MHS Announcements Monday, November 2, 2026
MHS Announcements Monday, November 2, 2026
*This past weekend the Girls Swim and Dive team competed in the Big Rivers Conference Meet! Ofelia Prechel and Layla Soviak started the weekend off on Friday night getting the team on the board, both building on their previous success from this season with Prechel placing 4th overall. Saturday continued the team's success with Ellie Zydowsky placing 4th overall in the 100 freestyle event. Amongst the 13 competing athletes there were over 20 personal bests achieved throughout the competition. The biggest improvement of the night came from Sophia Wilterdink, dropping over 10 seconds in the 100 backstroke event! The team placed 6th overall in this year's conference meet and will go on to compete this next Friday and Saturday at the Division 2 Sectional Meet, hosted in Rice Lake. Good luck ladies!
*Congratulations to the MHS girls cross country team for their outstanding performances at the WIAA D1 State Championships this weekend. The girls team finished 3rd in the field of 20, capping a tremendous championship season with the greatest performance in MHS cross country history. Veronica Molback led the way, finishing 17th in team scoring. Lauren Ohman and Bella Drake finished shoulder to shoulder in 24th and 25th. Addie Schuler was 33rd, Carmen Schrantz was 48th, Lexi Thalacker was 52nd and Avila Birmingham finished 82nd.
Great job girls team.
*Congratulations to the Boys Cross Country team, who finished their season this past weekend at the WIAA State Championships in Wisconsin Rapids. It was the best season ever for the Mustang Harriers as they won their second consecutive BRC and Sectional titles and then finished in 3rd place at State, the highest placement in school history! Over the course of the season they compiled a record of 193 wins and 5 losses. Special shout-out to Owen Pelzel who led the team at State with a 21st place finish and will earn Honorable Mention All-State Honors! The team will also earn Academic All-State honors, as the top 7 who ran at State all have GPA's over 3.5 and their top 5 GPA average is 3.99! Well done boys on a historic season!
*MHS--We have some exciting news for the Menomonie Equestrian team. They are the 2026 Division A state champions! They competed against 7 other Division A teams from all over the state that qualified for the state show. They had an amazing weekend that came down to the last class of the competition. Division A is a large team bracket that consists of 11-14 kids per team. The team ended the weekend with 297 points to take home the trophy. This is our first Division A State win unseating the Chippewa Falls Cardinals for the first time from the #1 spot.
*Thank you to everyone that participated in Trick or Can on Halloween. We collected 1194 non-perishable food items. We will be delivering to Stepping Stones today. The winning group was Darla Woodford and Kierra Weiker collecting 292 items.
*We will have a meeting for students interested in Senior Internship on Tuesday, November 3rd, during study hall in the Gym. Even if you are only slightly interested in the internship program we encourage you to attend and apply.
*Seniors! Please check the office window to see if your senior photo has been submitted. Your student number will be listed. If it is crossed off, then it has been received! If your number isn't crossed off, please send me your senior photo by this Friday, November 6th or we will be using your student id photo.
*Interested in earning college credits while in high school? The Summer 2027 and 2027-28 Academy link is available to view. Applications open November 2 today! Popular academies fill quickly, so apply early. See Google Classroom for more information.
*Reminder, finance bowl is tomorrow, teams please meet by the fieldhouse doors by 7:15am in your team attire. Let's Go!!!
*Esports Club will be having weekly competitions today from 3:15 to 4:45pm in Mr. Daniel's room, room 189. All are welcome to attend.
*Attention, Science Olympians: We will be meeting quickly on Wednesday during study hall to discuss our first two competitions and our popcorn fundraiser.