When former Monona Grove High School athlete Alex Klinkner says he is living the dream, that’s hard to dispute.
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A decade after retiring as head coach of the Monona Grove High School girls soccer team, Jeff Vitense almost has a photographic memory of six special seasons from 2000-05 when the Silver Eagles were virtually unbeatable in the postseason.
Cade Meyer led all scorers with 21 points as Monroe defeated the host Monona Grove High School boys basketball team 59-49 in Jan. 31 Badger South Conference battle.
Monona Grove High School boys head coach Dave Kinsler said his team is working on how to execute its offensive and defensive strategy on the ice with hopes it will lead to victories.
Stoughton sophomore Sam Nelson scored two goals and earned an assist as the Icebergs girls high school hockey co-op topped Badger Lightning of Baraboo 5-1 Jan. 28 at Stoughton’s Mandt Arena.
Host Madison La Follette held the Monona Grove High School girls basketball team to 11 first-half points to take 62-48 win on Feb. 1.
The Monona Grove/McFarland boys high school wrestling co-op showed a number of other schools at the Feb. 1 Deerfield Scramble just how far it’s progressed. Seven of the team’s wrestlers ended up with top-five finishes to help MGM pull off a fifth-place finish in the 15-school event.
Sophomore Cameron Tejeda triumphed in the 100-yard butterfly to help the Monona Grove High School boys swimming team come through with a fifth-place finish in the Feb. 1 Small School State invitational at Plymouth High School.
Keeping itself in the hunt for the Badger South Conference title, the Monona Grove High School boys basketball team took a 63-53 win over Watertown on Jan. 24. The victory improved the Silver Eagles record to 10-5 overall and 6-2 in the league, one game in back of first-place Oregon.
The Monona Grove High School boys swimming team turned out a number of strong performances in Saturday’s Small School State tournament at Shorewood High School.
Sophomore Kristian Schlicht must be enjoying life at the top. One week after winning in the 285-pound class at the Bernie Kane Classic at Madison East High School, the Monona Grove/McFarland co-op sophomore wrestler took second place at Saturday’s Deerfield Scramble at Deerfield High School.
When it came to thievery, the Monona Grove High School girls basketball team proved to be masters Friday at Fort Atkinson.
Playing its second game in two nights at Hartmeyer Arena, the Monona Grove High School hockey team scored three first-period goals and added two more in the second period to take a 7-4 win Friday night against Badger South opponent Monroe.
Monona Grove seniors James Giftos and Reed Anderson will be making return trips to Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 boys cross-country state title meet in Wisconsin Rapids. Unfortunately, the rest of the Silver Eagles team will not.
The Monona Grove High School football team wore down the Stoughton defense with its running game Friday as it took an easy 37-7 victory in its WIAA Division 2 Level 1 playoff game.
The offense scored 40 points or more in its first 11 games and found the end zone 72 times from the line of scrimmage.
Junior McKenna Warnock’s consistent play in front of the net for the Monona Grove volleyball team has earned her All-Badger South Conference first team honors.
He didn’t win a state championship or even a podium finish, but Monona Grove High School boys cross country coach Jeremy Duss was pleased with the team’s fourth-place finish in Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 state meet in Wisconsin Rapids.
Junior Cassandra Keller of the Monona Grove girls swimming team.
Senior outside hitter Karsten Kochan of the Monona Grove volleyball team.
Senior defender Ryan Keaveny of the Monona Grove boys soccer team.
Senior running back/defensive back Jackson Thomsen.
Despite winning three events – including a one-two finish – the Monona Grove girls swimming team came short in Friday's Badger South Conference dual meet at Oregon as the Panthers won 91-79.
Josie Knock of the Monona Grove girls golf team.
Freshman Peighton Nelson, who has shown tremendous poise and competitiveness on the Monona Grove High School girls cross-country team, will be showing off her skills Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 state meet at Wisconsin Rapids.
The emotion of a big five-set victory over Madison West two nights earlier seemed to carry over into the WIAA Division 1 volleyball regional game Saturday against Middleton.
Obviously, the Monona Grove boys soccer team was not satisfied with just winning its first Badger South Conference title in 10 seasons. It wanted more, and more is what it will get.
The combination of quarterback Alec Ogden and wide receiver Lucas Gerlach turned out to be lethal for visiting Wilmot in Friday’s WIAA Division 2 Level 1 football playoff game.
Charlie Ellenbecker, Reed Anderson and James Giftos knew where they had to be to improve the Monona Grove boys cross-country team’s chances of getting a second-straight berth in the state title meet in Wisconsin Rapids.
Senior diver Nikki Benedict of the Monona Grove girls swim/dive team.
Senior middle Liz Bielke of the Monona Grove volleyball team.
Senior forward Zach Runhaar of the Monona Grove boys soccer team.
Sophomore Mary O’Malley earned two victories, and sophomore Liv Seymour and freshman Briana Back each had one, but the Monona Grove High School girls swimming team had to settle for an 85-85 tie Oct. 10 in its dual home meet against Badger South Conference rival Stoughton.
The Silver Eagles defensive foursome of Jimmy Thome, Mitch Thomas, Ryan Keaveny and Ross Harford have done a solid job of preventing opposing goals throughout the season.
At the beginning of the season, winning the conference championship was one of the goals of head coach Jeremy Duss’ Monona Grove High School boys cross country team. He can check that off his to-do list and concentrate on the state tournament as the Silver Eagles won the Badger South crown S…
Senior offensive/defensive lineman Parker Kuehni of the Monona Grove football team.
After much anticipation and major boosts of confidence that seemed to enlarge week after week, the Monona Grove girls tennis doubles team of senior Amanda Newman and sophomore Hailey Munz finally fulfilled their goal last week of winning a state title.
Seven seniors on the Monona Grove High School volleyball team knew it would be their final regular season match when they took the floor Oct. 12 against Badger Conference crossover rival Baraboo. Fortunately, they made it a happy occasion as MG topped the Thunderbirds 3-0.
Klairissa O’Reilly-Dye’s quest for a title in last week’s WIAA Division 1 girls state golf tournament at University Ridge got off to a good start with an opening round 81 But some nightmarish holes in the second round derailed the Monona Grove junior’s hopes for a state title as she fired an…
Senior Amanda Newman of the Monona Grove girls tennis team.
Marcus Wallace decided to celebrate the Monona Grove High School football team’s 46-6 win over Watertown like any 280-pound offensive/defensive lineman should after playing in a driving rainstorm: by rolling around in the mud.
Lizzie White of the Monona Grove girls golf team.
Senior Mallory Lochner of the Monona Grove girls swimming team.
Senior libero Morgan Ellingson of the Monona Grove volleyball team.
Senior goaltender Henry Hill-Gorman of the Monona Grove boys soccer team.
Wide receiver/defensive back Alan Schulz of the Monona Grove football team.
Senior Sara Paulson of the Monona Grove girls tennis team.
Taylor Knudtson of the Monona Grove girls golf team.
Senior Angelique Steenhagen of the Monona Grove girls swimming team.
Senior outside hitter and setter Sarah Vroman of the Monona Grove volleyball team.
Forward/mid-forward Joey Scalissi of the Monona Grove boys soccer team.
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