At last year's D2 boys state meet, one team that caught my eye was Berlin/Green Lake. It wasn't so much that the B/GL co-op did well -- they scored 37 points to finish 17th overall -- but that the team did it with all underclassmen, including two very good freshmen in Greg Hameister and Dylan Young.
This past weekend, the B/GL showed they are ready to make even more noise. The team finished second at the Oshkosh West Invite, trailing only traditional D1 Fox Valley power Neenah and beating out a very good Appleton North/East team for third. Plymouth, a solid D2 team returning most of its state swimmers from last year, finished well back of B/GL in 4th. See partial results here from the Oshkosh Northwestern:
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20091206/OSH020507/91205066/1148/OSH02
Hameister led the way for B/GL, with a 2nd and 4th in his individual events and relay legs that helped produce two 2nd-place finishes in the 200 and 400 free relays. But several other B/GL swimmers garnered top-six finishes, an indication the team is adding depth to the four swimmers who took part in last year's state meet.
There is a strong tradition of solid swimming for Berlin/Green Lake; the co-op won the D2 state title as recently as 2001. Early on this season, they certainly look to be one of the contenders for a sectional title at the Plymouth sectional in February.
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