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Baseball roundup: Big Foot rallies for big 14-8 win over Edgerton in RVC Rock baseball
WALWORTH — The Big Foot baseball team capped the regular season off on a two-game winning streak as it followed up Monday’s 7-1 win over Monroe with a 14-8 win over Edgerton in RVC Rock action on Tuesday night. Connor Weeks had a sacrifice fly for the Chiefs in the first inning before the Crimson Tide poured on six runs in the second. Big Foot (7-14, 4-11 RVC Rock) slowly...
Hayward's Wessel playing baseball at UW-Whitewater
Austin Wessel, a sophomore General Business major from Hayward attending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is a member of the Warhawks baseball team, which secured the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship outright on Friday, May 3, with a pair of victories against UW-Stevens Point. The Warhawks finished the regular season with a 32-8 record, including a 19-5 mark in conference play, and began the postseason by hosting the 2024 WIAC Tournament as the top seed May 9-11. They advanced to win the NCAA regional championship with a 6-4 win over Centre. Wessel, an infielder with the Warhawks, batted .250 this season and drove in seven runs, with on-base percentage of .471. UW-Whitewater has now won 22 WIAC regular season championships, including six of the last seven.
Burke cards 71 to place 2nd at regional golf meet; Fort shoots 317 to take 3rd and punch sectional ticket
MONROE — Mason Burke shot 1-over 71 to place second individually, leading Fort Atkinson’s boys golf team to a third-place finish and sectional berth at Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 regional held at Monroe Golf Club. Burke, a junior, parred his first nine holes to shoot 34 on the front nine. He bounced back from a bogey-par-bogey start to the back nine by playing his final six holes in one under, including a birdie at the par-5 18th hole, for the Blackhawks, who shot 317. ...
Jefferson uses 5-run rally in 5th inning to beat Lakeside 6-1, win regional championship
JEFFERSON -- Kooper Killmon's solo shot in the fourth created a sense of urgency for the Eagles. Jefferson matched Lakeside's fourth-inning run, then put up a five-spot in the fifth to charge toward coveted playoff hardware. Junior pitchers Aeryn Messmann and Ashlyn Enke combined for 16 strikeouts as the top-seeded Jefferson softball team beat fourth-seeded Lakeside Lutheran 6-1 in a Division 2 regional final at Riverfront Park on Thursday. ...
UW-Whitewater baseball sweeps UW-La Crosse for berth in Division III World Series
John Vodenlich and UW-Whitewater are back in the NCAA Division III World Series. However, the Warhawks’ journey back to the eight-team tournament for the first time since 2016 wasn’t easy. The Warhawks, ranked No. 5 in the latest D3baseball.com national poll, entered Day 2 of the NCAA Super Regional on their home field needing...
Baseball: Lakeside shuts out Columbus to earn share of Capitol North title for first time since 2012
LAKE MILLS — 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...
Waterloo runs at Capitol Conference meet
The Waterloo track & field program has wrapped up its regular season. The Pirates did so on Tuesday, May 14 by traveling to Lake Mills High School for the 2024 Capitol Conference tournament. Both the boys and girls placed ninth of the 10 teams attendance. The Pirate boys scored 24 team points while the girls put up 17. Lakeside Lutheran won conference for the boys with a team score of 188, followed by Lodi at 161 and Sugar River in third with 104. Lodi won...
Girls soccer: Lake Mills blanks Edgerton, Country Day to reach program-best 10 straight wins
EDGERTON — Addie Ninneman and Mollie Cooper scored two goals apiece as Lake Mills’ girls soccer team extended its program-record win streak to 10 games with a 7-0 nonconference win at Edgerton on Friday. The L-Cats (15-2) built a three-goal halftime edge on Ninneman’s goal in the third minute, followed by 25th minute goals from Greta Wiedenfeld and Mckenna Klubertanz. Cooper scored in the 63rd and 70th minutes with Ninneman...
Baseball: Payton Heard powers offense as Jefferson takes down Turner, Denmark
JEFFERSON — The Eagles renewed acquaintances with several other high-profile programs and earned a pair of impressive victories on Saturday. Jefferson’s baseball team improved to 20-5 with a 7-2 win over Turner and a 10-0 five-inning triumph against Denmark at Fischer Field. The Eagles never trailed on the day and did not commit an error. ...
COLLEGE UPDATE: Beloit's Shelvin Garrett earns UW-W academic honor
UW-Whitewater track and field athlete and Beloit native Shelvin Garrett II was one of 47 Warhawks recognized as 2023-24 Chancellor’s Scholar-Athletes. The Physical Education major was recognized in a ceremony on Monday at the James R. Connor University Center by Chancellor Corey A. King and Director of Athletics Ryan Callahan. To be recognized as Scholar-Athletes, student-athletes must have maintained a 3.25 cumulative grade point average or above through the end...
Waterloo's walk-off eliminates Deerfield softball from regional championship
Facing a team that won 10-0 against the Deerfield softball team early in the season, the Demons gave the Waterloo Pirates a battle on Thursday, May 23. The Pirates, however, were able to get past when Emma Baumann scored Callie Davison on an RBI single for a 5-4 walk-off win for the Pirates in the Division 4 regional final at Waterloo High School. Deerfield pounced in the top of the...
Baseball: Lake Mills splits twin bill with Belleville, tops Marshall 12-7
The Lake Mills baseball team finished the regular season by splitting a nonconference doubleheader versus Belleville at Campus Field on Saturday. The L-Cats (13-13) lost 8-6 in eight innings, only to bounce back with a three-run rally in the seventh to squeak out a 3-2 win in game two. In game one, Alex Parys singled home a pair of Lake Mills runs in the second inning. Brody Henderson added an...
Lakeside boys win 8 events, claim sectional track and field title; Whitewater qualifies for state in 5 events
WALWORTH -- The Warriors are headed to La Crosse, looking to defend their crown. Lakeside Lutheran's boys track and field team put on another powerhouse display, winning the Division 2 Big Foot sectional by 48 points with a total of 129. Numerous athletes qualified for state with top four finishes. Junior Ben Krauklis matched his...
Well-known opponent to visit UW-Whitewater for Division III super regional
WHITEWATER — The UW-Whitewater baseball team is two victories away from securing a berth in the NCAA Division III World Series. The team standing in the Warhawks’ way needs no introduction. Fellow Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member UW-La Crosse will be Whitewater’s opponent in the best 2-of-3 series Friday and Saturday at Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium on the Whitewater campus. The Warhawks and Eagles played five games against...
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