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Bulldogs place first in volleyball invitational
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EMILY JOHNSON spikes - photo by Julie Zart
Erin Martin
Updated: Sep 3, 2015, 7:30 PM
Published: Sep 2, 2015, 2:05 PM

Boscobel’s varsity volleyball team took first place in the non-conference invitational hosted at Boscobel High School Saturday, edging out Brookwood in a tie with four wins and one loss.

The Boscobel girls started strong with a decisive 25-9 win in the first game of the invitational against Brookwood. The Falcons made an effort to regain ground, winning the second game 25-23, but the Bulldogs rebounded with a 15-13 win.

The second round had the Bulldogs facing the River Valley Blackhawks Varsity Reserve team. They won the first match 25-22, dropped behind in the second, 21-25, and regained the upper hand in the third, 15-10.

The third round offered up the Bulldogs only loss as they faced the Bangor. The Cardinals took the first game, 25-20. Boscobel shrunk the lead by winning the second game 25-23, but Bangor widened the spread with a 15-13 win in the final game.

The fourth round offered saw the Bulldogs face LaFarge. The Wildcats lost all three games to Boscobel, with the Bulldogs scoring 25-22, 25-18, and 15-12.

The final game saw the Bulldogs varsity team square off against their own Varsity Reserve, winning handily, 25-13, 25-14, and 15-8.

“I am very pleased with the team's effort Saturday,” said coach Jeff Ostheimer. “In three of the rounds, we were forced to go to the deciding third set and in two of those we were successful.”

“Being in those stressful situations early in the season will help us when conference starts.

Serving is team strength, according to the coach,

“The other parts of the game were a little inconsistent and gave the other teams a chance to build leads that we had to fight back from,” Ostheimer said. “We did a good job of keeping the pressure on the other team with our offense most of the day.  When our offense struggled is when we gave up points and runs to the other teams.”

Emily Johnson provided solid hitting throughout the day, according to the coach. Danielle Ernst was solid in her hitting and blocking. Both were selected for the all-tournament team. And Haley Bray was solid in her libero position, providing good defensive play.

The coach also commended players MacKenzie Fischer, Miranda Beinborn, Sydney Williams, Jayden Molzof and Katelyn Wiegel for their play.

“We had a good day, but we know that we will have to clean some things up and continue to improve when we get to our tough conference schedule,” the coach said of his young team.

Results:

Boscobel – 1st with 4 wins and 1 loss

Brookwood – 2nd with 4 wins and 1 loss

River Valley Varsity Reserve – 3rd with 3 wins and 2 losses

LaFarge – 4th with 2 wins and 3 losses

Bangor – 5th with 2 wins and 3 losses

Boscobel Varsity Reserve – 6th with 0 wins and 5 losses

Boscobel will face the Riverdale Chieftains in an away game on September 8. They will face Mineral Point two days later on Sept. 10 on the home court. Both varsity matches begin at 7:15 p.m.
Darlington honors long-time coach Arnie Miehe
School renames cross country course after legendary coach
Arnie Miehe
Former Darlington cross country coach Arnie Miehe (left) stands as it is announced that the DHS cross country course will be renamed after him at the Darlington Invitational on Sept. 7. The years of accomplishments are displayed on the banner behind Miehe. - photo by Casey Lindecrantz
Natalie Dillon, Fox Tales
Updated: Sep 13, 2024, 4:03 PM
Published: Sep 13, 2024, 4:04 PM

DARLINGTON — At its 41st annual Darlington Invite, the cross country team honored long-time head coach Arnie Miehe by renaming the course after him.

“It’s an incredible honor,” Arnie said. “It’s very humbling. It makes me think of all the hours, days, weeks and years that went into it — all the events and kids I’ve come in contact with.”

Since taking over  the program in 1982, Arnie has had nine state championship teams — eight for the boys and one for the girls — including six consecutive boys’ titles from 2011-2016. Another 39 teams went to state — 23 for the boys and 16 for the girls. For four straight years from 1993-1996, Darlington boys were state runners-up to Cochrane-Fountain City. In this 41-year span, he’s also had numerous individual state runners.

Two of those runners were his sons, Kent and Tyson. Tyson has run in the Olympic trials, and Kent currently coaches the Redbirds cross country teams.

“The recognition needs to be spread out,” Arnie said. “It should really be named the Miehe course. My wife and kids had as much to do with the success as I did. It was an entire family effort.”

But Kent was quick to turn the recognition back to his father.

“All the success we had started here, with him,” Kent said of Darlington’s home course and the annual Invite, which Arnie had begun years ago.

Darlington kept its successful streak at home with the girls finishing runners-up to Lancaster. Adalee Berget led the squad with her third-place finish. As a team, the Lady Redbirds, ranked No. 9 in Division 3 per Week 1 of the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association Poll, ran faster than the 2023 squad that finished third at state.

“We are learning what good is,” Kent said. “The returners know what it takes to be good. We have a perspective of what we are working toward. The season is far from over.”