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Rivermen prepare for busy 10 days on the diamond
The Eau Claire Rivermen will take to the diamond twice this week as the team looks to string together some strong victories and avoid the constant onslaught of Mother Nature. The Rivermen will face Jim Falls in a non-league game starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Simon and then will travel to Augusta on Sunday to battle the Athletics. First pitch for that contest is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. at Jan Krueger Memorial Field. Following those two games, the local squad has a non-league...
SportScene 13 for Monday, May 13th
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Girls soccer leads-off the show as Eau Claire Memorial plays host to the their rivals from Hudson. While Regis/McDonell looks to keep their success rolling as they take on Wisconsin Rapids Assumption. Finally, we hit head to New Richmond for Big Rivers track and field.
Blugolds' season ends despite late rally in WIAC Tournament
OSHKOSH — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire softball team continued play in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) on Friday with an elimination game against UW-Stout. A fast start by the opponents was too much for UW-Eau Claire to come back from as the Blugolds’ fell 5-1 to end their season. UWEC found themselves with an early deficit in the first innings as UW-Stout ripped an RBI single up the middle to take a 1-0 lead. After scoreless Eau Claire innings in the first and...
Softball Recap: Stanley-Boyd falls despite strong effort from Ava Prahl
Stanley-Boyd was the 4-2 winner over Cadott when they last played one another back in April of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Stanley-Boyd Orioles fell just short of the Cadott Hornets by a score of 10-9 on Tuesday. Stanley-Boyd has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Ekoue earns WIAC Field Performer of the Meet honors
MADISON — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Yakob Ekoue (Sr. — Hopkins, Minnesota was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Kwik Trip Field Performer of the Meet for the 2024 WIAC Outdoor Championships. The WIAC announced the award winners Friday afternoon, with Ekoue earning the distinction for the second consecutive season. Ekoue won the discus at the WIAC championship with a heave of 173-6 (52.89m) and added a second-place finish in the hammer throw and third-place standing in the shot put. Ekoue was also the Field Performer of the Meet at this season’s WIAC Indoor Championships and won a national championship in the shot put during the indoor season. The Blugolds are set to compete in a few last-chance qualifiers over the next couple of weeks before heading to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for the NCAA Outdoor Championships from May 23-25.
Colfax softball emerging as a contender as historic season continues
Western Wisconsin is littered with high-level softball programs at all levels, but Division 4 in particular has several teams that have been perennial contenders. Fall Creek, McDonell and Grantsburg are teams that have consistently competed in late playoff rounds in recent years, with Grantsburg and McDonell — the Macks doing it at the Division 5 level — even winning state titles in the last 10 years. A new Division 4 contender has emerged this season, however. Colfax is in the midst of perhaps its most...
Plum City goes home blue following 11-1 shellacking from Cavaliers
It was a different day and a whole different attitude for the Eau Claire Cavaliers on a beautiful 80-plus-degree early Sunday afternoon at Carson Park. Coming off a 1-0 forfeit in their season opener against the Osseo Merchants last week, the Cavaliers’ bats came alive and they were buoyed by strong pitching to drub the Plum City Blues, 11-1, in a non-conference game that was called after seven innings due to the 10-run rule. ...
SportScene 13 for Saturday, May 11th
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Chippewa Falls baseball took on one of the top teams in the state Saturday. The Cardinals dropping both games of their doubleheader against SPASH. Chippewa Falls softball going 2-1 on the day including a victory over Superior in their Chi-Hi Softball Invitational. UW-La Crosse fell...
Baseball Game Preview: Eleva-Strum Heads Out
The Eleva-Strum Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Pewaukee Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Eleva-Strum's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Pewaukee's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Eleva-Strum is probably headed into the contest with...
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