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Hononegah girls shake off slow start to top Auburn for regional title
ROCKFORD — There’s something about playing Rockford Auburn that brings out the best in Hononegah’s Jordan Johnston. She had two of her best games of the season in two regular-season wins over the Knights, scoring 19 points in a 60-48 victory in the first meeting and tallying 17 in a close 44-37 rematch. Thursday’s IHSA 4A Auburn Regional championship game was just more of the same as she tallied 12...
Brodhead's Alecia Dahl scores 32 points in win over Evansville
EVANSVILLE — Once Alecia Dahl started rolling downhill Thursday night, there was no stopping Brodhead's sophomore guard. She scored 21 of her game-high 32 points in the second half to help the Cardinals beat rival Evansville 55-49 on the Blue Devils' Senior Night and both teams' regular-season finale. "She's just a straight-up competitor," Brodhead coach Brian Kammerer said of Dahl. "She is going to outwork people. She wants her team...
PREPS: Beloit Memorial boys hockey falls to Kettle Moraine in regional championship
DELAFIELD, Wis.—Cooper Nanney put the puck into the back of the net just over a minute into Kettle Moraine’s regional final showdown against the Beloit Memorial boys hockey team. Nanney then lasered in three more goals for the Lasers before the period was through they took a 4-1 lead that gave them all the momentum it needed to down the Purple Knights 8-5 at Naga-Waukee Ice Arena. 11th-seeded Beloit (10-16-0)...
Purple Tide gearing up for strong performance at state championships
BELOIT—The Beloit Memorial boys swim team came into the season with its primary goal set at getting as many people into the WIAA Division 1 State Championships as possible. The Purple Tide couldn’t have accomplished their mission without a few acts of selflessness. “We sat down the week before the conference meet and said ‘All right, what’s going to get us there?,’” senior Aidan Donovan said. “That was something that...
CHURCH DARTBALL: St. John Jets battle for second with Good Shepherd Chiefs
BELOIT — Our Saviors Vikings maintained a 10-game lead in Beloit Church Dartball, but second-place remains a dogfight. The St. John Jets (32-13) hold just a game-and-a-half lead over the Good Shepherd Chiefs (30-14). The Jets swept at the Trinity Eagles while the Chiefs went 2-1 at the Christ Lutheran Pelicans. • STANDINGS: Our Saviors...
Turner's girls wrestling team hosts triple dual meet
BELOIT — Beloit Turner’s wrestling program hosted something head coach Matt Ries expects will become commonplace at some point in the not-too-distant future. On Feb. 8, the Trojans held their first all-girls triple dual featuring their own squad as well as teams from Muskego and Whitewater. “I think you’ll see more and more girls wrestling and you’re going to see more all-girl teams in the future,” Ries said. ...
Beloit College women pull out 54-52 win over visiting Grinnell
BELOIT — A balanced scoring attack and some clutch free throw shooting in the fourth quarter carried Beloit College to a 54-52 Midwest Conference victory over Grinnell at Flood Arena Wednesday night. With the win, Beloit tied Grinnell and Lawrence for fourth place in the MWC with an 8-7 record. The game was tight throughout with a final tie at 46-46 on a 3-pointer by Grinnell’s Bailey Stoves with 1:15...
Beloit College men's basketball wins 117-97 shootout with Grinnell, clinches spot in MWC tournament
BELOIT—Josh Hinz admitted that he’s been chasing a spot in the Midwestern Conference tournament since he arrived on the campus of Beloit College back as a player in 2002. It only took 22 years but the Buccaneers’ all-time leading scorer finally has the program back fighting for a MWC championship. And all the longtime assistant turned head coach had to do was take down a uber fast-paced and hot-shooting second-place...
Beloit Memorial hockey team hits its stride as playoffs begin
BELOIT — After a 1-7 start to the season and some real soul-searching moments, Beloit Memorial’s 11th-seeded boys hockey team has peaked at the right time. The Purple Knights knocked off host Marquette 7-4 on Tuesday in their WIAA regional opener to advance to Thursday’s game against No. 3 Kettle Moraine at Naga-Waukee Ice Arena in Delafield. Game time is at 7 p.m. Beloit (10-15-0) won its fourth straight game...
ILLINOIS PREP WRESTLING: North Boone's Gavin Ekberg has thrived off underdog mentality on state run
POPLAR GROVE, Ill.—Gavin Ekberg recalls listening to a few different podcasts on Illinois high school wrestling before he was to compete at sectionals and noticing one common variable. When it came time for the hosts to make predictions about which wrestlers would win which matches, not a single one had the North Boone junior making it to the IHSA Class 1A State Championships. “They were saying that I was going...
