Fundraising for the WFCA Shrine Bowl

Student Reporter: Mariah Keller



Josh Peterson and Brandon Garcia have recently been chosen to participate in the WFCA (Wisconsin Football Coaches Association) Shrine Bowl. The WFCA Shrine Bowl is a game suitable for senior football players who excelled in their respective final season of high school football. This event is a great way to honor the players’ success as well as fundraise for the Children’s Hospital.


Cedar Grove-Belgium has only seen one other Shrine Bowl Participant in 2004 after Kyle Voskuil led the state in touchdowns scored. Both Brandon and Josh received Honorable Mention All-State after the Rockets placed second at state.


Fundraising is required to participate in the Shrine Bowl and it not only helps the All-Stars, but it also benefits the Children’s Hospital. The WFCA Shrine Bowl is a huge contributor to the Children’s Hospital and last year raised over $150,000. It is the players’ goal and responsibility to raise more money than what has been raised in the past years. Each player is required to raise a minimum of $500; however Brandon and Josh view this as a great opportunity to give back to the community as we all have been affected by the Children’s Hospital in some way. They hope to each raise $3,000 by May, and donations are greatly appreciated!



All proceeds go to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Donations can be given at
http://www.firstgiving.com/joshuapeterson or http://www.firstgiving.com/brandongarcia
Thank you for your time and consideration.

WFCA Shrine Bowl will take place July 18, 2009 at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh, WI at 2:00 p.m.

CG-B Rockets: #1 Small School for Sports after Fall Seasons

Student Reporter: Anthony Wilcox


A statewide website that covers all high school sports in the state gives out awards called the WSN Cup every year. These awards are given to the schools with the best athletics through the year. In the past, there were only two categories: small schools, which included schools with enrollments of 900 or less, and large schools, in which enrollment exceeded 900. This year, they split schools into three separate categories. Small schools include schools with enrollment under 500, middle sized schools are schools between 500-1000 in enrollment, and large schools are over 1000 in enrollment.


Sports teams for each school are ranked based off of a points scale. Teams receive points based on how they finish in the state tournament. The team that wins the tournament receives 100 points and second place receives 80 points. After the first two places, the other teams in the tourney are split into small groups depending on how they finished. Third and fourth place receive 60 points, fifth through eighth places receive 45 points, ninth through sixteenth places receive 20 points, and teams that finish between seventeenth and 32nd receive 10 points.


Cedar Grove-Belgium falls into the small schools category. After the amazing fall season of sports we had this year, we are ranked #1, which is a great way for the school and community to be recognized for our athletics. If we continue to do well in our winter and spring sports, we have a shot at winning the WSN Cup for small schools at the end of the year. Keep up the good work, athletes and coaches!

Hockey Season: Overall Outlook

Student Reporter: Jarred Lucas


With the conclusion of the high school hockey season comes the prospectus of the second coming, the playoffs. Overall it was a mildly successful season with an 8-11-1 record. Although it sounds like a bad record, there is more to it than meets the eye. The Sheboygan Red Raider combined hockey team is placed in arguably one of the toughest conferences in the state of Wisconsin, the Badgerland Conference. This conference includes state champion Fon du lac, state semi-finalist Appleton, top ten ranked Notre Dame, along with a cast of other successful programs. Collectively, the Red Raiders hold a 0-4 record against those teams putting a big damper on the win-loss columns.


There is, however, a bright side to all of this, an overall improvement from last year not only in the record but on the ice as well. After only losing three players to graduation, the future looks bright. With an opening record of 1-5-1 in their first seven games the season started slow and disappointing, but after a crucial win against conference rival Waupun at home, the Raiders took a winning attitude into the Christmas break. This momentum carried right into the holiday tournament in Minnesota where the team was able to take top twenty ranked St. Michaels/Albertville into a tight third period only to come out with a 5-2 loss. The goalie was pulled towards the end of the game to add another offensive threat on the ice, but the substitute resulted in two empty netted goals. This seemed to be a turning point for the Red Raiders who ended up with two big wins over Fairmont (Minnesota) and Somerset (Wisconsin). Now the team had a positive outlook coming back to Wisconsin with a couple big wins under their belts, only to find Fon du lac and Notre Dame in the coming week. With a tough road stretch ahead of them they boarded the bus for three straight games and came out a week 0-3.


