Guard Teddy Bernick turned in quite a performance on Friday against the Amery Warriors. The senior finished 6-6 from beyond the arc enroute to scoring a career high 20 points in a crucial Middle Border Conference matchup. Bernick is shooting an impressive 41% from three-point range. Sophomore Emmett Otto also found the range from three-point land and finished 4-6 from downtown. Otto will enter this week shooting 44% from three-point range. Both Otto and Bernick have attempted at least 50 three pointers this season, ranking the duo among the state’s top three-point shooters in Division 3. 

An assistant football coach from the University of Minnesota attended a boys basketball practice last week to observe Cardinal Forward/Guard Kobe Russell. The Gophers are not the only Big 10 team that has expressed interest in the talented 11th grader. The Northwestern Wildcat football coaching staff have also had conversations with Russell. 

After Prescott’s convincing win over Amery on Friday, the Warriors will most likely drop out of the state rankings. Public Charter School Milwaukee Academy of Science most likely will retain the #1 spot in Division 3. The Novas have scored 100 points three times this season and have three NCAA Division 1 players on their roster. 

Lila Posthuma and the Bradley University women’s basketball team enter the week with an overall record of 8-8 on the season. A 2024 graduate of Prescott High School, Posthuma has played in all 16 games for Bradley this season. Bradley is an NCAA Division 1 School that competes in the Missouri Valley Conference.  

Committee President Jeremy Kerg reminds everyone that nominations for induction into the Prescott Hall of Fame are now being accepted. Nomination materials/forms are available on the Prescott School District website and are due by July 1. The Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held in late September or early October. 

This past weekend Michigan Tech Senior Guard Isabella Lenz moved into the Top 20 All Time Scoring for the Huskies. Lenz and the Huskies look to rebound from weekend losses to Northern Michigan and Davenport Universities. Michigan Tech will host Saginaw Valley State on Thursday and Wayne State on Saturday. 

Last week Amery senior guard Carter Wollan became the school’s all-time scoring leader, passing Al Rudd who played for the Warriors from 1972-1975. The 6’11” Rudd played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-River Falls. After his college career Rudd went on to play professionally overseas. Wollan is a UW-La Crosse recruit and is expected to pass 2,000 career points this week. 

Speaking of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the UW-Platteville men’s basketball team is ranked #1 in the most recent NCAA Division 3 National Poll and entered the week with an overall record of 13-1. For the women, undefeated UW-Oshkosh (14-0) entered the second week of January ranked #5 nationally. When it comes to basketball, the WIAC is regarded as one of the premier Division 3 conferences in the nation. 

From the Department of Natural Resources: The DNR is now accepting artwork entries from high school students for the 2026 12-month Wisconsin state park and forest vehicle admission pass. The annual DNR-sponsored design contest is open to all high school-age students in Wisconsin who attend public, private and parochial schools or are homeschooled. Artwork entries should focus on outdoor recreation, animals or plants in Wisconsin.

"With the transition to a 12-month admission pass format, we’re excited to see what inspiration and creativity is generated by high schoolers across the state. This is a great opportunity for students to blend their artistic passion and interest in our natural resources," said Steve Schmelzer, Parks and Recreation Management Bureau director. "We are grateful for all of the students who submit artwork. It’s always a pleasure to see the entries, and it’s never an easy choice to pick just one design."

Headshaker of the week: There you go again. Recently western Wisconsin high school basketball fans once again saw the influence of college and professional sports at the high school level. It’s become commonplace for players to gesture to student sections of opposing schools after sinking a three pointer. This boorish signaling usually leads to raucous responses from passionate teenage rooters who, to the surprise of no one, respond to NBA-like posturing with similar gusto. Please. Just drain the three and get back on defense. Anything else? It’s a headshaker.