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Weston Strese, Chase Wangsness winners at rain-shortened Jefferson Speedway
Mother Nature decided to cut the exciting racing action short on Saturday, July 13 at Jefferson Speedway. Before the rain began to fall, two of the five features planned for the night ran to completion in the 2024 version of the Stock Stub Special at Wisconsin’s Action Track. Jefferson’s Chase Wangsness scored the big feature win in the Hobby Stock 40 lap main event presented by Ryan’s Auto Care. Steve...
McKays' game with Braves postponed
Heavy rain on Sunday, July 13 may have saved the Waterloo McKays of the Home Talent Baseball League from a tough day of competition. They were scheduled to hit the road that day to take on the Monona Braves at their place. Monona was set to enter the game as the top team in the HTL’s Eastern Section with a perfect 8-0 record so far this season. Waterloo, on the other hand, went into the weekend in the midst of a six-game losing streak and...
40 Year Reunion of 1984 Legion Title Team
Ten members of the 1984 Beaver Dam Post 146 White Construction Baseball Team AA State Championship Team were in town on Saturday for a 40th reunion. Post 146 blew through the state tournament in Shawano that season scoring 66 runs and collecting 68 hits on their way to the 2nd state title in program history. The team was honored during Post 146’s doubleheader with Stevens Point on Saturday. There was also an event at Park Avenue Sports Cafe.
Nine River Rats selected for DCL all-star game
The hard work from the Maunesha River Rats in the 2024 Dairyland Collegiate League season is paying off. Waterloo's team was well-represented in the league's all-star game, hosted at Waterloo Firemen's Park on Thursday, July 11. Nine River Rats in all made the cut, Lincoln Becker (NIAAC), Jackson Hunley (Lewis University), Nick Guidici (Parkland College), Jaiden Jung (Milwaukee Area Tech), Luke Klekamp (Milwaukee Area Tech), James Love (Eastern Illinois University), Connor Greuel (Southeastern College), Austin Olla (UW-La Crosse), and Alek Zdziarski (Edgewood College). ...
Beloit's Senior Bandits pick up some steam in Fort Atkinson
Beloit’s Senior Legion Bandits have had trouble with the weatherman this summer, but they’ve fared pretty well against their opponents over the weekend. Beloit edged Hartland 9-8 Friday and blanked Janesville 6-0 on Saturday in Fort Atkinson’s American Legion baseball tournament action at Jones Park. The Bandits did fall to Oconomowoc 4-0 later on Saturday. The Bandits played catch-up against Hartland on Friday. They fell behind 2-0 in the fourth...
Thiel quick with Outlaws at Wilmot; Will work toward crown in IRA King of the Wings trio
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (July 15, 2024) - It was a hard-fought battle in the Badger State for Scotty Thiel and Team 73, joining the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series in a trio of starts at Beaver Dam Raceway (July 10) and Wilmot Raceway (July 12-13), respectively. But when the dust finally settled, the recent IRA Outlaw Sprint Series winner found himself with three main event starts in three tries, highlighting all outcomes with an 11th-place score at Wimot on Friday, July 12.
HTL: Cambridge splits twin bill with Evansville
EVANSVILLE — The Cambridge Blues split a doubleheader against the Evansville Jays on Sunday, winning 2-0 in the first game and losing 4-2 in extra innings in the second game at Lake Leota Park. In the first game, JT Parish held the Jays to just two hits over seven innings in the win. Parish pitched a complete game, recording six strikeouts. After allowing a leadoff walk to start the seventh...
Janesville's losing streak in American Legion baseball runs to six games after pair of losses Saturday
Janesville mustered just six hits in two games and allowed multirun homers to both its opponents Saturday in losing 6-0 to Beloit and 5-3 to Oconomowoc in Fort Atkinson's American Legion baseball tournament. The losses were No. 5 and 6 in Post 205's current skid. "I told the guys that hopefully the breaks that aren't going our way right now will start going our way at the right time of...
HTL: Fort Generals fend off Jefferson Blue Devils' late push, win 6-5
JEFFERSON — The Generals grabbed the lead with a three-run rally in the first inning, then held on tight as the Blue Devils charged back late in the game. Fort Atkinson withstood four eighth-inning runs from Jefferson to earn a 6-5 victory at Fischer Field in Home Talent League baseball action on Sunday. The Generals engineered a two-out rally against Jefferson starter Ike Roth in the first. Branden Zastrow walked...
Paul Wins WPGA Junior Event
Beaver Dam High School golfer Adam Paul won a Wisconsin PGA Junior event at Hiawatha Golf Course in Tomah on July 9th. The Fox Lake native carded a 3-over par 75 to win the event by one shot over Cameron Lipinski of Alma. On Tuesday Adam Paul, Garret Boettcher, and...
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