Splish, splash

Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights moved one step closer to winning its fourth consecutive Badger North Conference boys swimming title with a convincing 126-44 victory over visiting DeForest on Senior Night and Youth Night on Jan. 14. The Eagles won six of the eight individual events and swept all three relays to dominate the Norskies. Sauk Prairie also recorded 1-2-3 finishes in six events — the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays and the 200 freestyle, 50-freestyle, 100 freestyle and 500 freestyle events. Sauk Prairie/Heights (3-0 Badger North) was due to close out its conference dual meet season on Tuesday at Waunakee. The Eagles got off to a stellar start when their 200-yard medley ‘A’ relay of junior Zach Guentherman, freshman Sam King, sophomore Matthew Loy and junior Jordan Chao placed first in 1 minute, 46.73 seconds. Junior Sam Beattie won two individual titles, taking first in the 200 freestyle in 1:56.34 and the 500 freestyle in 5:13.42. Also winning individual titles were Loy, who was first in the 50 freestyle (:23.27); junior Adam Stecker, took the 100 butterfly title (:59.83); Chao, who won the 100 freestyle (:53.60); and King, who was first in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.82). Rounding out Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights’s first-place finishes were its 200 freestyle relay of Chao, King, sophomore Ryan Godwin and senior Daniel Bakhchevnikov (1:36.70) and 400 freestyle relay of Beattie, Stecker, Godwin and Loy (3:35.59). • Cardinal Relays: Host Middleton held off Madison Memorial, Sun Prairie and Madison West to win the 13-team meet last Saturday. Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights finished in eighth place out of 13 teams with 113 points. Leading the way for Sauk Prairie/Heights was its 200-yard medley ‘A’ relay of Zach Guentherman, Sam King, Adam Stecker and Matthew Loy, that placed eighth in 1:48.25, and 400 medley ‘A’ relay of Guentherman, King, Loy and Daniel Bakhchevnikov that was also eighth in 4:05.96. The Eagles’ 500 freestyle relay of Jordan Chao, Guentherman, Bakhchevnikov and Adam Stecker was ninth in  4:48.67. Also ninth was Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights’ 100 freestyle relay of Stecker, Ryan Godwin, sophomore Evan Leece and Sam Beattie that finished in :46.19;  • On deck: Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights will compete at the Platteville/Lancaster Invitational on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The Eagles will then host Verona/Mount Horeb in their final dual meet of the season on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m.    Jan. 14 Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights 126, Deforest 44  200-yard medley relay — 1, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Zach Guentherman, Sam King, Matthew Loy, Jordan Chao), 1:46.73; 3, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin ‘B’ (Alec Buss, Casey Vande Hey, Brayton Fandrich, Adam Brayton), 1:52.89; 4, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘C’ (Austin Kaukl, Jack Boerger, David Heck, Mason Gassman), 1:57.51. 200 freestyle — 1, Sam Beattie, SP/WH, 1:56.39; 2, Daniel Bakhchevnikov, SP/WH, 1:59.34; 3, Evan Leece, SP/WH, 2:00.61. 200 individual medley — 1, Ramminger, D, 2:00.01; 2, Guentherman, SP/WH, 2:13.65; 3, Chao, SP/WH, 2:17.43; 4, Ryan Godwin, SP/WH, 2:19.64.2 50 freestyle — 1, Loy, SP/WH, :23.27; 2, King, SP/WH :23.78; 3, Adam Stecker, SP/WH :24.14. 100 butterfly — 1, Stecker, SP/WH, :59.93; 3, A. Buss, SP/WH, 1:02.83; 4, Loy, SP/WH, 1:02.89. 100 freestyle — 1, Chao, SP/WH, :53.60; 2, Bakhchevnikov, SP/WH, :54.31; 3, Leece, SP/WH, :54.38. 500 freestyle — 1, Beattie, SP/WH, 5:13.42; 2, tie, Jackson Shavlik, SP/WH, 5:29.26; 2, tie, Godwin, SP/WH, 5:29.26. 200 freestyle relay — 1, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights (Chao, King, Godwin, Bakhchevnikov), 1:36.70; 2, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Heck, Shavlik, Leece, Beattie), 1:40.42; 3, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘C’ (Sam Juckett, Gassman, Fandrich, Phillip Geiselman), 1:49.23. 100 backstroke — 1, Ramminger, D, :55:19; 2, Guentherman, SP/WH, :58.83; 3, A. Buss, SP/WH, 1:03.23; 4, Shavlik, SP/WH, 1:06.50. 100 breaststroke — 1, King, SP/WH, 1:07.82; 3, Vande Hey, SP/WH, 1:13.22; 4, Boerger, SP/WH, 1:13.53. 