Full Show - 6/28/2025

Full show from the Donovan & Jorgenson Heating & Cooling Studio: Saturday, June 28th, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome into the Varsity Blitz high school sports show, as
always presented by your local Pick and Save and Metro
Market stores on Fox Sports nine twenty in your iHeartRadio app.
Coming live from the Donovan and Jorgans and Heating and
Cooling Studios. Any issues you have with your HVAC system
go to Donovan Jorgensen dot com, the largest employee owned

(00:21):
HVAC company in the state of Wisconsin. The ten o'clock
hour today, we're going to talk some Brookfield Central Girl
Soccer State champion Brookfield Central Girl Soccer. Their head coach
is going to come in. A couple of their players
are going to be in studio as well. But for
the first hour, if you guys listen to my stuff,
you know this time of year, I talk about some

(00:43):
sports and some events that you know, a lot of
people don't talk a lot about and I don't know
a whole lot about. And I always go back to
talking an hour and underwater hockey. Last year, underwater hockey.
It was a really good show, Like I learned a
lot about that sport. Well, I don't know much about
the Muskigo water bugs. I can tell you that reached

(01:04):
out to Eric LaFond and he was nice enough to
come in with a couple of student athletes from Muskigo
that are part of the water Bugs, and it is
looking at the water skis show, this team and some
of the things that they do. This thing's been around
a while. I need to get out there and support
these guys. For sure. Eric's good to meet you. You
are the president of the water Bugs.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, I am.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
You're not old enough to be the president.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Kind of got thrown you know, it's trial by fire
sometimes they throw you into it.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Good for you. How long you've been involved.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Since twenty twenty Actually so only a couple of years. Yeah,
on fifth season. Yeah, don't head first right in?

Speaker 1 (01:38):
So yeah, yeah, you do, you perform? I do excellent.
Have you always? Have you skied for a long time?

Speaker 4 (01:44):
No.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
One of our drivers who was formerly a skier at
the time, a close friend of mine, Covid was kind
of a weird year for us where we just didn't
have tournaments. It was kind of open season of getting
new skiers out there. Went to a show with them,
thought it'd be cool to get involved behind the scenes,
and he was like, just get on the water.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Five years later, now I'm the president.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Where did you go to high school? I went to
Pious you did. Other than that, you're not a bad guy,
for sure, I'm a mess guy. Yeah, and I always
coached coach basketball in the private schools at Dominican and
at Martin Luther and Pius. We'd have to compete against.
So good, good for you. Let's talk about this event
that's coming up on July third. Look, you don't according

(02:25):
to Bingo Lemons who used to sponsor this, and he said, boy,
this place gets it's amazing the July third event that
they do out there. But that's why we picked this
state to have you come in so we can start
to plug July third festival and fireworks is a big
event for you guys.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah, it's huge.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
You know, we ski every week from Memorial Day to
Labor Day, but we host the July third Independence Day
celebration at the beach. You know, everybody kind of thinks
that it's a city event. It's been put on by
us for forever. The fireworks that you see off that
lake have been put on by our team since they've
been going on there.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Hey, and it's not just the show. The fireworks are
after food dranks, family, find the whole bit. It is
a big event on July third in the community of Muskigo,
but you get people from all overcoming this thing.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Yeah, yeah, we get people.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
That's one of the best things about this team is
our community relations we've had being so close to the city.
We've had so many great supporting partners that come out
there and do it with us.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
But yeah, it's a great crowd that we bring out well.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
And when you talk about the vendors and to talk
about the food that's going to be available, and then
they've got pony rides and clowns and all this it's
not just the ski show is a big part of it,
but it's a much bigger event than just the ski
show and the fireworks.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, I mean, we are a nonprofit, so you know,
this event's put on by us, but our team is
fully self funded.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
We pay to be on this team. You know, gas.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
Equipment, boats, ropes, costumes, everything that goes into tournaments, production,
everything is self funded by us. So this is one
of the biggest fundraisers to raise money to do the fireworks,
keep them going and keep the team going.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
So talk to me a little bit about what people
can expect if they come out and watch you guys,
how much First of all, how much in the off
season do you guys think about what we're what you're
going to do with these ski shows? And is there
a theme that that that you guys carry on for
the year.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
Yeah, so, I mean it's it's obviously very heavy in
the summer of it. There's tons going on in the
off season.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
In the winter.

Speaker 3 (04:25):
Our two show directors are great and they you know,
every year our show directors come up with kind of
a new theme.

Speaker 5 (04:30):
You know.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
The way we perform, we have.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
An hour to basically display display it's almost like Broadway
on water. So this year our theme is a super
Ski Bros. So it's kind of a play on the
Super Mario movie.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
You know.

Speaker 3 (04:42):
In the off season we're working on scripts ideas what's
the storyline going to be, but also working on acts.
We meet with the team about once a month to
practice just climbing those human pyramids in an indoor gym,
just to get the girls that are climbing up and down,
you know, comfortable different than being on the water, but
still need to kind of keep our skills going.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
And every Wednesday night, now, you guys through August twenty seventh.
I believe you guys do a show six point thirty
and it's free every Wednesday night. How much do you
guys practice? When we talked to will And and Gianna,
I'm gonna ask him about the practice, pardon and the
theater side of all this. But how much do you

(05:20):
guys practice and when do you start? If the first
show was May twenty eighth, Like, how early can you
get in the water.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Well, some of our skiers live on the lake and
they're skiing in March, so it's a little.

Speaker 1 (05:31):
Bit we should have had them in stead. They don't mind.
I can tell you the smartest person in the whole
studios well, because he's got a hoodie on over there.
And we'll get to these student athletes from Musquigo High
School in the second segment. But you guys, the practice
part of this, how many days a week do you practice? Now?

Speaker 3 (05:50):
So we practice two days a week Monday, Tuesdays, Wednesdays.

Speaker 2 (05:53):
We perform.

Speaker 3 (05:54):
We have some kind of intermittent practices on that. You know,
our our nationally raked jump team will perform practice Thursdays
a lot often just to be able to hit that ramp.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
That's out on the lake.

Speaker 3 (06:04):
We offer a great kind of learned to ski program
for juniors members, guys that are in kids that are
just getting on the water for the first time on
Mondays earlier before our practice, just to kind of try
skills out. Our juniors program is great for that. But yeah,
more about early May till Labor Day. We're out there
three days a week at least.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
Oh my goodness, Hey, what what are I'm looking on
your website and you can go to Muskigowaterbugs dot org.
One word muskigowaterbugs dot org. And on the calendar part
you've got state tournament nationals and then a bunch of
information on the July third event. But there's a state tournament.

(06:43):
Who do you compete against other ski teams from the state.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
So we are actually the water ski capital of the world.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
So Wisconsin Rapids every July is the biggest water ski
tournament in the world. There's about twenty four teams. I
believe that Lake Lake Wazichaz in Wisconsin Rapids are just
so inside Wisconsin, right.

Speaker 1 (07:02):
I was out there a week ago with with my
six grandkids and my daughter and her husband, and my
son and his wife, and we're up on Lake Garo Head, Okay,
and they have a ski team there, they'll probably be there. Yeah,
that's going to be a short drive for them for sure.
How have you guys done in state tournaments over the years.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
So there's three different divisions. We sat in Division two
for a while ever since I've been on the team.
About two years ago we won that division. That was
probably one of the highlights of my skiing career so far,
of just being there and actually seeing a tournament. Because
it's a lot, there's a lot that goes into It
goes by in the blink of an eye. But everything
you worked for, you got an hour to put on.
All your acts, your performance, your production, your choreography.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
Everything has to be done. Then.

Speaker 3 (07:44):
So we sit in Division one. Now we're great for
you know, there's a lot of big teams out there
in our division that have a lot of more members
and you know they've been there for a while, and
it's we play with the big dogs, but it's we
do well for where we're at.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
If I talk to young Eric, Fine when you were
a senior at Pies and I said, hey, years from now,
you're going to be in studio and this is what
we're gonna be talking about. You would have shook your
head and said, there's no chance I'm going to be involved.
It's something like that.

Speaker 3 (08:11):
I didn't think I was going to be in the
role I am to where I am, but it's it's
totally worth it.

Speaker 2 (08:16):
The organization's great, the team's great.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
It's a lot of fun. What do you what's your
Is this your real job?

Speaker 3 (08:22):
No, we are all you know, we're all volunteers. You know,
our organization we kind of considered a second job. You know.
Our board of directors is great. It's a mixed range.
Most of them are skiers. Actually all of them are skiers.
So we're not only performing on the water and practicing,
but we're trying to do the day to day operations
of this club too.

Speaker 1 (08:40):
You know, it's interesting. We talked on the phone and
and you said, how many people can I bring in?
I said, well, bring a couple of it's a high
school sports show. Bring a couple of high school And
you went out of your way to talk about the
board and talk about all the people you took. You said, look,
it's not maybe they're they're The team that we have
is so good and everybody pitches in and and you

(09:03):
wouldn't talk about being the president of this thing. You said, look,
this group is such a good group and they do
a lot of the work. And I may have that title,
but boy, I'd like to bring a bunch of these
people in. And I said, look, the studio is is
kind of small. But you went out of your way
to talk about this board in the amount of time
and sweat equity that they everybody that puts in as
a volunteer to make sure the water Bugs are are represented.

Speaker 3 (09:26):
Well, yeah, I mean there's a lot that goes on,
you know, on the water off the water, our production crew,
our drive team, are you know, just our dock coordination,
our sound crew, trying to fund this team that you
know overseeing all that. There's a lot of moving pieces
that go into this. You know, writing a show from
scratch is not easy. Now, trying to organize this program
too can be you know, has this challenges.

Speaker 1 (09:47):
Hey, how long have the water Bugs been around? What's
the history of them?

Speaker 2 (09:51):
So nineteen fifty eight we started, So it's been a while.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
That's not that old to me. That hadn't been around
that Yeah, trust me, it's a long time.

Speaker 3 (10:01):
Yeah, and so we have been on Little Mosquigo Lake
off of Idle Aisle. I'd say, since I had to
look at the exact date, I believe somewhere in the
nineties we moved to that lake and we've been home
ever since. City of Mosquigo has been great, a great
partner for us to be able to host there, be
able to perform there. We really value kind of being
in that city. We enjoyed a lot.

Speaker 1 (10:20):
Hey, how what is the age, Well, like the age
of the performers and the people that perform for the
water Bugs is high school age kids? Is it? Guys?
Your age all over the place.

Speaker 3 (10:32):
So our youngest member, I think is five skiing. We
have kids in our junior's program that are five ten
years old that are barefooting on the water. Our oldest
member is I don't want to date him, but probably
into his mid seventies.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
He's still barefooting just as well.

Speaker 3 (10:47):
On Saturday morning as you go out there, he's going
to be behind about barefoot and away.

Speaker 1 (10:50):
Hey, what part of the show gets the most I
guess excitement from the crowd. Is it the jumps? Is
it the part of it? Is it the pyramid part?
Like what part do you think draws the most attention
for the crowd that's coming.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
I think it depends what you're looking at. But you know,
our human pyramids are are giant. There's so many members
out there, and we successfully pull them off and everybody
makes it off that dock and around and presents it.
That's it's an exciting feeling for us on the water.
But when you see the crowd's reaction really freaking out
about it, that's that's awesome. Our jump team too, I mean,
they've been nationally ranked. We have some incredible jumpers on
our team.

Speaker 1 (11:27):
Either of the two kids in studio with us jumpers,
Will is Yeah, yeah, talk a lot about that, a
little bit tough. We'll get to Will in a minute
because I think he's got to be a little bit
touched too to do that. How important are good drivers?

Speaker 2 (11:42):
Super important?

Speaker 1 (11:43):
You know?

Speaker 3 (11:43):
I trust them inevitably out there, these guys are you know.
One thing we take is, you know, our big thing
kind of the whole premise of our club is to
teach like water safety and sports safety, you know, being
on the water, safe practices.

Speaker 2 (11:56):
Our drivers.

Speaker 3 (11:57):
It's our boats are huge, but they're not built for speed,
built for power. You know, when you're pulling thirty six
people in the pyramid, you got to be able to
do it. But our drive team is everything there too,
very coordinated. The speeds, you know, people doing things at
different speeds, the patterns, how they ride on the lake.
They're not just going out there and just figuring it
out there in exact movements.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
So, hey, do they drivers have to be part of
the when you guys are thinking in the off season
when you go with Super Skipros, did they have to
be part of that conversation? Oh?

Speaker 3 (12:26):
Yeah, they are. Are a drive captain who brought me
onto this team. He sits down with the show direction
his name Teddy Uh. He works very hard with our
show directors going over all the patterns, what's getting you know,
they have to we are judged on a certain amount
of acts. We have to put thirteen acts on the
water in an hour. U Some take a lot longer
to set up. Some are really quick. And he works

(12:48):
really tirelessly with our show directors coordinating Okay, what's fast,
what's slow? Where's the gaps in the show.

