NOCTILUCA March 2017

SPORTS Appleton, Wisconsin

March 2017 Volume XXll

Issue V Page 11

Winter Sports Results

Boys’ Swim and Dive

Wrestling Record: 8-6

Girls’ Basketball Regular Season: 19-0

Record: 4th at Conference 9th at Sectionals

Coach’s Quotable: “I have some very talented people in our program and they believe in each other. It is that trust that allows us to maximize our talents. We see ob- stacles as opportunities and each night we face a new one. This season about growth as an individual and team. I could not be prouder of them.” -Joe Russom

Coach’s Quotable: “The 2016-17 wrestling season had its ups and downs like most seasons do, but overall we experienced many more ups than downs. It took our team awhile to get going, but we are very proud of how they finished.” -Scott Clough

Coach’s Quotable: “ With over half of the team new to the sport of swimming and diving we struggled in meet this season. However we did improve a great deal over the course of the season. Our strength was our divers, where two of them qualified for state and one finished 2nd.” -Scott Stepanski

Girls’ Hockey Overall Season: 14-9-2

Boys’ Hockey Overall Season: 15-8-1

Boys’ Basketball Overall Season: 3-20

Coach’s Quotable: “Our season went well, we had our share of ups and downs We had our share of ups and downs. It obviously didn’t end the way we planned, but competed hard til the end of the buzzer in our final play of game.” -Mike Brolsma

Coach’s Quotable: “We had a very successful season. We learned a lot about working together and we came out with some big wins against great teams.” -Kristina Skowanderson

Coach’s Quotable: “We had a good season. The season definitely should not be measured by

the wins or losses.” -Jerry Overstreet

Members of Appleton North community participate in March Madness

ging rights is also a fun aspect Zeratsky is rooting for the University of North Carolina in this year’s tournament. As for myself, I also enjoy the thrill of filling out a brack- et and seeing how lucky I re- ally am, just like Mr. Rueckl and Zeratsky. I choose not to get money involved, but it is still very fun to fill out brack- ets and see if you can be the 1 in 9.2 Quintillion who are able to fill out a perfect bracket. Have any ideas for sports articles? Contact Maddie Clark at CLA542944@stu. aasd.k12.wi.us

a fun element to college bas- ketball that you don’t see with any other sport.” He also said, “It’s a great challenge, you get to see who the ‘alpha-male’ is within your group of friends.” As far as getting money in- volved, Mr. Rueckl likes to keep money out of it. Howev- er, if he’s feeling lucky he will put a little bit in and some- times get a little bit out. When asked, Mr. Rueckl said he will be rooting for Duke Universi- ty in this year’s March Mad- ness tournament. Junior Adam Zeratsky is also a huge college basketball fan. Unlike Mr. Rueckl, how- ever, Zeratsky said, “I like to get money involved. Making a pool with my friends and seeing who wins at the end of it all is very rewarding. Brag-

It’s that time of year again, ladies and gentlemen. Sixty-eight teams vie to be national champions for Di- vision 1 college basketball. Since 1977, college basketball fans from all around the world have attempted the impossi- ble to fill out a perfect March Madness bracket. In order to achieve a perfect bracket, one must predict the winner for sixty-seven games. After do- ing the math, I calculated the odds of achieving that illustri- ous feat is approximately 1 in 9.2 quintillion! You have a better chance of death by a Students and teacher talk about their brackets and experience By Kyle Hoffenbecker

Mr. Rueckl and junior Adam Zeratsky holding their completed March Madness brackets. Photos by Kyle Hoffenbecker

vending machine, winning the lottery, and becoming presi- dent of the United States! So why do so many people con- tinue filling out these brackets even though they understand

that they have an extremely small chance of filling out a perfect bracket? “I do it for the fun of it,” says Appleton North math teacher, Mr. Rueckl, “It brings