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Keller keeps Janesville Craig in check, delivers key two-run single in Janesville Parker's latest win over rival
JANESVILLE — After Friday’s rivalry softball game at the Youth Sports Complex, Janesville Parker junior Lilly Keller jokingly credited her new cleats for her game-winning efforts against Janesville Craig. Some newfound confidence in her offspeed pitches, particularly her changeup, and an aggressive yet relaxed approach in a key bases-loaded at-bat certainly helped, too. She limited a potent Cougars offense to three runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk...
Fort Atkinson Club plans art exhibition, ‘kindness’ discussion
Debbie Reuter, the director of the Center for Students with Disabilities at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is slated to lead discourse during a “Cultivating Kindness” art exhibition reception and discussion, according to Fort Atkinson Club program organizers. The event will be held at the club’s community center, 211...
Softball: Stellar pitching, hot bats at the top of the order propels Jefferson to 9-0 win over Waterloo
WATERLOO -- Aeryn Messmann and Hildie Dempsey combined on a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts as Jefferson's softball team beat host Waterloo 9-0 in nonconference action on Thursday. Messmann started and tossed four innings of two-hit ball with six strikeouts, no walks to earn the decision. Dempsey then fanned four over three innings of one-hit ball with four strikeouts, no walks. The top four hitters in Jefferson's order -- Dempsey, Lily...
Platts picks up win in pitching debut, contributes to late go-ahead rally for Janesville Craig
Paul Platts made his varsity pitching debut and threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings and got down a bunt that helped trigger a go-ahead three-run rally in Janesville Craig’s 4-2 win over Sun Prairie West at Veterans Field at Riverside Park on Thursday night. “He was practicing all along (to pitch),” Cougars coach Josh Shere said of Platts. “He came in and did awesome because he kept us right there. That’s exactly what you need out of a reliever.” ...
Softball: Lake Mills tops Lakeside, moves into top spot in Capitol North
Lily Doerr drove in three runs and Ava Kleinfeldt pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief as Lake Mills' softball team beat Lakeside Lutheran 7-1 at Rotary Park in Capitol North play on Thursday, May 2. Lakeside jumped on the board off the get-go with Kieghtan Rank doubling to open the game and scoring on Keyanna Rank's one-out double. The Warriors, however, managed just four singles the rest of the way and twice stranded the bases loaded. ...
Fox 47 presents its MSG 2 Teens 2024 contest winners
FIRST PLACE - Milton ( Tyler, Tyler, Jacob, Erik ) SECOND PLACE - Vel Phillips Memorial ( Jamie ) THIRD PLACE - River Valley ( Guidry, Vanessa, Madyson ) FOURTH PLACE - Verona ( Everett, Daniel, Owen ) FIFTH PLACE - Vel Phillips Memorial ( Teagan )
Three-sport star Jeff Kluge returning home for Janesville Sports Hall of Fame induction
When Jeff Kluge began walking, he had four older brothers waiting to introduce him to sports. With their then single mother, Sally, working days in the Janesville School District, the introduction those four male siblings gave him wasn’t always filled with tender, loving brotherly care. “They always beat the hell out of me,” Jeff recalls. ...
Baseball: Lake Mills takes lead in 5th, pays back Lodi, 3-2
Winning pitcher Brody Henderson scored the go-ahead run on a double off Cooper Murphy's bat as Lake Mills' baseball team salvaged a split with Lodi, winning 3-2 at Campus Field on Thursday, May 2. Henderson got the wheels turning in the Lake Mills fifth inning with a double to the fence in right-center field. Murphy dug in next, doubling on a line shot into left that gave the L-Cats a 2-1 lead. Wyatt Werner followed with a run-scoring single on a ground ball to right. ...
A step back in time: Octagon House Museum
WATERTOWN - The Octagon House Museum is a 5-story solid-brick mansion completed in 1854. It has early forms of central heating, running water, and ventilation systems. Brian Kramp is in Watertown checking out all the property has to offer.
Softball: Lauryn Etienne pitches Oregon past No. 7 Milton
The Oregon softball team’s offense shined in a 17-3 Badger Large win over DeForest on Wednesday, May 1, at DeForest High School. The Panthers (10-4, 5-4 Badger Large) were coming off a 2-0 conference win over Milton in a pitchers’ duel on Tuesday, April 30, at Oregon High School.
Softball: Warriors rock Fort behind Paulsen's power surge
FORT ATKINSON -- Haiden Paulsen homered and drove in four runs as Waunakee beat host Fort Atkinson 18-7 in five innings in Badger Large softball on Wednesday. The Warriors scored four times in the first inning, including on a two-run double by Paulsen, who hit a two-run shot to left field in Waunakee's eight-run second. Zaria Hyman added four hits and Amanda Comins had three base knocks for the Warriors...
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