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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...
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...
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. ...
Beloit Memorial wins for first time in Southern Lakes Conference with five-set thriller against Elkhorn
BELOIT — When Beloit Memorial joined the Southern Lakes Conference, the girls volleyball team surely felt like they had the short end of the stick entering one of the best conferences in Wisconsin. The SLC proved to be as advertised when the Purple Knights went winless last season, their first one in the new conference. But on Tuesday night, Beloit finally broke through by battling intensely with Elkhorn before coming...
Turner football team edged by Horicon/Hustisford
HORICON, Wis. — Beloit Turner’s football team bounced back from a 13-0 deficit at halftime to tie Horicon/Hustisford in the fourth quarter, but the Marshfalcons pulled out a 19-13 Capitol Conference victory last Friday night. The Trojans closed within 13-6 with 8:31 left in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard touchdown dive by Jaxon Walenga. “Just prior to that (Horicon/Hustisford) had a long touchdown play called back and I think...
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...
Hononegah routs Rockford East in NIC-10 football
ROCKTON — The scoreboard at Kelsey Field last Friday night was still brightly lit after Hononegah’s 44-15 victory over Rockford East. Fans made their way to exits as the school band played its last song of the night. Head coach Brian Zimmerman’s postgame topic of discussion had nothing to do with any of that. He was telling his team it was already time to start thinking about next week’s opponent. ...
PREP FOOTBALL: Fourth-quarter touchdown sends South Beloit past Alden-Hebron
HEBRON, Ill. — Landen Reed’s 17-yard touchdown throw to Cam Meister in the fourth quarter proved to be all South Beloit needed on a night where defense reigned supreme. Alden-Hebron limited the SoBos to 268 total yards of offense but South Beloit’s defenders were even more stout, keeping the Green Giants out of the end zone for 60 minutes in a 6-0 victory on Friday that punched South Beloit’s ticket to the playoffs. ...
Craig Advances to State in Girls Golf, Parker and Milton End Their Seasons
BURLINGTON — The Janesville Craig girls’ golf team is headed to state. Janesville Craig, Janesville Parker, and the Milton Red Hawks competed in the girls golf Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 sectionals at Browns Lake Golf Course Monday and the Cougars finished with a score of 383, edging past the Janesville Parker Vikings, who scored 386. The Cougars will move on, while Parker and Milton saw their seasons come to an end. ...
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...
Janesville Parker grabs first victory behind smooth Butters' 3 TD effort
MADISON — Janesville Parker’s first football victory of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association season flipped on a 4th-down-and-16 play Saturday against Madison La Follette at Lussier Stadium. On fourth down, Junior Vikings’ quarterback Palmer Butters found a wide-open Avery Eastman standing alone in the middle of end zone for a 33-yard touchdown pass midway through the second quarter and the Vikings (1-6, 1-4) never looked back in a triumphant 21-7 Big Eight Conference battle. ...
Saint Mary's volleyball splits with a win and a loss
This past weekend, the Saint Mary's Volleyball team went one for two as they took on the Hope College Flying Dutch on Saturday and the Beloit College Buccaneers on Sunday. On Saturday, the Belles faced off against Hope College but unfortunately took the 3-0 loss against the Flying Dutch. In...
Lack of run-game hurts Beloit College at U-Chicago
CHICAGO — Beloit College’s football team struggled against host University of Chicago Saturday afternoon, finishing with negative-46 yards rushing and managing only a 22-yard field goal by Rafael Cervantes Jr. with three seconds remaining in a 23-3 loss. The Maroons (2-2, 2-1 MWC) scored all the points they would need on the opening possession of the game. Jake Lowry’s 57-yard kickoff return had set them up on Beloit’s 33-yard line and eight plays later quarterback Teddy Gouldin connected with Mozes Mooney on a 1-yard touchdown...
Injuries, Demons derail Beloit Memorial at Burlington
BURLINGTON, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s James Ford III broke off a 52-yard run on his first carry Friday night, but just four tries later, he suffered a shoulder injury that would end his night. Two-way starter Dontavious Olson also was forced to the sidelines with a concussion. The Purple Knights (4-3, 2-3 SLC) couldn’t recover from the loss of the two standouts, falling to Burlington 27-0 in Southern Lakes Conference...
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