2024 Wisconsin Boys High School

[choppy]

Nov 8, 2024 18:21:51 GMT -5 @newhere said:

Has anyone else heard that there are 2 players on the 1st Team all-conference for Woodland Conference from Greendale High School?

I don’t know if this is still the case, but when I coached at Whitnall they broke the conference up into two divisions. Both sides got their separate all conference teams and their own player of the year

[dividedwefall]

Germantown coach took a note from Bob Knight.

[zachbarnes]

Congratulations to Sussex-Hamilton for their first state title! Middleton and Hamilton were the class of the state tournament and put on five set show that had spectators on edge from start to finish. The match up between the top two outsides in the state was impressive between Van Buren and Bayer. I also felt that the two best setters in the state were on display last night with Stutgen and Mrotek . They were the best two teams Wisconsin boys volleyball had this season and they put on a big time show last night. Great job to both teams and the spectators who had the place rocking.

www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Volleyball_Boys/2024/game7.htm

[damien]

Nov 8, 2024 9:28:16 GMT -5 vbzinger said:

Nov 7, 2024 16:57:01 GMT -5 goat12 said:

Watching the Hamilton-Germantown match and the level of volleyball is just awesome. Big swings and blocks on both sides, passing and defensive plays, very high caliber of play all around. The thing that overshadowed the match for me though was the culture represented by Germantown. The obnoxious cheers, whining to the officials, and finally getting a card for their behavior when it should have happened much earlier in the match. I really hope someone from that community reads this and knows that the rest of the state thinks your program has coaches that develop good volleyball players, but not good people. The talent is respected, but the attitude and behavior is an embarrassment.

But every good story needs a villain, right?

I sadly had a similar thought watching the match. It was great volleyball, but watching the Germantown coach run up and down the sidelines made me wonder if he was an adult or another high schooler. 

Coach Dixon (who was standing up for Gtown) is one of my favorite people in the volleyball community.  I've known him since he was in middle school, and coached him at OVC his 17s year.  He is full of passion and loves the game and his team.  He is a fantastic coach, knows volleyball, and is one of the nicest and most respectful young men I've ever met.  If he was a little extra animated in that match, it's probably because he was trying to inject a little energy into the team.  Anyone who saw him play back in the day knows that he is an energy guy.  I'd be happy to have him on my staff any time.

As far as Gtown as a whole, they've always had boisterous benches.  There's nothing wrong with that as long as it doesn't get antagonistic, as someone else said.  We played Gtown 3 times this season and there was always a lot of trash talking between our team and benches, but it was at the level that I consider "part of the game", and never crossed the line. 

I will also say that we played a team this season who a lot of people will say is an awesome program, successful, well mannered, well coached, etc.  This team had players who were saying things across the net that absolutely shocked me.  They played it smart by keeping it quiet enough that the refs didn't notice, but the things they were saying to my players were just nasty.  I only mention this as an illustration that things are not always as they appear from afar.

[muredshark]

The 2024 All-State voting is complete and the honorees have been announced:

Player of the Year: Aleksey Mikhailenko, Homestead, Junior, Outside Hitter
Coach of the Year: Mike Maass (Appleton North)

First team:
Ben Bayer (Sussex Hamilton, Jr. OH)
Michael Janssen (Kimberly, Sr. MB)
Max Larcheid (Marquette, Sr. OH)
Logan Mainka (Pewaukee, Sr. OH)
Nathan Ramus (Appleton North, Jr. OH)
Caden Van Buren (Middleton, Jr. OH)

Second team:
Aidan Del Fava (Marquette, Jr. OH)
Adam Emerson (Germantown, Sr. RSH)
Oakley Griggs (Germantown, Sr. OH)
Owen Krause (Kimberly, Sr. OH)
Lincoln Myers (Madison Memorial, Jr. RSH)
Miles Weaver (Neenah, Sr. OH)

Third team:
Oliver Kelley (Germantown, Jr. Libero)
Shaun Komp (Catholic Memorial, Sr. OH)
Roberts Osis (Nicolet, Sr. OH)
Jordan Puro (Cedarburg, Jr. OH)
Bryce Stuttgen (Middleton, Jr. Setter)
Danny Torres (Nicolet, Jr. Setter)

