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ECFE’s ‘March Cooking Madness,’ is March 18

College basketball has March Madness – but at Wadena-Deer Creek Public Schools, they have “March Cooking Madness.”

March 12, 2010

Guitar town

All sixth-graders at WDC Elementary School have the opportunity to learn to play a guitar during music class thanks to Instructor Mike Ortmann.

March 12, 2010

Reading an American classic

In Beth Hawkins’ English 9 class, Wadena-Deer Creek High School students are reading the American classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

March 12, 2010

WDC fourth-grade basketball team place third

WDC fourth-grade basketball team place third in the 2010 Wadena-Deer Creek Fourth Grade Basketball Tournament

March 12, 2010

Wolverines top Pelican Rapids cagers 69-60

Tom VanErp’s Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines ended the regular season on a winning note last Friday with a 69-60 victory over Pelican Rapids.

March 12, 2010

Three WDC wrestlers take away state experience for next year

Wadena-Deer Creek wrestling coach Norm Gallant saw his three state entries gain a lot of experience last week at the Class A state wrestling tournament.

March 12, 2010

Wolverines can’t catch Pequot

It was one and out for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines as they ran into a red-hot Pequot Lakes team in the Section 8AA tournament.

March 12, 2010

Boomwackers

Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary second grade students in Deb Nelson’s music class are currently using and studying “instruments” called Boomwackers.

March 12, 2010

Weekend Scorecard 3/6

Boxing Wadena Golden Gloves Card Double Main Event John Geyer (St. Cloud) dec. DeWayne Steward (Wadena) Tom Fanjoy (Brainerd) split dec. T.J. Steward (Wadena) Trent Petro (Wadena) split dec. Shane Kern (Detroit Lakes) John LaPlant (St. Cloud) RSC 2nd Rd. Justin Isaacson (Wadena) Sergio Garcia (Fergus Falls) dec. Brandon Hall (Wadena) Josh Holtz (Brainerd) RSC 2nd Rd. Eugene Garcia (Fergus Falls) Kira Ollila (Wadena) dec. Letesha Anderson (Detroit Lakes) Cody Reberg (St. Cloud) dec. Jeremy Hoemberg (Wadena) Sam Davidson (Wadena) RSC 1st Rd. Jackson Hinge (Brainerd) Jordan Lemieur (St. Cloud) dec. Shane Motschenbacher (Wadena) John Johnson (Wadena) RSC 2nd Rd. Seth Carpenter (Fergus Falls) Dion Bower (White Earth) dec. Matt Umland (Wadena) Girls' Basketball Section 5A Bertha-Hewitt 62, Pine River-Backus 37 Sebeka 72, Upsala 59 Northland 41, East Central 49 Barnum 76, Isle 40 Next: Bertha-Hewitt vs. Sebeka at Wadena-Deer Creek, Tuesday, 6 p.m. Sectlon 8AA East Grand Forks 55, Crookston 34 Hawley 57, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 44 Pequot Lakes 64, Perham 59 Warroad 41, Roseau 40 Wrestling Class A CHAMPIONSHIP Jackson County Central 32, Frazee 23 103 --- Trevor Stilke, Frazee dec. Kyle Edlin, JCC, 6-2. 112 --- Dylan Riggle, JCC major dec. Jordan Ketter, Frazee, OT 11-9. 119 --- Tanner Ellenberg, Frazee major dec. Paden Moore, JCC, 11-0. 125 --- Bronson Steuber, JCC pinned Bruce Lemon, Frazee, 4:45. 130 --- Darick Vancura, JCC major dec. Myrle Schemerhorm, Frazee, 14-1. 135 --- Rij Koehnen, Frazee dec. Spencer Johnson, JCC, 4-0. 140 --- Taylor Menke, JCC dec. Cody Piper, Frazee, 6-3. 145 --- Jessie Regalado, JCC dec. Casey Nunn, Frazee, 4-2. 152 --- Tucker Freeman, JCC dec. Jacob Schermerhorn, Frazee, 8-4. 160 --- Brandon VanWatermulen, Frazee dec. Patrick Hanson, JCC, 3-2. 171 --- Cooper Moore, JCC major dec. Nathan Sandberg, Frazee, 16-3. 189 --- Rick Brandt, Frazee pinned Tanner Menke, JCC, 0:38. 215 --- Kody Lafreniere-Sorenson, Frazee major dec. Alex Tewes, JCC, 13-1. 285 --- Jordan Phibbs, JCC pinned Devon Drewes, Frazee, 0:33. CLASS A INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 103 -- Isaac Novacek, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River major dec. Gus McCarthy, Border West 16-4. 112 -- Hayden Zillmer, Crosby-Ironton major dec. Mitchel Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo 14-2. 119 -- Travis Borchert, Browerville/Eagle Valley dec. Christian Skillings, Minneota 5-4. 125 -- Bronson Steuber, Jackson County Central major dec. Chad Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo 18-5. 130 -- Drew Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo major dec. Alex Anderson, Martin County West 9-1. 135 -- Curt Maas, Medford dec. Mariano Portillo, Crookston 4-2. 140 -- Tony Vaske, River Valley dec. Brett Pfarr, LeSueur-Henderson 11-4. 145 -- Justin Buss, Chatfield dec. Jake Long, West Central Area 5-2. 152 -- Ryan Thompson, Benson dec. Brad Keller, Medford 7-4. 160 -- Cooper Moore, Jackson County Central major dec. Stephen Erlandson, Breckenridge/Campbell-Tintah 13-2. 171 -- Josh Willaert, LeSueur-Henderson dec. Ben McPhail, Pine Island 7-6. 189 -- Joel Bauman, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg dec. Ian Pratt, Mille Lacs 9-4. 215 -- Brandon Manderschied, Minnewaska Area dec. Jon Gorter, Pipestone Area 3-1. 285 -- Dustin Caspers, BOLD dec. Alex Yeager, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 3-2. THIRD PLACE 103 -- Kurt Timmons, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg dec. Marcus Hamer, Kimball Area 8-4. 112 -- Zach Keller, Medford dec. Taner Trembley, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 5-2. 119 -- Will McCarthy, Border West pinned Chase Levos, Saint Clair/Mankato Loyola 5:32. 125 -- Beau Buysse, Minneota major dec. Skylar Price, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 13-2. 130 -- Darick Vancura, Jackson County Central dec. Jack Hawkins, Wabasha-Kellogg-Alma 6-1. 135 -- Clint Poster, Pierz major dec. Jordan Novak, New York Mills 11-2. 140 -- Cam Schafer, Minnewaska Area dec. Jessie Regalado, Jackson County Central 12-9. 145 -- Cole Kavitz, Medford dec. Anthony Caputo, Crookston 8-5. 152 -- Caleb Lanoue, Mahnomen/Waubun pinned Jake Schermerhorn, Frazee 5:38. 160 -- Sean Huls, Pierz dec. Jarid Groth, Kenyon-Wanamingo 3-2. 171 -- Brock Claeys, Canby dec. Jared Nash, Park Rapids Area 2-1. 189 -- John Gusewelle, Sauk Centre dec. Kody Lafraniere/Sorenson, Frazee 5-3. 215 -- David Lindell, New Richland-H-E-G pinned Logan Brand, Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson 2:57. 285 -- Jordan Phibbs, Jackson County Central dec. Aaron Rose, Sibley East 10-8. FIFTH PLACE 103 -- Zack Kuhns, Maple River dec. Matt Hickerson, Ogilvie 6-0. 112 -- Ted Berckes, Canby dec. Aaron Bates, Sibley East 10-7. 119 -- Tanner Ellenberg, Frazee dec. Jake Wirtjes, Blue Earth Area 7-0. 125 -- Brad Hofstrand, Crosby-Ironton dec. Brad Maas, Medford 7-3. 130 -- Larry Bomstaad, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City major dec. Brett Schwartz, LeSueur-Henderson 10-2. 135 -- Ethan Hildebrandt, Saint James dec. Taylor Menke, Jackson County Central OTx4 3-2. 140 -- Sam Derynck, Minneota pinned Skyler Quamme, Kenyon-Wanamingo 1:30. 145 -- Alex Cooling, Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther dec. Grant Hegge, Southland 5-4. 152 -- Alex Steffl, BOLD dec. Sam Lindgren, LeSueur-Henderson 4-3. 160 -- Travis Winter, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa pinned Brady Wesinger, Benson 3:44. 171 -- Chad Matthees, Zumbrota-Mazeppa pinned Nich Dorschner, Martin County West 4:30. 189 -- Ben Dahl, Zumbrota-Mazeppa pinned John Drury, Park Rapids Area 1:17. 215 -- Alex Dreyer, United South Central dec. Joe Holdvogt, Eden Valley-Watkins 2-0. 285 -- Cody Torkelson, Osakis dec. Jordan Arndt, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2-1.

