MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (May 13–20)
TRACK AND FIELD: SWAL Conference Championship Meet

By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal, Fennimore Times, Boscobel Dial

Fennimore sweeps SWAL track and field titles
BOSCOBEL — Following Monday’s SWAL Track & Field Championships Meet, members of the Fennimore boys and girls track and field teams posed together at midfield for a team photo.

Triumphantly raising the SWAL championship plaque, both Golden Eagle teams were commemorating their second straight sweep of the conference track and field titles. 

The Fennimore girls won five evens and scored 145 points to capture their third consecutive conference title. The host Bulldogs finished a distant second with 113 points, while Cuba City (97) finished third in the girls’ standings

The Fennimore boys shined even brighter, winning nine events and scoring 165 points to win their second straight SWAL Conference Championship meet. The Golden Eagles needed every victory and every point to hold off a strong Cuba City team, which finished just 12 points back at 157. The Darlington boys finished third with 82 points.

Fennimore senior Isaac Henkel was named the Male Athlete of the Meet, while sophomore Brooklyn Ritchie took home the Female Athlete of the Meet honor. Henkel, a three-year WIAA State qualifier won the boys 400 in 50.94 seconds, and 800 in 2:05.56, and also ran the third leg of Fennimore’s winning 4x400 relay, combining with senior Matt Winch and sophomores Logan Koestler and Reece Kelley to post a time of 3:38.43.

Junior Madden Crubel also had a spectacular meet for the Eagles, contributing 30.5 teams points by winning boys’ shot put (52’4), discus (144’0”) and 4x100 relay, while placing second in the 100-meter-dash (11.58) behind sophomore teammate Jakob Kretschman (11.39).

Crubel and Kretschman teamed with Kelley and senior Brandon Seitz to capture gold in the 4x100 with a winning time of 44.85 seconds. The same quartet broke their own school record in the 4x100 at last Friday’s Boscobel “Sparky” Reynolds Memorial Invitational on the very same track with a blazing time of 44.01.

Sophomore Brody Roth added 30 points to the FHS boys’ team title by winning the triple jump (42’10.25”) and 300-meter hurdles (43.55), finishing second in the 110-meter hurdles (17.54) and fourth in the high jump (5’6”).

Ritchie won scored 32.5 points to lead the Fennimore girls by winning the 100 (12.87), 200 (27.02), long jump (16’2”) and the 4x100 relay (53.15), along with junior Peyton Lendosky, sophomore Katie Nelson and freshman Lola Hahn.

Junior Rhiannon-Nelson Hahn scored a team-high 34 points by winning the triple jump (33’6”) and finishing second in the 100 hurdles (16.39), 300 hurdles (52.69) and the high jump (4’10”).

Lendosky finished second in the 100-meter-dash (13.35)  and long jump (15’9”), and fifth in the 200 (29.07). Sophomore Natalie Horsfall was the runner-up in the girls’ 800 meters at 2:28.65.

“It was great to achieve two conference championships with a 3-peat for the girls and repeat for the boys team,” said Fennimore head coach Gregg Davis. “Each athlete played their role to near perfection.”

Fennimore will return to action Tuesday at the WIAA Division 3 Kickapoo/La Farge Regional. The top four finishers in each event will advance to next Friday’s D3 Bangor Sectional.

