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Softball: McCaffery grand slam propels Pumas to sectionals
Kassidy McCaffery made sure the Poynette softball team would move on in postseason play. Not only did she go the distance in the pitcher’s circle, blanking Marshall in a 4-0 regional final victory on Thursday, McCaffery also blasted a grand slam to account for all the scoring. Allowing only three hits and one walk, McCaffery led the Pumas, who avenged last season’s postseason loss that ended their 2023 season. Now 17-7 overall, Poynette is headed to sectionals, where they will travel to Brodhead on Tuesday, May 28.
Softball: Pumas edge Clinton in regional opener
The Poynette softball team is moving on in the postseason, after taking on some tough competition to wrap up the regular season. On Tuesday, May 21, the Pumas clipped Clinton in a 2-1 WIAA regional victory, with Poynette scoring the winning run in the fifth. “Livi McLane came in to pinch hit for Bella Severson in bottom of the fifth and led off with a bunt,” said Matt Ramberg, head...
Brodhead edges Lodi 3-2 to win second straight regional title
BRODHEAD — The reigning Division 3 state champion Brodhead softball team didn’t need to do anything overly flashy or heroic to take down an upset-minded Lodi and clinch a WIAA Division 3 regional championship Thursday. Instead, the top-seeded Cardinals relied on some small ball and outstanding work from starting pitcher Ava Risum to take down the No. 4 Blue Devils 3-2. It is Brodhead’s second straight regional title. ...
Track and field: Lodi sweeps regional titles
Winning Division 3 regional titles in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions, the Lodi track and field teams got off on the right foot for the postseason, even if the Blue Devils weren’t at their best. Lodi’s girls’ team won the regional title by half a point, scoring 115 points, compared to 114.50 for Dodgeville/Mineral Point. It was a bigger spread for the Blue Devil boys, who put up 158...
Boys golf: Blue Devils win regional title
After taking second overall in the Capitol Conference, the Lodi boys’ golf team emerged as regional champions at Prairie du Chien on Wednesday, May 22. Walter Beld fired an 82 to lead the Blue Devils to the regional title, overcoming a windy day to place fourth individually. “Kogen Baron shoots an 83, which was good for a fifth place as an individual,” said Lodi head coach David Zilker. “Trevor Kutz...
Cambridge baseball: Owen Bernhardt hits go-ahead double as Blue Jays win over Poynette
With Cambridge up 5-0 after the fifth inning, it looked like Tuesday’s game between the Pumas and Blue Jays was going to be a stress-free win for Cambridge. Instead, the game got a lot more interesting. The Pumas rallied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, but the Blue Jays scored twice in the top of the seventh to score a 7-5 win over...
Home Talent: Poynette falls to Columbus in league opener
The preliminaries are over. Now, the games count for real. After edging Columbus 4-3 in the final exhibition game on Wednesday, May 15, in a walk-off win, the Poynette Home Talent team opened the league season with a 12-9 loss to Columbus on Sunday, May 19. Four different Poynette players had hits in the exhibition victory, as Carter Hansen laid down a suicide squeeze bunt to score Garrett Thurston for...
Track and field: Johnson leads Puma girls to fifth at conference meet
Piper Johnson went the distance to become a conference champion. Traveling to Lake Mills on Tuesday, May 14, for the Capitol Conference track and field meet, where the Poynette girls finished fifth, the highest team place for the Pumas since 2019. Johnson won the 1,600 run by eight seconds. “She ran a steady race and was able to pull away from the field in the last 400m,” said Kevin Frehner,...
Baseball: Late rallies doom Pumas
Had the Poynette baseball team held onto a couple leads, it would have been a better week for the Pumas. A pair of losses to rival Lodi left the Pumas (4-14 overall, 1-7 in Capitol North Conference play) with a sour taste in their mouths. In a seesaw affair, Poynette lost 12-9 to the Blue Devils on Tuesday, May 14, giving up six runs in the bottom of the sixth...
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