Full Show - 4/19/2025

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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this time of year, I get a chance to talk
about sports that I don't know a whole lot about.
Year ago, we talked bowling for an hour. We talked
high school ice fishing.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
We talked to.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Underwater hockey for an hour. Underwater hockey who knew, Well,
I'm going lacrosse. I don't know a ton about lacrosse.
I need to know more because I have two grandsons
playing lacro games at times and cheer them on.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
But I have no idea what's going on. So I thought, well,
let me talk girls lacrosse the first hour and boys
lacrosse so the second hour We've got Tom Calhoun and
the number of players from the boys Wahwatosa High School.
I think it's a co op program Wawatosa East and West.
Tom Calhoun used to be the youth the youth coordinator

(01:20):
for lacrosse and Wawaotosi's now the head coach and he's
got a number of boys from his team comeing in studio.
But the first hour reached out to my friend.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Ryan McMillan and I said, Hey, tell me about the
girls coach and he goes, she's the best. I think
she was the coach of the year in the nation
last year. I think that's what he said. Emily Becker,
who was so kind, We spent a number of minutes
on the phone. I said, Hey, would you come in
and she's like, you want to talk girls lacrosse? I said,
I do because I don't know anything about it.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Emily, how are you?

Speaker 3 (01:53):
I'm great?

Speaker 2 (01:53):
How are you good? Since sixth grade? You've been playing lacrosse,
that's correct.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Good for you and played at Indian Trail and Marquette.
You were a Golden Eagle through and through right.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yep, absolutely, girls lacrosse when you started as a sixth grader,
did they offer girls only.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
There was girls and boys both, but the options were
much more limited to play girls lacrosse specifically than they
are today. So I'm just happy to see the game
continue to grow each year.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
And that's why I'm kind of doing this because my
grandsons love lacrosse. The eighth grader, who is I've got
a freshman Keegan, and he's a cross country runner and
a basketball player and he loved lacrosse.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Now where he.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Goes to high school, they didn't offer it, but the
eighth grader and the fifth grader. The eighth grader is
a big hit and he was like, Pop, I don't
want to play basketball anymore. And I'm a basketball coach.
I'm like what, And he said, they keep calling me
for fouls. I just want to play football and lacrosse.
And they said why and he said, I just get
to hit people and play and they don't call me
for too many fouls. And I go, I think you

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should continue to play basketball. But that's that's kind of
cool and they just love it, and it was they
there was I can tell you the moment. It happened
in their They live in Brookfield and they just had
an open come try it kind of thing.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
And these kids didn't know anything about.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Lacrosse, and after an hour and a half of people
kind of teaching them and running through some drills, they
fell in love with it and they joined like immediately,
and they've been playing ever since. I think, Emily, how
important is it for kids that don't know anything about
the sport for them to get an idea and for
you guys to be able to say, hey, just come

(03:36):
on out, let's teach it to you.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
Absolutely so there are tons of those try it free
clinics all around, multiple middle schools, high schools. We put
on a couple of new player clinics at are High
School prior to the season, and every girl we had
a great turnout. Every girl that showed up just loved it.
Everyone sticked around and suck around and played, besides the
ones that had previous sports that they were kind of
going back and forth between. But yeah, so everyone I

(04:00):
know that has tried it has absolutely loved it and
has stuck with it.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
So what's great?

Speaker 2 (04:04):
What position did you play or did you move around
and play.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
Different I played midfield in high school and then attack
in college. So attack is just like the.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Offense yeah, we're going to have this conversation. Now midfield,
you're running.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
I think that's what Keegan played because he would play
both offense and defense.

Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yes, absolutely, So you're going, yeah everywhere on the field,
playing both attack and or offense and defense.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
And perfect for a kid who likes to run.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Yeah, as an attack or you were just on offense.

Speaker 4 (04:31):
Yeah, So your job is, you know, score goals, set
people up for goals, but then also when the ball
is transitioning the other way down the field, you have
to stop that ball to eliminate any sort of fast
break going down on defense. So you do play defense,
but it's not you know, in a defensive set set
stopping those goals.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
How hard is it?

Speaker 1 (04:48):
Watching the Maryland John Hopkins men's game last night, I'm
as a basketball coach, I'm watching, you know, off the ball,
I'm watching some of the things they're doing in the
defensive end, how they're running pick and rolls on the
offensive side.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
The thing I didn't.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
Understand is how important behind the net is because you think, well,
that's not a bounce, but it's not, and it's a
big part of your game.

Speaker 3 (05:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (05:14):
So men's across and women's lacrosse are almost completely different sports.
So in women's lacrosse, you can't just hit each other
with your sticks or hit each other anyway like that.
You can check the other player by hitting their stick
with yours, but then there's lots of roles that come
into it with you can't check towards their body or
towards their head, So it's really all skill based and
more agile, I would say, in that sense. But yeah,

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going behind the net is a huge part of it
in both games.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
From my perspective.

Speaker 4 (05:40):
On the women's side, you can set up a lot
of plays by starting the ball down there, hitting feeders
that are coming across, rolling the crease, and that's where
we found a lot of success from our players that
play attack.

Speaker 1 (05:50):
Hey, when when somebody comes and the girls that we're
going to talk to in the next break, Addie and
Haley and Mikayla, how early on when somebody comes, let's
say as a freshman and they're just starting this sport,
how early on are you as a coach able to say, look,

(06:11):
they've got a chance to be pretty good, right I
Hand coordination very important right to be to be a
good athlete, to be fast, What types of things are
you looking for? As the head coach at Muskigo.

Speaker 4 (06:25):
Yeah, so there's no there's no time that's too late
to start playing. Last year we had a girl that
didn't start playing until she was a sophomore or junior
ended up being a varsity starter. She came from a
basketball background as well, so just a good awareness of
the defensive side of things. We have girls that didn't
start playing right now on the team till their freshman
sophomore year and are now leaders and big contributors on

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the field. So there's really no time that's too late.
Athletic you know, components are a big thing. We've got
a bunch of brand new players and all the ones
that come from basketball backgrounds, track, soccer or anything like that,
they make great acrosse players and they pick it up
super easy.

Speaker 2 (07:01):
What's the best cross promote? Like, what's the best sport?
Is it? Soccer? Is it? What would would you think basketball?

Speaker 5 (07:11):
In?

Speaker 1 (07:12):
Look as my grandson is an offensive lineman and a
linebacker in football, right and he's the kind of kid
that can he sees things. He's not very fleet of
foot at times, better now than he used to be,
but he sure likes to contact side, so they put
him on the defensive side.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
But I'm wondering what for you is the best If
somebody says, look, I've played this sport a lot, but
I've never tried lacrosse.

Speaker 4 (07:37):
Yeah, so lacrosse is kind of like a conglomeration of
a bunch of different sports. So there's lots of things
that fit. But I would say on the defensive side,
basketball huge contributor. Even on the offensive side, like you
were talking about, with pick and rolls, slip screens, anything
like that carries over pretty well. I would I've coached
a good amount of girls in club season that play hockey,

(07:58):
and that translates very well. I have a younger cousin
who plays both hockey and lacrosse, and the two correlate
pretty well.

Speaker 3 (08:04):
I'd say, so, do.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
You like kids that that? Do you like kids that
play club And.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
The reason for the question is a former basketball coach,
when kids.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
Played a lot of au basketball, it took us about
two weeks to kill the bad habits of whoever gets
the defensive rebound is going to dribble down and shoot
a three.

Speaker 1 (08:22):
That's not how we do things at the high school level.
Do you like kids that are playing a lot of
club and and do you feel like they're they're getting
different coaching and you need to then I remember, now
this is the kind of coach I am.

Speaker 3 (08:37):
I think, yeah, it's important for them to play club.

Speaker 4 (08:39):
I want them to have different perspectives from different coaches.
When I was a player, that was something that was
helped me grow a lot as just learning from different
people all across the board. So yeah, and I think
also just keeping your skills up through the off season
is always going to be important. Club seasons around the
area isn't like an everyday thing. It's you know, one, two,
three times a week. So uh sort of commitment where

(09:00):
they're able to still keep up with their other sports
and other activities they do.

Speaker 3 (09:03):
So I would say, yeah, highly important.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Hey what kind of if somebody asks you what kind
of coach you are? Right? So are you? Are?

Speaker 5 (09:10):
You?

Speaker 1 (09:11):
Are you more of a fundamental coach? You And on
the offensive side, you want to get the ball down
the field and let's take a quick shot. One of
the statements the Maryland coach had at halftime was look,
he said, in the beginning of the first half, we
were very patient and and and we scored, you know,
five quick goals, and then all of a sudden we

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got out of what we do, which is patients set
up our plays, and all of a sudden we're taking
really quick shots. And we'll have that conversation. He said
this to the camera. We'll have that conversation at halftime.
We're going to get back to how we started.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
What kind of coach are you?

Speaker 1 (09:47):
Are you somebody that wants to to get the ball
down the field and get a quick shot or set
up on set up your offense.

Speaker 4 (09:55):
I'm definitely the coach that wants the ball down there settled.
The second that we're patient, we get things going and
we make really great things happen. So yeah, I would
definitely say more on the side of being patient with
things on offense.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
And do you have different sets? Do you have different plays?
And as as a basketball coach, right, we would run
different sets and depending on what they were doing defensively,
and then we would run things that we thought we
would get some success with. Are you yelling out sets,
yelling out plays? Things like that.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
We we have plays, but those are kind of designed
just to get us out of a rut. If we're
down there on offense, we've been having the ball for
a couple of minutes, nothing's happening. Then those players are
kind of designed to get something going. But all those
plays are therefore is just to get the defense out
of order and then just to facilitate movement if we're
not making it happen ourselves.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
How important is is a like a point guard?

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Right do you have? Is that the attacker? Is that
the midfielder?

Speaker 6 (10:50):
Who?

Speaker 2 (10:50):
What is who is the person that that you want
the ball in their sets ki? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (10:57):
Thank you to to kind of set your offense up.

Speaker 2 (11:02):
What position is that?

Speaker 3 (11:03):
So it's really nothing specific.

Speaker 4 (11:06):
Our midies are going to be the ones carrying the
ball down the field, but where we want the ball
to start is down low behind the goal with some
of our low attackers because then they can hit those
cutters coming down those high attackers, those midies, and then
we get our settled offense going from there. But the
good thing about our team specifically is we have great depth.
So there's not any one person that I'm like, the

(11:26):
ball needs to go through her. Every single person is capable.

Speaker 1 (11:29):
And talk to me about your practices and how much
is you guys? Is it all fundamentals. Is it all passing?
They getting the ball off the ground seems to be
a very difficult thing. How much practice wise? And when
I have these girls come in, especially to the two seniors,
when I say, look what drill does she do that

(11:52):
you won't have to do after you go play at
the next level. And tell me about your practices and
how much did you learn from your college coach, to
your high school coach, to your club coaches.

Speaker 2 (12:04):
Because as coaches, we don't invent anything.

Speaker 1 (12:06):
Yeah, we steal all of it and then we kind
of put it into and make it our own. What
kind of practices do you run?

Speaker 4 (12:13):
So we always do a little bit of fundamentals at
the beginning, just to kind of warm up. I try
to make it different sort of passing drill so it's
not just the same thing every day where they're just
going to get bored with it.

Speaker 3 (12:24):
But yeah, we get that over.

Speaker 4 (12:25):
With from the first thirty to forty minutes and then
we go on smaller stuff of attack sided things, defense
sided things, and then we'll go into bigger picture, more
complex things on the field.

Speaker 1 (12:35):
Did you know when you were playing early you wanted
to coach one day or when did how did that?

Speaker 2 (12:40):
Where did that come?

Speaker 4 (12:41):
I just think I from the second I started playing lacrosse,
I just knew this is what I love. From sixth
grade first picking up a stick, I wanted to keep
playing all the time. I would get home from tournaments
and I'd go in my backyard and just play more
by myself. So I think just I fell in love
with the sport, and then as soon as it was
time for me to be done playing, I didn't want

(13:01):
that to be the end of lacrosse for me. So
lacrosse community is pretty small, but everyone's pretty interconnected. So
found some opportunities that way and led me to Msquigo,
where I assisted for a couple of years. Then now
so my second year head coaching, and I just love it.

