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Jefferson's Dempsey, Enke, Lake Mills' Kleinfeldt, Johnson Creek's Fincutter garner first team All-State honors
Eight area players were honored in Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association All-State voting held recently. Jefferson juniors Hildie Dempsey and Ashlyn Enke and Lake Mills senior Ava Kleinfeldt were first-team honorees for medium-sized schools (Divisions 2 and 3). Dempsey earned first team all-state honors in consecutive seasons. Johnson Creek senior Jenna Fincutter was a first-team recipient for small schools (Divisions 4 and 5). She was a second-team selection in 2023. ...
RVC softball: Jefferson's Dempsey wins Player of the Year, Enke earns Pitcher of the Year to headline 15 area honorees
Fifteen area softball players were honored in Rock Valley Conference Valley Division all-conference voting held recently. Nine Jefferson players were honored, including five first-team selections. Junior outfielder Hildie Dempsey garnered Player of the Year honors. Dempsey is a three-time first team all-league recipient. The University of Central Florida recruit led the Eagles in batting average...
Baseball: Wagner, Kalmon combine to shut down Stoughton as Jefferson wins summer opener
JEFFERSON — Bentley Wagner and Ben Kalmon combined on a five-hitter with 12 strikeouts as Jefferson opened its summer baseball season by beating Stoughton 8-0 at Fischer Field on Monday. Wagner started and tossed the first four frames, allowing four hits while fanning eight against one walk. Kalmon then pitched three innings of one-hit ball with four strikeouts, two walks to end it and earn the decision. Jefferson leadoff man...
Baseball: Zahn's first-team selection headlines Fort's five all-conference picks
Five Fort Atkinson baseball players were honored in Badger Large all-conference voting held recently. Junior Jordan Zahn, who pitched and played first base, was a first team all-league selection. He pitched 46 innings across nine games, posting an ERA of 2.13 with a WHIP of 1.217 while striking out 21 against eight walks. At the dish, Zahn hit .307 with an on-base percentage of .402 and drove in 12 runs. ...
HTL: Jefferson splits doubleheader with McFarland
MCFARLAND — Jefferson earned an 8-2 win over McFarland, then fell 4-3 in a Home Talent League Baseball twin bill played at McFarland High School on Sunday. The Blue Devils scored three runs apiece in the first and second innings of the first game and that was plenty of run support for Ike Roth, who allowed two unearned runs over five innings with eight strikeouts, two walks in a complete-game seven-inning decision. ...
Jefferson Speedway: Edgerton's Phillips claims first Late Model win
CAMBRIDGE — Edgerton’s Carson Phillips captured his first career Late Model feature win on Saturday evening at Wisconsin’s Action Track. Phillips grabbed control of the 18-car field just past the halfway point of the Joas Painting 50-lap main event and drove away to secure the victory on Saturday at Jefferson Speedway. Chris Flairty and Seth Reamer paced the field to green as the duo waged an intense battle to kick...
HTL: Cambridge rallies in 5th inning, downs Fort Atkinson 8-4
Cambridge used a six-run rally in the fifth inning to beat Fort Atkinson 8-4 in Home Talent League Baseball at Jones Park on Sunday afternoon. The Generals (3-3, 2-2 in division games) jumped out of the gates behind Branden Zastrow’s two-run blast to right-center with one out in the first inning. The Blues (4-1, 3-1) used three hits to score their six runs in the fifth and lead 6-2. ...
Softball: Fort Atkinson trio honored in Badger Large all-conference voting
Three Fort Atkinson softball players were honored in Badger Large all-conference voting held recently. Fort infielder Macey Pease was a second-team selection. Pease, a senior who will play collegiately at Marian University, was an honorable mention all-conference pick last year. Fort junior infielder Olivia Rue and senior catcher Sofia Unate were honorable mention selections. Beaver...
Girls soccer: 3 Fort players honored in Badger Large all-conference voting
Three Fort Atkinson girls soccer players were honored in Badger Large all-conference voting held recently. Sophomore midfielder/defender Allison Smiley was a second-team selection. Smiley was an honorable mention pick as a freshman. Juniors Berlyn Zorn and Yaretzi Torres were each honorable mention selections. Oregon and Waunakee shared the Badger Large title with records of 6-0-1,...
Baseball Fest returns to Jones Park this week
The 22nd annual Baseball Festival will be held Thursday through Sunday at Jones Park in Fort Atkinson. The event, sponsored by Rock River Lanes, will feature seven baseball games, a carnival midway as well as a wide variety of delicious food and cold drinks — including $1 cans of beer. “The Generals are looking forward to hosting Baseball Fest once again,” said Josh Smith, president of the Generals’ Board of...
