April 2019

On Wednesday, April 17th, students at Belleville Elementary celebrated Money Smart Week with the 6th Annual Big Read. The morning started off with Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld stopping by to read <i>Count on Pablo</i>, a story that focused on counting and using the supplies at your disposal to make money. After the story the kids were given some gifts donated by local partners to start them on their road to a money smart future.

The Monticello Ponies softball team hosted Barneveld on April 15th. The final score was Barneveld 15, Monticello 7.
Lindsey Pence was 1x3 while Alexa Siegenthaler was 1x3 and Katelyn Eyler was also 1x3.
Harley Disch pitched for 5 innings striking out 2. Miah Brokopp pitched 2 innings and struck out 1.
On April 16th, the Ponies headed to Argyle. The final score was Argyle 9, Monticello 1.
Sarah Blumer was 2x3, while Katelyn Eyler and Hannah Zanow were 1x3.
Pitcher Harley Disch struck out 2.

The Monticello track team competed at River Ridge on April 16th, where the men placed 3rd and the women placed 4th.
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Men’s Results</strong>
In the 100M dash Pete Gustafson placed 4th.
In the 200M dash Pete Gustafson placed 4th and Wade Noriega placed 8th.
In the 400M run Lucas Heiser placed 6th, while Sam Allard placed 7th and Wade Noriega placed 8th.
In the 800M run, Simon Blohowiak placed 2nd while Sam Allard placed 5th and Lucas Heiser placed 7th.

On April 15th, the New Glarus Knights baseball team hosted Brodhead/Juda and lost, 0-12.
Brodhead/Juda scored all 12 runs in the first 3 innings of the game.
Ben Melvin went 2x2 at bat while Peyton Mendleski was 1x1 at bat.
Ben Melvin, Holden Latsch, Brennan Butler and Eli Zimmerman shared pitching duties.
On April 16th, the Knights hosted Cambridge, losing 3-7.
The game was tied at the end of the 1st inning, but Cambridge kept putting players across home base and New Glarus wasn't able to recover.