Vol. 57 No. 2 Published by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association June 2019 Orono’s Barry Wohler is elected as MSHSCA Vice President *********************** Barry Wohler has been elected as the new Vice President for the 2019-2020 MSHSCA. Barry begins his four year term of office starting in June. MEMBERSHIP During the third year of his term he will be the President of the MSHSCA. Congratulations, Barry. REGISTRATION YEAR Barry grew up in a small town Bird Island, MN, where he played football, IS OPEN!! basketball, baseball and track. He was very fortunate to be on back to back REMEMBER, THE MSHSCA MEMBERSHIP state championship teams in football YEAR RUNS FROM AUG. 1 - JULY 31. and basketball both his junior and senior years. His Dad was his high school basketball coach, so it was in his blood to want MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR to be a coach as well one day. NEW CARD FOR THE FALL SEASON. Barry was the head Football Coach for 9 years in Belle Plaine where we won 6 conference titles, with one state appearance. *********************** He was the assistant basketball coach there for 9 years as well. Following Belle Plaine Barry was the head Football and Basketball coach at Marshall high school for 2 years, and continued as head basketball for 3 more years where his team made it to 3 section title games, with one state appearance. Following Marshall, he was the head Men’s Basketball coach Featured In This Issue at Hamline University where in his second year they made the Registration for 2019-2020 School Year .........9 MIAC playoffs for the first time in 12 years and won their first playoff game in 21 years. Tennis Assistant Coach of the Year ............11 Barry realized his heart was still coaching at the high school Scholarship Winners ....................20-21 level and has been at Orono High School the past 12 years as the head Boy’s Basketball coach, where they have made 4 state Winter & Spring Sports Academics ........32-37 tournament appearances, winning the AAA state title in 2011 MBCA Coach of the Year ...................39 and finishing 4th in 2014. Barry is also an assistant football and baseball coach at Orono as well. He has also been a section rep for boys basketball. Clinic Information “ I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to run for VP of the MSHSCA and would be honored to serve if elected.” Soccer Clinic ..........................29-30 Congratulations Barry! Volleyball Clinic ..........................31 www.mshsca.org Trophies Plus - Sponsor of Coaches Caring 2 MINNESOTA PREP COACH The Minnesota MSHSCA OFFICERS AND HALL OF FAME COORDINATORS ADMINISTRATIVE ASS’T: COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Jim & Janet Baker - Bernie Schumacher, Park Rapids PREP COACH Inver Grove Hieghts Published quarterly by the PRESIDENT: MSHSL BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Minnesota State High School Terry Sadler - Warroad OFFICIALS DSA Jill Johnson (Waconia) Coaches Association and Mike Peterson - Perham Craig Anderson - Pine Island distributed, without charge, to all PRESIDENT-ELECT: members in good standing. Tom Critchley Jr. - DGF All Daily Communications should FINANCE REPS: EDITOR - Mindy Nielsen be addressed to: Rick Ringeisen - Lakeville South Address all new VICE PRESIDENT: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Nathan Youngs - Dassel-Cokato communications and photos to: Barry Wohler - Orono John Schumacher Mindy Nielsen MSHSCA SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR: Email: [email protected] PAST PRESIDENT: 16332 Deer View Road Gregg Martig - Pequot Lakes (218) 841-7976 Mike Peterson - Perham Park Rapids, MN 56470 (218) 732-0204 SPORTS MEDICINE: Email: Randy Glasmann - Maple Grove [email protected] Tom Sharp - Eastview 2019-2020 Delegates and Sport Association Officers If you would be interested in filling one of the open Delegate positions please contact John Schumacher, Executive Director SECTION GIRLS SPORTS DELEGATE BOYS SPORTS DELEGATE AT LARGE DELEGATE AT LARGE DELEGATE 1A Gordy Klomps (retired) 2A Rick Bruns (LeSueur-Hend) Rob Stevermer (United SC) Craig Morgan (MN Valley Luth) Alan Woitos (New Ulm Cathedral) 3A Jess Smith (Windom) Dave Blank (Wabasso) Todd Tinklenberg (Pipestone) 4A Chris Larid (Heritage) Tim Herman (Heritage) 5A Dawn Engebretson (Rockford) Tom Lawrence (Foley) Al Amdahl (Albany) Chris Kircher (Swanville) 6A Tavia Bachmann (Frazee) Kyle Haderman (LP/Aud) Mike Peterson (Perham) Gregg Martig (Pequot Lakes) 7A Matt Carlstrom Derek Parendo (Proctor) Jon Wagner (Eveleth-Gilbert) Nathan Johnson (Proctor) 8A Terry Sadler (Warroad) Matt Brandt (Park Rapids) 1AA Jeremy Biermaier (New Prague) John Cassellius (Winona) Rod Schwarz (Winona) (Retired) Bill Goodman (Lakeville South) 2AA Mike Lhotka (Dassel Cokato) Mike McGraw (Hutchinson) Tink Larson (Waseca) Gary Prantner (Eden Prairie) 3AA Jeff Groves (Apple Valley) Tom Sharp (Eastview) 4AA Jessica Allen (Harding) Tom Paulson (White Bear Lk) Tim Ryan (Hill Murray) Jerry Utech (Harding) 5AA Mark O’Neill (Champlin Park) William Totimeh (Fridley) Mark Loahr (Totino Grace) Curt Cardinal (Holy Angels) 6AA Juno Nayagam (Benilde-St. Marg) David Boone (Edina) Jim