Solon Springs/Northwood rides D2 commit to state semifinal win over Johnson Creek
GRAND CHUTE — Johnson Creek’s first appearance in six years at the WIAA State Baseball Tournament was a short one. Solon Springs/Northwood senior pitcher Abraham Ahlberg threw 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball, scattering four hits with nine strikeouts and two walks as the third-seeded Eagles blanked second-seeded Johnson Creek 7-0 in a Division 4 semifinal at Neuroscience Group Field on Tuesday morning. The Eagles (20-1) scored two runs in...
HTL: Jared Marty hits go-ahead double to give Cambridge win over McFarland
CAMBRIDGE — After McFarland rallied from a 6-1 deficit to tie the game at 6-6, Cambridge’s Jared Marty came to the rescue on Sunday. With two outs in the seventh, Marty hit an RBI double to score Tyler Kledzik, pushing the Cambridge Blues to a 7-6 win over the McFarland Muskies at Cambridge High School. After the Blues took the lead in the seventh, Cambridge relief pitcher Denver Evans kept...
UW-Whitewater returns home without title but figures to field another contender in 2025
The exit interviews UW-Whitewater baseball head coach John Vodenlich conducted with each of his players Friday afternoon were not as celebratory as they wanted. The team returned to Whitewater after finishing second in the NCAA Division III World Series held in the Cleveland suburb of Eastlake, Ohio. While the 2024 team did not bring home the school’s third national championship trophy, the second-place trophy will be a reminder to each...
Jefferson Speedway: Lake Mills' Shaun Scheel grabs second feature win of season
CAMBRIDGE — Lake Mills driver Shaun Scheel inherited the lead following a spin at the front of the field and hung on to win the Red Line BBQ 50-lap Late Model main event on Saturday night at Jefferson Speedway. The win marks Scheel’s second of the season. Shane Radtke Jr. and Scott Patrick paced the field to green with Patrick gaining the early advantage on the opening lap. Radtke Jr....
HTL: Renz powers offense for Blue Devils in rout of Grays
JEFFERSON — Heath Renz had four hits and drove in three runs as the Jefferson Blue Devils pummeled the Lake Mills Grays 11-1 in seven innings in Home Talent League Baseball at Fischer Field on Sunday. Aidan Kammer and Zack Peterson added two hits apiece and Thomas Schlesner drove in three runs for the Blue Devils (4-1, 3-0 Southeast North Division). Ike Roth earned the decision for Jefferson, allowing an...
HTL: Errors doom Generals in 5-3 loss to unbeaten Utica
Jacob Sanders scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning via error for Utica, which knocked off Fort Atkinson 5-3 in Home Talent League Baseball at Jones Park on Sunday. Winning pitcher Brock Wanninger singled to left to open the Utica ninth and was courtesy run for by Sanders, who took second on Alec Tomczyk’s sacrifice bunt and reached third on third baseman Skyler Schmuck’s error. Saxton Shore then hit...
Lake Mills edged by Mosinee 10-9 in wild State Tournament semifinal slugfest
MADISON — The L-Cats started the game with a big-time two-out rally, then stormed back to tie it up in the late innings. The Indians, however, had the last laugh. Fourth-seeded Lake Mills lost a dramatic and captivating Division 2 state semifinal to top-seeded Mosinee, 10-9 in walk-off fashion at the State Softball Tournament at Goodman Diamond on Friday afternoon. ...
Depleted UW-Whitewater pitching staff struggles early in D-III World Series title game, a 10-5 Misericordia win
Playing eight games in six days will test the best of pitching staffs. UW-Whitewater ran out of rested starting pitchers, gave up seven runs in the first inning of Game 3 of the NCAA Division III World Series championship set Thursday and eventually lost to Misericordia (Pennsylvania) University 10-5. UW-Whitewater finished 45-12. The 45 wins ties the school and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference record for season wins first put up...
WIAA softball: Historic L-Cats relishing in chance to play at State Tournament
LAKE MILLS — A 7-3 win over state power Sun Prairie East on April 25 gave the L-Cats confidence they could beat anyone. Fast forward six weeks and Lake Mills is a pair of wins from the summit of high school softball. Fourth-seeded Lake Mills faces top-seeded Mosinee at the State Softball Tournament in a Division 2 semifinal at Madison’s Goodman Diamond Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the L-Cats’ first-ever...
No panic as UW-Whitewater faces postseason elimination once again at Division III World Series
The UW-Whitewater baseball team will have to beat Misericordia (Pennsylvania) University twice Thursday to earn the NCAA Division III national championship. The Warhawks have been there and done that. Coach John Vodenlich’s squad swept 12 doubleheaders this season en route to its 44-11 record. With the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference scheduling back-to-back doubleheaders on Saturdays and Sundays during the regular season, the Warhawks are used to playing “two today.” Misericordia...
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