Article: PREPS PLUS WIAA SOFTBALL: DIVISIONS 2, 3 AND 4 Luxemburg-Casco gets its time in the sun

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 ...

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