Baker (Retired) 7AA Mark Solberg (Cambridge) Bill Baumann (North Branch) Todd Smrekar (Cambridge-Isanta) 8AA Kent Hamre (STMA) Jeremy Gigioranni (Elk River) Rob Nielsen (Det. Lakes) SPORT ASSOC PRESIDENT PRESIDENT ELECT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY MEMBERSHIP/TREAS. AD Mark Kuisle (Rochester Century) Mike Beck (retired) Adapted Athletics Brett Kosidowski (Eastview) Luke Wisniewski (Minneapolis) Joe Olson Kelli Waalk (Osseo) Baseball Rick Zollner (Pipestone) Ryan Holmgren (Elk River) Todd Smrekar (Cambridge-Isanti) Boys Basketball Chad Ostermann (Mankato) Tom Critchley (retired) Girls Basketball Liz Carpentier (Farmington) Brad Strand (Fergus Falls) Carl Pierson (Waconia) Cross Country Chris Goebel (Mora) Brandon Heebink (Wayzata) Mary Schifsky (Roseville) Dave Chatelaine (Owatonna) Dance Kelli McGinnis (Chanhassen) Molly Carlson (Westonka) Melissa Hurkman (membership) Football Beau Labore (Stillwater) Chuck Ross (Underwood) Ron Stolski (Brainerd) Jim Dotseth (Treasurer) Golf Eric Tollefson (Moorhead) Gymnastics Krysta DeLong (Edina) Shelly Eklund ( Eagan) Leeann Steen-Gymn (Delegate) Boys Hockey John Ammerman (Moorhead) Mike MacMillan (Ramsey) Girls Hockey Shawn Reid (Blake) Emily Erickson (Hibbing/Chisholm) Tim Morris (St. Anthony) Robert Sherry (Simley) Spec. Proj. B-Lacrosse Jon Junker (Chanhassen) Rob Horne (Benilde) Darin Nelson Lance Kuehn (Rosemount) G-Lacrosse Ana Bowlsby (Benilde-St. Margaret) Theresa Boyd (Hill-Murray) Kelsey Long (Rosemount) Patrick Crandall (Lakeville So) Alpine Skiing Jason Nickelson (Visitation) Derek Nash (Treas) (Burnsville) Nordic Skiing Rob Lageson (St. Paul Central) Richard Heilman (Lakeville No.) Robotics Alex Jurek (Becker) Soccer Jason Arnebeck (Park) Ben LeVahn (Maple Grove) Keith Randa (Apple Valley) Art Seplak (Treas) Greg Juba (Clinic) Softball Laura Olson (Maple River) Shelly Hotzler (JCC) B-Swimming Brian Luke (Stillwater) Todd Walsh (Bloom.Kennedy) Kate Steineman (Treas) (Cretin DH) G-Swimming Megan Weiss (Eastridge) Todd Walsh (Bloom.Kennedy) Kate Steineman (Cretin DH) Synch. Swim Kathy Henderson (Stillwater) Laura Davidson Katy Bohnsack (Prior Lake) Tennis Dave Wareham (Totino Grace) Al Orthaus (Lake City) Richard Engelstad ( Pine City) Track Aaron Berndt (Wayzata) Lee VanNhyuis (Osakis) Scott Christensen (Stillwater) )Sec/Treas) Volleyball Becca Pulju (Sebeka) Darin Swenson (Litchfield) Janet Golden-Landquist (Nevis) Sue Alstrom (Treasurer) Wrestling Neil Jennisson (Cambridge-Isante) Shawn Fredrerixon (Shafer) Kip Lynk (Dassel) MINNESOTA PREP COACH 3 President’s Message By: Mike Peterson This is my final article as President of the MSHSCA. We not disappointed as they brought us some amazing have accomplished a lot this year working together with performances. During the state track meet I witnessed an the AD’s Association, and the MSHSL in creating a parent awesome display of generosity and humbleness as Julia informational video on how to be a good sports parent. Fixsen of Mounds View, a world class pole vaulter, did not This is an ongoing project and hopefully will be completed make the State Class AA meet. Julia then volunteered to for use this fall. Building our relationships with these work the State Class A pole vault event and did it with a associations is crucial to our survival. We all need to work great attitude, and a huge smile, what an outstanding person on encouraging our athletes to become officials and to take she is. Examples of great success and great student athletes an active part in being respectful to our existing officials. are all around us and we only need to take notice. Head coaches you need to police your assistants and be I am so proud of our state coaches in the good examples good examples of sportsmanship especially to our officials. they teach and show our athletes on a daily basis and many The passing of former Perham and U of M middle times in the face of adversity and everyday tragedies. All distance runner Gabrielle Grunewald was a tough loss for of you have worked so very hard this year and should be our community and state. Gabe brought a face to raising commended for it. money for research on cancer and brought that face to a The state of Minnesota is a leader in sports across world stage while competing during chemo treatments the nation and it is in large part because of all of you. and battling cancer for a decade. She exemplified the Remember how special this state is and keeping working to best in sportsmanship and in ourselves with her ferocious improve it. It has been a pleasure serving as your President competitiveness and ever present smile. What a lesson she and I am excited to serve you as Past President. Next year’s taught us in living with adversity. President, Terry Sadler of Warroad, will be an awesome The spring season’s and state tournaments have leader for our association. 2019 CC SUMMER CLINIC The 2019 CC Summer Clinic will be on Monday August 5, 2019 at Eastview High School. Registration and presenter details will be posted in late June. Check back for more information at https://www.mshsca.org/crosscountry 2019-2020 SPORTS ASSOCIATION CLINICS DATE SPORT LOCATION July 24-25, 2019 ...........Volleyball [email protected] .........