SWAL Conference Meet
(from Monday, May 19 @ Boscobel)
(Boys)
Team scores — 1.Fennimore 169, 2.Cuba City 157, 3.Darlington 82, 4.Iowa–Grant 72, 5.Boscobel 43, 6.Southwestern 24, 7.Riverdale 4.
Fennimore top finishers (top 6)
100 — 1.Jakob Kretschman 11.39, 2.Madden Crubel 11.58. 200 — 2.Kretschman 23.30, 3.Brandon Seitz 24.11, 5.Grant Biba 24.66. 400 — 1.Isaac Henkel 50.94. 800 — 1.Henkel 2:05.56. 1,600 — 4.Ben Varela 4:55.86. 3,200 — 3.Varela 11:09.58. 110 hurdles — 2.Brody Roth 17.54. 300 hurdles — 1.Roth 43.55. 4x100 — 1.Fennimore (Crubel, Reece Kelley, Seitz, Kretschman) 44.85.  4x200 — 3.Fennimore (Logan Koestler, Seitz, Biba, Kelley) 1:36.95. 4x400 — 1.Fennimore (Koestler, Kelley, Henkel, Matt Winch) 3:38.43. 4x800 — 3.Fennimore (Varela, Orlando Bonilla, Teegan Griswold, Kobe Rosemeyer) 9:12.07. High jump — 3.Kretschman 5’8”, 4.Roth 5’6”, 6.Henkel J5’4”. Pole vault — 2.Winch J11’6”. Long jump — 4.Kelley 17’10.5”. Triple jump — 1.Roth 42’10.25”. Shot put — 52’4”. Discus — 1.Crubel 144’0”, 5.Winch 125’4”.
(Girls)
Team scores — 1.Fennimore 145, 2.Boscobel 113, 3.Cuba City 97, 4.Darlington 77, 5.Riverdale 60, 6.Iowa–Grant 33, 7.Southwestern 29.
Fennimore top finishers (top 6)
100 — 1.Brooklyn Ritchie 12.87, 2.Peyton Lendosky 13.35. 200 — 1.Ritchie 27.02, 4.Katie Nelson 28.16, 5.Lendosky 29.07. 400 — 4.Mayleigh Seitz 1:07.30, 5.Kamryn Loy 1:10.44. 800 — 2.Natalie Horsfall 2:28.65, 5.Keira Kartman 2:48.80. 1,600 — 5.Kartman 5:59.89. 100 hurdles — 2.Rhiannon Nelson-Hahn 16.39. 300 hurdles — 2.Nelson-Hahn 52.69. 4x100 — 1.Fennimore (Nelson, Lola Hahn, Lendosky, Ritchie) 53.15. 4x200 — 4.Fennimore (Eden Fry, Hahn, Trinity Boebel, Letecia Bonilla) 2:04.53. 4x400 — 3.Fennimore (Loy, Kaylie Czaplewski, Seitz, Horsfall) 4:30.23. 4x800 — 3.Fennimore (Horsfall, Czaplewski, Kartman, Kate Kenney) 11:04.17. High jump — 2.Nelson-Hahn 4’10”, 6.Kenney J4’6”. Pole vault — 3.Czaplewski J8’0”. Long jump — 1.Ritchie 16’2”, 2.Lendosky 15’9”. Triple jump — 1.Nelson-Hahn 33’6”. Shot put — 4.Nelson 30’6”. Discus — 4.Nelson 93’3”.

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM CO-GAME OF THE WEEK (May 6–13)
SIX RIVERS CONFERENCE SOFTBALL: #1 Bemont 6, #2 Barneveld 0

By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal, Fennimore Times, Boscobel Dial

#1-ranked Braves blank #2 Eagles to take sole possession of first place
BELMONT — Belmont is alone atop the Six Rivers Conference softball standings. Coach Jeff Hodgson’s Division 5 #1-ranked Braves avenged its only loss of the season — up to that point — with a dominating 6–0 shutout at Barneveld Friday afternoon.

Sophomore Carsyn Ramaker struck out six and allowed  just two walks in the four-hit shutout, while senior Morgan Freeman and sophomore Lexi Reichers each slugged homers for the visiting Braves. 

Freeman opened the scoring with a two-run blast in the top of the first inning, driving in senior catcher Kaci Riechers who singled earlier in the inning, to give the Braves an early lead. Jaelyn Leitzinger walked to lead off the third, moved to second on a sac bunt by Addy McNett  and third on a wild pitch. She later scored on a sac fly by Ramaker to make it 3–0.

A pair of Barneveld errors opened the door for another Belmont run in the fourth inning as Emily Reuter scored on a two-out RBI single by McNett to extend the lead to 4–0.

