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G'town players ruled ineligible
Daily News (West Bend, Wis.)
Published: Jan. 31, 2014
Published: Jan. 31, 2014
G’town players ruled ineligible
4 seniors eligible for reinstatement Feb. 14
By NICHOLAS DETTMANN
Daily News
Four Germantown High School boys basketball players who were
arrested Jan. 23 have been ruled ineligible, according to Germantown’s
co-curricular code.
In a news release from the Germantown School District
Thursday, Lamonte Bearden, Brian Bearden, Lamont Christian and Dearionte Hudson
were ruled ineligible. However, the four players, all seniors, may return to
competition this season provided they adhere to all provisions of the code.
The players can still attend practice with the team.
The Beardens, Christian and Hudson were arrested for alleged
possession of marijuana after a traffic stop at about 10:30 a.m. Jan. 23 in the
area of Mequon and Goldendale roads. Two other Germantown teenagers, both 17,
were also arrested. All were arrested for illegal drug violations.
Hudson was arrested and taken to Washington County Jail. He
appeared before Washington County Circuit Judge James Pouros on one count of misdemeanor
possession of THC on Jan. 24. A hearing has been set for 2:45 p.m. Feb. 19,
according to court records.
If found guilty, Hudson could face up to six months of
imprisonment and up to $1,000 in fines.
Germantown Principal Joel Farren could not be reached for
comment.
In the news release, Farren wrote, “The District is not in a
position to provide statements relating specifically to an individual pupil’s
behavior or specific consequences.”
Germantown coach Steve Showalter said after last week’s game
against Whitefish Bay he has been ordered by the district to not comment on the
situation.
Lamonte Bearden is committed to NCAA Division I University
of Buffalo on a basketball scholarship and is Germantown’s leading scorer. It
is unknown if Bearden’s ineligibility will impact his scholarship.
Brian Bearden is fourth on the team in scoring, and Hudson
is one of the Warhawks’ key defensive players. Germantown has won the last two
WIAA Division 1 state championships and had its 69-game winning streak snapped
Jan. 14 at Brookfield Central.
The Warhawks have five games remaining in the regular season
after Thursday’s 88-37 victory over Nicolet.
With a first violation, the studentathlete must sit for
one-quarter of regular season contests, which is five games, according to the
code.
According to WIAA rules regarding a suspension during the
postseason tournament, a suspended or ineligible player during the tournament
will result in disqualification from the entire tournament.
The earliest the players could regain eligibility is Feb. 14
at Nicolet.
WIAA to extend games next fall
Daily News (West Bend, Wis.)
Published: Jan. 30, 2014
Published: Jan. 30, 2014
WIAA to extend games next fall
Teams will play 45-minute halves
By NICHOLAS DETTMANN
Daily News
In an effort to fit with the guidelines of club, collegiate
and professional soccer, the WIAA announced Wednesday its plan to extend halves
from 40 to 45 minutes for high school soccer games, starting in the fall of
2014.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran boys and girls soccer coach Matt
Moeller confirmed the plan.
“Most clubs at the 17- and 18-year-old level play 45-minute
halves; professional and collegiate levels play 45-minute halves,” he said. “It
bring us closer to the higher level soccer and to how the game is played
(around the world).”
This change was one of many decided on by the WIAA’s Board
of Control at its monthly meeting, including the finalization of the Green Bay
Realignment plan, which has KML and Kewaskum becoming conference foes starting
in the fall of 2015. Those schools will join Campbellsport, Plymouth, Waupun,
Berlin, Ripon and Winneconne to form an unnamed conference.
Kewaskum athletic director Jason Piittmann said nothing has
developed in terms of a name, bylaws, etc.
In addition, the WIAA announced it will start and end the
boys soccer season one week later, starting in the fall of 2015. And the
regional dates will be moved from a Tuesday/Thursday schedule to
Thursday/Saturday.
“I don’t like the fact they’re moving the season back,”
Slinger boys coach Brian Kiley said. “For high school, you want fans in the
stands and the season starts before school starts so I can see where they’re
coming from. I prefer to start in that first week of August.”
“I would love to see a Wednesday/Saturday or
Tuesday/Saturday (regional schedule),” he added. “It allows you time to prepare
and to recover. Those days are important to me.”
Moeller completed his three-year term on the state soccer coaches
advisory committee in November and said this was an idea that has been in the
works for the last couple years.
The WIAA had to request a waiver from the NFHS to implement
this change as an experiment. Moeller said that procedure has taken place and was
approved.
