJ Rosowski.
Rosowski is
now a punter on
the Wisconsin
Badgers football team, but
the future is still
bright for the Vikings
baseball team.
Seniors Alec Showers, Alex
Zacharias who is going to
play football at the University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater in
the fall Sam Ripp and Brady
Wanninger return to help on
the mound, while junior Ethan
Genter joins varsity after being
the ace of the JV staff in 2014.
But one of the key pieces for
a deep run in the postseason will
be the development of freshman
pitcher Dillon Nowicki a righthander that already is garnering
Division I interest.
Nowicki is poised to be successful at the varsity level with
two pitches a fastball that
hits 86 mph and a curveball.
The Prep Baseball Report has
Nowicki listed as a potential
ace by midseason, and if he
and the rest of the Vikings play
their best in the second half of
the season, a run at the Badger
South Conference and sectional
titles are attainable goals.

Conference preview

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The returning letterwinners for the Stoughton High School baseball team (in no particular order) are: Brady Wanninger, Alex
Zacharias, Cade Bunnell, Ty Krueger, Tim Johnson, Jacob Johnson, Sam Ripp, Alec Showers and Michael Gerber. (Note:
Another returning letterwinner photo will be in next weeks issue of the Courier Hub).

Our expectations are to contend for the conference championship and make a deep run
into the playoffs, head coach
Jeremy Dunnihoo wrote in the
Courier Hubs preseason questionnaire . We know the teams
that make it to Appleton are the
ones who are playing the best
baseball at tournament time, and
we feel we can be right in that
mix with the rest of our tough
sectional.
Another strength for Stoughton is the depth with the position
players.

Senior Cade Bunnell a DI

recruit for Kansas State University is back to lead the infield.
Bunnell was a unanimous firstteam all-conference selection at
shortstop last season.
Zacharias not only pitches but
was also a first-team all-conference selection at third base
last year. Ripp also doubles as
a pitcher/infielder and is slated
to play second when not on the
mound.
Showers is an outfielder
when not pitching and returns
after earning a second-team

Girls track

all-conference selection for his

play in right field.
Seniors Jacob Johnson, senior
Tim Johnson and Ty Krueger
also return, while junior Jack
Nelson and freshman Brady
Schipper who is listed as a
catcher also look to contribute
this season.
Stoughton loses eight let terwinners from last season.
Besides Rosowski, Chris Lund,
Austin Miller, Braden Poirer,
Michael Gerber, Josh Eugster,
Brett Byrne and Rob Volk.
Senior Zach Hasselberger is on

The Badger South Conference

looks to be tough again this season. The Vikings are the defending champions after posting an
11-1 record in the conference in
2014.
Stoughton is a pre-season
favorite this year, ranked No. 11
in the state according to the Prep
Baseball Report preseason poll.
But Dunnihoo doesnt expect
to run through teams this season.
Oregon (8-4) returns senior
pitcher Mitch Weber who moves
into the ace role for the Panthers,
and the offense returns some key
pieces.
Monona Grove (4-8) is another team with depth at pitching,
while Fort Atkinson (8-4) is a
younger squad with an upside of
talent.
Milton (5-7) returns senior ace
Tyler Westrick and looks to be a
tough matchup, as well.
Stoughton travels to Fort
Atkinson on April 7 and hosts
Fort Atkinson on April 30. The
Vikings travel to Oregon on
April 16 and host the Panthers
on May 12.
Stoughton travels to Milton
on April 23 and host the Red
Hawks on May 19. The Vikings
travel to Monona Grove on April
21 and host the Silver Eagles on
May 22.
All conference games are slated for 5 p.m. starts.

Boys golf

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

The returning letterwinners for the Stoughton High School girls track and field team (front, from left) are: Corinne
Olson and Nikki Staffen; (second row) Kiley Lynch, Kassidy McMillan, Payton Kahl, Lydia Schultz, Hannah Hobson
and Marissa Robson; (third row) Shelby Orcutt, Maren Gryttenholm, Hannah Posick, Alexa Deutsch, Clea Roe and
Aly Weum; (back) Mya Lonnebotn, Alexus Crockett, Kennedy Silbaugh, Savanna Smith, Allie Niemeyer, Bel Dennis,
Megan Reese and Megan Boettcher.

