LAKE MILLS -- With darkness setting in, Hayden Schoenherr clutched up for the Warriors. Schoenherr's walk-off single in the 11th inning gave Lakeside's baseball a 3-2 victory over visiting Lodi in Capitol North action on Wednesday. Logan Schwab started the 11th with a single. Crandon Dwyer then bunted Schwab to second, where he was replaced by pinch-runner Cooper Brakmanis. After Billy Gibson struck out, Schoenherr singled to right-center with two...

Fort Atkinson’s baseball team faltered in the late innings, losing 13-3 to Beaver Dam at Jones Park in Badger Large play on Tuesday. The Golden Beavers tied the game with a three-run fifth inning, adding four runs in the sixth and six more in the seventh. The final three frames were a stark contrast to the first four, which saw Fort starter Jordan Zahn toss four consecutive scoreless innings including...

MONROE — Senior Tyler Schroedl pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts, leading Jefferson’s baseball team past host Monroe 5-1 in Rock Valley play on Tuesday. Schroedl walked Monroe lead off hitter Ashton Hale in the first inning. With two away, Hale came around on Ethan Rosenstiel’s single up the middle. The Cheesemakers mustered nothing else against Schroedl, who walked just one, faced four hitters above the minimum while throwing 103 pitches, 67 for strikes. ...

JEFFERSON — Tyler Fredrick pitched five effective innings and Jefferson’s baseball team blew the game open with an eight-run rally in the fourth inning, winning 10-0 over Clinton at Fischer Field in Rock Valley play Monday. Fredrick retired the last five hitters he faced, including striking out the side in the fifth. He walked none and permitted just a pair of singles. Brady Vogel pitched a scoreless sixth. Jefferson’s fourth...

WATERTOWN — Fort Atkinson’s boys golf team shot 310 and finished fourth at Monday’s Badger Large Conference mini meet hosted by Watertown Country Club. The Blackhawks had two sub-75 rounds and did not count a score higher than 81. Fort junior Jack Kammer shot season-low 4-over 74 and tied for seventh. Junior Mason Burke shot...

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...

Jefferson senior Tyler Fredrick signed his ceremonial National Letter of Intent to play college baseball at Carroll University recently. Fredrick, a right-hander, has played on two state-qualifying baseball teams for the Eagles. He was a first team all-conference selection as a pitcher last season and a second-team honoree in 2022. Last season, Fredrick posted an ERA of 1.37 in 51 innings. He had a record of 7-3, striking out 72 while walking 13. Fredrick hit .369 with 16 RBIs and an OBP of .481. Fredrick is one of the key cogs in a deep pitching stable this season for Jefferson, which has a 10-2 record.

Fort Atkinson’s baseball team fell 10-2 to Watertown, bouncing back to win 12-9 in the second game, in a Badger Large doubleheader at Jones Park on Saturday. Fort got off to an encouraging start in the first game, reaching safely in five of its first six at-bats. Braeden Hoth singled and scored on Jackson Leibman’s single. Brogan Bosch, who was hit by a pitch, came around on an error at third base. ...

MCFARLAND — Lake Mills’ baseball team knocked Pewaukee — the top-ranked team in the Division 2 Coaches Poll — from the ranks of the unbeaten, 4-0 at the McFarland triangular on Saturday. Winning pitcher Brody Henderson drew a walk to lead off the game, stealing second and third bases on separate plays before scoring on Wyatt Werner’s sacrifice fly. Mason Flood opened the Lake Mills second with a walk and...

LAKE MILLS — Sisters Olivia Klubertanz and Mckenna Klubertanz scored first-half goals for Lake Mills, which knocked off visiting Fort Atkinson 3-1 in nonconference girls soccer on Friday to extend its win streak to four games. Olivia Klubertanz, a senior, scored off sophomore Greta Wiedenfeld’s assist in the 17th minute. Mckenna Klubertanz, a freshman, curved a corner kick into the back of the net in the 31st minute. Fort, playing...

