http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/ Altoona, WI News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/f293f890464a0780e5feb1922ec7008a.html Sarah Nielsen and Brittany Gregorich combined for 63 kills as the Altoona volleyball team won all five of its matches on the way to a firstplace finish in the eightteam Altoona Invitational on SaturdayNielsen had 32 kills and Gregorich added 31 for the Railroaders who went 30 in pool play and beat Eau Claire North 2515 2725 in the championship matchSerena Wagner had 26 kills Emilee Steinmetz had 53 assists and Tess Schoettl added 22 digs for the runnerup Huskies who also went undefeated in their poolThe Huskies beat Somerset in the semifinals before falling to the RailsEau Claire Immanuel Lutheran placed third at the invitational going 32 The Lancers lost to Altoona in the semifinals but rebounded to beat Somerset in the thirdplace match They were led by 38 kills from Kelsey Albrecht and 81 assists from Steph LauBOYS SOCCERChiHi quadrangular: Tye Kreutzfeldt scored the game's only goal as Chippewa Falls beat Rhinelander 10 and he scored twice more as the Cardinals routed La Crosse Central 91 in the championship gameChris Facklam had two goals and an assist for the Cardinals who took a 61 halftime lead over Central in the title gameTayler Schoenberg had three saves in each game for the CardinalsCROSS COUNTRYBoysOld Abe Invitational: Tyler Heinz ran a time of 16 minutes 29 seconds to lead the Eau Claire Memorial boys team to a firstplace finishChristian Phelps 16:43 was third and Andy Carlson 17:16 eighth for the Old Abes who had a score of 55 and edged Hudson by two pointsBrian Farley 17:20 was ninth as Eau Claire Regis placed sixth out of 17 teamsRyan Oster 17:30 came in 10th individually for Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran which placed 12th as a teamEau Claire North took 13th behind a 21stplace finish from Nate Robertson 17:46 Curtis Matton 17:35 was 11th to pace Rice Lake which took fifthSeventhplace Chippewa Falls was led by a 27thplace finish from Justin Wittwer 17:59Grant Mickesh ran a 17:36 as Chippewa Falls McDonell placed ninthJosiah Yeager 17:41 was the leader for Cadott which finished 10thMenomonie came in 11th paced by Chris McMahon 18:17Glenwood City was 15th Altoona took 16th and Boyceville was 17thThe Abes also won the fiveteam intracity meet which was run at the same time as the Old Abe InvitationalGirlsOld Abe Invitational: Alexandra Brackenwagen's time of 15:46 was good enough for sixth place individually as Eau Claire Memorial finished third out of 13 teamsThe Old Abes also won the threeteam intracity meetJordan Kelch 15:50 came in 10th to lead Menomonie which placed fifth as a teamEau Claire North was seventh as a team paced by a 36thplace run by Savannah Brogden 16:41Jamie Bengston 15:58 took 14th to lead Chippewa Falls to an eighthplace finishAbby Fenske 16:11 was 22nd individually as Rice Lake took 10th overallAmanda McCarthy 16:53 came in 45th as Eau Claire Regis placed 11thChippewa Falls McDonell was 12th behind a 37thplace finish from Amy Bye 16:42 and Cadott took 13th led by a 49thplace finish from Jennifer Greene 16:58 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/332a8df11185a373410244e967010fec.html Boys SoccerCHIPPEWA FALLS QUADRANGULARCHIPPEWA FALLS 1 RHINELANDER 0Rhinelander000Chippewa Falls101Goals: 1 Chippewa Falls Tye Kreutzfeldt unassisted 29th minute Shots: Rhinelander 4; Chippewa Falls 9 Saves: Rhinelander 6; Tayler Schoenberg CF 3CHIPPEWA FALLS 9 LA CROSSE CENTRAL 1La Crosse Central101Chippewa Falls639Goals: 1 Chippewa Falls Jason Faschingbaur