400 freestyle relay — 1, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’(Beattie, Stecker, Godwin, Loy), 3:35.59; 2, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Shavlik, Bakhchevnikov, Leece, Guentherman), 3:43.41; 3, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘C’ ( Kaukl, Geiselman, A. Buss, Vande Hey), 4:01.69.   Jan. 18 Cardinal Relays Team scores: Middleton 189; Madison Memorial 172; Sun Prairie 171; Madison West 169; Verona/Mount Horeb 153; Hartland Arrowhead 150; McFarland 114; Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights 113; Milwaukee Marquette 91; Madison East 85; Onalaska co-op 61; Madison La Follette 52; La Crosse Central co-op 39. 200-yard medley relay — 1, Madison West (Weygandt, Nordmeyer, Feller, Dong), 1:40.20; 2, Middleton, 1:40.68; 3, Verona/Mount Horeb 1:42.23; 8, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Zach Guentherman, Sam King, Adam Stecker, Matthew Loy), 1:48.25; 12, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights) ‘B’ (Alec Buss, Casey Vande Hey, David Heck, Mason Gassman), 1:58.88. 800 freestyle relay — 1, Sun Prairie (Gunnink, Roggenbauer, Flagge, Werwie), 7:21.32; 2, Madison Memorial, 7:25.35; 3, Middleton, 7:25.77; 10, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Jordan Chao, Evan Leece, Ryan Godwin, Jackson Shavlik), 8:05.50; 14, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Jack Boerger, Sam Juckett, Alex Dunning, Austin Kaukl), 8:59.73. 400 medley relay — 1, Madison West (Isaac, Dong, Nordmeyer, Feller), 3:39.75 (meet record); 2, Sun Prairie, 3:40.80; 3, Middleton, 3:44.21; 11, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Loy, Sam Beattie, King, Brayton Fandrich), 4:14.01; 200 freestyle relay — 1, Madison West (Fernandez, Weygandt, Boczi, Casey), 1:29.34; 2, Middleton, 1:29.70; 3, Sun Prairie, 1:29.71; 12, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights “A’ (Kaukl, Heck, Fandrich, Vande Hey), 1:43.81; 18, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Mason Breunig, Carter Buss, Derek Frey, Kurtis Price), 1:56.73. 300 butterfly relay — 1, Middleton (Sullivan, Lamers, Choedak, Kim), 2:36.49; 2, Sun Prairie, 2:38.84; 3, Verona/Mount Horeb, 2:39.45; 12, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Fandrich, Shavlik, A. Buss, Leece), 3:04.46; 15, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Gassman, Gage Ranzenberger, Breunig, Boerger), 3:32.35. 500 freestyle relay — 1, Madison West (Feller, Fernandez, Weygandt, Casey), 4:19.21; 2, Middleton, 4:22.25; 3, Sun Prairie, 4:25.06; 9, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Chao, Guentherman, Daniel Bakhchevnikov, Stecker), 4:48.67; 18, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Jasper Thierfelder, Frey, Phillip Geiselman, Jack Balch), 5:51.36. 400 medley relay — 1, Sun Prairie (Gillett, Wiegand, Halbach, Roggenbauer), 3:38.72; 2, Middleton, 3:44.59; 3, Madison Memorial, 3:44.59; 8, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Guentherman, King, Loy, Bakhchevnikov), 4:05.96; 16, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin ‘B’ (C. Buss, Thierfelder, Breunig, Price), 5:03.13. 100 freestyle relay — 1, Madison Memorial (Ketarkus, Bell, Weller, Tucker-Jones), :42.99; 2, Middleton, :43.00; 3, Sun Prairie, :43.91; 9, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Stecker, Godwin, Leece, Beattie), :46.19; 19, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Frey, Balch, Thierfelder, Geiselman), 54.67. 300 backstroke relay — 1, Middleton (Richardson, Lamers, Larsen, Peterson), 2:40.18; 2, Hartland Arrowhead, 2:40.33; 3, Sun Prairie, 2:41.53; 11, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Shavlik, A. Buss, Kaukl, Godwin), 3:05.06; 14, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin ‘B’ (Sam Juckett, C. Buss, Ranzenberger, Price), 3:37.53. 300 breaststroke relay — 1, Madison West (Siemering, Dong, Lemmenes, Nordmeyer), 3:00.12; 2, Milwaukee Marquette, 3:05.46; 3, Verona/Mount Horeb, 3:05.6; 12, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Beattie, Bakhchevnikov, Chao, Vande Hey), 3:30.86; 16, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Balch, Boerger, Alex Dunning, Gassman), 3:49.99. 400 freestyle relay — 1, Sun Prairie (Roggenbauer, Anhalt, Schluesche, Keating, Sullivan, Werwie, Braatz, Wiegand), 2:55.65; 2, Middleton, 2:55.99; 3, Madison West, 2:56.47; 10, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘A’ (Loy, King, Chao, Stecker, Bakhchevnikov, Godwin, Guentherman, Leece), 3:14.21; 16, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights ‘B’ (Kaukl, Beattie, Heck, Shavlik, Vande Hey, A. Buss, Fandrich, Gassman), 3:25.55.          