Wild Wild West

      Badger High School’s cast of “Wild Pecos Bill and Tales of the West” is composed of (front to back, from left) Piper Radtke, Briana Pankonin, Mercedes Sharkus, Jackson Bruns, Nathan Hancock, Sofijia Djurjulov, Kelly Gerlitz, Kori Maclay, Hope Oberg, Kelly Locander, stage managers Lilliann Weintz and Ashley Westerlund, Hunter Aulds, Raul Cordova, Briana Havens, Reagan Masini, Shannon Bertram, Ted Santi, Raleigh Leach, Hunter Otwaska, William Lorenz, Lucas Lyons and Chris Kujawa. Badger High School theater and English teacher Andrew Stoltenberg directed the play, which the students performed Saturday in the Wisconsin State High School Theater Festival One Act Play Competition at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. For the second year in a row, Badger was awarded an Outstanding Ensemble Award, reserved for groups with top acting ensembles, an Outstanding Directing Award, and the Critic’s Choice, the highest award a one-act can receive in Wisconsin. (Submitted photo)