Chris Facklam 11th minute; 2 Chippewa Falls Facklam Teagen Warrick 16th minute; 3 Chippewa Falls Andrew Kilness Austin Shelby 22nd minute; 4 Chippewa Falls Kreutzfeldt Jordan Kirchen 31st minute; 5 Chippewa Falls Kreutzfeldt Charlie Zubal 33rd minute; 6 Chippewa Falls Facklam Zach Lato 40th minute; 7 Chippewa Falls Kyle Herbenson Lato 52nd minute; 8 Chippewa Falls Shelby Herbenson 57th minute; 9 Chippewa Falls Nate Hanson Faschingbaur 68th minute Shots: La Crosse Central 3 Chippewa Falls 24 Saves: La Crosse Central 10; Schoenberg CF 3Cross CountryOLD ABE INVITATIONALAt South Middle SchoolBoysTeam scores1 Eau Claire Memorial 55; 2 Hudson 57; 3 DC Everest 99; 4 Marshfield 126; 5 Rice Lake 165; 6 Eau Claire Regis 212; 7 Chippewa Falls 232; 8 Onalaska 242; 9 Chippewa Falls McDonell 242; 10 Cadott 254; 11 Menomonie 256; 12 Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 286; 13 Eau Claire North 325; 14 Somerset 445; 15 Glenwood City 452; 16 Altoona 481; 17 Boyceville 535Top individuals1 Luke Wusterbarth H 16:20; 2 Tyler Heinz ECM 16:29; 3 Christian Phelps 16:43; 4 Jacob Ball 16:46; 5 Matt Rudquist 16:54; 6 Tony Matushak DCE 17:04; 7 Jordan Theiler DCE 17:06; 8 Andy Carlson ECM 17:16; 9 Brian Farley ECR 17:20; 10 Randy Oster ECIL 17:30Other local resultsEau Claire Memorial: 20 Ryan Schorbahn 17:45; 22 Mike Schretenthal 17:50Hudson: 16 Jake Pittman 17:43; 31 Jay Skinner 18:05Rice Lake: 11 Curtis Matton 17:35; 17 Jacob Walters 17:43; 25 Carson Powers 17:55; 55 Jesse Johnson; 57 Matthew VanNatta 18:41Eau Claire Regis: 28 Nick Wagner 18:02; 46 Nick Johnson 18:23; 54 Kevin Mathiowetz 18:37; 75 Josh Kassing 19:07Chippewa Falls: 27 Justin Wittwer 17:59; 29 Andrew Faris 18:02; 52 Kyle Salmonson 18:34; 59 Cody Williams 18:42; 65 Justin Jaquish 18:52Chippewa Falls McDonell: 12 Grant Mickesh 17:36; 39 Matt Wenaas 18:17; 50 Evin See 18:30; 53 Adam Bleskachek 18:35; 88 Derek Watton 19:35Cadott: 15 Josiah Yeager 17:41; 18 Terry Englert 17:44; 63 Ben Elbert 18:50; 77 Nick Streeter 19:14; 81 Blake Johnson 19:19Menomonie: 40 Chris McMahon 18:17; 44 Tim Emahiser 18:21; 47 Nathan Reckard 18:27; 58 Ignacio Echanove 18:42; 67 Xavier Schwartz 18:52Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran: 56 Chris Voit 18:41; 70 Luke Knutson 18:57; 71 Sam Rodebaugh 18:59; 79 Noah Meyer 19:16Eau Claire North: 21 Nate Robertson 17:46; 48 Josh Peterson 18:30; 73 Andy Paffel 19:03; 74 Ethan Thomson 19:04; 109 Daniel Kubiatowic 20:28Glenwood City: 51 James Connolly 18:33; 82 Jordan Hansen 19:20; 95 Graham Brandt 19:50; 108 Justin Wink 20:25; 116 Alex Holmquist 21:16Altoona: 86 Chait Gaddam 19:31; 89 Ryan Hanson 19:37; 91 Tyler Santos 19:41; 93 Luke Revello 19:47; 122 Tyler Hinnendael 23:03Boyceville: 96 Alexander Adams 19:54; 103 Matt Marusak 20:11; 110 Ben Marusak 20:32; 112 Kyle Franseen 20:44; 114 Trenton Schutt 20:59 GirlsTeam scores1 Onalaska 29; 2 Marshfield 88; 3 Eau Claire Memorial 94; 4 Hudson 97; 5 Menomonie 144; 6 DC Everest 174; 7 Eau Claire North 213; 8 Chippewa Falls 216; 9 Somerset 221; 10 Rice Lake 250; 11 Eau Claire Regis 369; 12 Chippewa Falls McDonell 373; 13 Cadott 377Top individuals1 Candice Todryk Marsh 15:07; 2 Katie Hill O 15:28; 3 Jackie Groshek O 15:40; 4 Rachel Zachar H 15:43; 5 Jamie Burr O 15:45; 6 Alexandra Brackenwagen ECM 15:46; 7 Amanda Whipple Marsh 15:47; 8 Morgan Poss O 15:49; 9 Becky Buffington DCE 15:49; 10 Jordan Kelch Men 15:50Other local resultsEau Claire Memorial: 12 Alana Jenkins 15:54; 23 Maria Smith 16:11; 24 Alyssa Harp 16:13; 29 Rebecca Brackenwagen 16:29Hudson: 20 Kaila Fouks 16:09; 21 Sarah Kehoe 16:10; 25 Cori Vought 16:15; 27 Katie Wetzstein 