The Prescott volleyball team defeated a solid Elmwood-Plum City team last Thursday by a score of 3 games to 1. With consistent passing from sophomore Mikayla Johnson coupled with impressive net play from Emilyn Ennenga, the Cardinals defeated the Wolves in a non-conference matchup. The Cardinals feature a number of talented underclassmen this season. Head Coach Geoff Snyder and his club will host St. Croix Central this Thursday with first serve scheduled for 7 p.m.

Prescott quarterback Reese Stanton tossed two touchdown passes, one each to seniors Brody Ripley and Hili Thomason as the Prescott Cardinals evened their Middle Border Conference record to 1-1. Defensively it was senior defensive tackle Gabe Turner and freshman linebacker Revel Panzer who led the defense. In the second half, Ellsworth quarterback Cooper Olson was repeatedly under pressure by Turner, Panzer and company as the Cardinals shut out the Panthers in the second half. A ninth grader, the talented Panzer has been among the leading tacklers for the Cardinals in their last three games. Prescott travels to Altoona this Friday to take on the Railroaders. 

Offensive lineman David Regnier and the University of St. Thomas pummeled Northern Michigan on Saturday by a score of 56-14. Regnier is a 2025 Prescott High School alumnus and in his second season with the Tommies. Linebacker Brady Block and the #5 ranked Falcons of UW-River Falls traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to take on #21 ranked Coe College. The Falcons raced to a 24-3 halftime lead and never looked back, improving to 2-0 on the season. River Falls will play Wartburg College this coming Saturday. 

The Jayhawks (4-3) closed out the Kansas Invitational with a sweep of The Golden Hurricanes of Tulsa last Sunday afternoon, winning the sets 25-16, 25-22 and 25-18 in front of a sold-out crowd in Kansas. Reese Ptacek had seven kills and a team-high four blocks as the Jayhawks improved to 4-3 overall on the season. Ptacek is a 2024 graduate of Prescott High School. Natalie Ptacek is playing NCAA Division I Volleyball as well for the University of Kansas City. The Roos are 5-4 overall on the season and are members of the Summit League Conference. 

Chairperson Yvonne Zarnstorff and Vice Chair Mandy Bernick remind everyone that nominations for the 2027 Prescott Hall of Fame are being accepted. Those wishing to nominate someone for the Hall of Fame can find nomination forms on the Prescott School District website. The next Prescott Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held in late September or early October.

From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: The DNR reminds hunters and the public to help keep the state's deer herd healthy by following all baiting and feeding bans and refraining from baiting and feeding in areas where no bans are in effect. Baiting and feeding encourage deer to congregate unnaturally around a specific location, creating an environment where infected deer can quickly spread diseases like chronic wasting disease (CWD) through direct contact with healthy deer or through indirect contact in the environment. CWD is an always-fatal disease that affects the nervous system of deer, elk, moose and caribou caused by a misshapen prion protein.

Headshaker of the Week. Since it’s still baseball season, I made the 40-minute trip to Target Field to watch the Minnesota Twins take on the Cleveland Guardians. I was expecting baseball, hot dogs, foul balls and the occasional fan who believes sitting in his seat for an entire inning is asking too much. What I wasn’t expecting was a personalized jersey exhibition featuring two middle-aged gentlemen who apparently wanted the entire section to know their nicknames. One had “Big Boy” prominently displayed across his back. The other had selected a nickname containing language so inappropriate that even I’m not going to put it in print. Which raises a simple question: At what point do we stop thinking something is funny simply because we thought it was funny when we were 15? Apparently, mid 40's isn’t the answer. Ordinarily, I’d expect to see this sort of wardrobe choice at Lambeau Field or another NFL venue. There’s nothing wrong with having fun at a ballgame. But if the wording on your jersey would have resulted in Grandma marching you into the bathroom to have your mouth rinsed out with soap, maybe, just maybe, it’s not the best choice for public display. I was embarrassed for the guys. And once again, I was reminded that just because someone will print something on the back of a jersey doesn’t mean you have to put it there. It was a headshaker.