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(Front row) JT Sulzer, (Managers: Rachel Hayes, Haley VanDeVelde, Jon Quast, Erin Utesch) and Keegan Terwilliger. (Row 2, from left) Trevor Steiner, Andrew Abbott, Jorge Gonzalez, Tyler VanDeVelde, Riley Gentile, Chase Craig, Jordan Monroe, Keven Quast, Tristan Steiner and Christian Martinez. (Row 3, from left) Jon Carr, Logan Mitchell, Simon Brzinski, Mason DuMez, Nick Halpin, Nathan Gibson, Akil Jackson, Stephen Wieder, Mick Borchert, Patrick Quinn and Eric McCambridge. (Row 4, from left) Coaches David Davila, Barry Mess, Ryan Bouzek, Clint Geisler, Ed Krien, Greg Meyers, Jake Popanda, David Owens, Bryan Kaplan and Keith Hensler. (Row 5, from left) Josh Meier, Jonathan Jones, (Coaches Mikel Koronkiewicz, Aaron Zweifel, Mac McBride, AJ Curtis), Head Coach Matt Hensler, Tony Howard and Isaac Ziervogel. (Row 6, from left) Josh Kundert, Matt Szeszol, Nick Kretsch, Cole Mikrut, Mitch Tornow, William Huettig, Zane Zachary and Tias Larson. Not Pictured: Ruben Garcia, D’Andre Newell, Ryan Sproul, Devon Frederick, John Bowen,
David Mikrut, Andrew Glass, Tim VonSeth, Tyler Love, Patrick Watrous, Cody Harren and Jose Garcia.
Young squad could take conferenceDespite digging themselves into an 0-3 hole to
start the season, the Badger football team currently fi nds themselves in the upper echelon of the South-
ern Lakes Conference standings.After decisive victories over both the
Southern Lakes leading Burlington Demons and the middle of the pack Westosha Cen-
tral Eagles, as of Sept. 25 head coach Matt Hensler and his squad fi nd themselves in a four-
way tie for fi rst place in the wide-open conference.The Badgers employ an exemplary rushing attack
that has totalled more than 1,100 yards throughout the fi rst half of the season and is responsible for more than 75-percent of the offense’s production.
The running back-by-committee philosophy of the Badgers is headlined by Tristan Steiner with 338 yards.
Badger’s multi-faceted run game is by no means a one-man show.
Other key contributors are Isaac Ziervogal with 230 yards, Zane Zachary with 177 yards and Christian Martinez with 109 yards.
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(Front row, from left) Cody Wrzesinski, Manager and Haley VanDeVelde . (Row 2, from left) Sutter Borchert, Eric Mullen, Jordan Larson, Freddy Urias, Trevor Stump-foll, Patrick Watrous, David Mikrut and Mike Mortensen. (Row 3, from left) An-drew Glass, Cody Harren, (Coaches Greg Meyers, Mac McBride, Barry Mess, Ryan Bouzek, Mikel Koronkow-iecz) and Ian Darbro and Mi-chael Waddell. (Row 4, from left) Steve Dublin, Brandon Kaddatz, Blake Dodd, John Bowen, Tony Walton, Shawn
Meadows, Ryan Sproul and Isaac Mancini. (Row 5, from left) Jordan Gates, Alex Rick-el, Jose Garcia, Devon Fred-
erick, Tim VonSeth, Michael Rankin, Ashton Koop Not pictured: Tyler Love, Collin
Houghton, Bradley Kostein and Mason DuMez.