Speaker 1 (12:53):
There's a lot behind the scenes that guys like me
don't know. And and look that was kind of a
thrower question the drivers, how involved are they? I would
have never guessed that guys like Teddy have to be
involved from the and no pun from the jump on
putting this thing together. I like on your website and
that's this surprised me by the way. You know, I'm

(13:15):
on your website and I'm looking at different things and
when it says, look this The water Water Bugs Ski
Club is a nonprofit organization with a mission to educate
youth in boat safety. And I think that that's really
important because we look at at the uniforms and the
jumps and all the things that crazy guys like will

(13:36):
do and we go, wow, this is really cool. They
put a lot of work into it. But the mission
statement of getting kids to understand boating safety is very
important to you.

Speaker 3 (13:47):
Yeah, the biggest thing we teach, even starting at our
junior's program. You know, everybody falls. You know, when I
first started, I sat on the dock and skied off,
and I was like, well, I've skied a little bit.
And then you get off fine, and then they go
all right, here's Bella and they put her on your
shoulders and it's pull her off the dock and they
fall immediately. The biggest thing we teach is when you fall,
smile and wave. You know everybody's watching you. We constantly
are knowing, the drivers are constantly talking to each other,

(14:10):
and it's that wave and that smile lets the crowd know, hey,
I'm all right, the drivers know, Hey, they're all right,
everybody's good, and then they just keep moving on.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
Hey, And I'll ask Will this question, but how like
do you do you start wanting to jump as a
waterskier early on? And it are you less fearful when
you're ten rather than when you're eighteen or seventy one? Right?
I think it?

Speaker 3 (14:33):
Uh, I think it's a personal preference. You know, you
can ask Will why he got into it. I have
jumped before. It's a different animal.

Speaker 1 (14:40):
You know.

Speaker 3 (14:40):
It's fast speeds and that ramp looks huge, so you
hit it.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
You gotta go off it. There's no turning around with
he He's pretty good.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
Yeah, yeah, look at him smirk over there. We're gonna
find out what And Gianna what is she on top
of the pyramid? And I feel horrible for her right now?

Speaker 5 (14:57):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (14:57):
Because what was smart enough to wear that hoodie? And
we I found two blankets for her, and she's like, no, no,
I'm fine.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
We've skied in colder water, so okay.

Speaker 3 (15:05):
You know, as long as it's even if it's raining,
you know, as long as it's not downpouring and there's
no lightning, we're out there.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
So well, I look forward to talking to them because
I think it's it's very interesting when when you get
involved in something like the water Bugs. First of all,
how much work goes in from the back end, and
and and looking into what you guys do. I I
just think there are so many people that that nobody
knows about. Nobody. You know, Teddy does what he does,

(15:32):
been doing this for a while. I'm sure is it
his boat?

Speaker 2 (15:35):
No, So all the boats are owned by the team.

Speaker 1 (15:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (15:38):
So everything again, everything is self funded for us. All
the boats you see, the motors, the maintenance, ropes, costumes,
everything is self funded by us. We have a lot
of fundraisers that we do in the off season and
during the season. But that's why, you know, our crowds
are community support to be able to put these shows
on for free to the public every Wednesday. Is really
the kids use their own skis, so we have all
the equipment too, So everybody. Everything's provided. Some of our

(15:59):
are some of our umpers and things like that. They've
they've bought specialty stuff for some of them are more
individual acts. Well, you know, they're on the lake all
the time, so they you know, they like their personal stuff.

Speaker 1 (16:09):
Multi sport athletes most of these kids.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yeah, we have a lot.

Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah, so you know, high school, middle school athletes, especially
early in the season they're finishing up other sports.

Speaker 2 (16:17):
These guys could talk about that.

Speaker 3 (16:18):
They're both kind of victims to that too, But you know,
it's everybody wrapping up kind of end of the school year,
and then once the August hits, you know, kids start
falling off for college or school season.

Speaker 2 (16:28):
Starting back up. But yeah, it's a great summer sport
to get everybody out on the water.

Speaker 1 (16:32):
Hey. It's funny because when I'm looking at the third
of July and the food and drinks and family fun
and fireworks show, and it talks about where to park,
and it talks about where to go, and it does say, look,
they're not going to open till three o'clock, so don't
come out at one o'clock and think you're going to
be able to get in the parking lot. It does.

(16:53):
It's going to be closed until three pm sharp and
you're going to be able to get out there and
get involved in all this. There's different parking and arrival
and announcements and if you have interest in going to this,
you can go to muskigowaterbugs dot org and the Muskigo
Waterbugs will direct the parking, will ask for a seven
dollars donation that goes right back because it is a

(17:15):
nonprofit for you guys.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
Yeah, it's a big fundraiser for us.

Speaker 3 (17:18):
You know, all the logistics of you know, you know,
bathrooms and things like that, just kind of trying to
bring five thousand people to the island.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
Can you know, we foot the bill.

Speaker 3 (17:27):
So it's it's just the offset the cost of what
it takes to you know, operate this. Again, we have
so many people and again you can see us the
day before too on Wednesday Thursday. We have a great
fireworks show for you with festival foods. But you know,
the big thing with it is everybody thinks that this
has been a kind of a City of Muskigo event and.

Speaker 2 (17:43):
They're a great partner with us to host.

Speaker 3 (17:45):
This that we work hand in hand with them, you know,
Mskigo Police and the Parks Department and DPW to put
this event on. But this has been our our gig
from the start, so it's it's very important.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
What is a Wisconsin water Ski Federation. There's a federation
in the state of Wisconsin for waterski, so yeah.

Speaker 3 (18:01):
They oversee there's kind of two chapters, you know, So
there's Wisconsin Waterski Federation that kind of oversees all of
our tournaments, and then there's a USA Waterski You know,
we do have a lot of teams across the country too.
We have a national there's a World's tournament that just
happened in Australia. Some of our members on our team
actually we're part of that team that went out to
Australia to compete against other countries. A lot of those

(18:21):
athletes come from the Wisconsin area. But we have a
lot of teams down in Florida too that compete, you know,
depending on the season.

Speaker 2 (18:27):
Or the weather down there.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
Obviously was a little bit nicer in the winter, but
Wisconsin's the capitol. You go up to Stevens Point at
the end of July, there's gonna be thousands of people
if they're watching this believable.

Speaker 1 (18:36):
Thursday, July third, ski shows at six pm. Fireworks are
are at when it gets dark and in Muskigo, it's
a place to place to go. And I would assume
that that this fundraiser helps you guys for the entire year. Correct.

Speaker 3 (18:52):
Yeah, we you know, we really you know, we really
rely on our community support. We have some great, great
sponsors that help put this program on our community. You know, donations,
our concession stand everything, you know, just what we get
on the beach has been great from the public. But
this is a huge fundraiser for us just to be
able to keep these fireworks going. You know, fireworks aren't cheap,
you know, just the event is, it's it's a lot

(19:14):
to put on. There's a lot that goes on behind
the scenes, and we're gonna have some great vendors out there,
a lot of food trucks for you guys.

Speaker 2 (19:18):
Things for the kids to do.

Speaker 3 (19:19):
The beach is open, like you said, you know, it's
closed till about three o'clock just to kind of get
everything set up, but kids can come out.

Speaker 2 (19:25):
The beach is open. You can swim as much as
you want up until we ski.

Speaker 1 (19:27):
So it's how is the parking you guys got that
figured out.

Speaker 2 (19:31):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (19:31):
Yeah. So it's it's you know, kind of like parking
and fan field.

Speaker 2 (19:35):
It's just you know, we.

Speaker 3 (19:36):
Take over the park across the street. We have golf
cart shovel service to get you across, you know, and
bring the picnic blankets, wagons, anything you need. You know,
Moskeigo's Finders are going to be around too. They'll direct
you in the area to get you where you need
to go.

Speaker 1 (19:47):
Yeah, they're awesome. They are. I've had them in studio
when we talked with Skeigo Football with Ryan mcmilly's my
coast and and look a Mesquigo High school football game
is similar. Right, There's a lot of parking, a lot
of figuring all that out. And the Oskigo Police Department
they do it. They do a phenomenal job. And I
have to say that because you know, if I go
to down Jamesville and go get my popcorn, if I'm

(20:09):
seeing you know, make sure that you know, just give
me a warning. Boys, I'll slow down a little bit.
We're gonna get to a break this entire first hour
where we are talking with Eric Lafon. He's the president
of the Muskigo Waterbugs, and then we've got two student
athletes from Usquigo High School going to join us the
next segment. Go to Muskigowaterbugs dot org Muskigowaterbugs dot org

(20:31):
and you can get all the information you need on
their Wednesday night shows. And then this July third event
that's coming up, make sure that if you're looking to
do something for July third, come out and support these guys,
these kids and these adults that are involved in the
Waterbug program and doing this a long time since nineteen
fifty eight, and they do as good a job as

(20:53):
anybody in the state and maybe in the country. I
don't know about that that might be a little bit much,
but we're gonna say that on today show, and you
can't prove me wrong on that thing. You go out
and support the amount of work that they put in
in the back end and behind the scenes for not
only this event, but for every Wednesday night that they
put this show on. It's really a big deal. We

(21:14):
will get to our student athletes that are involved with
the water Bugs on the other side of the break.
This is the Varsity Politics High School Sports Show presented
by your local Pick and Save and Metro Market Stores
only on Fox Sports ninet twenty and your iHeartRadio app.
Welcome back to the Varsity Politics High School Sports Show,
as always presented by your local Pick and Save and

(21:34):
Metro Market stores. Coming live from the Donovan and Jorgenson
Heating and Cooling Studios. Any issues you have with your HVAC,
we should bring them in studio is where we should
bring them. I'm telling you we know the air conditioning
is working. And these kids we have from Musqigo are
a lot tougher than I am. I don't know what's
happened to me. One hundred percent. Irish used to be tough.

(21:55):
I'm not tough anymore. Any issues you have go to
Donovan Jorgenson dot com through HVAC system. We're talking the
first hour with a number of people from the Muskigo
water Bucks And if you've not seen the show, I
have not, and I need to get out there. I
probably July third might be the time, but you got
to get me a good seat over there. I'm too

(22:15):
old to be trying to figure out how to sit
in the back. We are now joined by two student
athletes from a Schego High School. Will how you doing?

Speaker 6 (22:24):
Very good are you?

Speaker 1 (22:25):
Is it cracklow?

Speaker 6 (22:26):
It is cracklow.

Speaker 1 (22:27):
So you're a pole vaulter. Yeah, so you are a
little nutty. Yeah, I'm just telling you, and you jump
on this team. How long you've been part of the Waterbucks?

Speaker 6 (22:37):
Twenty twenty was my first season. I was so small
I really couldn't do anything. So twenty twenty one was
the first year I actually got to be a part
of the show.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
So you practiced with them though for the year and
you were part of the show.

Speaker 6 (22:50):
Yeah. The junior program wasn't a thing back when I started,
so I just kind of got tossed in as much
as I really could do.

Speaker 1 (22:56):
Did you ski a lot before that?

Speaker 6 (22:58):
Yeah, so I've been skiing for a while. We have
a cabin up in northern Wisconsin that we always go to.

Speaker 1 (23:03):
Ski whereabouts in northern Wiscons in Tomahawk, Oh sure, so
they have a ski team up there. It's a beautiful
part of the state. That is Yeah. Good, good for you, Gianna.
How are you good? How are you good? You're gonna
going to be a junior and well you're going to
be a senior at Meskigo. Both multi sport athletes, you
played lacrosse you were a pole vaulter. How long have

(23:25):
you been part of the Waterbucks same as well? Closer
for Canby?

Speaker 5 (23:29):
There's that good.

Speaker 1 (23:30):
Yeah, that's perfect. So the same year that he got
involved with did you get Were you part of the
show the first year?

Speaker 7 (23:35):
Yeah, it's very different for girls and boys. Like when
you're small as a girl, you're in everything, and when
you're small as a boy you're in nothing.

Speaker 8 (23:42):
So I was in a.

Speaker 1 (23:43):
Lot, you were in everything work. Yeah, did do you
ski outside of this? Did you start skiing at the
early age as well? No?

Speaker 7 (23:51):
I started skiing when I joined the team. Really yeah,
I had never skied before.

Speaker 1 (23:55):
How did you get involved in it then?

Speaker 7 (23:57):
Well, my friends were in it and then I was
just like, oh, like, I'm want to do something during
the summer. So I just started showing up to indoors
and then I started skiing, well indoor way, I like
our indoor practices.

Speaker 1 (24:08):
You guys have indoor practices, Yeah, Eric, I didn't ask
you about that. When in the off season, so as
you they're starting to develop the show or.