Speaker 1 (13:16):
It's a big step six inches over on the bench,
is it not right? I was an assistant coach and
a head coach, and the people think, well, you were
the assistant coach. So but that's six inches over on
the bench. Now it's your team, and now you're the
face of the program. That first year and you were
you were the coach of the year in the state, correct,

(13:38):
not in the nation. Like Ryan McMillan told me, did
your head when I said that.

Speaker 3 (13:42):
I had a nomination but didn't get it.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
Congratulations, Thank you first year head coach and you were
the coach of the year in the state of Wisconsin.
Congratulations on that.

Speaker 1 (13:53):
How hard was it for you to kind of build
that template and how much did you learn from the
head coach that was prior to you.

Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah, I learned a ton from him.

Speaker 4 (14:02):
We had a really good coaching dynamic between the two
of us because he had coached other sports in the past.

Speaker 3 (14:08):
I was.

Speaker 4 (14:09):
I had coached here and there in club and volunteering,
but I was club by the Way Black Blacks Milwaukee
and then also mk E Elite in Milwaukee.

Speaker 3 (14:16):
But yeah, so he knew.

Speaker 4 (14:19):
A lot about how to get a keep a team together,
get them motivated, run certain things. I knew a lot
about the lacrosse side because he didn't come from a
lacrosse background, so I kind of like gave him the
drills to do the strategy and then he taught me
a lot through those two years and I was assisting
him about how to build up a team, strategies to
get them together, you know, how to handle conflict, stuff

(14:39):
like that. So when he stepped away, and I became
the head coach. I used a lot of his strategies.
He was a great mentor for me from that side
of things. And then yeah, it just helped me feel prepared.

Speaker 1 (14:49):
How to build a culture, right, Yeah, yeah, do you
know I'm either the thirty six years I coached basketball,
two years I coached girls at Calvary Baptist in Menomi Falls.
And what I learned coaching girls was these girls came.
They came to practice every day and went hard. I
couldn't get boys to do that.

Speaker 2 (15:08):
I couldn't if it was a Monday and we didn't
play till Friday, They're not going hard.

Speaker 1 (15:13):
And I would say a girl's step, Look, we don't
play till Friday. You don't have to take charges on Monday,
and they're like, coach wants to practice ended or five
minutes before the practice. There was way more social on
the girl's side. But I gained so much respect because
they came hard to practice every single day.

Speaker 2 (15:31):
Do you feel that as well? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (15:33):
Absolutely.

Speaker 4 (15:34):
Of course there's days here and there where the energy
your focus is kind of low. But I think we
have a really unique program where everyone, especially in the
varsity team, is very dedicated, very driven. Our captains and
our upperclassmen leaders are very much the ones that are
kind of helping the new girls to varsity. The younger
girls kind of understand, like we're going to practice how

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we play. Nothing's going to get done if we aren't
going one hundred percent in practice.

Speaker 1 (15:58):
Hey, your conference, and we're going to get to a
break after this question because we got to get these girls.
They're chomping, they are so excited to be on the mic.
I did that sarcasm. I'm like, which one of you
girls talks the most thing?

Speaker 2 (16:10):
I'll put their head down. They're like, just don't talk
to me. Oh man, I'm not talking to you. Hey.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
This conference the Classic Eight, Kettle, Moraine, These are the
teams that have girls Ketel, Moraine, Mcguanaga, Arrawhead, Muskigo, O'conamwalk
and Waukesha. Is it a really good conference or is
there different areas throughout the state? Look, the Classic Eight
is known as a football conference. Basketball pretty good too,
but football conference? How good is the girls lacrosse conference?

Speaker 4 (16:38):
I would definitely say our conference is the most difficult,
which you know, it makes us better players having to
go against these tougher opponents. But each of these teams
has great coaches, knows how to lead a team, all
very talented players. So lacrosse side of things, yeah, definitely
a difficult conference.

Speaker 1 (16:54):
The other coaches in the conference open to asking answering questions.
As a second year, well, now you were the coach
of the year, They're not gonna tough to you anymore.

Speaker 2 (17:03):
You're done because.

Speaker 1 (17:04):
Last year they're like, oh, you're the first year head coach,
so let me give you some tips. Not anymore, But
how open are they because your sport is still it's
still growing, right, It's not like it's been around for
a zillion years and everybody.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
Knows about it.

Speaker 1 (17:18):
Hopefully the other coaches are willing to pick up the
phone and answer any questions you have as a young coach.

Speaker 4 (17:24):
Oh yeah, everyone's very responsive, very you know, helps each
other out. The funny thing is a lot of these
coaches in the area are people that were coaches when
I was playing, So that's kind of a funny dynamic
coaching against them. And then it's you know, people that
I've known through club and so everyone has a good relationship,
always willing to help each other out.

Speaker 2 (17:41):
I'm sorry I lied. One more question.

Speaker 1 (17:42):
When I talk to your girls that are here, your players,
I'm going to ask them in the conference, who is
the team when you look at the schedule that you
circle and go, man, we got to beat this team.

Speaker 2 (17:53):
I don't want to.

Speaker 1 (17:54):
I don't want them put in having other teams put
things up in the locker room, like here's what she
said about us on the radio. But who do you
think that that team is as far as a rivalry
for you?

Speaker 4 (18:04):
Yeah, so I say there's probably a couple. So Aarrowheads
always a tough one for us. We've we've never beat them.
Last year, we got really close, we went to overtime
in the first game, lost by one in the second.
This year we played them, had kind of a rough start,
couldn't get out of it, down a few starters. But
that's always one where we're excited about. The other one
is definitely Kettle Moraine. They knocked us out in the

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state final four last year, so that's a game that
we're like, we're looking to get our revengeine and they're
a very talented team.

Speaker 2 (18:31):
Lied.

Speaker 1 (18:32):
And one more question. As coaches, we we don't look ahead,
but we work ahead. And I've looked to see who
is in your sectional. It's tough. Yeah, it's right because
it's not like there's not so many teams that they
can take teams from this area and move them out
around the state.

Speaker 2 (18:51):
You've got some. It's tough one.

Speaker 4 (18:53):
Yeah, it's pretty much just separated by like southeastern Wisconsin
and then everywhere else. So and that's just the kind
of the way it kind of goes. As everyone in
the southeast region is very very good. These are all
people that have you gone to state, gotten really close.
So our section's tough, but it's nothing that we can't handle.

Speaker 1 (19:10):
That the game last year where you got knocked out,
do you still you still think of that game?

Speaker 4 (19:16):
I'd say so, yeah, I think just like you know,
the feeling of like we were so close and we
had such a great group. But this year we also do.
So it's it's definitely a possibility.

Speaker 2 (19:25):
Well, we're gonna find out.

Speaker 1 (19:27):
We're going to talk to three of these players, Mikayla
and Haley and Addie are going to join us. So
we're gonna talk girls lacrosse for the entire hour. And guys,
I don't know a lot about lacrosse, and that's the
reason we do shows like this to highlight, promote, and
celebrate sports that mean a lot. Look when I'm talking
to head coach Emily Becker, and again, she was the

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coach of the Year for girls lacrosse in the state
of Wisconsin, and she has played since sixth grade, and
when I talked to her about it, she lights up
like a Christmas tree. This is her sport. And the
fact that that we'll spend and now we're talking about
a sport that means so much to her and to
these kids. I think it's just the least that we
can do because I love high school athletics and kids

(20:09):
learned so many lessons. The lessons you learned at Indian
Trail and in sixth grade and seventh grade through this
sport and at Marquette are endless. And I love the
fact that you know right away you talk about the
culture and look, I played, but I need a little
help on how to build a culture, and you're willing
to learn that kind of stuff. Emily, thank you so much.

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We'll probably have you on in the third segment. We
got to get to these girls and we will name
our pick and save student athlete the week. We'll figure
that out during the break. This is the Varsity Blitz
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(20:54):
always by your local Pick and Save and Metro Market stores.
Coming from the Divan and Jorgans and Heating Cooling Studios.
Second hour from ten to eleven, We're talking boys lacrosse
with Tom Calhoun from Malo Tosa and four of his
players will be coming in studio. The first hour, Girls lacrosse,
Emily Becker. She was the girls lacrosse Coach of the

(21:18):
Year and I think Roy McMillan toony on the national level,
but she got a nomination for it, but did not
get that, but for the state of Wisconsin, first year
head coach last year and was the girls lacrosse coach
of the year. Three of her players, we've got one
junior and two seniors. And let's start with Haley. Haley,

(21:38):
how are you?

Speaker 7 (21:38):
I'm good today?

Speaker 2 (21:39):
How are you good?

Speaker 1 (21:40):
When I asked who talks the most, nobody raised their hands,
So I'm just starting with you.

Speaker 2 (21:44):
Because you're Yeah, pronounce your last name for me.

Speaker 7 (21:47):
It's Lippish.

Speaker 1 (21:48):
Slippish, Hailey Lippish. Also our pick and safe student ath
for the weekend. We'll get to that in a minute.

Speaker 2 (21:54):
Haley. How long you've been playing lacrosse?

Speaker 7 (21:56):
I actually started pretty late. I started my sophomore year
of high school.

Speaker 6 (21:59):
Really mm hmm.

Speaker 2 (22:00):
So what made you join is a sophmare.

Speaker 7 (22:03):
One of my closest friends I looked up to was
the goalie, and she was a senior and she was like, Hey,
we need another JV goalie. You want to join? And
I was like, sure, sounds fun.

Speaker 2 (22:11):
Did you play other sports?

Speaker 7 (22:13):
I had just come off of four years of volleyball.

Speaker 1 (22:16):
This is a whole different animal. Do you play volleyball anymore?

Speaker 7 (22:20):
I do not. I quit that year and then I
wanted to play keep doing a team sport. So La
crossfelt right?

Speaker 2 (22:24):
And are you the goalkeeper?

Speaker 7 (22:26):
I am.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
You're a crazy person, right, because I'm sorry. That ball
is hard. Yeah.

Speaker 7 (22:31):
I got my bruises here.

Speaker 8 (22:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (22:32):
I see my grandson they put him and he's like, nah,
I don't really get to hit people. So I want
to go back out here and play, and I I
that ball is way harder than I thought. And how
long did it take you to adjust to play in
that sport and did you fall in love with it quickly?

Speaker 7 (22:52):
I did definitely fall in love with it quickly. I
feel like one interesting thing is each year it definitely
is an adjustment, you know, Like my last year, I
had such a love for it that I didn't really
care if I got hit, But then started this year,
it definitely took a minute to get used to that
pain and that fear. But we're over it and you
just got to learn to want to save more than
the pain.

Speaker 1 (23:11):
So every game hockey, at the end, they all come
and and hit the goalkeeper's patch right to say, a
good game. The respect that people have for the position
that you play, I would not play your position, by
the way. The difference between playing on the JV level
and varsity level is it a big difference?

Speaker 2 (23:33):
Oh? Yeah, huge?

Speaker 3 (23:34):
Yeah it was.

Speaker 2 (23:35):
It was scary for old software.

Speaker 7 (23:37):
Year you played JV, yeah I was JV starter, and
then your varsity bench goalie, which I was okay with.

Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah you didn't want to take the varsity.

Speaker 7 (23:50):
I was terrified for sure.

Speaker 2 (23:52):
Thank you for the honesty with that, Mikaela.

Speaker 7 (23:54):
How are you good?

Speaker 2 (23:56):
A couple of weeks from now, you'll be back in
studio with me.

Speaker 1 (23:59):
Is my Kernel Electric Superhero the week By the way,
and make sure that you're gonna have your mom or
dad call me because we're gonna I'm gonna ask you
for a picture and a bio. You guys both do
really really, all three of you do unbelievable in student
in class and student athletes. I we love on this show.
So congratulations that Haley. What position do you, Haley Michaela?

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What position do you play?

Speaker 2 (24:25):
So? When I started out, I'm a little closer. I'm sorry,
thank you.

Speaker 9 (24:28):
When I first started out, I played some midfield, and
then once I started high school, I transitioned to attack
and it's probably my favorite position.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
It is you put the ball in that a little bit?

Speaker 10 (24:38):
Uh?

