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PREPS: Brodhead/Juda track and field teams shine at RVC Rock meet
BELOIT — The Brodhead/Juda track and field teams continued their dominant season as the girls finished first at the Rock Valley Rock Division Meet while the boys were second on Tuesday night at Beloit Turner High School. The Cardinals’ girls racked up a whopping 165 points while the hosting Trojans were second with 103. Evansville was third (84) followed by Clinton and Edgerton (70) and Big Foot (62). On the...
Four Beloit Turner seniors announced college commitments
BELOIT — Their athletic careers at Beloit Turner began in the shadows of COVID-19, but the four seniors saluted in a collegiate signing ceremony rose above that adversity to achieve their goals. First and foremost was to compete in college in the sport they are most passionate about. Tyshawn Teague-Johnson is headed to UW-Stevens Point to play basketball. Caitlin Wirth will run cross country and track and field at UW-Platteville....
Emmett Olson delivers gem in Sky Carp debut as Beloit wins 6-5
BELOIT—Miami Marlins 2023 fourth-round pick Emmett Olson was called up to the Beloit Sky Carp on Saturday after he didn’t allow a single run in three starts with the Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads. Olson had thrown 16 scoreless innings leading up to his promotion, and he certainly wasn’t going to falter in his Sky Carp debut on Wednesday. Not with mom and dad in the crowd. ...
Beloit Memorial Gridiron Club to host third annual Heineke Classic
BELOIT —The Beloit Memorial Gridiron Club will host the third annual Heineke Classic Scramble Golf Outing on June 28 at 10 a.m. at The Beloit Club. The Beloit Gridiron Club provides student-athletes and coaches at Beloit Memorial High School with the tools necessary to succeed on and off the field. Operating in a diverse community with limited resources, this fundraising event helps operate a program with proper and safe equipment. ...
ON THE DIAMOND: Trio of sluggers power Hononegah past Jay-Hawks
ROCKFORD — Danielle Franz, Aislynn Palmer and Kaelyn Kelly formed quite the wrecking crew Wednesday night against Rockford Jefferson. The trio combined for nine hits, nine runs and 11 runs batted in as Hononegah rolled over the J-Hawks 16-0 in a game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. Franz hit a pair of home runs and a double, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBIs. She...
Foster finds his pitch, connects for Brodhead/Juda's second straight walk-off win
BRODHEAD — Another day, another walk-off win. Brodhead/Juda spotted Evansville a three-run lead in the top of the first in a Rock Valley Conference game Tuesday at Brodhead High, similar to the four runs yielded to Dodgeville in a game on the same diamond Monday night. As they did against the Dodgers, the Cardinals (6-5 overall, 4-2 Rock Valley) chipped away at the deficit, even as the Blue Devils added...
Beloit Sky Carp fall to Quad Cities 6-0
BELOIT — The home cooking wasn’t quite so tasty for the Beloit Sky Carp on Tuesday afternoon. After winning eight of their first nine games at ABC Supply Stadium, the Sky Carp couldn’t produce any offense against the first-place Quad Cities River Bandits, losing 6-0. Beloit fell behind 1-0 in the third. The River Bandits tacked on two runs with two outs in the fifth inning and put the game...
Beloit College uses hot bats to take down Ripon in doubleheader
RIPON, Wis.—Just call them the rallying Buccaneers. The Beloit College softball team swept Ripon College 13-9, 8-4 in a doubleheader on Monday despite falling behind early in both games. In the first game, the Red Hawks scored three runs in both the first and third inning as they took a 7-0 lead. But, the Bucs quickly answered with six runs in the fourth and two in the fifth to overtake...
Hononegah swimmer Emily Kastner going bats over Transylvania
ROCKTON — Brian McGuire said Hononegah High School senior Emily Kastner has speed, but it is her endurance that separates her from the competition and bodes well for her future as a collegiate swimmer. “Everybody wants to be the big sprinter, the dash for cash, but by swimming distance events she has the opportunity to do things a lot of others can’t do,” he said. “Emily is really strong. She’s a determined young lady who puts in a lot of hard work.” ...
ILLINOIS PREPS: Hononegah rolls Rockford Auburn 18-1
ROCKFORD—The Hononegah baseball team racked up 21 hits and threw four no-hit innings to beat Rockford Auburn 18-1 in NIC-10 action on Tuesday. Hononegah scored 12 runs in the first and five in the third on its way to winning via the mercy rule. Austin Dresser, Ian Blankenship, Nicholas Santis, Evan Sayles and Cameron Nelson all had two hits for the Indians, who had 11 different batters record a hit....
