The Wausau West Hockey Team hosted a fundraising event for The Salvation Army of Marathon County on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at the Marathon Park Ice Arena in Wausau. Proceeds of events scheduled before and during the 5 p.m. Junior Varsity and 7:15 p.m. Varsity games vs. Rhinelander were donated in full to The Salvation Army and totaled $5,950.
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The 10th Annual Joe Raymond Memorial Holiday Hockey Classic is in the books. A classic it was as CMH/Pius won a thrilling championship game in 3 overtimes against a solid Green Bay Notre Dame squad, 5-4. Another successful tournament was had.

Semi-Finals:

Game 1 saw GB Notre Dame use special teams to overwhelm Black River Falls 8-3. GB Notre Dame clicked for 4 PP goals and 1 SH goal in their victory.

Game 2 saw CMH/Pius dismantle Mt. Carmel 5-1. CMH/Pius showed their balance with 5 different players scoring.

Consolation:

Black River Falls behind 38 saves from Tyler Millis and 2 g and 1 a from Cody Mickelson defeat Mt. Carmel 6-1. Tyler Torkelson chipped in with two goals for a 4 point weekend.
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The Wausau West Hockey Team will be hosting a fundraising event for The Salvation Army of Marathon County on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at the Marathon Park Ice Arena in Wausau. Proceeds of events scheduled before and during the 5 p.m. Junior Varsity and 7:15 p.m. Varsity games vs. Rhinelander will be donated in full to The Salvation Army.

Events include a pre-game indoor “tailgate partyâ€� from 5-6:30 p.m. with food and beverages available for a donation, prize raffles, 50/50 raffle, chuck-a-puck, the sale of Santa hats to show support and a visit from Santa Claus himself. Non-perishable food donations will also be accepted that evening. Captain Brian Goodwill from The Salvation Army will be performing the National Anthem before the Varsity game on his alto horn and other holiday songs for the fans during the evening. Continue reading this post…

ONALASKA — Jacob Trannel spent less than four months at Onalaska High School, but in that brief time he made a strong positive impression both as an athlete and a young man.

Trannel, 15, died Tuesday morning after he was found unresponsive in his home in Onalaska, according to Onalaska police. Trannel was taken to a La Crosse hospital and pronounced dead. The cause of death has not been determined, but foul play is not suspected.

“He was a great kid,� Onalaska boys soccer coach Dave McMahon said. “For some unknown reason, his life was taken short.�

The Onalaska boys hockey team’s game at Tomah scheduled for tonight is postponed, along with a girls hockey game and boys basketball game.

“We lost one of our students today,� Onalaska activities director Ryan Vogler said. “Out of respect for the family and friends of the student, we are canceling all of the events.�

(Reported by Joel Badzinski and Jeff Brown)

For more about this story, see Wednesday’s Tribune or return to www.lacrossetribue.com

By John Tredinnick

BADGERLAND CONFERENCE - NORTHERN DIVISION (2007-08 Standings)            

GREEN BAY (12-8-2 overall, 7-4-2 conference) 
BAY PORT/PULASKI (12-6-2, 7-4-2)
NOTRE DAME (11-10-1, 4-9-0) 
SHEBOYGAN (5-15-2, 2-9-2) 
DE PERE (3-16-1, 2-10-1)
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Although Merrill and Antigo left the WVC for the Great Northern conference, the Valley will still have its share of thrills.

The usual suspects will battle for the Valley crown–Wausau West, Stevens Point, and Wisconsin Rapids–along with last year’s surprise team, DC Everest.

We pick West to repeat last year’s feat even though the team lost 11 seniors to graduation.
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The opening games are less than a week away. Can the team reps for the PointStreak system please enter your rosters?

• Complete Varsity roster entry by this Friday. If names are spelled the same as last year, player data will synchronize.
• All team admins are still ACTIVE. Team Admin’s usernames are their EMAIL addresses. If they have forgotten their password, they can click on ‘forgot password’ to reset.
• If a team needs a new team admin, they can email WiPH, their Section Heads, or PointStreak and we will add a new one.
• There are admin tutorials to view online once a Team Admin logs in.
• In-game Scoring Applications are available, please email PointStreak if needed.

In the meantime, you can send donations to the fund by sending checks to:

(Make checks payable to WAHA)

Don Kohlman Memorial Scholarship Fund
2189 E. Prairie Creek Drive
Neenah, WI 54956

Please note “Don Kohlman Memorial Scholarship” in Memo field on check. Colleen Walbrun will be handling the contributions, and you can contact her at 920.252.2513 if you have any questions.

Thank you in advance for contributing to this very worthwhile cause.

 

 

Last season the Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Association and Wisconsin Prep Hockey teamed with PointStreak to provide team and player stats. The project was a big hit with fans, coaches, players and media all having access to better information throughout the season. We started slowly, but eventually received cooperation from 95% of the teams.

This season, we want 100% participation. We need a representative from each team to input the scoresheet data during or after each home game. It is a fairly simple task and can be done on a computer or Blackberry. You can view a brief tutorial here.

Some of the coaches like to do this themselves, and others would prefer to delegate this job. Please talk to your local high school coach to see if this important task has been assigned. Thank you for your support.

By Dan Bauer

It is official, all youth athletics are nuts.  Hockey may have earned the right of getting there first, but every other sport has now fallen in place. They are all too organized, travel too much, too expensive and too time consuming.  We place put too much emphasis on keeping score and winning and too little emphasis on having fun.

As another youth hockey season descends upon us I have some simple advice for parents to help make your hockey experience more enjoyable.

Skip tryouts.  Leave the rink, go to a movie, have dinner with your spouse, just stay away.  If your child makes the A team, be happy and humble. If your child makes the B team, be happy and calm.  Next to skill, the most important quality of a good athlete is confidence.  Benefit:  Stress Reduction.

Every rink has a water fountain.  Save time and money on the Gatorade, because I’m not certain that 10 year-olds even have electrolytes. And if they do, I bet they have a lot of them.  We only start losing things when we get older.  Savings:  80+ games & practices @ $2.00 = $160.

They can carry their own bag and if they can’t it’s too big.  You don’t carry your kid’s backpack to school for them; you shouldn’t have to carry their hockey bag either.  Donate your wheelie bag to a stewardess and get one that has to be carried.  Benefit:  Increased leg strength.

Kids can dress and undress themselves—go get a cup of coffee and relax.  Once they have been through it a few times they can figure it out.  And if they can’t, that is why they have teammates.  Eventually they will get it on or off.  Be patient.  Benefit:  Team Unity.  (PS: Coffee is cheaper then Gatorade)

Teach them to tie their own skates as soon as possible—good skaters have loose skates, so let them get use to it early.  As long as you keep tying them they are going to let you.  Haven’t we learned this “helpless� lesson before?  Benefit:  Ankle strength.

New equipment is for Christmas, maybe a birthday—but should not be a birthright of every new season.  Buy used equipment—a 58lb squirt doesn’t need the support of a $300 pair of skates. A $300 pair of skates could be worn by a 58lb squirt for ten years and still not be worn out—it’s basic physics.  Today’s skates are as rigid as marine core training.  Savings:  $200+.

On the subject of skates, as soon as they are old enough to drive, they are old enough to get their own skates sharpened.  If they tell you they don’t have time, compare your schedule to theirs, then hand the skates back to them.  Benefit:  Time for you & responsibility for them.

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