Speaker 7 (24:19):
Yeah, so right as our board starts meeting to like
develop the show and plan it, then once a month
during like the winter, we'll have indoor practices and then
when it gets closer to spring, we'll start doing it
every Sunday and that's where we're just climbing pyramids and
learning our ballet dances and stuff like that.

Speaker 1 (24:35):
Did you have any idea, Well, I'll go to you
on this. Did you have any idea when you're getting involved?
This is it's basically half sport, half theater, right.

Speaker 6 (24:44):
It is a lot of the big teams that are
very good. They're major like roles. The kids do theater
and are like began production.

Speaker 1 (24:53):
You don't get nervous anymore doing this, do you no?

Speaker 6 (24:56):
My first couple of years, I was a little scared.
But last year I was character in the show and
I was a little scared. But this year I'm excited
to be another character.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
And what character are you?

Speaker 9 (25:05):
This is?

Speaker 6 (25:05):
I'm Luigi this year.

Speaker 1 (25:07):
Yo. That's the big character, isn't that?

Speaker 6 (25:09):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (25:09):
Right?

Speaker 6 (25:10):
That Luigi and Mario are the two main characters.

Speaker 1 (25:12):
Man, congratulations, thank you, that's awesome. Do you do you
feel like you are there college age kids that are
involved in this show? Do you think you'll be able
to and you're shaking your head? Yes, you are? You
gonna be able to continue this. If you go away
to college, can you still come back and be part
of this camp. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (25:29):
So most of the time, college is pretty good. You
get out earlier than normal high school, so you're at
all the start of the season stuff. And then most
of the time some of the college caulds just leave
towards the end of the season, but it never gets
in the way of the tournaments.

Speaker 1 (25:41):
Gianna, how how hard are the practices?

Speaker 7 (25:45):
They're very like, I don't know how to word this, Like,
it's very tiring because you're just running act to act
to act, and like, especially when we want to make
it perfect because we only practice two times a week
and the doc's small, like we can't put a million
acts out there at so it's very tiring, just trying
to fit as much in as you can.

Speaker 1 (26:03):
And you're in a lot of the show this year,
I'd say so, yeah, so you when you guys are practicing,
you don't get a whole lot of time. No, if
you're you're going from one to the next. Yeah. And
I had asked Derek, how important are the drivers of
the boat for you guys? Really important? Yeah, they got
to be on queue and on time and making sure

(26:26):
that you know exactly before the first show, which was
I think at the end of May, you're in the
water a lot getting ready for that show. How much
tweaking goes on to the show as the year goes on.

Speaker 7 (26:40):
I mean we're changing something every day of practice, every show,
everything up until usually the third is when we want
our show like set for State, and if really something
doesn't like go well, then we'll do minor changes, but
we really want it set by then, so we pretty
much have our show set right now.

Speaker 1 (26:55):
Hey, when when you talked about State, Eric was on
that first time and talked about Nationals. Have you guys
either one of you gone to Nationals?

Speaker 7 (27:04):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (27:05):
You have? Yeah. How how good is the competition at
Nationals compared to State? Is it a whole different level.

Speaker 7 (27:13):
I think it's weird because when we go to State,
we know these teams and like or we'll see their
social media and we know what they're doing, and then
we get to Nationals and it's like, we've never heard
of you guys, and you guys are so crazy good.

Speaker 6 (27:24):
Exactly. That's exactly how I would put it. The teams,
they're smaller teams from Illinois or somewhere out west and
you just find out they're a crazy good team and
you've never heard of them before.

Speaker 1 (27:35):
Where where have you traveled for Nationals?

Speaker 7 (27:37):
It's either in like northern Illinois usually that's where we go.

Speaker 1 (27:41):
So like so that's not an overnight trip. You just
go and then come back. Yeah, that's awesome. Do you
do you make tweaks and do you practice more prior
to Nationals to make sure that everything is is is
exactly how you want it.

Speaker 6 (27:59):
I think State our main competition, so that is where
we really have our best show, and then when we
go into Nationals, we try and put on almost the
same show, but just something just a little bit better.

Speaker 1 (28:10):
Look when I ask you, guys, who your biggest competition
in lacrosse? I know who you're gonna say. It's gonna
be mcgonaga, it's gonna be Arrowhead, It's gonna be right.
But in State with water skiing, is there a team
that that Musquigo wants to beat and doesn't like a
whole lot and we don't want to give them any
bulletin board material? But who's your biggest competition in this?

Speaker 7 (28:32):
I'd say now that we're d one, there's like three
big teams that are just always one, two, and three,
and so for us to get up there with them,
that's like our main goal, Like and that's Mad City,
bad Water Rock, aquaj Is, Like those are our three
teams that our biggest competition.

Speaker 1 (28:50):
It is do they have more people involved? Is that
is that important in this sport?

Speaker 4 (28:57):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (28:58):
The number of people you have on the team really
can make a big difference to Like, if you have
certain guys for a pyramid and certain guys for a jump,
you don't have to have them both in it, and
then less delayed time, more acts on the show, bigger stuff.

Speaker 1 (29:11):
How many do you guys when you do a jump?
Is it just yours? There more guys doing jumps at
the same time.

Speaker 6 (29:16):
There is multiple people going off the jump at one time.
It really jump is scored off a lot of different things.
And if you put more people on the ramp and
they all do something at way more points than having
one guy do.

Speaker 1 (29:26):
It, you have fallen when you're doing this in competition.
That that's the biggest fear, right, Uh.

Speaker 6 (29:35):
Yeah, that is. I mean most of the time you
want to be really confident. I mean the jump team
is extremely good and they really are like, very good
at what they do. But when you fall, it's at
those big competitions. You know, you fall and it kind
of sucks.

Speaker 1 (29:49):
So you're on the on the nationally ranked jump team.
You guys are nationally ranked as a jump team. Yes,
who judges this?

Speaker 6 (29:58):
Uh, honestly, I think it's the water ski Eric.

Speaker 1 (30:03):
Eric's coming on that and he's shaking his head. He'll
be able to answer that that question for you. Your
favorite part of of of skiing, Well, what would that be?

Speaker 6 (30:15):
Honestly? Shoe ski that would be my go to.

Speaker 1 (30:18):
All right, well now you got to help me. Now
you go. You see this confused look on my face?
What is that?

Speaker 6 (30:23):
Shoe ski is like skis that are about just a
little bit bigger than your foot, and it's a fast
pull right off the dock and it's kind of just
a mess around act. It's one of my favorite Do
you ski?

Speaker 1 (30:35):
Do you do you always ski with two skis? Or
can you? Can you ski with one as well?

Speaker 6 (30:39):
With one? Yea and to It really depends on the
act that you're doing. There's multiple where you have to
be on one like ballet that Gianna does.

Speaker 1 (30:46):
Do you shoe ski?

Speaker 8 (30:47):
No?

Speaker 1 (30:47):
No? Do you want to try because he'll he'll work
with you.

Speaker 7 (30:51):
I would love to try, but the speed that they
go off the dock scares me is so bad.

Speaker 1 (30:56):
It's really quick.

Speaker 6 (30:57):
Yeah, it's hammered down off the dock.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
And you don't jump with shoeskis no.

Speaker 6 (31:03):
I know some guys that have tried and it it's
some crazy stuff.

Speaker 1 (31:06):
Don't do that. Yeah, I don't. You pull vaulted and
you doing this is enough? What is it? What is
it like? Look? People would ask Michael Jordan, like when
you jumped to dunk and you're going up and you
keep going up and guys that are not coming down, what's
it like to jump like that? He said, I don't know.
That's just what I've always done. When you're jumping in

(31:28):
with water skis, especially in the beginning, are you trying
to get as high as you can go? Or are
you trying to get as.

Speaker 6 (31:35):
Far jump has a point where the farther you go
off the ramp, the more you can score off that jump.
But I think it really depends on what you're going for.

Speaker 1 (31:46):
Hey, I had asked him his favorite party skiing. What's
your favorite part?

Speaker 7 (31:50):
I'd say my favorite part is either pyramids or ballet.

Speaker 1 (31:54):
The pyramid part, you're obviously yeah. Are you on the
top of the pyramid?

Speaker 7 (31:59):
Usually I'm on the road that's standing on the guys,
and then I have girls on top of me too.

Speaker 1 (32:03):
Are you on the bottom part?

Speaker 6 (32:04):
Ye, I'm on the bottom.

Speaker 1 (32:05):
Man. You're not big enough. Man. They should get a
guy like me. I could have all kinds of people.

Speaker 6 (32:10):
I'm usually on the smaller pyramids, are on the side
for the big ones.

Speaker 1 (32:15):
Hey. The idea of look you guys are both on
different teams and and look track and field is very
It's very individual, yet it's team concept skiing the same
thing where it's individual, but yet it's it's the whole
team idea and the culture of the team. Do you
enjoy that part of it?

Speaker 10 (32:34):
Oh?

Speaker 6 (32:34):
Yeah, I think our team is great. I mean we
have such a strong connection through everybody. I mean there's
really no one like if someone asks to go hang
out one day on the team, there's no one I'd
say no to.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
Do you guys practice outside of the team practicing? And
look you when you how about this? Can you enjoy
when you're up north in Tamahawk? Can you just enjoy
skiing without in your mind? Going Okay, I got to
get better at this part. Or can you just go
out and enjoy it a little bit?

Speaker 6 (33:02):
I go out and enjoy it all the time. I
really think, like when I'm at practice, I want to
do my best for the team, But going up north
just skiing down the river, that's a whole different story.

Speaker 1 (33:11):
And guys that like are in on a swim team,
I'll ask that question, like can you enjoy just like
if you come to the condo I live at in Milwaukee,
can you just take a nice And they're like, nah,
I'm always thinking about I got to get better. I'll
work on my turn and to be able to just
enjoy it. How about you? Can you just can you
go out and ski with friends and just enjoy it?

Speaker 7 (33:34):
I can, But I also catch myself like if my
family or my friends are going on a boat day, like,
oh I want to I want to bring my swivel ski,
Oh I want to try this, or oh I'll grab
a ski and I'll just ski for a little bit.

Speaker 1 (33:44):
So well, when you say that Tom WWK has their
own team. When you're up on vacation, will you go
watch them perform?

Speaker 6 (33:51):
Yeah? So my cousin's on the team. So I have
up their team before and yeah, we go and watch you.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
Ski with them. Yeah, do you wear this Mesquigo Waterbugs.

Speaker 6 (34:00):
Yeah, so they all know me from the Mesquigo Waterbugs.
We have a lot of family up there.

Speaker 1 (34:04):
So and when you're up there, they allow you to
either come to practice or ski.

Speaker 6 (34:10):
Yeah, they're a smaller team, so they want as many
people to come ski with them as they want. So
when I go up there, it's pretty much.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
Like do everything that that's awesome. That gives you a
little bit of practice and you could see some of
the things they're doing. I love that family involved with
this as well. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (34:27):
I started off always wanting to do the team when
I was a young kid, Like I wanted to go
we go to the shows. I want to be a
part team. I just couldn't do it with all the
like six sports. I was probably in the middle stright.
And then twenty twenty COVID they my mom stopped posting
they need as many people as they want. We're not
like competing and stuff. So I went out and did it,

(34:49):
and then my dad started spotting. My sister joined, my
mom was a part of the board last year. Now
the whole family's involved.

Speaker 1 (34:57):
That's awesome. How about your family, No, it's just come
out and support you.

Speaker 7 (35:01):
Yeah, my mom helped with concessions last year and that
was it.

Speaker 1 (35:04):
No, I just ski and they. I would assume that Wednesday,
if this show starts at what time does it start?

Speaker 11 (35:09):
Six?

Speaker 1 (35:10):
I'm sure at six o'clock of your family is there?

Speaker 7 (35:12):
Oh yeah, five forty five, they're ready on the beach.

Speaker 1 (35:15):
And the community really comes and supports this the Wednesday night.
For you guys, is is it's a big deal for
you and and the community comes out for sure? Correct? Yes?

Speaker 6 (35:25):
For of course, there's a lot of people that come
out almost every week. I mean it's different people.

Speaker 1 (35:30):
Hey, the show on July thirdde do you in the
you know, before the show starts, or you work in
the parking lot or is everybody pitching in for this? Yeah?

Speaker 6 (35:38):
So last year I helped direct traffic, like getting cars
in and putting people on the shuttles. But everyone helps out.
I mean the whole team's there right and early in
the morning and then helping out.

Speaker 1 (35:49):
Till the shit that big crowd. Any nerves for you,
for you guys, you get a little nervous for this one.

Speaker 8 (35:55):
I still get nervous.

Speaker 1 (35:56):
Yeah, good, I think that's healthy. I really do. Guys,
we're gonna to get to a break and we're gonna
have Eric Lafon join us, the president of the Muskigo
Water Bugs. As we talk about this club and look,
this time of year, I'm talking about stuff I know
nothing about. When when we'll talked about My favorite part
is we're in the shoe skis. I have no idea

(36:18):
what he's talking about. And I love the fact that
he likes it because the speed.