(Row 1, from left) Lucas Darbro, Alec Linn, Man-ager David Stefaniak, Manny Macias and Mario Monroe. (Row 2, from left) Wesley Sontag, Max Pflipsen, Levi Krahn, Jack Burton, Dawson Vance, Matt Kretsch, James Paciga, Keegan Lafferty, Austin Flower and Austin Pease. (Row 3, from left) Coaches Clint Geissler & David Davila, Adam Gal-lagher, Andrew Hillary, Drew Schnering, Colin Jackson, Nick Aufmuth, Coaches Dave Owens and Jake Popanda. (Row 4, from left) Nate Fischer,
Cameron Sikraji, Colton Surges, Jeffery Pipes, Blake Linn, Alex Evans, Josh Garcia, Lincoln Zwieg
Row 5: Brian Thomas, Jaylen Woods, Nathan Borst, Sarek Hoerth, Jonas Woods, Angelo Camalieri,
Connor Skidds Not Pic-tured: William Keller III, Anthony Culliton, Jayden Perkins
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Row 1: Will Hamilton, Edgar Ortiz, Saul Valadez, Rafael Villegas, Adan Ortiz, Payton Aranda Row 2: Jorge Mayorga, Ruben Aranda, Jonatan Nicia, Joel Cosme, Chris Magana, Luis Gonzalez,
Edgar Mendoza, Eduardo Cruz Row 3: Coach Jim Jacobson, Head Coach Ross Fowler, Em-erson Hochevar, Connor Koehn, Shane Straight, Coaches Andy Smith & Tony Aranda Row 4: Aidan Kokodynski, Tias Larson, Alex Johnson, Jose Castro, Kiley Lofy, Alec Wagner Not
Pictured: Camden Horner
Badger’s soccer record for the Southern Lakes Con-ference is an unblemished 6-0 midway through the season. While still technically in second place in the conference standings due to losing a point-total tie-breaker, the Badgers have nothing to fear as the season winds down, having proven themselves as one of the Southern Lake’s elite title contenders.
Head coach Ross Fowler has had his squad per-forming at the highest of levels over the past few weeks as they’ve notched an 8-2 record for the month of Sep-
tember and a 12-4 record overall.Jorge Mayorga has been an unstoppable force for
the offense, scoring 11 goals and 9 assists to lead his team in both categories through 16 contests.
Edger Mendoza has also scored 11 goals for the Badgers and has totalled 3 assists to this point in the season.
Saul Valadez has scored 7 goals and has proven that he is the defi nition of a clutch player, with four of those scores being game-winning goals.
Badger soccer unblemished in conference play
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Row 1: Salvador Sanchez, Carmelo
Soto, Omar Porras, Jesus Castaneda Row 2: Salvador Gomez, Erik Cordova, Ryan Ripkey, Javier Lopez, Kasey Woodside, Salvador Gar-cia, Ulises Escobar, Luis Aranda Row 3: Coach Andy Smith, Jack Wright, Calvin Stork, Luke Bour-neuf, Jordan Patino, Santi Buenaobra, Coach Tony Aranda Not Pictured: Jack Sinclair, Ian Schirtz-inger, Emerson Hochevar, Dylan Bird, Anthony Gagliani
Row 1: Omar Porras, Taitan Workman, Carmelo
Soto Row 2: Avery Rey-mann, Patrick Crist, Aaron
Smith, AJ Olivieri, Mar-tin Jaramillo, Dylan Bird
Row 3: Coach Andy Smith, Angle Sanchez, Jack Egan, Ryan Ripkey, James Lewis,
Nathaniel Sperandeo, Coach Tony Aranda Not
pictured: Peter Qiu
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Keenan, Moira Ring, Mackenzie Smid, Frankie Bobula, Tori Pierce,
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Coach David Bergmann, Head Coach Phil Huff, Coach Sarah
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Row 1: Madeline Landreman, Hailey Lord, Rachel Senft, Annie Falardeau, Grace Gillingham, Danielle Garrett, Brandy Bonnar, Ava Thoompson, Grace Muller, Lauren Pryor Row 2: Candy Chen, Madalyn Samonig Voss, Theresa VanSchyndel, Amanda Keating, Tessa Jahneke, Hannah Torstonson, Katelyn O’Brien, Molly Dover, Sarah Verzal, Manager Kalyn Landreman Row 3: Manager Paul Smith, Coach Becky Slauson, Elise Wember, Cora Rafe, Anna Walther, Alena Hanson, Natalie Strat-ton, Chair: Ashleigh Oman, Kaarin Quaerna, Brianna Shane, Mor-
