Historic Area Churches Celebrate 175 years ROB BOWE CONTRIBUTOR Two churches in the land between the marshes are celebrating their 175th anniversaries in October. St. Theresa’s Parish in Theresa and St. Andrew-The Apostle in LeRoy (Lomira) were founded in 1849 by a Bavarian missionary, Rev. Charles Francis Xavier Schraudenbach, who arrived at Milwaukee in December 1845. By 1848, Schraudenbach

Lomira Girls Cross Country Strides to Second Place Finishes at Berlin and Ripon LOMIRA CROSS COUNTRY On September 17, the Lions traveled to a new course at the Mascoutin Golf Course for the Berlin Invitational. The girls team was able to secure second place with 76 points against a very strong field with teams from Division 2. The top three Lomira finishers were Whitney Witkowski (third

Lomira Volleyball Drops Two Matches BEN PRIESGEN JOURNALIST On September 17, Lomira volleyball lost 3-0 to Kiel in their non-conference matchup. Lomira (3-10) stormed back in the first set to take a 24-23 lead after trailing 15-21 to Kiel (8-0). Kiel scored the final three points in the set after taking a timeout after the Lions got to match point in the set. The Raiders won the

Lomira Football Runs Through Omro for Conference Win BEN PRIESGEN JOURNALIST On September 20, Lomira beat Omro 56-0 at home in their conference matchup. “We’ve been working hard to put all the pieces together to come out and play four quarters at a high level,” said Head Coach Bryan Gregory. “I was extremely proud of the group effort last night and thought our focus on our attention

Horicon Teams Improve Between Meets Last Week HORICON CROSS COUNTRY The 3.1 mile cross country course measured out at Fond du Lac County Park in Waupun is not especially fan friendly. After the start of the course weaves through an open grassy area, runners head into the woods for a mile plus, appear to fans for a half mile, then retreat back into the woods. With less than a half mile to go,