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2024 WIAA Division 2 Big Foot Track and Field Sectional Results: New Berlin West(Women) Lakeside Lutheran(Men) Take Titles. Women - Division 2 - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) New Berlin West 94.50 2) New Berlin Eisenhower 69 3) Pius XI Catholic 60 4) University School of Milw 57 4) East Troy 57 6) Catholic Memorial 47 7) Delavan-Darien 41 8) Martin Luther 27 9) Shorewood 26.50 10) Dominican 25 11) Jefferson 24.50 12) Brookfield Academy 24 13) Lakeside Lutheran 21 14) Saint Thomas More 19 15) Big Foot 18.50 16) St. Francis 17 17) Cudahy 16 18) Whitewater 13 18) Clinton 13 20) Shoreland Lutheran 10 20) Racine St. Catherine's 10 22) Lake Mills 5 23) Milwaukee North 4 24) Milwaukee Academy Of Scie 3 Men - Division 2 - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) Lakeside Lutheran 129 2) Shorewood 81 3) Catholic Memorial 63.50 4) Milwaukee Academy Of Scie 60 5) Whitewater 36 6) Martin Luther 35 7) New Berlin West 31.50 8) Pius XI Catholic 29 9) Brown Deer 26 10) Lake Mills 24 11) New Berlin Eisenhower 22.50 12) Kingdom Prep Lutheran 22 13) Big Foot 20.50 14) Saint Thomas More 20 15) Clinton 19 16) St. Francis 17 17) Shoreland Lutheran 15 18) Jefferson 13 19) University School of Milwa 12 20) Brookfield Academy 10 21) Racine St. Catherine's 8 22) East Troy 5 23) Cudahy 3.

CAMBRIDGE — Dale Nottestad won the Newville Auto Salvage 50-lap late model feature at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday night. Nottestad, a Cambridge native, came from the 12th starting position to take the lead following a spirited battle with Marshall’s Karter Stark near the halfway point in the event. Nottestad then held off a determined challenge from Markesan’s Michael Guderski to post his first win of the season. Guderski finished second by half a car length at the line. Lake Mills’ Shaun Scheel, last week’s winner,...

The fourth-seeded Lakeside Lutheran softball team used a four-run rally in the fifth inning to knock off fifth-seeded Whitewater 7-3 in a Division 2 regional semifinal at LLHS on Tuesday, May 21. "We got a nice win tonight against Whitewater," Lakeside softball coach Matt Doering said. The Warriors (12-7) came to the dish in the fifth locked in a 3-all game. Keyanna Rank singled to right to open the frame....

The Waterloo softball team is on the hunt to replicate its postseason success from last spring. The Pirates are the reigning Division 4 state runners-up thanks a magical run to the 2023 state title game. This time around, they're hungry to do it again. The Pirates earned the No. 2 seed in Sectional 4 of Division 4, granting them home field advantage to open the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state tournament. They welcomed in No. 7 seed Williams Bay on Tuesday, May 21 and...

Holding a 5-4 lead entering the bottom of the fifth inning, the Demons put the game out of reach by scoring seven runs, pulling away with a 13-5 win over the Cambridge softball team on Tuesday, May 21 in the regional semifinal at Deerfield High School. Deerfield sophomore Rowan Lasack walked with the bases loaded to score freshman Mia Haberkorn. Junior Addison Klein then hit an RBI single to score junior Rylee Betthauser. ...

MILTON — Beloit Memorial found itself in Thursday’s WIAA Division 1 regional championship game against top-seeded Milton after scoring first, pitching well and playing clean defense on a windy day at Janesville Parker in the regional semifinal on Tuesday. The Red Hawks made sure that formula wouldn’t be viable against them at Schilberg Park. Milton ace Gwen Baker retired the first 10 batters she faced, and her leadoff single in...

Cambridge's boys golf team blitzed the field to win the WIAA Division 3 regional held at Ives Grove Golf Course by 46 shots on Wednesday, May 22. The Blue Jays shot 318 and were led by junior Kian Bystol-Flores, who shot a blistering round of 2-under 70 to win medalist accolades in his eighth straight tournament. He shot matching scores of 35 on the 'Red' and 'White" nines utilized for the tournament. ...

