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Sponsored by NOBLES TIRE SERVICE INC. 1490 E. Division Avenue Barron, WI 54812 537-5268 1-800-573-5268 ’s empty tank fuels Hamlin’s 18th win By Gerald Hodges The Racing Reporter PHOENIX, Ariz.—It looked like the fi nish of Sunday’s Sprint Cup Subway 500 was going to be a nail-biter between and Kevin Harvick. With fi ve laps to go in the 312-lap race, Hamlin was leading, but Harvick was nearly on his rear-bumper and getting ready to make a move. With the white 2011-2012 Golden Bear hockey fl ag in sight, Harvick went low to pass, but his No. 29 began to The BCC hockey team saw a lot of improvement this year, which coach Nick Cristan credits to a strong senior class. (*=Cumberland players, #=Chetek and sputter. His fuel tank was empty. all others are from Barron). Pictured are: row one (from left), Brandt Peterson*, Tod Bates, Mycal Larson*, KC Larson*, Zann Anderson#, Caroline Larson*, Hamlin went on to his 18th victory, while Harvick, who had led the most Bri Anderson*, Jonny Hilbert, Tyler Campbell; row two, Simon Hallgren*, Mike Harris*, assistant coach Travis Lehmann, manager Jake Severson, head coach laps in Saturday’s Nationwide race, had to settle for the bridesmaid position. Nick Cristan, Manager Billy Raven, assistant coach Jeff Bates, Jacob Polzin, Logan Langerude; row three, Jesse Chartraw*, Tyler Verding, Anton Von Bredow, “At the beginning of the race, I would gladly have taken a 15th-place Alec Rohl*, Austin Rude, Lucus Mickelson, Tyler Dahl and Jacob Cox. Matthew Murray Photography fi nish,” said Hamlin. “The only way we did it was because Darian (crew chief ) and the team kept working on the car.” Grubb was signed on by Hamlin’s team after being released by at the end of the 2011 season. BCC Skaters show marked progress “We were nervous at the beginning of the race, because we had a 25th- place fi nish here last year,” said Harvick. “We had a good car, things just didn’t fall our way.” By coach Nick Cristan Tyler Verding (18-8--26), Jonny tion rivals Spooner, 4-3, where the Bears could not score against the Greg Biffl e was third. Hilbert (6-5--11), Jacob Polzin (6- Bears led in the third period 3-1. The Spartan netminder and were downed “We were good at the beginning, but we lost something during the middle As the hockey season comes to an 2--8), Caroline Larson (2-5--7) and other was against Sparta/West Salem/ by a fi nal score of 4-0. part of the race,” said , who came in fourth. “We were coming end, it is time to look back and re- Tyler Dahl (0-0--0). This senior class Bangor in the championship game of All things considered, we had a on strong and fi ghting at the end, we just couldn’t get there.” fl ect on this past season’s success. played an instrumental part in sculpt- the Merrill Tournament. Again the great season. Are goal was to be , , Martin Truex, , This year the Golden Bears skated to ing this season’s success. As they Bears let a late third period lead slip competitive this season and I think and were the remaining top-10 fi nishers. a respectable 7-9-3 record, a healthy hang up there hockey skates, ending away, giving up the game-winner we even surprised ourselves. The track’s outside wall received quite a few hits. , Clint improvement from the previous sea- their high school careers, we wish with 11 seconds remaining in the A noteworthy surprise was the Bowyer, , and Ryan Newman were some of the son’s 5-15 record. them the best with their futures. game. contribution of freshman Jacob Cox drivers that became acquainted with it. The team was ranked in the low Season highlights started with ty- The ups and downs of the regu- (16-11--27), who was the team leader Top-10 leaders after 2 of 36: 1. Hamlin-89, 2. Biffl e-83, 3. Harvick-81, 60s out of 90 teams, which is a re- ing an Amery Warrior squad early in lar season put the Golden Bears