Luxemburg-Casco Girls Volleyball
The Luxemburg-Casco girls volleyball team earned this week's Splash of the Week after winning its third tournament title of the year Saturday, winning the always-competitive Cardinal Invitaional in Middleton. 
The Spartans swept New Glarus and Lodi before being swept by a surging Stoughton squad to end pool play with a 2-1 record. L-C then knocked off four straight opponents to clinch the title with wins over Wisconsin Heights (25-17, 11-25, 15-13), Brookfield Central (25-23, 22-25, 15-4), Middleton (26-24, 25-22) and Verona (20-25, 25-22, 15-8).
Junior middle hitter Mikaela Gunderson led the Spartans on the weekend with 71 kills in the seven matches played, while sophomore setter Marissa Klein dished out 147 assists and junior defensive specialist Haley Kinnard tallied 67 digs.
Luxemburg-Casco, which also won the East Troy Invitional in late August and the Beaver Dam Invite on Sept. 11, moved to 28-4 overall and remains tied with Oconto Falls atop the early Bay Conference standings at 2-0. The Spartans will tackle New London and Seymour this week before a big showdown at Denmark on Sept. 28.
Honorable Mention
Sturgeon Bay Boys Soccer: The Clippers knocked off Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran Monday, Algoma Tuesday and St. Mary's Central Thursday to remain undefeated in Packerland play at 10-0-0 and 11-0-0 overall. With the trio of victories, Sturgeon Bay opened a four-point lead over the second-place Blazers and Kewaunee, which the league leaders will face Thursday.
Mitch DeGrasse, Eau Claire North: The Huskies quarterback threw for a Week 4-high five touchdowns in a 55-30 loss to Menomonie Friday night. DeGrasse completed 25 of 43 passing attempts while racking up 344 passing yards, while also rushing for 33 yards on seven carries. Classmate Grant Lokken caught three of those touchdown passes and tallied 107 receiving yards on five catches.
Wauwatosa East Boys Volleyball: Without their starting setter, the Red Raiders knocked off two state-ranked opponents en route to earning the championship of its own tournament Saturday. Tosa East swept Middleton and Racine Park then survived Shorewood 2-1 to win its pool, then took out Waukesha West and Westosha Central in bracket play to move to 9-2 on the year.
Badger South Conference Girls Golf: In a match modeled after the LPGA's Sondheim Cup, the first annual Badger Cup went to the South division as it knocked off the Northern squads in a 13-5 decision Thursday in Evansville. Waunakee earned a 2-1 win over nine-time defending Division 2 state champion Madison Edgewood 2-1. Milton knocked off Portage 2-1, Reedsburg beat Stoughton by the same score and Oregon, Monona Grove and Fort Atkinson all earned 3-0 sweeps for the south.
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