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Softball roundup: Rank tosses gem in Lakeside's 1-0 victory over Waterloo
Kieghtan Rank pitched a three-hit shutout with nine strikeouts as Lakeside’s softball team edged visiting Waterloo 1-0 in nonconference play on Monday. Emma Smulders singled to lead off the Lakeside third, taking second on Rank’s single. Smulders reached third on Abby Meis’ well-placed sacrifice bunt and scored the game’s lone run on Keyanna Rank’s hit to the left side of the infield. Kieghtan Rank navigated around doubles by Brenna Huebner...
Pirates compete in Bulldog Invite
The Waterloo track & field team continued to test itself last week by competing twice. First, the Pirates headed off to Poynette High School on Tuesday, April 23 for a Capitol Conference quad against Columbus and Wisconsin Heights in addition to the host Pumas. To follow, Waterloo made the trek to Pardeeville High School on Friday, April 26 to compete in the Bulldog Invitational. Tuesday’s conference action yielded many second place finishes, but two Pirates did manage to nab first place. Junior Ryan Fugate was...
Baseball roundup: Lakeside's Becraft shuts down Deerfield; Warriors also sweep Poynette
Lakeside’s Phil Becraft and Deerfield’s Landon Brattlie spent the first five innings trading zeros. When the Demons went to the bullpen, the Warriors pounced. Lakeside’s baseball team put together a four-run rally in the sixth inning and Becraft pitched a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in Monday’s 4-0 home win over Deerfield in nonconference action. ...
Deerfield softball earns mercy-rule win against Parkview
The Deerfield softball team had five players cross the plate three times in a 21-0 win over Parkview on Tuesday, April 23 at Deerfield High School. Junior Rylee Betthauser, junior Cora Nelson, sophomore Lily Betthauser, freshman Mia Haberkorn and junior Addison Klein scored a total of 15 runs between the five of them. Junior Lydia Mack and sophomore Riley Fisher both scored twice, while sophomore Rowan Lasack and junior Saige...
Cambridge boys golf: Kian Bystol-Flores and Cade Nottestad earn medalist honors at conference mini-meet and invite
Junior Kian Bystol-Flores shot 4-over 76 in gusty conditions to win the 22-team Crusader Invitational held at the Broadlands Golf Course on Saturday, April 27. Bystol-Flores posted one of just eight sub-80 rounds and held off a trio of players to claim medalist accolades for the Blue Jays, who shot 336 to place fifth in the predominantly Division 1 meet. Cambridge senior Cade Nottestad shot 79, tying for sixth to...
Track and field: Lodi boys, girls edge Lakeside in dual meet title chase; Warriors win 16 events
Lakeside Lutheran’s boys and girls track and field teams each lost to Lodi by matching 74-72 scores in a Capitol North meet at LMHS on Tuesday, April 23. The Warriors swept both duals with Lake Mills. The L-Cats finished 0-2 in girls and boys competition. Lakeside’s boys posted eight first place finishes on the day and several more in the top three. ...
Boys golf: Lakeside shoots season-low to finish 2nd at Lake Ripley; Lake Mills ties for 3rd
CAMBRIDGE — Lakeside Lutheran easily established a new season-best score and Lake Mills tied its previous lowest at Monday’s Capitol Conference boys golf mini meet, which saw the Warriors place second and the L-Cats tie for third at Lake Ripley Country Club. The Warriors fired a 161, finishing two strokes behind host Cambridge. Lakeside’s Cooper Jensen shot 39 to place fourth, Henry Moore shot 40 to tie for fifth while Kooper Mlsna and Reilly Jobke both shot 41s. ...
Deerfield track and field wins one event at Fort Invite; two runners compete at Hale Distance Night
The Deerfield track and field team competed at the rain-shortened 75th Fort Invite on Friday, April 26 at Fort Atkinson High School. The boys team finished seventh with 10 points. Watertown Luther Prep won the boys competition with 52 points. Senior Eli Key finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.68 seconds. Junior Evan Grosvold (21.25) ran eighth in the hurdles as well. Senior Parker Howard took...
CDU soccer program boosters to host field rededication before the girls soccer game on Friday, May 3
The boosters of the Cambridge/Deerfield United Soccer Program will be hosting a field rededication for the soccer field at Cambridge High School on Friday, May 3 before the girls soccer game. “We wanted to give a good highlight to the large group of people that helped make that happen,” said booster co-chair Brian Hein-Beardsley. “It’s been since the fall of 2015 since (the field) was put in, so there’s a lot of new families that might not know how much work went into that.” ...
Track and field: Lakeside's Grundahl wins 800 at Hale Distance Night
WEST ALLIS — Lakeside Lutheran senior Karsten Grundahl won the 800-meter run at Friday’s Hale Distance Night held at West Allis Nathan Hale High School. Grundahl posted a time of 1 minute, 55.01 seconds to come out on top in the 33-runner field. Hudson senior Brock Bjerke took second in 1:56.81 and sixteen individuals broke the two-minute mark. Warriors senior Cameron Weiland took ninth in the 35-runner 3,200 in a personal record time of 9:30.17.
Milton's track and field teams win Badger Conference quadrangular meet
Milton swept boys and girls track and field quadrangulars at Milton High School on Monday night. The girls team had seven individual wins and a relay victory to help rack up 87 team points, comfortably clear of runner-up Mount Horeb’s total of 71. Lydia Kueng, Sydney Grady and Carissa Rockstroh won the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes in times of 13.56, 27.87 and 1:08.90, respectively. Jule Esslinger won the 100-meter...
Baseball: Verona walks off against Sun Prairie West
The Verona baseball team outdueled Middleton and split two games with Sun Prairie West to stay in second place in the Big Eight Conference. Verona (9-3, 7-2 Big Eight) edged Middleton 5-3 on Saturday, April 27, at Middleton High School. The Wildcats lost to Sun Prairie West 7-4 on April 25, in Sun Prairie. Verona beat Sun Prairie West in a walk-off 5-4 on Wednesday, April 24, at Stampfl Field. The Wildcats beat DeForest 11-5 in a nonconference game on Monday, April 29, at DeForest High School.
Enke pitches 1-hit shutout as Jefferson edges Lake Mills in ranked softball clash, 2-0
LAKE MILLS -- Sixth-ranked Jefferson scored a pair of early runs and knocked off fourth-ranked Lake Mills 2-0 in nonconference softball at Rotary Park on Monday. The Eagles (10-4) loaded the bases right off the bat. Hildie Dempsey reached on an error before Lily Fairfield bunted for a hit, her first of three hits in the game, and Bre Mengel drew a walk. A fielder's choice, which saw shortstop Haydenn Sellnow fire home, cut down a run at the plate. Aeryn Messmann's fielder's choice to...
Marshall softball exacts Waterloo revenge
The softball rivalry between Marshall and Waterloo has lived up to the hype in 2024. Last season, the Cardinals of Marshall won an undefeated Capitol — South conference championship while the Pirates of Waterloo enjoyed a magical run to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Division 4 state title game. Both teams returned plenty of talent from those teams, setting the stage for a pair of stellar matchups this spring. Waterloo nabbed the first, knocking off the then state-ranked Cardinals 2-1 thanks to a walk-off...
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