001and mostly against D1 teams with generally twice as many kids as as we have. Uh they were third in the 25 team tournament with only nine scoring wrestlers out of 18. Um nobody not one practice missed for bad grades by his middle school kids and not one kid ranked beginner at the end of the year. So, um, his kids really improved from day one till the end. And again, almost every wrestler increase with the exception of three who started at the advanced level. Um, then he just has a a little bit about his final tournament at his final tournament at Wisconsin Rapids. Um, there was 25 teams, only eight were still and this is what he he's talking about. uh and I think he's talked to a few of board members about uh leaving the
002WIAA because um a lot of there was out of the 25 teams only eight were still in the WIA. Um and let me see what else to say. And they were all going to have fifth graders wrestling next year with with their junior high or middle school program. And he added that they only had three skin infections. We did have an issue this year uh just with maybe two or three kids where it was uh was like kept on coming back you know and we wash our mats um every day but that's the key in terms of telling the kids you need to take your workout clothes home every day and watch because some of them can stand up on their own you know so um so wrestling season was uh was great. Uh we
003missed out of the team sectional by one half of a point. So um you know it came down to Alex's Alex Becker's the final match of the regional tournament. So um it would have been great to be able to because I think we would have ended up wrestling Straford in the finals of the of the the team sectional if we made it. We would have scored that extra one point. But that just goes to show that you need all guys acting as a team. So, um I think that's pretty good on the wrestling side. Um on the track side, uh middle school, I think they have 42 42 kids signed up and uh and participating in track this year. Um, we have increased our the amount of meets this year to eight just to give
004kids a little bit more opportunities to participate. I think we had like six or four or six last year. I think we might had six last year, but a couple of them were cancelled because of weather. Um, last year they had a a good chunk of kids competing in the middle school state meet. Um, they always uh host that on the east side of the state. Um, I know Some of those kids did really well. They're relays and things like that. Um the high school we have uh around 50 kids roughly 20 roughly 50/50. Um pretty close boys and girls in terms of the breakdown. Uh just last year, I'm just going to kind of bring up uh some results from last year because as a spring sport, you know, baseball, girls softball, track, really
005have a hard time of, you know, getting recognition because everybody's, you know, gone on on summer break. So, uh Trevor Trobridge, who was just here, he uh set the school record last year in the 300 hurdles, ended up qualifying for state, placing ninth. And the funny thing about that is Trevor was baseball player and then last year halfway through the track season, hey, can I try the hurdles? You know, and within, you know, three weeks he's running faster than most of the kids in, you know, around the around central Wisconsin. So, that was great. Now, this year, he's trying the short the 110s. Also, he's going to give that a try. Um Logan Nagel in discus was 12th place. Rose Hosnrell was 12th in the 400. Um the 4x4 relay girls team uh placed 16th.
006That was Rose Gracie Hosro, Elena Stein, Olivia Wolf, Colleen Schmidt, and Kennedy Green. And the 4 by8 relay team, basically the same kids, um took 11th place last year. um conference conference uh place winners from last year for the track team. Uh we had numerous uh that's how our kids that's what my policy is. They have to score points at the conference meet the to letter. So uh so they work pretty hard at trying to to accomplish that. And our conference is really tough. You know it's every year we have you know top top teams in there was, you know, Straford and Marathon always put out great and Edgar. So, Ray Tesca, uh, Nate Van, Keegan Empy, Nathan Van, and Keegan were multiple uh, place winners. Trevor Trobridge 4x two, 4x4, 4x8 relay teams. Um,
007Keegan again in the long jump. Will Aken set the school record uh last year in the pole vault for for guys and I think that record was there since um well Andy Hilgart I think was the last so quite a while. Um the school record for the hurdles also was Chuck Greer so I think that was like 82 something like that 83. Um Logan Dagel uh second in the disc and six in the shot put girls Elena Richardson Rose Osnner Colleen Schmidt Elena Stein the 4x1 relay the 4x4 relay the 4x8 relay uh Denver Corselin was in the high jump and Gracie Hosner was in the whole vault and our teams the boys placed fifth last year in the conference and the girls were ninth. So far this year, uh, we've competed in three indoor
008meets, a lot of great performances. Uh, a lot of kids made a lot of some big jumps from last season as, you know, freshman and sophomores to, uh, to to great performances so far at the at the indoor meets. And uh then we uh compete at our first outdoor meet tomorrow down in in Westfield. So um and we have a lot of like other sports we have three four exchange students on the team and I think soft has two or three. So, um, it's great to have those kids participating in learning something different. Like we have Louisa Meyer, you know, she ran track since she was 10 years old in Germany and uh, it's totally different there because it's a year-long season. It's a club and uh, that's all she did. You know, it's like
009this is, you know, go from go from, you know, basketball or cross country basketball, you know, it's like they're used to a lot longer seasons, I guess. So, okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Yep. One quick question for numbers for next year. Do you think you'll have about the same numbers of wrestlers at the the varsity and middle school as you had this year? We'll have uh at the parcel level, we'll have more wrestlers because there's I think six or seven, maybe eight that are coming in that are eighth graders this year. We lose two for um for for the guys. Now, the middle school, I know that in terms of the youth program, the fifth grade, I think, and fourth grade are not as high in numbers. So, I would without having that.
