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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Projects: Youth

SWIS District Optimists Sponsor Tri-Star Basketball Contest
April 9, 2011

Optimists from the Mukwonago Optimist Club set up a competition for 112 kids between the ages of 8 and 13. These kids were winners from 19 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 contestants being registered.

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

Here is a photo of Governor CoryAnn St. Marie-Carls talking to the competitors.

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.

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):
Makenzie Hodson - Middleton - 3rd Place
Jenny Gorton - Monona Grove - 1st Place
Brianna Pacetti - Kenosha - 2nd Place

8 year old boys (l to r):
Brett Walker - Portage - 3rd Place
Calvin Peterson - Baraboo - 1st Place
Jack Nickolay - Cambridge - 2nd Place

9 year old girls (l to r):
Calla Borchert - Lake Mills - 3rd Place
Miranda Bogan - Mukwonago - 1st Place
Madison Anderson - Waukesha - 2nd Place (not pictured)

9 year old boys (l to r):
Sam Gronski - Monona Grove - 3rd Place
Matthew Esser - Cross Plains - 1st Place
Riley Gnat - Waukesha - 2nd Place
Matthew is a returning champion from the 8 year old Boys' competition last year.

10 year old girls (l to r):
Payton Hodson - Middleton - 3rd Place
Erin Nyhus - Brodhead - 1st Place
Kyra Schlicht - Cross Plains - 2nd Place

10 year old boys (l to r):
Aaron Holbach - Portage - 3rd Place
Nick Benkert - Monroe - 1st Place
Carsen Piacsek - Waukesha - 2nd Place

11 year old girls (l to r):
Lauren Trewyn - Lake Mills - 3rd Place
Maranda McCarthy - Platteville - 1st Place
Theresa Wichser - Waukesha - 2nd Place
Maranda is a returning champion. She won the 8, 9 & 10 year old Girls' competitions the past 3 years.

11 year old boys (l to r):
Mason Peterson - Baraboo - 3rd Place
Dylan Hogan - Cross Plains - 1st Place
Matt Miller - Menomonee Falls - 2nd Place

12 year old girls (l to r):
Sydney Renz - Jefferson - 3rd Place
Alexa Brooks - Beaver Dam - 1st Place
Sophia Papageorge - Waukesha - 2nd Place

12 year old boys (l to r):
Silas Horton - Milwaukee Metro - 3rd Place
Nicklaus Grundman - Mukwonago - 1st Place
Ryan McFarlane - Lake Mills - 2nd Place

13 year old girls (l to r):
Alyssa Grimm - Waukesha - 1st Place
Paige Powell - Jefferson - 2nd Place

13 year old boys (l to r):
Grant Stelmacher- Baraboo - 1st Place
Zach Bretsch - Portage - 2nd Place

Here are Lt. Governors Kevin Austin and Josh Zaidel with Chairperson Joe Mundweiler presenting an award.

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.

Check Request Form (Optimist Use)

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!

Click Here to go to our Facebook page.

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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