December 2019

On December 19th, the Monroe Cheesemakers co-op hockey team hosted Stoughton at SLICE Arena. The Cheesemakers jumped out to an early lead and won the game, 10-4.
Thirty-seven seconds into the game, Cooper Dreyfus, assisted by Cade Janecke and Hayden Roth, scored the first goal for the team. Shortly thereafter, Janecke, assisted by Jared Dillon and Payton Stauffacher, scored on a power play. Dillon, assisted by Roth and Janecke, then Janecke, and then Stauffacher, assisted by Dreyfus and Dillon, rounded out the scoring in the first period.

The Green County Land & Water Conservation Department is offering nine varieties of trees and two varieties of shrubs for landowners interested in planting next spring. The tree varieties are Bur Oak, Red Oak, White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Sugar Maple, Shagbark Hickory, American Plum, White Pine, and Norway Spruce. Shrubs available are Serviceberry and Black Currant. The trees and shrubs are bare root, and range in height between 1’-4’ depending on species. The cost is $20.00 for a bundle of 10, and must be ordered in increments of 10.

The New Glarus Knights hosted Barneveld on Monday, December 16th. The Knights held a commanding lead at the half, 49-12, and went on to easily win the game. The final score was New Glarus 80, Barneveld 38.
Leading the Knights in scoring with 17 points each were Connor Siegenthaler and Garrett James. Siegenthaler sunk five 3-pointers while James hit four. Carter Siegenthaler scored 15 points, which included three 3-pointers.
The team played at Darlington on December 20th, and will play at Monroe on December 27th and will host Platteville on January 3rd.

The Monticello Ponies jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the game against Juda on December 19th, but Juda came back with an 11-3 run to tie the game at 17 with seven minutes left in the first. The Ponies and the Panthers battled back and forth for the rest of the half, each scoring 6 points to end the first half in a 23-23 tie.
Coming back out after halftime, Monticello opened the second half with an 8-0 run and the Panthers couldn't catch back up the rest of the game. Monticello won the game, 56-39.