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Southwestern's Nemitz, Rieken participate in WBCA All-Star games
Dylan Reiken
Southwestern's Dylan Rieken scored seven points to help the Red team to an 87–81 victory over the White in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 5 Boys All-Star Game Saturday, June 15.
A.J. Gates
Updated: Jun 26, 2019, 6:15 PM
Published: Jun 26, 2019, 6:14 PM

WISCONSIN DELLS – Last Saturday’s Division 3 and Division 5 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Boys’ All-Star games each had a representative from Southwestern High School.


Playing on the D5 Red team was resent graduate Dylan Rieken, while coaching the D3 Red team was Southwestern coach Clint Nemitz.

Played at the JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells, the WBCA All-Star games help raise money for the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes against Childhood Cancer). To date, the WBCA has raised over $2.8 million for the MACC Fund.

Rieken and the D5 Red team defeated the D5 White team, 87-81, while Nemitz and the D3 Red team lost to the D3 White team, 87-81. Riken scored seven points in his team’s win, going 1-for-1 from beyond the 3-point arc and 2-for-2 from inside.

During the 2018-19 boys’ basketball season at Southwestern, Rieken averaged a team-high 13.3 points per game for the Wildcats, as well as 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

Leading the D5 Red team was Justin Kuehl of Hustisford with 21 points, while Colton Schraepfer and Jaden Hendrickson, both of Pecatonica, each finished with four points, and Barneveld’s Malcolm Reed added three.

Joining Nemitz on the Division 3 Red coaching staff were Dan Burreson of Mineral Point and Mike Huser of Platteville.

Platteville’s Cade Rohrbach and Isaiah Oswald each finished the game with three points, while Prairie du Chien’s Hunter Davis added eight. Rohrbach also had six rebounds and three assists in his team’s loss to the White team.


Division 5 Boys WBCA All-Star Game
Red 87, White 81
(WBCA D5 Boys’ All-Star game from 
Saturday, June 15, at Wisconsin Dells)
D5 Red......22  20  22  23 – 87
D5 White..24  15  16   26 – 81
D5 Red – Gage Robbins (Phelps) 0-2, 0-0 0, Addison Gibbs (John Edwards) 4-8, 0-0 10, Colton Schraepfer (Pecatonica) 2-4, 0-0 4, Jaden Hendrickson (Pecatonica) 2-8, 0-0 4, Alex Schmidt (Mercer) 5-8, 4-7 17, Jake Roberts (Randolph) 8-18, 0-0 19, Dylan Rieken (Southwestern) 3-3, 0-0 7; Justin Kuehl (Hustisford) 9-13, 2-4 21; Evan Beaster  (Florence) 1-3, 0-0 2, Malcolm Reed (Barneveld) 1-5, 1-4 3. Totals - 35-72, 7-15 87.
D5 White – Caleb Dotseth (Clayton) 2-3, 0-0 6, Jared Payne (Seneca) 1-2, 6-6 8, Jarek Nelson (Prairie Farm) 3-6, 3-4 11, Noah Kollock (Almond Bancroft) 3-8, 0-0 8, Brandon Rowe (Rio) 4-9, 1-2 9, Jarren Mandel (Marshfield Columbus) 3-9, 1-2 9, Mitchell Stegeman (Suring) 1-4, 0-0 3, Samuel Meerstein (Green Bay Northeastern) 4-19, 2-3 12, Cade Lamb (Almond-Bancroft) 3-8, 3-3 9, Bryce Fuerlinger (Columbus) 3-5, 0-0 6. 
3-point goals – Red (10-35): Schmidt 3-6, Roberts 3-13, Gibbs 2-5, Rieken 1-1, Kuehl 1-4, Robbins 0-2, Hendrickson 0-2, Beaster 0-2; White (11-41): Dotseth 2-3, Nelson 2-5, Kollock 2-6, Mandel 2-7, Stegeman 1-3, Meerstein 2-8, Payne 0-1, Rowe 0-4, Lamb 0-4. Rebounds – Red: 8-35=43 (Reed 8); White: 10-33=43 (Fuerlinger 10, Meerstein 8. Assists – Red 13 (Reed 5); White 13 (Mandel 3, Meerstein 3). Turnovers – Red 11, White 17. Blocks – Red 2, White 4. Steals – Red 13 (Gibbs 3, Hendrickson 3); White 8 (Nelson 3). Team fouls – Red 16, White 16.
Darlington honors long-time coach Arnie Miehe
School renames cross country course after legendary coach
Arnie Miehe
Former Darlington cross country coach Arnie Miehe (left) stands as it is announced that the DHS cross country course will be renamed after him at the Darlington Invitational on Sept. 7. The years of accomplishments are displayed on the banner behind Miehe. - photo by Casey Lindecrantz
Natalie Dillon, Fox Tales
Updated: Sep 13, 2024, 4:03 PM
Published: Sep 13, 2024, 4:04 PM

DARLINGTON — At its 41st annual Darlington Invite, the cross country team honored long-time head coach Arnie Miehe by renaming the course after him.

“It’s an incredible honor,” Arnie said. “It’s very humbling. It makes me think of all the hours, days, weeks and years that went into it — all the events and kids I’ve come in contact with.”

Since taking over  the program in 1982, Arnie has had nine state championship teams — eight for the boys and one for the girls — including six consecutive boys’ titles from 2011-2016. Another 39 teams went to state — 23 for the boys and 16 for the girls. For four straight years from 1993-1996, Darlington boys were state runners-up to Cochrane-Fountain City. In this 41-year span, he’s also had numerous individual state runners.

Two of those runners were his sons, Kent and Tyson. Tyson has run in the Olympic trials, and Kent currently coaches the Redbirds cross country teams.

“The recognition needs to be spread out,” Arnie said. “It should really be named the Miehe course. My wife and kids had as much to do with the success as I did. It was an entire family effort.”

But Kent was quick to turn the recognition back to his father.

“All the success we had started here, with him,” Kent said of Darlington’s home course and the annual Invite, which Arnie had begun years ago.

Darlington kept its successful streak at home with the girls finishing runners-up to Lancaster. Adalee Berget led the squad with her third-place finish. As a team, the Lady Redbirds, ranked No. 9 in Division 3 per Week 1 of the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association Poll, ran faster than the 2023 squad that finished third at state.

“We are learning what good is,” Kent said. “The returners know what it takes to be good. We have a perspective of what we are working toward. The season is far from over.”