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Beloit represented in US Olympic Track and Field Trials for triple jump
Beloit Memorial High School graduate Shelvin Garrett II, a junior at UW-Whitewater, came up short in his attempt to advance to the finals of the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials, but another jumper with Beloit ties was in the top eight to advance. Garrett was among the 24 jumpers selected to compete in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday and one of just two NCAA Division III jumpers. The D-III All-American started the meet with a 14.98 meter jump (49-feet, 1.75 inches). ...
Heineke Classic Scramble Golf Outing postponed until July 26
BELOIT — The Beloit Memorial Gridiron Club’s third annual Heineke Classic Scramble Golf Outing at The Beloit Club was postponed due to inclement weather. The event has been rescheduled for July 26. The Beloit Gridiron Club provides student-athletes and coaches at Beloit Memorial High School with the tools necessary to succeed on and off the field. Operating in a diverse community with limited resources, this fundraising event helps operate a program with proper and safe equipment. The funds generated are used both by the football program and its partner, Project 16:49, a teen shelter that helps combat teen homelessness in the community. Anyone seeking more information about the tournament should email head coach Brad Dement at bdment@sdb.k12.wi.us.
12U Beloit Bombers have opportunity to play at Field of Dreams
BELOIT — Josh Dailey said it may take a while before the Beloit Bombers 12U Blue baseball team truly appreciates the opportunity it had over the weekend. The Bombers battled their way into the championship game of a tournament Sunday, earning the right to play on the Field of Dreams diamond in Dyersville, Iowa. “I’m not sure how many of those kids have even seen the movie (“Field of Dreams”),”...
Milton's Peach, Sinclair, Evansville's Heiser help Team Wisconsin claim junior wrestling national championship
State wrestling championships weren’t enough for recent Milton High graduates Aeoden Sinclair and Tyson Peach and Danny Heiser of Evansville High School. All three played key parts in Team Wisconsin winning the Air Force Special Warfare Junior National Duals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 22. Wisconsin, with Peach and Sinclair among a group of eight recent graduates headed to compete at the Division I level in college, was the top-seeded...
Everything Clicks in Wisconsin's 11-1 Win at Beloit
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers did not have a case of the Mondays. In the only Monday game on the Midwest League schedule, Wisconsin cruised to an 11-1 victory over the Beloit Sky Carp at ABC Supply Stadium. Gregory Barrios led the sixteen-hit attack with four hits as three Rattlers pitchers combined to hold the Sky Carp to one unearned run on two hits.
Janesville Post 205 goes 2-1-1 in home tournament
It was a busy and wet weekend for Janesville Legion Post 205, with four games played at the Janesville Youth Sports Complex. Post 205 (6-4-1) faced many delays and shortened games and finished 2-1-1 in games Saturday and Sunday. Janesville started the weekend with a 4-4 tie with the Greendale Hawks in a four-inning game. After falling 2-1 entering the bottom of the second, Post 205 scored three runs to take a 4-2 lead. Janesville couldn’t hold its lead, however, and gave up two runs...
Rock Steady Boxing empowering those with Parkinson’s disease
JANESVILLE — Bonnie Cunningham, 88, slipped on her boxing gloves and delivered a powerful hook under the watchful eye of her instructor, Connie Udell, during the Rock Steady Boxing: Knock Out Parkinson’s Disease program at Cargill United Methodist Church on Wednesday. Udell, SOL Fitness & Personal Training owner, brought Rock Steady Boxing to Janesville in honor of her mother who had Parkinson’s. Rock Steady Boxing was the first non-contact boxing program founded in Indiana in 2006. ...
Meet Josh Flickinger, the voice of the Sky Carp
BELOIT, Wis. (WMTV) - They say that people don’t become baseball fans, they are born baseball fans. It is in their blood and they’re romantic about the game. Josh Flickinger, the Sky Carp’s play-by-play announcer, is one of those people. “I was the kid that when I...
Dustin Schwab beats Jacob Beckman on first playoff hole after another shoot-out at the Ray Fischer Amateur Championship
JANESVILLE — Though the Wisconsin State Amateur and State Open provide more difficult tests, a case can be made that the Ray Fischer 72-Hole Amateur Championship is year in and year out the most exciting golf tournament in Wisconsin. It’s always a shoot-out at Janesville Riverside Golf Course, the...
Beloit Junior Legion Bandits split twinbill with Whitewater
WHITEWATER, Wis. — The Beloit Junior Legion Bandits broke a 10-game losing skid with a huge romp over Whitewater, which it split a doubleheader with 10-14, 14-1. In the first game, the tone of the slugfest was set early as the Bandits plated four runs in the top of the first inning before Whitewater answered with four runs in the second. Jaxson Walenga hit a sacrifice fly while Austyn Kjendlie...
Beloit Sky Carp drop fifth-straight game in 7-3 loss to Cedar Rapids Kernels
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The month of June for the Beloit Sky Carp has resembled what it’s like to take a trip to Six Flags Great America. The Sky Carp have been on a roller coaster journey as a five-game losing streak earlier in the month gave way to a nine-game winning streak. Now, Beloit is in the midst of a dip as it fell 7-3 to the Cedar Rapids...
HTL: Generals rally in 6th to beat Outlaws, 6-2
JANESVILLE — The Fort Atkinson Generals strung together six hits in their decisive five-run sixth inning, turning back the host Footville Outlaws 6-2 in Home Talent League baseball on Sunday. Fort produced a combined seven baserunners in the first four innings but were not able to scratch across a run. That changed in the fifth, when Branden Zastrow singled with one away and scored from first on Jake Hansen’s base...
HTL: Marty-led Cambridge beats Albion for 6th straight victory
EDGERTON — Cambridge starting pitcher Jared Marty pitched a complete game as the Blues notched a 6-1 win over the Albion Tigers on Sunday at Albion Park. Marty took a perfect game into the bottom of the sixth inning before Marcus Richards led off the frame with a single. The only other hit for Albion came from a solo home run by Charlie Hatlen in the eighth. ...
Milton, Edgerton earn more honors from Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin
Milton’s boys golf team won the silver Team Academic All-State Award from the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin, the organization announced Sunday. The award was established to recognize the teams with the highest team GPAs in the state. The three highest team GPAs in divisions 1, 2 and 3 earned gold, silver and bronze team awards. Milton, with a varsity fivesome of Brett Wieland, Kade Wieland, Tyler Birkhimer, Michael Axe...
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