Lady Vikings poised to win fifth

straight conference title
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

The rotation of young athletes for the Stoughton High

School girls track program
the past few years has led to
four straight Badger South

Conference titles.
This year looks to be no different. With 26 of 35 letterwinners back, the Vikings not
only look to win another conference title but to also repeat
as regional champions after
claiming the first regional

crown in school history last

season. Stoughton followed
that up by winning its second
sectional title in three years.
I am very excited to have
so many athletes returning for
the team a great set of senior

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The returning letterwinners for the Stoughton High School boys golf team (from left)
are: Jacob Fitzsimmons, Sam Anderson, Austin Kotlowski, Drew Bellefeuille, Ian Sutton
and Gunnar Goetz.

Vikings aim for lower scores in 2015

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

The Stoughton High School boys

golf team returns four of five starters
from last season, including sophomore sectional qualifier Sam Anderson.
Juniors Gunnar Goetz, Austin Kotlowski and Drew Bellefeuile are also
back. Ian Sutton and Jacon Fitzsimmons also return with varsity experience.
The Vikings made state as a team
in 2013 but didnt get past regionals
as a team last season.
This year, Stoughton expects to
challenge at sectionals.

Conference preview
Stoughton finished sixth overall
in the 2014 Badger South meet and
looks to finish higher this season.
But once again, the conference
should go through defending champion and Division 2 state runner-up
Madison Edgewood. The Crusaders return three of five starters from
a year ago juniors Tommy Mohs
and Andrew Yontz and freshman Ben
Gilles all of them have shot in the
70s.
Oregon looks to better than a year
ago with senior state qualifier Carson

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Boys track

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

The Stoughton High School girls soccer varsity players (front, from left) are: Celia Holtan, Hannah
Wood, Rosie, Draus, Auggie Brestar and Jacquline Smith; (middle) Cassidy Bach, Jenna Gardner,
Leah Olson, Ailis Montgomery, Casey Marsh and Paige Halverson; (back) Emma Holtan, Jordan
Nelson, Callie Jordan, Cara Wood and Julia Olson; (not pictured) Emma Freeman.

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

The returning letterwinners for the Stoughton High School boys track and field team (front, from left)
are: Jackson Hampton, John McCune, Buck Krueger and Max Quale; (back) Patrick Reilly, Ryan Sperle,
Nathan Moll, Owen Roe, Jakob Benson, Adam Krumholz, Brad Graffin, Derek Schultz and Ben Brandt.

Returners look to jell with newcomers Depth key for Vikes this season
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Conference preview
The Badger South Conference has been tough on
Stoughton the past few
seasons.
Last year, the Vikings
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Kittleson said she

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Anthony Iozzo

Conference preview

Assistant sports editor

The Stoughton High School boys track and

field team was senior-heavy in 2014, but with
17 returning letterwinners seven seniors, five
juniors and five sophomores this season
looks to be different.
Seniors John McCune and Ryan
Sperle return after helping the
4x400 relay make state. Sophomores Tristan Jenny and
Nathan Moll were also on
the 4x400 as alternates.
Senior Giles France and
senior Patrick Reilly are back
to help
the 4x800, which qualified for sectionals last
season. McCune, and sophomroes Jackson
Hampton and Owen Roe were also on the
4x800 team.
Senior Brad Graffin made sectionals in
the high jump last season, and seniors Derek
Schultz and Ben Brandt are also back.
Juniors Max Quale (pole vault), Buck
Krueger (shot put, discus), Adam Krumholz
(high jump), Josh Hitchcock and Jakob Benson also return with sophomore Darvell Peeples (jumps).
Stoughton also added depth with the additions of senior Zach Hasselberger, juniors Collin Kraus and Alex Morris, sophomores Joe
Nelson (throws) and Garrett Model and freshmen Sam McHone, Tyler Dow and Joseph
DiBenedetto (sprints).
This years seniors have been meeting and
decided that we are going to compete this year
with an emphasis on the whole team contributing, head coach Craig Martens wrote in a
preview questionnaire. Our emphasis will be
on everyone competing and contributing to the
team in multiple events.
Martens takes over as head coach for Nate
Nelson, who stepped down to an assistant role
this year.