010I didn't uh I didn't ask uh Jason about that, but I would guesstimate that that would be a little bit lower. I think Tyler was thinking that he was going to have like 12. So by not doing the WIA would allow them to have fifth graders. Is that what it is? Yep. Okay. Yeah. Then the fifth graders would come on. Okay. Now I know like in the past Stratford used to bring fifth graders too but I don't know what their standard is. You can't if they're WA. Okay. Um I know one other thing was is uh the storage uh like the storage of mats. So, um, we used the the stage this year, which practicing in the gym, it was it took, uh, took the guys a little bit to get used to the the
011routine, you know, so we'll move, you know, get we always left the mats right on the edge of the stage, bring them down, two guys at a time, you know, by the end of the season, we're down to maybe like, you know, 10 minutes to get stuff set up. So that would been you know some place to put the mats um specifically during like when plays and that they can do their thing you know. So that would be the only issue and uh we did have some temporary um dividers which ended up working out pretty good. you know, just the fold up dividers and a little bit of, you know, of noise. But, uh, everybody pitched in middle school when they had practice. They helped pull them up, put them away, you know, or help
012set them up. So, I think it worked out. I think everybody was a little more lery and worried about it. And I think it ended up okay. The guys were more like, "Oh, I wish we were in our room." You know, their space or whatever, but I think it worked out. All right. Thank you. I'll talk a little bit about girls basketball. Try to keep it short. I'll start with the junior high program. Mr. girls told me the seventh grade team was about 10 and two on this season. Pretty good season. I think they've got eight or nine players on that team. Eighth grade was right around 500 for a record and they probably bringing up five or six players I would think in the next year. Um, and that'll help a little bit because
013we're losing three pretty nice seniors and four foreign exchange students from our high school team. So, we're down seven players right off the bat. So, it be kind of nice if we could keep that number right around 20. One issue is maybe trying to find a junior another junior high coach as M as Mr. Gross is retiring at the end of the year and hopefully I've got a pretty good lead on that right now. I can continue talk. Our varsity team finished 21 and five overall in the season. We lost in the regional final to a Bondwell team we had beaten earlier, but we were a different team at that point. We were down three players that night in the regional final. We lost Maya to an ACL and then four days later we lost
014Lily to an ACL and then Olivia Wolf ended up with a really bad case of pneumonia that she couldn't kick. So she was sidelined for the last I think three and a half weeks of the season. So we just weren't healthy at the end. We finished 13 and three in the conference in second place behind Assumption. Um, I did have five girls receive some conference awards. Gracie Hazenoro was all Marwood defensive team. Rose Hazenoro received honorable mention as did Oriah Harris. Maya Katzenberger was second team all conference and Lily Balante was first team all conference. Um, another accomplishment this team had this year was we had several girls receive academic all state honors and that's where you maintain a 3.5 GPA and we had quite a few. Lily Balante, Oiah Harris, Chesnagel, Olivia Wolf, Taylor
015Anderson, Lily Groovy, Kylie Anderson, Breley Grim, Maya Katenberger, Marty Anderson, Louisa Meer, Dalen Blamberg, Rose Hosnor, and Gracie Hosnorl. And I had another girl just missed by like one 100th point. She was like at three 3.49 something. I was like, "Oh my gosh." Um, so that qualified our team for academic all state as well. Wow. Great. I had fun coaching the girls this year. Uh, and I guess the the part of the season that really brought it all together was our last regular season game. I think it was Valentine's Day. We were at Marathon. Um, one of the marathon girls had lost their father and just buried him, I think the day before. And our girls wanted to do something for this player. So, we went out and got flowers a card and balloons and
016gift cards. And then after the game, our girls walked over to this girl and presented her with this and gave her a hug. And um, you know, it's more than just basketball. We're trying to to teach these young kids. And I think this group of girls gets that. You know, they're going to grow up to be productive citizens and you know that's all we can ask for at the end of the day. That's all I have. If you have any questions for me. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right. We had uh we had 22 guys out um for the high school and it was pretty balanced. five seniors, five juniors, uh six sophomores, and six freshman. So, um that was a nice bounce to see. We were able to have three teams, which