in a in points. Also, it cannot go without 4. Kenseth-79, 5. Earnhardt-72, 6. Truex-71, 7. Martin-71, 8. Logano-70, 9. cent milestone. The success is largely the season by a 1-1 margin, a team position they have not experienced commenting on the play of junior Kyle Busch-66, 10. Edwards-63 due to the strength of the senior class. the Golden Bears have not had suc- recently heading into their regional goaltender Zann Anderson (.900 save SADLER IS BACK AFTER 14 YEARS Strong senior defensive presence was cess against in nearly a decade. The playoff. They captured the 10th seed, percentage). He was once again su- returned to victory lane in the Nationwide series after an contributed from Tyler Campbell (3 confi dence gained from the Amery meaning they would play the seventh perb as he minded the nets for all 20 absence of 14 years. Sadler took the lead with 25 laps remaining and held off goals-4 assists--7 total points), Mike win carried over into a huge road win seed in the fi rst round, the Somerset games of the season. Anderson faced Brad Keselowski to win for the fi rst time at Phoenix and the sixth time in his Harris (2-6--8) and Mycal Larson (0- against Regis/McDonell/Bloomer, at Spartans. nearly 700 shots in the course of the Nationwide series career. His last win came in 1998 at Rockingham. 0--0). the time ranked in the mid 40s in the The game was extremely competi- 20 games, which was 21st in the state “Honestly, it feels like three or four years ago,” said Sadler. “Last year (at This season saw more activity from state. The Bears surprised Altoona in tive through the fi rst two periods of amongst goalies. Phoenix) was last year, and yes, what happened here could have affected how the defensive positions, between get- a home game that saw them gain a play, with multiple chances for the As the ice melts, the Golden Bears the championship played out, but this year, it’s a whole new deal. We’ve got ting involved offensively and work- lead early and never look back. Golden Bears to get on the score now begin preparing for next season a whole new season, a whole new outlook with a different team. So honestly, ing diligently to defend their own This season also brought some sheet early. Somerset was able to with hopes to continue their improv- what happened here last year feels like a long time ago.” goal. heart-wrenching losses. One oc- crack the 0-0 tie late in the second, ing trend. Keselowski closed on Sadler near the end of the race but ran out of laps. The senior forwards were led by curred against northern foe and sec- taking a 1-0 lead into the third. The “I obviously wanted to get one more spot and pick up the win, but Elliott was a little stronger there at the end,” said Keselowski. “There’s nothing to be ashamed of running second and we’ll keep pushing. If we keep putting ourselves in this position, we’ll get a win.” Defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse ran third, followed by rookie Girls knock off Hayward Hurricanes and Kevin Harvick, who dominated the race but fell victim to pit strategy in the latter part of the race. The Barron girls basketball team (13-9, 10-4) knocked off previously The Golden Girls were watching (6-13) Tuesday night. Barron will Sam Hornish, , Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Michael picked up a lot of momentum with a unbeaten Ladysmith (21-1, 13-1) the game between ninth-seeded Unity host the winner Friday night. With a Annett were the remaining top-10 fi nishers. 46-40 win at Hayward Thursday night Thursday night. (13-9) and eighth-seeded Spooner win, the Golden Girls would host the Top-10 leaders after 2 of 33: 1. Sadler-89, 2. Austin Dillon-79, 3. Bayne-72, in the fi nal regular season contest. regional title game Saturday. 