CLINTON — The Clinton baseball team started the playoffs in a similar way to how it ended the regular season: hot. The sixth-seeded Cougars, who came into Thursday as winners of six of their past seven games, poured on all six of their runs in the first two innings as they rolled No. 1 Dodgeland/Hustisford 6-3 in a WIAA Division 3 regional opener. Collin Gill had an RBI single in...

WHITEWATER, Wis. — Hailey Smith, an elementary middle education major from Stillman Valley, is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater club softball team, which earned the 2024 National Club Softball Association Division II national championship after winning the World Series last weekend. The Warhawks topped Salisbury University on...

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky.--University of Wisconsin-Whitewater finished its competition at the NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club on May 22. The Warhawks, who were making their sixth straight NCAA appearance, compiled a 36-hole total of 651 strokes (315-336). UW-Whitewater was 21st of 29 teams after the second round, however the top 15 advanced to the final round.

Only two players were unanimous selections to the Badger Large Conference's baseball first team for 2024. One was Terek Verhage of Monona Grove, the conference's player of the year. The other was Milton's Broden Jackson. Three more Red Hawks were second-team all-conference pics, and another three made the honorable mention list. Sharing co-pitcher of the honors in the conference were Watertown's Eliot Roethle and Monona Grove's Cal Moreau. Silver Eagles...

2024 BADGER LARGE BASEBALL ALL CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM NAME SCHOOL YEAR Eli Bryant Beaver Dam 11 Jordan Zahn Fort Atkinson 11 Broden Jackson Milton 12...

After they split the regular-season series and the Badger Large Conference championship, it seemed only appropriate that Milton and Beaver Dam would split the postseason awards. Milton senior Gwen Baker was named the league's pitcher of the year for 2024, while Beaver Dam senior Gabby Fakes earned player of the year honors. The teams' coaches, Kurt Mussey of Milton and Abby Schmitt of Beaver Dam, were co-coaches of the year,...

One must feel empathy for the hitters who have to face Milton High senior pitcher Gwen Baker. Baker is 6-foot-1 and stands just 43 feet from the plate as she winds up her right arm. “She’s all legs,” says Milton head coach Kurt Mussey. “That circle we draw around the pitcher is 8 feet. She’s almost at the end of that ring when she throws.” ...

EDGERTON — Zack Peterson and Brandon Laesch had three hits apiece as the Jefferson Blue Devils beat the Albion Tigers 9-6 at Albion Park on Sunday in Home Talent League Baseball action. The Blue Devils (2-0) totaled 17 hits with Peterson, the team’s left fielder, driving in five runs. Laesch led off the Jefferson second inning with a double to left. He took third on Kasey Morgan’s one-out single and...

JOHNSON CREEK – No. 2 Johnson Creek beat No. 6 Hilbert 8-1 in a WIAA Division 5 regional final softball game on Thursday afternoon. Johnson Creek advances to play No. 1 Oakfield. Semifinal. No. 6 Hilbert upset No. 3 Burlington Catholic Central 4-0 in the semifinal on Tuesday afternoon....

The battle for the Trailways-South Conference title has been a long road traveled for the Deerfield baseball team this season. The conference race, which began on Tuesday, April 9, would not be decided until the month of May when the Demons played state-ranked Johnson Creek and Palmyra-Eagle. All three teams were considered favorites for the conference title. The Demons did their part until the schedule got tough, going 8-0 to...

Cambridge advanced to sectional competition in 12 events out of the Deerfield track and field regional with top four finishes on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. Cambridge's boys qualified in six events and took fifth. The 400 relay team of Travis Colts, Oden Jaskolski, Kyle Polster and Trevor Polster placed second in 46.23. ...

For the second consecutive season, the Marshall High School boys have won a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) track & field regional title. The Cardinals did so as one of 14 teams in attendance for Regional 4C of Division 3, hosted at Deerfield High School on Monday, May 20. Marshall's boys tallied a total of 146 team points, outpacing Abundant Life Christian in second place with 119.5. Host Deerfield rounded out the top three with 108 team points. The Marshall girls were no slouches themselves,...