WEEK AHEAD
FOOTBALL
WHAT: WIAA Division 5 Level 2 Playoff, No. 2 Bonduel vs. No. 6 Iola-Scandinavia
WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Bonduel High School, 400 W. Green Bay St., Bonduel
WHY IT MATTERS: Even in the postseason, Bonduel’s biggest obstacle is still the Central Wisconsin Conference-8. The second-seeded Bears face No. 6 Iola-Scandinavia for a chance to advance to Level 3 of the WIAA Division 5 playoffs, which will likely be against top-seeded Amherst. Bonduel won its regular season game against Iola-Scandinavia 44-29. The Thunderbirds had some big plays against Bonduel, including a first-quarter 83-yard pass from Cameron Gruenewald to Evan Fuhs. The Bears’ senior running back trio of Hunter VanDerLinden, Dan Tauchen and Hunter Berry combined for 319 yards rushing.
CROSS-COUNTRY
WHAT: WIAA State Cross-Country Championships
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Saturday
WHERE: Ridges Golf Course, 2311 Griffith Ave., Wisconsin Rapids
WHY IT MATTERS: Five area runners will go up against the top runners in the state Saturday at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Shawano Community High School will be represented by junior Austin Lhotka, who took 11th in the WIAA Division 1 Stevens Point sectional to nab an individual qualifying spot. Bonduel senior Sam Falck will make his third trip to the state meet, but the first without his team. Falck took third in the Division 3 Amherst sectional. Marion’s Delaney Greene-Gretzinger placed second in the Division 3 girls race to qualify for the state meet. In the Division 2 Tomahawk sectional, Clintonville’s Allison Johnson and Jessica Petruzates finished fourth and sixth, respectively, to qualify.
WEEK THAT WAS
Stat Leaders
3,930
Yards rushing by Hunter VanDerLinden, Bonduel High School senior running back, for a school career rushing record after his 191 carries and 1,336 yards this season
Tweet of the Week
“Also s/o to Teagan Monfils for getting DQ’d in the best way #family”
@FansShawano after Shawano Community High School junior runner Teagan Monfils was disqualified for helping a fallen runner in the WIAA Division 1 sectional race Saturday at Standing Rocks Park in Stevens Point