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Article: PREPS PLUS WIAA SOFTBALL: DIVISIONS 2, 3 AND 4 Luxemburg-Casco gets its time in the sun
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2009
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Madison -- For a while there, coach Don Schoen wondered if the
sun would ever shine on his Luxemburg-Casco softball team.
Well, it did. In the brightest way, on the brightest day.
On a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon at Goodman Diamond,
Schoen's Spartans took advantage of eight Monroe errors and survived
a late scare to beat the Cheesemakers, 4-1, in the WIAA Division 2
state championship game.
Not a bad finish for a team that entered the tournament with an
11-12 record, following a regular season played under gloomy skies,
and finished 18-12.
"We saw a lot of gray and a lot of rain," Schoen said.
But a difficult regular season paid off in time for the Spartans -
- especially after they ...