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Waterloo track & field sends eight to sectionals
The 2024 track & field season carries on for Waterloo. The Pirates traveled to Deerfield High School on Monday, May 20 to compete in Regional 4C of Division 3. There, they faced some tough competition but still produced some highlights. Waterloo's boys placed seventh of the 14 teams in attendance with a combined score of 49. The girls placed 11th with a score of 21. Rival Marshall won the boys' regional with a team score of 146, followed by Abundant Life Christian with 119.5 and...
Waterloo runs at Capitol Conference meet
The Waterloo track & field program has wrapped up its regular season. The Pirates did so on Tuesday, May 14 by traveling to Lake Mills High School for the 2024 Capitol Conference tournament. Both the boys and girls placed ninth of the 10 teams attendance. The Pirate boys scored 24 team points while the girls put up 17. Lakeside Lutheran won conference for the boys with a team score of 188, followed by Lodi at 161 and Sugar River in third with 104. Lodi won...
Waterloo baseball endures four-game losing streak
The Waterloo baseball program is in the midst of its toughest stretch of the 2024 season. The Pirates started off red-hot, winning their first eight games to earn a ranking in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) coaches poll. As Capitol — South conference play started, a few losses followed. That came to a head with the New Glarus series last week. Waterloo was battling for a spot near the top of the conference but suffered a pair of losses to the Glarner Knights, 8-3...
Baseball state tournament pairings released
The 2024 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state baseball tournament is upon us. Both Marshall and Waterloo will compete in Sectional 3 of Division 3. The Pirates of Waterloo earned the No. 4 seed while Marshall is the No. 6 seed. Waterloo earned its seeding with a 14-7 overall record, including a 6-4 mark for third in the final Capitol - South conference standings. The Pirates won their first eight games of the season and enjoyed another four-game winning streak later on. The regular season...
Deerfield track: Girls win regional for third-straight year, boys third, a school record falls and headed to sectionals in 20 events
The Deerfield track and field team qualified for sectionals in 20 events at the Deerfield Regional on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. The boys team qualified in 10 events, taking third overall with 108 points. Marshall won the regional title with 146 points. Senior Eli Key won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.28 seconds. Key also qualified in the 300-meter hurdles, taking fourth at 43.19 seconds. ...
Cambridge's Dale Nottestad narrowly wins late model feature at Jefferson Speedway
CAMBRIDGE — Dale Nottestad won the Newville Auto Salvage 50-lap late model feature at Jefferson Speedway on Saturday night. Nottestad, a Cambridge native, came from the 12th starting position to take the lead following a spirited battle with Marshall’s Karter Stark near the halfway point in the event. Nottestad then held off a determined challenge from Markesan’s Michael Guderski to post his first win of the season. Guderski finished second by half a car length at the line. Lake Mills’ Shaun Scheel, last week’s winner,...
Pokorski makes 410 premiere at Angell Park, Wilmot awaits
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 21, 2024 – In the midst of his fifth season of 360 Sprint Car action with the Akright Auto Racing Team, Alex Pokorski stepped out of his comfort zone to get his first jolt of 410 Sprint Car competition in his debut appearance with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis. on Sunday, May 19.
Baseball: Warriors upset top-ranked Sun Prairie East
As far as signature wins go, this one was a doozy. On Saturday, May 18, the Waunakee baseball team upset top-ranked Sun Prairie East 6-4, staving off the Cardinals in a non-conference victory after taking an early six-run lead. The Cardinals, ranked No. 1 in the final Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Division 1 poll of the season, plated two runs in the third and fourth innings, but they couldn’t get...
Baseball: Lakeside shuts out Columbus to earn share of Capitol North title for first time since 2012
Aidan Berg homered and pitched a six-hitter with seven strikeouts as Lakeside Lutheran’s baseball team beat visiting Columbus 8-0 to clinch a share of the Capitol North title, the program’s first since 2012, on Monday. Berg’s three-run blast to center field in the first inning actually came on April 18, when soggy conditions forced a postponement. The sides regathered with the Warriors up 3-0 in the bottom third inning and...