gan Anderson, Hattie Heller Cavener, Laina Batdorf, Rylee Kennell, Emma Heller Cavener, Head Coach Glen Biller Not Pictured: Lilyana Olson
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Row 1: Edgar Hernandez, Steve Kraus, Corbin Larkin, Doug Reuss, Alex Martinez,
Mike Sanders, Will Hamilton Row 2: Miguel Barrera, Joel Corona, John Marak,
Sam Ahler, Mike Swift, Jordan Ziegler, Smith Aguilar, Alex Villegas, Carson Gund-lach Row 3: Noah Sepke, Charley Giese,
Cruse Schuster, Sam Carmona, Coaches Beau Roddy & Gregg Farrell, Ryan Val-
entine, Michael Peter, Sean Borman, Luis Gustavo Gordillo Row 4: Cody Sadikoff,
Jordan Koehling, Jared Keenan, Jacob Besenhofer, Head Coach Mike Butscher, Patrick Ring, Brady Fields, Tanner Fields,
Mike Russell Row 5: Jacob Schmieg, John Holeman, Peter Merry, Reggie Kelly, Eric
Krause, Jimmy Corpus, Andrew Ploch, Zan-der Zilly Not Pictured: Carson Barnes, Eric
Robles, Josh Heelein, Coleby Curtis, Nick Stefan, Harry Cicero, Jordan Aranda, Chase Waschow, David Dublin, Tim Coyne, Jacob Dertz, Robert Mutimer, Jacob Pierce, James Ring, Joshua Nordenson, Managers: Dylan
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Row 1: Megan Gibbs, Sarah Hamil-ton, Cassidy Giese,
Bethany Foulkes, Kaitlyn McManus Row 2: Carole Homan, Emerson Hunnius, Emma Foulkes, Kayla Johnson, Cassi Mennenoh, Tessa Frederick-sen, Taylor Chappell Row 3: Coach Katherine Grissom, Christina Stefan, Rebecca Murray, Taylor Pletcher, Kayla Wruk, Lucca Hunnius, Head Coach Alexis Farrell Row 4: Bridget Bartal, Luciana Di Vito, Taylor Houghton, Lily Quinn, Katie Schuster, Tori Tiso Not pictured: Kassandra Dondiego, Brianna Flower, Jordan Creighton, Lisa Ceisel, McKenna Beyer, Mary Stackpool, Andrea Valladolid, Manager Shae McLafferty
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Row 1: Sydney Collins, MacKenna Bogan, Victoria Hodkiewicz, Casey Mullen Row 2: Taylor Kanneberg, Monica Starck, Emma Pezza, Aleah Haworth, Maureen Clifford Row 3: Rosie Pegau, Miranda Durbin, Stephanie Duewel, Emma DuMez, Emily Cocroft, Sophie Engerman
Christina Woller, Makenna Castleman, Emma Walsh, Francesca Patri, Erica Czosnyka, Boiana Pegau, Madison Zukowski, Mackenzie Dvorak, Alannah Haworth, Courtney An-derson, Keely Lofy, Amy Linendoll, Lexi Laramy, Coach Jeff Thiel, Elizabeth Bullock, Ellie Elmudesi
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JV2Marissa Nurnberg, Shannon Boyle, Jena Falbogart, Gabrielle Chrislu, Kylee Mulhol-lon, Jackie Carper, Chloe Kleeman, Ashlee Shea, Ashley Rudolph, Amanda Kuehl, Laura Walczynski, Ivette Zarate, Coach Emily Stipek, Olivia Deering, Miranda Koehn, Courtney Oomens, Taylor Craig, Alexis Todd
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Asta Row 2: Drew Kraemer, Georgia Irwin, Madelyn Pa-
cholczak, Suzie Condos, Piper Lindner Turnage, Julia Theisen Row 3: Jamie Morrissey, Han-
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ster, Carly Bakken, Madisyn Wulf
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BIG FOOT F O O T B A L L
Photo Courtesy of Empire Photography
Top Row from Left: Evan Graham-Olexa, Brett Morris, Greg Kovarik, Beau Cary, Jared Blank, John Rebhorn, Will Utesch Fourth Row from Left: Michael Setteducate, Michael Heidenreich, Chandler Hehr, Robert Chalcho-ff, David Cruz, Nigel Manning, Mark Schauf, Quin Dixon Third Row from Left: Big Foot Coaches: Rob Christ-man, Kim Arntz, Shawn Hagedorn, Wes Courier, Greg Enz, Greg Lueck, Mike Dowden, Pat Hoillihan, Jake Wedig Second Row from Left: JP Hess, Charlie Chalchoff, Michael Petkoff, Anthony Williams, Zak Greco, Bran-don Hausner, Cody Menolascino, Quentin Arnold, Olinh Craig, Coach Tim Long Front Row from Left: Manager Kasandra Newman, Devin Rankins, Ben Bauer, Brendan Kelly, Eddie Uden, Jac Christman, Tyler Wicks, Andrew Rego, Charlie Peterson, Brennan Malone, Manager Makenzie Lueck.
