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UW-W's Shelvin Garrett II runner-up in nationals; Bucs' Candis Damtse 9th
UW-Whitewater’s Shelvin Garrett II earned his overall sixth NCAA Division III All-American honor on Saturday as he claimed second in the triple jump at the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Garrett, the 2024 Indoor triple crown national champion, claimed silver at the Outdoor Nationals for the second consecutive season. The Beloit Memorial High School graduate advanced through the first round of jumps...
Hononegah girls win 30th game, regional softball title against Harlem
MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. – Hononegah’s lone hiccup during the NIC-10 season came against Harlem when, with the conference championship secured, head coach Denny McKinney chose not to give No. 1 pitcher Aislynn Palmer the ball. He figured, why give the Huskies another long look at his ace? Saturday, the move paid off with Palmer pitching a complete game with 13 strikeouts and the Indians capturing a 4A regional title with...
Janesville Craig picks up win over Westosha Central, the top seed in their sectional, to close regular season.
Janesville Craig put its eight-game win streak on the line Saturday against Westosha Central, the top-seeded team in the sectional bracket the Cougars and Falcons share. Josh Shere’s team grabbed a 6-0 lead through its top half of the third inning and survived a Westosha comeback push in the seventh to beat the Falcons 6-5 and gain a psychological boost going into postseason play. “It’s a confidence boost for our...
PREPS: Hononegah, North Boone boys track and field athletes compete at state
CHARLESTON, Ill. — A strong season for Hononegah hurdler Coen Lee ended at the IHSA 3A Boys State Track and Field championships in Charleston, Ill. on Friday afternoon. Lee didn’t advance to the finals after he ran a time of 15.31 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries to place 28th and finished 44th in the 300 hurdles prelims after crossing the finish line in 42.13 seconds. The Indians’ 4x400 relay...
Janesville School District hosts All-City Track Meet for elementary students
JANESVILLE — The Janesville School District continued a near-centurylong tradition this week as it hosted the All-City Elementary Track Meet on Wednesday and Thursday at Monterey Stadium. The track meet started in 1927, and annually fourth- and fifth-graders participate in competitions like the 50-yard dash, 50-yard hurdles, long jump, high jump, medicine ball, Frisbee throw, softball throw, shot put, 400-meter run and a team relay. Fourth-graders competed Wednesday and fifth-graders...
Former Craig High School coach sentenced for secretly recording students
JANESVILLE — Two female victims sat side-by-side, holding hands and supporting each other, as they took turns Wednesday speaking in Rock County Circuit Court about the impact of their former Craig High School coach’s actions. The coach, Brian Kitzman, was being sentenced Wednesday on charges of secretly recording them and other female students while the girls changed in the school’s locker room. “You were my coach and I trusted you,”...
Brodhead/Juda wins girls sectional team title, sending six athletes to state in nine events
Six athletes from Brodhead/Juda qualified for nine events at the girls State Track & Field Championships to be held in La Crosse next weekend. Stella Arn was a two-time champion at the Division 2 Portage Sectional on Thursday with wins in the 100- and 200-meter dashes (12.27 seconds and 25.44). She was also one of four on the Cardinals’ 400-meter relay team that finished second in Portage in 50.18 to punch a state ticket. ...
Janesville Craig's Sikich, Janesville Parker's Pryne named first-team all-Big Eight in softball
Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker each had one first-team all-Big Eight softball selection for the 2024 season, the league announced this week. Craig junior Brynn Sikich was one of two first-team catchers on the all-Big Eight team, while Parker junior Kenedi Pryne was one of five first-team infielders selected. Pryne played shortstop for the Vikings. Sun Prairie East senior pitcher Tayler Baker was the conference’s player of the year, and...
2 marathon victories send this surprise NIC-10 team to sectional finals in boys volleyball
Hononegah boys volleyball is known for three things. Producing the only NCAA Division I recruit in NIC-10 history. Going further in the playoffs than any other conference team. And then going home with a crushing loss, barely missing out on state. Hononegah may be rewriting that third prong. Despite graduating...
Three goals in quick succession send Verona past Janesville Craig
Verona freshman Noelle Rauwolf scored a hat trick, the second and third goals of which came within two minutes, to help lead the Wildcats past Janesville Craig 5-0 on Thursday night at Craig High School. Cougars coach Casey Berg said his team had its chances to take the lead in the opening 15-20 minutes, but it couldn't get the breakthrough. "I thought it was one of the better games we...
UW-La Crosse takes NCAA Division III super regional series lead with 3-2 decision over UW-Whitewater
WHITEWATER — The UW-Whitewater baseball team put itself in a hole in the first inning that it could not climb out of against UW-La Crosse on Friday afternoon. The Eagles used three walks and a critical two-run single by junior Jack Olver to score three runs in the first inning, and that was all they needed to beat the Warhawks 3-2 in the first game of the NCAA Division III Super Regional at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium. ...
HTL: Jefferson staves off Fort 6-3 in 10 innings, takes early lead in standings
Roby Schlesner had three hits and drove in the go-ahead run as the Jefferson Blue Devils outlasted the Fort Atkinson Generals 6-3 in 10 innings at Jones Park on Monday. The rivals, who both entered unbeaten in Sunday League action, traded single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. HTL utilizes the Major League Baseball rule of a runner getting placed at second base to start extras. For Jefferson, that...
Brandenburg a three-time sectional track and field champion, will hope to repeat success at state meet
Cayden Brandenburg’s dominance on the track continued in the WIAA Division 1 Beaver Dam Sectional on Thursday night. The Janesville Parker senior was a three-time sectional champion and state qualifier in the 200-meter dash (22.11 seconds), the 400-meter dash (48.16) and as part of the Vikings’ championship 1,600-meter relay team (3 minutes, 22.24 seconds). Joining Brandenburg in the 1,600 relay were Avery Eastman, Jonathon Aguiniga and Paul Kim. Jayvion Hill...
Back-to-back home runs sends Hampshire baseball past Hononegah in regional championship
ROCKTON — With the score tied up at one and an impressive duel well under way between Hononegah and Hampshire, it felt like the next team to find a way to plate a run would walk away the winner. That proved to be true when the Whip-Purs’ Calen Scheider took the first pitch he saw in bottom of the fifth over the center-field fence for the go-ahead home run before Ari Fivelson followed it up with a solo homer to right field to act as...
Ian Blankenship mows down Harlem; Hononegah advances to regional championship game
ROCKTON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Hononegah’s postseason journey is off to a good start thanks to a strong pitching outing by junior righthander Ian Blankenship. He went all seven innings Thursday afternoon leading the Indians past NIC-10 rival Harlem 4-1 in a class 4A regional semifinal game at Hononegah. Blankenship surrendered five hits while showing good […]
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