“Up to this point it’s been an emotional season with its ups and downs. We just have to find our winning ways again.” Said Coach Keith Bartholomeus. Revamped and ready the Red Raiders took advantage of their home ice going 4-2 down the stretch. With a solid finish to a successful season, the Sheboygan Red Raiders combined hockey team was able to clinch home ice in their playoff opener and a sixth overall seed.

CLC Wrestling Tournament

Student Reporter: Ariel Beutel


This past Saturday, February 7th, 2009, the wrestling teams of Cedar Grove-Belgium, Ozaukee, Random Lake, Oostburg, Sheboygan Lutheran, and Elkhart Lake gathered at Sheboygan Lutheran High School for the CLC tournament. Each wrestler had a match against the opposing team’s wrestler at their weight class. They competed against each other for conference champ and for their team as a whole to win conference. Cedar Grove- Belgium took fourth in conference but had four conference champs and one wrestler who took second in conference. The conference champs include, senior, Brandon Garcia, juniors, Wayne Paulus and Chris Scholz, and sophomore, Tyler Garcia. Freshman, Zach Schulz took second in conference. When asked about the CLC tournament Brandon Garcia replied, “Team wise we wrestled well, but due to the lack of numbers we took 4th.” This Saturday, February 14th, 2009, Cedar Grove-Belgium’s wrestlers will be competing in the Regional Tournament in Random Lake. Good Luck wrestlers!

Honors Choir

To some, choir is the last class of the day. To a few people it is a stress reliever, and to others, it is a rare form of art and emotion. It is a smile, a tragedy, a way of life. Choir to those people is the best time of the day. They work hard and try to improve and excel in their music skills. It is because of their dedication and hard work that seven members of the Cedar Grove-Belgium High School Choir were chosen by Linda Ruona to represent our school in the CLC Honors Choir.
Alannah Bruggink, Cody May, Jordan Dykstra, Britney Lemke, Jackie Schrader, Eva Lee, and Richard Beabout were this years representatives for Cedar Grove-Belgium. There were nine schools that attended: Cedar Grove-Belgium, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Howards Grove, Kohler, Oostburg, Ozaukee, Random Lake, Sheboygan County Christian, and Sheboygan Lutheran.


On December 13th, all the participants met at UW Sheboygan to practice with the directors from the different schools. They prepared the songs and got familiar with the rhythms and notes. After Christmas break on January 8th, the students went to practice again with a clinition. This year’s clinition was Greg Carpenter, the choir director at Marquette University. All the songs were practiced for the concert and the little problems were fixed.


The concert began at 7:00 pm at UW Sheboygan. The first song was “Eliza Jane” followed by “Roses I Send To You”. “Workin’ for the Dawn of Peace”, “Homeland”, and “Esto Les Digo” were the next three songs in the concert. The last song, “Praise His Holy Name!” was an upbeat spiritual and was a favorite of the majority of the participants. The concert lasted only twenty-five minutes, but the theatre was filled with beautiful music that left goose bumps and shivers with the audience. The 67 participants worked extremely hard and performed a breathtaking concert.

DECA Competition

Student Reporter: Lyndsey Weyker
On January 9, 2009, two of our high school students participated in the Southeastern Wisconsin District DECA competition. DECA is a club where people compete in a topic of their choice that deals with business. The competition was held at Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, WI and it was held from 8am to 5pm.The students were Amanda and Alex Isken. Amanda is a senior this year and her brother Alex is a sophomore. Amanda and Alex competed in the Buying and Merchandising; they got a perfect score on the role playing event. Amanda and Alex placed 2nd out of 61 teams in that event. The Buying and Merchandising event had over 600 students in the entire event that the Isken siblings participated in. They received medals and a trophy for their outstanding job at the competition. Amanda and Alex’s next challenge will be the State Competition on March 17-18th at Lake Geneva. When asked their feelings on making it this far Amanda and Alex said, “We were shocked because we were so new to DECA.”