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MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U GAME OF THE WEEK (WIAA D5 State Softball Championship Game): #1 Belmont 8, #3 Almond–Bancroft 3#1-ranked Braves dominate Eagles to win program’s third state softball title MADISON — The #1-ranked Belmont softball team didn’t really need any extra motivation heading into Saturday’s WIAA Division 5 state championships game, but the Almond–Bancroft coaching staff inadvertently lit a fuse it couldn’t put out. When Eagles’ head coach Randy Yonke questioned umpires in the pregame coach’s meeting if the 10-run or 15-run mercy rules were in effect for WIAA championship games, Belmont head coach Jeff Hodgson was gifted one more nugget of information to fire his team up even more.June 19, 2025 -
MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U GAME OF THE WEEK (WIAA D4 Baseball): No. 8 Boscobel 1, No. 1 Seneca 0Boscobel knocks off #1-ranked Seneca en rout to first baseball regional title in 26 years SENECA — The Boscobel baseball team was on top of the world last week. Coach James Marks’ Bulldogs shutout No. 1 seed and #1-ranked Seneca 1–0 in a WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal — behind an masterful pitching performance from senior Landon Haessly — then beat No. 5 seed De Soto a day later to win the program’s first regional title in 26 years (1999).June 11, 2025 -
MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U GAME OF THE WEEK (WIAA D3 Softball): Richland Center 5, Dodgeville 4 (8 inn.)Hornets survive extra innings, protest to eliminate Dodgers DODGEVILLE — Jaycee Gander raced home with the go-ahead run and freshman Kyree Fischer preserved as the No. 4 seed Richland Center Hornets derailed the top-seeded Dodgeville Dodgers, 5–4, in extra innings to win the WIAA D3 Regional softball title at Dodgeville Thursday, May 29.June 11, 2025
