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PREP BASEBALL: Matt Self strong in North Boone's 11-1 win over Winnebago
POPLAR GROVE, Ill. — Matt Self certainly came to the ballfield on Monday afternoon raring to go. The North Boone senior went 4-for-4 from the plate with three RBI while earning the win from the mound after throwing five strong innings to help the Vikings beat Winnebago 11-1 in Big Northern action. RBI singles from Quinn Danner, Gage Vermett and Self helped North Boone (21-8, 11-5) build a 4-0 lead...
PREP SOFTBALL: Pair of inside-the-park homers power Beloit Turner
BELOIT — The Beloit Turner Trojans turned a pair of inside-the-park home runs into a 3-2 victory over visiting Monroe (14-6) at the Stateline YMCA Youth Sports Complex on Monday. The Trojans (7-6) scored first when Emma Bue singled, took second on a groundout and scored on an error. Monroe jumped in front in the second inning, however, on a two-run triple by Emma Tran. It stayed 2-1 until the...
Beloit Sky Carp ready for start of second-straight homestand
BELOIT—The Beloit Sky Carp took advantage of a prime opportunity to make a dent in the Midwest League West standings with a 4-2 series win over the first-place Quad Cities River Bandits this past week at ABC Supply Stadium. And now, the third-place Sky Carp have the perfect chance to make a run to the top as they stay in Beloit for a six-game homestand against the last-place Peoria Chiefs. ...
Beloit College softball team wraps up season with doubleheader split against Monmouth
BELOIT — The Beloit College softball team ended its season by rolling Monmouth College 10-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before the Scots turned the tables and shutout the Bucs 7-0 to split Sunday’s twinbill at the Strong Stadium Complex. Beloit took a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game one before pouring on six runs in the third and three more in the fourth to wrap the game up in five innings via the mercy rule. ...
Hononegah falls out of first place in NIC-10 after loss to Rockford Boylan
ROCKTON—For a game featuring the top two teams in NIC-10, it wasn’t the cleanest of games from either side. Unfortunately for the Hononegah baseball team, Rockford Boylan’s bats more than made up for any miscues on its side as the Titans took over sole possession of first place in the conference with a 20-9 win at Weber Field on Tuesday. “You’re gonna have days where it’s tough to get outs,...
PREP BASEBALL: Beloit Turner shutouts Whitewater 13-0
BELOIT—Cesar Alfaro and Carston Jacobson combined to allow just one hit while Fernando Tillery and Zack Ries each knocked in three runs as the Beloit Turner baseball team shutout Whitewater 13-0 on Friday. The Trojans (9-4, 7-2 RVC Rock) put the Whippets (0-13, 0-8 RVC Valley) in a 9-0 deficit after the first inning and scored four more runs in the second on their way to the five-inning rout in the Rock Valley Conference crossover. ...
Milton golfers edge Janesville Craig for Beloit Invitational title
BELOIT — Milton’s golfers came out on top in a battle with Janesville Craig in the 43rd annual Beloit Invitational golf tournament at Krueger-Haskell Golf Course on Friday. Milton finished with a score of 296 for a three-shot victory over Janesville Craig (299). DeForest finished third at 312, followed by Fort Atkinson (316), Big Foot (325), Madison Memorial 326), Elkhorn (338), Sun Prairie West (338), Madison West (339), Sun Prairie...
Aurora shuts out Beloit College in regular-season finale
BELOIT — Aurora University used six pitchers against Beloit College Sunday and while they combined to walk seven batters and only strike out four, the Buccaneers couldn’t take advantage. Beloit (21-15) was blanked for the first time all season, 5-0, at The Ballpark at Strong Stadium in the regular-season finale. The Bucs will play in the Midwest Conference postseason tournament starting Friday in Appleton, hosted by No. 1-seeded Lawrence. The...
Beloit College track and field teams perform well at Battle of the Bluffs
DUBUQUE, Iowa—Beloit College’s Candis Damtse added another win to her outstanding season while Clinton graduate Hannah Welte secured a victory as the Buccaneers competed in the Battle of the Bluffs at the University of Dubuque on Friday. Beloit men’s team finished third out of seven teams while the women were fourth out of six. Damtse won the 400-meter dash in 56.88 seconds, a time that takes over as the top...
Hononegah finishes third in Northern Illinois Invitational
BELOIT — Hononegah picked up a pair of first-place finishes on its way to taking third place in the Northern Illinois Invitational on Friday at Beloit College’s Strong Stadium. Hononegah’s Landon Samuelson finished first in the 3200 meters in 9:57.71 and Jacob Benson won the shot put with a toss of 15.32 meters (50-feet, 3.25 inches). The Indians also picked up four second places, starting in the 3200 from Bryce...
