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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...
Cambridge track advances to sectionals in 12 events
Cambridge advanced to sectional competition in 12 events out of the Deerfield track and field regional with top four finishes on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. Cambridge's boys qualified in six events and took fifth. The 400 relay team of Travis Colts, Oden Jaskolski, Kyle Polster and Trevor Polster placed second in 46.23. ...
Dodge County Dairy Brunch is June 2, 2024 at Hafemeister Family Farm of Hustisford | By Dodge County Dairy Promotion
Dave and Kathleen Hafemeister, along with their children Alayna and Ethan, will be hosting this year’s Dodge County Dairy Brunch on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Dave and Kathleen milk 135 Holsteins with two Lely Robotic Milkers they installed in 2014. They also raise 120 heifers on the farm and grow their own corn, wheat, alfalfa and soybeans on 300 acres to feed the animals.
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. ...
FCCU donates $75,000 to Watertown Area YMCA capital campaign
Fort Community Credit Union (FCCU) has announced that it has donated $75,000 in support of a Watertown Area YMCA two-phased construction project. According to information released by the credit union, the goal of the project’s capital campaign, as the first phase of construction begins, is to raise $17.8 million.
Softball: Lakeside doubles up Columbus in regular-season finale, 4-2
COLUMBUS -- Lakeside Lutheran's softball team scored three first-inning runs in a 4-2 Capitol North victory at Columbus to conclude the regular season on Tuesday, May 14. "We closed out the regular season with a nice win," Lakeside softball coach Matt Doering said. "The story of the game was good pitching, solid defense and a few timely hits." Lakeside starter Kieghtan Rank tossed a three-hitter to earn the decision, allowing...
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...
An Outdoorsman's Journal: Big trout, trout trip
Hello friends, Each May I go trout fishing somewhere in Wisconsin. This week I headed down to Columbia County to fish Rowan Creek. I grew up in Poynette and fished Rowan Creek hundreds of times as a kid and I have to admit, those getaways were my escape from a drawn-out divorce that my parents went through when I was young boy. Instead of fishing the easy-to-get-to waters I chose...
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