Speaker 9 (24:38):
Yeah, I do.

Speaker 2 (24:38):
Yeah? How what year? How old were you when you
started playing lacrosse?

Speaker 5 (24:43):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (24:44):
I started in eighth grade and I initially joined because
my brother played about two years before me, and my
dad always encouraged me to try it and you know,
try new sport that I didn't know really much about,
and so I think I went to like a open,
few old kind of thing and I fell in love,
and so I've been playing the.

Speaker 2 (25:02):
Same thing with my grandkids.

Speaker 1 (25:03):
They had no idea, and once they went to that
open field thing and tried it there, all three of
them were like, oh no, no, we're going to keep playing,
and they all kept playing. A multi sport athlete.

Speaker 3 (25:17):
Uh yes.

Speaker 9 (25:18):
I ran a few years of cross country a couple
of years ago, and then I recently two years ago
tried tennis for the first.

Speaker 3 (25:24):
Time as well.

Speaker 2 (25:25):
How do you like tennis?

Speaker 7 (25:26):
It's fun.

Speaker 9 (25:27):
Yeah, it's it's nice break It's not as intense, I
would say as lacrosse.

Speaker 2 (25:31):
Do you still run cross country?

Speaker 3 (25:33):
No, not anymore. I do like running.

Speaker 2 (25:35):
What made so?

Speaker 1 (25:36):
The oldest grandson goes to Lake Country Lutheran and they
said you have to you have to play a fall sport,
and he said, I don't want to play football because
I don't like hitting people in that I don't like
getting hit. So they made him run lacross and he
dragging his feet, did not want to do it, and
fell in love with it. He lettered as a freshman,
which I thought was really impressive. And instead of playing

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he's playing club basketball. But now he's I think he's thinking,
maybe I should have ran track talk about how you
got involved in lacrosse? Who pulled you into that? And
it was your dad's saying give this a shot. Was
your brother your brother a really good player?

Speaker 11 (26:15):
Uh?

Speaker 9 (26:15):
Yeah, I mean he started pretty younger. So he's two
years younger than me. So he's a sophomore right.

Speaker 2 (26:19):
Now, who's better?

Speaker 9 (26:20):
And oh that's tough, I mean since the games are
so different, but yes, he's Uh. The Mesqugo boys program
is also like a first first year this or yeah,
first I looked online.

Speaker 2 (26:30):
The boys team is struggling a little bit, but first
year team.

Speaker 9 (26:33):
Yeah, it's a young team.

Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah, so I mean, quit laughing over there, Addie, I'm
getting you next. Don't be laughing at the boys team.
Don't be doing that. Are you gonna play? What what's
going on with you?

Speaker 2 (26:44):
Next year?

Speaker 9 (26:45):
By the way, Yeah, So next year, my plan is
to go to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and
I'm planning on majoring in advertising and public relations. And
they don't have a lacrosse team, but they do have
a club team, so I planned for playing club lacrosse.

Speaker 2 (26:59):
So you know what my real life is.

Speaker 1 (27:01):
I own an advertisement agency, marketing agency.

Speaker 2 (27:06):
Yeah, yeah, if you, uh, let's let's have a conversation. Yeah,
maybe some free intern work for the McGivern agency something
like that. Miss Addie pulled the microphone. You're gonna have
to hold it because it's gonna slide. How are you
junior in studio? That's how long have you been playing?

Speaker 11 (27:23):
I started playing the end of my eighth grade year.

Speaker 2 (27:25):
And how did you get involved in it?

Speaker 11 (27:28):
Well, I'm pretty stubborn, so my dad and my mom
made me go to these like try it for free
lacrosse things, and I absolutely hated it at first, but
then I gave it a couple of shots, and after
like the third or fourth time, I finally like liked
it and got into it.

Speaker 2 (27:43):
Did you are you a multi sport athlete?

Speaker 3 (27:45):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (27:46):
I am?

Speaker 11 (27:46):
What else I do? Cross country?

Speaker 2 (27:48):
Okay? How was the cross country team?

Speaker 7 (27:50):
It's good.

Speaker 11 (27:51):
I like it a lot. I like the team environment.

Speaker 2 (27:54):
What position do you play in lacrosse?

Speaker 11 (27:57):
I played defense, but this year I've been playing midfield,
so and as a runner.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
You're okay with that?

Speaker 10 (28:03):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (28:03):
Did you miss just playing on the defense or do
you like being involved on both sides?

Speaker 11 (28:08):
I like playing on both sides? I think like definitely
I like running a lot, So being in the midfield
is very fun. But I do love playing defense too.

Speaker 2 (28:17):
What part of the lacrosse game was the hardest for
you to pick up?

Speaker 12 (28:21):
Was it?

Speaker 2 (28:22):
Look, I don't being able to pass it?

Speaker 1 (28:26):
And when your coach said, coming home from club, I
would go and play by myself, probably like against the
garage catching and I think that that's really important to
be as comfortable with that stick and to be able
to catch the ball.

Speaker 2 (28:39):
Right.

Speaker 11 (28:39):
Yeah, it's like catching an egg, like you have to
be very careful. You have to make sure it's like
in your stick, otherwise it'll fall out of your stick.

Speaker 2 (28:46):
So the idea of passing or catching and seeing.

Speaker 1 (28:52):
Look, if you're going to play a MIDI right, you're
going to have to know defensively what we're running, offensively
what we're running as well. What side of the field
is more difficult for you?

Speaker 11 (29:06):
I'd probably say probably playing midfield, because like I haven't
had much time like being on the attack, and so
I'm definitely learning. I'm picking up new skills every week
and applying them.

Speaker 2 (29:17):
Do your mom and dad ever say I told you so?

Speaker 1 (29:20):
I hope they do, because I would, you know what
being stubborn, I'd go, Yeah, you were stubborn.

Speaker 2 (29:24):
We know what's best for you, young lady.

Speaker 1 (29:26):
I'm glad that they I'm glad that they made you
go to three or four or five of these. I
think that's important. Hey, you're you're a junior. I am
played varsity last year as a sophomore.

Speaker 11 (29:37):
Yes, and my freshman year.

Speaker 1 (29:38):
And your freshman year played varsity the whole time through
the difference between playing against eighth graders and playing on varsity.

Speaker 2 (29:46):
How nervous are you that first year?

Speaker 11 (29:48):
Very nervous. It's a lot different, the atmosphere of the dynamic,
it's all very different.

Speaker 1 (29:56):
So Haley, our pick and Save student Athlete of Week.
What happens is next week you're gonna I'm gonna get
you my name and number, and you're gonna pick a
day in evening that works for you, and I'm we're
seeing or on Janesville Road that pick and shave will
meet there in the floral department because there's never any
beer wine behind it, so we take pictures in the

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floral We're gonnavite your coach and your team and your
family if they want to come out. I've got a
beautiful plaque for you. Your motivation for being such a good
student athlete, Where do you think that comes from?

Speaker 7 (30:30):
Well, I've always just through middle school and elementary school,
had like a big sister to look up to. She
went to Madison and she's still she thrived, she got
her master's. So I always wanted to like be like her.
So I always tried in school and then yeah, just
trying to get to college, like I always shot high.
Like when my freshman year, I was like, I'm going
to IVY for sure, like I'm Harvard bound and that.

(30:54):
You know, it didn't work out that way, but I
think it's so okay, what is your great point? I
have a four point three, I think.

Speaker 1 (31:01):
Yeah, And look, we I was gonna flip a coin
between you and Michaee because she's about a four to
three as well four two, and instead this current Electric
Superhero of the Week is just another way for us
to highlight, promote, and celebrate kids are that are true students,
very active in the school, give back to people in
our community. And so instead of flipping a coin, we

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decided current Electric Superhero the Week are Pick and Save
Student Athlete of the Week. And I really like the
fact that that's your motivation, right, because look, I want
to be They took it serious, and I want to
take it serious.

Speaker 2 (31:38):
What's going on with you next year?

Speaker 7 (31:39):
I'm going to Madison next year?

Speaker 2 (31:41):
Congratulations? Did you know what you want to go to
school for?

Speaker 7 (31:44):
Currently, I'm hoping to become an antithesiologist assistant, So I'm
going to major in biochemistry, but with a little bit
of Spanish in there too.

Speaker 2 (31:51):
Man, good for you. Wow, parents must be proud. So
who do you hear more? Your mom and dad come
to every game?

Speaker 7 (32:00):
Yeah, for the most part, if like worker, Yeah, like outside.

Speaker 2 (32:05):
Things get Can you hear them on the field?

Speaker 7 (32:07):
Oh yeah, yeah yeah our parents.

Speaker 1 (32:11):
Yeah, I'm the grandfather, so I'm yelling at my grandkids
or you know, saying encouraging them.

Speaker 12 (32:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (32:17):
My wife says, I don't cheer correctly. I don't know
what that means. But you can hear them on the sidelines.

Speaker 8 (32:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (32:23):
I think that's the cool part about being a goalie
is that you don't really hear like like, oh what
are you doing? When a goallet gets let in, they're
kind of like, oh whatever. But when you got to save,
you can hear your parents yelling like go Haley like,
I can hear that.

Speaker 6 (32:34):
All the way.

Speaker 2 (32:35):
You guys can hear your parents too? Oh yeah, yeah?
Who do you hear more? Mom or dad?

Speaker 11 (32:40):
Definitely my dad name Matt, Matt?

Speaker 2 (32:44):
I love that good, very encouraging. Does he know the sport?

Speaker 11 (32:49):
Yes, both me and my twin brother play lacrosse?

Speaker 2 (32:51):
So ah who's better?

Speaker 11 (32:54):
Definitely mean?

Speaker 1 (32:55):
Yeah, there you go. Well I like that. Well well done, MICHAELA.
Who can do your parents come?

Speaker 2 (33:01):
Oh?

Speaker 9 (33:01):
Yes, both of them.

Speaker 2 (33:02):
Who do you hear my dad?

Speaker 9 (33:04):
But not for a lot of the times.

Speaker 2 (33:06):
Come back if you can.

Speaker 7 (33:08):
Obviously always cheering for me.

Speaker 9 (33:09):
But if there's a call he doesn't always agree with,
he will get very loud.

Speaker 2 (33:14):
What is his name?

Speaker 9 (33:15):
Jim?

Speaker 2 (33:15):
Jim? Well done.

Speaker 1 (33:16):
I'm hoping that that you know the year, so you
guys know your seniors know that the parents understand this
is a year of laughs for them. Last time you're
gonna go to play at Arrowhead, last time you're gonna
play at ketam Raine, that kind of stuff. So if
they get a little emotional throughout your you know what,
this pat him on the back, It'll be okay, It'll

(33:37):
be okay. We're gonna get to a break other side
of the break, we'll continue our conversation. I'm gonna ask
Mikayla Haley and Addie. Ad is a junior, so she's
got a whole another year, but their their favorite memory
of being part of this and then we'll probably talk
about Emily Becker behind her back with her right here,
We're gonna find out what kind of coach she is,
and you guys seem to have great relationship with her.

(34:00):
These are three of the leaders on this Muskego girls
lacrosse team, and I don't know a lot about the sport,
but I'm a big fan of this coach when she
talks about the culture. And we'll continue to have conversation
here with Mikhayla, Haley and Addie about this team and
how they feel this team is doing this year, and
we'll do that on the other side of the break.

(34:20):
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(34:42):
Muskeigo Girls Lacrosse.

Speaker 2 (34:43):
I love this.

Speaker 1 (34:45):
I can tell you that in one meeting, I've got
my pick and Save student Athlete of the Week and
my current Electric Superhero the Week. And I can tell
you that Addie, who's a junior, will be one of
those next year. She's a big time student athlete as well. Hayley,
I'm going to start with you your favorite memory so far
being part of this lacrosse team.

Speaker 2 (35:06):
What would it be?

Speaker 7 (35:07):
Well, I remember it could be a little bitter sweet.
We played University School of Milwaukee last year and while
the score you don't need to talk about that score. However,
that was one of my favorite games because I played
the best in goal and it was a very notorious
team with a very good shooter who's going like d
one And I was very proud of myself that game

(35:28):
for like how many shots I was getting. And then
afterwards we went to Culvers. Even though we lost, it
was still like a huge bonding moment for our team.