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The Big Foot Chiefs look to maintain their stangle-hold on the Rock Valley — South Conference as they continue to steamroll through the 2014-2015 season.
Rookie head coach Greg Enz hasn’t missed a beat as he’s taken over the reins from former Big Foot coach Rodney Wedig. In his fi rst season at the helm, Enz has his team aver-aging 186.6 rushing yards a game, more than 100 yards greater than what the Chiefs’ defense is letting up to opposing offenses (85.2).
Leading that rushing attack is halfback Brandon Hausner
with 376 rushing yards and fi ve touchdowns through fi ve games this season.
Big Foot’s quarterback Brett Morris has also been tearing up the turf with his feet, totalling 280 rushing yards and 2 running touchdowns in addition to 537 passing yards and 6 scores through the air.
On the defensive side of the football, Cornerback Anthony Williams has hauled in three interceptions and returned two for touchdowns and Quinlan Dixon leads the team in tackles with 28.
Cheifs look to maintain conference
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Photo Courtesy of Empire Photography
Back Row from Left: Big Foot Coaches: Rob Christ-
man, Kim Arntz, Shawn Hagedorn, Mike Dowden, Jake Wedig, Tim Long Sec-ond Row from Left: Eddie
Uden, Michael Kazy-Gary, Michael Petkoff, Beau
Cary, Charlie Chalchoff, Jac Christman, Olinh Craig Front Row from Left: Man-
ager Kasandra Newman, Blake Synove, Tim Maley,
Andrew Rego, Devin Rankins, Brennan Malone,
Thallin Baker, Manager Makenzie Lueck Not Pic-
tured: Tajai Evans
Photo Courtesy of Empire Photography
Back Row from Left: Big Foot Coaches: Rob Christman, Kim Arntz, Shawn Hage-dorn, Mike Dowden, Jake Wedig, Tim Long Third Row from Left: Juan Salcedo, Steven VanDan, John”Mike” Volschow, Braden McCarthy, Nick Kitral, Connor Hessman, Pedro Sierra Second Row from Left: Aaron Carpentar, Tucker Mulligan, Jose Mercado, Rocky (Heraclio) Lavar-iego, Jackson Enz, Joshua Ohrwall, Danny Carpentar, Grant Yttri Front Row from Left: Manager Kasandra Newman, James Welsh, Austin Brongiel, Sam Ritchey, Ethan Rowland, Taylor Trotti, Manager Makenzie Lueck.
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Photo Courtesy of Empire Photography
(Back Row, from left) Assistant Coach Alison Krick, Head Coach Caitlin Dowden, Carly Snudden, Assistant Coach Chad Roehl and Assistant Coach Emily Nolen. (Middle row, from left) Morgan Courier, Samara Enz, Kaiti Kelley, Payton Courier, Ally Mazur and Rachel Heidenreich. (Front row, from left) Katie Santeler, Morgan Hoey, Gloria Esarco, Julia Gilstrap, Morgan Stalker, Kennedy Hehr and Alyssa Zillmer.
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The Big Foot volleyball team has been met with mixed results so far this season. Despite an under-whelming overall record of 6-15-1, the Chiefs found new
life as they entered conference play and currently sit second on
the Rock Valley Conference totem poll with a mark of 3-1.
Rookie head coach Caitlin Dowden has maneuvered her squad into an excellent
position despite a rocky start to a season wrought with adversity in the form of inju-ries and suspensions.
Emily Cox and Hanna Kearns leads the Chiefs in hitting percentage by a wide margin with a spectacular .303.
Kearns also leads the team in blocks with 33.
Rachel Heidenreich is the team leader in both attacks and digs with 99 and 90, respectively.
Olivia Isenberger is Big Foot’s leader in assists with 136. Alyssa Zillmer is right behind Isenberger with 133.
Rookie coach puts team in good position
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PHOTOGRAPHY
(Back row, from left) Manager Abby
Snudden, June Lock, Courtney Shoen-
beck, Gabby Esarco, Makenzie Trosclair
and JV Coach Chad Roehl. (Front Row,
from left) Katie San-teler, Yesenia Gon-zalez, Riley Davis,
Nikita Jones, Lauren Paulson and Makalyn
Peterson.
