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South Beloit boys basketball routed by dynamic Galena
SOUTH BELOIT—It’s not that the South Beloit boys basketball team is a stranger to lopsided contests, it’s just that it is used to being on the winning side of them. But on Monday night, the SoBos were on the wrong end of a 71-47 rout at the hands of Galena’s dynamic offense and intense defense. “It was just a royal kicking,” said assistant coach Mike Miller, who has been filling...
Boys basketball: Brodhead, Orfordville Parkview suffer nonconference defeats
CAMBRIDGE — Behind 28 points from junior Matt Buckman, the Cambridge boys basketball team rolled to a 73-59 nonconference win over Brodhead on Tuesday at Cambridge High. Cullen Walker led Brodhead (8-10, 5-5 Rock Valley Rock) with 20 points, 16 of which came in the second half. Jaxon Dooley added 14 for the Cardinals, and Brody Riese had 10 points. Buckman scored 19 of Cambridge’s 41 points in the first...
Rock Valley girls basketball: Beloit Turner survives double OT vs. Evansville
A low-scoring first half between Beloit Turner and Evansville turned into a two-overtime thriller Tuesday night that the Trojans found themselves on the winning side of 50-48. The Trojans (17-4, 10-2 Rock Valley Rock) trailed 15-12 at halftime before exploding for 30 points after as senior Mariya Babilius hit two treys and scored all 10 of her points in the second half while sophomore Jayla Hodges added another 10. Hodges...
PREPS: Beloit Memorial boys basketball bounces back with win over Badger
LAKE GENEVA, Wis.—If the Beloit Memorial boys basketball team wants to keep its Southern Lakes Conference title hopes alive, it needs to take care of the rest of its league games. So far, so good for the Purple Knights as they overcame a 32-30 halftime deficit to take down Badger 67-62 on Tuesday night. Brock Walser paced the Badgers (7-13, 3-8 SLC) with 13 first-half points while sophomore Amare Hereford...
Beloit College's Candis Damste earns Indoor Track Performer of the Week honors
BELOIT—Senior Candis Damste has been dominating tracks all over the Midwest to kick off the Beloit College women track and field team’s indoor season. Damste’s efforts at the Red Hawk Invite hosted at Ripon College on Saturday earned her Women’s Indoor Track Performer of the Week honors from the Midwest Conference. A resident of Accra, Ghana, Damste placed second in the 200-meter race by running a time of 26.34 seconds,...
Amare Hereford drops 33 points in Beloit Memorial's win over Janesville Parker
JANESVILLE — Amare Hereford pumped in three 3-pointers and converted all six of his free throws on his way to 33 points as Beloit Memorial’s boys basketball team flattened Janesville Parker in non-conference action 78-63 Monday night. In a battle of former Big Eight Conference foes, the Purple Knights jumped out to a 44-26 halftime lead thanks to a 23-point outburst from sophomore guard Hereford. Beloit also received 12 points...
Clinton boys basketball snaps losing skid with win over Williams Bay
CLINTON—The Williams Bay boys basketball team had just erased its second double-digit deficit of the day when Clinton finally decided enough was enough. The Cougars were tired of the taste of defeat, and they certainly weren’t interested in upping their eight-game losing streak one setback closer to double digits. Clinton erupted for a 22-2 run and snapped its skid with a 71-52 non-conference win over the Bulldogs on Monday night. ...
Waukesha's Payton Nabak wins TK's Championship Scratch Bowling tourney
CLINTON—Waukesha native Payton Nabak is surely glad he made a weekend trip down to southern Wisconsin after leaving with $1,000 and a championship belt. The 22-year-old bowler took first place in the fourth annual TK’s Championship Scratch Bowling Tournament hosted by Cougar Lanes on Jan. 27-28. Nabak had an outstanding weekend of results after rolling a 266-276-256-214 series on the first day to put his pin total at 1,012 and clinch the No. 1 seed heading into Sunday. ...
COLLEGE UPDATE: Goalie Taborski enjoys shutout in first college start
BOSTON, Mass. — Hononegah graduate Paige Taborski made certain her first career start in goal for the 13th-ranked Northeastern Huskies was a memorable one. The junior goaltender had 12 saves and recorded a 4-0 shutout against Merrimack in North Andover, Mass., on Jan. 26. Taborski was back in goal the next game in a rematch with Merrimack and was the winning goalie in a 4-3 victory. ...
Hononegah girls gear up for sectional bowling tournament
SOUTH BELOIT — Hononegah junior bowler Emilee Mullranin was on a roll at last Saturday’s IHSA Rockford East Regional. In fact, her really only bad frame came days earlier, in practice. “I rammed my ankle (with the ball),” she said. “I never do that. But I did, and I had to bowl with a pretty bad bruise.” ...
Sky Carp owner Quint Studer to be honored by Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Assocation
BELOIT — Beloit Sky Carp owner Quint Studer will receive the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Man of the Year recognition at the WBCA February 10 annual banquet in Middleton, Wisconsin. Mark Fuller, Executive Director of the WBCA, said the award was much deserved. “This award is for the Man of the Year, and to me that involves a number of things,” Fuller said. “When you look at someone who has...
Hononegah clinches NIC-10 title beating Boylan
ROCKFORD — As their victories have mounted in the NIC-10 this season, Hononegah’s Indians have always had one particular matchup in mind. While a victory at home against Rockford Boylan was huge earlier in the season, beating the Titans on their homecourt became the real mission. “All over social media they were voting whether they were going to end our streak,” senior guard Olivia Robinson said. “I think that became...
Beloit Memorial wrestler Owen West wins Southern Lakes Conference championship
UNION GROVE, Wis.—Junior Owen West kept his undefeated season rolling along by becoming the first Beloit Memorial wrestler to win a Southern Lakes Conference championship on Saturday. West (24-0) dominated the SLC, which the Purple Knights joined in all sports this school year, through the dual season and continued to use his scrappy wrestling style to control his opponents. The 132-pounder pinned Badger’s Matthew Hamholm in 3:43 in the quarterfinals...
PREP HOOPS: Hononegah boys snap losing skid with win over Boylan
ROCKTON—The Hononegah boys basketball team headed into the fourth quarter of Friday night’s matchup against Rockford Boylan all tied up at 38 and in need of finding a way to get ahead and snap a four-game losing streak. The Indians responded by locking in on both ends of the court, scoring 17 points and holding the Titans to just seven points as they jumped ahead for the 55-45 win on the campus of Hononegah High School. ...
Beloit College's women's basketball team pulls off upset while men just upset
BELOIT — Beloit College’s women’s basketball team put up 27 points in the third quarter on its way to 65-57 victory over visiting Cornell College Saturday at Flood Arena. The Buccaneers (8-13, 6-7 MWC) had scored only seven points in the second quarter and trailed 23-21 at halftime. The lead went back-and-forth in the third quarter with the visiting Rams (8-13, 6-6 MWC) taking their last advantage at 40-39 on...
Beloit Memorial boys basketball falls to Westosha Central
BELOIT—Beloit Memorial boys basketball head coach Todd Marks summarized Friday night’s outing against Westosha Central in only a few yet perfect words: “Just a tough night overall.” The Purple Knights had trouble slowing down the Falcons’ shooters from both inside and outside the arc, couldn’t find an offensive flow with numerous missed shots and sent their opponent to the free-throw line 31 times. The off night for Beloit resulted in...
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