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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...
Lakeside knocked off by Jefferson in regional final, 6-1
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, May...
Gwen Baker of Milton earns pitcher of the year award from Badger Large Conference
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,...
Milton's Broden Jackson a unanimous Badger Large first-team all-conference pick
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...
Deerfield track breaks five school records, headed to state in 13 events as girls earn sectional title
The Deerfield track and field season just keeps getting better and better. At the Division 3 Horicon Sectional, the Demons broke five school records, qualified for state in 13 events, won three events and the girls team won the sectional title on Thursday, May 23 at Horicon High School. On the girls side, the Demons qualified for state in eight events. Sophomore Emme Drobac broke two 45-year-old school records in...
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...
Milton plays like a top seed, beats Beloit Memorial by 10-run rule in playoff opener
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...
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,”...
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. ...
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...
Jefferson overcomes Milton with three-run rally in fifth
WHITEWATER — Winning pitcher Tyler Schroedl singled home the go-ahead runs in the fifth inning as Jefferson’s baseball team beat Milton 4-2 at UW-Whitewater on Tuesday, finishing the regular season for the Eagles. Batting in the top half of the fifth, Jefferson came up to hit trailing 1-0 after Milton’s Charlie Kober drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Tyler Altermatt lined a single to center...
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...
Girls soccer roundup: Lake Mills edged by Stoughton in regular-season finale
Addy Milota scored a hat trick as Stoughton won a tightly-contested road game against Lake Mills’ girls soccer team, 4-3 at L-Cat Stadium on Thursday, May 23. Milota scored unassisted in the sixth, 37th and 48th minutes for the Vikings (8-5-1). The L-Cats (16-3-0) equalized for the second time in the game as Mollie Cooper scored off Ava Schmidt’s assist in the 60th minute. ...
Strikeout artist Gwen Baker guides top-seeded Milton into postseason play
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.” ...
Janesville, Milton athletes to compete for spots at State Track & Field Championships at Beaver Dam Sectional
Athletes from 16 Division 1 schools will converge on Beaver Dam High School on Thursday afternoon hoping to book their spot at the 2024 State Track & Field Championships in La Crosse on May 31 and June 1. The top three finishers in each event Thursday will qualify for state outright, while the WIAA has provisions for qualifiers whose sectional performances rank among the eight best in the eight sectionals from across the state. Those extra qualifying standards will be released Friday. ...
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