017not a lot of area teams have anymore. Um junior high numbers were good. Seventh graders, um there were nine players and eighth graders 10. So, really good numbers to work with down there. Um, we uh we really had a great season as far as wins and losses goes and working with these kids is um probably one of the more rewarding seasons I've had. Um for the talent we've lost the last two years. Um you know, there weren't a lot of teams I thought we were going to be as good as we were and that's credit to our kids and the work they put in the offseason all the time and people don't watch them what they're doing. So, um, got to give our kids a lot of credit for that. Um, especially our seniors that
018were really leaders in that aspect. But, uh, we finished 24 and four. Um, came up just short, uh, playing in Madison again. Um, I guess that's the that's the coaching. Can't quite get it done, but we made it to sectionals the last three years, including sectional finals twice. So, our kids really deserve a lot of credit for that. And And you know, we almost weren't there this year in the very first game. Golden game of the playoffs. We won in overtime and probably shouldn't have won that game. And then Thomas always hits a buzzer beater against Marathon to win the regional final and soon broke the plaque and thought that was bad luck, but it end up What a memorable night it was. She was so excited, you know. Yeah. Um and then we were
019able to play Stratford up at Wasau West. Um which uh which brought back some uh some kind of sad memories because in 2020 when that was just before the schools closed down that was our last game that play up there was just kind of deja vu but different results. We turned the tables on so we were able to play real well and then and then we lost to Bondwell in a sectional final game that they were a tremendous team. We end up losing the state championship game. very very classy coach and a good program. So, um individually, you know, along with team success, we finished second in the conference to Straford. Um we had a bad last week there conference season, but um Blake uh Blake Wwood player of the year in our conference. Obviously,
020he was first team. He was defensive on the all defensive team. Um Thomas and Peyton Winer named the second team and then our other two starters uh Joshua Lundren and Keegan Effie were named honorable mention. So that was really nice. You know that's how it goes. More games you win, more honors you get individually and and uh not that our kids are really worried about it but um Blake was also voted to the Channel 7 All-Star team which is really a neat thing. Um you know throughout the whole area I think it goes down to Adams and up north to the smaller northern schools. Um there's five small school players and five large school players named and that's voted on by the the coaches. So that's really a neat thing. Um we've had a few
021the last couple years and like our most recent one. He certainly deserve that. Um and then he was uh just found out last week he was named to the division four all-star game as well. He'll be playing um it's Thursday, June 26th the Dallas for the morning. So busy week for the Raps. Yeah, but um JB team had a successful year. They were 17 and five. It was really hard finding JB two games. Uh they only got 11 games in. We ended up six and five. But uh just uh you know after after I took over for Mr. Anderson and started looking at all the uh individual records and team records, you know, it's it's uh it's a little overwhelming sometimes to look at that. You can see it up in the banners in the
022gym. That was our 25th regional championship. So, um it just shows the longevity and the success of the program and the support of the community. Um I've got my district mirror article. You won't see that one in the March one. Get it in time. But, um you see that in the summer. Uh you know, I just the crowds in the playoff games. I think the this was the the highest attendance that we've had in a long time. that marathon game, you know, our gym was full and I don't remember the last time our gym was full like that. Um, and then it goes on to Wasa West and of course it helps to have two local teams playing and all that sectional final we filled up spash quite a bit too. So, um, really nice
023to to get back to that. I know the kids enjoyed it. They're obviously down after they lost that game, but just a tremendous honor to coach those guys and look forward to work with you guys coming back. Great. Thank you. Hi, I'm this Martinez. We're both officers for the school's DECA chapter and uh we went to state during February from the 26th through the 28th. We had seven people go to state to compete which is um a very big race for uh two years ago. We only had three going. So we've been progressively getting more and more um people competing and uh joining the chapter. We have seen a growth in the past two years. We are losing some seniors, but we're uh hopeful with um upcoming freshmen, we see a lot of uh with
024different business courses, we've been talking with Hogart and um Mr. Chinski and kind of just seeing what students we can um talk to and kind of give them some inspiration to join. But on the state conference, we had uh like I said, seven people competing. Uh they we had people competing in multiple events. I myself competed in three and also competed in three. uh it covers a broad range of topics. So um me personally I computed in economics, marketing and then also um a business plan. So that was a project I worked with a partner. It was a uh kind of a two-part uh project where we had a written portion. It took us about uh a month and a half to write the 10-page uh presentation that we sent to judges and then afterwards