16:17Menomonie: 19 Courtney Sawle 16:08; 28 Katie Thoe 16:26; 34 Megan Weiss 16:38; 53 Kiko Wemmer 17:05Eau Claire North: 36 Savannah Brogden 16:41; 40 Carlee Gobler 16:45; 42 Amanda Rolbiecki 16:51; 47 Danielle Small 16:55; 48 Emmarie Heacox 16:57Chippewa Falls: 14 Jamie Bengston 15:58; 18 Megan Schnobrich 16:04; 51 Maddie Gehrig 17:01; 59 Lexi Bengston 17:24; 74 Alicia Benner 17:55Rice Lake: 22 Abby Fenske 16:11; 43 Meghan Hoff 16:51; 58 Taylor Smith 17:15; 63 Katie Reid 17:28; 64 Amy Pedersen 17:29Eau Claire Regis: 45 Amanda McCarthy 16:53; 71 Marie Konzen 17:53; 79 Erin Geraghty 18:19; 82 Kayla Betzold 18:49; 92 Jackie Kapla 21:02Chippewa Falls McDonell: 37 Amy Bye 16:42; 73 Katie Stoik 17:54; 86 Kelsey Pruitt 19:10; 87 Hayley Bresina 19:20; 90 Kurri Lechleitner 20:21Cadott: 49 Jennifer Greene 16:58; 68 Jessica Kelly 17:50; 83 Cassandra Kuzniecki 18:59; 88 Kendal Krouse 19:34; 89 Jada Dahlke 20:19VolleyballALTOONA TOURNAMENTFinal Results1 Altoona 50; 2 Eau Claire North 41; 3 Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 32; 4 Somerset 23; 5 Elk Mound 23; 6 Cadott 14; 7 Pepin 23; 8 River Falls 05Pool PlayRed Pool: Altoona 30 Somerset 21 Pepin 12 River Falls 03 Black Pool: North 30 Immanuel Lutheran 21 Cadott 12 Elk Mound 03Championship RoundChampionship: Altoona def North 2515 2725 Thirdplace match: Immanuel Lutheran def Somerset 2512 2517 Semifinals: Altoona def Immanuel Lutheran 2516 2521; North def Somerset 2516 257Consolation RoundFifthplace match: Elk Mound def Cadott 2520 2519 Seventhplace match: Pepin def River Falls 2624 2325 1512 Semifinals: Elk Mound def Pepin 2515 2514; Cadott def River Falls 2519 2510LeadersAltoona: Ariel Gillespie 4 aces 7 kills 6 digs; Miranda Robinson 6 aces 18 assists; Brittany Gregorich 4 aces 2 assists 31 kills 23 digs; Bethany Reyzer 3 aces 94 assists 1 kill 14 digs; Leah Marg 4 digs; Monica Rasmussen 8 aces 3 assists 2 kills 7 digs; Mackenzie Dahl 1 ace 1 assist 3 kills 3 digs; Gwen Frederiksen 3 aces 2 assists 26 digs; Rachel Larson 10 aces 13 kills 4 digs; Brooke Richardson 4 aces 20 kills 17 digs; Sarah Nielsen 1 ace 1 assist 32 kills; Kayla Springer 1 ace 8 assists 21 kills 5 digs; Payton Eckwright 1 ace 10 kills 4 digs Immanuel Lutheran: Kelsey Albrecht 38 kills; Steph Lau 81 assists; April Oster 25 kills; Katherine Kazemba 22 kills 10 aces North: Emilee Steinmetz 7 aces 53 assists; Serena Wagner 26 kills; Tess Schoettl 22 digs; Jessica Nicol 12 aces http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/0e329dc7a803e51857a8d8f4875ee19c.html Levell Coppage ran for 181 yards and four touchdowns to lead UWWhitewater to a 5224 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over UWRiver Falls on Saturday at Ramer Field in River FallsCoppage who averaged 67 yards per carry scored on runs of 5 8 6 and 1 yards to spearhead a Warhawks rushing attack that racked up 411 yardsThe Falcons 23 11 WIAC briefly led the game when Altoona grad Storm Harmon threw a 37yard touchdown pass to Ryan Hansen with 10 minutes 46 seconds remaining in the first quarterThe No 2 Warhawks 50 30 quickly responded with 21 unanswered points on two scoring runs by Coppage and an 11yard pass from Jeff Donovan to Nick SlupskiDonovan finished the game an efficient 17for24 for 181 yards and a touchdownSlupski caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdownUWRiver Falls would draw within two scores late on a HarmontoMichael Zweifel touchdown pass with 9:28 left to play But once again UWWhitewater had the answer Antwan Anderson and Jake Anderson each ripped off long touchdown runs to put away the game Antwan Anderson scored from 25 yards out