The Vikings finished fifth at the Badger

South Conference meet last season and hope to
get closer to the top in 2015.
The conference meet is a little more
wide open with 12 individual events
being won by graduates.
Monroe, Monona Grove and Oregon
are expected to be contenders for the conference title.
In the 100, MG sophomore Andryi Nahirniak (third) and Hitchcock (eighth) return,
while Nahirniak (third) and Oregon junior
Lucas Mathews (fourth) are back in the 200.
Monroe senior Cody Faust (fourth),
McCune (seventh) and Moll (eighth) are back
in the 400.
The 800 returns MG senior Terry McMillan (third), Oregon junior Chris Cutter (fourth),
McCune (fifth), Edgewood senior Morgan
OFlahrity (sixth), Oregon senior Benjamin
Vogt (seventh) and Monroe junior Derek
Christiansen (eighth).
The 1,600 returns OFlahrity (third), McMillan (fourth), Cutter (seventh) and senior Josh
Christiansen (eighth).
The 3,200 returns Fort Atkinson senior Luke
Burlingame (fourth), senior Josh Christiansen
(fifth) and Edgewood juniors Jaxon Todd (seventh) and Nathaniel Langlie (eighth).
Oregon senior John Hermus is back to
defend his 110 hurdles title, and Oregon junior
Alex Duff is back to defend his 300 hurdles
title. Milton senior Collin Weberpal was second in both events last year.
Milton (fourth) returns everyone from its
4x100 relay, but Oregon (second) and Fort
Atkinson (third) only return two. Defending
champion MG only returns one.
Milton (third) also gets everyone back from
its 4x200 relay.

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Softball

Vikings hope to contend in

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Boys tennis

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Returning letterwinners for the Stoughton boys tennis team (front, from left) are: Levi Robbins and
Clay Custer; (back) Breckin Houser, Stefan Butterbrodt and Nathan Lawlor; (not pictured) Asher
McMullin and Mitchell Ace.

Vikings swinging to finish near the middle of

the Badger South Conference
Sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Returning letterwinners fo the Stoughton softball team (front,

from left) are: Samantha Tepp, Holly Brickson and Liz Auby;
(back) Bailey Vance, Madi Sehmer, Sarah Seaton and Morgan
Neuenfeld; (not pictured) Halle Hack.

Other returning letterwinners from last season

are third baseman Madi
Sehmer and left fielder
Halle Hack, who could
split time with Raven
Poirier.
The Vikings will be
inexperienced in
the outfield with
newcomers to the
varsity team this
season in centerfielder Lexie
Fitzsimmons and
right fielder Maddy Beske looking to
make an impact.

Conference preview
Monroe (11-1) won the
Badger South Conference
a year ago and figures to
be favored to win it again
this season, though Monona Grove, which finished
5-7 last year has looked
tough winning three of
four games to start the
season.
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The Silver Eagles only
loss has come against
McFarland, which lost in
the Division 2 state semifinals last year.
The Cheesemakers
started the season off with
three-straight wins before
dropping a pair of nonconference games.
The Vikings, who hope
to also be in the hunt,
will have some catching
up to do after dropping
their first two conference
games against Milton and
Fort Atkinson.
Stoughton travels to
Monroes Twining Park
on Friday and then hosts
the Cheesemakers on
April 28. The Vikings
host Monona Grove April
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Lawlor posted an 8-12 record