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(Back row, from left) Freshmen Coach Ali-son Krick, Ashley Mar-tin, Kassandra New-man, Kendra Heath Brost, Ryann Tisdale and Jenna Fort.(Front row, from left) Manager Lauren Oli-ver, Sonja Ericson, Eliz-abeth Hibbard, Lindsey Coleman, Makenzie Lueck, Alyssa Block and Itzel Bernal.
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF EMPIRE PHOTOGRAPHY
(Back Row, from left) Coach Rene Perez, Nelson Tovar, Foster Isham, Christian Muñoz (capt), Liam McCarthy and Head Coach Keith Blakeman. (Middle, from left) Heath Dil-lenbeck, Tavo Hernandez (capt), Hamilton Smith, Nico Tovar, Ludovic Resendiz, Oscar Sanchez and Roberto Lliguichuzhca. (Front row, from left) Braydn Lentz, Diego Lavarie-ga, Juan Mercado, Cory Shea, Adrian Hernandez, Logan Grunow, Jorge Calixto and Eder Lavariega.
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(Back row, from left) Ricardo Ocampo, David Martin, Oscar Walters, Jacob Stout, Reese Van de Bogert and Alexis Duran. (Third row, from left) Bo Freytag, Chris Oliver, Jack Heiden-reich, Rene Perez, Oscar Sanchez, Hunter Shields and Isaac Ortiz. (Second row, from left) Carlos Huerta, Enrique Huerta, Lars Larsen, Freddie Mannelli (WB), Carson Luberda(WB) and Jair Huerta. (Front row, from left) Chayton Gilbert, Manny Bernal, Zeven Oldenburg, John Turpel (WB), Ricardo Lavar-iega, Colton Oldenburg and Dimitri Demco. Not pictured is Jose Santos
BFWB Soccer a serious contender
Head coach Keith Blakeman has experienced nothing but raucous suc-cess during the 2014-15 season as he’s guided the Big Foot/Williams Bay soccer team to a 10-3-2 record, as of Sept. 25, and a share of fi rst place in the Rock Valley conference.
The Chiefs are currently tied with the Evansville Blue Devils and the Whitewater Whippets for fi rst place in the conference. Despite having a better record, the Chiefs are still behind in point totals. They have time to make up the differential with the opposition having played more games to this point than BFWB.
The Chiefs have been extremely effi cient at closing out games this season, outscoring opponents 24 to 12 in the second half.
Christian Munoz leads the team with 10 goals on only 31 shots this season. Munoz has also tallied three assists this season.
Octavio Hernandez has tallied a team high 6 assists as well as scoring 5 goals.
Cory Shea is second for the Chiefs in scoring with 8 goals on 42 shots.
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Photos Courtesy Of Empire Photography Head Coach Tim Col-
lins, Ben Nickels, Jared Schnupp, Fletcher Strahan, Jacob Fort, Joe
Soberg, Travis Berryman and Assistant Coach
Becky KohlerNot Pictured: Bernie Le-rchegger, Randy Robac-
zewski
Photos Courtesy Of Empire Photography (Back row, from left) Assistant Coach Becky Kohler, Kinzie Mil-lar, Sarah Heath-Brost, Brooke Wellhausen, Kathryn Colby, Katie Oja, Olivia Briggs and Head Coach Tim Col-lins. (Front row, from left) Penny Brooks, Libby Brooks, Eleanor Larsen, Kalen Gillingham, Carlie O’Donnell, Brooke Ber-ryman, Kathryn Ahrens, Zanzie Demco
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Photos Courtesy Of Empire Photography (Back row, from left)
Haley Nielsen, Brooke Welhausen, Sterling Bla-zier Stout, Coach Christi
and Granato Welhau-sen.(Front row, from
left) Corrine Lee, Isabel Huerta, Penny Brooks
and Maggie Smith.