Speaker 6 (36:22):
Part, Yeah, the adrenaline rush.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
Fat How hard was it to learn how to ski
with that?

Speaker 6 (36:27):
It took me like two years to really figure it out.
I mean it is something that you just you have
it or you don't got.

Speaker 1 (36:34):
It, and it took you a while.

Speaker 6 (36:36):
It took me a long time.

Speaker 1 (36:37):
That's awesome. We'll continue our conversation with Gianna and Will
and ask Erica, the president of the Muskigo water Bugs,
that join us on the other side of the break.
If you're looking for a really fun event, a family event,
July third, their their festival and the fireworks in the
ski show, it has beat that whole day put on
by the Muskigo Water Bugs and this is a not

(37:00):
nonprofit organization and that look, I think it's really important
that people understand that this mission of this organization's educate
youth in voting safety and then put on a really
fun show for the community and have these not only
kids but adults get together as one team under the
Muskigo Waterbugs. They've been doing it since nineteen fifty nine,

(37:22):
so they kind of figured it out. I can tell
you that give yourself an opportunity to have a lot
of fun at July third. Go to their website for
all the information on parking and cost they make money.
It's a fundraiser for the water Bugs. Seven dollars to
park and trust me, you're going to want to pay
the seven bucks and take in this show and take

(37:44):
in the fireworks as part of this event for the
Muskigo Waterbugs. Again Muskigowaterbugs dot org for any information. This
is the varsiteople It's high school sports show presented by
your local Pick and Save and Metro Market stores only
on Fox Sports sneint twenty in your iHeartRadio app. Well,
Welcome back to the Varsity Blitz. High school sports show

(38:06):
is always presented by your local Pick and Save and
metro market stores. Coming from the Dinavan and Jorganson Heating
and Cooling studios First Hour. This has been fun for me.
The Muskigo Waterbugs don't I didn't know much about it, right,
I've seen I've seen a ski show a couple of
times live in Pilwaukee. They have one. Have you seen

(38:27):
their show by the way, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (38:29):
We're actually very close with them. So they actually don't compete,
so they don't go to tournaments, but we work kind
of hand in hand with them. Our schedules are different.
We help each other out when we needed drivers. Skiers
really like. We have a good relationship with them. A
lot of them have been Waterbugs before. We've had people
from Pewaukee that want to come and compete, so it's yeah,
it's a great relationship.

Speaker 1 (38:50):
Why do you think, Eric, they don't They don't compete, you.

Speaker 2 (38:54):
Know, different club history.

Speaker 3 (38:57):
I'm familiar with a lot of the board members on
that team. But their focus is really you know, teaching
the sport, getting kids on the water, which everybody is.
It's just a whole different animal. When you're writing a
show for a competition, you know, everything's timed, it's very
strict schedule, so it's a little bit more laid back,
but still they're putting on incredible work out there. They're
doing really really cool acts.

Speaker 1 (39:17):
Hey, you got thank you for showing me some video
on these guys. And I would not do the shoe
ski thing, mister Will. No, I'm not doing that for sure. Yeah,
and you're right, I mean you could they that goes
fast right off the jump, right off the jump. Hey.
I had asked Will and Gianna if I could ask

(39:38):
him this question. They said absolutely, And if we move
the microphone, I'll start with you, Gianna, your favorite memory?
And I'd love to ask this question for high school
age kids when normally after they graduate and they're seasons over,
what your favorite memory was? And you guys said, yeah,
you can ask us that your favorite memory so far
being part of the Water Bugs, what would that be?

Speaker 7 (40:00):
I had a million percent say winning State. I mean
it was just like two years ago. We had worked
so hard for that show and we just put everything
out onto the water, like every time we didn't act
and it got up, we were just cheering and it
was so it was just so much excitement and to
win state and know that like we got what we wanted.
Was just amazing.

Speaker 1 (40:18):
Was up in Wisconsin Rapids. Did you guys hang out
there or did you guys come home that night?

Speaker 7 (40:25):
Or Yeah? Usually our team stays up there the whole tournament.
So we'll go up there, is it like Wednesday, Thursday,
and then stay there the whole time. It's so much
fun and it's like it's great team bonding. Like I
feel like I get closer to my team every time
I'm up there.

Speaker 1 (40:37):
One hundred percent. I agree with that as a former
basketball coach, that that that culture and that camaraderie. The
winning state seems like Mosquigo people do a lot of
that now.

Speaker 5 (40:49):
It's what we know best.

Speaker 1 (40:50):
Yeah, that is yeah, the winning the whole winning side. Hey,
well your favorite memory being part of the the Waterbugs?

Speaker 6 (40:57):
What would it be once again winning state? It was
just the best thing. It was so amazing.

Speaker 1 (41:03):
Did you remember who you beat? Who took second?

Speaker 6 (41:07):
Shao's ski show.

Speaker 1 (41:09):
Will's got this big old smile because he knew.

Speaker 6 (41:13):
I'm really good friends with a lot of people on
the Shaano team and they have got second place for
three years in a row. Oh happy, So knowing because
a lot when we were sitting there waiting to know
they started last place, work their way up and we
all thought Shaana was taking it and to win it
from them was awesome.

Speaker 3 (41:34):
Yeah, I think you were talking about before just kind
of how this is judged. You know, we start basically,
there's so many judges part of this ski Federation that
are judging you on everything, not just your skiing ability,
but the costume, is, the flow of the show, the music,
the production, and so you basically start with a max
score and they start deducting on the way down and
you get what like box scores. So the best Ballet

(41:57):
act is the highest point and they'll give awards for
each of those. So when you start seeing the box
scores come out before the actual placements, yes, and you
start taking a lot of those, you're going to know
that you're sitting pretty high up. And we never, at
least all of us on the teams in twenty twenty,
have never experienced that.

Speaker 2 (42:12):
We had so many new members.

Speaker 3 (42:13):
So when we started taking those early box scores, like
we took Best Ballet that year, you kind of had
a feeling that was where we were going to place something.
And then when they called second, it was between us
and Sean Oh.

Speaker 2 (42:23):
We lost it.

Speaker 1 (42:24):
We were going too Jianna, do you did you take it? Ballet?

Speaker 7 (42:29):
I did dance in gymnastics when I was younger, but
I've always been more like I played hockey, lacrosse. I've
been more physical sports. But I absolutely love ballet. It's
one of my favorite cs in the show.

Speaker 1 (42:39):
And so you would they did? They ask does anybody
have any dance background?

Speaker 7 (42:46):
You can kind of tell when we're practicing dances who
who has background or not. And that's what really determines
like front row back row for our dances, because we
go out on the dock and we dance, We go
out on the water and we dance. We come back
and we dance, and then this year we have a
second ballet act. Then we go on the water again
and dance and then come on to the sand.

Speaker 1 (43:03):
Is there crowd involvement with.

Speaker 8 (43:05):
This during ballet?

Speaker 7 (43:08):
Yeah, like they'll clap along or they'll dance to the music.
But really, at the end of our show, when we
do our big final dance with everyone on the team
comes on the beach, that's almost everybody Misqigo knows that dance.

Speaker 3 (43:17):
I was gonna say, our community support is great, but
we have a lot of super fans, and yeah, we
got some. We have some super fans and they know
our our choreographed dance. And you know when we say ballet,
it's it's not like the traditional ballet you see. You know,
these girls are on one ski, they're holding the rope
at their goal around there.

Speaker 1 (43:33):
You showed me the video and to just be able
to ski like that and then to be and then
to add in the whole dance in the ballet side
of it, and then the pyramid side. I just I
just feel like that takes a lot of work to
get that correct because if one person right and one
person's having a bad day, that can mess up a

(43:54):
lot of different people on a show like that.

Speaker 3 (43:57):
I think, Yeah, our show director, we have two show
directors this year.

Speaker 2 (43:59):
They're dynamic.

Speaker 1 (44:00):
Is great.

Speaker 3 (44:00):
You know, they have you know, there's a lot that
falls on them of kind of putting this together and
you know, choreographing and writing everything. But you know, they
have a great dynamic of great energy that they bring
to it. It's really exciting.

Speaker 1 (44:11):
Well the idea, so when you practice in the beginning
of the year before the first show, it's a whole
different practice mid season. Correct you now you're just tweaking
things and getting making sure that everybody is the same.
Do you know coming into the first time you get
on the water with your off season practice, is what

(44:32):
the show is going to be? Or is that when
they roll it out.

Speaker 6 (44:36):
Most of the time they announced the like what's what
we're doing a couple of weeks before we actually hit
the water, so that way you know kind of like, Okay,
well there's gonna be this kind of amount of acts
there's gonna be They kind of already have that already
all determined by the time we're hitting the water.

Speaker 1 (44:50):
What sport are you not doing? Because you want to do?
You want to water ski because you had said, look,
when I was younger, I was probably doing six sports
and you had to give something. You had to give
some up. If you weren't water skiing, what would you
be doing?

Speaker 6 (45:06):
Honestly, I really want do anything else. I'd rather water ski. Really,
I gave up both my winter sports just because I
didn't really they weren't nothing special, and I'd rather go
do some indoor practice or go down to Florida for
a trip to go ski.

Speaker 1 (45:23):
And downhill skiing. You do is just to have fun, Yeah,
so I just do that for a snowboard or ski ski. Yeah,
I look, there is something Well you seem like a
nice young man. But the whole idea of being a
pole vaulter and being a jumper and all that stuff,
I think, uh there, there, there's a little bit of
a if I asked you, hey, when I get down

(45:45):
with the show, let's go jump out of a plane
and uh, I mean you would be okay with that
kind of stuff. I would be one. How about you?
Oh yeah, I do too. Yeah, I'm not doing it.
I'm not opering. I'm not doing it. If you want
to do it, I'll come watch and I will support you. Hey, Eric,
this July third event that's coming up. You get excited

(46:06):
about this event obviously, and because it's it's kind of
other than nationals in the state tournament. This is a
biggie right.

Speaker 2 (46:13):
Yeah, it's huge.

Speaker 3 (46:14):
I mean, like they said, you know, this is where
we really try to tweak our. You know, the show
you're gonna see if you don't come to a tournament,
it's going to be that July third show. And it's
just a sense of you know, if you've ever been
to idle Asle we perform right off the beach there
and you know the crowd we you know, that's where
we present. You know, when we come around that corner
in the bay, we want to have the pyramid up
and everybody see it. That crowd is so big that
it stretches as far as the park. So when we're

(46:35):
holding that pyramid up and it's a lot, I mean,
you're taking the turn real fast. The girls are holding
a lot of way. Gianna is holding girls above her,
We're holding everything, you know. Seeing all those people just
start like standing up and cheering, It's it's an awesome feeling.

Speaker 1 (46:47):
Sole Island Isle Park. I'm little Musquigo Lake for July third.
The ski show starts at six o'clock. You're gonna want
to get there early, right, Yeah, we have to get there,
oh three o'clock.

Speaker 2 (47:00):
It comes to the day. We got a lot of
stuff to do.

Speaker 3 (47:01):
You know, the beach is open, comes swim and you
know it's hopefully it's beautiful. It looks like it is
right now. I'm watching, you know, one of the planners
of it. I'm watching the weather like every couple hours.

Speaker 1 (47:10):
Something of that. If it's raining on Wednesday, you guys,
rain either way you're gonna go.

Speaker 3 (47:15):
Or so we'll perform as long as it is not
like a downpour. And the big thing we've skied in it.
We do it at practice. The big concern for it
is drivers so they can see obviously, you know, they
want to be able to know where are lightning. Obviously
we don't. We don't operate and we'll bake the call.
As you know, obviously we want to put this on.
We've had rain outs before and it's kind of just questionable.
We still show up to practice dances or whatever, and

(47:36):
people still come to the beach like, are you guys
performing today? So you know, we try to put everything
out on social media and be very communicative with the
public about if we're canceling something we don't like to,
but you know it's every Wednesday.

Speaker 1 (47:47):
Hey, we got to thank all your sponsors. You know,
you guys can't do this without without the community, without sponsors,
and and look, we're gonna can be able to name
them all. But I know when you and I talked
to Eric, the two things that that we talked a
lot about was this team of these kids and then
the team that helps you and the board and the

(48:08):
people that all volunteer their time. But then we talked
about the sponsors and how important they are because again
your nonprofit.

Speaker 2 (48:14):
They're they're huge. We wouldn't be able to do this
without them, you know.

Speaker 3 (48:17):
I said a lot about the community support, but our
community sponsors and just our local and state sponsors too.
I mean, you know the thing that we forget to
is every team in the state is like this. Every
team is operating with donations and sponsorships. You know, this
is how we put all these on. So these massive
teams we've been talking about that have more boats than
us and more people. You know, they're just trying to
raise the money like we are too, and it's you know,

(48:37):
we wouldn't be able to put the sign without our community.

