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Area mathletes win at Lakeside Lutheran elementary meet
LAKE MILLS — Several elementary students from the area were awarded individual place ribbons and team trophies at the Lutheran Elementary School Math Meet, for grades 5-8. Almost 250 grade school students from 15 schools participated at the meet, held at Lakeside Lutheran High School on April 24. First place teams from Lake Mills, Fort Atkinson, Juneau and Madison were given trophies. Individual winners, including students from Beaver Dam, Oconomowoc, Lake Mills, Juneau and Madison schools received ribbons, and first-place winners from each grade were awarded $100 tuition credit should they decide to attend Lakeside.
Lakeside Lutheran announces May Rotary Students
LAKE MILLS — Lakeside Lutheran High School has announced its Rotarian students for the month of May. Elsa Johansson is the daughter of Lara and Nils Johansson, and she has a younger sister named Hannah. In her free time, Elsa enjoys everything from reading to crocheting, to practicing music. She enjoys watching and participating in musical theater, teaching swim lessons, and spending time with her friends and sister. In her...
Baseball roundup: Lakeside run-rules River Valley, outlasts Mayville to push win streak to 7 games
Lakeside Lutheran’s baseball team plated eight runs in the fourth inning, surging past visiting River Valley 12-2 in six innings in nonconference play on Monday. Thomas Dwyer singled home a pair of runs in the first for Lakeside (12-3), which has won seven in a row. Cooper Brakmanis, who was 4-for-5 atop the Warriors’ order, singled home a run to get the big fourth-inning rally going. Nolan Meis added an...
Track and field: Lakeside boys claim 9 events, win Lutheran Invitational; girls 3rd
APPLETON — Lakeside Lutheran’s boys won the Lutheran Invitational (LIT) on Friday at Fox Valley Lutheran High School. The Warriors scored 157 points, comfortably beating out runner-up Winnebago Lutheran Academy (120.5). Junior Ben Krauklis won the 100 meter dash in 11.18 seconds and the 200 in 22.51. Senior Alex Reinke was second in the 200 in 22.72. ...
Madison College unveils tractor safety course
WATERTOWN — Madison Area Technical College Watertown Campus has unveiled a comprehensive tractor safety course this spring specifically tailored for youth aged 12-15 years old. The course was so popular that it sold out in a couple of days, and the college is looking for sponsors for a summer course to keep costs affordable to youth interested in agriculture. “Addressing a significant community demand, this program stands out as one...
Father's Day breakfast at Gudenkauf Farm in Watertown
WATERTOWN — The Watertown Agri-Business Club (WABC) invites guests to their annual dairy breakfast on Father’s Day weekend, June 15 and 16 at Gudenkauf Farm in Watertown. The breakfast will occur both Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 12:30 pm. The breakfast features all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, cheese, milk, juice, coffee, and ice cream! All proceeds from the event are given back to the community, primarily through youth scholarships for students pursuing a career in agriculture. ...
Hoard Museum to host events celebrating Lorine Niedecker
FORT ATKINSON — The Hoard Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson will be hosting events in honor of Lorine Niedecker’s birthday. Niedecker was an Objectivist poet who published several books of poetry and lived on Black Hawk Island outside of Fort Atkinson. She was born on May 12, 1903. “Even though Lorine passed away in 1970, we are still honoring her legacy by celebrating her life and works,” Hoard Historical Museum director Merrilee Lee said. “On Saturday, May 11, the museum will have a variety of...
Boys golf roundup: Hagedorn leads Lake Mills to 4th-place finish at Phoenix Invite; Lakeside 7th
WATERTOWN — Lake Mills shot 336 to finish fourth and Lakeside Lutheran’s shot 352, placing seventh, at the Phoenix Invitational at Watertown Country Club on Friday, May 3. Lake Mills senior KC Hagedorn tied for seventh individually with a 79. Junior Preston Thiede (81), freshman Justin Stilling (83) and sophomore Hayden O’Connor (93) also scored for the L-Cats. Sophomore Henry Moore (84), senior Kooper Mlsna (86), junior Reilly Jobke (91)...
Baseball roundup: Lake Mills splits doubleheader with top-ranked Johnson Creek
JOHNSON CREEK — Lake Mills topped previously unbeaten Johnson Creek 9-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Wuestenberg Field on Saturday, then fell 8-5 in the second game after a late rally by the top-ranked Bluejays. The L-Cats (8-8) used a seven-run third inning to seize momentum in the opener. The L-Cats drew five walks from starter Dylan Bredlow and scored three runs via error and two more off passed balls. Nolan Kolkovich’s RBI double capped the rally. ...
