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Baseball: Lakeside shuts out Columbus to earn share of Capitol North title for first time since 2012
Aidan Berg homered and pitched a six-hitter with seven strikeouts as Lakeside Lutheran's baseball team beat visiting Columbus 8-0 to clinch a share of the Capitol North title, the program's first since 2012, on Monday. Berg's three-run blast to center field in the first inning actually came on April 18, when soggy conditions forced a postponement. The sides regathered with the Warriors up 3-0 in the bottom third inning and...
Waterloo baseball endures four-game losing streak
The Waterloo baseball program is in the midst of its toughest stretch of the 2024 season. The Pirates started off red-hot, winning their first eight games to earn a ranking in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) coaches poll. As Capitol - South conference play started, a few losses followed. That came to a head with the New Glarus series last week. Waterloo was battling for a spot near the top of the conference but suffered a pair of losses to the Glarner Knights, 8-3...
Waterloo runs at Capitol Conference meet
The Waterloo track & field program has wrapped up its regular season. The Pirates did so on Tuesday, May 14 by traveling to Lake Mills High School for the 2024 Capitol Conference tournament. Both the boys and girls placed ninth of the 10 teams attendance. The Pirate boys scored 24 team points while the girls put up 17. Lakeside Lutheran won conference for the boys with a team score of 188, followed by Lodi at 161 and Sugar River in third with 104. Lodi won...
Softball: Warriors end regular season with loss to DeForest
Held to three hits, the Waunakee softball team wrapped up the regular season with a 5-2 Badger Large Conference loss to rival DeForest on Tuesday, May 14. The Warriors were supposed to end the campaign with a game at Janesville Craig on Thursday, May 16, but it was cancelled due to inclement weather. Against the Norskies, Waunakee took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but DeForest...
Baseball Recap: Edgewood has no trouble against Waterloo
In what's become a running theme this season, Edgewood gave their fans yet another huge win on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 12-4 margin over the Waterloo Pirates. Winning may never get old, but Edgewood sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Milton mistakes lead to three-run rally, nonconference win for Sun Prairie West
Milton suffered a series of walks, errors and a wild pitch in a pivotal sixth inning against Sun Prairie West at Milton High School on Monday. The Wolves scored three runs in that frame after a pair of walks to start the inning. After a sacrifice bunt, a wild pitch allowed a run to score, making it 6-3. That same plate appearance resulted in an error that brought in another run. ...
Softball Game Preview: Poynette on Home-Turf
Poynette is on a three-game streak of home losses, Clinton a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Poynette Pumas will take on the Clinton Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Tough stretch for Marshall baseball
The Marshall baseball team has gone through the wringer in the last stretch of the 2024 regular season. The Cardinals have played a two-game series with Cambridge, the No. 16 ranked team in Division 3 according to the most recent Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WIAA) coaches poll to go along with four non-conference road trips. They've lost them all. The losing streak came on the heels of arguably Marshall's best win of the regular season, 11-6 over Capitol - South runner-up New Glarus on the...
Baseball Game Preview: Pardeeville Leaves Home
Pardeeville has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Oakfield Oaks at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Pardeeville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season. On Friday, Pardeeville came up...
Baseball Recap: Westfield Area turns things around after road loss
There's no place like home for Westfield Area, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Poynette Pumas 6-5. For Westfield Area, this counts as revenge for the 18-17 loss Poynette walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
Girls soccer: Lake Mills blanks Edgerton, Country Day to reach program-best 10 straight wins
EDGERTON -- Addie Ninneman and Mollie Cooper scored two goals apiece as Lake Mills' girls soccer team extended its program-record win streak to 10 games with a 7-0 nonconference win at Edgerton on Friday. The L-Cats (15-2) built a three-goal halftime edge on Ninneman's goal in the third minute, followed by 25th minute goals from Greta Wiedenfeld and Mckenna Klubertanz. Cooper scored in the 63rd and 70th minutes with Ninneman...
Baseball: Lake Mills splits twin bill with Belleville, tops Marshall 12-7
The Lake Mills baseball team finished the regular season by splitting a nonconference doubleheader versus Belleville at Campus Field on Saturday. The L-Cats (13-13) lost 8-6 in eight innings, only to bounce back with a three-run rally in the seventh to squeak out a 3-2 win in game two. In game one, Alex Parys singled home a pair of Lake Mills runs in the second inning. Brody Henderson added an...
Cambridge's Dale Nottestad narrowly wins late model feature at Jefferson Speedway, Deerfield's Robbie Rucks wins hobby stocks
Dale Nottestad won the Newville Auto Salvage 50-lap late model feature at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday night. Nottestad, a Cambridge native, came from the 12th starting position to take the lead following a spirited battle with Marshall's Karter Stark near the halfway point in the event. Nottestad then held off a determined challenge from Markesan's Michael Guderski to post his first win of the season. Guderski finished second by half...
Baseball: Lakeside goes 1-1 at Lutheran Invitational Tournament
MILWAUKEE -- Lakeside Lutheran's baseball team lost to Wisconsin Lutheran 5-1 and beat Fox Valley Lutheran 8-3 at Saturday's Lutheran Invitational Tournament held at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The Vikings (17-5) took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the third inning, adding three insurance scores in the sixth. "We trailed 2-1 in the top of the sixth with runners on second and third and no outs," Lakeside...
Home Talent League: Trio of Cambridge pitchers toss 1-hit shutout in 11-0 win over Lake Mills
Three Cambridge pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter in the Blues' 11-0 seven-inning win over Lake Mills on Sunday at Campus Field in Home Talent League Baseball action. JT Parish started for the Blues (1-1), pitching two innings with five strikeouts. Denver Evans tossed three innings, allowing one hit and recording four strikeouts in the win. Sam Mickelson pitched the sixth and seventh, recording one strikeout. At the plate, Tyler...
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