The KQEG Live Streaming station out of LaCrosse could not say enough good things about the dynamic combination of Sophomore Dylan Malmlov and Freshmen Dallas Wallin. Both commentators praised the play of the talented underclassmen and remarked “It will be fun to follow those two players and the team over the next couple years.”

The St. Croix Central Panthers are the lone Middle Border Conference team to advance to the sectional after clobbering St. Croix Falls on Saturday by a score of 79-39. The Middle Border conference champions will play host to Northwestern on Thursday, who upset #3 ranked Cameron on Saturday by a score of 78-68. The two teams played earlier in the season with St. Croix Central defeated Northwestern by a score of 87-67. The Panthers remain the odds on favorite to advance to the state tournament. Two other Middle Border Conference teams played in regional title games on Saturday. The Somerset Spartans fell to Altoona in their Division 2 Regional Title game by a score of 59-54 and Rice Lake bested the Amery Warriors by a score of 61-43.

The Prescott Ice Fishing Team finished 15th out of 52 schools this past weekend at the Wisconsin State High School Ice Fishing Tournament. Seniors team members participating in their final WIFA State Ice Fishing Tournament include Emily Linder, Megan and Ryan Johnson, Evan Horn, Connor Lubich and Matt Maier. The team fished on Long Lake outside of Centuria, Wisconsin on Saturday. Osceola won the state tournament for the second year in a row with perennial power Wisconsin Rapids finishing in second place. The team is coached by Jason Brazzale who organized the team several years ago. Hats off to Mr. Brazzale for his pioneering work and bringing the joys of angling to the youth of Prescott. Brazzale, a former Herb Kohl Teaching Fellowship Award Winner is also a member of the Prescott Hall of Fame Committee and the Prescott Foundation.

Congratulations to Isabella Lenz on being named a Wisconsin Sports Network Finalist for their annual Senior Point Guard of the Year Award. Other nominees include Bailey Butler of Blackhawk, Nikki Dienberg of New Berlin Eisenhower, Natalie Jens of Beaver Dam, Olivia Gamoke of Onalaska, Olivia Rangel of Franklin, and CJ Romero of Brookfield Central. The winner will be announced this coming weekend.

The West Texas A& M Buffaloes defeated Cameron University twice this past weekend and improved to 9-1 in conference play and 11-1 on the season. Cardinal Alumnus Parker Nielsen started his six straight game for the Buffs on Saturday and scored 9 points in a 103-50 victory over Cameron University. On Friday, West Texas A& M defeated Cameron by a score of 86-82. The Buffaloes are the #4 ranked team in Division 2.

When it comes to Wisconsin girls basketball, tiny Blackhawk High School, with an enrollment of 92, has again advanced to the state tournament. Located in the southwestern part of Wisconsin, Blackhawk High School boasts one of the premier girl basketball teams in the state. The team has won 75 straight games and since 2017 boasts an overall record of 124-2, including back to back state championships in 2018 and 2019. The last time the team lost a regular season game was in 2016. They are expected to win their 3rd consecutive state championship. Remember, last year’s championship games were cancelled due to Covid 19. Otherwise the school would be attempting their fourth consecutive state title.

Congratulations to the Amery Warriors on winning the WIAA Division 2 State Wrestling title. The champions of the Middle Border Conference defeated Prairie Du Chien 40-31 to capture their first ever team state wrestling title. Amery defeated Kiel 52-22 to advance to the championship match. Congratulations to the Hudson Raiders on winning the WIAA Division I State Hockey title this past weekend. Hudson advanced to the title game after a 6-3 semifinal win over Green Bay Notre Dame and defeated defending champion Verona by a score of 4-0 in the championship. It is the 5th State Championship for the Raiders.

Prescott High School athletes will soon turn their attention to the fast approaching spring seasons. Word is track athletes, softball and baseball players, and golfers are chomping at the bit to compete in a season cancelled last year due to the pandemic. Spring sports seasons are scheduled to begin in April and the tournament series for each sport will extend well into June. Sign ups for spring sports have begun.

From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources… Tune in March 1 to explore Wisconsin’s beautiful public lands in the upcoming “Wisconsin’s Scenic Treasures: Southern Vistas” on PBS Wisconsin.The new program premieres on PBS Wisconsin 7 p.m. Monday, March 1. Encore broadcasts will air 7 p.m. March 10 and 14. The program will also air on Milwaukee PBS 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11. Filmed by PBS Wisconsin last summer from the air, land and water, the program showcases state parks, state natural areas, wildlife areas and forests, many of them held in trust and managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for Wisconsinites. Hundreds of hours of amazing aerial panoramas and ground-level video create this memorable 60-minute adventure. Those who watch will be delighted by the striking visual and ecological diversity of our state’s natural landscapes highlighting Wisconsin’s rich natural and scenic heritage. If the program is anything like the tremendous Wisconsin From the Air series outdoor enthusiasts are sure to enjoy this production.

Headshaker of the week. With the girls and boys state basketball tournament scheduled for the next two weekends, I will pause this week’s headshaker in anticipation of embarrassing moments that will most likely occur during the state championship trophy presentations. My guess is a coach or two will figuratively or perhaps literally, rip the state trophy out of the hands of a WIAA Board of Control member and hoist it aloft in a Charlton Heston NRA gun toting manner and seemingly be forced to hand the gold ball over to the players. It happens every year. What coach will prove me prophetic?