025at the actual uh state conference we present in front of a judge um just getting our ideas down. Uh we did not happen to place with that. We did find out we were one point off from going to nationals. But uh this is our second year of um competing in that event. we both if if you want I have some um copies of our um if you want to kind of look at it it's uh just a product and we have to come up with um our marketing the design itself uh of course you see the executive uh summary in the front and uh all our sources so we have spent a lot of time on this we also had another uh in event planning. She I know she spent a lot of time on
026researching different jazz festivals uh to show to the judge. She had to come up with budget meetings um and uh looking for vendors and all these things with new means. And it's definitely um we picked these are the more smaller projects. There are several large projects that uh we're trying to get more people to kind of see um what we're doing with our projects and we have seen more interest within the years uh with digit competitions. We've have seen an increase with uh different people wanting to try it out if they uh some who weren't even part of uh the club beforehand that we see have been going for districts and um seen that uptick in kind of activity. Uh we We also were recognized for uh different uh initiatives for DECA. Uh there within
027DECA there's uh a four tier kind of placement for uh how um involved and active your chapter is. We were our school got to the diamond level which means we were at the number one tier and we were among some of the um bigger schools with chapters of like maybe like 300 kids and we were able to do this with around uh 23 students and uh so it was uh and that was our uh second year competing in this rank. Uh last year we got to the second tier so it was a great This year we also got recognized for our uh trick or can uh donation. Uh we have been doing this drive for this was the second year we did it. So far we have collected over uh 1,800 items to donate to
028local uh shelters. Uh we work with both elementary uh pick and save we worked with and uh so far uh it's been going good. Kind of just getting the ball rolling to get it started. We're hoping it comes becomes an annual thing and uh uh testing out different things to see what will work and uh come up with a more structured program with it. So we were also recognized for that by the state DECA. So we were on stage multiple times that Nice job. um multiple plaques and trophies for uh all the initiatives we did throughout the year. And then along with that, we had three people who are going to be going on to the national competitions. That's going to be happening uh they are leaving not this Friday but next Friday to go
029to these national competitions. It will be uh me uh Jasmine Drager and then Mackenzie Keeper. Uh we are competing in the uh roleplay portions and This will be my second time going which is uh Auburndale uh the first student to go twice for uh just to nationals. So we are seeing like an uprise in competitive excellence and trying to focus on that a bit more with um practices and just general inclass uh work like experience and um seeing uh students who are interested. We've been looking into uh uh seeing students that have a natural kind of ability with the business courses and that's where Mrs. Hogart and Mr. Jinski kind of come in where they kind of tell us who they think has a bit of talent so we can like kind of show them
030more so uh what the club is about. And I can say personally for myself, it has really helped with uh uh picking my career and it has greatly influenced with my majoring of what I'm going to go to school for and uh many opportunities within the state center itself for um not even just competitions going to the state. There's uh many speakers that you can individually go to and I've been able to work one-on-one with several talented speakers who uh definitely change your perspective on multiple things uh with in these different workshops learning about uh AI usage, learning about brand management. So there's uh more to state than just the competitions. There's meeting lots of new people to uh spread ideas and uh working together how we can help our schools out more. So this
031year I had the opportunity to compete at DEA um state in the hospitality tourism event where I created a presentation sale pitch for my company called theater. Preparing for the presentation at state helped me to rebuild like real world skills I would use like public speaking strategistic stretches. Oh my god. You guys thinking and professional communication can't talk today. So, not only did I compete in sales pres presentation, I also competed in a team event with a partner. What we did was we took I guess positions as managers or position as like data overviews per se um in I guess real work real world situations like for state I remember that me and my partner what we had to do was in like 10 minutes we had to come up with like this presentation to