Speaker 2 (35:35):
That's awesome.

Speaker 1 (35:36):
Hey, did you know coming into this year that you
that your team had a chance to be really good?
Because obviously last year, you guys went a long way
with girls that came back. Did as a senior leader,
did you feel like, man, this is a team we
got a chance to maybe get there again.

Speaker 7 (35:51):
Oh for sure.

Speaker 3 (35:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (35:52):
That's that's been my goal since the beginning of the season.
That was my goal when I played summer lacrosse. I've
just been working for it, and I think that every
girl on our team is very strong and has a
lot of potential.

Speaker 2 (36:03):
To who do you play summer with?

Speaker 7 (36:05):
I played for Black Lacks and I just played this
like select team, so it was with all ages.

Speaker 1 (36:12):
Do you like playing for your school team? So it's
too different, It's totally different, and I understand that. I
as a high school basketball coach, I liked playing. I
liked having kids play with the kids they grew up with,
and kids they go to school with, and kids they're
in class with. How about for you, do you like
playing on the club team? Do you like playing more

(36:34):
on the school team.

Speaker 7 (36:35):
I definitely prefer playing with the school team because I
feel that it's much more fun when you have a
really good connection with the girls. And that's why we
do like team bonding stuff too, because you're just able
to understand each other's plays more when you know the girls.

Speaker 2 (36:50):
MS Mikayla, your favorite memory so far being part of
the Muscigo girls lacrosse program.

Speaker 9 (36:57):
Yeah, one of my favorite memories so far was last
year when we were in the sectional semi finals against
Middleton and we were down like about in the middle
of the game and we made a really good comeback
to win, which we won by I think three goals
and which brought us to the sectional finals.

Speaker 2 (37:15):
Man, good, how fun was that after that game?

Speaker 9 (37:18):
It was crazy. I had some family there, so it
was really nice celebrating with them and just being with
the team to get such a big, huge win because we've,
like in program history, we had never gone that far.

Speaker 1 (37:28):
So, man, did you you know you knew coming into
this year that it was a different team, but now
you guys are you know, there's some seniors leaders on
this team and Addie a junior leader. But did you
know coming in you guys had a chance to be
pretty good this year.

Speaker 9 (37:43):
Yes, and we definitely have like a lot of new players.
But it's been amazing to kind of like as us
as captains like to kind of help coach them and
lead them into you know, becoming great players as well.

Speaker 1 (37:53):
Because and you've got kids that you know, this could
be their first or second year plan and some underclass
man it's it's as a senior. I think it's really
important that you guys understand and as a junior that
plays a lot that these younger girls that maybe it's
the first year in varsity understand the culture and what
it takes to be a really good Muskego girls lacrosse team.

(38:17):
And I hope that you guys show that that leadership
for sure.

Speaker 2 (38:20):
Definitely, Addie, you're a junior, so you've got a lot
of time yet. But I'm wondering so far, your favorite
memory being part of this team.

Speaker 11 (38:28):
My favorite memory is the bus rides.

Speaker 2 (38:31):
Become a little closer. I'm sorry, the bus rides.

Speaker 11 (38:34):
Yeah, so last year on our game or on our
way to our Middleton game, it's a longer bus ride
there because they're out in like Madison area, so we
bring like a speaker, and I think mister McMillan was
the driver, so.

Speaker 2 (38:49):
I would not have gotten on that bus. I would
have called an ub. I've known McMillan way too long.
I'm not getting out of the bus.

Speaker 5 (38:55):
It's him.

Speaker 11 (38:56):
Felt a little bad for him, but we were blaring music.

Speaker 2 (38:59):
Never feel bad for him.

Speaker 1 (39:01):
Do you know what he when I called him and said, look,
I want to talk girls lacrosse. He goes, you use
our coach, coach of the year. Our players love the
sport and they will be great ambassadors for our school
and for this sport, and they would be great in studio.
He thinks the world of you guys. By the way,
but I as a bus driver, no chance I'm asking

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my mom or dad to drive me.

Speaker 2 (39:25):
I don't trust him at all.

Speaker 1 (39:27):
The bus ride to Middleton and the bus ride home
was your favorite memory so far? Was so think about
all of your answers.

Speaker 2 (39:37):
Right.

Speaker 1 (39:38):
Our goalie next to me said, I played really well,
but when we got to Culver's it was so much fun. Right,
everybody talking about that part of the culture side of
it and this team and the girls, And I think
that that's really really important.

Speaker 2 (39:53):
I'm going to stay with you, Addie. When you look
at your conference and ketl Moraine mcguanago, Arrowhead at oconom
walk Waksha, which team do you circle and go?

Speaker 5 (40:05):
We we gotta beat these guys.

Speaker 11 (40:07):
I would definitely say, like coach said, Arrowhead, KM.

Speaker 2 (40:14):
You get Arrowhead again.

Speaker 11 (40:15):
This yere right, yep, we play them again.

Speaker 2 (40:17):
I like, is it at Homer at their place?

Speaker 11 (40:19):
It's at their place this time?

Speaker 2 (40:20):
I like, you guys this year, right, let's let's go
get that win. Haley, how about you? Your what team?

Speaker 7 (40:27):
I would say conference wise? Probably air ahead again, but
just in the state, USM is definitely when we work
for a lot too.

Speaker 2 (40:35):
Are they the best team?

Speaker 7 (40:37):
They're known to be very good?

Speaker 13 (40:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (40:40):
When I asked your coach about this conference and girls
lacrosse in this conference, she said, look, I think we're
I think this conference might be the best conference in
the state.

Speaker 2 (40:50):
Would you agree to that?

Speaker 7 (40:50):
I would agree very much.

Speaker 1 (40:52):
When you play club, do you play against you play
with some girls that you're playing against.

Speaker 7 (40:57):
Now, yeah, it's pretty funny.

Speaker 2 (41:00):
It is when you stop, okay, some of their shots,
you do you talk a little smack.

Speaker 7 (41:04):
To them or honestly, I'm so focused on the shot,
I didn't even see who it was.

Speaker 2 (41:09):
And he's laughing over there. She talk a little smack
this goalkeeper.

Speaker 11 (41:12):
No, actually she doesn't. She's very positive and I probably.

Speaker 7 (41:16):
Say a good shot, they let it in, good shot.

Speaker 2 (41:19):
No, we got to get her talking a little smack
to the girls. Let's let's do do that. Let mikhaela
the conference for you? Is there a team that you
just really like? Come on, yeah, I.

Speaker 9 (41:33):
Mean I guess kind of the same thing. Arrowhead Mcgonago
is one that I always like, you know, I got
to push myself to work the hardest because conference games
are I mean, every game is important. We want to
work hard, but especially that conference to conference champions, you know,
and we want to work for that. But the nice
thing is we play each team twice, so even if
we have a bit of a rough start with one team,

(41:54):
we can always get that second opportunity to you know,
prove ourselves in make up changes.

Speaker 1 (41:58):
Hey, if I asked you about the drill or something
that coach Becker does that once you get done playing,
you're like, thank goodness, I never have to hear that
or do that again. And she's right here, but we
can talk about her behind your back. Give me an
idea on what you would what you don't want to
have to do or hear from her again.

Speaker 3 (42:17):
Oh I don't know.

Speaker 9 (42:18):
I feel like most of the drills that we do
do are very helpful and beneficial for in game. One
thing that I don't I think I can talk for
the entire team is conditioning. But although it's nobody looks
forward to it, it's essential to the team. You know,
you got to be It helps us on the field
and make things easier on game day.

Speaker 2 (42:39):
So as a goalkeeper, does she make you do all
that conditions?

Speaker 7 (42:43):
Yeah, yeah, definitely. No, everyone's a big part of the team.

Speaker 8 (42:46):
This year.

Speaker 7 (42:46):
I've got some shin splint issues, so I've been working.

Speaker 3 (42:49):
On my side.

Speaker 7 (42:51):
Shin splint issues, well one thing I've done. Yeah, They're
definitely uncomfortable and it's hard to get rid of them.
So that's like the snoying part.

Speaker 1 (43:01):
Give me a drill that she does, whether you have
to do it now with shin splints or not. That
or one of her sayings that you don't want to
have to know anymore.

Speaker 7 (43:10):
Honestly, I don't know if I can think of any sayings,
but as a goalie, honestly, like cross feeds, I hear
it and I'm like, oh god, I hear like a
tax shooting drill. I'm just kind of like, Okay, botty
have some bruises.

Speaker 1 (43:23):
You know what I loved when I coached two years
of girls basketball. There are things that and They kept saying, coaches,
the way you coach your son's camp, coach, that's what
that's how we want to be coached. And they would
not like some of the things that I would say
or do. And then years later I would get a
text or somebody would call and say.

Speaker 2 (43:42):
I'm coaching a volleyball team.

Speaker 1 (43:44):
I can't believe I'm saying the same things you said
or doing the same drills that you had us do.

Speaker 2 (43:50):
I hated them, but now I understand. I'm starting to
get it.

Speaker 11 (43:54):
Addie, how about you, I would probably say, we do
a drill called you and it's just very like constant,
like everybody's going in and out. It's definitely a lot
of running, which I like, but at some times like
it can be tiring. But otherwise I think that Joe
is very beneficial in the game. So I like that
one too.

Speaker 1 (44:14):
That's awesome. Hey, guys, I'm gonna ask you a favor.
As leaders of this team, understand this team has a
chance to go really deep, get a chance to do
some things. And I tell seniors and leaders every week,
don't let anybody in the team screw this up.

Speaker 12 (44:29):
Right.

Speaker 1 (44:30):
I know there's graduation parties come and all of that stuff.
Continue to take care of your business in the classroom,
in the community. And look, you can go to parties
after school's done. Right, don't let anybody mess this thing
up with that, all right?

Speaker 3 (44:45):
Yeah, sure, yes, he's.

Speaker 2 (44:46):
Doing your homework.

Speaker 1 (44:46):
I'm pulling this plactor giving you next week as our
Pick and Save student out for.

Speaker 2 (44:51):
The Week and our current Electric Superhero the week.

Speaker 1 (44:53):
Pick a date this week, let me know what works
for you in the evening, and I've got a beautiful
plaque to present to you. You'll get sick and tired
of be taking pictures because we're gonna take a lot
of pictures at that Pick and Save. But let me
know what night works for you. Let me know what
Saturday works for you. To come back as our current
Electric Superhero of the Week. And Addie, I would hope

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that next year one of those awards going to come
your way. Is your brother a good student athlete, Maybe
we'll do you. I haven't had a brother's sister winner,
so maybe we'll do that as well.

Speaker 2 (45:26):
Guys.

Speaker 1 (45:26):
Thank you Emily Becker, thank you so much. She's the
reigning coach of the Year in the state of Wisconsin.

Speaker 2 (45:32):
That's big. That's huge and she should have won the
national coach. I'm just throwing that out there and her
players are all shaking their heads. Guys, good luck the
rest of the way. It's good to meet you.

Speaker 1 (45:42):
You bet we're gonna get to a break. We're making
the change over to boys lacrosse with Tom Calhoun. He's
the head boys of lacrosse coach in Wahwatosa, along with
four of his players going to be in studio next.
This is the Varsity Blitz High School Sports Show, presented
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(46:05):
Welcome back to the Varsity Blitz High School Sports Show,
as all was presented by your local PICKINGSA have a
Metro Market stores coming from the Donovan and Jordanson Heating
and Cooling studios. So the first hour, I want to
thank Emily Becker, and I want to thank the girls
from the Muskigo lacrosse team that came in, Addie Haley
and michaela and when they were leaving, and the boys

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team from Wawao Toaster coming in, Coach Calhoun and Coach
Becker said, same sport, different sport.

Speaker 12 (46:35):
Same sport, different game, different game.

Speaker 2 (46:38):
Tom Calhoun, Man, you're involved in lacrosse in the Wawatasa area,
and thank you so much for bringing some of these
guys in. How you doing today, I'm doing good. How
are you good?

Speaker 6 (46:48):
Hey?

Speaker 1 (46:49):
Talk to me about lacrosse. You're born and raised in Milwaukee,
played football over at Bayview, and it wasn't.