Tough stretch for Marshall baseball
The Marshall baseball team has gone through the wringer in the last stretch of the 2024 regular season. The Cardinals have played a two-game series with Cambridge, the No. 16 ranked team in Division 3 according to the most recent Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association (WIAA) coaches poll to go along with four non-conference road trips. They’ve lost them all. The losing streak came on the heels of arguably Marshall’s best win of the regular season, 11-6 over Capitol — South runner-up New Glarus on the...
Lakeside boys win regional track title, girls share crown with CMH; Brzowski, Fuglestad victorious for Lake Mills
DELAVAN — Lakeside Lutheran’s boys track and field team won the Division 2 Delavan-Darien regional title while the Warrior girls tied Catholic Memorial for top honors on Monday. The Warriors won the boys competition handily with 189 points, placing first in nine events, compared to runner-up Catholic Memorial’s total of 116 points. Numerous athletes qualified for sectional competition with top four finishes. ...
Cambridge track advances to sectionals in 12 events
Cambridge advanced to sectional competition in 12 events out of the Deerfield track and field regional with top four finishes on Monday, May 20 at Deerfield High School. Cambridge's boys qualified in six events and took fifth. The 400 relay team of Travis Colts, Oden Jaskolski, Kyle Polster and Trevor Polster placed second in 46.23. ...
Milton mistakes lead to three-run rally, nonconference win for Sun Prairie West
Milton suffered a series of walks, errors and a wild pitch in a pivotal sixth inning against Sun Prairie West at Milton High School on Monday. The Wolves scored three runs in that frame after a pair of walks to start the inning. After a sacrifice bunt, a wild pitch allowed a run to score, making it 6-3. That same plate appearance resulted in an error that brought in another run. ...
Girls soccer: Lake Mills blanks Edgerton, Country Day to reach program-best 10 straight wins
EDGERTON — Addie Ninneman and Mollie Cooper scored two goals apiece as Lake Mills’ girls soccer team extended its program-record win streak to 10 games with a 7-0 nonconference win at Edgerton on Friday. The L-Cats (15-2) built a three-goal halftime edge on Ninneman’s goal in the third minute, followed by 25th minute goals from Greta Wiedenfeld and Mckenna Klubertanz. Cooper scored in the 63rd and 70th minutes with Ninneman...
Cambridge baseball scores split in doubleheader against Pecatonica
The Cambridge baseball team split a doubleheader against Pecatonica, the No. 7th ranked team in Division 5, on Saturday, May 18 at Pecatonica High School. In the first game, Pecatonica scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn a 4-2 win. Carson Kurschner hit a sacrifice bunt to score Jameson Johnson for the go-ahead run. Also in the inning, Lukas Rue hit an RBI single to score Trevor Doescher. ...
Softball: Warriors end regular season with loss to DeForest
Held to three hits, the Waunakee softball team wrapped up the regular season with a 5-2 Badger Large Conference loss to rival DeForest on Tuesday, May 14. The Warriors were supposed to end the campaign with a game at Janesville Craig on Thursday, May 16, but it was cancelled due to inclement weather. Against the Norskies, Waunakee took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but DeForest...
Baseball Game Preview: Lakeside Lutheran Plays at Home
The Lakeside Lutheran Warriors will be playing at home against the Delavan-Darien Comets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Lakeside Lutheran's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Delavan-Darien's hitters will have their work cut out for them. On Saturday, Lakeside Lutheran came up short against...
Home Talent League: Trio of Cambridge pitchers toss 1-hit shutout in 11-0 win over Lake Mills
Three Cambridge pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter in the Blues’ 11-0 seven-inning win over Lake Mills on Sunday at Campus Field in Home Talent League Baseball action. JT Parish started for the Blues (1-1), pitching two innings with five strikeouts. Denver Evans tossed three innings, allowing one hit and recording four strikeouts in the win. Sam Mickelson pitched the sixth and seventh, recording one strikeout. At the plate, Tyler...
Girls soccer: Lodi ties Evansville, edges Columbus
Unbeaten in their last four matches, the Lodi girls’ soccer team edged Columbus 1-0 and tied Evansville during a four-game homestand. Anna Balfanz’s goal in the 65th minute on Tuesday, May 14, lifted the Blue Devils over the Cardinals in a hard-fought Capitol North Conference victory, as Lea Traeder assisted. Quetzal Peterson made seven saves for Lodi (6-5-3 overall, 2-2-1 in the Capitol Conference). ...
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