In addition to the 45-minute halves, the sudden-death
overtime will be eliminated for regular season matches. In the postseason
tournament series, after 90 minutes, if the teams are tied, games will be
extended to two 10-minute overtime periods with no suddenvictory goal. If teams
are still tied, penalty kicks will break the tie.
One of the reasons for the change, especially in regular
season matches is to assist players, parents, coaches and officials with a
solid start and end time to games. Moeller said many referees try to officiate
more than one game in a day. If a game goes to overtime, an official may not be
able to make a second game. With this change, the officials know when a game
will start and when it will end.
“Different coaches have been thinking about this for a while
because so many players play club,” Moeller said. “Some of the players had even
talked about it.”
“Good move,” Slinger girls coach Jim Rasmussen said. “I
think it makes sense with what FIFA and what that age group is doing at the
club level. I think they’re trying to get the rules to be more uniform with the
club level. I’m all in favor of it.”
The change will also likely alter the game management by a
coach.
“The coaches have a better idea of how many minutes they’re
going to play, you can make knowledge substitutions,” Moeller said. “It’s
always tough late in regulation because you want the best players out there,
but you need fresh legs for overtime.
“I think this will improve the overall nature of the game.”
Rasmussen said he’d like to see overtime stick with
conference games.
“You don’t want to have a tie in conference,” he said.
East names Rondorf next coach
Daily News (West Bend, Wis.)
Published: Jan. 29, 2014
Published: Jan. 29, 2014
East names Rondorf next coach
1986 graduate will remain as athletic director until June 30
By NICHOLAS DETTMANN
Daily News Sports Editor
In December, Jeff Rondorf warned the potential hire for the
varsity football coach position at West Bend East about thinning patience among
its supporters.
On Tuesday, he took on that responsibility.
East has announced Rondorf as the school’s new varsity head
football coach and will resign as the athletic director when his contract
expires June 30.
“It means a lot,” he said. “I’m very excited about it. I’m
excited to get back into the classroom. I look forward to the opportunity and
the challenge both jobs present.”
Rondorf spent the last eight years as the athletic director
at East. However, he brings a résumé of football coaching that was hard to
match, Principal Jim Curler said.
“Jeff came in with a passion and a knowledge, the winning
experience no else could match,” he said.
Rondorf coached at Cedar Grove-Belgium in a variety of roles
from 1991-2006. From 2000-05, he was the school’s varsity football coach where
he led the team to three Central Lakeshore Conference championships and three
straight playoff appearances.
Rondorf left Cedar Grove-Belgium just before the start of
the 2006 season to return to East as the athletic director.
Rondorf graduated from East in 1986. Returning to coaching
at his alma mater is just short of a dream situation for him.
“I’ve called West Bend home my entire life,” he said. “I
certainly saw what a successful football program does to a community. I
certainly want that (for West Bend) as well.”
Six candidates, including Rondorf, were interviewed for the
job — all with head coaching experience. Rondorf’s proven record of turning
around a program was what ultimately got him the job.
“Most of them came in knowledgeable with the situation with
West Bend East,” Curler said. “Jeff has that winning experience.”
Rondorf is East’s third varsity football coach in four
years. The Suns enter the 2014 season with 18 straight losses and haven’t had a
winning season since going 6-4 in 2007. The Suns are 1046 since then, with
three winless seasons — all in the last five years.
“There’s a lot of pressure that goes with this but I welcome
it,” Rondorf said. “I have a lot of confidence in my coaching ability.”
“I told the committee, you can’t tell a senior or a senior
parent that it’s going to take two or three years to turn this around,” he
added. “It’s going to have to be done next year.”
Rondorf believes turning the program around as soon as next
season can happen. A reason for that belief is his familiarity with the players
at the varsity, junior varsity, freshman and the youth levels.
“It’s going to be a tremendous help,” Rondorf said. “We’ve
got a lot of great people. We have a lot of talented kids in the youth program
and talented coaches.”
Rondorf, who attended the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, wanted to be a teacher coming out of college. As the
athletic director at East, he couldn’t work in the classroom. By becoming the
football coach, he will also begin teaching in the business education department.
“It was the itch to get back into the classroom, to have
that direct impact on children,” Rondorf said when asked why he applied for the
football job. “I went to college to be a teacher. It was something I certainly
missed.”
Cedar Grove-Belgium’s record in 2000 and 2001 was not
available, but the Rockets were 0-9 in 2002. In 2003, the Rockets went 5-5 and
qualified for the playoffs. In 2004, the Rockets were 10-1, losing in Level 3.
From 2003-05, the Rockets were 23-8.
“Priority No. 1 is to get our football players faster and
stronger,” Rondorf said about his first step. “Our strength and conditioning
program has to get better.”
