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Playoff softball: Deerfield softball uses big inning to pull away with victory against Cambridge softball
Holding a 5-4 lead entering the bottom of the fifth inning, the Demons put the game out of reach by scoring seven runs, pulling away with a 13-5 win over the Cambridge softball team on Tuesday, May 21 in the regional semifinal at Deerfield High School. Deerfield sophomore Rowan Lasack walked with the bases loaded to score freshman Mia Haberkorn. Junior Addison Klein then hit an RBI single to score junior Rylee Betthauser. ...
Cambridge baseball: Owen Bernhardt hits go-ahead double as Blue Jays win over Poynette
With Cambridge up 5-0 after the fifth inning, it looked like Tuesday’s game between the Pumas and Blue Jays was going to be a stress-free win for Cambridge. Instead, the game got a lot more interesting. The Pumas rallied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, but the Blue Jays scored twice in the top of the seventh to score a 7-5 win over...
Deerfield track: Girls win regional for third-straight year, boys third, a school record falls and headed to sectionals in 20 events
The Deerfield track and field team qualified for sectionals in 20 events at the Deerfield Regional on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. The boys team qualified in 10 events, taking third overall with 108 points. Marshall won the regional title with 146 points. Senior Eli Key won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.28 seconds. Key also qualified in the 300-meter hurdles, taking fourth at 43.19 seconds. ...
Cambridge track advances to sectionals in 12 events
Cambridge advanced to sectional competition in 12 events out of the Deerfield track and field regional with top four finishes on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. Cambridge's boys qualified in six events and took fifth. The 400 relay team of Travis Colts, Oden Jaskolski, Kyle Polster and Trevor Polster placed second in 46.23. ...
Cambridge's Dale Nottestad narrowly wins late model feature at Jefferson Speedway, Deerfield's Robbie Rucks wins hobby stocks
Dale Nottestad won the Newville Auto Salvage 50-lap late model feature at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday night. Nottestad, a Cambridge native, came from the 12th starting position to take the lead following a spirited battle with Marshall’s Karter Stark near the halfway point in the event. Nottestad then held off a determined challenge from Markesan’s Michael Guderski to post his first win of the season. Guderski finished second by half...
Deerfield baseball keeps pace in title race with comeback win against Hustisford/Dodgeland
Trailing 7-6 entering the top of the sixth inning, the Deerfield baseball team rallied for four runs in a 10-7 win over Hustisford/Dodgeland on Friday, May 17 at Hustisford High School. Sophomore Declan Pohlman walked with the bases loaded, scoring junior Bryce Eickhoff, to tie the game at 7-7. Later in the inning, senior Kris Hahn reached on an error that allowed juniors Stephen Bagley and Mesfin Drexler to score...
Deerfield softball scores win against Wisconsin Heights, loses close matchup to Lodi
The Deerfield softball team’s rally in the bottom of the sixth inning fell short in a 5-4 loss to Lodi on Thursday, May 16 at Deerfield High School. In the sixth, sophomore Rowan Lasack scored junior Cora Nelson on an RBI single, sophomore Riley Fisher then scored Lasack on an RBI single and sophomore Lily Betthauser drove in freshman Nevaeh Schears on a Lodi error to cut the Lodi lead to 5-4. ...
Home Talent: Cambridge Blues and Utica Association score blowout wins over Lake Mills, Stoughton
The Utica Association broke open a 2-2 tie with seven runs in the top of the sixth inning to earn a 12-4 win over Stoughton on Saturday, May 18 at Norse Park. Owen Ernest drove in the go-ahead run, hitting a sacrifice fly to score Brock Wanninger. With two outs in the inning, Ethan Yahn hit an RBI double to score Connor Kalinowski and Derek Karlen drove in Jacob Sanders and Yahn on a two-run single. ...
CDU girls soccer defeated by East Troy
East Troy scored four goals in 20 minutes to earn a 4-2 win over the Cambridge/Deerfield girls soccer team on Thursday, May 16 at Cambridge High School. After CDU senior Audrey Kessenich scored off an assist from senior Kaila Buehler in the third minute, East Troy scored at the seventh, 12th, 18th and 26th minutes to take a 4-1 lead. Senior Zoey Rank scored the other Cambridge/Deerfield goal, unassisted, at...
Cambridge baseball scores split in doubleheader against Pecatonica
The Cambridge baseball team split a doubleheader against Pecatonica, the No. 7th ranked team in Division 5, on Saturday, May 18 at Pecatonica High School. In the first game, Pecatonica scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn a 4-2 win. Carson Kurschner hit a sacrifice bunt to score Jameson Johnson for the go-ahead run. Also in the inning, Lukas Rue hit an RBI single to score Trevor Doescher. ...
