By Michael S. Hoey
CORRESPONDENT
In what is becoming a recurring theme, the Lake Geneva Badger football team dominated another opponent last Friday, this time with a 44-0 road shut out win over Delavan-Darien.
The Badgers (3-1, 3-0 Southern Lakes Conference) hung 515 total yards of offense on the Comets, 498 of them rushing. The Badgers averaged 10.8 yards per carry.
The Badger defense held the Comets (1-3, 1-2 SLC) to 58 total yards, forced three interceptions, and held D-DHS to just two first downs all night.
Badger proved it has depth to go with the talented duo of quarterback Peter Krien and running back Robert Johnson. The Badgers had seven total players rush for more yards than the Comets’ leading rusher. Krien and Johnson led the way with 123 yards on just four carries and 102 yards on 11 carries respectively. Collin Broderick rushed for 74 yards and even threw a touchdown pass. Andrew Allen rushed for 62 yards and Matt Reynolds added 44.
The Badgers grabbed the early lead with a Thomas Ritzman field goal and went up by ten on a 17-yard run by Borst. Andrew Cychner scored on a 15-yard run and Reynolds added a five-yard run for a 24-0 lead. Broderick then completed the Badgers’ only pass of the night, a 17-yard pass to Rob Slagle. Broderick capped off the first half scoring with a six-yard run and the Badgers led 37-0 at the break.
Allen scored the only touchdown of the second half on a 58-yard run.
Badger hosts Wilmot (2-2, 2-1 SLC) Friday night. Wilmot beat Union Grove 48-14 last Friday.
Volleyball wins first SLC match
The Badger volleyball team got its first SLC win of the season with a hard fought five set win over Waterford (0-2) on September 11. The Badgers (1-2) won 16:25, 25:14, 23:25, 25:22, 17:15.
Autumn Mikrut had seven aces, 32 assists, nine digs, and two kills. Beth Jones, Chandler Carlson, Emma Dumez, and McKinley Veith all had nine kills each. Dumez had four aces and 14 digs. Paige Stan had 12 digs, Veith added 11 more.
Badger finished third at the Delavan-Darien Invitational on Saturday. The Badgers beat Beloit Memorial 22:20, 21:17 and Racine Lutheran 21:11, 21:13. Badger lost a close match to Janesville Parker 22:20, 14:21, 14:16. The Badgers also lost to Wilmot 18:21, 21:11, 7:15 and Delavan-Darien 21:18, 22:23, 14:16. All three of Badger’s losses took three sets.
For the tournament, Miranda Durbin and Carlson led the team with eight aces. Carlson added 23 kills. Mikrut had 60 assists. Veith had 28 digs.
Soccer beats Burlington
The Badger soccer team defeated Burlington (4-9, 33 SLC) 2-1 on September 12.
Badger (4-6, 2-3 SLC) scored twice to take a 2-0 halftime lead and held on for the victory. Jay Hamilton and Joe Ahlgren scored the Badger goals. Badger outshot the Demons 10-3.
Cross country wins invite
The Badger boys cross country team won their own invitational last Thursday. Tomas Pecha finished first (16:38), Alex Martinez took second (16:42), Gavin Denecke was fifth (17:33), and Jake Pierce finished seventh (17:57).
“It was nice to see the men rewarded for their hard work,” Coach Mike Butscher said. “We know they have been a little frustrated by not having faster time, but we have run some tough courses and in some tough conditions.”
Butscher said the team’s performance at the invitational was among the best the program has had in recent years and the team has never had a team time as low as this one this early in the season. Butscher said it was a great sign to see the entire varsity team under 18:30 at this point in the season. Butscher has been impressed with how well the team has jelled and bought into the “we over me” pledge the team took.
“The men know that there is still a lot of hard work to do to reach their numerous goals,” Butscher said. “A meet like this will hopefully be a springboard to even better practice efforts and meet performances.”
Tennis wins invite
The Badger tennis team won the Janesville Parker Invitational last Saturday. Individual champions included Cricket Gelderman, Lily Fischer, and Victoria Bouras. Shannon Lojeski was a runner up.
The doubles teams of Andrea Chironis/Joanie Williams, Gillian Suhre/Emily Bakken, and Jacklyn Teuting/Keighly Maclay also won invitational championships.
Golf drops one, finishes 8th
The Badger golf team lost to Union Grove 246-202 at Hawk’s View. Allison Paleka was the top Badger finisher with a 55.
Badger took eighth at the Falcon Invitational with a 270. The Prairie School won the invite with a 166. Holli Morton led the Badgers with a 65.
Swim team downs Whitewater
The Badger swim team defeated Whitewater 106-84 on September 13.
First place relays included the 200 Yard Medley (Carly O’Brien, Anna Brooks, Liz Carlson, and Kaarin Quaerna; 1:56.40) and the 200 Yard Freestyle (Brooks, Quaerna, O’Brien, and Evelyn Edge; 1:43.90).
First place individual finishers included O’Brien in the 200 Yard IM (2:15.93) and 100 Yard Fly (1:00.32), Quaerna in the 100 Yard Freestyle (55.53), and Brooks in the 100 Yard Backstroke (1:04.72) and 100 Yard Breaststroke (1:08.30).
