High School
Four Pointers Earn SWAL All-Conference Honors
SWAL Golf All-Conference 2018 SCHOOL-TOTAL POINTS-COACH Mineral Point 72 Cory Sokol Argyle/Pecatonica 57 Chris Holcomb Barneveld 54.5 Nate Wood Fennimore 46.5 Mark Fifrick Darlington 37 Rich Westerman Southwestern 26.5 Alan Minter Iowa-Grant 20 Eric Johannesen Cuba City 9.5 Eric Meyer First Team-School-Year Dalton Collier Mineral Point Senior Simon Mitchell Mineral Point Sophomore Cole Needham Fennimore… Continue Reading Four Pointers Earn SWAL All-Conference Honors
Softball Team Awarded for Fine Season
Mineral Point Softball Team members were honored for their outstanding season at an awards banquet Thursday, June 7 in the school cafeteria. The Pointers finished 13-1 in the SWAL Conference and 17-5 overall. They were SWAL Conference and WIAA Regional Champions and made it to the WIAA Sectional Final, just one game from the WIAA… Continue Reading Softball Team Awarded for Fine Season
Softball: Six Pointers are All-SWAL
2018 SWAL All-Conference Softball School-Record-Coach Mineral Point 13 – 1 Quinn Schultz Boscobel 11 – 3 Russ Atkinson Cuba City 10 – 4 John Sturtz Southwestern 8 – 6 John Costello Iowa Grant 7 – 7 Deanna Fulton Fennimore 3 – 11 Jim Prochaska Darlington 2 – 12 Molly Rice Riverdale 2 – 12 B.J.… Continue Reading Softball: Six Pointers are All-SWAL
Class of 2018 Honored With Scholarships
Mineral Point High School held its annual Senior Scholarship Night Thursday, May 17 at the Opera House. Earning scholarships and awards were as follows: Jordyn Abbott: Future Business Leaders of America $500, Herb & Irene Harris $1,000 Avrie Basye: Cummins Emission Solutions $1,000, Bill & Rosalie Logue Memorial $2,000, Carroll University Scholarships $52,000 Danielle Blum:… Continue Reading Class of 2018 Honored With Scholarships
Basting Elected Board President
By a unanimous vote at Monday night’s School Board meeting, Jeff Basting was elected President for 2018-19. Larry Steffes stated he would not be seeking another term as Board President. (Scroll past the video for more article text) Elected to the other offices were: Nate Chambers, Vice President; Everett Lindsey, Clerk; and Larry Steffes, Treasurer.… Continue Reading Basting Elected Board President
Hendrick, Wendhausen are Students of the Month
The Mineral Point Kiwanis Club honored its May Students of the Month at its meeting Tuesday, May 15 at the Pointer Cafe. The students, who are members of the senior class, are selected for this honor through a voting process by staff at the high school, and their biographies are written by themselves. These are… Continue Reading Hendrick, Wendhausen are Students of the Month
#PointerNation Welcomes Katelyn Oellerich
Katelyn Oellerich, Ed.S. School Psychologist Hometown: Mineral Point High school graduated from: Mineral Point College: All at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Katelyn earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Scientist Practitioner Emphasis in 2009, her Master of Science in Education in School Psychology in 2013, and her Education Specialist Degree in School… Continue Reading #PointerNation Welcomes Katelyn Oellerich
High School Musicians Honored
The Mineral Point High School Music Department held its annual awards night Sunday, May 13 at the Opera House. Awards were presented as follows: Seniors Music Boosters’ Award: Haakon Schriefer. Band: John Philip Sousa Award: Alayna McCarville; Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Haakon Schriefer; Most Enthusiastic: Danielle Blum; Most Improved: Abi Callaway, Ireln King, Hans… Continue Reading High School Musicians Honored
MP to Host WSMA Large Group Music Festival
Students from area schools will participate in a Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) sanctioned Concert Music Festival hosted at Mineral Point Middle School/High School on Friday, May 11. During the festival, which is free and open to the public, each school’s concert ensemble groups will perform before a panel of adjudicators while students from… Continue Reading MP to Host WSMA Large Group Music Festival
Skills USA Competitors Do Well at State
Mineral Point High School Skills USA members competed at State April 24 and 25 in Madison. Congratulations to our following students: 1st place: Riley Workman, Woodworking. 2nd place: Amelia Mitchell, Pin Design. 3rd place: Jacob Wedig, Milo Wong, and Riley Workman, Team Engineering.