“It’s just another challenge,” he added. “I enjoy
challenges. I was put in a similar spot, turning a program around and turning
it into a successful program. I look forward to doing the same (at East).
“We have a lot to do in a short period of time. It’s going
to take parents, players and the coaching staff to commit themselves.”
Curler said the search for Rondorf’s replacement in the
athletic office will wait. He said the search likely won’t intensify until
early April.
“We have plenty of time to make a decision on that
position,” Curler said.
ENTERPRISE: Setting your limits
Daily News (West Bend, Wis.)
Published: Jan. 29, 2014
Published: Jan. 29, 2014
Setting your limits
Area trainers and doctor discuss excessive exercising and
its dangers
By NICHOLAS DETTMANN
Daily News Sports Editor
Keep it real ... that is, keep your training plan and
fitness goals within a reasonable and attainable platform. Don’t overwork
yourself as you push toward a 5-kilometer run, a triathlon, a marathon or any
fitness goal set for the year.
Physical exercise is good and often encouraged by health
professionals, but there is such a thing as excessive exercise, which can lead
to greater problems, including death. World tennis star Melanie Oudin, a former
U.S.
Open quarterfinalist, withdrew from the recently completed
Australian Open before it began because she developed an ailment called
rhabdomyolysis.
What is rhabdomyolysis?
It is a condition that breaks down overworked and damaged
muscles, and releases fibers into the bloodstream, causing many complications.
While rare, kidney failure can occur.
“It can occur in any athlete who performs strenuous
activity,” said Dr. Gary Herdrich, a physician at the Froedtert West Bend
Health Center.
It can happen to someone of any age just starting an
exercise program to a moderate athlete to an elite, Olympic-level athlete.
In 2011, 13 Iowa football players were hospitalized because
they developed the ailment.
Herdrich said two of the biggest triggers are excessive
repeated exercise and lack of hydration. Heat can also play a role said
Herdrich.
Herdrich attributed a survey conducted by Harold B. Schiff
in 1978 looking at marathon running.
In the study, myoglobinaemia (muscle destruction or
segregation) occurred in 25 of 44 runners completing a 99-kilometer marathon.
“It comes from trauma to the muscle and the muscle
breakdowns,” Herdrich said.
Potential red flags include trouble moving arms or lifting
objects, fever, confusion or loss of consciousness, abnormal or irregular
heartbeat and dark colored or lack of urine.
One of the biggest warning signs is swelling of the muscle.
If soreness doesn’t go away and is coupled with dark or no
urine, patients should consult a doctor.
“Everybody’s goals are different; everybody’s unique with
their goals,” said Nicola Patrinos, a personal trainer and wellness coach at
Kettle Moraine YMCA in West Bend. “I always focus on the three components of a
good exercise program: cardio, strength and flexibility. Depending on the level
of fitness with one individual, that’s going to vary.”
“So somebody that’s just starting an exercise program,
you’re not going to have them do 45 minutes of cardio seven days a week,” she
added. “You want to start in small steps.”
Patrinos, along with fellow YMCA trainer Chris DelCamp, and
Herdrich, each encourage rest and recovery as being maybe more important than
the exercising itself. In addition, nobody knows your body better than you. So
listen to it if it starts to hurt. That is the best advice for any person at
any level of exercise level, Patrinos said.
“You start by gradual increments,” Herdrich said. “As you do
so, stay well hydrated and listen to your body. You’ve got to build up to it.”
How do you know when too much is too much?
“You want to look at your rate of perceived exertion,”
Patrinos said. “How hard are you working? You ask yourself; not what it says on
the machine. How hard are you working from 1 to 10?
“1 is you can hold a conversation, where 10 is when you
can’t, you’re gasping for air. You want to have your level to be 6, 7 or 8.”
Dehydration is a risk factor and doctors believe that
contributed to Oudin’s problems. It didn’t appear to be an issue for the Iowa
football players, but they had something else in common with Oudin and others
with the diagnosis: an intense workout immediately after a long break.
The Hawkeyes took three weeks off after their bowl game,
then returned with a session that included 100 back squats at half of the
maximum weight each player could manage for one lift.
“Acclimate yourself to exercise,” Herdrich warned.
“When you’re doing those three components, cardio, strength
and flexibility, you want to have a day to rest to let the muscle rest, to let
the muscle repair,” Patrinos said. “You can definitely overtrain.”
While athletes often test their limit with their workout
routines, especially as money becomes a factor in measuring one’s success,
rhabdomyolysis has shown to be the point where an athlete at all levels has
crossed the line of that limit. More doctors and trainers are trying to get
people to shy away from the idea of no pain, no gain. Television shows like
“The Biggest Loser” give people the wrong idea about how to lose weight.