March 08, 2010

Braaten, Schmidt survive first round at state tournament

Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale’s Jake Braaten and Amos Schmidt advanced through first round action Wednesday in the Class A State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

March 05, 2010

Winning streak ends at the hands of Pequot

Mattie and Emily Lueck combined for 32 points Friday night as the Pequot Lakes Patriots snapped a six-game winning streak by Wadena-Deer Creek with a 62-43 Mid-State Conference victory.

March 05, 2010

Yellowjackets score big to topple Wolverines

Ben Bucholz poured in 32 points as the Perham Yellowjackets handed the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines their most lop-sided loss in a month Thursday night, 82-63.

March 05, 2010

Wolverines have strong Section 6A showing

Placing 11 of 13 wrestlers in the Section 6A individual tournament last Saturday in New York Mills told Norm Gallant some good things about his Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines.

March 05, 2010

Public Notice Independent School District #2155 Sum- mary of Board Minutes, February 22, 2010

Public Notice Independent School District #2155 Sum- mary of Board Minutes, February 22, 2010 The regular meeting of the Board of Inde- pendent School District No. 2155 was called to order by Chairperson Ann Pate at 5:01 p.m. Board members present: Dan Toedter, Wayne Perkins, Ann Pate, John Moenke- dick, Steve Techam and Peter Hayes. Also present: Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom; High School Principal Tyler Church, Elemen- tary Principal Louis Rutten; Food Servic- es/Community Education Director Sandie Rentz; and Communications Coordinator Dana Pavek.

March 05, 2010

Thursday Scorecard 3/4

Girls' Basketball Section 8AA Pequot Lakes 60, Wadena-Deer Creek 57 Courtney Volkmann 14 pts., Emily Miron 12 pts. Perham 74, Pelican Rapids 55 Hawley 58, Frazee 25 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 46, Crosby-Ironton 40 Crookston 54, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 30 East Grand Forks 74, Bagley 17 Roseau 76, Thief River Falls 65 Warroad 79, Red Lake 46 Section 5A Barnum 81, Ogilive 36 Bertha-Hewitt 74, Menahga 41 East Central 94, Royalton 31 Isle 60, Cromwell 58 Northland 47, McGregor 45 Pine River-Backus 36, Nevis 25 Sebeka 61, Eagle Valley 42 Upsala 65, Pillager 53 Boys' Basketball Swanville 76, Verndale 75 OT Zack Meidinger 47 pts. Next: Section 5A Playoffs, Verndale at Menahga, Monday, March 8, 7 p.m.

March 05, 2010