Senior Breckin Houser
at No. 2 singles last year and split time between No. 2 and
expects to retain the position 3 doubles last season, going
11-10 on varsity. He is a probStoughton boys tennis fin- again this season.
Junior Asher McMullin able starter at No. 1 this seaished last in the Badger South
son.
Conference last year. With
Juniors Levi Robseven upperclassmen,
bins, Robbie Muelincluding two seniors
ler and Mitchell
and five juniors
Ace all return with
back on the courts
limited varsity
this season, the
experience. Robbis
Vikings are shootput up a 2-2 record
ing to finish fourth
at No. 3 doubles last
or better.
season, while Mueller
Oregon defeated Madiand Ace went 1-2 at No.
son Edgewood head-to4 singles and 3 doubles,
head during the dual meet
respectively.
season and eventually
Stoughton didnt have any
finished for top honone advance through subsecors for the first
tionals after qualifying its No.
time in program
1 and 2 doubles team to state
history. Though
meanwhile is projected as the in 2013.
the Panthers gradWe have a lot of kids who
teams No. 1 singles player
uated several key
want to improve. They have
players, Oregon and Edge- this season.
I think we will have some a great attitude and are very
wood are still expected to
growing pains along the way, coachable, Reischel said. It
compete for top honors.
Monona Grove and Stough- however, I dont think our will take a few weeks to get
ton, who expect to battle at the attitude will be deterred, into the groove because we
next tier for third place, open Reischel said. Keep an eye have some new varsity playthe conference season April on Asher McMullin. He will ers. I look for us to get better
be very good.
as the year progresses.
17 in Stoughton.
The Vikings finished 4-10
overall and 1-5 in the Badger
South Conference last year.
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will come down to the wire.
Whoever wins the Oregon vs.
Madison Edgewood match
In business in Stoughton
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we go into the conference
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Stoughton softball finished last season in a

three-way tie for second
place amongst a very
competitive Badger South
with a 7-5 record (10-9
overall). The Vikings are
hoping to at least match
that finish again this year
with six returning starters.
Senior ace Sarah Seaton
became the first Stoughton pitcher to earn first
team all-conference honors in more than three seasons.
An honorable mention as a underclassmen,
Seaton appeared in every
game for the Vikings last
year. Over the course of
19 games, she recorded
123 strikeouts to go along
with a 1.06 ERA.
Seaton was also one of
the teams best hitters,
pacing the Vikings in
slugging percentage and
RBIs (14). tied for second
with four doubles. She
finished second in batting
average to Sammy Tepp
(.356) who returns this
season at first base.
Tepp, an honorable
mention her first two
years on varsity, she doubled three times, tripled
once and collected a home
run to go along with five
RBIs.
Joining Tepp on the
honorable mention allconference team last
year were returning second baseman Liz Auby,
catcher Morgan Neuenfeld and outfielder
Bailey Vance,
who could
see time on
the Vikings
infield this
season.
Auby hit
.283 and tied
for the team lead
with four doubles.
Her two triples paced the
Vikings. She also knocked
in three runs.
Vance hit a solid .306 to
go along with four RBIs,
while Neuenfeld finished
the second with a .280
average a double and six
RBIs.
Holly Brickson figures
to get the start at shortstop, though she could
also see some time in the
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Golf: Stoughton looks to challenge

Continued from page 13
Torhorst, senior Austin Busler, senior Collin Bundy and juniors Brandon Rogers and
Brandon Michek all back.
Monroe, which took sixth in Division 2
at sectionals, also returns four starters
senior Matt Miller, junior Tanner Thompson and sophomores Nick Baumann and
Kyle Krebs.
Fort Atkinson has some rebuilding to
do with only two returners senior Kyle
Schneider and junior Bentley Glass
losing its top three golfers from a year
ago.
Monona Grove also loses three starters, returning senior Derek Provenzano and junior Peyton Mueller.
Milton has even less experience with only its No. 5 golfer
from last season returning

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Soccer: Badger South looks tough

senior Devin Zaun.