Speaker 2 (46:56):
Like you grew up in this sport and you know,
through and through your kids started and then you got involved.

Speaker 12 (47:02):
That's exactly how it went. My oldest son started playing
in seventh grade. He had a friend he played youth
football with who played over in the Brookfield program for
a year or two, and they were trying to get
things kicked off in while with Tosa and he started
going to open gyms, learning how to handle a stick,

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pass the ball, scoop ground balls, things like that. And
I saw there was only one coach working with them
with a gym of about thirty kids that were interested,
and I said, it looks like you could use some help.
Is there anything I can do for you? And that's
how my lacrosse treer.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
Do you ever go back and say, well, I wish
I had just sat in the stands with everybody else
and was quiet.

Speaker 12 (47:44):
You know, sometimes I do. But at the same time,
I wanted to be involved with my kids, you know,
activities growing up. I found it as another way to
connect with them and be involved.

Speaker 2 (47:53):
So, yeah, good for you.

Speaker 1 (47:54):
How hard was it to learn the sport? And you said, look,
I'm still learning, I'm still learning about the game. How
hard was it in the beginning? Look, we all grew up,
and we talked about Bob Overland, who is a really
good friend of yours, and I coached at men Dominican.

Speaker 2 (48:10):
Never saw a shot he didn't like, never saw a shot.
And I'll give you an Overland story during the next break.
But basketball, football, baseball were kind of the sports that
I grew up with and wondering how long it took
you to be comfortable as a head coach.

Speaker 12 (48:27):
As a head coach, it probably took me about two
or three years. At the youth level, I had to
learn the sport from scratch, you know. I went in
that first year just taking concepts I learned from other
sports like football and basketball, you know, teaching kids how
to have proper footwork and mechanics. You know, a lot
of that translates between sports. You know how to drop step,

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you know turn your hips, and you know move with
a guy.

Speaker 1 (48:53):
So last night, getting prepped for this show, I watched
part of the Maryland John Hopkins game that was on,
and I'm watching this trying to learn a little bit
more about the sport, and then listen to the coach
from Maryland in the halftime and he said, look, beginning
the game where very patient offensively, and you saw we
scored four quick goals and then all of a sudden

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they sped us up a little bit and we got
out of making three, four or five passes and we
were making one pass taking a shot. We're going to
have that conversation at halftime. How important is it as
a coach that they're running how you wanted to go right?

Speaker 5 (49:32):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (49:32):
Do you like one, you know, one pass and a
shot or do you like kind of the half court
half field kind of setting your offense.

Speaker 12 (49:40):
It really depends on your matchups. I mean, this sport
is unique. You have athletes with different skill sets and
different abilities that they bring to the table. So as
a coach, you try to find and exploit those matchups.
So sometimes your team can outpay other teams in fast

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break other times you want to just settle the ball
down because you can handle it better and you can
be patient and wait for another team to make a
mistake or get them moving to a point where they
lose track of what they're doing. It's really reading and
reacting as a coach and translating that information to your team.

Speaker 2 (50:20):
Fortner adjustments at halftime for you.

Speaker 12 (50:24):
They can be critical at times, especially when you're playing
tougher opponents. You know, things that are working for you,
they're probably not going to work in the second half.

Speaker 2 (50:33):
So because they're making adjustment.

Speaker 12 (50:35):
They're making adjustments as well.

Speaker 2 (50:37):
Hey, we're joined also by well Yorke. He is a senior.

Speaker 13 (50:41):
He is a.

Speaker 2 (50:43):
Captain on this team.

Speaker 1 (50:45):
Attacking midfield on bro mentioned in twenty twenty four in
the Greater Metro Conference.

Speaker 2 (50:51):
Well, how you doing good?

Speaker 6 (50:52):
Good?

Speaker 2 (50:55):
Pretty much? Have played every position on the field. Correct,
what's your favorite?

Speaker 6 (51:00):
My favorite? Midfield going all around?

Speaker 2 (51:03):
Yeah, being a midi because you get to be on
both sides of the field. You don't mind running that much.

Speaker 6 (51:08):
I don't mind at all. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (51:09):
And how long you've been playing lacrosse thirteen years? Really
didn't know. I'm telling you.

Speaker 1 (51:17):
Look, I'm an old grandfather of six didn't even know
that lacrosse was available for you thirteen years ago.

Speaker 2 (51:24):
The game has grown.

Speaker 6 (51:25):
Quite a bit, right, Definitely.

Speaker 2 (51:26):
I see a big bruise on your arm. Did you
gehit with the ball? Oh? Yeah, Holy cow? And it's
a round circle. There's like five of them on your arm.
Are you a multi sport athlete? No? No, strictly lacrosse.

Speaker 1 (51:41):
And you made the decision you could play at the
next level, but made the decision that you're going to
not go to college.

Speaker 2 (51:47):
You want to be a carpenter. You've already started that.

Speaker 6 (51:50):
What part of that?

Speaker 2 (51:52):
Why being a carpenter? Where did that come from for you?

Speaker 6 (51:56):
Well, my father is a operator.

Speaker 8 (52:00):
Okay, so I've had a lot of experience with that trade.
But he also like kept me open to other trades
and showed me, showed me every trade. I like carpentry,
and you.

Speaker 2 (52:10):
Like working with your hands, huh, I love it, man,
Good for you.

Speaker 1 (52:13):
So I had a kid at Martin Luther when I
was coaching basketball that was a three to nine student,
and I thought, he's going to college and I said,
where are you going? He said, I've decided that I
wanted to be an electrician. He's been working at Current
Electric now. I think this is fourth or fifth year.
All his buddies are seniors. He's about to buy his
first house. These guys are like, man, I had all

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this money and you're buying your first house. So congratulations
on that decision. How long have you played varsity?

Speaker 6 (52:40):
Four years?

Speaker 1 (52:40):
So you were you played varsity as a freshman. The
difference between playing against eighth graders and now playing against
seventeen eighteen year olds, how hard was it for you
to make that adjustment as a freshman in lacrosse?

Speaker 6 (52:54):
It's just so much different.

Speaker 8 (52:56):
It's so much faster, so much more physical, and it's
all as a freshman coming in at you know, five
nine hundred pounds.

Speaker 1 (53:03):
And they thought maybe goalkeeper was your position in the beginning.

Speaker 8 (53:07):
Yeah, so in youth that came up as a goalie
and it just didn't work out that way, and I.

Speaker 1 (53:13):
Well nd pounds no, no, get it, get and being
a midy is perfect, right because you get to run
all day and you get to be on both sides
of the Do you miss.

Speaker 5 (53:23):
Being in that at all?

Speaker 9 (53:24):
No?

Speaker 2 (53:25):
You want to think about that answer. No, No, you
don't miss it at all.

Speaker 8 (53:29):
Balls are coming in so fast, and we got a
goalie right here.

Speaker 2 (53:32):
He'll tell you, but yeah, he's smiling over there. I'm
telling you I would not play that position. I would
I am not. I don't think I'm tough enough to
play that position. But we'll get to him in a
little bit. Tell me about this year's team, coach, and
we're talking boys lacrosse with Tom Calhoun. It's a co
op team. Correct Tosa's Tosa West.

Speaker 12 (53:51):
Correct Tosa East, Tosa West. We have one student from
Rufus King and Heritage, Christian.

Speaker 2 (53:56):
Okay, excellent. Tell me about this year team and how's
it gone so far. Early in the year.

Speaker 12 (54:03):
Early in the year, we've been a competitive team. We
probably came up short on those first couple of games,
but we've been in every game we've played this year.
You know, we were shorthanded at the beginning of the
season with a couple of injuries. I think some teams
are that way when you have multi sport athletes. You

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know the game is growing and it's getting competitive all
around from every high school team. That's one of the
things I've noticed in my ten plus years in this
game is just the improvement all around to the state.

Speaker 1 (54:37):
For you as the head coach in Wawatosa. How important
you were the youth director?

Speaker 12 (54:42):
Are you still I am not?

Speaker 2 (54:44):
Okay, Thank goodness, because I would tell you.

Speaker 1 (54:46):
Are you ever home? How important is a strong youth program?
Is it similar to in every sport? Right, football, basketball?
Every sport is hoping to have kids in their neighborhood planned.
What important is a youth strong youth program in your
area that can feed the high school program.

Speaker 12 (55:06):
I think all of the real competitive programs will tell
you their youth programs are critical to developing the skills.
The one thing about this sport is it's not a
one or two aspect type game. I think this game
takes three or four years for the average player to
get comfortable with the full aspect and offense defense transition

(55:33):
in what we deem as our special teams.

Speaker 1 (55:35):
Man will what was the toughest part of becoming a
really good lacrosse player?

Speaker 5 (55:40):
For you?

Speaker 1 (55:42):
My grandson's play and I think they need to spend
more time outside by themselves, learning skill, stick level, right stick,
being comfortable with it, being better to catch the ball,
being able to get it off the ground, being able
to pass to each other. And I don't know if

(56:03):
they spend enough time doing that. What part of the
game was the most difficult for you?

Speaker 8 (56:09):
I mean, just like what you said, handling the ball, passing, catching,
it's it's not easy in game. So i'd say just
coming up from youth, just being comfortable with the ball
and your stick and.

Speaker 1 (56:23):
Being able to catch it and make make passes to
where you wanted. What I don't What I didn't understand
until I watched that game last night, And well, I'm
gonna stick with you on this one is how important
the guy behind the ne offensively is.

Speaker 6 (56:39):
Like I.

Speaker 2 (56:42):
Usually, if you're behind the net in a lot of sports,
you're you know, you're out of bounds.

Speaker 1 (56:46):
How important is to be able to use somebody behind
the that and and how important is that player on
the field.

Speaker 8 (56:53):
Yeah, that guy's your quarterback back there. You know, if
you got a strong guy back there, he can change
the whole game, every possession. So it's super important for
you a well respected player back there.

Speaker 1 (57:05):
Hey John, last Tom up, Sorry, last night they were
talking about shot clock and he was talking about a clock,
and I don't know what that meant.

Speaker 2 (57:15):
I didn't know what that meant, but he had said
something at halftime is there at that level?

Speaker 1 (57:21):
Is there only so long that you can have the
ball in your net? I didn't understand what he was
saying for that.

Speaker 12 (57:28):
I believe at the college level it's fairly new in
the last couple of years. I believe it's an eighty
second shot clock. You get to play with it next.

Speaker 2 (57:36):
Year, Daisy, We'll talked to him about.

Speaker 12 (57:38):
So once you take possession of the ball, you have
eighty seconds that you can maintain the ball and get
a shot off.

Speaker 2 (57:47):
So they do that so nobody is stalling.

Speaker 12 (57:49):
Yeah, to prevent stalling, it keeps the game flowing. Our
game already has a stall rule in it, so if
they perceive that a team isn't making a possession towards
the goal, they can give you a stall warning and
tell you to keep it in the attack box. Even
at the high school level, but even at the college level,
you know, their skill sets are so high level that

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a team can control possession for minutes on end.

Speaker 1 (58:16):
But somebody can have the ball in their net for
as long as they write in with their stick, for
as long as they're able to with with guys obviously
from the other team trying to knock it out, but
guys that are really strong with the ball with their
stick a huge advantage, right it.

Speaker 12 (58:34):
Yeah, stick handling is critical, especially on the offensive side
of the field. You know, you have to teach, you know,
players to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations and how to
use their feet, put their body between the stick and
the defender to protect the ball, and you know, use
their feet to escape those situations and find open teammates.

Speaker 2 (58:55):
As a midfielder, did you get a chance to take
many shots on goal?

Speaker 14 (58:59):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (58:59):
Yeah, can you put it in the back in that
little bit? Look at that smile, man, and your coach
is smiling too. What about this team, coach.

Speaker 1 (59:10):
Do you think as you develop and kids get to
be better and the team culture comes together, first of all,
do you think you have a chance? And I looked
at the teams that are intersectional, there's some really good teams, right,
it's going to be It's a tough road for a
lot of teams. Do you think this team has a
chance to be playing better at the end of the
year than they are now?

Speaker 12 (59:31):
I believe we can.

Speaker 5 (59:33):
That's my goal.

