Berching celebrates: Hans-Lukas Willax excellent as a handball master!

Berching celebrates: Hans-Lukas Willax excellent as a handball master!

Erlangen, Deutschland - Handball has received a lot of updating in the past few months, not only in the big leagues, but also at regional level. The city of Berching, which was able to congratulate its native son Hans-Lukas Willax as captain of HC Erlangen, is particularly proud of the German handball master. Mayor Ludwig Eisenreich did not miss the opportunity to congratulate the talented athlete on his impressive success, which is important for the entire city. The celebrations for the title are in full swing, because Willax and his team put a season that is second to none - the HC Erlangen remained undefeated, like how Mittelbayerische reported.

Willax himself looks back on a successful career. The athlete who started football and handball at TSV Berching has developed into an important player in the team over the years. His sporting journey took him through the C-youth of HC Sulzbach-Rosenberg to the A-Youth Bundesliga, where he quickly became a regular player. Thanks to the intensive support from his trainers, Xenia Knüfer (today Stephan) and Hans Müller, he was able to fully develop his talent. The return after a serious bad luck that is a break that is slowing down for weeks shows his fighting spirit and his determination. "We all had to believe in ourselves and reduce the pressure," said Willax, who always motivated his teammates. The mayor's congratulations were a nice conclusion for this remarkable season, and he wished Willax all the best for the future.

One season full of highlights

The A-youth Bundesliga recently successfully completed its season, and the phase of the decision for the title was very exciting. After Easter, the best teams fought for moving into the quarter -finals of the German Championship. The HC Erlangen showed a strong performance and was able to prevail against HSV Hamburg in the quarter -finals. In the semifinals it went against Bayer Dormagen, where the HC Erlangen triumphed with an overall ranking of 80:71. Finally, the final against Jano Filder was on the program, which ended in the first leg with 38:35 and in the second leg with 42:36 for HC Erlangen. A remarkable success, because the club, which was only founded in 2001, is celebrating the greatest success of its history, as Handball World reports!

These successes reflect the high popularity of handball, which in Germany after football is the second most popular sport, as an analysis by Statista shows. With a number of over 765,000 in the German Handball Association and an annual viewer of around 1.5 million in the Bundesliga, handball is one of the audience magnets and attracts many fans at championships such as the Bundesliga and the DHB Cup.

A look into the future

For Hans-Lukas Willax, it continues after graduating from high school in Erlangen. Studies are planned, probably in the field of sports, parallel to playing handball in the second team of the third division. His mother, Ina Willax, who works as a communication trainer, will continue to support him on his way. So it remains exciting which heights the young athlete will still reach. For his fans and the many supporters from his hometown it says: Pressing and keeping your fingers crossed!