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Mount Horeb senior Sydnee Swiggum recently signed with Iowa Lakes Community College to continue her softball career. Swiggum is the daughter of Eric and Christine Swiggum and is a graduate of Mount Horeb High School. “We are very excited that Sydnee will be a Laker,” Iowa Lakes coach Katie King...

Former Mount Horeb standout Ryan Kleppe will be inducted into UW-Whitewater’s Hall of Fame in October. File photo

Ryan Kleppe, a 2003 Mount Horeb graduate, was recently inducted into the UW-Whitewater Hall of Fame. Kleppe was a defensive lineman for two Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship teams and two national runners-up during his four-year career with UW-Whitewater from 2003-06. As a...
Mount Horeb’s boys golf team achieved honorable mention honors in the “Team Academic All-State” competition. The Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW) recognizes high school golf teams with the highest ‘team’ grade point averages. ‘Team’ is defined as the five designated golfers on the...

Mount Horeb’s Morgan Brummer was named first-team all-conference. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld

It was another magical season for Mount Horeb’s girls softball team. The Vikings finished in second place in the ultra-competitive Badger West Conference. Mount Horeb won a regional title for the second straight year. And the Vikings came within one game of reaching the state tournament for the...

Mount Horeb’s Kolton Schaller was named first-team all-Badger West Conference. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld

Mount Horeb’s baseball team didn’t perform quite as well as it hoped this spring. But the Vikings still had several individuals receive all-Badger West Conference honors. Mount Horeb senior shortstop Kolton Schaller was named first-team all-conference. Senior second baseman Wyatt Denu and junior...

Lucy Dahlk led Mount Horeb’s girls softball team to the sectional finals, where the Vikings lost to Jefferson. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld

They left with their heads held high. And rightfully so. Mount Horeb’s girls softball team saw their terrific season end with a 5-0 loss to Jefferson in a WIAA Division 2 sectional final on June 2. The Vikings were bidding to become the first team in school history to reach the state tournament,...

Lexi Arneson and Mount Horeb’s 400-meter relay team competed at the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet last weekend. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld

For senior Grace Vesperman, it was the culmination of a stellar prep track and field career. But for Marley McIntyre, it was the beginning of what could get to be an annual habit for the freshman sprinter. Vesperman ran a leg on the Mount Horeb girls’ 400-meter relay team along with McIntyre, and...

Drew Preimesberger and Mount Horeb’s baseball team lost to Dodgeville in a regional semifinal game. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld

They were white hot. They were playing their best baseball when it mattered most. And suddenly, anything seemed possible. But Dodgeville put an end to all of that. Mount Horeb’s baseball team fell to the host Dodgers, 7-1, in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal on May 31. The Vikings, who had won...

Mount Horeb’s Ethan Wittmann performed well at the Onalaska Sectional, but fell short of state. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld

The competition was fierce. The talent level was sky high. And in the end, it was too much to overcome. Mount Horeb junior Ethan Wittmann competed at the WIAA Division 1 Onalaska Sectional as an individual on June 1. And while Wittmann struggled at times, finished with a 90 and failed to advance to...

SPEED DEMONS!

Mount Horeb’s 400-meter relay team set a school record at sectionals and qualified for this weekend’s state tournament. From left are Lexi Arneson, Marley McIntyre, Myesha Thompson and Grace Vesperman. Photo submitted

BARABOO – Like her father and mother, Marley McIntyre has track and field in her blood. The freshman sprinter achieved the ultimate goal of qualifying for the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet as both an individual and on a relay after a tremendous performance at the Baraboo Sectional last...

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