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COLLEGE UPDATE: Beloit duo shines for UW-Whitewater track team
WHITEWATER, Wis. — Beloit Memorial graduates Shelvin Garrett II and Kobe Chandler continue strong indoor seasons for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater track and field program. Garrett won the triple jump at the Midwest ELITE Invitational in Kachel Fieldhouse on Saturday while Chandler was second in the 400 meters. Garrett won his event with a leap of 15.31 meters, the second-best distance turned in by an NCAA Division III athlete this...
Beloit Memorial girls basketball fall to Badger in first game without head coach Dilonna Johnson
BELOIT—The Beloit Memorial girls basketball team has spent the last several years taking on the challenge of rebuilding a basement-dwelling program into a winning one. The Purple Knights certainly aren’t going to let any off-the-court adversity keep them knocked down. Beloit’s 77-57 loss to Southern Lakes Conference foe Badger on Friday night came just one day after the team learned that head coach Dilonna Johnson would not be with the...
Purple Tide send three relays, two individuals to state tournament
RACINE, Wis.—The Beloit Memorial boys swim team has proven once again that teamwork does truly make the dream work. The dream in this case is a trip to the WIAA Division 1 State Finals after the Purple Tide advanced all three of their relays along with Aidan Donovan and Charlie Ziemba as individuals after a strong outing at the sectional meet held at Racine Case High School on Saturday morning. ...
Beloit College men dominate boards in second half to down Knox
BELOIT—Josh Hinz has drilled the importance of winning the battle on the boards again and again into his Beloit College men’s basketball team. If the Buccaneers happen to be struggling in the clash on the glass? Well, it doesn’t take long for them to learn their head coach’s thoughts. “Trust me, if we are ever losing the rebounding battle at halftime, they hear about it,” Hinz said. ...
Beloit College women's basketball upsets Knox
BELOIT—The Beloit College women’s basketball team kept their Midwest Conference tournament hopes alive with a solid 84-71 upset win over second-place Knox College on Saturday. It was the first time in program history that the Buccaneers earned a season sweep over the Prairie Fire, and the win improved Beloit to 10-13, which is their most victories in a season since they finished 10-13 in the 2009-10 season. Knox controlled play...
South Beloit boys basketball wins NAC tournament
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—The South Beloit boys basketball team continued to exert their dominance over the Northeastern Athletic Conference by adding the NAC Tournament title to the regular season crown it won by finishing undefeated in conference play this season. The SoBos downed Christian Liberty (11-10) 58-37 on Saturday afternoon to advance to the championship game. Junior Ross Robertson paced South Beloit with 21 points while TreyMon Payton-Ruff scored 14 points and Des Hampton added nine. ...
Hononegah girls bowling team headed to state tournament
DeKALB,, Ill. — Hononegah’s girls are headed to the IHSA State Tournament after a solid third-place outing in the Sycamore Sectional on Saturday at Mardi Gras Lanes. Senior Cassidy Davenport had a 1,314 score to lead the Indians to a 5,935 total to trail only sectional champion Harlem (6,393) and Oswego East (6,013). Oswego (5,805) finished right behind the Indians to advance to the state tourney. The sectional individual champion...
Hononegah boys track and field has strong opening performance
ROCKTON — The Hononegah boys track and field team started the season off on the right foot with a strong performance at its own indoor meet held Saturday at the campus fieldhouse. The Indians’ relay teams got off and running quickly with a trio of first-place finishes. The 4x200 relay of Matthew Mahan, Mitchell Meichtry, Ben Klink and Anthony Otero crossed first with a time of 1:36.78. The 4x400 team of Otero, Coen Lee, Will Wade and Sam Hagg (3:42.42) and 4x800 squad of Camden...
Basketball roundup: Edgerton clinches share of Rock Valley Rock Division championship with 13th league win
What has for weeks seemed a foregone conclusion was made official Friday night in Edgerton. The Crimson Tide clinched at least a share of the Rock Valley Rock Division championship — just their second conference championship in program history — with a 69-32 win over Brodhead. Edgerton (21-1, 13-0 Rock Valley Rock) cruised to a 37-10 lead at halftime, holding the Cardinals to just three field goals in the opening...
Beloit Turner boys basketball clamps down defensively in second half to beat Brodhead
BRODHEAD—The Beloit Turner boys basketball team had finally figured out how to slow down a hot-shooting Brodhead squad from the perimeter and fought its way back into the lead. But it was two crucial stops in the paint that sealed the Trojans’ 78-68 win over the Cardinals in a Rock Valley Rock showdown on Thursday night. Brodhead junior Cullen Walker had just drained a step-back jumper to make it a...