Lexi Reichers’ solo homer in the fifth made it 5–0 and Belmont capped the scoring in the top of the sixth when Kaci Riechers singled to left field and later scored when Freeman reached on a passed ball on a dropped third strike.

Ramaker’s only real trouble on the day came in the bottom of the fourth inning when Hannah Esch singled with one out, and Kaylie Oimoen drew a five-pitch walk, but the Belmont sophomore got out of the line out to Leitzinger at second base and an inning-ending strikeout.

Belmont (19–2) improved to 13–1 in the Six Rivers with its seventh-straight the win since a 9–3 loss to Barneveld on April 24, while the Golden Eagles fell to 13–4 overall and 12–2 in conference play.

Belmont 6, Barneveld 0
(from Friday, May 9 @ Barneveld)
Belmont........201 110  1 — 6   7  0
Barneveld....000 000 0 — 0   4  5
Leading hitters — B: Kaci Riechers 2x3 (2R), Jaelyn Leitzinger 1x2 (R). HR — B: L. Riechers, Morgan Freeman. 
W — Carsyn Ramaker (9–0, 7IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 6K, 2BB). L — L. Reese (6IP, 6H, 5R, 4ER, 3K, 2BB).

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM CO-GAME OF THE WEEK (May 6–13)
RIDGE & VALLEY SOFTBALL: Wauzeka–Steuben 2, Seneca 0

By Derick Kelly, Courier Press

Hornets complete sweep of Royals with 2–0 shutout win
WAUZEKA — Coming off their non-conference loss at Belmont on Friday, May 2, the Wauzeka–Steuben Hornets softball team looked to get back to its winning ways. They had plenty of chances to do so with four games scheduled last week.

The Hornets had 20 hits as a team and were paced at the plate by Emma Wall (4-for-4 with 3 doubles, a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs), Brianna Ray (3-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and one RBI), Sophia Walz (3-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs). The Hornets also got a home run from Avery Kilburg, a triple from Claudia Walz, two doubles from Kiley Manning and a double from Savannah Swatek. Pitching duties were spread out between Wall, Ray, Alayna Krachey and Devyn Allert with Ray earning the win.

Wauzeka–Steuben traveled to Seneca last Tuesday night to take on the Royals and the Hornets defeated the hosts 11–0. The Hornets scored in every inning except two (the first and sixth). Ray got the win on the mound for WS, allowing zero runs on four hits and one walk with strikeouts in seven innings pitched.

The Hornets once again hit the ball well as a team, collecting 12 hits in the game. They were led at the plate  by Isabella Bunders (3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs), S. Walz (3-for-5 with one run scored and three RBIs and Wall (2-for-4 with a double, one walk, one run scored and two RBIs). Brigid Hall took the loss for the Royals. Seneca was also held to four hits as a team with Raya Wallin (2-for-3) having half of them. The other two hits came from Brittany Heisz and Ava Sime.

The two teams matched up again two days later in Wauzeka. Strong pitching limited the two teams to just seven base hits. The Hornets got on the scoreboard first when Emma Wall homered in the bottom of the first to give W-s an early 1–0 lead. The Hornets would add to it with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the score 2–0, which would end up being the final score.

Hall (two runs allowed on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 6.0 innings pitched) suffered the tough luck loss on the mound for Seneca while Ray (zero runs allowed on two hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched) earned the win for WS. Raya Wallin (2-for-3 with a double) was the Royals leading hitter in the game, while Wall (2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI) paced the Hornets offense, which also got hits from S. Walz, Allert and Kilburg.

The Hornets traveled to Cashton the following evening to conclude their schedule for the week and came back with a 13–3 victory. After taking a 2–0 lead in the top of the first innings, WS quickly fell behind when the Eagles scored three times in the bottom of first. The Hornets would tie the game up in the third inning with a run, before breaking it open with five runs in the fourth, three in the sixth and two in the seventh for the final 13–3 score. Wall earned the win for W-S, striking out seven and walking three in four hitless innings.

