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Brooks Hendrickson and the Mount Horeb-Barneveld offense could be terrific this season. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
The numbers were eye-popping.
Mount Horeb-Barneveld quarterback Brooks Hendrickson — in his first year as a starter last fall — fired 26 touchdowns vs. just seven interceptions.
Hendrickson threw for 2,249 yards, completed 60.6% of his passes and posted an impressive 107.8 passer rating.
“He was...
Jack Wilson (above) and Mount Horeb-Barneveld’s football team begin their new season with a road game at Grafton Friday. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
They allowed just 12.1 points per game a season ago.
Amazingly, 43% of those came in the fourth quarter, when many games had already been decided, a running clock was in place and the reserves were getting their opportunities.
They gave up just 10 first quarter points all season long and allowed an...
Mount Horeb-Barneveld football coach Bret St. Arnauld has guided his Vikings to big things on and off the field. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
Harrison Walker remembers the time Bret St. Arnauld taught him — and many members of the Mount Horeb Barneveld team — the importance of cleaning out your dryer vent.
Jack Wilson recalls St. Arnauld lecturing the Vikings before Homecoming about treating their dates with respect.
And Brooks...
Hayden Anderson and the Mount Horeb-Barneveld football team face a tall task in their season-opener at Grafton Friday. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
Brooks Hendrickson has a whiteboard in his bedroom.
It reads: Catholic Memorial 17, Mount Horeb-Barneveld 14.
“It still bugs me,” said Hendrickson, the Vikings’ standout senior quarterback.
MH-B was less than 2 minutes away from reaching Level 4 of the playoffs for just the second time in school...
After a memorable 10-year run, Mount Horeb athletic director Kolleen Nesheim resigned on May 7. From left are husband Todd, Kolleen Nesheim, daughter Abby, and sons Terek and Kam. Photo submitted
Mount Horeb athletic director Kolleen Nesheim announced her resignation on May 7 after a memorable 10-year run.
Here’s what some of the coaches at Mount Horeb had to say about Nesheim.
RYAN FINLEY, BASEBALL
“Kolleen has been leading our athletic department in Mount Horeb for the majority of the...
Mount Horeb star guard Josh Manchester suffered a shoulder injury last Saturday and will be out for sectionals this weekend. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
Ugh!
That reaction from Mount Horeb boys basketball coach Todd Nesheim Monday said it all.
Nesheim learned that junior guard Josh Manchester — the state’s seventh-leading scorer at 31.1 points per game and the Player of the Year in the Badger Small Conference — will be out for the Vikings’...
Dave Chancellor, a 2002 graduate of Mount Horeb High School, is the Vikings’ new boys and girls cross country coach. Photo submitted
Dave Chancellor is coming home again.
And he’s downright giddy about it.
Chancellor, a 2002 Mount Horeb graduate, is returning to his alma mater this fall to coach the boys and girls cross country teams. Piper Atnip, a Mount Horeb teacher and alum, will serve as Chancellor’s top assistant.
Longtime...
Ethan Tranel will play football at UW-La Crosse beginning this fall.
Ethan Tranel, a 2023 Mount Horeb graduate, has had quite the summer.
Tranel competed in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Classic in Oshkosh in early July. Tranel also competed in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Game on July 15.
The Baseball Classic included...
When it rains, it pours.
Not so much around these parts this summer, although Mother Nature has been kinder of late. But that's how the expression goes.
The Pine Bluff/Mount Horeb Home Talent League baseball team endured a monsoon in the top of the seventh inning of Sunday...
Mount Horeb-Barneveld senior offensive lineman Austin Leibfried verbally committed to play for Indiana last week. Photo submitted
Austin Leibfried had a plan.
And just as Hannibal Smith in the classic ‘A Team’ television series used to say, ‘I love it when a plan comes together,’ Leibfried’s plan recently came to fruition.
Leibfried desired to pursue a degree in Business at a top-notch school and also play college football at...
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