Conference Season Finally Starts

Well it is about time the conference season started for the Ripon Tigers. Don't get me wrong we saw some great games and some tough teams in the non-conference but it is nice to get into the meat of the season. Clintonville, Medford, Sheboygan Falls find me another team in the state with a non-conference schedule like that. The Tigers should have no problem with the conference opponents except for Waupun. Let me tell you the Ripon vs. Medford games probably one of the most enjoyable games I have watched in years. Every kid on both teams was teeing off and trying to knock the snot out of the other player. I saw guys like Peter Schroeder and Noah Schnell-Harrison absolutely annihilate some guys on the field. That's good football.

Cross Country Note: As you can probably guess I am not much of a runner, I know hard to believe but when a kid comes in like Jake Tsaducakis (Sock A Dock Iss yeah exactly) for the Ripon Tigers even fat guys like me start to notice. The kid won the KJG Invite and placed fourth in the Oshkosh North Invite and HE'S A FRESHMAN. Unreal. Coach Chris Gatzke does a fantastic job with the CC team and they are always a contender.

Ripon College Football has surprised me so far this year, I know last year was a struggle but the defense this year is killa. Jotham Darrin has had a season in two games and the Kraemer kid was player of the week. Kudos to Ernst and his boys for righting the ship and get it going. Just to clarify also WRPN did not do a story on Ripon College looking to build their own football stadium. The rumor bed has been settled.

We should thank a guy like John Casper for the work he does for high school sports in the area. John is the sports editor at the FDL Reporter and a regular part of our broadcasts on AM 1600 WRPN. He works his tale off getting everything and still has time to do some radio and TV interviews, and keep up a killer blog. I love the You Tube vids. If you get a chance go check out www.fondysportsinsider.blogspot.com It's awesome reading.

Biggie's Music Pick of The Week

• Weird Al - White and Nerdy
• Lady Sovereign - Love Me Or Hate Me

Until Next time...Rock on \m/