"Our Varsity Football team took on a very tall task this season. They were put through the hardest offseason Hemlock Football has had in years, they were faced with learning new offensive and defensive systems, and they played in a new conference alignment with new opponents. Our team was outsized in every game we played, but our guys kept fighting. Championships are not built overnight, and this year’s team had to face some of the growing pains of that shift in culture. These boys have laid the groundwork for what it means to be a Hemlock Football player. They’ve set the bar in terms of what a dedicated offseason looks like. I’m really proud of the work they put in, and future teams will have them to thank for creating a winning culture here at Hemlock. " -Coach Slate

Record: 2-7 (PF: 124 PA: 292)

Sportsmanship Awardee: Wyatt Scoles

Offseason Alpha Dog Awardee: Landon Zastrow

Offseason Alpha Dog Community Service: The team completed 331 Community Service Hrs

Team Offensive MVP: Landon Zastrow

Team Defensive MVP: Steven Katzenberger

Tri-Valley Conference Awards:

1st Team WR Landon Zastrow

1st Team LB Steven Katzenberger

1st Team DB Drew Genow

1st Team Punter Chad Brown

HM DB Dawson Doan

HM QB Chad Brown

MHSFCA All Region Awards:

1st Team DB Landon Zastrow

1st Team LB Steven Katzenberger

1st Team Punter Chad Brown

Congratulations to all!

Varsity Volleyball had a successful season with an overall record of 19-13-6. We ended up

second place in our TVC blue conference with a record of 3-2. We played in multiple

tournaments against Division1 and 2 schools. Our top tournament finish this year was Second

Place at the “Spirit of St. Louis tournament. We received a buy in the first round of districts

and played extremely well in the semi finals defeating host team Ithaca in three straight

sets. Our energy and high level of play carried over to the district finals against Valley

Lutheran. We played our best Volleyball of the year but fell short to lose the match in 4 sets.

Hemlock played extremely hard and left nothing on the court. Well Done!

Season awards:

Most improved-Kinsley Conger

Most Kills-Carly Siler

Most Blocks-Layne Robinson

Most Assists-Klaira Salo

Most Digs-Izzy Krueger

Most Aces-Carly Siler

Team Captains-Izzy Krueger, Klaira Salo and Carly Siler

TVC Sportsmanship-Klaira Salo

1st Team All Conference-Klaira Salo and Carly Siler

Honorable Mention-Izzy Krueger and Lilly Martinez

Team Academic All state

Individual Academic All State - Lilly Martinez, Carly Siler, Claire Beck, Izzy Krueger and Ava Graham

The Boys Varsity soccer team had a very productive season. Several players received awards from Hemlock High School and the Tri-Valley Conference. These are the players and their list of awards:

Truett Foss - Hemlock High School Captains Award, First Team All Conference Goalkeeper

Mason LaVigne - All Conference Honorable Mention

Eddie Dearman - All Conference Honorable Mention

Braden Turner - All Conference Honorable Mention

Colton Siler - Hemlock High School Sportsmanship Award

Brennan Meyer - First Team All Conference Team, TVC Sportsmanship Award, Hemlock High School Captains Award, Hemlock High School MVP Award

Congratulations on your tremendous accomplishments! Go Huskies!

We ended the season with a 4-8-3 record and we came in 4th at the TVC conference. We had two flights place 2nd, Malachi Johnston at 3 singles, and Landon Gardner and Gavin Tallon at 4 doubles. Our sportsmanship awardee was Kassie Hensler.We had a really great and fun season. We saw improvement all around from every player and we are very proud of the way we performed this year. Our returning players created a positive and welcoming atmosphere to our new players which helped lead to our overall success this season. We had an overall wonderful season and can’t wait to get back out there next fall!

Captains: Spence Burns and Dallas Dearman

MVP: Nick Chasnis

Most Improved Player: Cooper Gensch

Varsity Cross Country Recap

2024 Season Bests

5k

Mens

1. Grady Galbraith 18:55.1

2. Dominic Rivette 20:45.4

3. Evan Wolgast 21:02.5

4. Tanner Wesener 21:21.5

5. Owen Rathbun 22:11.4

The Men’s Team was led by Grady Galbraith who finished with all league honors, He was the champion of the Bill Agresta Invite paved the way for the rest of our boys to run great races resulting in a team Championship of that Invite. We had several medals obtain during the season by our entire squad and some great times.