The Hornets offensive attack was led by Manning (3-for-4 with a double, home run, one walk, two runs scored and 5 RBIs) and Bunders (2-for-3 with one walk and four runs scored) with Ray adding a double as well.

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (April 29–May 6)
SWAL BASEBALL: Fennimore 5, Cuba City 4, (10 innings)

By Jason Nihles, Fennimore Tims / The Platteville Journal / Boscobel Dial

Golden Eagles take a two-game lead in the SWAL with improbable comeback win over second-place Cubans
FENNIMORE — Fennimore is sitting pretty in the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League after Tuesday’s wild 5–4 walk-off, 10-inning victory over second-place Cuba City.

Senior ace Gavin Vaassen took a no-hitter and a 3–0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning for the Cubans, but the Golden Eagles still found a way to take a commanding 2-game lead in the league standings with the extra inning win.

Fennimore (11–1, 6–0 SWAL) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game, then tied the game again in the bottom of the ninth, before finally winning in unexpected fashion when Macoy Miles’ shallow fly ball to right field was dropped with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

“I still can’t believe we won,” said Fennimore head coach Brent Sheckler. “I truly can’t believe it. They had a no-hitter against us going into the seventh inning and we were down three and somehow we ended up winning. There was a moment in the fifth inning where I accepted the fact that, ok, we probably aren’t going to win this one. We are going to be tied in the conference standings and we can’t afford to lose another one the rest of the year. Gavin Vaassen pitched a great game, but we kept battling and drew that lead off walk, and that gave us a chance.”

Fennimore senior catcher Ethan Sheckler led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk.

“When Ethan got that leadoff  walk in the bottom of the seventh, that was the first time I thought, we had a chance,” said coach Sheckler.

Two batters later — after a strikeout — Miles broke up the no-hitter with a hard ground ball between shortstop and third base before junior Casey Dresen flew out to Riley Shepherd in right field.

Fellow junior Shawn Jahnke-Fiedler then lined two-out a single to left field to pull Fennimore to within 3–1.

With Vaassen now at 93 pitches, Cuba City coach Steve Graber elected to turn to senior Tyson Richard to get the final out. On Richard's second pitch to junior Jude Kinney, a passed ball got through the legs of Cuba City catcher Andy Loeffelholz putting runners at second and third.

“At that point, I told Jude, all you have to do is hit it 100 feet and Shawn will score,” said coach Sheckler. “Shawn flies around the bases like no one else. And that’s exactly what happened. Jude hit one back up the middle to tie the game with Shawn scoring easily from second base.”

Richard reached with one out in the top of the eighth when he was hit by a pitch by Starkey, who came on in relief of Dresen to start the seventh inning. Richard later scored the go-ahead run on a two-out error by Jahnke-Fiedler at third base.

After an intentional walk to Kruser, Starkey got out of the inning with a pop up to centerfield.

“I told Shawn right after that inning, ‘that’s baseball and mistakes happen, but every time you make a mistake you also have another chance to make up for it.”

Miles reached on a one-out error, then got to second when Casey Dresen struck out. 

“Macoy got lucky there to get second base on the dropped third strike because he was occupying first base, so Casey was already out even on the dropped third strike,” said Sheckler. “But Casey ran down the line anyway and the Cuba City catcher threw it when he didn’t have to, allowing Macoy to advance. That turned out to be huge. And sure enough, who was up next for us — SJF.”

Jahnke-Fiedler made up for his earlier fielding miscue in spades when he singled to left field allowing Miles to score from second, tying the game at 4–4.

Starkey (4–0) worked around a two-out error in the top of the 10th, when Ethan Sheckler threw out Sheperd trying to steal second base.

Starkey then led off the bottom of the 10th with a single to left field and stole second on a strikeout by Corey Dresen.

Cuba City elected to walk Ethan Sheckler, then Richard got Brock Henkel to pop out to right field.