Speaker 1 (48:39):
He is Eric Lefon, president of the Muschigo water Bugs,
and our student athletes Will Cracklow, student at Muskigo and
Giano Olivia. She is a student athlete from Musquigo High
School as well. Guys, thank you so much. You know,
hopefully I didn't ask ridiculous questions. But I don't know
a whole lot about the water Bugs. I know a
lot more now than that. Before you can get more

(49:01):
information Meskigo waterbugs dot org and make sure if you're
looking for something to do with with your family. The
July third, Muskeigo perfect day to do that. Go out,
spend a little bit of money, grab something to eat,
go swim in six o'clock. The show starts. After the show,
when it gets dark, the fireworks will happen. Guys, thanks

(49:23):
a lot. When is State by the Way coming up?

Speaker 2 (49:26):
July nineteenth?

Speaker 9 (49:28):
I think something like it's the last week of July,
but the week before that whisky Whisky Saturday after Dude,
you know it's it's an hour long production, all day long.

Speaker 1 (49:39):
Making a prediction. You guys will be in Division one.
You'll be in the top three this year. Don't let
me down. And Seano is going to win Division two.

Speaker 6 (49:48):
No, No, I hope.

Speaker 3 (49:51):
They might.

Speaker 1 (49:51):
But I kind of hope that you really. I thought
those were your friends.

Speaker 6 (49:55):
I know, but it's kind of funny.

Speaker 1 (49:56):
It's kind of fun to have the second all the time.

Speaker 11 (49:58):
You know.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
The great thing to us seeing all these guys up there.
You know, everybody comes for the fun of this, every
team people we don't see all summer. It's it's a great,
great time.

Speaker 1 (50:05):
Boy, you said no right away for show.

Speaker 7 (50:07):
Oh yeah, nice, but no, I don't like my competitors.

Speaker 1 (50:12):
No, you done good for you. Look at you, you're
you're you don't look like you have that competitive streak,
but you do, don't you. Yeah, man, Gianna, well done, guys.
Thank you. It's so good to meet you. Guys. Yeah,
keep up the good work. Eric, Look, I called you. You
called me straight back, and and we're willing to come
in and give us an hour, and you said, look, let's

(50:33):
do it right before July third, because that's such a good,
big event for us and the community comes out and
supports us. And and uh, you're doing a good jet
and not bad for a pious boy. Yea. By the way,
i'm water bugs. Haven't like folded with with a pious
boy in charge of him. Eric's good to meet you
in person.

Speaker 2 (50:50):
Yeah you too.

Speaker 1 (50:51):
All right, you got it guys. Next hour, we're talking
with the Brookfield Central State champion girls soccer team. We
could have had bisquigoing, but they've won foigner row and
we had them in last year. So we're going to
talk with the Brooks Central girls soccer state champion with
their head coach and two of their players. On the
other side, of the break. This is the Varsity Blitz

(51:11):
High School Sports Show presented by your local Pick and
Save and Metro Market stores, only on Fox Sports ninety
twenty and your iHeart Radio app. Oh, welcome back to
the Varsity Blitz High School Sports Show presented by your
local Pick and Save and Metro Market Stores. Coming live
from the Donovan and Jorgans and Heating and Coolian Studios.
I want to thank Eric and Will and Gianna from

(51:34):
the Muskeigo Waterbucks. July third big event for them and
support that team. You get a chance to go out
and watch them on a Wednesday night as they put
on this great show. But July third is a big
event for them, and if you're looking for something to
do with your family, head over to Muskigo and support

(51:55):
the water Bugs in that show and watch the fireworks.
That's an event that they put on. And I can
tell you that Eric and Will and Giann are great
ambassadors for the water Bugs and it was fun to
learn a little bit more about what they do and
how they do it. As we transition again this time
of year, football is coming up, but basketball's done, baseball,

(52:20):
softball's done, and i'd like to talk about sports that
might not get a ton of airtime on shows like this.
And the Brookfield Central girl soccer State champions State champions
are in studio. They're head coach Dan mclele. He was
supposed to be in Florida, I guess, but Maddy, I
got a text late last night. I said, having some

(52:42):
travel issues. You know, I might not be available for
the phone call. Then he texted me this morning. He goes, hey,
I'm still in town. You want me in studio? I said, absolutely,
We're a sweatshirt because it's really cold in studio A
coach Horrey, congratulations and benefit for us that you had

(53:03):
all kinds of issues. You were in the airport for
six hours.

Speaker 5 (53:05):
Yeah. Yeah, my kids aren't exactly super thrilled about it.

Speaker 1 (53:08):
Oh they can't be.

Speaker 5 (53:09):
No, we'll fly out tomorrow morning.

Speaker 1 (53:10):
When do you so you fly out? When I think, yeah,
tom morning, So oh my goodness. Well, look it's warm
enough here, it's just yeah, you cold here? Yeah, it's
really cold in here. And then maybe I'll go to
Florida with you. How long you've been the head coach
at brook Central.

Speaker 5 (53:28):
Since twenty fourteen on the girls side, really, and before
that I was.

Speaker 11 (53:33):
In a assistant assistant head coach with the boys program
since two thousand and four.

Speaker 1 (53:39):
Difference between coaching boys and girls soccer.

Speaker 11 (53:43):
Yeah huge, right, Yeah, I mean it's the same same game,
but yeah, it's different.

Speaker 1 (53:47):
Here's what I learned. I coached thirty six years. I
coached boys basketball two years. I did both at Calvary
Baptist is small and it's now closed school in men
Nominee Falls, and they didn't have a girl's coach. And
I learned a bunch coaching girls. It's really different. But
what I came back from it, I wonder if you
have to agree with me on this. Girls come ready

(54:10):
to practice hard every single day. Boys don't do that,
right if they don't have a game. On the basketball side,
we don't have a game till Friday. They're not going
hard Monday or Tuesday. And girls, it's very social, right
two minutes two seconds before we start practice, very social.
And then they get on the court and they I

(54:30):
would say, guys, we don't have a game for six days,
stop taking charges. But they would come to practice hard
every day. Do you find that as well?

Speaker 11 (54:38):
Yeah, very much. I mean I think nailing the social
side of that. They're definitely very social, really social. Sometimes
a little bit hard to get the pre practice concept going, but.

Speaker 1 (54:52):
That's how it was for me too. And the thing
that one of the things that surprised me was they
compete really hard, hard, but there the friendships that they
have and that they build outside of what's on the court.
It was amazing to me. Guys compete right, I want
your job, I want to take your time. Girls do that,

(55:14):
but they're still friends through the whole thing, and it
was a whole different animal for me. Coach, did you
know coming into this year that you had a chance
to do what you guys did? Because I gotta tell you, you
know when you look. You guys took fourth place in
your conference, right sha a great conference. Not happy with

(55:34):
the other team in Brookfield taken second because I know
the Central kids do not like the kids are missed
all that much. But Germantown took third. You guys took fourth.
And I'm wondering, coming into this year, did you think
if I asked talk to you a week before your
first practice and I said, look, at the end of
the year, you're going to be in studio to me
talking about a state championship. What would you have said

(55:56):
to me, Well, we.

Speaker 11 (55:58):
Went to camp right after trial and that, which was
like the week of tryouts, and then we left on
a Friday and then came back Sunday like an overnight
like team.

Speaker 5 (56:09):
Bonding, team you know, organization weekend.

Speaker 11 (56:12):
And my wife was kind of like, how do you
think the team's going to be the first question? Yeah,
And I said, well, we have seven freshmen, and you know,
She's like, okay, right, three seniors. So it was like,
I don't know, we kind of thought like we had
a good talented squad. I mean, we were definitely young,
but it was kind of more of, you know, let's

(56:33):
set some goals, but like, let's not I don't know,
let's not make it too big where it becomes burdensome.
But I think I think they always thought that they were,
you know, going to be a good team. I don't
I don't know that, you know, we focused primarily on
state or that kind of stuff.

Speaker 1 (56:51):
So what what is there a game throughout the year?
And and look early in the year, you come out
of the block and you win three in a row, right,
you beat West tallis Hale eight nothing and then Walkshell
West one nothing. While we toast the West two to one,
had a couple of losses. Is there a game on
the schedule that you and your staff after the game went, man,

(57:14):
we might we might have something here.

Speaker 5 (57:19):
I'm not sure if I can pinpoint one.

Speaker 11 (57:20):
I know we try were trying to set up a
schedule that's difficult, so that way we kind of have
a prep for the postseason, so that every game kind
of feels like another challenge in a different way.

Speaker 5 (57:30):
But I kind of.

Speaker 11 (57:31):
Felt like some of the momentum about what we were
gaining kind of flipped, and you guys are probably able to.

Speaker 1 (57:38):
Yeah, well, we're going to talk to these captains.

Speaker 11 (57:41):
Homestead was probably the game where it kind of started
and we had to grind really hard, and I thought
that we showed like a lot of resolves in that game.

Speaker 5 (57:52):
And it kind of pushed us forward.

Speaker 1 (57:53):
So, well, here's the other question. I don't mean to
bring up bad things, but when you lose five to
one to d. S H on the twenty fourth of
May and after that game you run the table, right,
there are times as coaches, and we don't always want
to admit it, but sometimes there's a good loss. And

(58:13):
Milwaukee Marquette football team, not last year. The year before
got wallowed by Sussex Hamilton and then went on a run.
And I had those guys in studio and I said,
what did that game do to you? And they said,
it opened our eyes a little bit, and we came
ready to practice on Monday like a whole different team

(58:34):
because we were winning a lot of games and we
thought we were really good and then we took one
down the chin like that. I'm wondering if that five
to one loss DSHA set the stage for what happened
at the end of the season.

Speaker 5 (58:47):
Oh maybe a little bit.

Speaker 11 (58:48):
I mean we went up won nothing in that game early,
it was three to one towards the kind of the
end of the game, and then there's two goals that
happened after that. I mean, soccer is a lot there's
a lot of momentum swing. I have to manage those moments,
and I think that game probably taught us a lot about,
you know what, I've really top team because the s

(59:09):
HA was undefeated at that point. I'm all way up
through the state, are going to State. So I think
I think that kind of just gave us another like
viewpoint of you know what, all of it takes and
what kind of challenge is going to be going forward?

Speaker 1 (59:26):
Hey, this conference and you talked about it. Look, I
know that West Hails Hail is down a little bit toasted,
East Down a little bit toast to West Down. But
menomine Falls pretty good, pretty competitive.

Speaker 5 (59:38):
And grove to start the year.

Speaker 1 (59:39):
Yes, Sussex Hamilton really competitive, great program, and that Brooks Central,
Germantown brookfiel Leasdaha, how much did that conference get your
team ready for playoff front?

Speaker 5 (59:51):
That that part's massive.

Speaker 11 (59:52):
I mean I said, I said that the the Homestead
game was like a game changer for us a bit,
But really I think the game that really put us
over the edge of the Sussex game. And we went
there and played and I don't know, we were we
pressed really well. Everyone just looked really tenacious and really

(01:00:13):
wanted to go after it and the scoreline started to
change in our favor. So that was that was That
was good. And I don't know they they played so
well in that game. I think they gave themselves more
belief in what they were doing.

Speaker 1 (01:00:24):
Hey, these girls at William's studio and and and Dylan
could not make it. She's playing basketball. But Brian any
Ire here. With that amount of freshmen on the team,
how important is it for girls like this that are
the leaders and the captains of this team to fully
accept these girls and get them to be part of

(01:00:44):
what you guys are trying to accomplish.

Speaker 11 (01:00:46):
Yeah, that's one hundred percent, like the the glue that
you need. You know, Anya and Brian Dylan, as our
captains said, did a great job. It's maybe a little
bit helpful to you that one of the freshmen is
kara sister, so there's a little bit of a connection there.
But even with some of the other players that are
friends with Kara, I think there's more gradual like easiness

(01:01:08):
to it, Like they're a little bit more accepted and
they have some more like time with them. But they've
also spent you know, some of them have been in
our camp in the summertime too, so they've known Anya
and they've known Dylan like in that soccer way, because
I know Anya and Dylan are also well different athletes
in different sports.

Speaker 1 (01:01:24):
Do you know that I've met Breed before.

Speaker 11 (01:01:25):
I just found out when we were walking in she
met she's a veteran on this show.