Carter Skolnick, Alexis Wojcik, Han-nah Schmidt, Melanie Schingten, Alex Bliss, Sabryn DeNotto, Erin Callahan, Natasha Trush, Samantha Huerta
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(Front row, from left) Kase Myerson, Davan Hamberg, Alex Guss, Max Williams, Jacob Potter, Austin Pfeil, An-drew Breen, Mason VanderMeer, Jose Canizales, Braden O’Laughlin, Michael Guss and Kent Myerson. (Back row, from left) Coach John Higgins, Coach Don Fogel, Coach Dave Rowland, Jordan Hinrichs, Nathan Perkins, Jack Boggs, John Higgins, Avery Lettenberger, Zach Silverman, Andrew Olson, Jacob Landgraf, Jacob Clark, Eric Nor-ton, Jacob Olson, Coach Doug Stetzer and Head Coach Derek Diehl.
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After more winless seasons than they would like to admit, the Williams Bay Bulldogs are ready to become a playoff power in the Trailways — Small Conference in 2014.
The Bulldogs football program has undergone a metamorphosis under the tutelage of head coach Derek Diehl as the once undermanned and out-maneuvered players of Williams Bay have become a fi nely tuned and explosive unit that is capable of competing with any team that lines up opposite them.
The offense is driven by quarterback John Higgins, who through fi ve games has already amassed 746 yards passing and 469 yards as well as running and throwing for a combined 10 touchdowns. Higgins also leads the team in tackles on defense. He has 62 tackles through fi ve games, two sacks and four forced fum-bles.
Tailback Michael Guss leads the team in rushing with 570 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Mason VanderMeer and Andrew Breen comprise the Bulldogs top-receiving tandem as they stretch the fi eld, averaging more than 16-yards per pass.
Bulldogs ready to become powerhouse
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(Front row, from left) Sophia Sanchez, Rose Marie Sanchez, Alexa Lechelt, Dana Malmin, Erin Bailey and Coach Bill Nervoraski. (Back row, from left) Rachel Myers, Valery Pham, Heidi VanderMeer, Kylie Smith, Lauren Higgins, Becca Blakeley and Leslie Olson
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BADGER STRONGCOACH DENECKE
By David [email protected]
Paul Denecke has been the head coach of the same light-weight level of the Lake Geneva Youth Football Program and a stal-wart member of the Badger community for more than 11 years and he has loved every moment of it.
“This is the easy part of my day.” Denecke said. “When I get through all the garbage that goes along with work, I get out here and these kids, they just do goofy stuff, they make you laugh. They work their butts off for you, they’ll run through a wall for you and then they’ll do some-thing absolutely goofy that reminds you that they’re 9 and 10.”
That made it so much more meaningful when his players, coaches and community rallied around him and his family when they were suddenly thrust into the midst of a major tragedy.
Denecke’s 7 year old daughter, Keegan Denecke, was diagnosed with with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) On Oct. 11, 2013.
“My wife called me while I was at a meeting after practice and needed me to come home.” Denecke said. “(My wife) told me to go upstairs and check on her and (Keegan) couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t help her get out of bed, she was just in too much pain.”
The next morning Denecke took Keegan to the doctor for a diagnosis.
“I took her to the walk-in clinic right here in Lake Geneva and thank God the doctor in the clinic decided to do a blood test.” Denecke said. “He took X-rays and everything fi rst and they all came back negative. Even the initial blood tests came back negative. When the clinic called it wasn’t the receptionist or the pediatrician’s nurse, it was the pediatrician who called and told my wife our daughter needed to be at their offi ce within two hours.
“Knowing something was serious there with the pediatrician calling instead of the nurse, obviously, we were really scared.”
The next day Denecke and his family had an appointment at the Children’s Hos-pital of Wisconsin.
Denecke recounted that nightmarish doctor’s visit like being in a fog, saying that the only three words he truly remembers are “blast cells” and “leukemia.”
Blast cells are defi ned in medical dic-tionaries as an immature stage in cellu-lar development before appearance of the defi nitive characteristics of the cell. An over abundance of blast cells in the blood stream can be an early warning sign of leu-kemia.
“My daughter spent 11 days on HOT (Hematology, Oncology and Transplant) unit.” Denecke said. “They put a pick line in her arm. (A pick line) is basically a tube that goes in and all the way down towards the heart so the chemo doesn’t damage the veins and can get in the blood stream and
disperse more rapidly. She had a pick line in for three months. Now they put a port in her chest, so that’s how she gets her chemo now, through a port.”