The Vikings played MG Tuesday.
Stoughton hosts Oregon at
Stoughton Country Club at 3:30
p.m. Tuesday, April 21.
The Vikings host Fort Atkinson on
Tuesday, April 28 at Stoughton Country Club and travel to Milton Monday,
May 4.
Monroe comes to Stoughton Country Club on Tuesday, May 5, and the
Vikings travel to Yahara Golf Course
on Tuesday, May 12, to take on Madison
Edgewood.
The Badger South Conference meet
is at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at the
House on the Rock Resort Golf Course.
The Badger Cup is at 2 p.m. Thursday,
May 21, and is also at the House on the
Rock Resort.

in conference games.
Oregon is expected to
expects the girls to finish win the Badger South,
.500 overall and compete w h i l e M G , M a d i s o n
Continued from page 14

Edgewood and Fort Atkinson are expected to battle

it out in the middle of the
standings.

Boys track: Conference wide open

Continued from page 14
Stoughton (fourth) returns
Moll, Jenny and Sperle from
its 4x400 relay.
Monroe gets Faust, Christiansen and senior Justin Batz
back from its champion 4x800
team. Stoughton (second)
returns Reilly, France and
Jenny.

In the high jump, Mathews

(second), Krumholz (third)
and Graffin (fifth) are back to
contend for the title.
Hermus (sixth) and Monroe
junior Mitch Keith (seventh)
are back in the poll vault,
and Oregon senior Josh Sromovsky (second) and Nahirniak (third) ar e back in the
long jump.
MG senior Steven Martine

(third) and Sromovsky (fifth

return in the triple jump, and
Brandt (fourth) leads the
returners in the shot put.
Krueger (seventh) returns
in the discus, but Edgewood
senior Ben Kussow (fourth) is
also back.
The Badger South Conference meet is at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 19, at Breitenback Stadium in Middleton.

Beauvais also won the

400 title, once again edging
Aly Weum.
Oregon juniors Maddie
LeBrun (fifth) and Jillian
Moss (eighth) also return to
the 200 field. LeBrun also
took third in the 400.
Madison Edgewood
senior Ave Grosenheider
returns to the 800 after
getting runner-up in 2014.
Staffen and Jenny were
fourth and fifth last season.
Last years 800 champion
was Oregon graduate Valerie Jones.
Edgew o o d
s e n i o r
A m y
D a v i s
returns
as
the
defending 1,600
and 3,200
c h a m p i o n s .
Staffen was
third in the 1,600,
while Fort Atkinson senior
Emma Reed (fifth), Monona Grove junior McKenna
Anderson (sixth), Oregon
junior Emma Hughes (seventh) and Monona Grove
sophomore Addie Gaber
(eighth) also return.
In the 3,200, Monroe
sophomore Ciara Kaderly (second) and Madison
Edgewood junior Estelle
Woloszyn (third) both
return with Davis.
Monona Grove junior
Autumn Ogden returns to
defend her titles in the 100
and 300 hurdles. Deutsch
was runner-up in the 100
and fifth in the 300, while
Orcutt took seventh in the
100.
Monroe returns two of
four runners from its 4x100
relay title last season
junior Abby Oudinot and
sophomore Josie Eberle.
Monona Grove gets three
of four runners back from
its runner-up team juniors
Grace Storms and Gabbie Merrill and sophomore
Ellie Trulson.
Stoughton took third in
2014 and returns all four
runners Maren Gryttenholm, Reese, Posick and
Halverson.
Monona Grove looks to
defend its title in the 4x200
relay with three of four runners back junior Kaylee
Hinson, Storms and Merrill. Stoughton has three of
four runners back from its
runner-up finish a year ago
Maren Gryttenholm, Kahl
and Halverson.
The Vikings also return
three of four runners from