Speaker 1 (01:01:30):
Yeah, she is a veteran, and I know how to
get here. You know what, I blame her, and I
blame the golf coach at Brooks Central for this addiction
to this game that I have right now. Same here,
you know what show when he was in, I said,
I'm done. I'm quitting golf. I hate it, I'm horrible
at it. I'm just going to give my clubs away.
And yeah, he said, just meet me at Storms for

(01:01:52):
thirty minutes. And I go, I don't know what that's
going to do. He said, it's a basketball coach, fundamentally.
How long would it take? How long would it take
you to teach me to shoot a free throw? I
said five minutes. You go spend thirty and after I'm
done with you give your clubs away. And I'm I'm
looking right now to find somebody that wants to play
tomorrow morning. I mean that kind of my church that

(01:02:13):
I always go to. It's our picnic and I normally
don't go, and so I can play golf on a
Sunday morning. So I've called a couple of friends and
I can't find anybody it wants to get up early
and play nine. But maybe I'll get freedo maybe now
that she's you know, she plays soccer instead of playing golf,
well maybe I can get her to play. But so
important did it take the freshman that was it hard

(01:02:36):
for you to make the decision to have that many
freshmen on varsity or are they talented enough that you said, look,
this is look, we can have a really good year
and we can have these freshmen play varsity as early
as ninth grade.

Speaker 11 (01:02:50):
I'm not sure that it took me a super long
time to you know, land on taking seven freshmen. I
think it was more so seeing how much they.

Speaker 5 (01:03:00):
Like the players, the older players.

Speaker 11 (01:03:02):
You know, kind of jive with them, and how much
they all kind of got along. I think they made
it a lot easier for us in terms of taking
that many freshmen. Well, but again I don't I don't
think that necessarily the age is the thing, because if
they're if they're good enough, right, then.

Speaker 1 (01:03:18):
Yeah, they say that's I agree with that, we're gonna
get to a break. I love the fact that Annie
was literally left either that night or the next day
to go to Florida to swim nationals. Like you want
to talk about a multi sport athlete, We're gonna talk
about about that with her in a minute. And when
I said, listen, we could do with this via cell
and she goes, no way, I'll be back in the

(01:03:40):
in Milwaukee, and I'd love to come in studio. And
I really I look forward to talking to both pre
and Annie. I wish Dylan could could have made it. Hey,
the goalkeeper you had, she got high at the right time, huh.

Speaker 11 (01:03:51):
Any Robinson, Yeah, yeah, she's another basketball player.

Speaker 1 (01:03:54):
Yep.

Speaker 11 (01:03:55):
This is her like first year playing like competitive soccer.
So yeah, both her and Meredith. We kind of asked
both of them like would they be interested.

Speaker 1 (01:04:04):
In her first playing competitive soccer as a goalkeeper and
she won state. Yeah, man, that's that's really that's a
good story. Well you're a she freshman, she's a freshman.

Speaker 5 (01:04:14):
Well, actually both goalkeepers a freshman.

Speaker 1 (01:04:17):
So hey, Greater Metro Conference, get ready because you know
what state champion Brooks Central might have some kids coming back. Hey, coach,
we're gonna bring you back. In the third segment, we're
going to talk about you behind your back with you
here in studio. I just laugh at Trust me, you
gonna be able to say whatever you want about him

(01:04:37):
if you want keep it now, No, you be kind
over there. This is the Varsity Plitz High School Sports Show,
presented by your local Pick and Save and Metro Market stores,
only on Fox Sports nine twenty in your iHeart Radio app.
Welcome back to the Varsity Plitz High School Sports Show,
as always, presented by your local Pick and Save and

(01:04:58):
Metro Market stores. Come from the Donovan and Jorgans and
Heating and Cooling Studios. We're talking about the state champion
and look these guys all smile when I say that
state champion girls soccer team from Brookfield Central. We're now
joined by two of their captains, two of the girls
that made this happen. And again, Dylan could not make it.

(01:05:19):
She's playing basketball. Multi sport for sure. And I'm going
to start with you, Anna, Yeah, multi sport athlete. You're
going to Saint Louis to swim. How long have you
been a soccer player?

Speaker 8 (01:05:32):
I've been playing soccer for.

Speaker 1 (01:05:35):
Closer.

Speaker 4 (01:05:36):
I've been playing soccer for fifteen years, so a little
bit longer than I've been swimming.

Speaker 1 (01:05:39):
Actually, could you have played soccer at the next level
as well?

Speaker 4 (01:05:43):
I think I could have if I really wanted to,
probably not at like a school like Saint Louis where
I wanted to go academically as well.

Speaker 1 (01:05:49):
But a great school it is. Yes, Yeah, I have
a friend that swam there. She Jenny Rustok. She went
to Arrowhead and swam. She's got three kids, and I
used to do this burn boot camp with her and
she was she was the champ. She was the best.
And she got injured and she's getting back from that.
But boy, her talking about being on the swim team

(01:06:12):
and being part of that at Saint Louis, she speaks glowingly.
She loved being part of that team.

Speaker 8 (01:06:17):
So I'm amazing.

Speaker 1 (01:06:19):
If it wasn't Saint Louis, what were the other options
for you?

Speaker 4 (01:06:23):
I was looking at some schools in Michigan and Iowa,
just like like d One, smaller schools ish, But yeah,
I was with Saint Louis.

Speaker 1 (01:06:31):
Came talking, Have you been on campus?

Speaker 8 (01:06:33):
Yes, I have.

Speaker 4 (01:06:33):
My older sister actually went there, so I got to
see all of it before even and then I realized
like swimming was a big thing there, so I just
it all kind of fell into place.

Speaker 1 (01:06:41):
Bree, how are you.

Speaker 10 (01:06:43):
I'm Good's good to see you.

Speaker 1 (01:06:44):
No nerves for you. You've done this before and you're
a former Pick and Save Student Athlete the Week. I
have a picture of you on my phone, by the way,
congratulations on that. Hey, do you miss playing golf?

Speaker 8 (01:06:59):
Yeah?

Speaker 10 (01:06:59):
It just it's got to be too much with school
and then club soccer and everything. It was just too
much to say.

Speaker 1 (01:07:05):
How fun is it playing on the same soccer team
with your sister?

Speaker 10 (01:07:08):
It's really fun. It's the first time we've ever been
on like the same team, so it's and to.

Speaker 1 (01:07:13):
Win a state championship. I had asked your coach. You
guys were in studio and you guys kind of looked
at each other and smart, did you have any idea
coming into this year? Beginning of the year if I said, look,
you guys are going to win a state championship, what
would you have said to me?

Speaker 10 (01:07:28):
Oh, I don't believe.

Speaker 4 (01:07:31):
I definitely would have been like, well, that's some big, big,
ambitious goal for us.

Speaker 8 (01:07:35):
But yeah, as.

Speaker 1 (01:07:36):
This thing started going, and I talked to your coach
and you heard his answer, was there a time, And
I'll start with you, Bree, was there a time this
year where you thought, Okay, this thing is starting to
come together a little bit like was it the Homestead
game for you? Yeah?

Speaker 10 (01:07:53):
I think the Homestead game and like especially at the
second half of the game, like we played really good
and I feel like that was the best time or
the first time. We really not first time, but we
played like the best, like as a team, and like
everyone was like playing together. And then also the Hamilton game,
like that was I think our best game, and then
it was like one of the last games or the
last game. But so then I feel like then give
us a lot of confidence going in the postseason.

Speaker 1 (01:08:16):
Look and the run that you had, right, you beat
Slinger and beat them handily, and you beat Pulaski and
Sock Prairie not giving up. I mean the last goal
that was given up was against against Sussex Hamilton where
you beat them four to one. So defensively, the team
started playing really well. Goalkeeper played extremely well and to

(01:08:38):
beat Peewaukee in the state championship game two to one.
After they came back and tied it. You guys scored
to take the lead in the second half they came
back to school to tie it. For me personally, as
a former coach, I always wanted to know how you
guys react in a situation like that. You get up
one nothing and then some kids start looking at the

(01:08:58):
clock going, oh, I wish there was no time left,
and then they come back to score. I think for
a team that's loaded with freshmen to be able to
have the enough courage and guts to get a goal
and then stop them and win the state championship tells
me a lot about the coaching staff and the and
the leaders. You're a junior, you're a senior of that

(01:09:19):
team to say, hey, sellout, We're all right, We've been
here before, we can do just fine. We're you watching
the clock after you get up to one, do you
start looking at the clock a little bit going please start?
Come on, man, let's go.

Speaker 4 (01:09:32):
Definitely, it was definitely just like once we went up,
I was kind of like, oh, we have like ten
minutes left.

Speaker 8 (01:09:37):
I kind of wish it was only one minute.

Speaker 1 (01:09:39):
What position do you play in the soccer field?

Speaker 8 (01:09:42):
I'm like a midfielder, wing types.

Speaker 1 (01:09:44):
Yeah, free? How about you?

Speaker 10 (01:09:46):
I played center back?

Speaker 1 (01:09:47):
Okay, so you're you're more back and forth and you're
playing defense a little bit more. Did you feel like
your your freshman goalkeeper came a long way in the
f two of them, but they they certainly had to
come a long way for in order for you guys
who win to state championship right in the defense, do

(01:10:08):
you you take that into consideration in the beginning of
the year, like, Okay, she's a freshman who hasn't played,
so we have to give her a little bit more.

Speaker 10 (01:10:16):
Help, yes, a little bit, and also just like her
not really having experience, like having to help her little more.
But she came so far, like by the end of
the year, like it was crazy because even just like
her confidence, like in the beginning, she was really unsure
and like dodn't really know, I guess what to do.
And then by the end like like it was crazy,

(01:10:37):
like she she.

Speaker 1 (01:10:38):
Got it, she got it. You cannot answer this question.
I'm not going to ask you because you got another year,
but I'm gonna ask you because we're gonna be in
Saint Louis. You don't care. When you look at the
Greater Metro Conference, what team do you chest? Like, man,
oh man, I do I want to beat them bad?

Speaker 8 (01:10:55):
I mean it's always Brookfield East.

Speaker 4 (01:10:57):
It's always I mean I want to We obviously want
to beat every team we play, but I mean just
Crosstown rivals.

Speaker 8 (01:11:04):
You just always want to beat them.

Speaker 1 (01:11:05):
You did you play club or did you play club soccer?

Speaker 8 (01:11:09):
I did? Yes.

Speaker 1 (01:11:09):
Did you play with any of the Prophylies kids? So
did you know some of that?

Speaker 4 (01:11:13):
Yes? I knew a lot of them, and I played
club with a lot of the older girls because I
was young for my team. So a lot of the
kids that I played with actually graduated last year, but
I still knew a lot of the younger players.

Speaker 1 (01:11:25):
So on April twenty third, where they beat you three nothing,
was not a great day for you.

Speaker 8 (01:11:29):
Yeah, that that one stung alone.

Speaker 1 (01:11:31):
No, look at don't cry, it's okay, it's over. Have
you had success against them through your career?

Speaker 4 (01:11:40):
Yes, my freshman year we won. I remember that was
a pretty good game. I think it was like four
to one or four zero.

Speaker 8 (01:11:47):
It was a good game.

Speaker 4 (01:11:48):
And then my sophomore year we went down I think
three to one, but came back to tie them three three.
So that was a really fun game. And then the
last two years have been rough.

Speaker 1 (01:11:57):
But they can say we beat you three nothing, then
you can say it. But here's my state championship ring.
Can I see yours? You can talk smack now forever
you can say so you beat us in the regular season.
Who cares? Look at this ring? Here, look at this
big champion state championship ring. Hey, did you have a
good game in the state finals. You feel pretty good
about how you played?

Speaker 2 (01:12:18):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (01:12:19):
I feel pretty good.

Speaker 1 (01:12:20):
Yeah, tell me about after the game. How fun was that?

Speaker 4 (01:12:24):
That was incredible? I felt like I was like riding
a high forever. I couldn't fall asleep that night.

Speaker 1 (01:12:29):
Well, then you got and then you drove to.

Speaker 8 (01:12:32):
Florida to O'Hair to get on a six am flight.

Speaker 1 (01:12:35):
Yeah. We were texting back and forth and You're like,
I want to come in studio, Bud. Can I respond
later because I got to get on this flight. You
didn't even really have time to completely enjoy the state championship,
did you.

Speaker 6 (01:12:49):
Oh?

Speaker 8 (01:12:50):
I definitely didn't.

Speaker 4 (01:12:51):
And the whole time I was in Florida, I was
just kept thinking about it was like on my mind
all the time, even though I was swimming.

Speaker 8 (01:12:57):
Yeah, I just I couldn't stop.

Speaker 1 (01:12:59):
What do you swim?

Speaker 8 (01:13:00):
By the way I swim like sprint freestyle?

Speaker 1 (01:13:02):
Okay? And have you have you been swimming as long
as you've played soccer?

Speaker 8 (01:13:07):
Yes?

Speaker 4 (01:13:07):
I started really young, and then I joined the club
that I'm on unbooks, some club when I was five
years old.

Speaker 1 (01:13:12):
Wow, any other sports you play?

Speaker 8 (01:13:14):
Just swimming and soccer?

Speaker 1 (01:13:15):
Yeah, how about you bring.

