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Mercer's Schoeneman wins state shot put

By JASON JUNO

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LA CROSSE, Wis. --- It took Mercer junior Aubrey Schoeneman three days to smile again after the WIAA Division 3 sectional meet ended in such disappointment.

While she made it to state in the shot put, she missed out in the discus, an event she probably would have won, and won by a lot, in La Crosse.

The shot put, on the other hand, was ultra competitive. She was tied for the high seed coming into the state meet where four people would ultimately clear 40 feet. And despite a really good first throw Saturday, Schoeneman was in second place.

But after all t...