4. Whitt-71, 5. Stenhouse-66, 6. Hornish-63, 7. Malsam-62, 8. Annett-51, 9. With a key senior player still on Coach Bartlett reports his team is Benny Gordon-49, 10. Nemechek-42. the bench, the Golden Girls were in healthy and thrilled to be back at full NASCAR NOTES: Penske racing will switch from to Ford in danger of heading into the postseason Bowling strength. 2013. The team fi elds Dodge Chargers for No. 2 Brad Keselowski and No. on a three-game slide after losses to “We are excited to have Kari back 22 A.J. Allmendinger. When Penske returned to NASCAR in 1991, he ran tough Cameron and Bloomer teams in the line-up as we start a whole new Pontiacs through the 1994 season. He switched to Fords for the next eight last week. Spare Time BB&G Anderson 602, Craig Nevin 587, Dave season. Her presence will give us seasons, 1995 through 2002, before forming his alliance with Dodge. All However, Barron (17-5, 10-4) used Tuesday Night Women Anderson 587, Connie Black 624, Lori added confi dence.” told, he’s won 96 poles and 71 races but never a Cup championship. The a 16-6 fourth quarter advantage for Larson 543, Connie Graber 515, Judy Ul- Standings Points lom 515. teams have 18 wins in 768 starts dating back to 2004. a 46-40 come-from-behind victory. DN Campgrounds ...... 56 Barron (46) Jimmie Johnson went into this past weekend’s Phoenix Cup race with a The win avenged a 55-45 loss to the Charlie’s Place ...... 53 Name FG FT F TP points defi cit. His crew chief was suspended for six weeks and Hurricanes (16-5, 11-3) at Barron Sexy Mama’s ...... 44 Chetek Lanes Misselt 3 0 2 6 fi ve-time champion Johnson was docked 25 points for illegal C-posts found Jan. 31. Bank of Turtle Lake ...... 38 Aqua Dairy League Forehand 3 1 5 9 Kuehndorf, A. 4 2 1 10 on their car during opening-day inspection for the . “We had a lot of girls grow up in Nordquist Trucking ...... 36 Standings W L Uni Punch...... 24 Hogan 3 0 1 7 The car chief Ron Malic was also suspended for six weeks, while Knaus this win,” Barron coach Jim Bartlett Gilly’s Gals ...... 185.5 144.5 Knutson, H. 4 2 2 11 was fi ned $100,000 and the team lost 25 owner points. Johnson’s 42nd-place said. “We’ve had girls get better, Range Fire Dept...... 22 Area Signs Whistln ...... 172.5 157.5 Spare Time ...... 15 Clemens 0 0 1 0 fi nish at Daytona earned him only two points. With the 25-point penalty, he excel with Kari Knutson out of the Dairy State Bank ...... 172.0 158.0 Kuehndorf, T. 1 0 3 3 High Games: Charlie’s Place 657, Spare Carquest Spare Parts ...... 163.0 167.0 had minus-23 points going into Phoenix. line-up. We’ve had a lot of freshmen Time 631, Bank of Turtle Lake 584, Renee TOTAL 18 5 15 46 The penalty dropped him to 49th in the points standings, 58 points out of Larry’s Ladies ...... 155.0 175.0 make really nice contributions. This Glowe 203, Cheryl Harshman 202, Lori Got Balls ...... 142.0 188.0 the top-10 and 46 out of the top-20. Johnson does not have to worry about was one of our best team efforts of the Larson 202. Hayward (40) High Games: Gilly’s Gals 772, Carquest Name FG FT F TP the team falling out of the top-35 in the owner standings because he has year. Everybody who played made a High Series: Charlie’s Place 1795, Spare Spare Parts 761, Larry’s Ladies 750, access to a past champion’s provisional. has appealed signi cant contribution to this win.” Time 1709, Bank of Turtle Lake 1705, Re- Lee 5 2 3 13 fi Donna Byrne 224, Patty Kulik 203, Robin Nadelhoffer 2 0 0 6 NASCAR’s decision, allowing Knaus to remain with his team at Phoenix. Knutson missed the fi nal four nee Glowe 566, Lori Larson 552, Cheryl Wirth 191. Harshman 533. Neff 0 1 3 1 Rating and viewership for the Daytona Nationwide race were up 37 percent games with an injury but will be back High Series: Carquest Spare Parts 2191, Schroeder 1 0 0 2 from ESPN’s telecast of the 2011 race, but viewership of the rain-delayed in the line-up when the Golden Girls, Area Signs Whistln 2159, Gilly’s Gals Somerville 0 0 1 0 Daytona 500 on Fox was off six percent from last year. seeded fi rst in their 12-team Div. 3 Spare Time Men’s 2109, Donna Byrne 542, Jan Jorgenson Beckman 0 1 1 1 While ’s in the Daytona Nationwide race and sectional, hit the tournament trail Standings Division 1 W L 501, Wendy Dallmann 486. Becker 5 0 2 10 subsequent wreck were splashed across the national headlines, quiet Johanna Friday night. Becker’s Super Value ...... 