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Baseball: Lodi opens postseason with regional wins over Baraboo, Mauston
Lodi is still alive in postseason play. The Blue Devils’ baseball team pounded Mauston 11-2 on Tuesday, May 28, as Paxton Wyman drove in four runs and went 3-for-5 in a regional victory. Going 3-for-4, including a double, Ari Rasmussen scored three runs and had two RBIs, while Kale Schneider went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs. ...
Softball: Brodhead ends Lodi's season
Facing the No. 2 ranked team in Division 3, the Lodi softball team was edged 3-2 in a season-ending, regional final loss to Brodhead on Thursday, May 23. Brodhead’s Ava Risum went the distance, allowing two unearned runs and just one hit, while piling up 15 strikeouts. Sophia Leitzen scored one run and went 2-for-4 at the plate for Brodhead, as Lodi finishes with a 14-7 overall record. To reach the regional finals, Lodi topped Big Foot 7-5 on Wednesday, May 22. No statistics for Lodi were available for either game.
Girls soccer: Lodi, United wrap up regular seasons
Tying Reedsburg 1-1 in a non-conference match, while also getting blanked by Sugar River 7-0 on Wednesday, May 22, the Lodi girls’ soccer team heads into the postseason with a 6-6-4 overall record. The Blue Devils wrapped up the regular season by hosting Reedsburg on Thursday, May 23, as Ava Ballweg found the back of the net in the 66th minute to draw Lodi even with an unassisted goal. Quetzal...
Home Talent: Poynette beats up on Waterloo
In all phases of the game, Poynette’s Home Talent team was solid in a 9-0 win over Waterloo at home on Monday, May 27. Kory Ryan had a grand slam and a double, while going 2-for-3, to power Poynette to victory, as Andy Knuteson tossed eight innings of shutout ball, despite allowing nine hits, as Waterloo stranded 12 baserunners. Knuteson struck out six and walked two. “The guys really played...
Baseball: Pumas survive and advance
What a rally it was, allowing the Poynette baseball team to keep its season alive. Plating four runs in their half of the seventh inning, the Pumas (5-15 overall, 1-7 in Capitol North Conference play) forced their regional opener against Wisconsin Heights to go to extra innings, and in the eighth, Poynette scored the game-winner in a 6-5 victory on Thursday, May 23. “The guys kept battling throughout the whole...
Track and field: Poynette's Lapacek heads to state in high jump
Mercedi Lapacek is jumping all the way to La Crosse. The Poynette high jumper qualified for the 2024 State Track and Field Championships, to be held in La Crosse Friday, May 31, through Saturday, June 1, by taking second at the Portage sectional on Thursday, May 23. “Mercedi’s performance is the 12th time a Poynette girl has qualified for state in the high jump and she is the seventh different...
An Outdoorsman's Journal: Coho at Port Washington
Hello friends, I am currently in what could be termed as an over-scheduled time in my life. Fortunately what is on my schedule is all good, such as hobby farming, pond building, volunteering, a litter of pups and in just a few days, my daughter Selina is coming home from Missoula, Montana, for a wedding. The crazy stuff will end or slow down after the 4th of July. This week’s...
Boys golf: Blue Devils win regional title
After taking second overall in the Capitol Conference, the Lodi boys’ golf team emerged as regional champions at Prairie du Chien on Wednesday, May 22. Walter Beld fired an 82 to lead the Blue Devils to the regional title, overcoming a windy day to place fourth individually. “Kogen Baron shoots an 83, which was good for a fifth place as an individual,” said Lodi head coach David Zilker. “Trevor Kutz...
Softball: McCaffery grand slam propels Pumas to sectionals
Kassidy McCaffery made sure the Poynette softball team would move on in postseason play. Not only did she go the distance in the pitcher’s circle, blanking Marshall in a 4-0 regional final victory on Thursday, McCaffery also blasted a grand slam to account for all the scoring. Allowing only three hits and one walk, McCaffery led the Pumas, who avenged last season’s postseason loss that ended their 2023 season. Now 17-7 overall, Poynette is headed to sectionals, where they will travel to Brodhead on Tuesday, May 28.
Softball: Pumas edge Clinton in regional opener
The Poynette softball team is moving on in the postseason, after taking on some tough competition to wrap up the regular season. On Tuesday, May 21, the Pumas clipped Clinton in a 2-1 WIAA regional victory, with Poynette scoring the winning run in the fifth. “Livi McLane came in to pinch hit for Bella Severson in bottom of the fifth and led off with a bunt,” said Matt Ramberg, head...
Track and field: Lodi sweeps regional titles
Winning Division 3 regional titles in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions, the Lodi track and field teams got off on the right foot for the postseason, even if the Blue Devils weren’t at their best. Lodi’s girls’ team won the regional title by half a point, scoring 115 points, compared to 114.50 for Dodgeville/Mineral Point. It was a bigger spread for the Blue Devil boys, who put up 158...
Home Talent: Poynette falls to Columbus in league opener
The preliminaries are over. Now, the games count for real. After edging Columbus 4-3 in the final exhibition game on Wednesday, May 15, in a walk-off win, the Poynette Home Talent team opened the league season with a 12-9 loss to Columbus on Sunday, May 19. Four different Poynette players had hits in the exhibition victory, as Carter Hansen laid down a suicide squeeze bunt to score Garrett Thurston for...
Baseball: Lodi sweeps rival Poynette
Down 8-6, the Lodi baseball team rallied to defeat rival Poynette 12-9 in a Capitol North Conference battle on Tuesday, May 14, and turned around two days later and pounded the Pumas 12-1. Eli Schneider led the way in the first game against the Pumas, going 4-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs, while Paxton Wyman went 2-for-2, scoring four runs and lacing a double. Dakota Franklin reached base in three of four at-bats, stealing a base and scoring a run. ...
Girls soccer: Lodi ties Evansville, edges Columbus
Unbeaten in their last four matches, the Lodi girls’ soccer team edged Columbus 1-0 and tied Evansville during a four-game homestand. Anna Balfanz’s goal in the 65th minute on Tuesday, May 14, lifted the Blue Devils over the Cardinals in a hard-fought Capitol North Conference victory, as Lea Traeder assisted. Quetzal Peterson made seven saves for Lodi (6-5-3 overall, 2-2-1 in the Capitol Conference). ...
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