Total $3,200 grants estimated to impact about 3,000 students, officials say   

Nearly $3,200 in schoolroom grants will fund a variety of learning projects in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District estimated to impact 3,000 students, according to school officials.

The MCPASD Education Foundation announced its six grant winners for the spring 2013 cycle on Wednesday. The six staff members -- Park's Amy Callies, West Middleton's Pernille Ripp, Sauk Trail's Anne Gustafson, Kromrey's Kerry Burke, Clark Street's Erich Eifler and Middleton High School's Larry Martin -- received grants totaling more than $3,200.

The 2-hour yellow bus tour included stops at the six schools. Seventeen MHS band members played "On Wisconsin" in each of the schools before chair Courtney Ward-Reichard presented each recipient with flowers donated by Copps, a certificate and an Education Foundation pin.

There haven't been many nice days for high school sports this spring but the sun was out Tuesday for the return of our Game of the Week. In the big 8 baseball Sun Prairie visits rival Middleton.

The defending Div. 1 champs are 2-1 this year while this is Middleton's first game.

Middleton's pitcher Brian Lochner gets the games first RBI.

Sun Prairie scores two runs in the top of the 4th take the lead 2-1.

But Middleton re-takes the lead and then Jackson Keeler's RBI double in the 5th scores Luke Schafer to make it 4-2 Middleton.

Lochner tosses the complete game, giving up 5 hits, striking out 4 and had 3 hits at the plate.

Sun Prairie has won three straight big 8 titles, but has already two losses in conference.

Middleton wins 5-2.

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