After a first-pitch foul ball, Miles lofted a pop up to shallow right field, which was dropped allowing Starkey to score the game-winning run, setting off a raucous celebration by the home team.

“He had to come running in, and we thought we had it, but it just came out of the glove,” said coach Sheckler. “I am a competitor and always want to win, but I did fell for Cuba City after that one, especially for coach Graber. I have been on the other end of those kinds of games where it just gets away from you and there is nothing you can do about it as a coach. He coached a great game and did everything possible to give his team a chance to win.

Starkey earned the win with four hitless innings of relief, allowing only one unearned run on two walks while striking out six.

“We went to Tyson in the sixth and his curve ball was on and he really messed their guys up,” said Sheckler. “He really pitched well and never gave up a single hit.”

Casey Dresen started and struck out nine in six innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on three hits and one walk.

Fennimore improved to 11–1 overall and 6–0 in the SWAL and now has a two-game lead over the Cubans with eight conference games left going into Friday night’s home game with Iowa–Grant.

“It was definitely a huge win to give us a two game cushion over Cuba City and we don’t have to play them again,” said Sheckler. “It was also the wildest game I can remember other than the 2011 regional championship win over Mineral Point when we came back from down 7–0 to win the regional title. But, I would say this was definitely the second most exciting win of my coaching career.

Cuba City’s Frankie Welp was hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the third, then Guler reached on an error when Fennimore started made a throwing error on a bunt attempt to put runners are second and third.

Welp then scored on a passed ball, and Guler scored on a sac fly by Shepherd to make it 2–0.

The Cubans (6–6, 6–2 SWAL) added a third run in the top of the fourth when Henry Kruser hit a lead off triple and later scored when Guler reached on a two-out error.

“Casey started the game great and was flawless the first two innings,” said Sheckler. “He then hit the lead off batter in the top of the third and had a bad throw on the bunt and it that moment really sucked the energy out of our guys. But to his credit, Casey came back and pitched better after that, but we just had no energy for those middle innings. Because you have Gavin Vassen on the other side, who no-hit us last year, and he was just dealing again on Tuesday."

Fennimore 5, Cuba City 4 
(from Tuesday, May 6 @ Fennimore)
Cuba City.....002 100 001 0  —  4  3  3
Fennimore...000 000 301 1  —  5  5  6
Leading hitters — CC: Henry Kruser 1x3 (R, 2BB); F: Shawn Jahnke-Fiedler 2x3, Jude Kinney 1x3 (2RBI). 3B — CC: Henry Kruser.
W — Tyson Starkey (4–0, 4IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 5K, 2BB). L — Tyson Richard (3IP, 3H, 2R, 0ER, 3K, 2BB).

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (April 22–29)
SWC BASEBALL: Prairie du Chien 4, River Valley 3 (9 innings)

By Derick Kelly, Courier Press

PdC wins third-straight extra inning game
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN — The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks Baseball team extended its winning streak to three with their third straight extra innings win last Friday when they defeated conference rival River Valley 4–3 in nine innings.

Prairie du Chien also beat Cuba City 14–13 in eight inning back on April 14, then defeated Lancaster 11–10 in eight inning April 17.

Prairie du Chien improved to 3–4 overall and 2–1 in the SWC with the win, while River Valley dropped to 1–7 overall and 0–4 in the SWC with the loss. Next up for the Hawks was a non-conference game at Onalaska Luther last night before they return home tomorrow afternoon to host Dodgeville before traveling to West Salem this Friday afternoon.

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (April 15–22)
SWAL BASEBALL: Fennimore 2, Cuba City 0

By Jason Nihles, Boscobel Dial / The Fennimore Times / Platteville Journal

Race Landon honored as four C/P school records fall at Cassville/Potosi Invitational
CASSVILLE — Despite the gusty winds and cool conditions, the Cassville/Potosi track and field teams performed above expectations at the  /  Invitational on Thursday.

The Cassville/Potosi boys placed second and the girls finished third at the eight-team invitational, which included 3 JV teams in the boys’ competition and two JV team among the girls. 

