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THE SUN

FEBRUARY 5, 2020 www.osceolasun.com

SCF BBB: St. Croix Falls boys win three straight FROM PAGE 11

opponent,” St. Croix Falls coach Chad Hall said.

“We executed well on both ends of the court and really limited our turnovers. It was a good bounce-back game after a disappointing loss to Grantsburg.”

When and Where: January 30 at Cumberland Outcome: St. Croix Falls 82, Cumberland 58 (non-conference) Summary: SCF made it two straight non-conference wins for the week with a 24 point win over the Cumberland Beavers.

Highlights: Again SCF was hot from behind the arc with six different players hitting at least one 3-pointer. Greenquist had a trio of treys and scored a game-high 28 pints. Parks hit for 14 and Jared Lessman added 10 for the Saints.

Comments: “The guys really came out and played some aggressive defense and we were able to lock Cumberland down in the second half,” Hall said. “We out-rebounded Cumberland and we also did a great job minimizing turnovers.”

When and Where: January 31 at St. Croix Falls

Outcome: St. Croix Falls 66, Webster 63 Summary: SCF got back into the West Lakeland conference hunt with a close win over the Webster Tigers. In the meantime conference leading Luck fell to Unity 66-43.

Highlights: Again the Saints were effective from 3-point land hitting 10 treys to account for 30 of their 66 team points. Greenquist knocked down four from behind the arc and Parks and Alex Mysicka had two each. Greenquist led the balanced SCF scoring with 19 points followed by Parks with 16 and Mysicka with 12.

Comments: “Good week of basketball for us as we were able to get three games in the win column,” Hall said. “Webster made it very interesting down the stretch but we were happy to hold them off. It was apparent that two games on back-to-back nights certainly took a lot of energy out of the guys but I was very proud how they battled throughout.”

What this Means: St. Croix Falls is tied with Grantsburg for third place in the conference with 5-3 records. Luck is atop the West Lakeland with a 6-1 record followed by Unity at 6-2.

Upcoming: The Saints travel to Siren to take on the Dragons in a conference game on Feb. 7 and will host Luck on Feb. 11.

SCF GBB: Saints beat Webster by 61 points FROM PAGE 11

Highlights: The Saints had a quartet of players hit for double-digits with McCurdy leading the way with 20. Olivia Miron cashed in 15 points with Neuman and Azalea Edwards hitting for 10 each. The only negative for St. Croix Falls is that they were cold from the charity stripe netting just five of 19 attempts.

Comments: “We played a couple of physical teams this week,” Saints coach Angie Maternowsky said.

“The girls are seeing their teammates very well on the court. We are making good passes and finishing strong to the basket. We mixed

up our defense this week. The girls were able to successfully handle the changes.”

What this Means: St. Croix Falls definitely has the inside track to the West Lakeland title owning a 9-0 conference record and are 15-0 overall. Unity still has an outside shot at the crown with a 6-2 conference mark.

Upcoming: The Saints travel to Siren on Feb. 7 to take on the Dragons. Siren is 4-5 in the conference but is 10-5 overall. On Feb. 10 SCF has its toughest test of the season when they travel to Prescott to take on the Cardinals from the Middle Border conference. On Feb. 11 the Saints will host the Luck Cardinals.

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St. Croix Falls Luke Thaemert wrestling at 113.

Saints grapplers win Heart O’North in their inaugural year

BY COACH JOE RAYGOR

When and where: Jan. 31 at Ladysmith Outcome: St. Croix Falls 60, Northwestern 14 Summary: The Saints won the Heart O’North conference title in their first year in the conference. SCF won 10 of the 13 matches contested, eight by fall, and also received a forfeit to accumulate their 60 points.

Highlights: “Luke Thaemert moved up to 113 pounds to face tough state ranked wrestler Logan Trautt of Northwestern,” St. Croix Falls coach Joe Raygor said. “Luke Thaemert has high aspirations for the end of the year and moving him up to 113 pounds for tougher matches is a must for him to accomplish what he’s capable of. Luke ended up winning, controlling the match 6 to 0. The other marquee match was Zack Clark against Tanner Kaufman at 138 pounds. Clark ended up losing the match 5 to 4 but made several adjustments that brought him closer to the victory than the last time they

wrestled. Should be a great conference matchup this upcoming Saturday at the conference tournament.”

Comments: “The team continued to impress, beating Northwestern 60 to 14,” Raygor said. “I was really happy by our team’s energy and flow.

We had an early weigh-in with a lot of down time and the kids got themselves excited and ready to compete when it was time to go. Leading up to Friday’s dual we’ve been dissecting some of our offense and working on improving the moves we already know to a mastery level.

All the offense we have for the year has been taught so now it’s just about making it perfect.

Regionals being in two weeks, it’s time now to start looking forward to peaking the wrestlers for the end of the year State tournament.”

Upcoming: “Saturday, February 8 we wrestle in Cameron for the Heart of the North Conference Tournament,” Raygor noted. “The tournament is going to be very tough and a great last test before the postseason run.”

League of Women Voters Day of Action The League of Women Voters (LWV) turns 100 years old on February 14, 2020, and to celebrate, 750 local and state Leagues around the country are celebrating by participating in a nationwide day of action called “Women Power the Vote.”

“The League was founded by suffrage leaders 100 years ago to help American women exercise their new right to vote,” said Carolyn Saunders, president of the Upper St. Croix Valley League.

“So today we’re celebrating by joining Leagues across the country in demonstrating the power of women to achieve a more perfect democracy.”

“For 100 years, Leagues have registered voters, informed their communities on the issues, advocated in their legislatures, and helped shape their communities and this country,” said Chris Carson, president of the board of the League of Women Voters of the United States. “We only saw it fitting that we should celebrate this milestone with a coordinated day of the kind of grassroots activism our members and supporters have embraced for an entire century.”

Interested voters are encouraged to participate by:

• Reading about issues • Learning about candidate positions at VOTE411.org • Checking their voter registration status (https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/ MyVoterInfo) • Finding their polling place (https:// myvote.wi.gov/en-us/FindMyPollingPlace) • Signing a pledge to be counted in the 2020 Census To find information about these and more activities visit www.lwv.org or https://my.lwv.org/wisconsin/voter-information.

Mark your calendars and vote. Important dates include: • Spring Primary: February 18 • Spring Election & Presidential Preference Primary: April 7 • WI Congressional District 7 Special Election: May 12 • Partisan Primary: August 11 • General & Presidential Election: November 3 Continue to support our democracy throughout the year. Volunteer to be an election observer to help ensure our elections are free, fair, and accessible for all voters.

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SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY Linnaea Wallis of Osceola and Madalyn Bollig of St. Croix Falls have been named to the fall semester Dean’s List.

WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY Sydney Roush of Osceola has been named to the fall semester Dean’s List.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – STOUT The following students graduated in December.

Osceola: Daniel Murray, Information Technology

Management; Em Rainer, Human Development and Family Studies; and Derrick Schmidt, Health Wellness and Fitness.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS The following students received degrees in December. Osceola: Elizabeth Iafrate, Master of Science - Educationn; Blayne Peckman, Criminology; Calli Peckman, bachelor of science, Business Administration. St. Croix Falls:

Noah Hedlund, Accounting; Garrett Kerkow, Agricultural Studies; Taylor Moen, Elementary Education; Bethany Oestreich, Elementary Education.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Anja Erickson of Dresser has been named to the fall semester Dean’s List.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY Erik Rosik of Osceola received highest honors for the fall semester.