DelCamp said the goal for those interested in strength training is to get close
to hypertrophy — an increase in mass or girth — but not exceed it.
“You want to work the muscle, get it active, challenge it,”
DelCamp said. “But stop if you get that sensation where the muscle gets tight
and starts to shake a little bit.”
Rhabdomyolysis gives a different perspective on that motto
of no pain, no gain. If there’s pain, slow down.
“It’s a little more serious than some people think it is,”
DelCamp said. “It’s not worth second guessing.”
“The challenge (for trainers) is to give them appropriate
expectations about what’s going to happen,” he added.
In tough spot, Warhawks prevail
Daily News (West Bend, Wis.)
Published: Jan. 25, 2014
Published: Jan. 25, 2014
In tough spot, Warhawks prevail
Germantown without top scorer
By NICHOLAS DETTMANN
Daily News Sports Editor
GERMANTOWN — Germantown sophomore Juwan McCloud wasn’t
nervous with his situation heading into the Warhawks’ boys basketball game
against Whitefish Bay on Friday.
He was motivated.
Thrust into the starting point guard role in a tough
situation, McCloud rose to the occasion, scoring 14 points to lead Germantown
to a 65-49 victory over Whitefish Bay.
McCloud, a Menomonee Falls transfer, made his first start
for Germantown at point guard. McCloud started for Lamonte Bearden, who was
inactive for the game after he and three other players were taken into custody
Thursday morning for possession of marijuana. The other players were Lamont
Christian, Dearionte Hudson and Brian Bearden.
Germantown coach Steve Showalter was hesitant when asked
about the situation, only saying afterward he was instructed not to comment by
school administration.
When asked about the game, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“It’s a lot easier to talk about basketball,” he said. The
Beardens and Christian were at the game and sat with the team on the bench.
Hudson has been charged with a crime. The Beardens and Christian have yet to be
charged, if at all.
In a season that began with such promise, the Warhawks have
had to deal with adversity in the last week and a half.
On Jan. 14, the Warhawks had their nation-leading 69-game
winning streak snapped by Brookfield Central.
Then this happened.
“Last week was really tough after Brookfield Central,”
Showalter said. “It was tough to rally the guys back into it.
“This week was a great week of practice. It was a lot better
week of practice than I normally would’ve expected.”
With the team marred in hardship, McCloud, along with a cast
of others, was ready for the challenge.
“I was more motivated,” McCloud said. “I just had to step up
to the plate, perform and do what I do best.”
Senior Jake Showalter, who had a game-high 22 points, called
the game a must-win for the Warhawks now with the spotlight on the team, but
for a negative reason.
Lamonte Bearden is the team’s leading scorer (15.6 points
per game), while Brian Bearden is third on the team in scoring (11.8). From a
basketball standpoint, not having the Beardens in the lineup leaves the
Warhawks with two holes that needed to be filled quickly.
McCloud provided a lift. So did Brian Studer and Dwayne
Lawhorn Jr. They were three of the top-four scorers for Germantown against
Whitefish Bay.
Studer made three 3-pointers during a key stretch in the
fourth quarter to blow open a close game and finished with nine points.
Lawhorn finished with 10 points, all in the first half.
“There’s always going to be people that don’t want to see
you succeed, always looking for you to fail, giving you reasons to fail,” Jake
Showalter said. “We just push all that aside and come in every day and work
hard to be the best.”
“We’re really proud of what Juwan did,” he added. “We’re
going to be expecting him to step up like this in every game now, which we all
have confidence he can do.”
Steve Showalter was proud of how McCloud stepped up in a
tough situation.
“He’s been hurt most of the year,” Showalter said. “But he’s
been playing basketball for 15 years. He knows how to play. He’s only going to
get better for us.”
The last time out between these teams, Whitefish Bay
challenged Germantown, only losing by eight points. It was Germantown’s first
test of the season.
“Whitefish Bay plays us tough all the time,” Showalter said.
“They play hard; they play tough.
“The first half was a war.”
Whitefish Bay was led by Isaiah Johnson with 19 points, Joe
Sherburne had 13 points, 11 in the first half.
For most of the game, the Blue Dukes appeared they were
ready to send a shockwave through the state.
Germantown hasn’t lost a North Shore Conference since the
2009-10 season, a span of 54 games. Plus, the Warhawks haven’t lost a home game
since losing to Middleton in the 2009-10 season, a span of 49 games.
Germantown led 32-29 at halftime and it was a 41-36
advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
“I kept subbing, trying to find combinations,” Showalter
said.
“We’ve got three senior captains that know this is their
team and that they have to step up,” he added.
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