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Beloit Senior Legion braces to host regional tournament
BELOIT — His team may have only played about half the games it was supposed to this summer, thanks to 10 rainouts, but head coach Brad Farrell has seen enough of his Beloit Senior Bandits to believe they’ll do well in the AAA Region 6 tournament they’ll host starting Tuesday at the Stateline Family YMCA Youth Sports Complex. Farrell should be particularly confident in their opener at 5 p.m. The Bandits (6-3) face a rematch with Lake Geneva after crushing them on the road 27-4...
Beloit Junior Bandits go 1-1 to start 16U Watertown Regional play
WATERTOWN, Wis. — The Beloit Junior Legion Bandits split its first two games in the 16U Watertown Regional. Jaxon Walenga went 5-for-5, but Beloit fell to Germantown 14-10 on Friday. The Junior Bandits then blanked Oconomowoc Gold 10-0 on Saturday. The Bandits outhit Germantown 16-11, but never fully caught up after falling behind 9-0. Walenga had a pair of doubles and scored two runs. Austin Driver, Carter Middleton, Willmy Henriquez...
Janesville limps into American Legion regional play with two more losses at Plover tournament
As it seems to do every summer, the American Legion baseball tournament in Plover provided a stern test to Janesville's squad Friday and Saturday. Post 205 will need to find more answers than it had in its four tournament games if it wants to make a postseason run. The team lost to Manitowoc 9-6 and Plover 5-2 on Saturday, going 0-4 on the weekend. Manitowoc took the lead right away...
Jefferson Speedway: Edgerton's Johnson overall winner of inaugural Orange Blossom Special to honor Eckhardt
CAMBRIDGE -- Some of the best Super Late Model drivers in the Midwest gathered at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday evening to pay tribute to a Wisconsin racing legend. Jerry Eckhardt of Johnson Creek has been behind the wheel of a race car for over 59 years, winning multiple races, feature events and championships. Eckhardt still competes on a weekly basis at Wisconsin’s Action Track. The inaugural running of the Orange Blossom Special race event is a way to say thank you to a man that...
HTL: Jefferson upended by Evansville, 4-1
EVANSVILLE — Will Peterson and Jameson Lavery combined on a six-hitter with 16 strikeouts as the Evansville Jays beat the visiting Jefferson Blue Devils 4-1 in Home Talent League baseball action on Sunday. Peterson started for the Jays (8-5), allowing an earned run on two hits with 10 strikeouts and five walks over five innings. Lavery, who earned the decision, pitched four shutout innings of four-hit ball, fanning six while walking one. ...
Beloit Sky Carp sweep away host Peoria Chiefs
PEORIA — The Beloit Sky Carp scored seven runs in the final two innings to break open a close game Sunday and rout the Peoria Chiefs 8-1 to sweep a three-game weekend sweep. Returning from the a-day All-Star break, the Sky Carp also won 7-3 on Friday night and also rallied for a 5-4 win in 10 innings on Saturday. Brock Vradenburg gave Beloit a 1-0 lead with an RBI...
Beloit Sky Carp resume season after all-star break with 7-3 victory over Peoria Chiefs
Beloit resumed play in the Midwest League on Friday night on a winning note against Peoria, beating the Chiefs 7-3 at Dozer Park in Peoria. Sky Carp shortstop Johnny Olmstead crushed a three-run home run to center field to open the scoring, then third baseman Josh Zamora followed that up with a solo shot of his own to give Beloit a quick 4-0 lead against Peoria’s Brycen Mautz. The Chiefs...
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