DARIEN -- Ashlyn Enke threw a perfect game with 12 strikeouts and Tenley Barden drove in five runs as Jefferson's softball team beat host Delavan-Darien 15-0 in four innings in Rock Valley play Saturday. Lily Fairfield was 3-for-3 and scored four runs for the Eagles (9-4, 7-1 in conference). Hildie Dempsey, Bre Mengel and Barden all had two-hit games. Barden singled home a pair in the first inning. In Jefferson's...

JEFFERSON — The Eagles capped a wild back-and-forth game with a frenzied celebration that spilled into the outfield. Junior pinch-hitter Sam Steies played the role of hero by singling in the walk-off run in the seventh inning as Jefferson’s baseball team edged Delavan-Darien 5-4 in Rock Valley play at Fischer Field on Thursday. Tyler Fredrick drew a one-out walk on five pitches in the Eagles’ seventh. His pinch runner Tyler...

JEFFERSON — Bre Mengel drove in four runs and Aeryn Messmann struck out 10, leading Jefferson’s softball team past Monroe 7-2 in Rock Valley play at Riverfront Park on Thursday. Mengel walked and scored on a passed ball in the first inning. The Jefferson fourth saw Chloe Smith and Lily Fairfield single, putting runners at the corners with two outs. Fairfield then swiped second base. Mengel singled both runners home...

SUN PRAIRIE -- Ava Kleinfeldt was at the center of it all for the L-Cats, who authored perhaps the program's single-most impressive victory ever. The University of St. Thomas recruit homered and tossed a four-hitter with seven strikeouts for Lake Mills' softball team in a 7-3 road victory over perennial power Sun Prairie East on Thursday. "I always tell our girls, you don't grow by beating teams weaker than you,"...

OREGON — Braden Hausen and Jordan Zahn drove in three runs each as Fort Atkinson’s baseball team run-ruled host Oregon 11-1 in five innings in Badger Large play on Thursday. The Blackhawks could not have scripted a better first inning. Fort sent 12 guys to the dish, scoring seven times on six hits. Hausen and Braeden Hoth both drew walks before a single off the bat of Brogan Bosch plated...

WHITEWATER — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletic Department announced the hire of Jarod Wichser as the next head coach of the Warhawk men’s basketball team on Wednesday. Wichser served as the interim coach last season. A press conference is scheduled for Monday in Williams Center Room 183BC beginning at 3:45 p.m. “I would like to...

COTTAGE GROVE — Fort Atkinson’s boys golf team shot 328 and placed fourth at Tuesday’s Badger Large meet held at The Oaks Golf Course in blustery conditions. Fort junior Mason Burke shot 6-over 77 and tied for sixth in the 40-player field. The Blackhawks also counted the 81 shot by junior Caleb Enger plus the 85s carded by juniors Kellan Jacobson and Jack Kammer. Senior Ethan Brown’s 91 was not...

JEFFERSON — Jefferson’s boys and girls track and field team each defeated Delavan-Darien in a dual meet on Tuesday. The Eagles won the boys dual, 59-37. Jefferson’s girls won 92-54. Senior Colton Krause won four events for Jefferson’s boys. Krause won the 200 meter dash in 24.10 seconds, the 400 in 54.52, the high jump at 5 feet, 4 inches and the long jump (19- 1/2). Sophomore Jaden Golisch won...

Fort Atkinson’s track and field teams combined to win seven events at Tuesday’s Badger Conference quadrangular held at FAHS. Fort’s boys, who scored 64 boys and took second to Waunakee (96), claimed six events on the track, including two by senior Ben Stricker. Stricker won the 1,600-meter run in 4 minutes, 35.97 seconds. Junior teammate Owen Geiger finished second in 4:53.13. Stricker also claimed the 3,200 by seven seconds in...

Oregon jumped ahead in the middle innings, holding off Fort Atkinson’s baseball team 7-4 in a Badger Large game at Jones Park on Tuesday. The Blackhawks led 2-0 from the get-go. Braden Hausen drew a lead off walk in the first inning and Braeden Hoth followed by bunting for a hit. After a 6-4-3 double play, Jordan Zahn came through with a two-run single. Brock Buskager’s two-run single in the...