Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Whitefish Bay Now preview of HS season

Says the WFBNow: Whitefish Bay football coach Jim Tietjen is busy tamping down brushfires of excitement as the Blue Dukes go into the 2012 season with anticipation of glory not seen since the early 1990s. "We're dropping passes, putting the ball on the ground (fumbles), we're just not as far as I would like us to be," he said. But that kind of pessimism is just smoke and mirrors to other area coaches and teams, who know that the Blue Dukes have more than 20 returners from a 2011 team that advanced to the third round of the WIAA state playoffs for the first time in school history, including NOW All-Suburban selections Rashadeem Gray (running back) and Jackson Weber (defensive back). Read the article here.