Speaker 10 (01:13:17):
I played basketball until seventh grade.

Speaker 1 (01:13:20):
Yeah you did. It was not your thing. I love
soccer players. As a basketball coach, you guys can't shoot
a lick, but you can run and defend all days.

Speaker 10 (01:13:32):
But I couldn't do the offense.

Speaker 1 (01:13:33):
You see. If I'm the basketball coach, I'm like, come on,
I'm just gonna put you in situations when we need
depress and I need somebody that can run for an hour.
You would, you would definitely be a Hey. When I
talked to your coach about when I coached girls basketball Hub,
they came to practice hard every day. You guys are
kind of shaking your head. That doesn't surprise you at all,
does it?

Speaker 8 (01:13:54):
It doesn't know?

Speaker 4 (01:13:55):
I mean the social thing definitely, But I think that
helps us practice hard because like we do it for
each other, and like we know that while we're improving
ourselves or like improving each other.

Speaker 1 (01:14:05):
Hey, I think I'm I'm gonna ask this question. I
should have given you heads up, But too bad. It
can't be the state championship. It can't be your favorite
memory of being part of the soccer program other than
the state championship. On what would it be.

Speaker 8 (01:14:22):
That that's a really hard question.

Speaker 1 (01:14:24):
I mean, give it some thought because I let me
re ask it when your coach comes back in the
next segment. But give that some thought. And I apologize.
I normally give kids the heads up on that and
I don't say you can't say this because it's too
easy of an answer.

Speaker 8 (01:14:39):
That's definitely number one.

Speaker 1 (01:14:41):
It's got to be number one, right, without a doubt.
It has to be. Hey, talk about what you're the
leadership side of it. When you when you're a captain
and you're a senior and most of the team is underclassmen.
You've got a junior with you and I don't know
what what your is doing. Okay, so she'll be back
next year as well. But when you have to lead

(01:15:04):
a team that has a lot of kids that are freshmen,
I always thought as basketball coach, kids that are freshmen
are scared the whole year. Everything is new, right, everything
is new being on varsity as a freshman and have
that many kids. How hard was that as a captain
of this team to get those kids not only that

(01:15:25):
we're going to fully accept you, but if you can play,
come on, we're good. Was it hard to get kids
that age, you know, they're fourteen years old to understand
how hard it is to compete in a conference like that.

Speaker 4 (01:15:38):
I don't think it was that hard considered. They were
all like pretty open minded and willing to accept whatever
role came their way, which was really nice. They kind
of just had to get comfortable playing with us, and
I think that that happened really quickly. Like Michael talked
about camp, we kind of all aligned on the same
goals and like what we wanted to see from the season,
and just like I think that really helped us trust

(01:15:59):
each other. And it wasn't that hard after that, just to.

Speaker 1 (01:16:02):
Was there any point in this, especially in the beginning,
where you, as a senior, did cross your mind that, man,
I was hoping that, you know, we would have a
really really good soccer team, and now we've got all
these freshmen, they're going to be really good, but it
could be two years from now. Did that cross your
mind at all?

Speaker 8 (01:16:22):
Not really? No, I mean a little bit.

Speaker 1 (01:16:25):
But but what's cool now is being the captain of
a team that won a state championship and they've got
all these kids coming back. You guys set the bar. Now,
when's the last time a Brookfield Central girls soccer team
won a stay champion twenty eight.

Speaker 8 (01:16:41):
Or any of them? Yeah, we weren't. I was in
middle school.

Speaker 1 (01:16:44):
I was thinking and look at no, I wasn't. I
wasn't either twenty eighteenth. Sorry about that, I can tell
you that. So what's cool about this? When I coached
basketball Greendale Martin Luther, we had a bunch of freshmen
that first year, and when they were seniors, they want
to stay chachampionship and there that legacy they've left in

(01:17:04):
the school is going to be there forever. The legacy
that that this that you have left. Now, Look, who knows,
Gil going back to back is very difficult, and we
don't want to talk about that. I'd like to see
them win the conference next year. That would be look at.
But he's like, yeah, yeah, I understand. You got to
be Bro fiel Leaves for sure and d s A
h and those guys. But I don't know if you

(01:17:26):
understand it. But five years from now, when you come
back for your first high school reunion, you're going to
be able to go, look, see that gold ball is mine,
That's mine. One hundred percent, and I commend you for
for that. Hey, look, we said we're going to talk
about maccle behind his back. What thrilled that he ran
every day? That you're never going to want to do

(01:17:47):
the yo yo yo yo run?

Speaker 8 (01:17:50):
And it wasn't every day, but that was terrible.

Speaker 1 (01:17:54):
Didn't take her one second, no thought process, Yo, what
is it?

Speaker 4 (01:18:00):
It's just a fitness test. It's like the pacer kind of.
But yeah, you have to like back and forth in
a certain amount of time. And it just took everything
out of me.

Speaker 1 (01:18:08):
Did you play varsity for four years?

Speaker 8 (01:18:11):
I was injured my freshman year, so kind of but what.

Speaker 1 (01:18:14):
Did you injure my back? Okay, yeah it's better.

Speaker 8 (01:18:17):
Now, it's better now.

Speaker 5 (01:18:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:18:20):
Do you know I used to roll my eyes have
people I said, oh I have a back issue. I'd
be like, yeah, whatever, and then I.

Speaker 4 (01:18:26):
And then I got get yeah I need to I
mean I didn't think, and then all of a sudden,
I was like, oh, you have a stress fraction in
your back.

Speaker 8 (01:18:31):
And I was like, wow, you can't do anything.

Speaker 1 (01:18:34):
The girl that I talked about that that the woman
that swam in Saint Louis. I used to do this
burn boot camp with them, and I was too old,
and I was I would do it and four forty
five am every day and I was doing it for
a long time and we were doing this uh bear
crawl thing, and I thought, oh, what was that? And

(01:18:55):
about two days later I couldn't get out of bed.
It was the worst. It was the bad backs, the worse.
There's nothing you can do, there's nothing with that at all.
Feel pretty confident about what you're leaving behind with this group, Oh.

Speaker 4 (01:19:08):
Yes, definitely. I mean, especially with how many young kids
we have. I'm just I can't wait to see how
like they're going to continue to grow and take this
what we did this year and make it even better next,
make it even better.

Speaker 1 (01:19:18):
Hey, other than the yo yo drill or is there
anything that well, remember you have another year left, so
be careful. Let's stay with the yo yo droll. Because
even smiled smiled at that and said, yeah, I don't know,
Free how important was and we talked already about it,
but that that kind of trip you did in the beginning,

(01:19:38):
that whole kind of foundation, culture, fellowship kind of thing,
you get to get to know some of these kids.
How important was that for you?

Speaker 10 (01:19:47):
I think it was really important because like I mean
we were there, we were together for a long time,
like no phones, like in the middle of the woods,
like we literally have anything. Like we were just together
for like two days basically, and like talking a lot
about like our like values and like our goals and
like everything, making sure everyone's like on the same page.
And I think that really helped. And then also like

(01:20:08):
the bonding, like getting the freshman like and the new
people like comfortable. I guess before the season starts, so
that like once it's like games, like we're already like
ready and like comfortable with each other and everything.

Speaker 1 (01:20:20):
Anya, were there some captains or leaders of the team,
like your sophomore year or even last year that you
learned from how to be a good captain, how to
how to be a leader.

Speaker 8 (01:20:32):
Yes, definitely.

Speaker 4 (01:20:33):
I remember the main person my sophomore year was Addie Decker,
and she just there was something about her that this
is her personality. She worked incredibly hard, but at the
same time she was just so fun with everyone and inclusive,
and I definitely look up to her a lot. Especially
with swimming. I was like, oh, I want to be
that person for everyone, like no matter the sport and swimming.

(01:20:53):
I want to be inclusive and fun, work hard and
I definitely took that with me into the soccer season too.

Speaker 1 (01:20:57):
Are you more of a vocal leader or a quiet
leader that works really hard?

Speaker 8 (01:21:01):
We're both, I think both, but probably a little bit
more vocal.

Speaker 1 (01:21:05):
I like that pre how about you?

Speaker 10 (01:21:08):
Probably more quiet, but I've been working on it.

Speaker 1 (01:21:10):
Just what you got the role that you're gonna have
to take over for her next year. Is Dylan more
quiet or she loud?

Speaker 4 (01:21:17):
Or I feel like a little more moments there's moments
of quiet, but I think both both and Dylan definitely
I think stepped up this season a lot with being
a little bit more vocal. They were definitely quiet leaders
at the beginning.

Speaker 1 (01:21:30):
I'd say, but you know that, And I don't know
if you know this, but Mackell told me that he's
no longer going to do the yo yo drill now
that you're gone. Did you know that? No, I'm only kidding.

Speaker 8 (01:21:45):
The younger kids need to learn it, and his head.

Speaker 1 (01:21:48):
Like mad mcgiffory quit lyon. There's no way I said
that we're going to get to a break. Other side
of the break will invite coach Mackall back on Mike,
and we're going to talk a little bit about about
other girl on this team. We could invite everybody in,
but I know that you had said, Look, this is
a full team effort, and we're going to highlight some
of these other girls that have made this to this

(01:22:10):
team go and to win a state championship. Look, nobody's
more surprised than these guys. And they got hot at
the right time. And I always think that's good coaching.
I do a good leadership on that team where you
can at the right time of the year. Okay, let's
get going and we can kick this thing in and
we'll talk to these guys and I'll get that answer

(01:22:30):
other than if it is a state championship team. But
there are game but there are some other things I
think for certainly your background and some of your favorite
memories and being part of this team, and we'll get
their answers on the other side of the break. This
is the Varsity Blitz High School Sports Show, presented by
your local Pick and Save and Metro Market stores only
on Fox Sports nigned twenty and your iHeart Radio app.

(01:22:54):
Welcome back to the Varsity Blitz High School Sports Show.
As always, presented by your local pick and Save and
met from market stores. Coming from the Donovan to Jorgans
and He and Colleen studios, I want to thank Dan
Wandry for if you can move the microphone over to
your coach. When I saw Dan and Amy and in
the parking lot, I said, hey, do you have a

(01:23:16):
tell me about the girl soccer coach? Big Smiley goes, good, dude,
You're a really good dude. I go, yeah, I go.
Can you get me his contact info? Because we I
could talk Moskego, I could talk Catholic Memorial, right, Moskigo's
won four in a row. He's doing a great job
over there, had the men's studio last year, and yeah,
really good. But man, I guess the best coach, the

(01:23:38):
best girl soccer in the state of Wisconsin's played in
our area. Because Catholic Memorial wins one, Muskeigo wins one.
You guys win one. That's pretty impressive. Yeah, come a
little closer.

Speaker 11 (01:23:50):
We like to think, so I guess. Obviously there's really
good teams from all over the state. Madison West had
a great showing at that state as well, So yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:23:59):
Hey, what it's your background? Did you play? Yep?

Speaker 11 (01:24:02):
I played at high school and grew up playing for
the Wakkers national program, and then I came out to
Brookfield and played out there. So like half of my
club team was Brookfield Central, Brookefield East, and then to
the East.

Speaker 1 (01:24:15):
So when I asked them who's the best? Who do
you want to beat on your schedule? You agree when
they say Brookies all of them, all of them as
a coach, all of them hard. Yeah, that it did
surprise you when she brought up yo yo drill. Huh.
And I completely lie when I said that, you told
me you're never doing that drill now that she graduated.
But yeah, they they they didn't even hesitate on that,

(01:24:38):
and you had a big smile. That's a good drill
for you as a coach. Huh.

Speaker 2 (01:24:42):
Like watch come close to watching ufer?

Speaker 1 (01:24:46):
Yeah, well guess what, it worked, And it definitely worked
because you got a state championship with it.

Speaker 11 (01:24:53):
Baseline fitness, yes, baseline fitness, but it's better than the place,
or at least because it's done in like fifteen to
seventeen minutes, other than the pays are being like thirty.

Speaker 8 (01:25:02):
Yeah, but it's just running.

Speaker 1 (01:25:03):
You're never going to do that again, are you pray not.
You know, I'm gonna call the coach at the swim
coach no St. Louis, and I'm gonna.

Speaker 8 (01:25:11):
Don't do running.

Speaker 5 (01:25:13):
That's how we look at somebody. No, it looks like
the yoyo in the pool.

Speaker 8 (01:25:16):
Yeah, definitely for like hours.

Speaker 1 (01:25:18):
Hey, so you've had a couple of minutes and Briham
and I actually to move the microphone to you, but
I'll start with with uh, I'll start with you Anna
and I say, I say Anna, it's Anya.

Speaker 8 (01:25:27):
It's Aya.

