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Hosting Cardinals shine at Brodhead/Juda triple dual meet
BRODHEAD, Wis.—The Brodhead/Juda track and field team showed out on its home turf as both the girls and boys team took first place in a triple dual meet with Evansville and Beloit Turner. The Blue Devils’ boys took second (145) and the Trojans third (125) behind the Cardinals’ 163 points. On the girls’ side, The Cardinals scored 188 and were followed by Turner (150) and Evansville (90). On the boys’...
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 TRACK: Hononegah's Sophia Hedges, Coen Lee shine in triangular meet
ROCKTON — Sophia Hedges and Coen Lee both had outstanding meets as Hononegah’s boys and girls track and field teams hosted NIC-10 foes Belvidere and Belvidere North on a breezy Tuesday at Kelsey Field. Hedges raced to first in both the 100-meter dash (13.18) and the 200 (26.66). Lee was unstoppable in the hurdle events for the boys, winning the 110 highs in 15.60 and taking the 300 intermediates in...
PREP BASEBALL: Delavan-Darien takes advantage of sloppy Turner in 8-5 victory
DELAVAN, Wis. — Beloit Turner’s four pitchers held Delavan-Darien to just four hits, but combined to walk nine and the Trojans’ defense committed four errors and allowed six unearned runs in an 8-5 loss in Rock Valley Conference baseball on Tuesday. The Comets scored an unearned run on an RBI single by Neil Janssen in the first inning off Turner starter Cesar Alfaro. A double play ended the threat. The...
Josh Redieske takes over South Beloit High football program
SOUTH BELOIT — In addition to years of coaching youth and junior high football, Josh Redieske says he has one more asset that makes him a perfect hire as new head coach at South Beloit High School. Continuity. “I think I offer stability because coaches have been bouncing through South Beloit for the past 20 years,” said Redieske, who’s hiring was made official Tuesday night when it was approved by...
Peoria Chiefs hand visiting Beloit Sky Carp first loss of season
PEORIA, Ill. — After winning their first two games at ABC Supply Stadium, the Beloit Sky Carp took their act on the road Tuesday night and fell a bit short against the Peoria Chiefs. Peoria took a 4-0 lead and held the Sky Carp to one hit through five innings, but the visitors made it interesting down the stretch before falling 5-3. Torin Montgomery singled and Osiris Johnson launched a...
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...
South Beloit girls track and field team competes in Forreston
FORRESTON, Ill.—The South Beloit track and field team saw its girls compete in Forreston on Monday and come away with a slew of solid results. Junior Kira Villarreal placed 11th in the 100 meters with a time of 15.17 while freshman teammate Jazmin Lounsbury placed 20th (15.63). Lounsbury then finished 19th in the 200 (33.26) and Villarreal was 20th (33.91). Abigail Trojniar finished 17th in the discus for the SoBos with a distance of 61 feet, 3 inches. The hosting Cardinals took first as a team with 176 points while Lena-Winslow was next with 159.
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...
PREP SOFTBALL: South Beloit wins slugfest against Ashton-Franklin Center
ASHTON, Ill. — The South Beloit softball team came out on top of an intense offensive battle with Ashton-Franklin Center in a 15-14 win that featured 21 combined hits on Monday. While the SoBos (2-3) committed eight errors to the Raiders two, they made up for it by drawing a whopping 18 walks while winning pitcher Whitney Schnack allowed none. AFC led 9-8 going into the sixth when the SoBos...
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...
Beloit's Alex Polizzi to fight on ESPN on Friday in Las Vegas
He says he’s still a Midwestern boy at heart, even if Alex Polizzi and his wife now call Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, home. You know Sin City. Glitter Gulch. Home of the most ostentatious gambling palaces in the land. “Hey there’s other things to do in Las Vegas than gamble,” Polizzi said with a chuckle in a telephone interview. “It’s also the Fight Capital of the World.” ...
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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