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Ernie Furrer, a hard-working, well-loved referee and umpire from Janesville, dies at 83
Bob Suter, the longtime basketball and baseball coach at Craig High School, knows one way he could have entered a higher tax bracket through the years. It hinged fellow Janesville resident Ernie Furrer. “I wish I had a nickel for every baseball game that he umpired or basketball game he worked,” Suter said Friday night. ...
Joe Flister returning to Janesville Parker football program to take head coaching reins
Janesville Parker has hired a football coach with prior head coaching experience, school Activities Director Clayton Kreger announced Monday. Joe Flister, head coach of the Orfordville Parkview/Albany co-op for the last three seasons, will lead Parker’s program next season. Flister, a Janesville native, a 1997 graduate of Parker High and a city of Janesville firefighter, worked as an assistant at Parker from 1998 to 2020 before taking the head job...
Milton stays red hot on softball diamond with another Baker no-hitter, 15-run output at plate
Milton overwhelmed another opponent Monday on the softball diamond in Schilberg Park. Gwen Baker threw a five-inning no-hitter and five Red Hawk hitters drove in multiple runs as they beat DeForest 15-0. The win is No. 9 Milton’s sixth in a row since a loss to Oregon on April 30. The team has outscored its opponents 64-3 during that stretch, which also included a perfect game thrown by Baker on...
Ashley Theisen helps Clinton Cougars claw way toward consistency
CLINTON, Wis. — Ashley Theisen’s pitching prowess has turned Clinton’s Cougars into a team no one in the Rock Valley Conference can sleep on anymore. Wednesday’s 20-strikeout performance in a 2-0 victory over Evansville last Wednesday illustrated what she’s capable of. Friday, though, she needed little more help than she received in a 5-3 loss to visiting Edgerton. ...
Baker a dual threat in state-ranked Sun Prairie East's 10-0 win over Janesville Craig
Tayler Baker did what she usually does in the pitcher’s circle for Sun Prairie East against Janesville Craig on Monday. She also gave her team a jolt of offense as the eighth-ranked Cardinals beat the Cougars 10-0 in six innings in Sun Prairie. Baker struck out eight Craig batters and allowed just two hits in four innings. In the bottom of the second, she helped her own cause in a...
'Pure excitement': Janesville Parker beats Janesville Craig for first time since 2021
JANESVILLE — Since the start of the 2022 season, Janesville Craig has dominated the intracity baseball rivalry against Janesville Parker. The Cougars outscored the Vikings 54-3 in four games during the 2022 and 2023 seasons, winning one one of them 22-0. Then in the first matchup this season between the rivals, Craig pitchers Drayton Lou and Michael Zink combined for a five-inning no-hitter, and Charlie Claas hit a grand slam...
Janesville Parker pummels Madison East/La Follette for three-inning win
Thirteen Janesville Parker batters came to the plate in the first inning, leading to nine runs in the frame against Madison East/La Follette, and the Vikings beat their opponents 17-2 in a three-inning Big Eight Conference game Monday at Olbrich Park in Madison. “The kids were focused tonight,” Parker coach Bob Getka said. “They came in and they were aggressive at the plate.” Lilly Keller went 3 for 3 with...
PREP SOFTBALL: Hononegah improves to 15-0 in NIC-10
ROCKFORD — Hononegah’s softball team started off a busy week of NIC-10 action on Monday by throttling Rockford Boylan 20-3 to improve to 26-2 overall and 15-0 in conference. The Indians play at Belvidere North on Wednesday and at Harlem on Thursday before hosting Rockford Guilford on Friday for their regular-season finale. Hononegah wasted no time against the Titans at Sportscore, scoring eight times in the first inning, then adding...
Milton girls impress in field at Tom Mueller invitational
Milton’s girls team placed seventh with 45 points at Oregon’s Tom Mueller track and field invitational thanks to impressive finishes in field events on Friday. Madison Edgewood (163.43 points) won the girls competition and Stoughton (129.33) won the boys. The Red Hawks’ boys team took ninth with a score of 28.83. Milton’s Bardot Sheehy took second in the girls pole vault event with a jump of 10 feet. Laney Gill finished third in long jump (15-5) and Caitlin Zingsheim took third in discus (108-10) for...
PREP BASEBALL: South Beloit tallies 10 runs in 7th in regional opener
Richard Carlson helped visiting South Beloit build a 5-0 lead on Orangeville/Aquin through 2 1-2 innings of Monday’s IHSA 1A regional opener at Orangeville. The question became, was it enough for the SoBos to save some wear-and-tear on their young ace? The good news is that South Beloit (6-14) advanced with a 17-6 victory that featured two home runs by Carlson, including a grand slam in a 10-run seventh inning....
No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis blows past Harvard in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
No. 5 Kentucky men’s tennis took another step closer to its championship dreams, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over No. 12 Harvard on Saturday. The Wildcats started the day off right by earning the doubles point, something they did not do against Illinois in the second round.
Peoria's Michael Curialle homers three times in win over Beloit Sky Carp
BELOIT—The Peoria Chiefs’ Michael Curialle had himself a Mother’s Day to remember. The third baseman, who entered Sunday’s game with the Beloit Sky Carp without a home run, hammered three of them in his first three at-bats to lead the Chiefs to a 9-3 victory at ABC Supply Stadium. The Chiefs scored three runs in the first inning off Beloit starter Alex Williams (1-2). He struck out the side in...
Natalie's Everyday Heroes: UW-Whitewater sending 8 to Paris for Paralympic Games
WHITEWATER, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has a storied history when it comes to wheelchair basketball. Its men's team has won 14 national championships, and that's including one this past March. The school is adding another major accolade to the list. This summer it's sending eight current or former Warhawks to Paris for the Paralympic Games.
Big first-inning propels Janesville Craig past Beloit Memorial 9-3
BELOIT—Owen West knows it isn’t as simple as waving a magic wand and simply making a bad inning disappear. Still, the Beloit Memorial senior can’t help wondering what could have been after a six-run, error-filled opening frame helped propel the Janesville Craig baseball team past the Purple Knights 9-3 in non-conference action on Monday evening at Pohlman Field. “You erase that first inning and we’re in it,” West said. “We...
Deerfield baseball defeated in extra innings by Palmyra-Eagle
In a game dominated by strong pitching, the final out between Deerfield and Palmyra-Eagle would come down to the final strike. Palmyra-Eagle senior pitcher Sean Dooley caught Deerfield junior Aiden Brown looking on a 3-2 pitch for a strikeout, clinching a 5-4 win for the Panthers in extra innings on Monday, May 13 at Deerfield High School. Dooley helped send the game into extra innings, scoring on a flyout from...
Deerfield softball sits in third place in the Trailways-South Conference standings after 2-2 week
An RBI groundout from Maddie Koutsky broke a 4-4 tie in a Palmyra-Eagle 5-4 win over the Deerfield softball team on Friday, May 10 at Palmyra-Eagle High School. Koutsky drove in Briahna Covarrubias in the fifth inning after Deerfield scored two runs which had tied the game. After the Panthers took the lead, the Palmyra-Eagle pitching staff took over. Teagan Koutsky left a Deerfield runner stranded at second base in...
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