Beloit Memorial scores six unanswered goals in 8-3 hockey win over Monroe
MONROE, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s hockey team continued its late-season surge, knocking off host Monroe 8-3 Thursday night with six different Purple Knights getting into the scoring act. Beloit spotted Monroe a 1-0 lead at the Stateline Ice & Community Expo as Cameron Newcomer scored an unassisted goal with 4:26 left in the first period. Less than 2 minutes later, Max Allen tied it on a power-play goal assisted by...
Turner senior Mariya Babilius on verge of new three-point shooting record
BELOIT — Mariya Babilius says her journey to where she is today as a Beloit Turner senior basketball player wasn’t always rainbows and unicorns. Her first two seasons of high school basketball, in particular, had some errant shots, some missed opportunities and some moping on the sideline. “The summer after my sophomore year I think I showed them who I really was,” she said. “I developed as a person and...
CHURCH DARTBALL: Our Saviors Vikings open up 10-game lead
BELOIT — In a battle between first and second place teams in the Beloit Church Dartball League, Our Saviors Vikings (39-3) showed why they’re No. 1 and increased their lead to 10 games in the process. The host Our Saviors Vikings swept the second-place St. John Jets, allowing third-place Good Shepherd Chiefs to move within a half-game of second. STANDINGS: Our Saviors Vikings 39-3, St. John Jets 29-13, Good Shepherd...
Beloit College's women rout Mount Mary 88-56
BELOIT—As the Beloit College women’s basketball team headed to the locker room with a double-digit lead, there wasn’t a single look of contentment on any player’s face. The Buccaneers were beating Mount Mary, a program that has never had a winning record and struggled for most of its existence, 38-21. But Beloit had been outscored 17-16 in the second quarter, and each Buc knew the squad wasn’t playing to its full potential. ...
Hononegah senior Allyson Niedfeldt to run for Southern Illinois University
ROCKTON — Her Hononegah coaches in track and field and cross country all described Allyson Niedfeldt as a nose-to-the-grindstone competitor who when she wasn’t closely timing her workouts was planning strategy for her races. While it’s true her competitive fire and subsequent achievements on the course and track led to her signing on Wednesday with Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Niedfeldt says she also just plain loves to run. For...
Beloit College routs Maranatha Baptist in men's basketball
WATERTOWN, Wis. — Beloit College’s men’s basketball team was terrific from 2-point range, horrible on 3-pointers and so-so at the free throw line. Somehow that added up to an 80-65 non-conference romp over host Maranatha Baptist on Tuesday night. Senior Azeez Ganiyu converted 9-of-11 field goals on his way to a team-high 22 points and fell just one short of a triple double with nine rebounds. He was the lone...
Westosha Central forfeits girls basketball game scheduled in Beloit
BELOIT — Anyone hoping the girls varsity basketball teams from Beloit Memorial and Westosha Central would finally meet at Barkin Arena Wednesday night was disappointed again. School District of Beloit Superintendent Dr. Willie E. Garrison II and Director of Athletics and Activities Jon Dupuis informed District families in a letter dated Feb. 5 that the game would not be played. Dupuis notified the Beloit Daily News Wednesday morning the game...
Brodhead's Cullen Walker eclipses 1,000 points
BRODHEAD, Wis. — Junior Cullen Walker said that as the Brodhead boys basketball team’s matchup against Jefferson unfolded on Friday, it just felt like any other February night. Except, it was anything but. With just over 14 minutes left in the second half, Jaxon Dooley grabbed a rebound off a missed Eagles’ shot and dished it off to Walker, who was sprinting down the court. The 6-foot-1 guard headed toward the hoop, cut between a pair of defenders and sank a layup. ...
COLUMN: Really hard to pick against Mahomes in Super Bowl
Oh, I guess it’s Super Bowl week. Sorry, I’ve been armpit deep in Youtube highlights and haven’t been able to pay attention to real sports outside of Chicago savior, future 7-time Super Bowl Champion, and perhaps literal superhero Caleb Williams. But there’s a real game this week. I might watch, who knows? Depends on if I make myself good snacks or not. The Chiefs are in again with Patrick Mahomes,...
Green Bay Packers will stop in Beloit as part of Tailgate Tour
BELOIT—The Green Bay Packers delighted fans after a young squad went on a surprisingly successful run that reached its apex with a nice whooping over the Cowboys before falling to the pesky 49ers in the divisional round of the playoffs. But Beloiters eager to get a fix of the Green and Gold won’t be forced to wait until the fall, and they won’t be required to make the trek north either. ...
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