West Wisconsin Sports.Com
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Week 2 offered some surprises on the high school gridiron. A very
young and inexperienced Greenwood team upset Large Cloverbelt title
contender Neillsville. It's been at least a couple of decades
since all three Eau Claire high schools started out the season a combined
0-6. The visiting teams (Bloomer and Edina, MN) spoiled the home openers at
the newly renovated Dorais Field for both of the Chippewa Falls teams.
We have some interesting games in Week 3 as each of the conferences head
into conference play. The HON conference will go from 4 undefeated teams to
two after Friday night. Bloomer at Ladysmith matches a pair of teams both
ranked in the Top 3 among small schools in this week's Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel poll. The upstart Spooner Rails invade Chetek.
- Will Lake Holcombe finally surrender their first points of the year?
-Can anybody slow down the Owen-Withee scoring machine?
-Will Prairie Farm, Boyceville and Blair-Taylor score their first points of
the year?
-The defending Division 7 state champion Gilman Pirates and state runner up
Eleva-Strum Cardinals haven't lost a step since their encounter in
Madison last November.
With all due respect to the AP high school voters this observer wonders how
it is that Mondovi can get a vote in the poll and Baldwin-Woodville can't?
The Blackhawks are 2-0 with two convincing wins and they beat Mondovi in
week one.
The WIAC football teams went 7-0 this past weekend!! Let's hope that trend
continues and maybe the WIAC will get two teams into the D-3 football
playoffs this season.
The WIAC volleyball teams went a combined 22-14 in their matches this past
weekend with some teams literally scattered all over the country. Keep
it locked in here for all your WIAC volleyball scores and standings as well
as high school volleyball scores.
UWEC Sr--Zach Paul (Edgar) has been named a WIAC football player of the
week
UWEC Sr- Meghan Sobotta (Arcadia) has been named WIAC golfer of the
week.
UWEC will induct eight players into the Blugold Hall of Fame on September
15th. The inductees are Alex and Mark Hicks (hockey) Tammy Brandt Stanius
(soccer and softball) Beth Brochhausen (volleyball and softball) Steve
Hollman (swimming) Dan Schmidt (track & field) Dan Kelner (track &
field, football) and Pete Balistrieri ( football, track& field)
Be sure to check out one of our new website features this year........a WIAC
player of the week.
Altoona alum and UW-River Falls junior Storm Harmon was named to the
d3football.com team of the week for his efforts in the Falcons 52-24 win
over Hope College. Harmon completed 17 out of 24 passes for 306 yards and 4
touchdowns. The 4 touchdowns tied a school record and he came within 4 yards
of setting the school record for passing yards in a game.
The UW-Badger football team is ranked 5th alone in the coaches poll and tied
for 5th with Oklahoma in this week's AP poll. The Badgers face
UNLV
this week.
Our Packers prediction this year is for a 9-7 record which will be good
enough to enter the playoffs as a wildcard team.
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