Women’s

1. Lydia Faubert 22:25.8

2. Lydia Scherzer 24:49.7

3. Katherina "Katie" Fuller 26:29.6

4. Adelia Breternitz 27:14.1

The Ladies Team had a strong season. We were short of having a full squad but showed some amazing races and work ethic. Led by Lydia Faubert (fastest 5K time since 2021) we were able to walk away with a runner – up finish at the Bill Agresta Invite, and several medal winners throughout our season. Everyone finished their season with a Personal Record!

Sportsmanship awards:

Lydia Scherzer

Owen Rathbun

The future is bright for our Huskie XC teams!

From Coach Bebow:

This was my first season as the head coach of the middle school cross country teams, and I am so proud of how these kids did this season.

Every kid ran a personal best this season.

The girls had a scoring team at every meet except for 1, and the boys had a scoring team at every meet except for 1.

Kinley Gerow earned her way onto our HMS Top 10 Cross Country record board. She sits at #4 with a time of 13:30.1.

Athletes earned a total of 33 medals throughout the 7 meets at which they could medal this season

Girls team finished 2nd overall in the TVC Blue division; boys team finished 2nd overall in the TVC Blue division

Wyatt Wenzel, Chase Barrigar = 1st Team TVC honors in blue division

Ben Murphy, John Raths = 2nd Team TVC honors in blue division

Kinley Gerow, Bailee Hayward = 1st Team TVC honors in blue division

Hannah Wizner, Morgan Rames = 2nd Team TVC honors in blue division

The girls team finished in 2nd place at the inaugural Bill Agresta Invite, taking home a plaque for their team

Chase Barriagar = 3rd Team Overall TVC honors

Kinley Gerow = 1st Team Overall TVC honors

Bailey Hayward = 2nd Team Overall TVC honors

Hannah Wizner = 3rd Team Overall TVC honors

Girls team finished 5th overall in the TVC (out of 12)

Boys team finished 6th overall in the TVC (out of 12)

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” –Jesse Owens

These kids were so driven this season, setting goals and reaching those goals throughout it. Once kids figured out that there is more to cross country than just running, they fell in love with this sport. Seeing them get excited at each practice that we did our meet recaps (they couldn't wait to see their splits and how much they had improved from their last personal/season best) was awesome. I'm excited to see where this program is heading because I really do believe the future is bright for our running programs here at Hemlock!

From Coach Thiel:The 7th grade girls basketball team had a year full of growth and development with the help of a few 6th graders as well. With a record of 0-11, the team showed great improvement each and every game with some very close losses at the end of the season.

Sportsmanship award: Ella Bringer

The Hemlock Huskie 8th grade girls basketball team finished up a great season with 10 wins and 1 loss this Fall. Maylin Buckley and Sage LaVigne were great leaders on and off the floor for the Huskies with each of them scoring multiple 20+ point games and with notable defensive efforts as well. "The entire team has grown from their previous season with commitment to off season work, pushing each other in practice, and never settling for average. Their impressive season has high hopes for the future as 7 of the 11 players on the 8th grade team were 7th graders. These 7th graders rose to the occasion to better themselves with competing against the older opponents, and will all be a force to be reckoned with as they continue to grow their skills and basketball IQ" said head coach Abbi Brady.   Coach went on to say, “I’m so unbelievably proud of these girls. They have shown grit, determination, and a love for the game this entire season. I can’t wait to see what the 8th graders go on to prove in high school, as well as the strength the 7th graders will come back with next year.”

Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, Scott Neumeyer shared his enthusiasm, "Congratulations to our 8th grade team on an outstanding season! You could see the foundation for this season being laid this summer when I saw the tremendous turnout from our middle schoolers at our summer workout program. They committed themselves to improving individually and collectively outside of their season, and that is where success during the season starts. Special thanks to Coach Abbi and Coach Vic for their tremendous leadership of the girls this season as well as Coach Kim and Coach Kylee who prepared them for their 8th grade season last year at the 7th grade level. The coaching staff and players represented our school and community at the highest level, and I couldn't be prouder of not only how they performed on the court, but also how they carried themselves off of it. The future of Huskie girls' basketball is certainly bright, and I look forward to seeing their continued development in the years to come!"