Speaker 12 (59:34):
I don't look at where we start the season at
It's how we progress through the season, right, now, there's
so few teams in the state. Quite a few teams
are going to make it into the playoff in sectionals.
So we know we got a good chance to qualify
and we just want to be competitive going into that
part of the season as long as we're making steps

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in the right direction going forward.

Speaker 2 (59:58):
Hey, talk to me a little bit if you will,
well about this conference right the Greater Metro. It's the
Brookfield Schools, Hamilton, Marquette, and while with Tosa, how good
is this conference? And what team for you?

Speaker 1 (01:00:14):
Is there one that that is kind of an arch
rival for you that go You think, man, when you
look at the schedule, this team, I need to make
sure my senior year we get a win against.

Speaker 6 (01:00:23):
That's gonna be Marquette every year.

Speaker 2 (01:00:25):
If I talk to the when I talk to the
three other guys, are they gonna have the same answer.

Speaker 6 (01:00:29):
Everything everyone on the team, but all of you.

Speaker 1 (01:00:33):
Have you beaten Marquette throughout your career. This is the year, right,
It's the year. Good luck with that, guys. We're gonna
get to a break. Other side of the break, We're
gonna have a couple other players. We have three other guys.
We're gonna talk to Look, I'm trying to learn about
this sport.

Speaker 2 (01:00:49):
I I don't know the difference between a kid who
has one of the long sticks, the big right, compared
to the shorter What what side stick to you? Do
you use one of those?

Speaker 6 (01:00:58):
That's gonna be DESI right there, because I got a
short stick.

Speaker 2 (01:01:01):
What's the difference.

Speaker 6 (01:01:03):
If you have a long stick, you're playing defense.

Speaker 1 (01:01:05):
Okay, that's why my grandson has the long stick. He
told me he doesn't want to play basketball anymore because
they keep calling him for files. But he wants to
play football on lacrosse because he gets to hit people.

Speaker 2 (01:01:15):
I'm like, well, if you stop hip checking everybody in basketball,
they stop calling you for files. He plays defense, and
he likes.

Speaker 1 (01:01:23):
Having that de longest stick and being able to just
kind of make contact, and he's not afraid to hitting people.

Speaker 2 (01:01:29):
So let's get to a break. The other side of
the break, we're gonna continue to talk. Wawatosa uh lacrosse
and it's Wawatosa West Wawtosa East. There's one kid from
from Rufus King, one kid from Heritage Christian. I like
the fact that you guys will accept some kids. My grandson,
the freshman plays at he's at Lake Country Lutheran and

(01:01:52):
they don't offer lacrosse, so he doesn't get a chance
to continue to play. And we see if we can't
make a change with that. He could probably get out
and play kendam Raine or Arrowhead or something. But I
don't know if if they would offer that at all.
I can tell you this time, I reading your bio
that you've spent a lot of a lot of hours
in sweat equity into lacrosse, and I really like the

(01:02:14):
fact that you're willing to come in and have this
conversation with me. Wi AA. Now you're playing for a
state championship, right, that is correct?

Speaker 12 (01:02:21):
Yeah, we had We had a state championship under the
WLF Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation. This brings you to a different level,
it does, It really does.

Speaker 2 (01:02:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (01:02:30):
It legitimizes our sport in the state.

Speaker 2 (01:02:32):
And mark Head's the best team of your conference.

Speaker 12 (01:02:34):
In our conference right now, they're the measuring stick.

Speaker 2 (01:02:37):
Yeah. They've been playing a long time over there for sure.
And they got a lot of boys to choose from.

Speaker 6 (01:02:42):
They do.

Speaker 2 (01:02:43):
Hey, the wallwo Toasa East and Wallwatoasa West boys get
to they get along on this team because that's a
normal arrivalry we do.

Speaker 12 (01:02:50):
We actually have a couple other sports I believe that
are co op, but this sport really brings it together,
both boys and girls, and they support each other.

Speaker 6 (01:02:59):
You know.

Speaker 12 (01:02:59):
It's nice them, you know, at basketball games, football games,
and then they're out there, you know, greeting each other
with friendly hands. Shakespea versus rivalry all the time.

Speaker 2 (01:03:10):
I'm gonna ask the kid who played football what he
thought of beating Wildwood Toast the West in the playoffs
last year. And then we'll ask the Wawood Toast the
West boy what he was thinking. We'll do that. On
the other side of the break, he's Tom Calhoun. He's
the head coach for the lacrosse team in Wahwao, Tosa.
We talked with Will York and we're gonna get to
him back to him. In the third segment, we'll talk

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to Desi, Jack and Brandon. On the other side of
the break.

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I don't know a ton about lacrosse, and I think
Emily Becker, the girls coach from lacrosse, coming in for

(01:04:20):
that first hour talk girls lacrosse and Tom Calhoun, I
head boys coach, lacrosse coach in Wahwatosa, and he brought
a number of players in. We're gonna start right now
with Brandon Collins. He is you're the goalie, Yes, sir?
Are you out of your mind?

Speaker 13 (01:04:36):
Or what? No?

Speaker 12 (01:04:37):
I love it?

Speaker 8 (01:04:38):
You do?

Speaker 5 (01:04:38):
I love it?

Speaker 2 (01:04:39):
How long you've you been playing lacrosse?

Speaker 5 (01:04:41):
I started in seventh grade.

Speaker 2 (01:04:43):
A was a goalie.

Speaker 5 (01:04:44):
I was actually Will's backup. You weack in junior lacrosse.

Speaker 2 (01:04:47):
You were happy when they moved him to medie or what?

Speaker 5 (01:04:51):
Yeah?

Speaker 14 (01:04:51):
My freshman sophomore year, actually didn't play and I came
back junior year.

Speaker 2 (01:04:56):
Really did you miss it?

Speaker 5 (01:04:57):
I don't know why I ever left.

Speaker 2 (01:04:59):
Do you know? I'm glad you said that. Had you
if you had to do it all over again, you
would play for I would have played.

Speaker 5 (01:05:05):
Yeah all four.

Speaker 2 (01:05:05):
What's going on with you?

Speaker 5 (01:05:06):
Next year?

Speaker 14 (01:05:07):
I'm going to college at University of Minnesota for sports management.

Speaker 2 (01:05:11):
Good for you? Yeah, well, what made you choose Minnesota?

Speaker 14 (01:05:15):
I got into the that sports management program there and
I just love sports, so I just want to stay
with it my career.

Speaker 5 (01:05:22):
Man.

Speaker 2 (01:05:22):
Good for you.

Speaker 1 (01:05:23):
I worked for a sports marketing company for a long time,
and we'll have some conversations. What do you if you
could look into the future, what would you like to
do with the sports management.

Speaker 14 (01:05:35):
I'm really not sure yet where it's going to take me,
but I know there's a lot of professional sports teams
up in Minneapolis that hopefully I can get in touch
with after.

Speaker 2 (01:05:43):
We're back in Milwaukee.

Speaker 5 (01:05:44):
Right, Yeah, no doubt.

Speaker 2 (01:05:46):
Good for you. You're a good student athlete, Yes, take
care of your business in the classroom. Had a boy.
How good do you think this team? You guys got
a chance to do some damage down to stretch.

Speaker 14 (01:05:56):
Yeah, I think this team has a lot of potential
when we play our games. We have played a four
quarter game yet. But the quarters that were playing really good,
we look really good playing them.

Speaker 2 (01:06:05):
Man. Good you The defensive people in front of you, man,
they they they you like them and you love them?
Don't love them? Yeah, my guys, Yeah, I think what
you did. I would not play your position at all.
Maybe i'd be the guy ahead of you and just
you know, with the long stay of hitting people with it.
But man, I don't think that ball. Look at all

(01:06:27):
the bruises on the one kid's arms. Man, Yeah, I know. Thanks.
That ball comes way too quick, way too quick.

Speaker 1 (01:06:34):
Hey, let's let's go over to Jack. Jack, how you
doing doing good? A man to take the You're gonna
have to hold it because it moves a little bit.
You got your bucks, watch your on go bucks, you
can watch the game. Oh yeah, yeah, I hopefully they
get this first one. A huge Bucks fan, are you?
You're a multi sport athlete, played football? You talk smack

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to your goalie at all about that that that playoff.

Speaker 10 (01:06:57):
Game that you beat them in here and there. I
just gotta let them know that we beat him in
the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (01:07:02):
But but he says during the conference they got you. Yeah,
and you weren't you guys up a few a little
bit and they came.

Speaker 2 (01:07:09):
Back on that game. Or yeah, what we don't need
to talk about that. Oh no, you'll talk about it,
won't you all day long? How long you've been playing lacrosse,
by the way.

Speaker 10 (01:07:19):
I've been playing lacrosse for I think now five years.

Speaker 2 (01:07:22):
Okay, did you fall in love with the sport early on?

Speaker 10 (01:07:25):
I so, I played in fifth grade and then my
sixth grade year got canceled because of covide, and then
I picked it up back in eighth grade and I've
been playing that since.

Speaker 2 (01:07:35):
In What position do you play?

Speaker 10 (01:07:37):
I'm in midfield? Yeah?

Speaker 8 (01:07:38):
You like that?

Speaker 2 (01:07:40):
Yeah? Do you like being on the the the offensive
side better or the defensive side better?

Speaker 10 (01:07:46):
I would say this year like being on the offensive
side more. Last year I played on Primari League defense,
But now I like offense more. So.

Speaker 1 (01:07:56):
Your your your coach is kind enough to send kind
of bios on you guys. And look he talked about
you've been in midfield and two sport athlete and great
energy guy. But then he made a comment said that
He's made a name for himself as a short stick
defensive midfielder. Last year, where he was just shy, probably
one or two points in voting Honorbro mentioned GFC All Conference.

Speaker 2 (01:08:20):
Short stick defensive player. I don't know what that means,
so I understand it. So if you're strictly just defense,
you've got the long stick. Is that true? Uh?

Speaker 10 (01:08:30):
Yeah, if you're if you're strictly defensive the long stick.
But if you play short stick defensive idiots, is when
we transition the ball going or when another team transits
to the ball going to the defense, I'm on the
field just being a quick player who picks up their middies.

Speaker 2 (01:08:45):
Hey, what's the best part of your game?

Speaker 5 (01:08:46):
Do you think?

Speaker 10 (01:08:47):
I would say my best part of my game is
probably my speed and just being quick around the field,
just getting past people and running around.

Speaker 2 (01:08:58):
Hey, Jack, let's move it over to you, the only
junior with us. How long you or I'm sorry, let's
say DESI right, My goodness, there's so many names you guys.

Speaker 13 (01:09:11):
I know it's all good and all the girls.

Speaker 2 (01:09:13):
It's just bad. DESI.

Speaker 13 (01:09:14):
How you doing, I'm doing good?

Speaker 2 (01:09:15):
How long have you been playing?

Speaker 13 (01:09:17):
Same time?

Speaker 2 (01:09:18):
As well?

Speaker 13 (01:09:18):
About thirteen years.

Speaker 2 (01:09:19):
Yeah. Do you play during the summer? Do you play?

Speaker 8 (01:09:22):
I do?

Speaker 13 (01:09:23):
Do you play club for Top Center Select?

Speaker 2 (01:09:26):
And you've been doing that for a long time as well?

Speaker 13 (01:09:28):
Yeah, I've been doing it since sophomore summer, right after
the freshman year.

Speaker 2 (01:09:33):
And what's going on with you next year?

Speaker 13 (01:09:35):
I'm going to play college lacrosse at Sunny del High
and study architecture.

Speaker 12 (01:09:40):
Where is where is that?

Speaker 13 (01:09:42):
It's in Upstate New York and the cat skills.

Speaker 2 (01:09:45):
What makes you choose that school?

Speaker 13 (01:09:47):
Well, there's not a lot of schools that have architecture
and lacrosse, so I was trying to find one that
really fit like my needs. How I like to learn?

Speaker 2 (01:09:55):
Have you been on campus? I have been on here?

Speaker 13 (01:09:57):
Like the campus, it was gorgeous.

Speaker 2 (01:09:59):
Where is it Upstate New York and in Del High?

Speaker 13 (01:10:02):
Okay, it's a super small town, but it's between like
Albany and Cooperstown.

