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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 9, 2023 – With deep family roots in the local racing scene, second-year Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car driver Randy Post of Oostburg is hard pressed to recall a time in his life when summer weekends weren’t spent at a race track.

CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM’S Cora Erickson (above left) narrowly avoids the Winnebago Lutheran Academy keeper in the first half of a 4-0 win last Saturday in Port Washington. Above, Gracie Schmidt battled for control of the ball. Below, Elena Engevold headed the ball. Photos by Mitch Maersch.

The Deerfield baseball team fell short of qualifying for state in a 7-0 loss to Random Lake on Tuesday, June 6 at the WIAA Division 3 Sectional Final held at Markesan High School. “We had a great season,” said Deerfield head coach Scott Gloede. “Obviously, it's not how we wanted it to end, but we won the conference and made the sectional final.” Random Lake was in complete control throughout...

Young high school soccer teams that developed throughout the season saw their campaigns come to a close last week in road playoff losses. No. 10-seeded Port Washington started hot and held a 1-0 halftime lead over No. 7-seeded Kaukauna in an opening-round Division 2 game on May 30. Lainey Holmes...

400 relay is proud of its finish; Beightol races to fifth in the 100 dash. CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM’S Division 3 silver-medal winning 400-meter relay team posed after Sunday’s graduation ceremony with its medals. From left were Gabe Egan, sophomore Billy Navis, Joe Carrasquillo and Caleb Beightol. Egan and Beightol also ran the 100, where Beightol earned a fifth-place medal. Photo by Mitch Maersch.

[May 12th] The chargers were right on Winneconne’s heels once again as the were 1 stroke behind the ECC leading Wolves. 3 players for KML were sub 40 on the day. Will Strohm (37), John Martin (39) and Collin Draeger (39).

The WIAA will host the three separate State tournaments this week as boys golf, boys tennis, and girls softball all take center stage in different areas around Wisconsin. Starting in Kohler for the second consecutive year, the Meadow Valleys Course at Blackwolf Run will host the WIAA Boys State Golf Championships, which got underway this past Monday.

OZAUKEE’S SAVANNAH QUADE (left) and a Mayville player slid while fighting for control of the ball last Thursday in Fredonia. Above right, Meredith Clark tried to get a ball past a Cardinal in the 2-0 Warriors’ victory. Photos by Mitch Maersch.

Sheboygan North won the WIAA State Boys Golf championship at Blackwolf Run. The Golden Raiders led the two-day, 36-hole tourney at Kohler from start to finish in posting a four-player score of 614. Defending champion Eau Claire Memorial finished 8 strokes back with “Old Abes” senior Parker Etzel winning individual...

We are excited to announce that JJ Loose, previously varsity assistant and head JV1 boys basketball coach for PWHS, will take over as the new Interim Head Boys Varsity Basketball Coach for the 2023-2024 season, pending board approval. Welcome Coach Loose!

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 7, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing faced off against many of the top 410 Winged Sprint Car drivers and teams in the country and came away with a full book of notes to implement down the road, during a lucrative Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions – Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car doubleheader weekend of action at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Friday, June 2 and The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, June 3.

GRANVILLE -- Williamsport got rid of a goose egg and West Virginia nearly put one on the scoreboard. The Williamsport Crosscutters (1-5) picked up their first win of the Draft League season. You have reached content available exclusively to Dominion Post subscribers.

SAUKVILLE SAINTS CATCHER Xavier Deal, a 2020 Port Washington High School graduate, snagged a foul ball for an out in the second of two victories over the Brownsville 49ers on Sunday at Dickmann Field in Saukville. Photo by Sam Arendt.

A free Bike Safety Day will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 10, at John Long Middle School in Grafton. Children going into 5-year-old kindergarten through sixth grade are welcome at the event. Those attending will receive a free helmet, get their helmet fitted by representatives of...

The Eastern Wisconsin Conference has announced post-season awards for Boys Golf. Conference Player of the Year is Andrew Kettle of league champion Sheboygan Falls. He is joined on the first team unit by the Roncalli twosome of John Oberbroeckling and Brayden Yanda, along with Braeden Ziegelbauer and Jack Guentner of the Falcons.

West Bend, WI – For over 15 years, Dave Bohn wrote down memories of his childhood growing up on the family farm just south of West Bend on Hwy P. His older brother Tom Bohn, figures into most of them. Dave and Tom did everything together as kids, from sharing a bed to cleaning out the henhouse to playing baseball. Tom passed away August 14, 2022. This story is in loving memory of Tom, who could really send ‘em sailing.

A celebration of Lee LeMahieu’s career at Ozaukee High School will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at the school. LeMahieu, 73, a longtime Ozaukee girls’ basketball coach who had a career record of 464-213 and won a state championship and nine Central Lakeshore Conference titles, died Feb. 26, 2023, after a two-year battle with mesothelioma.

Grafton pulls out regional title in tight bout vs. New Berlin West. GRAFTON’S SAM SCHILLER (left) fired the game’s final pitch to strike out a New Berlin West pinch hitter with the bases loaded in a 5-4 win on May 30. Above, Mason Lempke came all the way from first base to slide home ahead of a high throw to tie the game at 2 in the second inning on a bloop RBI single by Colin Haldeman. Photos by Mitch Maersch.

Black Hawks post season-bests but don’t medal; Port’s Fritsch gets injured, Keller gains experience. The Grafton High School Division 2 state track and field qualifiers came close to hauling in a host of hardware and ended up empty handed. Two Black Hawks’ entries finished seventh and three finished...

Sunday, June 4, was a day of celebration for the 174 members of the Grafton High School Class of 2023 who received their diplomas during a graduation ceremony on the football field. Among them was Blaine Ator, who received her diploma and a handshake from School Board member Mark Koehler (above). Before the ceremony, teacher Melissa Staude and soon-to-be-graduate Luke Olson commemorated the moment with a selfie. See Ozaukee Press’ Salute to the Class of 2023 section, which will be published later this month, for complete graduation coverage. Photos by Sam Arendt.