On friday March 19th, there will be a double elimination dodgeball tournament held after school in the Maki Center. Each team must consist of 6 people, and the cost will be $5 per person to play.

Sign ups will take place during A and B lunches at the spirit desk.

Sign Up early because spots are filling up fast!!

Alumni are invited to participate. To register E-mail your team name, and the six names of the members of your team to robinsontr@wilmoths.k12.wi.us

For more information visit the facebook event “Dodgeball Tournament”

dodgeballPFD <—-( View the PDF File for all information)

The Wilmot Panther Baseball teams are selling tickets for their fundraiser Fish Boil Dinner/Silent Auction to be held in the commons on Friday, March 26^th from 4-9pm. The tickets are $10 for cod, potatoes, carrots, onions, coleslaw, rye bread, cookie, coffee or lemonade. Hot dog plates are $5. Please see a baseball player or Shelly Reichwein to purchase your tickets to help the baseball program as they prepare for another season.

This is an update to a previous post regarding Matt Gray and his trip to the WIAA State Wrestling Tournament. He finished the tournament walking away with fourth place.

Congratulations Matt & the Wilmot wrestlers!

From left to right: Melissa Webster, Emily Hamilton, Kailee Wahler, and Landon Tenhagen

Four of Wilmot’s senior athletes have been presented with opportunities to play at the collegiate level and have made commitments to enroll after graduating high school. We congratulate them on their success while at Wilmot, and wish the best of luck in their future.

Landon Tenhagen has signed with Madison Area Technical College (D-3)

• Scholarship: $1,000 per year
• Major: Liberal Arts education, Physical Education
• Sport: Baseball

Kailee Wahler has been accepted at UW-Oshkosh (D-3)

• Major:  Business Administration & Spanish
• Sport:  Golf

Melissa Webster accepted at York College in Nebraska (D-2)

• Scholarship:  full athletic scholarship/ academic scholarship will be determined pending final GPA
• Major:  Medical Kinesiology
• Sport:  Softball

Emily Hamilton has signed with UW-Milwaukee (D-1)

• Scholarship:  Full tuition paid for athletics
• Major:  Secondary Education and Biology
• Sport:  Cross Country and Track

Jackie Herman (not pictured) has signed with Eastern Illinois (D-1)

• Scholarship:  Full tuition paid for athletics
• Sport:  Basketball

The boys basketball went to Waterford to play their last SLC conference game. The Waterford Wolverines are undefeated in conference and the Wilmot Panthers have one win in the conference. It was Senior Night for Waterford as they introduced the seniors before the game. It was a close the whole game as it was tied at the end of the half. The game was still close at the end of the 3rd with Wilmot winning by 3. It was a tie game in the middle of the 4th but then Waterford made some clutch shots to make them ahead. Waterford beat Wilmot 62-53. Wilmot will play Tuesday March 2nd in a Regional game against Stoughton.

Wilmot had one wrestler advance to the semi-finals at the Kohl Center in Madison.  Matt Gray (140 lbs.), sophomore, will be wrestling at 7:00 p.m. tonight.  Congratulations to all the wrestlers for a great tournament performance!

Stay current with WIAA events at http://www.wiaawi.org/.

BBW (our gymnastics co-op team) advanced last night to the State meet next weekend in Wisconsin Rapids.  It was a nail biter to the very end with the team tied with Kenosha going into the last event.  The team will be representing our Sectional with the Franklin Combined team.  We also are sending 3 individuals to the event as well.  Great job girls and good luck next week at State!!

Stay current with WIAA events at http://www.wiaawi.org/.

Wilmot Union High School Varsity Panther Baseball team were last year’s 2^nd place recipients at the WIAA Division 1 State Baseball Tournament and have been recently recognized by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association pre-season top 10 ranking poll as the #1 team in the state for 2010.  The Wilmot Baseball team has 10 returning athletes, 8 of which were starters last season.

Additional accolades were awarded to Wilmot’s Head Baseball Coach, Josh Pye who received the 2010 District 6 Coach of the Year Award at the State Baseball Coaches Convention in Middleton Wisconsin presented by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association.  District 6 includes the WIAA Midwest Classic, Milwaukee City, Rock Valley South, Southeastern, Southern Lakes, Wisconsin Flyway and Wisconsin Little Ten Conferences.

Congratulations to the Wilmot wrestlers and their success this year! Wilmot is proud to acknowledge and support three students competing at the 2010 WIAA State Individual Tournament.

Wilmot’s Own Individual State Wrestling Competitors:

• Kyle Welzen [135 lbs]
• Matt Gray [140 lbs]
• Ryan Gartner [145 lbs]

The tournament is being held Thursday, February 25 through Saturday, February 27 at the Kohl Center. Click here for the Division 1 tournament bracket. For more information regarding the state tournament, visit the WIAA website. Track the event at http://www.trackwrestling.com.

At only 23 years old, Shaun White has accomplished more than more will ever dream of.  Coming out of San Diego California Shaun started revolutionizing the sport of snowboarding at an early age.  Burton noticed the skill and potential of the young Shaun White, and sponsored him at the age of 13.  With the support from Burton, he turned Pro at the age 13.

After winning five national titles as an amateur, Shaun captured his first major win as a pro in 2001 at the Arctic Challenge. He earned his first Winter X Games medal when he was 16, and between Slopestyle and Superpipe hasn’t failed to stand on the Winter X podium since. Between skateboarding and snowboarding Shaun now holds 16 X Games medals, and a record 10 of them are gold.

Shaun recently competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics, and represented the United States well by bringing home the gold medal in snowboard half-pipe. Shaun White continues to push the sport of snowboarding to heights never thought possible.