032present to your judges and like how is your idea better than for example 50 competitors against at state. Um, so I thought that was really interesting and fun and just thinking on your toes and feet sometimes. Um, what situations it is competing at this level challenge me to grow confidence and composure. Da isn't just about a competition. It's an investment for students for futures. It gives us like hands-on experiences like Alex saying about I guess workshops um just presentations overall exposure to career paths. I learned a lot about career press I wouldn't really take into account because I have been always focused I guess healthcare related stuff um and there is a lot of opportunities you can take business wise that you really wouldn't think otherwise and I guess it gives us a really chance
033to represent our school district let's say national wise that's really cool and it's really hard to get into it's really competitive yeah I will say that Uh top six for projects get to go to nationals and then top seven for the role plays get to go to nationals. And this is out of a pool of I think one of the smaller pools that's around 40 to 50 kids. So um and looking back on the scores for all the people who have competed uh we got consistently high scores that um were really good and it shows promise. uh we had three juniors going so that uh we're hopeful for them to go next year and kind of lead the next um uh group in and uh we're just very happy with how the club has grown
034since co we had a smaller group uh I remember my sophomore year we had maybe like seven people and not a lot of help but but it has really grown over the years and we're happy that be kind of rebuilt. Uh, do you guys have any questions? Fantastic. Nice job. Very nice. Question I have is when you guys create your own businesses and make a lot of money, remember [Laughter] or thank you. Very nice. Very nice presentation. So you guys are gracious enough to give us give us permission do some really cool places with the FA and so um kind of heard you're out doing public speaking everywhere now. Yeah talking to the National Farm Medicine Center yesterday. Yes. Very very cool. Um and so I know enough things. Um so I have to thank
035you because those of you who were here with Dr. Grabb when this purchase was made. This is an amazing vehicle and uh this is in front of the Quick Trip uh in Portage on International Convention which is held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Um and it was very snowy that day and that is the last day that we were able to purchase uh Chris fries at Quick Trip because they discontin flight coming out. Um so we get to stop some cool places. So we stop at the University of Illinois on the way to to national convention and then we stay in Champagne Orbana at a Drury Inn. Um but their food science lab there. We stop there every year and and tour a different place. And so they were working on different gummies for different industries. So
036they made that was the gummy which then once they perfect that they'll put it into a mold and make gummy bears and things. But they got to see that. Uh this is the food processing lab that a place like Delmani or uh Hines would then send a recipe for and then perfect that on a small basis. It's kind of like the CDR and Madison for cheese except it's for food products that they want to ramp up. Uh huge caneries and and things like that will send different products there and can them as well. uh national convention is held at Lucas Oil Stadium which is where the Indianapolis Colts play. Um and so there are over they can hold 60,000 there and so that's 66,000 in attendance last year. Um and so we were granted when
037postco the opportunity to go with an Airbnb which allows us to concentrate on our kids rather than have worry worry about everybody else's kids. And so this is in an old um textile factory that's there. We stay on the third floor. Second floor is still a textile factory type thing. Um, and it's very urban chic and the kids work together to make their breakfast and things. And this is very popular for football games, but they have everything there. Couple showers, uh, quad bed, separate rooms, everything's there. Um, and that is Lucas Oil Stadium and there are chapters that are uh hour and a half away and we are 5 minutes um away. It's really close and very convenient and cheaper than staying in the hotels in downtown Indie because it just insanely expensive. Um, so
038the kids make breakfast and they go we go shopping at Walmart, they make breakfast and you know is his own cook and crazy things and so we cook it all there. Um, we get to rub elbows with a lot of cool people. We've met the um, state's attorney at this Greek restaurant. We've also met this is Senator Evan B. uh we met the speaker of the house of Indiana uh and so they get those opportunities to meet with those people as well. Uh Saganaki which is she's uh we do some tours as we go around too. This was at a a tourism place and they're cutting the um the Christmas tree for the state of Indiana capital that day. So that was just sort of floating and this guy was a contractor and he wanted