GYMNASTICS Sauk Prairie’s girls gymnastics team took fourth in its division at the annual McClellan Invitational hosted by Holmen High School last Saturday. However, junior all-around performer Heidi Kuhnau was awarded the prestigious ‘McClellan Award’. The award is annually presented to an athlete that the judges vote on that demonstrates a love for the sport, a love for her teammates, and a good attitude and sportsmanship. “Though it was not Heidi’s best meet, where she had a fall on beam and bars, she still maintained a great positive attitude and it was noticed by the judges,” Sauk Prairie coach Justine Anderson said. “It was very emotional, as we have not had anyone from Sauk Prairie ever win that award, though we attend this meet every year, and it means so much that her true spirit was noticed by others.”  Kuhnau finished second in the floor exercise (8.85), third in the all-around (32.050) and fifth on the uneven bars (7.15). Junior Carina Meixelsperger was also fifth on floor exercise (7.75). “Though we came in fourth as a team, I thought they put together some pieces of routines that they had been working really hard on,” Anderson said. “We started shaky on beam, but then Ava (Putnam) and Emily (Herbrand) PRed on bars, and Heidi (Kuhnau) PRed on floor.” The Eagles’ JV team dominated the competition in its meet, finishing first in the team competition. “We also had all three all-around competitors get a medal and Rachel (Endthoff) medaled on every event, including a first-place finish on beam and all-around,” Anderson said. • Waunakee/DeForest 128.275, Sauk Prairie 119.550 — Heidi Kuhnau won two individual events and the all-around title for the Eagles, but the host Warriors won all four team events to cruise to the dual-meet victory. “It was another two-point increase for varsity, bringing us to a total of seven points of improvement in just a month,” coach Anderson said. “Heidi took first on vault and all-around, despite a fall on the beam and floor, which makes the second meet in a row with a first-place overall finish against teams that are scoring much higher than us. “Addie (Desroches) and Ava (Putnam) also PRed on the bars and Addie’s beam score went up a point from last week. Ava also improved her all-around score, improving a little on each event and getting another PR on floor, which put her in 3rd place all around.” • On deck: Sauk Prairie will host Monona Grove in a Badger Conference dual on Thursday at the Grand Avenue Elementary School gym at 6:30 p.m.   Jan. 14 Waunakee/DeForest 128.275, Sauk Prairie 119.550 Vault: 1, Heidi Kuhnau, SP, 8.3; 2, Thompson, W/D, 8.1; 3, Roepke, W/D, 8.05. Sauk Prairie – Kylie Wilson, 7.926; Carina Meixelsperger, 7.8; Ava Putnam, 7.725; Addie Desroches, 7.25. Uneven bars: 1, Powers, W/D, 8.3; 2, Burgard, W/D, 8.175; 3, Domask, W/D, 7.875. Sauk Prairie – Kuhnau, 7.625; Putnam, 6.45; Desroches, 5.5; Meixelsperger, 5.4; Emily Herbrand, 4.7.  Balance beam: 1, Kuhnau, SP, 8.35; 2, Thompson, W/D, 8.25; 3, Beery, W/D, 8.05. Sauk Prairie – Desroches, 7.8; Meixelsperger, 7.7; Putnam, 7.325; Kylie Wilson, 6.675. Floor exercise: 1, Beery, W/D, 8.325; 2, tie, Burgard, W/D, 8.15; 2, tie, Domask, W/D, 8.15. Sauk Prairie – Putnam, 8.05; Kuhnau, 8.05; Meixelsperger, 7.95; Desroches, 7.55; Wilson, 7.05.  All-around: 1, Kuhnau, SP, 32.325; 2, Domask, W/D, 31.025; 3, Putnam, SP, 29.55; 4, Meixelsperger, SP, 28.85; 5, Desroches, SP, 28.15.   Jan. 18 McClellan Invitational Team scores: La Crosse Central 127.175; Viroqua 122.275; Reedsburg 115.725; Sauk Prairie 115.050. Vault: 1, Lansing, LC, 9.625; 2, Kreuzer, Vir, 8.500; 3, Marx, LC, 8.375. Sauk Prairie – Heidi Kuhnau, 8.2; Kylie Wilson, 7.75; Ava Putnam, 7.65; Carina Meixelsperger, 7.65; Addie Desroches, 7.5. Uneven bars: 1, Lansing, LC, 9.325; 2, Lutter, Reed, 8.100; 3, Marx, LC, 7.900; 4, Fox, Vir, 7.500; 5, Kuhnau, SP, 7.150. Sauk Prairie – Putnam, 6.75; Emily Herbrand, 5.3; Desroches, 5.1; Meixelsperger, 4.975;.  Balance beam: 1, Lansing, LC, 9.250; 2, Lutter, Reed, 8.850; 3, Anderson, Vir, 8.300. Sauk Prairie – Kuhnau, 7.85; Meixelsperger, 7.3; Desroches, 6.6; Putnam, 6.5; Kylie Wilson, 6.2. Floor exercise: 1, Lansing, LC, 9.225; 2, Kuhnau, SP, 8.850; 3, Fox, Vir, 8.700; 4, Anderson, Vir, 8.000; 5, Meixelsperger, SP, 7.750. Sauk Prairie – Putnam, 7.45; Desroches, 7.15; Wilson, 7.1.  All-around: 1, Lansing, LC, 37.425; 2, Lutter, Reed, 32.150; 3, Kuhnau, SP, 32.050. Sauk Prairie – Putnam, SP, 28.350; Meixelsperger, SP, 27.675; Desroches, SP, 26.350.