194.0 156.0 Swan 2 0 2 4 Long of Pensacola, Fla., became the youngest woman in history to drive in “She really wanted to play at Spare Time ...... 182.0 168.0 Tavern League Danielson 0 3 2 3 the Nationwide series. Long raced to a respectable 21st-place fi nish in the Hayward, but it just wasn’t worth the Silver Lake Store ...... 170.5 179.5 Standings W L TOTAL 15 7 14 40 Busy B’s ...... 139.0 211.0 Mary’s Cafe & Pub ...... 38.0 22.0 wild race. risk,” the coach said. Division 2 Weekend Racing: The Cup and Nationwide teams are at the 1.5-mile Las Chipper’s Handymen ...... 37.0 23.0 Three Point Shots: Gina Forehand (2), Freshman Alyssa Misselt made Baribeau Implement ...... 214.5 135.5 A&T Industries ...... 35.5 24.5 Amber Hogan, Holly Knutson, Tayler Vegas Motor Speedway. The truck teams do not race again until March 31. a couple of baskets in the opening Greg’s Excavating ...... 195.0 155.0 Gilligans ...... 33.0 27.0 Kuehndorf; Ricki Lee, Faith Nadelhoffer Mark Martin won the inaugural NASCAR race in 1998. The track also quarter as Hayward edged ahead 10- Hoff’s Construction...... 180.0 170.0 Gordo’s Construction ...... 32.5 27.5 (2) holds IndyCar and Champ car races. In addition to the big track, there is a 9. Sophomore Afton Kuehndorf hit Charlie’s Place ...... 179.5 169.5 Sysco ...... 29.0 31.0 Scoring by Quarters shorter “bull-ring,” where the K&N series and World of Outlaw races are two fi eld goals and freshman Gina Division 3 Klunkers Restoration ...... 19.0 41.0 1 2 3 4 F held. Forehand added a three in the second Grosskreutz Crop Ins...... 162.0 188.0 VFW ...... 16.0 44.0 Barron 9 11 10 16 46 Jimmie Johnson has the most wins (4), while Roush Racing holds the period, but Hayward increased the Danca’s Kar Korral ...... 154.0 196.0 High Games: Chipper’s Handymen 1015, Hayward 10 14 10 6 40 record for team victories (7), with Ford holding an edge over other car lead to 24-20. Elfers Resident ...... 142.0 208.0 Gordo’s Construction 943, Sysco 935, Hotel Bar & Grill ...... 129.5 220.5 John Law 247, Chad Lindemoen 246, manufacturers’ (7). has the misfortune of running 2,415 laps Forehand and Holly Knutson hit Division 4 without ever leading one. Rick Huiras 242. from beyond the arc when both teams Scheps Dairy ...... 217.0 133.0 High Series: Chipper’s Handymen 2992, Hunter Education Sat., Mar. 10, Nationwide Sam’s Town 300, race 3 of 33; Starting time: 5 scored 10 third period points, then Seeger Synthetic ...... 209.0 141.0 Gordo’s Construction 2790, Sysco 2720, pm ET; TV: ESPN2. the Golden Girls made their move. St. Croix Casino ...... 182.5 167.5 Chad Lindemoen 706, John Law 706, Ron starts March 13 Sun., Mar. 11, Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400, race 3 of 36; Starting time: Holding the Hurricanes to a three- Hardina Septic ...... 148.5 201.5 Latcham 629. 2:30 pm; TV: FOX. pointer and three of eight free throws High Games: Silver Lake Store 1264, at Ridgeland Racing Trivia Question: Where is Kevin Harvick’s hometown? in the fourth quarter, Barron exploded Beckers Super Value 1228, Scheps Dairy Bowling Bombers 1218, Al White 300, Sam Anderson 267, Last Week’s Question: What was the year Jr. won the for 16 points. Standings W L A Hunter Education class will be Daytona 500? Answer. It was 2004. Mark Ullom 258. held at the Ridgeland Elementary Amber Hogan and Tayler High Series: Silver Lake Store 3600, Nottom/Hager ...... 