Speaker 1 (01:25:28):
Yeah, sorry about Anya. I apologize for that. And it's
Bergman that I've got. Bring him in. I don't have it.
Oh jeez, I'm so sorry. Hey, And if you want
to utilize state championship, I can't tell you because your
favorite memory is your favorite memory. But being part of
this program, when you think back, you know, yeah, you

(01:25:48):
put your head on the pillar and you think, man,
these years being a part of this soccer program has
been great. What your favorite memory?

Speaker 4 (01:25:57):
Yeah, like, I mean, obviously definitely the state change one.
But I think, I mean, the games aren't something that
I'm gonna remember ten years from now. I think my
favorite memories is the moments I'm like with the team,
like the pregame, like we're bonding in the locker room,
listening to music and doing each other's hair. Like after
a game we go get food, even if we win
or lose, Like just being in those moments with the team.

(01:26:19):
I think that's like the things I'm gonna remember most free.

Speaker 1 (01:26:22):
How about you? And we got another year, so I
may have you back next year and ask you again.

Speaker 10 (01:26:27):
But yeah, I mean obviously say championship right. Also like
similar stuff to what Anna's saying, and just like the
stuff with the team, and like before, whenever we can,
we do like carbo crams, like we have team dinners
at someone's house and just like all the time we
spend together and like everyone's like we like get along
really good and it's really fun just to like spend

(01:26:47):
time together.

Speaker 1 (01:26:48):
So hey, coach, move the microphone. Here's here's the cool
part about that. As a former coach, not one of
these two girls said, well, let me tell you about
this game when we play whoever west Ellis Hill and
I had four goals or I had this or that.
Neither one of them said anything about themselves personally. They

(01:27:09):
want to talk about the state championship game. That they
want as a team, or they want to talk about
team bonding, and they want to talk about the meals
and the fellowship and how we get together. I would
like to be invited to do but I've not been
invited one time. And I have a pool in the
condo where I live, So there you go. By the way,

(01:27:29):
Can you just swim? Can you have fun with it?
Or is it yes?

Speaker 8 (01:27:34):
I can If I'm not like Captain Goggles get in
a hard set.

Speaker 1 (01:27:38):
You can have fun with it. Good. I love their answers,
and I think as a head coach of a team,
when girls answer the way they answered, it tells me
something about the program. And congratulations on that we have
not had a chance. We've talked about Dylan a little bit,
and we've talked about the two freshmen goalkeepers a little bit.

(01:27:59):
You give us a couple of the names of girls
who have made this team kind of go and and
who you think back man, they really helped us win
the state championship. We couldn't invite everybody in studio.

Speaker 5 (01:28:10):
Yeah, I don't want to forget anybody, so it's gonna
be hard. You guys can probably help me out on
this one too.

Speaker 11 (01:28:14):
But obviously, Alexandra Rossi and Bella played an amazing playoff run.
I think I think, I think yeah, But I think
Rossi scored in almost every playoff game that we had.
Wow and ship too golds Estate, right, So yeah, they're
and they played a ton of minutes and that's a
really it's a lot of running in that position, playing

(01:28:35):
in center midfielders.

Speaker 1 (01:28:37):
Hey, and I'm gonna ask you guys too for some
some other girls names that that either seniors or girls
who have played. But your staff, do you speak highly
of the people you said? Look, it's just not me.
I mean, I have a really good staff that understands
the culture that I want as the head coach. But
but who's on your staff.

Speaker 11 (01:28:59):
Rissa Ridan is our associate head coach with Brett Frederickson.
They both came out to camp for the whole weekend
and there was a whole I mean, it's a whole
team effort to make that happen so fantastic.

Speaker 1 (01:29:12):
Look, you can't you can't do it by yourself as
a head coach. And right there, there's a lot of
things that you need the way you want them done,
and and and and off the air when you when
you talk to me about your staff and said, look,
we're in lockstep. You know we can we can, we
can argue and disagrant something. But at the end of
the day, when we leave the coach's office, you know,

(01:29:34):
it's my program. I'm the head guy, and I love
the fact that they they do that. So, Hey, other
other kids on this team that that we haven't talked about?
Are there some? Are there other seniors that that you say, look,
they've been part of this thing, every every big part
as I have, or even juniors girls that that you
think that we should probably highlight today.

Speaker 8 (01:29:57):
I mean there's everyone's pops into my head.

Speaker 1 (01:30:01):
I mean there's a lot of Look at this roster
thirty so I can't talk about.

Speaker 8 (01:30:07):
Compared to other schools were pretty small.

Speaker 1 (01:30:09):
But yeah, I think okay two at State Wow. Yeah, man,
the the the valuable lessons that they've learned through this,
but so the whole.

Speaker 4 (01:30:22):
Team did yeah, yeah, I mean the name well, I
kind of just like think about my position a little bit,
and I think about like the two freshmen that also
play it, and the other junior Ella and Sarah and Charlie.
I mean it's it's a difficult position. I think they
all did amazing at it, especially Charlie. She had a
great run at State. She had a goal as a freshman,
which is amazing. And then I just think about who

(01:30:43):
Kara Delisle. She plays right behind me, playing right center back,
and it's just like amazing having her position next year
probably it will be, but I mean she she always
had my back, and I just I love that.

Speaker 1 (01:30:56):
Yeah, that's well.

Speaker 10 (01:30:58):
One thing I was going to say, like we played
kind of like three in the back and as me
and my sister and then Charlotte who's a sophomore, and
I just feel like us three like being just I
mean obviously we had like you guys get back, but
like just to like communicate and like have the bond
that we did to be able to like play together
and like like work together. I guess like it got
way better over these.

Speaker 1 (01:31:19):
Who's a better soccer player? You or your sister?

Speaker 4 (01:31:23):
You know?

Speaker 1 (01:31:23):
I want you to know, I want you to say,
I am, I am, thank you.

Speaker 10 (01:31:28):
She's more experienced a freshman.

Speaker 1 (01:31:31):
But did you guys?

Speaker 4 (01:31:34):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:31:35):
And and you play both in the back right next
to each other, right next to each other. You guys
get along the whole year?

Speaker 10 (01:31:42):
Yeah, we actually did.

Speaker 1 (01:31:44):
We did. Actually, Yeah, you hear your mom or dad
more when you're playing your mom? Hold on, I meant
I met your mom? What is your first say, Christine?
You hear Christine, I do.

Speaker 4 (01:32:03):
I hear a lot of the parents, but like she
just kind of yells like, come on, yeah, I'm also
on the sideline.

Speaker 1 (01:32:09):
Yeah, I love that. Hey, coach, real quick. How is
the the program itself? It's it's hard, and I don't
think people understand how hard it is to build a
program and then they get a program to be competitive
in the conference you're in and to win a state championship.
Youth pro Youth soccer is big in Brookfield, right, and

(01:32:31):
it's and and not only on the girls side of
the boys side. It's it's a big sport for kids
to be involved in. How important is it for you
to have kids ready to play? Obviously the youth program
has done a nice job with the amount of freshmen
you have on your team being prepared to play at
that level.

Speaker 11 (01:32:52):
It's kind of it's actually kind of hard in the
sense that like in soccer where we are, it's predominantly
club driven, so a lot you know, all our youth
players are not. We don't have like a junior Lancer
soccer program. Okay, right, so we have kids that are
playing for you know, e b U or sc WAVE
and they can be different teams all over the place,
so you kind of have to try and figure out

(01:33:15):
who's coming. So we have camps in the summertime that
we have a lot of kids that come to. But
half of our you know, our club population also goes
to Brickfield.

Speaker 1 (01:33:23):
East, so we don't like that.

Speaker 5 (01:33:26):
It's kind of hard the s h A or Marquette
if so, it goes in a lot of coach club.
I will be this coming year, Yeah you will.

Speaker 1 (01:33:37):
Why is that.

Speaker 5 (01:33:41):
They needed a coach?

Speaker 1 (01:33:43):
So I bet you just tickled with that.

Speaker 5 (01:33:46):
Well, I'm actually coaching my daughters, so that's I am. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:33:50):
And they're good. They're how old are they and they're
Brooke Central soon in a few years.

Speaker 5 (01:33:56):
Or oh yeah they think they're there now, but they.

Speaker 1 (01:34:00):
On every practice and stuff.

Speaker 6 (01:34:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:34:02):
I love that.

Speaker 5 (01:34:03):
Yeah, they take care of them a lot.

Speaker 10 (01:34:04):
So.

Speaker 1 (01:34:06):
That's good. When do you leave for Saint Louis?

Speaker 4 (01:34:08):
My move in is August fifteenth, so I don't have
to go to any earlier for swimming, which is really nice.
I just get to stay my summer here.

Speaker 1 (01:34:14):
Do you know who your roommate is already?

Speaker 2 (01:34:16):
Yes, I do from here.

Speaker 8 (01:34:18):
No, she's from Oklahoma, but she's also a summer Any.

Speaker 1 (01:34:20):
Other swimmers from this area that swim at Saint Louis
right now?

Speaker 4 (01:34:24):
Not right now, but one of my club teammates is
going with me. Okay and Western, Well, my sister she's
swimming at Madison, So.

Speaker 1 (01:34:32):
Yeah, interesting. Do you know what you're going to want
to go into? Academically?

Speaker 8 (01:34:36):
Physical therapy?

Speaker 1 (01:34:37):
Really? Why is that? Because when you hurt your back?

Speaker 8 (01:34:41):
Yeah, that was.

Speaker 4 (01:34:42):
That was the moment when I was kind of like, oh,
this is an interesting career. And I think like with
my sports background, I mean I've been in with athletic
trainers physical therapists a lot, and I think that's just
something I'm really interested in.

Speaker 1 (01:34:52):
Brookfield Central has your student athlete obviously good grades? Yep?
Because I know you're the girl next you because she
was our former athlete of the week. What are your grades?

Speaker 10 (01:35:05):
What? What?

Speaker 1 (01:35:05):
What's your great point?

Speaker 8 (01:35:07):
My weighted GPS four?

Speaker 1 (01:35:12):
Oh? My goodness, Yeah, good for you man. No no
issues getting into Saint Louis, No, yeah, it was it
was nice. Hey, last question about Saint Louis because of
the program. Was it once you got on campus that
you said, look if they offer him coming.

Speaker 4 (01:35:30):
Yeah, I think it was after I met the swim team.
That was the moment I was like, I'm gonna go here.

Speaker 1 (01:35:35):
If if I can't, I can get there. Hey, Brie,
do you think you'll you'll you'll play soccer at the
next level. Is that something that you're thinking about.

Speaker 10 (01:35:43):
Yes, but I'm not I'm like, not one hundred percent sure,
kind of like if like I have the opportunity, like
and I want to go somewhere for school, but if
I have the opportunity to play also, then then I
probably would. Yeah, I'm not sure yet.

Speaker 1 (01:35:55):
Hey, I don't have to take away the plaque I
gave you. Right. Grades were good again this year. Yeah,
And the motivation motivation for you and I asked this
last time you were in studio, motivation for being such
a good student athlete. Where does that come from?

Speaker 10 (01:36:10):
I think I probably said the same thing last time
or somewhere. I just feel like having like balancing it,
like knowing I have to get good grades to be
able to like do the other things that I want
to do, and like if my grades start to drop
and like and it's like focus more in school that
I can't do as much of like the other things
or whatever.

Speaker 1 (01:36:29):
Yeah, Christine, who we listen, We here on the soccer field.
I'm only kidding your motivation. Where did that come from?
For being such a good student athlete? Look, it's not
your right to play, right to be on a soccer team.
It's a privilege you earn. Where do you think that's
come from for you?

Speaker 8 (01:36:47):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (01:36:47):
I think just growing up with parents and siblings that
have always pushed me, like I want to do my
best for not only myself, but like for the people
around me.

Speaker 8 (01:36:55):
Just to like try my hardness.

Speaker 1 (01:36:56):
Hey, grab them my coach. Hey, I really appreciate that
you're coming in. I hope you can get to Florida.
I do. I know your daughters aren't happy, but I
hope that happens. Guys, I can't thank you enough for
coming in. This is a really good story, and it's
a story for guys like me to say, Hey, listen,
your first goal is try to win the conference. If
you don't win the conference, keep playing hard, keep playing well.

(01:37:19):
You guys got ht at the right point. And win
a state championship. They can never take that from you.
You're stay champion forever. And I say, congratulations, coach, thanks
for coming in, thank you for having us. Yeah, it's
good to see you. It's good to see you again.

Speaker 10 (01:37:32):
Yeah, it's good to see you.

Speaker 1 (01:37:33):
Yeah. You know the golf coach is good is waiting
in the parking lot to try to talk you into
playing golf again next year. No, I'm only kidding. I'm
only kidding. Guys. Thanks a lot, and have a great weekend.

Speaker 5 (01:37:42):
Thank you, Thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:37:44):
Guys. This is the Varsity, but it's high school sports
show presented by your local Pick and Save and Metro
Market stores, only on Fox Sports nine twenty and your
iHeartRadio app.