and Jake Anderson had a 50yard runHarmon completed 23 of 39 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns Zweifel caught 12 passes for 152 yards and a touchdownThe Warhawks outgained the Falcons 592370UWStevens Point 3 UWPlatteville 0: Ryan Graboski hit a 32yard field goal with 2:49 remaining in the game to account for all the scoringThe Pointers 41 11 outgained the Pioneers 23 02 305184 and had 17 first downs to UWPlatteville's nine but couldn't manage any offense until Graboski's field goalUWStevens Point had three turnovers while UWPlatteville had one The two teams combined for 16 puntsGraboski's gamewinning kick was set up by Bryan Blum's interception which gave the Pointers the ball at their own 47 and a short field to work withThe UWStevens Point offense then put together a nineplay 38yard drive to give Graboski his shotJared Beckwith had key completions of 12 yards to David Hammer 9 yards to Jack Marx and 9 yards to HammerBeckwith was 22 of 31 for 192 yards He also threw three interceptions http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/dc1e4fe73353c7eab68ad39261d95e6a.html ALTOONA A 13yearold Altoona boy is facing juvenile charges after he was accused of bringing a pellet gun to school and firing at students on the playground http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/9a6a8eda5fbee8395ceb790256a21eb2.html COLBY The Colby High School football team behind a stingy defense rolled to a 540 win over Altoona in a Cloverbelt Conference matchup Friday and remained undefeated on the season http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/e39b789eeb7d42fd42615fb9cf1644fc.html Assembly candidates attempt to cure health insurance http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/e8d41d54af765d4f1090a103bb4cc17a.html Ari Pszeniczny completed 10 of 14 passes for 167 yards threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as the Thorp football team cruised to a 487 victory over Wisconsin Rapids Assumption in Cloverwood Conference action Friday nightJared Lewan caught both of Pszeniczny's touchdown passes a 22yard score in he first quarter and a 14yarder in the second for the Cardinals who had a 340 lead at halftimeTaylor Turenne rushed 20 times for 165 yards and a firstquarter touchdown for the Cardinals 52 52Derek Haas 2 yards Spencer Olejniczak 10 and Matt Frazee 3 also had TD runs and the Cardinals kept Assumption off the scoreboard until the fourth quarterLewan had five catches for 88 yards and Turenne finished with three grabs for 65 yardsOwenWithee 36 Loyal 0: Zach Pomputis had 236 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries as the Blackhawks 71 71 kept pace with Gilman atop the CloverwoodPomputis had a 3yard TD run in the first quarter a 1yarder in the second and broke off a 44yard score in the thirdHe was complemented by Dave Simenson who carried 21 times for 154 yards and two scores for the BlackhawksSimenson had touchdown runs in the second and fourth quarters His TDs were rushes of 5 and 17 yardsAttempting just two passes the Blackhawks rushed 64 times for 441 yards as a teamWausau Newman 49 Augusta 7: Luke Gajewski ram for a pair of touchdowns early and Newman jumped out to a 350 halftime lead against the Beavers 07 07The Beavers' lone score was a 1yard touchdown run by Weston Huth in the second quarterRocko Hunt completed 8 of 19 passes for 68 yards for the Beavers who got 43 yards on the ground from Shane OlsonBig RiversSuperior 28 River Falls 14: The Spartans handed the Wildcats their second conference lossNo other details were availableCloverbeltColby 52 Altoona 0: The Hornets stayed unbeaten