Beloit Memorial hockey team wins WIAA regional opener
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s boys hockey team outscored Marquette 4-1 in the second period on its way to a 7-4 victory in its WIAA regional opener at Eble Ice Arena Tuesday night. The 11th-seeded Purple Knights trailed 2-1 after the first period as Luke Loew and Mick Kaminsky scored for Marquette and Logan Tysse scored for Beloit on an assist by Drake Juhl. The Hilltoppers went up 3-1 to...
Beloit Turner boys basketball downs Evansville 68-44
BELOIT—Tyshawn Teague-Johnson and Zay Howard have collaborated time and time again to treat the crowds at the Beloit Turner boys basketball games to a circus act. The duo were on full display at times against Evansville on Tuesday night with Teague-Johnson soaring through the sky after taking a pass from Howard to lay down a dunk or Howard using his quick and athletic drives through the post to hit a bucket. ...
BOYS HOOPS: Beloit Memorial flattens visiting Kenosha Tremper
BELOIT — Amare Hereford and Brock Hodges put on a shooting clinic in the first half Tuesday night at the Barkin Arena, combining for 29 of Beloit Memorial’s 52 points. The Purple Knights went on to post a 90-49 rout of visiting Kenosha Tremper. Hereford led Beloit with 21 points while Hodges finished with 19. Diego Perez also reached double figures with 13 and both Shaun JJ Martin and Jeramiyah...
GIRLS HOOPS: Hononegah girls crush Rockford East in regional opener
ROCKFORD, Ill. — NIC-10 champion Hononegah opened IHSA 4A regional girls basketball Tuesday night against lowly Rockford East with predictable results. The Indians (28-4) hammered the E-Rabs 79-20 at Rockford Auburn. Hononegah will now face the winner between Rockford Jefferson and Auburn on the Knights’ court on Thursday night at 7. The E-Rabs had no answer for Hononegah sophomore Jordan Dimke, who dropped in 24 points in three quarters of...
Edgerton wins sole possession of Rock Valley Rock Division crown with win over Turner girls
BELOIT—The Beloit Turner girls basketball team has used a simple yet effective blueprint to rack up the wins this season: aggressive full-court defensive pressure that leads to fastbreaks and well-rounded shooting which equals points on the board. But that formula had a wrench thrown it when the Trojans met up with Rock Valley Rock Division-leading Edgerton on Monday night. The Crimson Tide shredded Turner’s usually stout defensive formations and used...
Edgerton wins sole possession of Rock Valley Rock Division crown with win over Turner girls
BELOIT—The Beloit Turner girls basketball team has used a simple yet effective blueprint to rack up the wins this season: aggressive full-court defensive pressure that leads to fastbreaks and well-rounded shooting which equals points on the board. But that formula had a wrench thrown it when the Trojans met up with Rock Valley Rock Division-leading Edgerton on Monday night. The Crimson Tide shredded Turner’s usually stout defensive formations and used...
PREP HOOPS: Alecia Dahl's big night boosts Brodhead girls to victory
BRODHEAD, Wis. — Alecia Dahl scored 15 of her game-high 26 points in the second half to power host Brodhead to a 59-49 victory over Big Foot in Rock Valley Conference-Rock Division girls basketball Monday night. Dahl hit three 3-pointers and had 11 points in the first half as Brodhead took a 23-11 lead. The Chiefs began to heat up in the second half with Leah Paulsen scoring all 18...
Beloit College duo Hannah Welte and Elizabeth Kalk entering final stretch together
BELOIT—Hannah Welte and Elizabeth Kalk experienced the strangest sense of deja vu when they stepped onto the hardwood floor back in November of 2021. And it wasn’t just because the Beloit College sophomores were lobbing passes to each other and teammate Addyson Ciochon once again. No, it was because the trio were once again starting for a team that most outside observers marked as one that wouldn’t be good. A...
Josh Yearby leads Beloit College track and field team at Roger Hayes Invite
BELOIT—Beloit College indoor track and field freshman Josh Yearby just keeps setting the bar higher and higher for himself as he broke the school record in the 60-meter sprint for the third time this season at the Roger Hayes Invite hosted in Monmouth on Saturday. Yearby, a resident of West Park, Florida, also won the event in addition to breaking his own time for the second time in one year as he finished in 6.92 seconds. ...
Top-seeded Rock County Fury have some time to prepare for WIAA postseason
BELOIT — Success comes with a price and for the Rock County Fury girls hockey players it will be a target on their backs from here on out. “Heading into the playoffs everyone is going to have that little extra motivation to beat us because we’re the (Badger) conference champion and No. 1 seed,” head coach Luke Steurer said. The Fury (16-8-0) ended the regular season on a rough note,...
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