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Beloit College's Azeez Ganiyu enjoying solid season
BELOIT — Now a senior at Beloit College, Azeez Ganiyu remembers his senior year at Beloit Memorial when he doubted whether he was going to play basketball past high school. “I had zero offers from any college coaches,” he said. “I just thought I was going to go on, get a diploma and then go to med school and not ever play.” Fortunately, Josh Hinz changed those plans. ...
Hononegah senior Charlie Hunt captures IHSA state bowling title
O’FALLON, Ill. — Hononegah senior Charlie Hunt rolled a perfect game in qualifying and went on to capture the IHSA individual state championship at the state bowling tournament Saturday at St. Clair Lanes. Hunt averaged 230.6, amassing 2,767 pins in his 12 games. He defeated junior Josh Sachs of Glenbrook North by 27 pins. Sachs averaged 228.3. On Saturday, Hunt had games of 256-185-247 for a 688 and then 219-186-255 for 660. ...
Hononegah wrestlers win NIC-10 title
ROCKTON—As a pair of fog machines filled the old main gym on the campus of Hononegah High School and each wrestler to rumble in the finals of the NIC-10 championship was introduced, it must have felt like something out of a horror movie for the eight other teams. Because the Indians just kept emerging again and again from the mist, and the powerhouse of the conference was ready to exert their dominance on their home mat. ...
GIRLS HOOPS: Hononegah improves to 12-0 with rout of Freeport
ROCKTON — Hononegah’s girls kept their record perfect in NIC-10 basketball action at 12-0 with a 62-41 victory over visiting Freeport Friday night. The Indians improved to 21-3 overall with a balanced scoring effort that included 15 points from Jordan Dimke, 13 from Olivia Robinson, 11 from Allyson Niedfeldt and nine from Danielle Franz. The Indians hiked their current win-streak to six. Overall, they have won 50 straight conference games. ...
Beloit Memorial skaters fall to Cedarburg in double overtime
OZAUKEE, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s boys co-op hockey team let a 4-1 lead slip away in the third period and fell to Cedarburg 5-4 in double overtime on Saturday at the Ozaukee Ice Center. Beloit (6-14-0) took a 2-1 lead in the first period on goals by Sam Rowald and Cole Rowald. After a scoreless second period, the Purple Knights added goals by Max Allen and Cole Rowald for a 4-1 advantage. ...
BOYS HOOPS: Clinton's Reagan Flickinger breaks the 1,000 point mark in loss to Delavan-Darien
DELAVAN, Wis.—Reagan Flickinger needed 18 points against Delavan-Darien on Thursday night to become the fifth player in Clinton boys basketball history to hit the 1,000 mark. The 6-foot-3 guard hit it right on the money as he scored six two-pointers, a trey and went 3-for-5 from the free-throw line to become just the second junior in Cougars’ history to reach the milestone. Cody Risseeeuw (2010-13) was the first junior and...
Beloit native Shelvin Garrett II sets UW-W school record in triple jump
WHITEWATER, Wis. — Junior Shelvin Garrett II led UW-Whitewater’s men’s track and field team to second place in the annual Leonard “Squig” Converse Invitational by setting a program record in the triple jump. Garrett, a Beloit Memorial High School graduate, registered a career-best mark of 15.41 meters (50-feet, 6.75 inches) to win the event, breaking the 10-year-old program record by over two inches. The mark is the best in NCAA Division III so far this season. ...
Hononegah swimmers win Battle on the Rock at Beloit Memorial
BELOIT — For head coach Daryl McCabe and his Hononegah boys swimming team, Saturday’s “Battle on the Rock” was just the challenge they were looking for heading into the latter stages of the season. “A great facility, some difficult competition and it’s right down the street basically,” McCabe said. “It’s the perfect meet for us at this time of the season. We have the conference meet coming up and sectionals after that. We get to see a couple of solid teams here we don’t normally...
Beloit Memorial uses turnovers to slip past Elkhorn
BELOIT—The Elkhorn boys basketball team had managed to claw its way back from every deficit that Beloit Memorial would throw at it. So, it was no surprise when the Elks went down 40-33 midway through the second half that Payton Moore scored six-straight points and made it a one-point game. Head coach Todd Marks called a timeout and his Purple Knights regrouped and got back to doing what they do...
PREPS: Beloit Turner boys fall to Monroe in double overtime
MONROE, Wis.—The Beloit Turner boys basketball team had battled Monroe to a tie through 36 minutes and hoped to find some overtime magic. But both squads clamped down defensively in the extra period and didn’t allow a single point to be scored on either side. So, it went to a second overtime where a three from Logan Taylor and seven points off of free throws propelled the Cheesemakers to a...
Beloit College's Azeez Ganiyu saluted by MWC
BELOIT — Beloit College 6-foot-5 senior Azeez Ganiyu was named last week’s Player of the Week in the Midwest Conference for men’s basketball. The Beloit Memorial High School grad registered his conference-leading 10th double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Beloit College ended a 16-game losing streak against Lake Forest dating back to the 2013-14 season with an 87-66 victory. Ganiyu also had 25 points and eight rebounds in a tight 72-69 loss against Illinois College, going 9-of-13 from the field...