Parish, Lund and Bernhardt hit homers in a Cambridge baseball win against Marshall
The Blue Jays hit three home runs in a 13-0 mercy-rule win over Marshall on Thursday, May 16 at Marshall High School. Junior Kiefer Parish hit a three-run homer in the second, scoring seniors Gavin Winslow and Brayden Lund. In the fourth, senior Owen Bernhardt hit a solo home run, while senior Carter Lund also belted a solo home run in the fifth. ...
Deerfield baseball: Suess throws one-hitter as Demons win against Palmyra-Eagle; Deerfield also wins against Rio
Senior Adam Suess pitched a one-hitter in a Deerfield 2-0 win over Palmyra-Eagle on Thursday, May 16 at Palmyra-Eagle High School. Suess pitched a complete game, recording eight strikeouts and issuing one walk. Of his 100 pitches thrown, Suess recorded 63 strikes. At the plate, Deerfield was held in check by the Palmyra-Eagle pitching staff, getting no-hit until the seventh inning. ...
Cambridge boys golf wins conference championship with ease
Cambridge's boys golf team, ranked No. 1 by the Golf Coaches Association in Division 3 all season, withstood tough conditions to shoot 316 and win Tuesday's Capitol Conference Championship, which was contested at the Legend of Bergamont. The Blue Jays are league champions for the third straight season and their No. 1 player, junior Kian Bystol-Flores, won conference tournament medalist honors for the second year in a row. Bystol-Flores was...
Cambridge track: Ava Williams wins 300 hurdles at conference championships
The Cambridge track and field team won one event at the Capitol Conference Championships at Lake Mills High School on Tuesday, May 14. For the girls, sophomore Ava Williams won the 300-meter hurdles in 47.78 seconds. Also in the 300-meter hurdles, sophomore Malina Schneider (49.56) placed third. The 4x100 relay team of senior Mya Lehmann, junior Katherine Brown, sophomore Tessa Schmude and freshman Emillie Behm ran second at 53.13 seconds. ...
Cambridge softball: Theisen tosses one-hitter against the Blue Jays
Clinton’s Ashley Theisen pitched one heck of a game on Tuesday, May 14 against Cambridge. Theisen pitched a complete game, issued zero walks, recorded 19 strikeouts and allowed just one hit as the Cougars won 4-0 over the Blue Jays at Whitewater High School. Theisen retired the last 10 Cambridge batters she faced via a strikeout. Cambridge junior Megan Bernhardt had the lone hit off Theisen, recording a two-out single...
Cambridge baseball clinches conference title with victory over Marshall
With the Cambridge baseball team winning 6-1 against Marshall and Waterloo also losing 8-3 to New Glarus, the Blue Jays officially clinched the Capitol-South Conference title on Tuesday, May 14 at CHS. In the win against Marshall, junior Clayton Stenjem pitched six innings, allowing one unearned run. Stenjem recorded four strikeouts and allowed five hits. With the Cambridge pitching staff holding Marshall’s offense in check, the Blue Jays scored twice...
Deerfield girls track and field wins conference title for the first time since 2003
After the Deerfield girls track and field team won the Deerfield Classic for the first time in over 20 years, the Demons accomplished another 20-year drought on Friday, May 10. Winning the Trailways Conference title. With 91 points, Deerfield edged out Dodgeland, who took second with 90.5 points, for the conference crown at Princeton High School, its first title since 2003. ...
Deerfield baseball defeated in extra innings by Palmyra-Eagle
In a game dominated by strong pitching, the final out between Deerfield and Palmyra-Eagle would come down to the final strike. Palmyra-Eagle senior pitcher Sean Dooley caught Deerfield junior Aiden Brown looking on a 3-2 pitch for a strikeout, clinching a 5-4 win for the Panthers in extra innings on Monday, May 13 at Deerfield High School. Dooley helped send the game into extra innings, scoring on a flyout from...
HTL: Utica opens the season with a victory, Cambridge defeated by Jefferson
The Evansville Jays had no answer for the pitching of Brock Wanninger on Saturday, May 11. Wanninger pitched a complete game, recording 14 strikeouts and allowing just three hits as the Utica Association kicked off the 2024 Home Talent League season with a 3-2 win over the Jays at Utica Park. Wanninger retired the Jays in order in both the eighth and ninth innings. Wanninger recorded a strikeout on a...
Carter Lund selected to play in the WBCA All-Star Classic
Cambridge senior Carter Lund has been selected to play in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Classic on Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29. Lund, a Madison College commit, becomes the second Cambridge player to be selected for the All-Star Classic. Denver Evans was the first Cambridge player to play in the 2019 games. Lund, an honorable mention all-district and first team all-conference selection last year, has thrown two no-hitters this season. Lund was selected to the South Team. The South Team will face the East, North and West teams during the event which will be held in Oshkosh.
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