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Deerfield track: Girls win regional for third-straight year, boys third, a school record falls and headed to sectionals in 20 events
The Deerfield track and field team qualified for sectionals in 20 events at the Deerfield Regional on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. The boys team qualified in 10 events, taking third overall with 108 points. Marshall won the regional title with 146 points. Senior Eli Key won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.28 seconds. Key also qualified in the 300-meter hurdles, taking fourth at 43.19 seconds. ...
Baseball: Fort falls 10-4 to Madison West in regular-season finale
MADISON — Madison West rallied to the tune of six runs in the sixth inning to upend Fort Atkinson 10-4 in nonconference baseball at Mansfield Stadium on Wednesday. The Regents (10-15) used three hits to score three runs in the first inning, adding a second-inning run on Ryan Schiessl’s double. The Blackhawks (6-19) chipped away with three runs off three hits in the third. Braeden Hoth plated Jackson Leibman on...
Baseball: Lakeside shuts out Columbus to earn share of Capitol North title for first time since 2012
Aidan Berg homered and pitched a six-hitter with seven strikeouts as Lakeside Lutheran’s baseball team beat visiting Columbus 8-0 to clinch a share of the Capitol North title, the program’s first since 2012, on Monday. Berg’s three-run blast to center field in the first inning actually came on April 18, when soggy conditions forced a postponement. The sides regathered with the Warriors up 3-0 in the bottom third inning and...
Holly Morehart has goal, three assists in Milton girls soccer win over Beaver Dam
Senior forward Holly Morehart scored a goal and handed out three assists and fellow senior Ava Parke scored twice in Milton's 5-0 girls soccer win over Beaver Dam on Tuesday. Morehart's goal off a setup from Nayeli Kilen opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Morehart then assisted Ava Kligora's goal in the 31st minute. Kilen added another assist in the 34th minute by setting up Parke's first goal. ...
Baseball state tournament pairings released
The 2024 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state baseball tournament is upon us. Both Marshall and Waterloo will compete in Sectional 3 of Division 3. The Pirates of Waterloo earned the No. 4 seed while Marshall is the No. 6 seed. Waterloo earned its seeding with a 14-7 overall record, including a 6-4 mark for third in the final Capitol - South conference standings. The Pirates won their first eight games of the season and enjoyed another four-game winning streak later on. The regular season...
Riley, Leurquin individual winners as Fort girls place 2nd at track regional; Stricker leads boys team
STOUGHTON — Junior Ashlie Riley and sophomore Ava Leurquin both won events on the track to highlight the Fort Atkinson girls track and field team’s second-place finish at Monday’s Division 1 regional hosted by Stoughton. Riley was victorious in the 300-meter hurdles by 65 one-hundredths of a second in 49.10 and finished second in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.02. “Ashlie knew exactly what she had to do and did it...
Dillon escapes jam in first then cruises through four scoreless in Janesville Craig win over Milton
JANESVILLE — With the postseason just around the corner, Finn Dillon bolstered his case for getting work on the mound for Janesville Craig once the playoffs begin. His four scoreless innings and five strikeouts and a four-run third inning lifted the Cougars to a 7-1 nonconference win over Milton at Veterans Field at Riverside Park on Wednesday. Dillon got ahead in the count against most of the Red Hawks he...
UW-Whitewater's Grace Wickman earns All-Region recognition
WHITEWATER, Wis. — Grace Wickman was one of two members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team to collect All-Region accolades from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Wickman, a Communication major from Wausaukee, received Second Team honors, while Kiarra Kostroski (Fort Atkinson, Wis./Fort Atkinson) was named to the Third Team. The junior duo were catalysts for the Warhawks’ offense all season. ...
Browne blasts walk-off homer in regional opener
Before Tuesday, May 21, Marshall softball junior Lyliane Browne hadn't hit a homerun. The outfielder had played an important role in the Cardinals' success in the spring of 2024 as they claimed a share of the Capitol - South conference and earned the No. 3 seed in Sectional 3 of Division 3 for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state tournament. Just no homeruns. Her team certainly needed her in the bottom of the seventh inning of their WIAA regional opener against No. 6 seed...
CDU girls soccer: United defeated by Lake Mills
Ava Schmidt scored two goals as Lake Mills beat Cambridge/Deerfield 7-2 in a Capitol Conference finale for both teams at CHS on Tuesday, May 21. The L-Cats (16-2, 5-1 in conference) opened up a four-goal lead in the first half. Mckenna Klubertanz scored in the seventh minute, followed by Schmidt finding the back of the net on Emma Kitsembel’s assist in the 13th minute. Mollie Cooper converted a penalty kick...
Lake Mills knocked out by Stoughton in playoff baseball opener, 4-3
Ninth-seeded Stoughton scored the go-ahead run via error in the seventh inning in a 4-3 victory over the eighth-seeded Lake Mills baseball team in a Division 2 regional quarterfinal at Campus Field on Thursday, May 23. Jaxson Nielsen and Kasen Sperle produced back to back one-out singles in the seventh for the Vikings (10-13). After Casey Quam popped out, Evan Muchka hit a pop fly, reaching on pitcher Brody Henderson's error as pinch runner Aiden Klawitter scored the go-ahead run from second base. ...
Baseball: Fort loses heartbreaker to Westosha Central in extras on Senior Night, 6-5
The Blackhawks came up a play or two shy of scoring a marquee victory on their Senior Night. Southern Lakes Conference champion Westosha Central, the 12th-ranked team in Division 1, scored the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning, holding off Fort Atkinson’s baseball team 6-5 at Jones Park on Tuesday. The Blackhawks (6-18) came to the dish in the seventh trailing 4-2. With one out, Trent Wilson singled to right...
Waterloo track & field sends eight to sectionals
The 2024 track & field season carries on for Waterloo. The Pirates traveled to Deerfield High School on Monday, May 20 to compete in Regional 4C of Division 3. There, they faced some tough competition but still produced some highlights. Waterloo's boys placed seventh of the 14 teams in attendance with a combined score of 49. The girls placed 11th with a score of 21. Rival Marshall won the boys' regional with a team score of 146, followed by Abundant Life Christian with 119.5 and...
Clinton joins party at top of Rock Valley Rock Division baseball standings
WHITEWATER — A strong offensive outing combined with some great pitching from starter Logan Thill helped the Clinton baseball team officially locked in a three-way tie for the Rock Valley Conference Rock Division championship. With the Cougars’ 7-2 win over Whitewater on Monday, Clinton, Beloit Turner and Brodhead/Juda all finish conference play with a 9-6 record. The Whippets struck first with a run in the first inning before Logan Thill...
Waterloo baseball endures four-game losing streak
The Waterloo baseball program is in the midst of its toughest stretch of the 2024 season. The Pirates started off red-hot, winning their first eight games to earn a ranking in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) coaches poll. As Capitol — South conference play started, a few losses followed. That came to a head with the New Glarus series last week. Waterloo was battling for a spot near the top of the conference but suffered a pair of losses to the Glarner Knights, 8-3...
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