Honorable Mention:
Jackson Behling (Burlington, Jr. Setter)
Joe Behling (Franklin, Jr. MB)
Carson Bloedow (Arrowhead, Sr. Setter)
Jayce Brechtl (Waterford, Jr. Setter)
Tyler Breier (Sussex Hamilton, Sr. RSH)
Cooper Cantwell (Marquette, Sr. MB)
Miles Dean (Madison West, Sr. Libero)
Tucker Deering (Mukwonago, Sr. OH)
Liam Devine (West Allis, Jr. OH)
Kylan Fantin (Homestead, Sr. Setter)
Vance Ferry (Middleton, Jr. OH)
Graham Forester (Westosha Central, Sr. Setter)
Matthew Goedheer (Catholic Memorial, Soph. Setter/RSH)
Trevor Heinzelmann (Kettle Moraine, Soph. OH)
Will Hoffman (Middleton, Jr. MB)
Max Imig (Madison Memorial, Sr. MB)
Ryker Lentz (Muskego, Jr. MB)
Hudson Maniscalco (Arrowhead, Sr. RSH)
Aaron Martin (South Milwaukee, Sr. Setter)
Devon McRae (New Berlin United, Sr. OH)
Henry Mrotek (Sussex Hamilton, Sr. Setter)
Logan Neitzel (Arrowhead, Sr. MB)
Henry Newman (Catholic Memorial, Jr. MB)
Jake Otto (Hartford, Soph. Setter)
Henry Possell (Madison West, Sr. OH)
Colin Putchinski (Waukesha West, Sr. RSH)
Alex Rogowski (Germantown, Jr. Setter)
Austin Rynberg (Westosha Central, Sr. OH)
Oliver Scharnick (Nicolet, Senior, RSH)
Cade Schuler (Wauwatosa East, Senior, OH)
August Schuele (Cedarburg, Jr. MB)
Tyler Sioco (Kenosha Indian Trail, Sr. OH)
Mason Smith (Waterford, Jr. OH)
Tanner Sindorf (Kettle Moraine, Sr. Libero)
David Warren (Brookfield East, Sr. Setter)

For the full press release, click here: badgervolleyball.org/badger-region-frisco-mo-announce-boys-all-state-coach-of-the-year-awards

[goat12]

Nov 10, 2024 10:27:49 GMT -5 damien said:

Nov 8, 2024 9:28:16 GMT -5 vbzinger said:

I sadly had a similar thought watching the match. It was great volleyball, but watching the Germantown coach run up and down the sidelines made me wonder if he was an adult or another high schooler. 

Coach Dixon (who was standing up for Gtown) is one of my favorite people in the volleyball community.  I've known him since he was in middle school, and coached him at OVC his 17s year.  He is full of passion and loves the game and his team.  He is a fantastic coach, knows volleyball, and is one of the nicest and most respectful young men I've ever met.  If he was a little extra animated in that match, it's probably because he was trying to inject a little energy into the team.  Anyone who saw him play back in the day knows that he is an energy guy.  I'd be happy to have him on my staff any time.

As far as Gtown as a whole, they've always had boisterous benches.  There's nothing wrong with that as long as it doesn't get antagonistic, as someone else said.  We played Gtown 3 times this season and there was always a lot of trash talking between our team and benches, but it was at the level that I consider "part of the game", and never crossed the line. 

I will also say that we played a team this season who a lot of people will say is an awesome program, successful, well mannered, well coached, etc.  This team had players who were saying things across the net that absolutely shocked me.  They played it smart by keeping it quiet enough that the refs didn't notice, but the things they were saying to my players were just nasty.  I only mention this as an illustration that things are not always as they appear from afar.

The team he's talking about here is Kimberly. 

[choppy]

Is there any way to see the ballots for All-state awards. I would be very interested to see how close the voting was since the top players in the state are very close in skill level

[bradk]

I would be happy to share some information with you but also protecting coaches and the process of their voting, along with not taking anything away from anyone who received recognition.

Here is a breakdown without going into too many specifics about players or coaches.

Coaches vote in order 1-19. There is a point system in place meaning you get more points for a 3rd place vote than a 10th place vote. It is also weighted to allow the averages to work out so that 1 or 2 very off ballots could not effect the outcome. Numbers and math will make the cream rise to the top. Each place is assigned a certain point value.

The list sent out was in Alpha order not in order of rank.

There were 31 ballots received.
The first team all state players were on anywhere between 21-31 of the ballots. 1 player was on 31 ballots while 2 others were on 30 ballots.

The second team all state players were on between 16-20 of the ballots.

The third team all state players were on between 16-19 ballots.

So even thought some players on third team were on more ballots those that were voted and ended up on second team had a higher point value on average on the ballots they were entered on. Fore example the last player on Second team appeared on 16 ballots for an average of 15.88 while the top player on 3rd team appeared on 18 ballots but only had an average of 14.06. So the total points for that spot was higher.

Of the players earning honorable mention the most any player appeared on was 12 ballots.

So over the course of the voting it ended up filtering out pretty close to an overall feel for all 31 votes of the coaches who provided ballots.

Were there some outlier ballots of course, but overall the coaches came to a pretty good final outcome based on the numbers.

If you would like more information feel free to email me and I can share more information with you short of players totals and who voted for who.