Wagner competes in national event

From Austin Post-Bulletin

Wagner competes in national event
By Ben Pherson

Austin High graduate Catherine Wagner is a member of the women's golf team at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Wagner will be a sophomore for the Blugolds this fall.

She recently was selected to play in the First Annual Hooters Women's Collegiate Team Championship, presented by the National Golf Coaches Assocation. Wagner's teammate, Katie Maurer, also was selected to play in the event.

The tournament brought together many of the best players in all divisions of college golf. The event was in Achasta, Ga., and featured 55 two-person teams. Each team paired players from the same university in a 54-hole stroke play event.

The format of the Championship was Day 1 (Aug. 3): Alternate Shot; Day 2 (Aug. 4): Best Ball; and Day 3 (Aug. 5): Aggregate score of the two players. Teams were composed of players from all levels of collegiate golf, including 42 Division I, four Division II, six Division III and one NAIA program.

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Wagner and Maurer tied for 40th among the 55 teams. They defeated all but one of the Division III teams (Gustavus Adolphus) and even finished ahead of several Division I teams. Wagner and Maurer finished at 31 over par and improved each day of the tournament.

Last season, Maurer and Wagner led the Blugolds, averaging 79.5 and 80 strokes per round, respectively. Maurer won three tournaments, including claiming WIAC Championship medalist honors, while Wagner won one tournament and finished in the top five at four other tournaments.

UW-Eau Claire will open its fall season Sept. 4-5 at home during the Doug Georgianni Memorial Invitational. The two-round event will be held at Wild Ridge Golf Course in Eau Claire.

Wagner and her Blugolds teammates will make one appearance in Minnesota during the fall season. They play at the Division II Mustang Invitational (Southwest State) in Marshall at Marshall Country Club.

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Josh Gunderson, a 2006 graduate of Pacelli High School and a former standout at St. John's University, recently ran in a 10-mile road race held at Lumberjack Days in Stillwater. Gunderson turned in an exceptional performance, competing against more than 1,000 runners. Out of 1,048 finishers, Gunderson was 13th. Gunderson graduated from St. John's, where he ran track and cross country for four years, last fall. He now lives in the Twin Cities.

The Austin High football team opens practice next week. New coach Matt Schmit and the rest of the coaching staff are conducting their big youth camp this week. It runs through Friday. The Packers open the season on Friday, Sept. 3 at Red Wing High School. Their first home game is Friday, Sept. 10 at Hass Stadium against Rochester John Marshall. Other home games are against Mankato East (Sept. 24), Mankato West (Oct. 1) and Winona (Oct. 15).

Is your kid playing college athletics? How about your neighbor's kid? If you know of any former area standout currently competing in college athletics, please contact Ben Pherson at bpherson@postbulletin.com

Wagner competes in national event

From the Austin Post-Bulletin
By Ben Pherson

Austin High graduate Catherine Wagner is a member of the women's golf team at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Wagner will be a sophomore for the Blugolds this fall.

She recently was selected to play in the First Annual Hooters Women's Collegiate Team Championship, presented by the National Golf Coaches Assocation. Wagner's teammate, Katie Maurer, also was selected to play in the event.

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D3wrestle.com - Peloquin takes over at Eau Claire

From - D3wrestle.com

Peloquin takes over at Eau Claire

We missed this one from earlier this spring, but Russ Peloquin has taken over for Derek Sikora at UW-Eau Claire after spending six seasons as an assistant at the school. Peloquin has also been a graduate assistant at UW-La Crosse and has assisted at Wabash and Lawrence. He was a 2x All-American for UW-La Crosse in 1998 and 1999. In addition to his coaching duties, Peloquin has been an associate lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at Eau Claire. Sikora was recently announced as the assistant coach at Division II St. Cloud State University.

Also posted at Examiner.com

Original article from UWEC - http://www.uwecblugolds.com/?view=release&id=3810&sport=wr&season=94

D3wrestle.com - Peloquin takes over at Eau Claire

From - D3wrestle.com

Peloquin takes over at Eau Claire

We missed this one from earlier this spring, but Russ Peloquin has taken over for Derek Sikora at UW-Eau Claire after spending six seasons as an assistant at the school. Peloquin has also been a graduate assistant at UW-La Crosse and has assisted at Wabash and Lawrence. He was a 2x All-American for UW-La Crosse in 1998 and 1999. In addition to his coaching duties, Peloquin has been an associate lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at Eau Claire. Sikora was recently announced as the assistant coach at Division II St. Cloud State University.

Also posted at Examiner.com

Original article from UWEC - http://www.uwecblugolds.com/?view=release&id=3810&sport=wr&season=94

Former Hockey Head Coach Now Coaching in American Hockey League

From intotheboards.net

Flames Sign Ward as Assistant Coach for Abbotsford

Calgary, AB - Calgary Flames Executive Vice President & General Manager Darryl Sutter announced today that Troy Ward has been named Assistant Coach for the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League.

Ward joins the Flames organization following three seasons with the Houston Aeros, the Minnesota Wild's AHL affiliate, the past two in the position of Assistant Coach & Assistant General Manager.

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Blugold Men's Golfers Pictured with Tony Romo

From Hudson Star Observer



This cell phone image is the only picture Hudson’s Jimmy Hutchings has from the day he played Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo in the WSGA Match Play Championships June 15 in Fond du Lac. From left are Romo, Hutchings and Hutchings’ caddy, Matt Brandenburg. Submitted photo

Former Hockey Head Coach Now Coaching in American Hockey League

From - intotheboards.net

Flames Sign Ward as Assistant Coach for Abbotsford

Calgary, AB - Calgary Flames Executive Vice President & General Manager Darryl Sutter announced today that Troy Ward has been named Assistant Coach for the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League.

Ward joins the Flames organization following three seasons with the Houston Aeros, the Minnesota Wild's AHL affiliate, the past two in the position of Assistant Coach & Assistant General Manager.

Ward served as an Assistant Coach with the Aeros during the 2007-08 season and primarily focused on developing the Aeros young defensive corps. The Aeros' defense allowed a league-low 183 goals and had a team record 32-point improvement. In 2008 his role was expanded to include the Assistant General Manager responsibilities of overseeing the day-to-day t "_blank" hockey operations of the club.

Ward served as the ECHL's Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations in 2001-02 and was also the General Manager/Head Coach of the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League in 1993.

In addition to his managerial background, Ward has had success coaching at all levels of hockey. Houston was Ward's second stop as an assistant for Kevin Constantine. He served for the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins for three seasons, from 1997-2000. Ward's other assistant coaching stops include two seasons at Indianapolis of the now-defunct International Hockey League, three seasons at the University of Wisconsin and three at the University of Denver.

He was named the ECHL's Coach of the Year for the 2000-01 season when he led Trenton to the Kelly Cup Finals with a 50-18-4 record. He also joined ECHL Victoria in mid-season in 2005-06, leading the Salmon Kings to a 12-14-8 record.

Ward first became a head coach in 1987, with his Alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Ward played four seasons of collegiate hockey at UWEC, which included winning the NAIA national championship in 1984, and was Assistant Coach there for two seasons prior to becoming the Head Coach.

Ward is also the founder and owner of Hockey and Sons, a hockey camp concept for both the parent and child to participate on-ice together. The camp runs three times each summer on the campus of Shattuck St. Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota.

Ward will join the staff of Head Coach Jim Playfair in Abbotsford along with second year Assistant Coach Steve O'Rourke.