its 4x400 relay first-place

team Maren Gryttenholm,
Aly Weum and Staffen.
Oregon returns two of four
from its runner-up finish
junior Samantha Girard and
LeBrun.
Monona Grove returns
three of four from its thirdplace finish in the 4x400
Hinson, Merrill and Ogden.
Madison Edgewood
returns two of four from
its 4x800 title last season
junior Maddy Marshall
and Davis. But the Silver
Eagles get
all four
back from
its runnerup finish
sophomores
Carson
Weber,
E m m a
Bittner,
Lexy Nelson and
Gaber.
Stoughton returns two
of four runners from the
third-place finish in the
4x800 Jenny and Nortwen.
Monroe sophomore Jordan Hirsbrunner returns to
defend her high jump title.
Fort Atkinson senior Katie
Schmidt (third), Fort Atkinson sophomore Aubrey
Tesch (seventh) and Posick
(eighth) all return.
Posick looks to get a title
in the pole vault after being
runner-up last season. Monroe graduate Tre Voegeli
was the 2014 champion.
Beauvais fourth conference title for Monona
Grove was in the long
jump. Reese (second) and
Lonnebotn (fourth) look to
improve.
Lonnebotn also returns
as the defending triple
jump champion. Monona
Grove senior Cora Herman
was runner-up last season,
while Reese took sixth for
the Vikings.
Crockett returns as the
shot put runner-up. Smith
took fourth last season and
also returns. Monona Grove
graduate Kaitlyn Long was
the 2014 champion.
Smith is the defending
champion in the discus.
Monona Groves Herman
returns after taking third
last year.
Stoughton cruised to a
conference title last season,
beating MG 193.5 to 142.
Oregon was fifth with an
85.
The Badger South meet is
at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 19,
at Middleton High Schools
Breitenbach Stadium.

Girls track: Girls look to remain on top of the conference

Continued from page 13
athletes who have been
huge contributors, head
coach Eric Benedict wrote
in the Courier Hubs preseason questionnaire.
But there will be some
holes to fill with the losses of graduates Katherine
Rude, Ashley Harnack,
Maren Schultz, Hannah
Sonsalla, Mykala Conroy,
Erica Gryttenholm, Ale
Malatesta and Espi Tyson.
The 4x800 relay team,

which qualified for state

last season, loses Rude but
returns seniors Kelsey Jenny and Nikki Staffen and
sophomore Aly Weum.
Aly Weum also made
state in the 400, slipping
near the end of the finals
race to miss the podium
by just three spots. Staffen
made state in the 800.
The 4x400 relay team
that qualified for state also
gets three of four runners
back Aly Weum, Maren
Gryttenholm, and Staffen.

Sonsalla, who also qualified for state in the 300 hurdles, was the other runner
last year.
Senior Hannah Posick is
back to lead the pole vaulters after qualifying for
state, while senior Savanna
Smith and junior Alexus
Crockett return to lead the
throwers. Crockett qualified for state in the shot put
last season, while Smith
just missed state in the discus.
Besides state qualifiers,

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a slough of sectional qualifiers also return. Senior

Alexa Deustch just missed
state in the 100 hurdles.
Senior Megan Reese
made sectionals in the long
jump, and sophomore Mya
Lonnebotn just missed state
in the triple jump.
Seniors Ila Giese, Allie
Niemeyer, Paula Toepel,
Jordyn Weum; juniors
Megan Boettcher, Hannah
Hobson, Shelby Orcutt and
Haven Polich; and sophomores Isabel Dennis, Kendra Halverson, Rachel Hedman, Payton Kahl, Kiley
Lynch, Kassidy McMillan,
Olivia Nortwen, Marissa
Robson, Clea Roe, Lydia
Schultz and Kennedy Silbaugh also return from last
season.

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Benedict said he expects

Oregon and Monona Grove
to also contend for the Badger South Conference title
this season.
Senior Gabby Beauvais
leads Monona Grove. She
won the 100 conference
title over Sonsalla last year,
and she edged Aly Weum
and Sonsalla for the 200
title.

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