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State wants public defender at hearing to discuss releasing Two Rivers teen’s body to family
TWO RIVERS, Wis. (WBAY) - The state asked that a public defender’s office representative attend upcoming hearings for Dominic Pilgreen and Nathan Reichard so the state can discuss releasing the body of 16-year-old Payton Vertz to his family, according to court documents. The state said the request is tied...
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WIAA Football preview: Lake Mills tussles with West Salem for spot in state championship game
LAKE MILLS — If the L-Cats’ defense continues to make plays, there will be plenty of reasons to continue flashing the double thumbs-down sign. That sign, taken from the film Gladiator, has been a rallying cry for Lake Mills’ football team, which faces West Salem in a WIAA Division 4 Level 4 game on Friday at 7 p.m. at Stoughton High School for the right to play at Camp Randall Stadium in the state finals. “We’ve been doing the thumbs down gesture since week three against Lakeside,” senior wide receiver and linebacker Blake Bohlman said. “Coach Tyler Huber pulls up a movie clip every week and it’s kind of a theme we roll with. We watched the scene where a thumbs up and he lets them live and thumbs down, he finishes them. It’s a reminder to not get complacent.” Defensive end and tight end JP Brzowski, another one of the team’s 14 seniors, said the thumbs-down sign is about showing no mercy. “It’s been our mentality,” Brzowski said. “We never want to let them have any hope.” To reach their first-ever Level 4 game in the modern era — and second state semifinal in school history (1987) — the
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Boys soccer: 11 area players recognized in RVC all-conference voting
Six Whitewater players and five from Jefferson were honored in Rock Valley boys soccer all-conference voting held recently. Whitewater senior midfielder Wesley Baker, senior defender Aaron Garcia and senior utility player Frank Mbifi were first-team selections. Baker scored seven goals and added three assists. Garcia and Mbifi were not prominent goal scorers, although Mbifi did score one goal, but they were key cogs on the backline, helping the Whippets hold eight of their opponents to one goal or fewer. Whitewater junior forward Derick Martinez, Jefferson senior forward Noah Skoug, senior defender Braxton Walhovd and junior midfielder Ryder Brusk were second-team honorees. Martinez scored a team-leading 12 goals and added three assists. Skoug had seven goals and two assists. Walhovd made two assists and was instrumental on the backline. Brusk had eight goals and three assists. Whitewater senior Emiliano Olivares, junior Elijah Gutierrez, Jefferson junior Caden Schroedl and freshman Asher Lopez were honorable mention picks. Edgerton won the conference with a record of 7-0-0, followed by Delavan-Darien at 5-1-1, Evansville at 4-2-1, Whitewater at 2-3-2, Monroe and East Troy each at 2-4-1, Jefferson at 2-5-0 and Big Foot/Williams Bay at 1-6-0. 2026 RVC BOYS SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE Player of the Year: Connor
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College football: No. 2 UW-Whitewater hopes to stick the landing on undefeated regular season this weekend at UW-Eau Claire
EAU CLAIRE — The UW-Whitewater football team has already put together a season to remember in 2026. The Warhawks (9-0, 6-0 WIAC) took down UW- Platteville last weekend on the road, leapfrogging the Pioneers in the rankings to be No. 2 in all of Division 3 football while also clinching a share of the 2026 WIAC regular season championship. This Saturday marks the final game of the 2026 regular season for UWW, and the Warhawks could check the box on numerous other accomplishments with a victory on the road at UW-Eau Claire (6-3, 3-3 WIAC). First and most notably, the Warhawks, with a win or a Platteville loss to UW-La Crosse, would capture the outright WIAC title. Additionally, UW-Whitewater would finish the regular season with an undefeated record with a win over the Blugolds. The last time either of those things happened for the Warhawks was in 2021. The Warhawks are also gunning for a top seed for the NCAA Division 3 playoffs, something that could help ensure home field advantage for UW-Whitewater up until the Stagg Bowl. While it’s easy to get wrapped up in the superlatives of a potential Warhawk victory on Saturday, UWW will still have to
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Girls basketball: Local teams pop up in Bound Wisconsin Preseason Top 10s
Bound Wisconsin officially released its Preseason Top 10 rankings and honorable mentions for all five divisions, and several area high schools were amongst those recognized by the outlet. Edgerton, Janesville Craig and Milton were each mentioned for their respective divisions. The Crimson Tide were the only team to actually crack the outlet’s top 10 with the Tiders coming in at No. 8 in the Division 3 rankings. Craig and Milton were both listed as honorable mentions in their preseason rankings for Division 1 and Division 2, respectively. Edgerton is a year removed from one of the best girls basketball seasons in school history in which the Crimson Tide won a total of 25 games and reached the WIAA Sectional Finals. While Edgerton lost the scoring production of Gracee Langer and Marti Rebman, the Tide bring back Claudia Jenny, Jolia Schlag and Brooke Kahl, setting the stage for the team to potentially run it back this winter. Tuesday, November 17 marks the season-opener for the Crimson Tide as Edgerton is set to play host to Fall River at 7:00 p.m. The Cougars are another team that has brought back a wealth of experience with Craig losing virtually zero production to graduation.
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Girls swim: Red Hawks gear up for state meet
The 57th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Swimming & Diving Championships are set to take place on Friday and Saturday at Waukesha South High School Natatorium — and four Milton Red Hawks will be competing. Junior Hannah McGinnis, freshman Sophia Mezera, senior Brielle Meverden and sophomore Payten Vlasak will each be competing in the Division 2 field Friday. The Red Hawks qualified for the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays alongside other individual events too. Swimmers qualified for state based on their sectional times. First-place finishers in each sectional qualified for state, and the next fastest 19 times from all the sectionals did too. “It’s definitely an amazing opportunity,” Milton coach Lindsey Hassenfelt said. “A lot of the girls were super pumped to be able to get that extra heat in D-II sectional this swim season. So they were definitely working hard all year.” Freestyle relays In the McFarland sectional, McGinnis, Meverden, Vlasak and Mezera clocked a time of 3 minutes, 54.93 seconds in the 400 free relay, finishing fifth and qualifying for state. The Red Hawks’ 200 free relay team, consisting of the same four girls, recorded a state-qualifying time of 1 minute, 44.38 seconds and finished fifth. Milton will