“The conditions were far from perfect, but our athletes were ready to compete tonight” said CP head coach Jen Tuescher.

School records were set in the boys’ 4x800 relay consisting of freshman Theo Bendickson, sophomores Myles Helminiak and Drew Richardson, and junior Nadir Belasri in a time of 9:53.04, to finish third in the event.

Sophomore Aaron Edge set a new boys’ 400 meters record finishing 54.97 seconds in the event, while sophomore Hunter White again bested his own school record for the third time this year in the boys’ pole vault with a winning height of 11’6”. 

Sophomore Brielle Fishnick jumped an astounding 16’6” to win the girls’ long jump while setting a new school record in that event as well.

Other medalists for the CP teams included senior Oliver Post who finished first in the boys’ 110-meter high hurdles (16.09), first in the high jump (5’6”), first in the triple jump (37’11.75”) and second in the 200 (23.88). 

The boys 4x200 relay team of sophomore Ryder Stramaglia, junior Connor Robbins, and freshmen Jason Allison and Isaac Adams placed second at 1:43.32. 

Senior Denny Espiritu threw 138’5” to finish second in the boys’ discus and 42’8.5” to place third in the boys’ shot put and 138’5”. 

CP’s 4x400 relay team of White, Helminiak, Belasri, and Edge also captured a third place medal spot with a time of 3:54.2

On the girls’ side, seniors Ava Gillilan and Kaitlyn Horner, junior Lainey Riedl and freshman Jessa Caley teamed up to place second in the 4x800 relay at 12:34.07. 

Junior Iris Adams finished first in the 100-meter high hurdles(17.22) and second in the 300 hurdles (51.56). 

Along with winning the girls’ long jump, Fishnick also won the triple jump (33’6.5”) and the 200 (26.85). 

Junior Grace Laufenberg was the girls 400-meter champion in a time of 1:04.42 and finished second in the 200 with a time of 27.48

Coach Tuescher added, “We are extremely proud of our top three medalists throughout the competition, but as importantly, almost every one of our kids today produced a PR in or more of their events, contributing to the team for points and inspiration.”

The most inspirational part of the evening however came at the end of the meet as friends, family members, spectators, and each participating team assembled together to walk a lap around the track in honor and remembrance of former Cassville/Potosi athlete Race Landon who was tragically killed in a farming accident this past summer. Landon would have been a senior at Cassville High School this year.

The Cassville/Potosi co-op will be back in action at Friday’s Platteville Invitational.

Iowa–Grant, Belmont and the Tri-State Homeschool Falcons also competed at the Cassville/Potosi Invitational last week.

The Iowa–Grant boys scored 66 team points to finish fifth, while the IG girls scored 57.5 points to place sixth.

The Belmont boys finished seventh with 25 team points, while the Belmont girls were eighth with 35 points.

The Tri-State Homeschool girls finished seveth with 41, while the TSHS boys placed ninth with 12 points.

IOWA–GRANT
Senior Bret Connolly (2:14.54) and sophomores Brock Hinderman (2:16.64) and Jason Bartolo-Garcis (2:21.48) finished first, second and fourth in the boys’ 800-meter run. 

Connolly and Hinderman, also teamed with senior Aiden Friesen and Landon Friesen to win the boys’ 4x400 relay (3:44.44).

Sophomores Angel Vazquez-Bartolo, Beckem Stecklein and Bartolo-Garcia, and junior Alexis Gaytan-Gonzalez won the boys’ 4x900 relay (9:37.85).

Connolly also placed second in the 300-meter hurdles (45.05), while sophomore Connor Johnson finished second in the 3,200 (11:39.69).

Senior Arleth Gaytan finished second in the 100 (13.41) and fifth in the 200 (28.45) to lead the IG girls.

Gaytan, Elli Moen, Kylie Brewer and Abbigail Droessler finished third in the 4x400 relay (4:47.50).

Moen also finished second in the high jump (4’4”), and Droessler placed third in the pole vault (6’6”).

