Girls Basketball
Staver Named WIAA Scholar Athlete
Sixteen senior girls and sixteen senior boys from Mercer to Darlington have been selected as recipients of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar Athlete Award underwritten by Marshfield Clinic. The winners include the first ever female from Mineral Point High School to claim this prestigious honor, Sydney Staver. (Ryan McGuire, 2010, is the only other… Continue Reading Staver Named WIAA Scholar Athlete
Girls Basketball Holds Awards Banquet for Outstanding Season
Sunday, March 12, the Mineral Point High School Girls Basketball team was honored for another outstanding season at its annual awards banquet. Award winners pictured, left to right: Malorie Johnson: Most Improved and 2017-18 Captain; McKenna Reichling: SWAL All-Conference Honorable Mention, 2017-18 Captain, Most Assists (85); Cassie Bossert: SWAL All-Conference Honorable Mention; Sydney Staver: SWAL… Continue Reading Girls Basketball Holds Awards Banquet for Outstanding Season
Six Pointers Earn SWAL Hoop Honors
SWAL GIRLS BASKETBALL 2016-2017 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM FINAL STANDINGS SCHOOL RECORD COACH Cuba City 12 – 2 Jeff Pustina Mineral Point 12 – 2 Mitch Wainwright Darlington 10 – 4 Kelly Rose Riverdale 10 – 4 Scott Mau Boscobel 5 – 9 Jason Hill Iowa-Grant 4 – 10 Craig Jenkins Fennimore 2 – 12 Kevin Everson Southwestern 1… Continue Reading Six Pointers Earn SWAL Hoop Honors
Girls Basketball wins Conference, Regional Titles
For the second straight season, the Mineral Point Girls Basketball team won both the SWAL Conference and WIAA Regional Championships! The Regional Title came vs. Cuba City on February 25 with a 64-59 win.
Staver Tallies 1,000th Point
Mineral Point girls basketball senior Sydney Staver tallied her 1,000th career point Saturday, January 21st in a game at Iowa-Grant. The Pointers went on to win the SWAL contest by a score of 69-33.
WIAA Sportsmanship Award Received
During halftime of the football game Friday, August 26, #PointerNation was presented with its WIAA/Rural Mutual Sportsmanship Award that it earned during the State Girls Basketball Tournament in Green Bay in March. The school received a trophy to display, as well as a banner to be hung in the gym. This is the third time… Continue Reading WIAA Sportsmanship Award Received
Chambers, Schultz play in WBCA All-Star Game
Clara Chambers and Jessica Schultz, members of the 2016 Mineral Point State Championship Team, had the honor of playing in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game Friday, June 17 at JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells. Unfortunately, their Division 4 South squad fell to the North by a score of 81-54. Jessica finished with nine… Continue Reading Chambers, Schultz play in WBCA All-Star Game
Girls Basketball Earns Academic All-State Honors
Another prestigious honor has come to the Mineral Point girls basketball team. In addition to winning the Division 4 WIAA State Championship, it was announced this week the team earned Academic All-State honors from the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. The Lady Pointers placed 3rd in Division 4 with a 3.698 GPA behind 1st place Abbotsford… Continue Reading Girls Basketball Earns Academic All-State Honors
State Champs Feted
A season for the ages came to an official close Sunday night with the girls basketball awards ceremony. Coach Mitch Wainwright, a former history teacher, said he asked the girls before the season ended, “What do you want your story to say? How do you want it to end?” He was proud to say the… Continue Reading State Champs Feted
Pointer Nation Wins WIAA Sportsmanship Award
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, in cooperation with Rural Mutual Insurance, has chosen the recipients of the team Sportsmanship Awards for the 2016 winter State Tournaments. The winners of the prestigious sportsmanship honor are Ashland in gymnastics, Eau Claire Memorial in boys ice hockey, the Beloit Co-op in girls ice hockey, Whitefish Bay Dominican in… Continue Reading Pointer Nation Wins WIAA Sportsmanship Award