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Clinton track and field teams have strong showing at Big Foot triple dual
WALWORTH, Wis.—The Clinton girls track and field team had a dominating performance at a triple dual meet hosted at Big Foot High School on Tuesday as it placed first with 158 total points. Big Foot’s girls were second with 135 while Edgerton ended third with 106. On the boys’ side, the Crimson Tide finished first (167) with Clinton (150) in second and Big Foot (99) in third. Senior Hannah Hahn...
PREP SOFTBALL: South Beloit's bats stay hot in another slugfest win
SOUTH BELOIT — The South Beloit SoBos won their second slugfest in as many days, following up a 15-14 victory over Ashton-Franklin on Monday with a 19-10 romp over Harvest Christian Academy on Tuesday. The host SoBos scored 11 runs in the first inning and banged out 15 hits to offset seven errors in the field. Macey Lineman picked up the win in the pitcher’s circle, going the first four innings and allowing seven hits and eight runs, but just two earned. She walked one...
Freshman Leah Rear blasts grand slam in Brodhead's 9-3 win over Beloit Turner
BRODHEAD, Wis.—As Brodhead third baseman Leah Rear stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs she reminded herself to do one essential thing: breathe. “I really just had to slow my breath down,” the freshman said. Rear didn’t have to perform the respiratory exercises for too long as she took the first pitch she saw from Beloit Turner pitcher Maddyn Saunders and smashed the ball off...
North Boone fires on all cylinders in win over Genoa-Kingston
POPLAR GROVE, Ill.—The only thing that the North Boone baseball team might have been more pleased about than the beautiful weather was the way they played against Big Northern foe Genoa-Kingston on Monday afternoon. The Vikings got stellar outings from pitchers Matt Self and Gage Vermett, put together some timely hits to bring home runs and played clean defensively to surge to a 7-1 win over the Cogs under sunny skies and temperatures hovering in the mid-60s. ...
PREP BASEBALL: Hononegah tosses combined no-hitter in win over Belvidere
BELVIDERE, Ill. — The Hononegah baseball team had four different pitchers allow just one baserunner as they combined for a no-hitter in a 10-0 win over NIC-10 foe Belvidere on Monday afternoon. Easton Stewart threw the first four innings and struck out eight batters while not allowing a single Buc to reach. Zander Koch threw a clean fifth before Austin Dresser issued one walk but struck out two to keep Belvidere (2-6-1, 0-1 NIC-10) off the board. Ian Blankenship closed the game with a 1-2-3...
Beloit Izaak Walton League hosts Learn to Hunt Turkey Program
BELOIT — Sixteen young hunters aged 8 to 16 took advantage of the Izaak Walton League Beloit Chapter hosting a Wisconsin Learn to Hunt Turkey Program over the weekend and if Dave Giddley has anything to do with it, that’s just a start. “We ran the program successfully for about half a dozen years and then we stopped for a few, but I wanted to get it going again,” Giddley said Sunday morning. “I missed it. Taking these first-time hunters out to do something they’ve...
PREP SOFTBALL: Zoey Calhoun helps Hononegah sweep visiting Rock Island
ROCKTON — Zoey Calhoun tossed a 3-hit shutout to lift Hononegah to a 1-0 victory over Rock Island in the opener of a non-conference double-header Saturday at Swanson Park and delivered the decisive two-run double in the nightcap as the Indians rallied for a 5-4 win. Hononegah (3-1) hadn’t played since March 21 and managed just two hits in the opener. They were back-to-back doubles by Natalie Kinney and Irelyn O’Brien and produced the only run of the game. ...
Beloit's Taytum Oswald finishes third in Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals
Taytum Oswald, a sixth grader at Parkview Jr./Sr. High School in Orfordville, placed third in her age group during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday. With 10 competitors in the 10-11 age bracket, each competitor was judged and ranked in the three events. Lily Wachter of Saint Augustine, Florida won the age bracket after finishing first in the drive (10 points) and chip (10 points) competitions. She finished with an overall score of...
Beloit Sky Carp win two in season-opening homestand
BELOIT—Before rain showers postponed Sunday’s series finale against the Cedar Rapids Kernels to April 27, the Beloit Sky Carp gave the fans at ABC Supply Stadium a treat with back-to-back clutch wins to kick off the season on Friday and Saturday. The Sky Carp welcomed 1,693 fans through the gates for Friday night’s chilly but sunny season opener. Fans had the opportunity to jump into the icy waters of Rock River prior to the game for Poopsie’s First Annual Arctic Plunge before heading inside to...
Beloit College softball goes 1-5 in weekend slate
BELOIT — The Beloit College softball team had a pair of excellent offensive outings as it split a doubleheader on Friday before its bats went cold in a pair of Midwest Conference games on both Saturday and Sunday as it finished the weekend 1-5. Beloit is now 3-19 overall and 0-4 in conference play. On Sunday, the Bucs fell 7-1 in their first game to visiting Grinnell College and 9-2...
Beloit College men's track team fifth in Wisconsin Private College Championships
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Beloit College’s men’s track and field team captured four first-place finishes and a pair of runnerup spots on its way to fifth place in the 13-team Wisconsin Private College Championships held at Carroll University. Beloit’s women’s team finished seventh. For the men, the lone winner on the track was Alexandre Atou, who won the 400 meters in 11.16 seconds — the best time in the Midwest Conference...
Beloit College baseball team goes 5-0 over weekend
BELOIT — Beloit College’s baseball team pushed back the starting time of its weekend finale with Knox College a couple of hours to allow The Ballpark at Strong Stadium to dry a bit Sunday afternoon. The 3 p.m. start was well worth the wait. The Buccaneers scored three times in the second inning and never trailed as they edged the Prairie Fire 4-2 to cap an outstanding weekend. ...
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