The WEM girls basketball team won the schools’ fourth Gopher Conference Championship Friday with a resounding 86-43 win over NRHEG.
This was the final game of the regular season. The Bucs finished with a 15-3 overall record and a 13-1 conference mark. Last year they...
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The WEM boys basketball team evened its Gopher Conference record Monday, March 8 after downing Blooming Prairie, 63-40.
The Bucs have won three straight conference games and are now...
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Bucs run win streak to four straight
The WEM girls basketball team won its fourth straight game last week, defeating Maple River 71-39 Friday, Feb. 26.
This was one of two Gopher Conference wins for the Bucs. They also picked up a 66-24 win over United South Central Tuesday, Feb. 23.
The Bucs are 8-1 in the conference and 10-2 overall. The upcoming week features three of the biggest games of the season, which winds down the second week in March.

The WEM/JWP wrestling team was without a number of wrestlers Thursday, Feb. 18 due to Covid protocol.
The Grizzlies dropped a pair of duals, including a Gopher Conference matchup with Westfield.
In the opening dual, the Grizzlies were defeated by the Razorbacks, 63-12.
In the second dual, St. Clair/Mankato Loyola edged WEM/JWP, 39-27.
Westfield recorded seven pins, received three forfeits, and won one match by a decision.

A modest two game winning streak came to an end Friday, Feb. 19 for the WEM boys basketball team.
Hayfield knocked off the Bucs for the second time this season, downing WEM 76- 53 in Hayfield.
The Bucs had their best shooting night of the season, but turnovers and steals proved to be their demise.
WEM shot 54 percent from the field and 61 percent (17-of-28) from inside the three-point arc.
Hayfield, the second place team in the Gopher Conference, forced 21 WEM turnovers and had 13 steals. WEM forced only 10 turnovers and had five steals.

The Medford and NRHEG girls basketball teams combined to score 53 points against WEM last week.
The Bucs defeated Medford 61-26 Tuesday, Jan. 26 and NRHEG 70-27 Friday, Jan. 29 to increase their win streak to...
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A total of six WEM volleyball players have been honored by Gopher Conference coaches after their championship season.
WEM seniors Allison Rients, Toryn Richards, Kylie Pittmann, Ellie Ready, and Autumn Taylor and junior Alex Heuss each received recognition this fall.
Richards was named the Conference Player of the Year and was named to the First Team for the fourth straight season.

In alignment with Executive Order 20-103 announced December 16 by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota State High School League will begin in-person practice for winter sports and activities on Mon., Jan. 4, 2021.

A total of three WEM football players have been named to the 2020 All-Mid Southeast Red Sub-District Football Team.
The Bucs placed eighth in the Red Sub-District, which included mostly Class A teams.
First Team selections included seniors Griffin Atherton, Kurtis Crosby, and junior Domanik Paulson.
Atherton had his season...
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The Minnesota State High School League’s (MSHSL) Board of Directors on Thursday, Dec. 3, approved a flexible plan for the restart of winter activities when clearance is provided by state governmental leaders. Executive Order 20-99 is currently in place, a directive that mandates a four-week pause in activities designed to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. That is scheduled to expire on...
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Having an athletic and an intelligent team are two things which coaches dream of.
In the case of the highly successful 2020 WEM vol- leyball team, they are elite in both categories.
When it comes to being athletic, the Bucs finished the 2020 season with a per- fect 11-0 record, winning their third straight Gopher Conference Championship and finishing as the top rated Class A team for the first time in school history.
When it comes to intelligence, six of the seven seniors on the team were...

Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop used a powerful rushing attack to end the season for the WEM football team.
The Thunderbirds gained 364 yards on the ground and scored seven rushing touchdowns in a 62-12 Section 2A Quarterfinal win Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Winthrop.
GFW went on to win the Section 2A Championship by defeating Minnesota Valley Lutheran 40-21. The T-Birds scored 40 or more points in four of their seven games. They finished 4-3 overall.
WEM did not win a game this season and were only able to score four touchdowns in five games.

A number of WEM volleyball players had season-best performances during the team's ninth straight win.
The Bucs swept Maple River 25-13, 25-12, and 25-4 Thursday, Nov. 12.
Five juniors had great performances to help the Bucs to their ninth straight sweep of the season.

A trio of WEM bowlers claimed the top prize during the South Central Conference end-of-the-year tournament held Nov. 7 at Spare Time Bowl in Owatonna.
Sophomores Tytan Larson and Gabe Androli, and freshman Gavin Gohlike won the 3-person baker-style bowling tournament.
Baker-style bowling consists of bowlers taking turns rolling one frame at a time, one after another. Bowlers roll either three or four frames when bowling with three individuals. Teams can consist of up to five bowlers. WEM competed with the minimum of three.

The WEM football team scored its first points of the season in Janesville Friday, Nov. 6.
But the lone touchdown was all they would put on the board as the JWP Bulldogs won their first game of the season, down- ing WEM, 31-6.
Senior Kurtis Crosby blocked a Bulldog’s punt and senior Travis Van Houdt returned the ball 29 yards midway through the second quarter.
The score cut the JWP lead to 13-6 with 6:54 left in the third quarter.
“Things got a little close after the blocked punt,” WEM head coach Mike Richards said. “I thought at that point the momentum

Tickets for the Playoff FB game on Tuesday Nov. 17 will begin Wednesday, Nov. 11 at noon.
Cost per ticket is $10 (Adult/ Student/ Senior Citizen) WEM will only have 120 total tickets available for purchase.
1) Each FB Player and Cheerleader will have tickets assigned to their
WEM JMC account.
- These can be claimed using JMC by paying online OR
- You will need to call the WEM Activities Office (362-4403) and bring in $ to purchase.
* Either one of these MUST be completed by Noon Friday, November 13.