Torin Montgomery's walk-off single sends Beloit Sky Carp past Quad Cities 3-2
BELOIT—Torin Montgomery had let the first pitch from Quad Cities River Bandits’ reliever Ben Sears go down the middle for a called strike. He then swung and missed at the second to go down 0-2. With the game all knotted up at three in the bottom of the 10th and runners on first and second with no outs, the Beloit Sky Carp first baseman knew what he had to do. ...
Brodhead/Juda's girls, Clinton's boys take home team titles at Beloit Daily News Invitational
BELOIT—On a night where the Brodhead/Juda girls track and field team were wearing throwback uniforms from the 80s and 90s, it was only fitting that junior Stella Arn broke a school record that had stood since the 1990s. Arn’s efforts were one of several catalysts for the Cardinals, who won the 43rd Beloit Daily News Invitational at Beloit Turner High School on Friday evening. And on the boys’ side, it...
Beloit Sky Carp use homers to knock off Quad Cities 5-1
BELOIT — The Beloit Sky Carp spotted the visiting Quad Cities River Bandits a run in the second inning, but rallied to post a 5-1 Midwest League victory Thursday night at ABC Supply Stadium. Home runs by Cameron Barstad and Carlos Santiago helped the Sky Carp take a 2-1 lead in their six-game series. The River Bandits scored off Beloit starting pitcher Cade Gibson (1-1) in the second when Dustin...
Big Foot pole vaulter Kaden Rambatt soaring to new heights
WALWORTH, Wis.—When Kaden Rambatt first entered the world of pole vaulting he was simply trying to outdo his older brother. The Big Foot High School senior blew the family competition out of the water, and he is now entering the home stretch of his prep career better than almost everybody in the state of Wisconsin. “My oldest brother chose to do (pole vaulting) his freshman year of high school,” Rambatt...
PREPS: North Boone's Cami Carter shines with arm, bat
POPLAR GROVE, Ill. — Cami Carter tossed a 1-hitter with 10 strikeouts as North Boone improved to 18-3 overall with a 12-0 rout of Oregon in five innings on Thursday. Carter did not issue a walk as she dominated the visitors. The only hit off her was Olivia’s Paul’s second-inning single. The senior pitcher also provided all the offense she needed when she blasted a two-run home run in the...
Senior Caleb Dirkx will join Hononegah connection in Rock Valley College bowling
ROCKTON — Asked why he took up the two-handed style of bowling as a Hononegah student-athlete, Caleb Dirkx has an honest answer. “When I first got into the sport, I didn’t know what I was doing,” Dirkx said with a grin. “A couple of my friends were bowling two-handed so I tried it and found it to be easier and quicker to learn.” With some practice, he turned out to...
Senior Night success a sweet treat for Brodhead's softball team
BRODHEAD — Tessa Kloepping earned her Senior Night trip to Tastee Creme — Brodhead’s drive-thru ice cream spot on the city’s east side — after Thursday’s game against Edgerton. She had a 3-for-3 night and collected three RBI while the other three Cardinals seniors — Sophie Leitzen, Jaelyn Hilliard and Jerrica Schwartz — all picked up a hit in their 12-0, run-rule-shortened win over the Crimson Tide at Brodhead High. ...
Ethan Halon steady from mound in Beloit Turner's 9-2 win over Edgerton
BELOIT—Jeff Clowes acknowledged that the Beloit Turner lineup’s bats have continued to be strong up and down the order. And the head coach noted that his baseball team’s fielding has come a long way from the start of the season. But, Clowes said that what has really put his squad over the top amid a lengthy conference winning streak is the exceptional growth he has seen from his pitchers on...
Clinton High School athletics' to host melanoma awareness night
CLINTON — The Clinton High School athletics’ department will be honoring those who have battled melanoma or lost their battle with the skin disease by hosting melanoma awareness night this Friday evening. The Cougars’ baseball and softball team will be hosting Monroe at the ballfields located on the campus of the high school during the event, where they will also hold a 50/50 raffle and a “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” basket raffle for two individual opportunities to go see the Rockford Rivet’ baseball...
PREPS: Brodhead/Juda track and field teams shine at RVC Rock meet
BELOIT — The Brodhead/Juda track and field teams continued their dominant season as the girls finished first at the Rock Valley Rock Division Meet while the boys were second on Tuesday night at Beloit Turner High School. The Cardinals’ girls racked up a whopping 165 points while the hosting Trojans were second with 103. Evansville was third (84) followed by Clinton and Edgerton (70) and Big Foot (62). On the...
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