039to build stuff for kids and so he has a haunted house, corn maze, all these things that we kind of do here but charges 20 bucks a kid to go through. Um, but just get to see his his take on things. Uh, we always stop at Pierce's farm stand stand down in Lake Geneva, Lake Delvin area and they have ties to the Pierces here. This is where their home place is and so they have many different things. Uh, but you have to be named Charles in order to work at Piers Farm Store because I believe there are three or four that are there and they all are just the oldest is 94. He walks faster than me on tours here. Um we stopped in Bo this year and that's where um the KIH fac or
040rine that's where the KIH factory was. So they took them out on the pier there. Uh they got to tour KIH and walk through the production floor and get to see tractors and um we couldn't take pictures on the production floor but this is their actual museum that they had there. Uh back to Indiana or the University of Indiana this year. We got to tour their meat lab and their meat science facility there. Um, and so next year we're going to tour the beef production area that they have and go back to the beef and and hog uh area that they have there. But that way we got a four-year rotation going with them and no kid sees the same thing every year. Um, and so then they got to do Miss Heidi went along
041as a chaperone as my female adult leader this year and so that was very helpful. she took the second um or she was we didn't have take two vehicles but uh we went to the horiculture program there and so that was their indoor arboritum that they had um they all had the college of aces agriculture um that's what they call it college of aces uh picture in front of the the front gate there um they got to be on stage this year we did go segueing Mr. Sable's been segueing, but he deferred the segue to us. Um, but this lady here is very nice. We we managed to find her a couple years ago, and as long as it's in October, it's warm enough. And we go through like a marshfield uh biking trail. That's
042what they have it set up. We go to a couple different neighborhoods. Um, they are there. Um, so we get down on the floor. This last year we were a national chapter award winner which we just got done filling that out to send it in again for this year but we rated gold which that's 1% of chapters from across the country and so um they were down on the floor for that and Coleman looked very hard for the camera because he wanted that shot pointing at the camera of us getting a national chapter award. Um, and so, uh, they can get fitted for the jackets down there and just meet some incredible people and from all across the country. This is in, uh, Memorial Square in Indianapolis. And this guy here was, he was a
043DJ, but he also teaches line dancing. So, they all got to learn how to line dance. And then they played, um, games with kids from all across the country in that area there. And this is a very significant one. of the 60,000 people that were there. Uh, two rows in front of us is Auburndale, Florida. And so then that teacher worked with Coleman for a community leadership workshop or community leadership speaking speaker. They have a lab farm on campus and they talked about the hurricanes and things like that that they have to worry about in their school district. But Auburndale, Florida. Um and then we got to hear uh Temple Grandon speak about um just we need all kinds of learners and that was a real resonating message from everyone. Uh and then we stopped
044in Chicago on the way back. So they got a picture about the bean. Um, we have figured out that if you park on uh Julia Row and you find the hotel there called the Pineapple Hotel and you give the guy a block of cheese and 20 bucks, he will park your vehicle because that big van doesn't fit anywhere in there. He'll he'll park the vehicle. I said two hours. Yep. No problem. Two hours. And he parks parks the van, moves it as he has to, and we come back and we get two hours. Um, they got to see the bull there and u one of the other the last thing that we did was we took them on a train tour of the a loop and then they went. It's a $3 trip. Wow. So,
045they hopped on and we went all the way out to Midway and then hopped on the other train and brought it back in and by that time we were tired and said we want to go home. And so um but they get to ride on a subway or L train and get to see where they don't know where they some of them have seen Blues Brothers but right there is where they were shooting the scene where they're going 100 miles an hour night with cap tires cap suspension and they're wearing sunglasses. That's amazing. Um but thank you for the opportunities. There's many other things that we ask you about to go overnight and go places but this one being the crown jewel of places that we go. Um, thank you for that. And if anybody
046wants to go along, always hop along. We'll be on stage again this year, so you can see that. Plus, we will have three American degree winners um that will be getting recognized on stage there. Alice, Tesca, Bryce Steel, and Brett will all be getting American degrees on stage on Saturday morning. Good job. And vote for Mark. It's double points. Yeah, today's double. I did.