WISCONSIN PREP BASEBALL: Andy Buckley shines in Turner's 7-2 win over Edgerton
EDGERTON, Wis. — The Beloit Turner baseball team used a four-run fifth inning and some stellar pitching from Andy Buckley to take down Edgerton 7-2 and up its Rock Valley Conference Rock Division winning streak to five games on Tuesday. Buckley smacked a two-run double and Carter Jacobson added a two-run single in the big fifth. Brayden Ward and Buckley had two of the Trojans’ eight hits as Zack Ries...
Beloit Memorial falls to Waterford 6-5 in extra innings
BELOIT—Head coach Steven Johnson knows just how close his Beloit Memorial squad is to becoming a serious contender in the Southern Lakes Conference. That’s what made Tuesday evening’s 6-5 loss at the hands of Waterford in eight innings at a sunny and warm Pohlman Field all the more frustrating. “Sometimes the chips don’t fall your way,” Johnson said. “And just being in an eight-inning game, it's exciting. It's exciting to...
WISCONSIN PREP SOFTBALL: Brodhead stays undefeated in close 3-1 win over Clinton
BRODHEAD, Wis. – Coming off an 8-6 victory over rival Beloit Turner on Monday, Clinton’s Cougars put undefeated Brodhead in their sights on Tuesday. Cardinals ace Ava Risum had other ideas, however. Risum struck out 15 and allowed only five hits in 6 2-3 innings as Brodhead improved to 11-0 by edging Clinton 3-1. After Risum was struck by a line drive in the right forearm, Sophia Leitzen came on...
Beloit Memorial boys track team wins at Union Grove
UNION GROVE, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s boys track team had its most productive meet in a long time, finishing first in a five-team competition hosted by Union Grove on Monday. The Purple Knights scored 87 points with runnerup Waterford finishing with 72. Racine St. Catherine’s was third with 46, followed by Union Grove (45) and Catholic Central (2). Beloit swept the four relays and picked up six individual first places...
PREP BASEBALL: Hononegah stays undefeated in NIC-10 with rout over Rockford Auburn
ROCKTON—It was an explosion of offense for the Hononegah baseball team as it racked up 15 hits, four of those doubles and one a triple, from 13 different players in a 19-0 rout over Rockford Auburn on Monday. The Indians scored nine runs in the first and third innings to shorten the game to just four frames and help them stay undefeated in the NIC-10. Cameron Nelson allowed just one...
PREP SOFTBALL: Hononegah outslugs Belvidere to win 14th straight
ROSCOE — Senior co-captains Danielle Franz and Natalie Kinney combined for seven hits, two runs and six runs batted in to lead Hononegah’s softball team to a 16-6 victory over Belvidere. The game was stopped after six innings by the 10-run mercy rule. Hononegah (15-1) improved to 9-0 in NIC-10 action and posted its 14th straight win overall. The Indians never trailed after scoring three times in the first inning....
Monmouth takes out some revenge against Beloit College baseball team
BELOIT — After outscoring Monmouth College 25-3 in sweeping a double-header on the road on Saturday, Beloit College’s baseball team had to wait a day to finish the series due to Sunday’s soggy forecast. Apparently they left their mojo in Monmouth. The Scots (16-17, 9-11 MWC) bounced back to win the series finale at The Ballpark at Strong Stadium, 8-4, on Monday, despite another long homer by record-setting slugger Brett...
Clinton softball edges Beloit Turner 8-6 to up RVC Rock-winning streak to four games
BELOIT—Clinton softball head coach Ross Reincke is no scientist, but he is quite familiar with physicist Isaac Newton’s third law of motion that states for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That’s basically how his Cougars’ squad rolled to an 8-6 victory over rival Beloit Turner in RVC Rock action on Monday evening: every time the Trojans racked up some runs, the Cougars responded with scores of their own. ...
Beloit Sky Carp bring illuminated drone show to downtown July 10th
BELOIT — The Beloit Sky Carp will offer a first-of-its-kind drone show that will light up the sky above downtown Beloit following their Wednesday, July 10th game against the Cedar Rapids Kernels. The show, called “Celebration of America” is put on by Sky Elements Drone Shows, and will feature 100 illuminated drones moving in concert above ABC Supply Stadium in sync with patriotic music. The postgame display is believed to...
PREPS: Hononegah baseball wins seventh-straight game with victory over Normal West
NORMAL, Ill.—Down 6-3 heading into the fourth inning, the Hononegah baseball team was in danger of snapping its six-game winning streak. All the Indians had to do to secure their seventh-straight victory was take what Normal West gave to them. Hononegah took advantage of seven errors by the Wildcats, drew six walks and had four players hit by pitches to help earn an 11-7 win on Saturday despite being outhit...
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