Speaker 2 (01:10:07):
How excited are you for to get that next chapter going?

Speaker 13 (01:10:11):
I'm super excited.

Speaker 2 (01:10:12):
Have you have you gone to games and you've seen
players that can you you can play at that level?

Speaker 10 (01:10:17):
Yeah?

Speaker 13 (01:10:18):
I believe I can. You know, I need to put
in some work between this year and next year. But
I think almost every player on that team has to
do the same thing. And you know, I'm excited to
compete for a spot.

Speaker 2 (01:10:29):
Defense and long stick midfielder. You got to help me
with this, guys, because again I've never played.

Speaker 1 (01:10:35):
And me watching the barrel in game last night was
about as much time other than watching youth and watching
my grand kids play.

Speaker 2 (01:10:44):
The difference between being a long stick midfielder and a
short stick midfielder. What's the difference?

Speaker 13 (01:10:50):
So long stick midfielder. They'll have that longer pole, right,
and their main point is to just play defense, but
they really help with taking the ball all the way
if the other team wins a face off.

Speaker 2 (01:11:03):
Have you played? Have you played attacker? Have you tried
other other positions?

Speaker 13 (01:11:08):
Yeah? When I was until eighth grade, I was strictly attack.
I never touched the defensive side of the field. And
then uh I followed my brother's footsteps and picked up
his pool.

Speaker 2 (01:11:19):
Really yeah? Does he did he play at the next
level as well?

Speaker 10 (01:11:23):
He did not know.

Speaker 2 (01:11:24):
Are you a better player than you was?

Speaker 5 (01:11:26):
Oh?

Speaker 13 (01:11:26):
Definitely, definitely good.

Speaker 2 (01:11:28):
For you, man.

Speaker 1 (01:11:29):
I appreciate I appreciate the honesty for sure, Brandon. Did
you guys, did the difference between playing like you go
to Wawa Toasa West, but you're playing with a lot
of kids from Wallwo toast to East. The co op
side of it, everybody's pretty welcoming because you're all one team.

Speaker 5 (01:11:46):
Right, Yeah, there's never been a problem.

Speaker 2 (01:11:48):
There's never been a problem. And when if they talk
smack you can you were part of the basketball team. Yes, right,
I was winning the state championship. Does it get any
better than that?

Speaker 5 (01:11:58):
No, it was a special experience. I'll never forget.

Speaker 2 (01:12:00):
I saw that team three or four times this year.
In fact, we did three games, the two Germantown games,
We did the Brooks Central game on the radio, and
that when I talked to Coach Newbar, he said, look,
we're different now because we bought in defensively. And I've
tried to get Jake on on the on.

Speaker 1 (01:12:18):
In fact, I was gonna have him been studio right
after you guys wanted but he so you got out
of him, get out of town, got out of Dodge,
and I'll get Jake Hanson.

Speaker 2 (01:12:25):
He's an awfully good player and he doesn't mind talking
about that team, so we will do that.

Speaker 4 (01:12:30):
Hey.

Speaker 2 (01:12:30):
The idea of co op when when you played youth.
Did you guys all play on the same team. Yeah,
we're all together, all together for sure. What club do
you play for?

Speaker 13 (01:12:41):
I played for Top Center, but I was in the
same youth program as them.

Speaker 2 (01:12:43):
You were same thing over here, so yeah, yeah, bring
the microphone over.

Speaker 13 (01:12:47):
Yeah, having the same youth program as then.

Speaker 2 (01:12:49):
But I haven't played club you haven't.

Speaker 12 (01:12:51):
Why is that?

Speaker 14 (01:12:52):
Uh?

Speaker 10 (01:12:52):
In this summer, I just primarily focused on football. I
don't want to be missing football lists. And that's like
first sport I played. I really played like competitively.

Speaker 2 (01:13:01):
So I just coach Twittle is a nice job of
changing the culture over there. Oh yeah, yeah, he's demanding right.

Speaker 1 (01:13:08):
Yeah, man, I am a huge fan of Toms and
I just think that for him to go home, right,
for him to go back and start doing some things
in at Tosty East not only makes you a better athlete,
but but he look when you said, look, I can't
miss the lifts and I got to be in the
weight room. That's part of his deal and he likes that.

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How good of a student athlete are you?

Speaker 10 (01:13:32):
I'm good. I was a scholar athlete last year for football,
probably gonna be one this year for lacrosse again.

Speaker 2 (01:13:39):
So man, well, you know what, if I had not
named a girl from Muskigo, we should have had that
conversation about you being our student athlete of the week.

Speaker 1 (01:13:49):
Congratulations on that part of it. Hey, did you did
you know coming in that this year you guys had
a chance. I know you lost some pretty good players
of graduation.

Speaker 2 (01:13:58):
Correct. Did you know and in that you guys had
at least the opportunity to be a really good lacrosse team.

Speaker 5 (01:14:04):
Yeah, I know we did.

Speaker 10 (01:14:05):
I mean, we have a lot of a lot of
potential on the team and we're just gonna have to
play up to that potential to make a run in
the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (01:14:13):
And hey, when when when I had talked to Will
and I said who's the team? He didn't miss a beat,
he said, Marquette. I think it's all of us that
think that you feel.

Speaker 2 (01:14:24):
That as well.

Speaker 5 (01:14:24):
Absolutely, it's Marquette.

Speaker 6 (01:14:25):
Every year.

Speaker 10 (01:14:26):
I mean last year, we I believe that we should
have won both games. I think we lost the first
game by two goals. In the last game we played,
we we were up three goals and then we ended
up losing. So I think this has got to be
the year we do it.

Speaker 2 (01:14:41):
Man, that's one that stays with you, right, Yeah, you
get up by three and you think, hey, we got
a chance to beat these guys. DESI the same question
for you.

Speaker 1 (01:14:49):
Did you know coming in and your senior did you
know coming in that this team you guys had a
chance to be competitive in this it's a really good
lacrosse conference. You knew you guys had a chance to
be competitive.

Speaker 13 (01:15:01):
Yeah, based off last year. We still lost a lot
of players, but we had a bunch coming in and
a lot of players really stepped up in ways that
I didn't expect. But I think with our energy that
we have, we're definitely gonna be able to go far.

Speaker 2 (01:15:15):
As a senior leader, did you learn how to be
a good leader from from guys that that were leaders
on and senior leaders on the team prior to you?

Speaker 13 (01:15:25):
Yeah, we did some really good captains last year. They
were serious, they wanted us to do good, and they
really helped me out as a player.

Speaker 2 (01:15:34):
Man, that's what's the best part of your game?

Speaker 13 (01:15:36):
Do you think probably say my lacrosse?

Speaker 6 (01:15:38):
I Q?

Speaker 1 (01:15:39):
Okay, you studied the sport. If do you do you
If you're flipping through channels and there's a lacrosse game
on a you watching it.

Speaker 13 (01:15:49):
I would watch. It's the most fun sport to play
and the most fun sport to watch. There's always something
going on, and you understand.

Speaker 1 (01:15:55):
It's almost look if you're if you're in wrestling, it's
kind of this wrestling cult, right, Yeah, I think lacrosse
is the same, right. I think rugby has that same
feel to me, because not everybody's ever picked up a stick.
Nobody's and and there are people that haven't played that
don't think it's that difficult of a sport.

Speaker 2 (01:16:14):
Try it. I've tried to play catch with my grandkids,
and I've got really good eye hand coordination. Right, I've
played sports, I coached. I'm good in that space. But
being able to play catch with a fifth grade grandson
is way harder than I thought.

Speaker 13 (01:16:30):
Yeah, it's it's a lot harder than you would think.
The high end eye coordination is pretty crazy. I mean
I've been playing since third grade about earlier than that,
and I still drop passes sometimes. It's you just got
to get we call it wall ball, where you just
pass thirty minutes a day, every day, one hundred.

Speaker 1 (01:16:50):
It's almost like in basketball, doing dribbling drills and slide drills.
And getting some shots up, not just shooting threes all day,
and to get kids to do that. They don't underst
stand how important it is. How difficult will it be
for you to transition to that next level?

Speaker 13 (01:17:06):
You think it's a much faster paced game with the
shot clock, it really changes how teams play offense.

Speaker 2 (01:17:13):
So and lacrosse, how East is different than this year?

Speaker 9 (01:17:16):
It is? It is.

Speaker 2 (01:17:16):
It's it's way more popular, more kids playing.

Speaker 1 (01:17:20):
The recruiting side of it, did you make the call
to this school and say, look, I want to get
into architecture and I'm a lacrosse player and let's have
that conversation.

Speaker 2 (01:17:30):
Did you have to make those calls?

Speaker 8 (01:17:32):
Yeah?

Speaker 13 (01:17:32):
I reached out to this the coach of the school
that I committed to. But he was a super cool guy.
He talked to me about it. He gave me a
phone call right away. He'd asked me about like Wisconsin
lacrosse was That's like, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:17:46):
Brandon, what football lacrosse for you? What do you think
you're better at.

Speaker 14 (01:17:51):
I love the lacrosse, but I'm way better at football.

Speaker 2 (01:17:53):
You're way better at football. Now you're not even making
what's going on next year for you?

Speaker 5 (01:18:00):
Going to school.

Speaker 2 (01:18:01):
Not you're not. Do you think you'll play club up
in Minnesota? Yeah, that's the opportunity to all or there's
a lot of things you'll do up there, right yeah, yeah.
Do you know who you're rooming with yet? No. Look,
I I've had a number of a couple of family
members and then some players I coached that went up there,

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and I think out of five or six, only one
came back because they love the city, they love the area,
they love the.

Speaker 1 (01:18:29):
Campus, and even after they graduated, they got jobs up
there in state of the market.

Speaker 2 (01:18:34):
Two of them are now Viking fans.

Speaker 5 (01:18:36):
Don't ever come no, no, never, no, no, I'm actually
from Philadelphia.

Speaker 2 (01:18:41):
You're an ego fan?

Speaker 5 (01:18:42):
Yes I am. Well, you know what, not one of
the insane ones, not.

Speaker 2 (01:18:46):
A crazy one. Not one of those. Are you sure
as you get older? Maybe, well we'll find out about that.
We're going to get to a break. Other side of
the break, We're going to ask the will to join us.
I'm going to ask you, guys.

Speaker 1 (01:18:59):
Your favorite being part of this program, and then we're
going to talk about Tom Calhoun behind his back with
him right here though, but.

Speaker 2 (01:19:06):
We're gonna talk about him. You guys are gonna make
fun of him. And I'll ask you a couple of questions,
what make some fun of him? And if he makes
you run and do some drills because of it, Man,
that's on you, That's not on me. This is the
Varsity Blitz High School Sports Show, as I was presented
by your local Pick and Save a Metro Market stores
on Fox Sports nine twenty in your.

Speaker 1 (01:19:25):
iHeart Radio app. Welcome back to the Varsity Blitz High
School Sports Show. We are talking boys lacrosse with the
Wahwotosa team and I want to thank Tom Calhoun that
had boys lacrosse team for bringing these guys in. And
I love asking favorite memories of being part of this
program because everybody's is different, right, and their answers are

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all different. And let's start with will Yorke. Welcome back
to the microphone. Will and he next year is going
to be a carpenter. In fact, he's a carpenter now.
He's already working in that field. He's a senior captain
over at T TO East and he's an attack midfielder.
I will mention to twenty twenty four. Your favorite memory

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being part of this program.

Speaker 5 (01:20:08):
Is what man?

Speaker 6 (01:20:09):
Last year?

Speaker 8 (01:20:10):
Probably the last practice of the season, just pouring rain
all practice, nothing was getting done. Everyone was messing around
and we're doing one on ones and having a blast
slotting around the turf and it was a great time.

Speaker 1 (01:20:24):
Man, good for you, that's good, does he Let's go
to you your favorite memory being part of this program.

Speaker 13 (01:20:30):
I'd probably have to say my first ever win freshman year.
We struggled a lot freshman year, and that finally being
able to contribute and win a game felt amazing.

Speaker 2 (01:20:41):
Who's you guys?

Speaker 13 (01:20:41):
Beat You remember its Catholic memorial?

Speaker 2 (01:20:44):
There you go?

