May 22

For the second year in a row, Menomonie is the outright Big Rivers Conference champion at Boys Tennis! After going undefeated in conference play during the regular season, the Mustangs dominated the conference tournament yesterday claiming first place at five of the seven flights!  Harrison Davis is the champion at number two singles, Bruce Behrend at three singles, and Caleb Gunderson at four singles.  The doubles team of Jack Winterfeldt and Jacob Rue won the conference championship at two doubles, while Sam McWithey and Davin Ellis are champions at three doubles. Earning first team all-conference is Micah Gunderson, Tristan Webb, Jack Winterfeldt, Jacob Rue, Harrison Davis, and Bruce Behrend. Earning second team all-conference is Sam McWithey, Davin Ellis, and Caleb Gunderson. Congratulations on another incredible conference championship!

Please welcome back your state Finance and Investment Challenge Bowl (FICB) Consolation bracket winners: Brody, Ray, Luke and Aiden. They started yesterday a little slow, losing their first two matches on the final question.  After that, they stepped into the transformation booth and came out ready to rock and roll.  They won the next 3 matches, placing them 3rd in the state out of 28 teams.  Congratulations and thank you for an exciting day. (Wisconsin Bankers Foundation Asset Builders held their annual Finance and Investment Challenge Bowl (FICB) in Madison on May 21; this is an interactive educational game designed to help promote financial literacy and awareness among high school students). This year’s results: First Place – State Champion: Nicolet High School; Second Place: Northland Pines High School; Final Four: Oshkosh West High School; Final Four: Rhinelander High School; Consolation Champion: Menomonie High School.

May 23

Finally the Golf Team had a sunny day but a tough course made it tough scoring for all teams at the BRC 18 hole final at New Richmond Golf Club Thursday.  The Mustangs struggled to a 7th place in the meet but still managed to finish in 5th place overall in the final BRC standings.  Leading the Mustangs were Quin Rabeneck carding an 83, Wes Miller 84, Tyler Reckin 85, Isaac Rynes 89 & Trent Wold 90.  Also congratulations go out to Tyler Reckin for earning 2nd team all conference honors for the 2nd straight year!  Next up are Regionals Tuesday at Troy Burne, Final BRC Boys Golf standings, Hudson 69. EC Memorial 51.5, River Falls 51.5, Chippewa Falls 43.5, Menomonie 36.5, Rice Lake 36, New Richmond 20, EC North 16.

Varsity Softball travelled to New Richmond to play their last regular season games of the year in a double header. The Mustangs swept the Tigers to finish the regular season 19-7. 19 wins is the most wins in a season in Menomonie softball history. The sweep also moved the Mustangs to 10-4 in conference which is good enough to secure 2nd place, a position softball has not been in since 2012. Defensively, Jaidyn Stouff had a stellar night at 3rd base as well as great pitching performances from all 3 senior pitchers; Amanda Holzhueter, Maci Marlett, and Siera Auth. Offensively the Mustangs were led by Amanda Holzhueter going 4-6, Reese Barfknect who had 4 hits including a 2 RBI game-winning triple in game 1 and a home run in game 2, and Adison Hasse with 3 hits. Jaidyn Stouff and Siera Auth each added 2 hits on the night. JV Softball also won 2 tough games against New Richmond. Game one was 8-5 with Kalyn Fisher and Mya McMahon going 3-3. Game two was won with a score of 4-2 behind great pitching from Presley Verdon who threw 12 strikeouts in 5 innings. Vivian Lorenzen hit a triple in both games and Joss Turner added a double in game 2. The Mustangs begin their playoff run on Tuesday vs. North at Wakanda at 5:00.

JV2 Baseball defeated Fall Creek 9-6 last night. JV2 is now 7-5 on the season and will play Eau Claire Memorial tonight in a double header at Wakanda Park. Varsity Baseball lost to Wisconsin Rapids 4-3 last night. Max Jaeger threw 4 innings allowing no earned runs. Owen Welch and Cage Sorenson each collected hits while James Hoff scored 2 runs for the Mustangs. Menomonie baseball is back in action tonight for a double header against Eau Claire Memorial at Carson Park starting at 4:30. JV Baseball lost 9-6 against Wisconsin Rapids last night. Zack Bird and Tyler Sutherland threw well for the Mustangs. Offensively, Easton Anderson had a ground rule double and Tyler Sutherland had 2 hits while collecting 3 RBIs.