The Panthers traveled to Prairie du Chien Tuesday and will next compete in Thursday’s Boscobel Relays. IG will also compete in the Platteville Invitational Friay afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m.

BELMONT
Senior Tucker Kettler placed second in the 1,600 (5:16.75) and third in the 3,200 (11:45.75) to lead the Belmont boys.

Junior Cody Kletecka finished fourth in the 400 (55.60), while sophomore Gabe Wedig finished fifth in the 800 (2:22.14).

Freshman Taryn Ludlum finished second in the discus (85’10”) and third in the shot put (28’8.5”) to lead the Belmont girls.

Junior Camdyn Spangler, senior Ashley Foecking, and freshmen Joanna Jarquin and Raegyn Spangler teamed up for a second place finish in the girls 4x200 relay (2:07.63).

The Braves traveled to Prairie du Chien Tuesday and will next compete in Friday’s Platteville Invitational.

TRI-STATE HOMESCHOOL
The team of senior Annabel Tennessen, and sophomores Kate Pronschinske, Katie McGuire and Ruah Franzmann-Simmert teamed up to win the girls 4x100 relayat 4:28.90 to lead the Tri State Homeschool girls.

 Senior Miriam Runde, freshman Lucy Runde, sophomore Lydia Romaine and junior Celia Klar finished third in the 4x100 relay (1:02.42).

Tennessen also placed third in 400 (1:09.12).

Freshman Isaac Harkness finished fourth in the boys’ 1,600 meter run at 5:19.18 and sixth in the 3,200 (12:28.65) to lead the TSHS boys.

Sophomore Dominik Langston placed fifth in the 3,200 (12:13.96).

The Falcons are scheduled to compete in Friday’s Platteville Invitational.