and atop the conference standings by routing the RailroadersNo other details were availableOsseoFairchild 52 Cadott 0: The Chieftains 43 33 had a 39point lead by halftime and got back to 500 in conference playNick Hammer who had seven carries for 55 yards opened the scoring with a 28yard run in the first quarterRyan Freitag had a pair of firstquarter TD runs from 4 and 35 yards out for the ChieftainsAdam Kuehn added a pair of scores of his own He had a 48yard touchdown run and caught a 25yard TD pass from Matt VoldKuehn carried six times for 95 yards and caught three balls for 28 yardsVold had two TD passes his other was a 29yarder to Kyle Hestekin in the second quarterThe Hornets 07 06 finished with just 2 rushing yards on 25 carries and 21 passing yardsMarawoodStratford 38 Chippewa Falls McDonell 0: Stratford blanked the Macks to stay perfect in conference play The Macks suffered their third loss in the MarawoodNo other details were availableDairylandMelroseMindoro 27 IndependenceGilmanton 7: Derrick Nordstrom caught five passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns as the Mustangs 34 23 got started early and held off the Indees 34 23Both of Nordstrom's TD receptions came on passes from Dylan Anderson who hit on 13 of 17 passes for 182 yards Anderson also added a 2yard rushing touchdown in the first quarterThe Indees' lone score came on an 83yard kick return for a touchdown by Jordan Reidt in the second quarterRyan Guza completed 8 of 15 passes for 94 yards for the IndeesBlairTaylor 14 CochraneFountain City 7: Reed Waldera had a pair of 3yard touchdown runs as the Wildcats 61 50 stayed unbeaten and atop the Dairyland standingsWaldera scored a TD in both the second and third quarters for the WildcatsHe finished with 18 carries for 72 yardsKarl Hoffman Jr had a 32yard touchdown run in the first quarter to account for the Pirates' lone score He completed 8 of 17 passes for 70 yardsHeart O'NorthNorthwestern 34 Barron 13: Mike Lindsey and Kevin Derick each scored a pair of touchdowns as the Tigers held the Golden Bears 25 23 scoreless in the first three quartersLindsey had touchdown runs of 11 and 5 yards in the first quarter for the Tigers Derick caught a 27yard scoring pass and ran in a score from 4 yards outJosh Davidson threw a 19yard touchdown pass to Brandon Johns and David Anderson added a 1yard scoring run in the fourth quarter as the Bears avoided a shutoutNonconferenceStanleyBoyd 27 Marathon 6: Paul Reit threw for 112 yards and ran for 110 as the Orioles 61 rode a big second half to a victoryReit who connected on 13 of 16 pass attempts opened the scoring in the first quarter tossing a 20yard TD pass to Alec Fitzsimmons with 10 minutes 26 seconds to go in the quarterReit also broke away for a 75yard touchdown run in the third quarterMarcus Thompson scored a pair of touchdowns for the Orioles despite carrying just six times for 28 yardsThompson had a 15yard TD run in the third quarter and a 2yarder in the fourthFitzsimmons had four catches for 50 yards to lead the Orioles and Ryan Ericksen added three grabs for 44 yards http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/wisconsin/altoona/content/17ac145b06070e9a1d85a841ece6e1bf.html Welcome to Week6 of Prep Football Central featuring the best southern Wisconsin prep football coverage from the reporters of Capital NewspapersHere are the games we covered Friday evening: Waunakee at DeForest with photosNick Zizzo Wisconsin State Journal game storyDennis Semrau Capital Times column Madison West at VeronaBryan Watson Wisconsin State Journal Milton at StoughtonBenjamin Worgull Wisconsin State Journal