Speaker 1 (01:20:44):
Yeah, you know you want to beat the Crusaders always yeah, always, yeah.
I agree with that, Jack.

Speaker 2 (01:20:50):
How about you?

Speaker 10 (01:20:51):
I would say last year we were down five goals
playing Wakshaw and our second half we played so well
and just having a game winning goal from our goalie.

Speaker 12 (01:21:01):
It was it was had us all fired up game?

Speaker 10 (01:21:04):
What game winning goal by our goalie. He brought it
coast to coast and shot it with like a minute left.
The boy next to me, Ryan Acher, but we're well done, Ryan, Yeah,
we were all fired up and it was just.

Speaker 2 (01:21:16):
It was his only goalie of the year.

Speaker 5 (01:21:19):
Uh yeah too, I think too, have you?

Speaker 2 (01:21:21):
Oh no, no, dude, I'm telling you brand you're making
me left. Yeah you're like, yeah, oh no, not that
at all. Great memory, Brandon, how about you? Your favorite
memory last year?

Speaker 14 (01:21:33):
Actually against Marquette, Ryan, who was our star goalie, got
a three minute penalty because he came out and just
killed someone. So I went in having not played a
varsity game ever again, Yeah, in a man down situation,
and I took on a bunch of shots and didn't
let in the goal for three minutes.

Speaker 5 (01:21:52):
So that was special for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:21:55):
The moment you found out that he was getting he
got the penalty and you had to go in. Are
you mad at him?

Speaker 5 (01:22:00):
Or I was ner.

Speaker 14 (01:22:03):
Marquead and first time? Yeah, but set me up now
for not being afraid of it.

Speaker 2 (01:22:08):
A little confident.

Speaker 5 (01:22:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:22:10):
And you have you taken a shot on goal yet?

Speaker 9 (01:22:13):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:22:13):
No, and not and there's not one coming. Yeah, give
it a shot, I am I'll be would be great
against or something, right, Yeah, or against anybody? Is that matter?
It would not matter at all.

Speaker 1 (01:22:27):
Hey for the guys that play club, is it you're
played against guys that you play against right throughout the year.

Speaker 13 (01:22:35):
Yeah, almost every single team we play, I know, at
least like two or three of the players on the team,
and I've played with them at some point during my
career on the same team.

Speaker 2 (01:22:45):
Does that make make you want to beat them more?

Speaker 5 (01:22:48):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:22:49):
Your goalie didn't talk smack? Do you talk a little
smack out there? Who's the biggest smack talker on the team,
by the way, Oh?

Speaker 6 (01:22:57):
No, nobody, no one here, no one really at the
wrong group.

Speaker 2 (01:23:00):
You're man. Good for you guys, because I can't back
anything up and I talk all the spack in the world,
which is maybe this whole Irish thing.

Speaker 1 (01:23:09):
But yeah, it's a small community of people that play
for us, and it's growing.

Speaker 2 (01:23:15):
For sure.

Speaker 1 (01:23:16):
I like the fact that you said, look, these are
all guys I know I play again. Yeah, I want
to beat them for sure. Do you you enjoy playing
on your team, your school team, more than club or
do you like that the competition level goes up?

Speaker 2 (01:23:30):
I would think when you play club?

Speaker 13 (01:23:31):
Yeah, so club's more competitive. Total is my family? Yeah,
my brothers, you know I could. I would never replace
them with anyone else on the and and.

Speaker 2 (01:23:42):
One of the things that that I think my grandson
struggle with is getting the ball off the field right
if it's a ground ball. That's an important part of
this game to be able to control it. How hard
was it for you to to to be able to
to to be a really good player with at that
part of the game.

Speaker 13 (01:24:01):
Yeah, I mean it took a lot of work. It's
a lot of just picking the balls up and doing
it over and over again. That's a lot of lacrosse,
just muscle memory, repeating the reps, getting that movement down.
But it takes a while.

Speaker 1 (01:24:14):
Offensively, your team is it And in talking with with Tom,
he likes to settle things down a little bit. Sometimes
players like to speed things up and let's take it,
you know, one pass and a shot.

Speaker 2 (01:24:28):
How about you personally? What style of lacrosse do you
like playing the most.

Speaker 13 (01:24:34):
I feel like we play our best lacrosse while we're unsettled,
moving quick. But I also feel like we can play
a settled offense. And I mean I don't play too
much offense because on defense. But harder to play against
an unsettled one for sure.

Speaker 1 (01:24:49):
As a defensive player, are do you guys play mander
zone or a combination?

Speaker 13 (01:24:54):
We play man, so we'll pick our matchups, get set
up and they just dodge on us and we have
to help each other out.

Speaker 2 (01:25:02):
Do you going, do you go going into a game,
do you take their best player?

Speaker 13 (01:25:08):
Typically, Yeah, your.

Speaker 2 (01:25:09):
Goalkeeper shaking his head, going, yeah, he's the he's the guy.
He's the guy. Because you're not that big, you gotta
be physical though. Yeah, Yeah, you don't mind the physical
part of it, not at all, because look at that.
I mean, he's the only one that short wore short
sleeves and he did that on purpose because he's got
off showing off. York has showing off the carpenter boy
over there because you got bruises all over his arms.

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The physical part of it you're okay with.

Speaker 8 (01:25:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 13 (01:25:36):
I mean I broke my arm sophomore year playing lacrosse,
and I went, I got right back into it. The
day I got my cast off, I was outside passing.

Speaker 2 (01:25:44):
How'd you break your own?

Speaker 13 (01:25:46):
I went to hit a guy and he shot the
ball just straight down on my top bone and it
just shattered.

Speaker 2 (01:25:52):
Man, painful.

Speaker 13 (01:25:54):
I didn't feel it at first.

Speaker 2 (01:25:58):
Good for you, DESI, let's go over to you if
we can. Your senior captain again. Defensive player football two
years is what you've played? Correct? Yeah? No, no, so
we're still talking. Dassy I'm sorry, there's like this show
has gotten so confused. When when your family comes out,

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do you hear your mom?

Speaker 13 (01:26:22):
Dad?

Speaker 2 (01:26:22):
Who who's yelling at you the most?

Speaker 13 (01:26:24):
Typically my dad and probably my older sister, younger sister.

Speaker 2 (01:26:28):
Really yeah, yeah, they get after a little bit.

Speaker 13 (01:26:30):
They do get after a little bit. They both play lacrosse,
so so they.

Speaker 2 (01:26:33):
Know the game.

Speaker 13 (01:26:33):
They know the game.

Speaker 2 (01:26:34):
They for sure will who do you hear I hear
my mom? Yeah?

Speaker 6 (01:26:39):
Yeah, you know it?

Speaker 2 (01:26:40):
Just does she know the game?

Speaker 6 (01:26:41):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (01:26:42):
She'dn't watch me the whole time, and I can just
pick out her voice in the crowd.

Speaker 5 (01:26:46):
And you know what.

Speaker 1 (01:26:47):
I coached my son in high school basketball, and when
he went to Marianatha Baptist Bible College, I'd be at
the top row of the bleachers and the place would
be packed, and I.

Speaker 2 (01:26:56):
Would and I would yell stuff like are you ever
getting a shot today? And after the game he'd be like,
are you ever getting his shot today? I go, you
heard that?

Speaker 1 (01:27:05):
He goes, I'm so in tuned to your voice, your
mom the same way. I certainly understand that, Brandon.

Speaker 2 (01:27:12):
Do you hear anybody?

Speaker 5 (01:27:14):
Uh? Usually my mom's just screaming and celebration.

Speaker 14 (01:27:18):
If anything happens that probably when it gets warmer out,
you'll still bring the cow bells and the pomp poms.

Speaker 2 (01:27:23):
So god, I love that.

Speaker 1 (01:27:25):
Well that last practice, that was your favorite memory and
and for me that's just all team culture.

Speaker 10 (01:27:31):
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:27:32):
But what what are you not going to miss here
in Coach Calhoun yell or drills that you guys do.
Let's make fun of him a little bit. Give me something.

Speaker 8 (01:27:42):
Just yesterday he brought out this agility ladder and we
were just running through it like thing was just getting
messed up.

Speaker 6 (01:27:50):
And I won't miss an agility You will.

Speaker 2 (01:27:53):
Not miss that at all, Jack, how about you?

Speaker 4 (01:27:56):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:27:57):
Remember though, you know you got another year, So I
want to be a little kinder to this point.

Speaker 10 (01:28:02):
Yeah. I won't say too much, but I would just
say probably, uh, probably the agility ladder. I think it
didn't work out too well.

Speaker 5 (01:28:09):
You didn't like it?

Speaker 2 (01:28:10):
Yeah, no, jes how about you?

Speaker 13 (01:28:13):
I actually like agility ladders.

Speaker 2 (01:28:14):
Okay, if that was one weird guy, right, that's des
he's going to play at the next level.

Speaker 13 (01:28:19):
Every day every day.

Speaker 1 (01:28:20):
Yeah, to give me a give me a saying that
he has or a drill other than the jilly ladder
that you're not gonna miss.

Speaker 2 (01:28:31):
Mmmm you think about that. Let me ask you this.
The culture on this team. You guys all get along
pretty well and hang out like after practice and team
dinner stuff like that.

Speaker 13 (01:28:44):
Uh yeah, we haven't done any team dinners yet, but
I know, yeah, my family are planning some, so we're
definitely you.

Speaker 2 (01:28:50):
Need my number if you want me to come over
making dinner.

Speaker 8 (01:28:54):
It should be.

Speaker 13 (01:28:55):
It should be.

Speaker 1 (01:28:55):
Hey, I used to, so you let me know if you,
uh you need need me to come on over and
and uh and enjoy that. Guys, I'm gonna tell you
this as the leaders of this team, and I tell
this to every group that comes in.

Speaker 2 (01:29:10):
Don't let anybody mess this thing up.

Speaker 6 (01:29:12):
Right.

Speaker 1 (01:29:13):
You can go to graduation parties, you can. You can
do that kind of stuff. When when the season is over.
I've had too many teams that that are playing well
down the stretch and guys get to knuckleheads, right, let's
go to this and let's do this, and they get
in a little trouble, they get kicked off, they can't
play the last couple of games, and and the dynamic

(01:29:34):
of the team gets ruined.

Speaker 2 (01:29:36):
And I'm just gonna ask you, guys on the year
not to have have that happen. And I think you
guys will will will take care of that as the
season gets longer for the seniors not the junior. Have
you guys realized this is the year will last for you? Right?

Speaker 1 (01:29:52):
The last time you're gonna play against Marquette, the last
time you're gonna play against Brookfield. How you feeling on that,
and let's head over to you. Well, you're okay with it?

Speaker 8 (01:30:02):
No, No, it's something I think about a lot, you know,
going into going into work right away.

Speaker 2 (01:30:07):
Yeah, it Do they have adult league that you might
be able to get into and do you think you'll
take advantage of that?

Speaker 6 (01:30:13):
Yeah, but they're not the same. They're not not No
one's committed.

Speaker 2 (01:30:16):
Not even close.

Speaker 12 (01:30:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:30:18):
No, I agree, guys. It's so good to meet you,
and it really is. And thank you so much. This
is a sport I don't know a lot about.

Speaker 2 (01:30:25):
And to see the passion and the commitment of sweat
equity that all of you guys have have put into
this sport, I really appreciate it a lot.

Speaker 1 (01:30:33):
Good luck the rest way. Let me know when you
when you guys are playing Marquette, maybe I'll get out
there and watch that one Wednesday, Wednesday at home or
there at home right after school something.

Speaker 2 (01:30:46):
It's a night camp, it is. I may, I may
be there.

Speaker 1 (01:30:49):
I've got to give away my Pick and Save student
athle the week in Muskego at five point thirty. Take
me about a half hour and then I think I'll
head over and see you guys play and uh, I'd
like to be there for that win.

Speaker 2 (01:31:01):
No guarantees, but let's get it done right. Yeah, Tom Calhoun,
well done, you did good. Yeah, thank you so much
for coming in. Anything you need for me, please let
me know. Boys, I'll see you Wednesday, Okay, I will,
And I'm gonna stand next to one of yours. I'll
stand next to your mott and yeah, well to to
watch boy, I'll stand next to her and we'll be
yelling together.

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