28 17 You may contact the Racing Reporter at [email protected]. Kuehndorf pushed Barron’s three- Scheps Dairy 3519, Beckers Super Value Wild Hogs ...... 27 18 School starting March 13. The class pointer total to fi ve for the game and 3394, Al White 722, Randy Bremness 701, Hot Tamalies ...... 25 20 will continue on Tuesdays and Thurs- the Golden Girls got clutch free throw Sam Anderson 701. Mixed Balls ...... 20 25 days from 6:30-9 p.m., with a range shooting from Afton Kuehndorf and The Ball Bangers ...... 19 26 testing day on Saturday, April 14, Holly Knutson, both going two-for- Problem Pins ...... 16 29 from 8 a.m.-noon. Attendance to the Sunday Night High Games: Nottom/Hager 669, Hot Ta- two in the fourth quarter. Mixed Couples range day is mandatory. malies 645, Mixed Balls 626, Randy Lem- Students will need to have a DNR “One of the keys to the win was our Standings W L ler 213, Matt Holten 197, Aaron Holten ability to handle Hayward’s press, Division 1 196, Jennifer Oksanen 185, Orreen Not- customer ID number on the fi rst night which has been their forte,” coach Lundgren/Kuhrt ...... 25 11 tom 177, Jessica Hager 155. for registration. A number can be ob- Bartlett explained. “We did a great Peetz/Lauterbach ...... 23 13 High Series: Nottom/Hager 1923, The tained by calling the DNR at 1-888- 1(: job getting the ball over the top of Zemke/Zemke ...... 22 14 Ball Bangers 1786, Mixed Balls 1779, 936-7436. The line is open 24 hours their press. Becker/Young ...... 20 16 Randy Lemler 558, John Hager 546, Aar- every day. “We were also able to limit our Nottom/Zemke ...... 18 18 on Holten 546, Orreen Nottom 466, Jenni- Hunter Education is required to turnovers and we did a very nice Pabst/LaBlanc/Humphrey ...... 16 20 fer Oksanen 457, Jessica Hager 420. hunt in Wisconsin for everyone born job defensively in the second half Yeske/Nevin ...... 14 22 after January of 1973. To register, Gehrman/Henck ...... 9 27 Sunday Night Pinheads call Larry French at 715-455-2059 guarding the gaps between Ricki Lee Division 2 and Arien Becker, two very, very Standings W L during evening hours after 5 p.m. or Anderson/Ullom ...... 27 9 B.Y.O.B...... 31 17 good players. We were able to hold Breeden/Erlewine ...... 22 14 leave a message and French will re- &ODVVLÀHGOLQHDGVLQEVERY PAPER The Family Plan ...... 30 18 turn the call. The class is limited to Becker scoreless in the second half, BBT ...... 21 15 The Rejects ...... 27 21 DVVRFLDWHGZLWK%HOO3UHVV which was huge for us.” Becker/Monson ...... 18 18 The Train Wrecks ...... 25 23 25 students. Holly Knutson, a junior, led Black/Haugen ...... 16 20 Below Average ...... 22 26 &KHWHN$OHUW‡%ORRPHU$GYDQFH Barron with 11 points, while Afton Anderson/Johnson ...... 13 23 The Last Minutes ...... 9 39 %DUURQ1HZV6KLHOG Kuehndorf pitched in 10. After Lee F.D./Hoffman ...... 13 23 High Games: Below Average 656, poured in four three-pointers and 27 Wick/Heintz ...... 11 25 B.Y.O.B. 619, The Family Plan 595, Eric Join the %DUURQ&R6KRSSHU points in the Hurricanes’ Jan. 31 win High Games: BBT 880, Pabst/LaBlanc/ Larson 234, Don Roemhild 204, Ross Pe- Humphrey 855, Peetz/Lauterbach 855, ters 185, Nikki Lindemer 212, Bonnie Ro- at Barron, she was held to one three Todd Zemke 246, Jim Becker 243, Dave Barron News-Shield /DG\VPLWK1HZV‡5XVN&R6KRSSHU and 13 points Thursday night. Becker emhild 198, Jen Styer 162. Anderson 213, Connie Black 224, Connie High Series: Below Average 1867, at hit fi ve fi rst half buckets for 10 points. Graber 212, Trudi Pabst 209. B.Y.O.B. 1717, The Family Plan 1573, &DOOIRULQIR With the win, Barron fi nished tied High Series: BBT 2452, Black/Hau- Eric Larson 635, Don Roemhild 501, Ross www.news-shield.com with Bloomer for third in the Heart gen 2418, Black/Haugen 2418, Becker/ Peters 483, Nikki Lindemer 468, Bonnie '($'/,1(:HGQHVGD\1RRQ of the North race. The Blackhawks Monson 2410, Todd Zemke 634, John Jr. Roemhild 452, Jen Styer 443.