Softball roundup: League-leading Lake Mills routs Lodi 13-0
LODI — Lake Mills’ softball team opened up a one game lead in the Capitol North by routing host Lodi 13-0 in five innings on Friday, May 3. The L-Cats (16-2, 5-1 in conference), who lost 6-5 to the Blue Devils on April 23, tallied 16 hits and had three players — Savannah Radtke, Ava Kleinfeldt and Taylor Wollin — who had three hits apiece. Radtke scored four runs and Kleinfeldt drove in five, plus pitched five innings of one-hit ball with five strikeouts to...
Track and field: Lake Mills boys 12th at Deerfield Classic
DEERFIELD — Lake Mills’ boys track and field team finished 12th at the Deerfield Classic on Friday, May 3. The L-Cats scored 26 points. Junior Mason Fuglestad placed third in the long jump with a personal best leap of 20-1. Junior Tommy Cassady was fourth in the shot put (45-8). ...
Softball roundup: Lakeside knocks off ranked foes Marshall and Lodi
MARSHALL — Keyanna Rank homered and Lakeside’s softball team picked up its fourth victory this season over a ranked foe, topping ninth-ranked Marshall 5-1 on the road in nonconference play on Wednesday, May 1. “We picked up another win tonight against a solid Marshall team,” Lakeside softball coach Matt Doering said. “The girls are just working hard and doing the simple things well over the last stretch of games. It’s an exciting stretch of softball. Keyanna’s home run was the big spark for us.” ...
Girls soccer roundup: Lake Mills blanks Lodi, Big Foot to push win streak to 6 games
WALWORTH — Lake Mills’ girls soccer team won its sixth straight game, shutting out host Big Foot/Williams Bay 2-0 in nonconference play on Friday, May 3. The L-Cats (11-2) got on the board in the 18th minute on Mckenna Klubertanz’ penalty kick. Lake Mills doubled its lead in the 70th minute on Addie Ninneman’s unassisted goal. Milan Fullerton made six saves for her fifth clean sheet in the last six...
Girls soccer: Lakeside shut out by Mayville, River Valley
MAYVILLE — Emily Batterman scored the game-winning goal unassisted in the 64th minute as Mayville edged visiting Lakeside Lutheran 1-0 in nonconference girls soccer on Friday, May 3. Lakeside (4-6-2) had a 9-5 edge in shots on goal and Warriors keeper Elaina Bagdassian stopped four shots. Lakeside hosts Cambridge/Deerfield on Tuesday. MAYVILLE 1, LAKESIDE 0 ...
Black bear spotted in Lake Mills neighborhood
LAKE MILLS — A black bear was spotted in the residential neighborhoods surrounding Topeka Drive in Lake Mills Friday evening, with no other reported sightings throughout the city as of Saturday afternoon. According to Lake Mills Police Department Lieutenant Alan Witte, a high concentration of calls were received Friday evening but no sightings have been reported since then. “We haven’t gotten any more calls about it, so I believe the...
Black bear spotted in Lake Mills neighborhood
LAKE MILLS — A black bear was spotted in the residential neighborhoods surrounding Topeka Drive in Lake Mills Friday evening, with no other reported sightings throughout the city as of Saturday afternoon. According to Lake Mills Police Department Lieutenant Alan Witte, a high concentration of calls were received Friday evening but no sightings have been reported since then. “We haven’t gotten any more calls about it, so I believe the...
40 misdemeanor charges brought against Penny Lane Cocker Spaniels
FORT ATKINSON — On May 3, 40 misdemeanor charges were filed against Patricia Rockstroh for allegedly failing to provide proper shelter or ventilation for dogs she raised and sold from her business, Penny Lane Cocker Spaniels. The 40 class A misdemeanors include 20 counts of Intentionally Improper Animal Shelter Space and 20 counts of Intentionally Improper Animal Shelter-Ventilation. Rocktroh’s initial court appearance for these allegations is scheduled for May 22...
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. ...
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. ...
Baseball: Schoenherr's walk-off single in 11th sends Lakeside past Lodi 3-2
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, May 1. 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 outs...
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