Beloit Memorial downs Southern Lakes foe Union Grove
BELOIT—It was less than a week ago that Beloit Memorial boys basketball player Jyrell Cousins was feared to have suffered from a serious wrist injury in a loss to Burlington. After being revealed as just a bad sprain, the senior fought through the pain to provide some stout defensive work in a win over Hononegah on Monday. On Wednesday night against Southern Lakes Conference foe Union Grove, Cousins thrived through...
CHURCH DARTBALL: Our Saviors Vikings boosts lead
BELOIT — The first-place Our Saviors Vikings swept the Trinity Eagles to improve to 33-3 in the Beloit Church Dartball League. The second-place St. John Jets won 2-of-3 against the Good Shepherd Chiefs to slip seven games behind the Vikings. STANDINGS: Our Saviors Vikings 33-3, St. John Jets 26-10, Good Shepherd Chiefs 23-12, R.O.L. Lightning 20-13, Trinity Eagles 17-18, Christ Lutheran Pelicans 17-19, Faith Flyers 13-22, Our Saviors Trolls 12-23, Messiah Thunder 9-27, Sun Valley Heat 6-29. JAN. 23 RESULTS: Faith Flyers 2-2-8 at R.O.L. Lightning 5-5-8; Good Shepherd Chiefs 4-3-5 at. St. John Jets 8-6-3; Messiah Thunder 1-2-1 at Our Saviors Trolls 0-1-2; Our Saviors Vikings 3-9-7 at Trinity Eagles 2-0-3; Sun Valley Heat 1-0-3 at Christ Lutheran Pelicans 2-2-1.
COLLEGE UPDATE: Jordan King, Sara Scalia up for national honors
MILWAUKEE — Hononegah graduate Jordan King, a senior at Marquette University, has been named a 2024 Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 finalist, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced Wednesday. The Cheryl Miller Award — named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer from USC — is in its seventh season and recognizes the top small forward in the nation. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch...
Beloit Memorial girls basketball dominates boards in win over Waterford
WATERFORD, Wis.—The Beloit Memorial girls basketball team had a strong night on the boards Tuesday night, grabbing 50 rebounds as a pair of players recorded a double-double in a 56-36 win over Waterford. Jocelyn Tibbetts scored a team-high 17 points for the Purple Knights (6-8, 3-3 Southern Lakes Conference) while pulling down 10 rebounds and adding five steals. Kamille Thomas snatched 11 rebounds and scored 10 points. Beloit held a...
Sisters Emma and Ava Kligora catalysts for Rock County Fury
All it takes is a look between them — and sometimes less than that — for two of the top-scoring forwards in Wisconsin girls hockey to leave opponents wondering what went wrong. They didn’t develop this level of chemistry overnight. It took years of playing together, from their mite days in Janesville Youth Hockey all the way through to their two varsity seasons together with the Rock County Fury. Living...
COLUMN: Disgruntled Bears fan revels in Packers falling short
The permasmile has yet to leave my face since Saturday night. Was I nervous? Maybe. Was I considering deleting my entire online presence, quitting my job, and moving to a remote part of Wyoming? Perhaps. But did I need to? Absolutely not. And before all you Packer fans start with the “at least we made the playoffs” garbage, let’s remember what business we are in here–the championship business. We win titles or we don’t. Maybe some of us never do. But if you lose in...
Big Foot boys basketball team routs visiting Harvard
WALWORTH, Wis. — Four different players scored into double-digits for Big Foot as it dominated visiting Harvard (IL) 70-23 on Tuesday night in a state crossover matchup. The Chiefs (8-6) were up 41-11 by halftime and poured on 29 more points in the second half while keeping the Hornets (1-15) away from the basket all night with an intense defense. Dakota Nordmeyer scored a game-high 18 points while Jack Nelson had all 15 of his points before halftime. Hudson Torrez finished with 12 points while Jayden Paul had 10. Patrick Corey recorded all nine of his points after halftime. Adam Cooke scored 11 points for Harvard..
Lawrence women rally to end Beloit College's win-streak
BELOIT — Beloit College’s women’s basketball team had its three-game winning streak snapped by the slimmest of margins Tuesday night. The Buccaneers fell to visiting Lawrence at Flood Arena, 52-51. The Buccaneers (7-12, 5-6 MWC) looked like they were set to stage another upset as a 3-pointer by Hannah Welte gave them a 40-36 lead with 8:16 left. They still led 46-41 with 4 minutes left after two free throws...
Beloit Turner pulls away for win over Burlington
BELOIT—Beloit Turner boys basketball leading scorer Tyshawn Teague-Johnson had been relatively quiet offensively for the first 34 minutes against Burlington. But the 6-foot-5 senior made a play when it mattered most: fighting through a physical Demons’ defense to the rim and hitting a layup while drawing a foul. Teague-Johnson’s ensuing free throw put the Trojans up by five as they held on to down Burlington 65-55 in non-conference action on...
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