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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Projects: Youth

SWIS District Optimists Sponsor Tri-Star Basketball Contest
March 20, 2010

Optimists from the Mukwonago Optimist Club set up a competition for 113 kids between the ages of 8 and 13. These kids were winners from 18 of the 59 clubs in Southern Wisconsin.

Kudos to Joe Mundwiler and his Committee for putting together a wonderful competition. Thanks to Mukwonago Optimist Club member Fred Kreutz for all the wonderful photos. It was difficult to choose which ones to use!

Here is a photo of Joe speaking to some contestants at the Scoring Table.

Here is a photo of some of the volunteers.

The Mukwonago High School National Honor Society and Key Club provided 11 escorts to take contestants to each station. Here is a photo of some of the High School volunteers.

Here is a photo of the registration stand with everything under control.

Here is a photo of Governor Jerry Schewe talking to the competitors.

Here is a photo of Governor-elect Cory Ann St. Marie-Carls talking to the competitors with Joe Mundweiler listening.

The kids competed in 3 different skills tests, passing, dribbling and shooting. Here are photos of the passing station.

The passing station has the contestant make 3 chest passes and 3 bounce passes into the target. The younger contestants pass from a closer line than the older ones.

Here are examples of contestants performing tasks at the dribbling (Ball Handling) station. The dribbling station is a set of obstacles and the contestant weaves in and out while dribbling a basketball. The faster you complete the course, the better the score.

The shooting skills station has each contestant make 4 Free Throw shots and 2 other shots from outside the "key". The contestant receives points for each basket made. The younger contestants use a smaller ball and are in front of the regulation free throw line for their shots.

Once the contestants finish their events, the escort takes them to the scoring table to tally the scores and identify the winners in each age group. Here is a photo of a contestant and escort turning in the score sheet to the official scoring table.

At the District level, they recognize First, Second and Third places for boys and girls of each age. Photos of the winners and their sponsoring Clubs are as follows:

8 year old girls (l to r):
Haley Hanagan - Baraboo - 3rd Place
Kenzie Roth - Portage - 1st Place
Claire Peachley - Jefferson - 2nd Place

8 year old boys (l to r):
Dagon Rach - Monroe - 3rd Place
Matthew Esser - Cross Plains - 1st Place
Zachary Hemming - Portage - 2nd Place

9 year old girls (l to r):
Hailey Lipinski - Mukwonago - 3rd Place
Abby Tourtillott - Monona Grove - 1st Place
Dayton Hodson - Middleton - 2nd Place

9 year old boys (l to r):
Alan Albrecht - Jefferson - 3rd Place
Danny Sanicki - Menomonee Falls - 1st Place
Jake Klubertanz - Cross Plains - 2nd Place
Alan was a 3rd place winner last year in the 8 year old Boys' competition.

10 year old girls (l to r):
Erin Kibby - Portage - 3rd Place
Maranda McCarthy - Platteville - 1st Place
Alexa Brooks - Beaver Dam - 2nd Place
Maranda is a returning champion. She won the 8 and 9 year old Girls' competitions the past 2 years.

10 year old boys (l to r):
Nolan Kelliher - Middleton - 3rd Place
Jaunito Lazcano - Waukesha - 1st Place
Mitchell Jones - Kenosha - 2nd Place

11 year old girls (l to r):
Kristie Ash - Middleton - 3rd Place
Sydney Renz - Jefferson - 1st Place
Aubrey Hallmark - Lake Mills - 2nd Place

11 year old boys (l to r):
Zach Moore - Mukwonago - 3rd Place
Andrew Thom - Waukesha - 1st Place
Blake Noel - Platteville - 2nd Place

12 year old girls (l to r):
Alison Naukkari - Waukesha - 3rd Place
Rachel Emendorfer - Platteville - 1st Place
Justine Ertl - Menomonee Falls - 2nd Place

12 year old boys (l to r):
Matt Welper - Mukwonago - 3rd Place
Logan Weckerly - Monroe - 1st Place
Tommy Kruse - Portage - 2nd Place

13 year old girls (l to r):
Amber Libby - Portage - 3rd Place
Cassie Hamer - Platteville - 1st Place
Anna Nikolay - Cambridge - 2nd Place
Cassie is a retiring champion. She won the 11 and 12 year old Girls' competitions the past 2 years.

13 year old boys (l to r):
Tyler Simcock - Menomonee Falls - 3rd Place
Drew Ringelstetter- Portage - 1st Place
Mark Jensen - Monroe - 2nd Place

Thanks again to all the families and fans for cheering on their contestants!

UPCOMING EVENTS

JULY 12-14, 2012
SAVE THE DATE
Optimist International Convention

JULY 12-14, 2012
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Click here for additional information
regarding sponsorship & volunteering!
For further information, contact
Joanne Ganske.

GENERAL INFORMATION

July 13, 2011
Links
> Click here for a copy of the SWIS Strategic Plan from 2010.

> Click here for a copy of the SWIS District policies as of 2011.

> Click here for a copy of the SWIS Budget document for 2011-2012

> Click here for a copy of the SWIS 2011 - 2012 Expense Voucher in .PDF format.

> Click here for a copy of the SWIS District Logo for 2011 - 2012.

> Click here for the Optimist International Logos, including OI President's Logo for 2011 - 2012 and the International Convention in Milwaukee logo for 2012.

August 8, 2011
> Click here for the 4th Quarter Newsletter for the months of July, August & September.

October 2011
Skateboard Competition Series.
> Click here to go to the web site with all the information.

The schedule - Finals were on October 15 at the 4 Seasons in Milwaukee.

May 31, 2011
SWIS and WINUM have a T-Shirt for sale as a fundraiser for the OI International Convention in Milwaukee in 2012.
> Click here to order your one-of-a-kind shirt.

May 30, 2011
Tri-Star SWIS District Basketball Event - April 9th, 2011.
> To see this year's event - click here.

Updated May 13, 2011
College Football Frenzy Sweepstakes Information
Click the logo for the link to the sweepstakes web site. Once the College Football season starts, you can click the link and see if you are a winner!

For more information on the sweepstakes, Click Here.

October 5, 2010

SWIS District is now on Facebook!

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E-mail me at info@swisdistrict.org

January 31, 2008

Click here for information on how your Unrestricted Gift to the OI Foundation is used.

November 5, 2007

Visit the web site of www.courageofchildrenwithcancerbooks.org to learn more about the Childhood Cancer Campaign.

Consider the Dime-a-Day donation program for the OI Foundation- click for details.

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