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Rock County to offer first snowmobile safety education course of season
JANESVILLE — Rock County will have its first snowmobile safety education course of the season on Nov. 5 from 6-7 p.m. and Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, 200 E. Highway 14, Janesville. Students must attend both sessions to graduate. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1985 is required to complete a snowmobile safety education course to legally operate a snowmobile...
AAUW used book sale kicks off Thursday
JANESVILLE – Need a good book -- or 10 -- to get through those darker, colder nights ahead? Members of the American Association of University Women sorted and categorized more than 5,000 books on Tuesday for their upcoming used book sale. The sixty-third annual sale is Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 10-13, and Friday through Sunday, Oct. 18-20, at the Old Towne Mall, 20 S. Main St., Janesville. Hours for the...
Late defensive stand helps Clinton defeat Big Foot in Capitol Conference action
WALWORTH, Wis. — Big Foot senior Josh Martinez had just taken a halfback toss and sprinted past the entire Clinton defense for a 21-yard score that helped cut the Cougars once comfortable lead to just 19-7 with two minutes left in the third quarter. Clinton got the ball back and picked up a first down, but a holding and delay of game penalty set up 2nd and 20, a distance the Cougars couldn't convert, forcing them to punt. ...
PREPS: Addison Hulburt helps Hononegah win flag football regional semifinal
CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. — It was closer than their first meeting, but the final result was the same. Hononegah’s seventh-seeded girls flag football team downed No. 10 Hampshire, 20-12, in an IHSA regional semifinal Tuesday night at Dundee-Crown High School. Hononegah (9-1) had knocked off Hampshire in Rockton in a non-conference regular season game 26-2 on Oct. 1. This one was a little more dramatic, but the Indians still came out on top to advance to Thursday’s regional final against second-seeded Lake Villa Lakes at Dundee-Crown...
Beloit Memorial regroups and bounces Waterford in soccer 5-2
WATERFORD, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s boys hockey team pulled away for a 5-2 win over Waterford on Tuesday night to improve to 12-2-4. Eduardo Gonzalez-Terrero got the Purple Knights started, finding the back of the net for a 1-0 lead. Waterford answered with two penalty kicks, one off a challenge in the box and another off a hand ball in the box and the Knights found themselves trailing 2-1. Miguel...
COLUMN: Hononegah embraces next-man-up philosophy
It’s the time of the high school football season when the battle of attrition catches up to a lot of teams. People describe them as “haves” and “have-nots” and that’s not completely accurate. Some of the teams who are “haves” to start with become “have-nots” when they can’t replace some injured integral parts. Head coach Brian Zimmerman knows how blessed he is at Hononegah. The Indians have had a number...
Lake Mills singers participate in Sing Out! Festival
Eighteen Lake Mills Middle and High School singers participated in the UW-Milwaukee Sing Out! Festival on Friday, Sept. 20. They were joined by over 1100 other tenors and basses from 30 middle schools and 48 high schools from across Wisconsin and upper Illinois. They came together to learn three pieces of music in a few short hours and then performed the pieces for and with each other. The experience was incredible and the sound was magnificent. The singers were accompanied by their directors Linda Heimstreet of Lake Mills High School, Colin Allison of Lake Mills Middle School and parent chaperone Anne Bender.
Cambridge turns back Pardeeville 40-21 in first-place showdown on homecoming
CAMBRIDGE — In tight games this year, Cambridge’s football team has been at its best in the second half. The Blue Jays scored 25 unanswered points in a win against Randolph on Aug. 23 and scored 32 points last week in a victory over Marshall. In a clash between the top two teams in the Eastern Suburban Conference on Friday, the second half was again Cambridge’s time to shine. ...
Beloit Turner setter Cacee Carl eclipses 1,000 career assists in sweep of Clinton
BELOIT — Every time Cacee Carl leapt up and set up a kill for one of her hitters, her teammates on the bench would hoot and holler, each of them enthusiastically holding up a number. The amount of fingers decreased with each assist but the noise and energy from the Turner girls volleyball team only grew louder. It wasn’t that the Trojans’ bench had gone stir crazy, the group was...
Green-Rock Audubon sets annual meeting
JANESVILLE — Wisconsin’s wetlands take up over fifteen percent of the state, according to the Wis. Department of Natural Resources, which is why the Green-Rock Audubon Society will be hosting an annual meeting with a guest speaker from the Wisconsin Wetlands Association. The meeting will take place on Oct. 13 at Three Waters Reserve and will include lunch and a presentation from Tracy Hames, the executive director of WWA. Hames will address what wetlands are, why they are important in Wis. and how you can protect and care for the ones around your community. To register for the event you can go to the Green-Rock Audubon Society website at, www.greenrockaudubon.org. In order to attend you must register by Oct. 8.
Lake Mills High School celebrates homecoming
LAKE MILLS — Students have been celebrating homecoming at Lake Mills High School this week, with the theme of ‘Holidays.’ Each class is decorating a bench, spots on the hallways, a mascot and a banner, and a class float for the homecoming parade. Seniors have the Fourth of July, Halloween for juniors, sophomores have winter holidays and freshmen have Valentine’s Day. Students get to work on decorating according to their themes on Friday afternoon. ...
Hononegah graduate Cole Warren staying steady while leading UW-Oshkosh offense
WHITEWATER Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh football team was down 21-7 to UW-Whitewater early in the fourth quarter and freshman Cole Warren was behind center trying to propel the Titans back into it. On the second play of the drive, an intense pass rush from the Warhawks forced an incompletion and sent Warren flying into the turf, where he withered in pain and, because the athletic trainer had come onto the field, was forced by the referees to come out for a play. ...
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