The fi rst experience that Denecke and his wife had with another parent at the Children’s Hospital was with the mother of a boy with AML, acute myeloid leukemia, whom Denecke affectionately referred to as “Superman Sam.”
Denecke said Sam passed away two months later, in Dec. 2013.
From Superman Sam and the other cancer patients to the staff at the Chil-dren’s Hospital, Denecke has marveled at the generosity and charity displayed all throughout their terrible journey by those who have likewise been affl icted by child-hood cancer.
Submitted by Bob Wisdom
Paul Denecke and Evan O’Brien walk around the fi eld.
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Evan O’Brien
One such individual is 18-year-old Emma Rose, a girl who, while in her last year of cancer treatment, sent individual-ized and age-appropriate gift baskets to cancer patients at Children’s in an attempt to lighten their spirits. Denecke was amazed how such a small token of charity meant so much to him and the rest of his family, and it spurred him to start the Badger Strong campaign.
The Badger Strong campaign consists of a line of T-shirts sponsored by Badger High School that raise awareness of childhood cancer.
The front of the shirt shows a Badger foot-ball helmet alongside a Lake Geneva Youth Football Program’s helmet and the words ‘Tackling Childhood Cancer Together’. The back says ‘Badger Strong’.
Coach Denecke also had a young former cancer patient whose treatment had just ended, Evan O’Brien, come to a game and help coach from the sideline.
“To see that kid, done with treatment, still has issues going on because of the treat-ments he went through, to see the smile on his face when he was out here coaching with us,” Denecke said. “I gave him the play sheet and said, ‘You call it, we’ll run it.’ and it had no bearing on down or distance, we ran them. The greatest part was that we scored four touchdowns that day and he called all four of them.”
Evan was also given a game jersey and a Badger Strong T-shirt.
Denecke said it was the least he could do for Evan after the amount of support his family had received from the entire Lake Geneva community. It has been truly hum-bling, he said.
“Last year when everything was going on with my daughter, I missed a playoff game. The kids were breaking the huddle with my daughter’s name. That wasn’t prompted by the coaches or anyone, that was just the kids. The high school put stickers on the back of their helmets. The high school bas-ketball team wore orange because that’s the color of leukemia. The girl’s volleyball team
wore orange. The cheerleaders had the pin on their shirts.”
Denecke continued, lauding his assistant coaches.
“Everyone out here’s a volunteer. They don’t get paid anything, all of these guys, they love it, they work hard with these kids, they enjoy it; it’s a community, a football community. When my daughter was diag-nosed, this football team came in and did a benefit for my daughter that just blew me away. The amount of people that showed up, the amount of things that were collected for her, it was just unreal and it didn’t stop there. We still have people knocking on our door. A little kid in the other neighborhood
went out and sold bracelets, raised over a thousand dollars. Other kids went out and sold artwork. My sister’s bank in Kenosha, my daughter’s like a superstar over there.
“It’s all really humbling. If all of these people are willing to do that for me and my family, I can certainly go out and do what-ever I can for others.” Denecke said. “Espe-cially kids and families going through this.”
Denecke mentioned one day volunteer-ing in the HOT unit at Children’s, but until Keegan finishes her treatment he’s staying exactly where he is and doing his best to raise awareness for childhood cancer.
“None of these kids deserve it.” Denecke said. “No one deserves cancer. Nobody deserves it, but least of all a 7-year-old kid, a 1-year-old kid, even a baby while we were there, was born with cancer. And that little baby has a little port, and it’s just not right.”
Raising awareness of childhood cancer is his purpose and Denecke is using football as the platform through which he can reach the community.
As he spreads word of the harsh realities of this disease and makes childhood can-cer’s presence more well known, he hopes to change the mindsets of the people around him, including his players; eliciting a new generation of conscientious young adults that truly understand the importance of life beyond the gridiron.
“It has definitely been a humbling path, an eye-opening path.” Denecke said. “I hate that my daughter has had to go through this, I hate that anyone has to, but if it has to happen, you might as well come out of it a better person because of it.”
Keegan Denecke is scheduled to end treatment on Dec. 17, 2015 and her father will likely have a game jersey waiting on the sideline when she does.
“I hate that my daughter has had to go through this, I hate that anyone has to,
but if it has to happen, you might as well come out of it a better person because
of it,” coach Paul Denecke said.
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