Brava to the Prescott Girls 4×100 relay team of Jessie Urman, Abby Syverson, Grace Carlson and Tori Benck on winning the Division 2 State Championship._ The senior thin-clad foursome set a school record with a time of 49.55 seconds, besting second place Fox Valley Lutheran and third place La Crosse Logan. The same four earned a silver medal in the 4×200 relay. Undoubtedly Urman, Syverson, Carlson and Benck will be remembered as one of the most accomplished relay teams in Prescott Cardinal Track and Field History. Incidentally, the 4×100 relay team ran the fourth fastest time in the state of Wisconsin this spring, including all divisions._ When it comes to Prescott thinclad history, there have been two girls who have won state championships._In 1973, Pat Eggers won gold in the high jump and Barb Richmond took home top honors in 1979 winning the 880-yard run.__ Speaking of state tournaments, this will be the sixth trip to the Final Four for the Prescott softball team._Interestingly enough, the Cardinals have been skippered by a different head coach each trip to the state tournament. Prescott’s first trip came in 1993 when Head Coach Lori Pedretti and the Cardinals rode the right arm of Kollyn Eichman. _Five years later, pitcher Steph Johnson and shortstop Angie Kosin helped lead the team coached by Jay Bartsch to the tournament._ In 2002, Hurley native Jeff Stenroos coached Ellie Krech and Liz Poliak to Waukesha._ More than a decade later Matt Smith led his charges to the state semifinals in 2018._ And in 2019, Head Coach Abbie Morris coached Prescott into the state tournament._ This year, Head Coach Nick Johnson will be the sixth different head coach to turn in the lineup card to the home plate umpire at the state tournament.__ In preparation for their trip to the state tournament in Green Bay, the softball team practices on the turfed football field in Hudson and also the artificial turf at St. Norbert’s College in Green Bay._ While Green Bay will host the WIAA Softball State Tournament, Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton will serve as the venue for this week’s state baseball tournament._ Area teams advancing to the tournament include Division 4 Boyceville, Division 3 Eau Claire Regis, Division 2 Rice Lake, and Division 1 Eau Claire Memorial._ The Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association held six All District Meetings this past weekend._WBCA District and Conference Representatives select a first team, second team, and honorable mention. _ Additionally, districts choose a player of the year in each division. In the Northwest District, South Carolina bound pitcher/infielder Owen Washburn of Webster was named Division 4 Player of the Year._ Washburn finished the season with a remarkable batting average of .746 and drove in 73 runs on the year. St. Croix Falls pitcher Jared Lessman, who struck out an incredible 158 hitters in 56 innings, was named the Division 3 District Player of the Year. In Division 2, Bloomer outfielder Ethan Rothbauer was named Player of the Year, and in Division 1 Menomonie Catcher Brigs Richartz took home top honors._ Representing the Middle Border on the All-District team were Amery pitcher Kale Hopke, who was named to the second team and Osceola’s Nick Carlson, who was named honorable mention.__ Last week Farmington defeated Park Cottage Grove to win the Division I Minnesota State High School Baseball Championship by a score of 12-9._One of the umpires in the state title game held at Target Field was 2000 Prescott High School alumnus Aric Kittelson. Identified as one of the top umpires in Minnesota, Kittelson was a member of Prescott’s 1999 State Runner Up baseball team._The 2000 alumnus and former All Conference pitcher teaches high school math in St. Charles, Minn. Kittelson also pitched collegiately at St. Mary’s University in Winona._ Heading into the final week of the regular season the Prescott summer baseball teams continue their winning ways._ Thad Magee’s eighthgrade team heads into the week with a league record of 9-4 and another eighth-grade team led by Jason Bayer enters the home stretch atop their division with a record of 122._ Additionally, Mike Westberg’s 11-year-old club continues to cling to first place with a league record of 11-1._ From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: As emotions run high around wolf management in Wisconsin, members of the state’s wolf harvest advisory committee failed to reach a consensus over a recommended harvest level for this fall’s hunt during its last scheduled meeting Tuesday, June 22._ The committee is made up of a variety of interests representing state wildlife managers, tribes, agriculture, hunting and environmental groups, among others. DNR Deputy Secretary Todd Ambs said the committee’s input would serve as a starting point for the agency to come up with a proposed harvest target. The DNR must now sort through a wide range of viewpoints and disagreements over management goals, models used to predict harvest levels moving forward, and the impact of the February hunt on the state’s wolf population. State-licensed hunters blew past their 119-wolf quota and harvested 218 wolves in less than 72 hours at the end of February. The agency will now consult with Wisconsin Ojibwe tribes on the harvest prior to submitting its proposal for a quota to the Natural Resources Board on Aug. 12.

Headshaker of the week: A few weeks ago, I referenced the appearance of an area baseball team and how unkept the coaches were as they emerged from their team bus at Firehall Field._ However, nothing compares to Sparta High School coaches and players as they emerged from their high school transport at the sectional tournament in Rice Lake._Hoodies, shorts, cut-off jeans, ripped sweatpants, sandals, sagging socks, backward baseball caps, and stained Tshirts were the chosen attire of the regional champions of the Mississippi Valley Conference. _What an impression they left. It was a headshaker._