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PREP BASEBALL: Beloit Memorial falls short against Badger
BELOIT — Mike Nora went the distance on the mound for Beloit Memorial’s baseball team Saturday and was the hard-luck loser against Lake Geneva Badger. Despite allowing only five hits over seven innings, Nora took the 4-2 loss at Pohlman Field. Two of those hits and one of Nora’s five walks occurred in the first inning when Badger scored two runs. ...
PREP SOFTBALL: Autumn Meris delivers for Beloit Turner against Jefferson
BELOIT — Autumn Meris singled in the walk-off run in the eighth inning as Beloit Turner edged visiting Jefferson 2-1 in Rock Valley softball on Friday. The Trojans (9-6, 8-5 RVC) took advantage of a two-out error followed by Kamryn Clark’s single to load the bases for Meris, who hit a line-shot single to center field on a 1-2 pitch to end it. Lily Fairfield tripled to right field to...
Beloit College's Candis Damtse shines in MWC Championships
Beloit College sprinter Candis Damtse capped off a terrific outdoor season by being named the 2024 Midwest Conference Most Outstanding Performer for Track at the league championships at Jacksonville, Ill., Saturday. Damtse swept the award for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Damtse won both the 200- and 400-meter dashes. She crossed the finish line in 25.06 seconds in the 200 and 56.65 in the 400. Her 400 time was...
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. ...
Beloit College baseball team punches ticket to NCAAs by winning MWC Tournament
APPLETON, Wis. — Beloit College’s baseball team figured it had experienced more than its fair share of frustration during the Midwest Conference’s regular season. The Buccaneers figured qualifying for the MWC Tournament could make it all worth it. Turns out, they were right. Playing three of their best games of the season, the Bucs (24-15)...
Beloit Sky Carp fall a comeback short, lose to Peoria Chiefs 4-3
BELOIT — Beloit battled from behind several times on Thursday night at ABC Supply Stadium, but the Cardiac Carp finally ran out of comebacks. The Peoria Chiefs scored an unearned run in the eighth inning and then held the Sky Carp in check to pull out a 4-3 victory after being swept in a doubleheader on Wednesday. Peoria took a 1-0 lead against Beloit starter Cade Gibson in the third...
Sophomore Jordan Dimke leads Hononegah's charge to state track meet
HUNTLEY, Ill. — It was a busy Wednesday for sophomore Jordan Dimke, who qualified for the IHSA Class 3A State Track and Field Championships in two individual events and two relays at the Huntley Sectional. Dimke ran a leg of the Indians’ first-place 4x400-meter relay. She teamed with Sophia Hedges, Lauren Frake and Kylie Simpson to finish in 4:01.47. She also teamed with Simpson, Frake and Allyson Niedfeldt to finish third in the 4x800 relay in 9:38.81. ...
Beloit College track runner Candis Damtse putting fear into opponents with stellar senior season
BELOIT—The first thing that Beloit College runner Candis Damtse does before every race is take a look at the heat sheet and make a note of who is faster than her. Any unfortunate soul whose name happens to appear above the senior sprinter is all but doomed to become the track star’s latest victim. “When I go to the start line for a race, (I want) people to be scared...
Beloit Sky Carp sweep twinbill with Peoria Chiefs
BELOIT—It was a double dose of fun for the fans at ABC Supply Stadium as the Beloit Sky Carp used some elite pitching to sweep a twinbill with the Peoria Chiefs 3-2, 3-1 on a sunny and warm Wednesday afternoon. The two Midwest League squads were playing a pair of seven-inning games after Tuesday’s torrential downpours caused wet grounds at the ballpark and delayed the six-game series’ start. For Beloit,...
Hononegah's Maddie Midgett to golf at Carthage College
ROCKTON — Maddie Midgett came to the conclusion that to really be in the swing of things as a competitive golfer she needed to take less swings on a softball diamond. “I’d played softball forever,” the Hononegah High School senior said. “I’d played on the jayvees at Hononegah for two years. But it really came down to making a choice between golf and softball.” After earning All-NIC-10 First Team for...
Beloit Memorial's Max Allen ties for fifth at Ashenfelter Invitational
JANESVILLE — Beloit Memorial senior golfer Max Allen posted a career-low round of 77 to tie for fifth place for Division 1 at the 71st annual Ashenfelter Invitational on Saturday at the Janesville Riverside Golf Course. Allen’s round included four birdies and nothing above a bogey. He tied Franklin’s Parker Frasier. Franklin’s Landen Savage finished first overall with a score of 72. Beloit’s Marcus Allen shot an 88. Next up for the duo will be the Southern Lakes Conference Tournament next week at Elkhorn.
PREPS: Beloit Turner edges Evansville in RVC Rock baseball
BELOIT—The Beloit Turner baseball team plated three necessary insurance runs in the sixth as Evansville’s rally fell short after it scored two in the seventh to fall 5-3 in RVC Rock action on Wednesday at the YMCA Youth Sports Complex. Turner’s Jayden Piccione and Brody Berg smacked RBI singles in the second to take a 2-1 lead while an RBI double from Brayden Ward and a two-run single by Andy Buckley upped it to 5-1. ...
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