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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The football team in one of their recent games at home. The addition of many new players and returning players with unique skills helped start the season strong.

Messwood begins strong, beats Pius XI 18-8

Jillian Beaster, Noah Mulvey September 22, 2022

 The Messwood football team is off to a strong start this season, winning 18 to 8 against Pius XI on August 19th.  A lot of changes have been made to the coaching staff of the Messwood football team...

Shorewood fall sports make a full return

Shubh Goyal September 15, 2021

Girls Volleyball The girls volleyball team started their season on August 17. The three groups: varsity, JV 1 and JV 2, meet every day after school in the North Gym to practice.  “We do warm ups...

The team has acquired promising new underclassmen, who they have big hopes for.

Young football team finds its footing again

Charlie Marble April 27, 2021

The Messwood football team’s season, typically in the fall, was delayed until this spring due to COVID. This delay has been beneficial as players have had a much longer off-season. “Surprisingly,...

Members of the boys soccer team scrimmage. The team hopes to build on their success from last season.

Boys soccer looks to continue momentum

Charlie Marble March 24, 2021

Coming off a WIAA state championship in 2019, the SHS boys soccer team had high hopes to repeat their success in the fall, until the pandemic delayed the season to March of last year. While the extra...

Ripples own Abi Knox (left) and Natasha Davis (right), seniors, stand at the state meet. Knox and Davis were the only pair from Shorewood to qualify.

Senior doubles team ends season at state

Laura Oldfather and Olivia Steinmetz November 19, 2020

In a tennis season riddled with uncertainty, Shorewood’s top doubles team made it to the state tournament. Natasha Davis and Abi Knox played at Kohler on Oct. 15 and 16.  Going into the season,...

Individual runners place 4th and 18th at D1 state race

Noe Goldhaber, Maddie Pluckhahn, and Shubh Goyal November 19, 2020

Members of the boys and girls cross country teams reflect on a challenging yet rewarding season. This year, runners Annika Elliott, junior, and Nathan Cumberbatch, sophomore, were the only runners to make...

Isabella Lozier and Annika Elliott, juniors, Louisa Fowler, sophomore, Addie Kemp, senior, and Grace Optekar, junior, run on the track at practice. The team hopes to make it to D1 state.

Cross Country moved to D1 this postseason

October 15, 2020

As if social distancing and smaller meets weren’t enough changes for this year’s cross country season, the WIAA recently announced that Shorewood will be competing at the Division 1 level this...

The girls tennis team stands spaced out as they listen to their coach. Their season will continue, but with masks, social distancing and individual tennis balls.

Fall sports updates

Sadie Cumberbatch and Sonia Bendre September 10, 2020

All falls sports have been affected by the pandemic in some way, shape or form. The WIAA released guidelines earlier this summer outlining if and how sports will continue this year. They split fall sports...

Geoffrey Gundlach, girls cross country head coach, at afternoon practice. Gundlach has been giving the runners individualized training plans to improve their fitness.

Familiar face takes over as girls cross country coach

Noe Goldhaber and Alexis Hu September 10, 2020

This fall, Shorewood High School welcomes new girls cross country coach, Geoffrey Gundlach. Gundlach began running at the end of high school, and then ran in college at UW Oshkosh and qualified for nationals...

School Board decides on Virtual+ plan

School Board decides on “Virtual+” plan

Abi Knox August 21, 2020

On July 28, the school board voted 5-0 to approve an online first quarter for all district schools. School will be taught in what the district is terming a “Virtual+” model, with most of the instruction...

Senior commits to running cross country in college

Senior commits to running cross country in college

Abi Knox January 9, 2020

This year’s boys cross country WIAA Division II state champion has committed to running post-graduation. Lucas Florsheim, senior, looks to continue his success at Pomona College in Los Angeles, where...

The girls huddle together after the state meet. The girls cross country team won state for the first time in program history.

Girls cross country makes program history

Abi Knox November 23, 2019

For the first time in school history, the girls cross country team won state. Led by Isabella Lozier, sophomore, who crossed the finish line in fourth place, the team won by 41 points.  As a point...