Cassville/Potosi Invitational
(from Thursday, April 17 @ Cassville)
(Boys)
Team scores — 1.River Ridge 193, 2.Cassville/Potosi 129, 3.Argyle/Pecatonica 85, 3.Albany 85, 5.Iowa–Grant 66, 6.Black Hawk 41, 7.Belmont 25, 8.River Ridge B 15, 9.Tri-State Home School 12, 10.Iowa–Grant B 8, 11.Cassville/Potosi B 5.
Iowa–Grant top finishers (top 8)
100 — 8.Landon Friesen 12.31. 400 — 7.Beckem Stecklein 1:00.52. 800 — 1.Bret Connolly 2:14.54, 2.Brock Hinderman 2:16.65, 4.Jason Bartolo-Garcia 2:21.48. 1,600 — 8.Charles Straka 5:46.72. 3,200 — 2.Connor Johnson 11:39.69. 300 hurdles — 2.Connolly 45.05, 5.Braden Dowell 51.53. 4x400 — 1.Iowa–Grant (L. Friesen, Hinderman, Aiden Frisen, Connolly) 3:44.44. 4x800 — 1.Iowa–Grant (Angel Vazquez-Bartolo, Stecklein, Alexis Gaytan-Gonzalez, Bartolo-Garcia) 9:37.85. Pole vault — 6.Dowell J9’0”. Triple jump — 8.Remington Freymiler 29’0.5”. Discus — 6.Dru Dailey 117’3”.
Cassville/Potosi top finishers (top 8)
100  — 4.Isaac Adams 12.18, 5.Connor Robbins 12.19.  200 — 2.Oliver Post 23.88, 5.Aaron Edge 24.55, 7.Adams 24.81, 8.Robbins 25.39. 400 — 2.Edge 54.97, 5.Hunter White 57.45. 110 hurdles — 1.Post 16.09. 4x100 — 6.C/P (Ryder Stramaglia, Eli Post, Boden Uren, Denny Espiritu) 54.46. 4x200 — 2.C/P (Robbins, Jason Allison, Stramaglia, I. Ada,s) 1:43.32. 4x400 — 3.C/P (Edge, White, Theo Bendickson, Myles Helminiak) 3:54.28. 4x800 — 3.C/P (Drew Richardson, Helminiak, Bendickson, Nadir Belasri) 9:54.04. High jump — 1.O. Post 5’6”, 6.Allison J5’2”. Pole vault — 1.White 11’6”, 5.Stramaglia 9’0”, 7.Bendickson 8’0”. Long jump — 5.Richardson 16’0”, 6.Edge 15’11.5”, 7.White 15’10”. Triple jump — 1.O. Post 37’11.75”. Shot put — 3.Espiritu 42’8.6”, 8.Carter Bierman 36’3.5”. Discus — 2.Espiritu 138’5”, 7.Bierman 114’6”.
Belmont top finishers (top 8)
400 — 4.Cody Kletecka 56.60. 800 — 5.Gabe Wedig 2:22.14, 7.Kletecka 2:22.36. 1,600 — 2.Tucker Kettler 5:16.75. 3,200 — 3.Kettler 11:45.75. 
Tri-State Home School 
top finishers (top 8)
1,600 — 4.Isaac Harkness 5:19.18. 3,200 — 5.Dominik Langston 12:13.96, 6.Harkness 12:28.65.
(Girls)
Team scores — 1.River Ridge 144.5, 2.Argyle/Pecatonica 140, 3.Cassville/Potosi 104, 4.Black Hawk 78, 5.Albany 60, 6.Iowa–Grant 57.5, 7.Tri State Home School 41, 8.Belmont 35, 9.River Ridge B 14, 10.Argyle/Peacatonica B 6.
Iowa–Grant top finishers (top 8)
100 — 2.Arleth Gaytan 13.41. 200 — 5.Gaytan 28.45. 400 — 8.Nina Buroker 1:17.08. 800 — 7.Abby Lee 3:13.46, 8.Cadence Kelley 3:19.30. 1,600 — 5.Abbigail Droessler 6:35.36. 100 hurdles — 7.Elli Moen 20.86. 300 hurdles — 6.Moen 57.28, 8.Lexie Kuhls 1:00.71. 4x100 — 5.Iowa–Grant (Jocelyn Ramos-Ramirez, Karla Gaytan, Addyson Winkers, Batrice Bacchiocchi) 1:05.50. 4x400 — IG (Moen, Kylie Brewer, Gaytan, Droessler) 4:47.50. 4x800 — 4.IG (Buroker, Chris Crow, Kelley, Sadie Hoge) 12:17.37. High jump — 2.Moen 4’4”. Pole vault — 2(tie).Droessler 6’6”, 7(tie).Kuhls J6’0”.
Cassville/Potosi top finishers (top 8)
100  — 1.Brielle Fishnick 12.82, 4.Irelyn Walsh 13.71. 200 — 1.Fishnick 26.85, 2.Grace Laufenberg 27.48, 6.Walsh 28.79. 400 — 1.Laufenberg 1:04.42. 800 — 6.Lainey Riedl 3:05.92. 3,200 — 5.Jessa Claey 15:53.27. 100 hurdles — 1.Iris Adams 17.22, 8.Kaitlyn Horner 20.89. 300 hurdles — 2.Adams 51.56. 4x400 — 4.C/P (Laufenberg, Riedl, Walsh, Autumn Churchill) 4:52.80. 4x800 — 2.C/P (Ava Gillilan, Caley, Riedl, Horner) 12:34.07. Long jump — 1.Fishnick 16’6”. Triple jump — 1.Fishnick 33’6.5”
Belmont top finishers (top 8)
4x100 — 6.Belmont (Yarley Fuentes, Emma VanNatta, Macie Krantz, Elsie Engelke) 1:06.28. 4x200 — 2.Belmont (Camdyn Spangler, Ashley Foecking, Joanna Jarquin, Raegyn Spangler) 2:07.63. Long jump — 7.R. Spangler 12’11.75”, 8.C. Spangler 12’10”. Shot put — 3.Taryn Ludlum 28’8.5”, 8.Emma VanNatta 25’0.25”. Discus — 2.Ludlum 85’10”, 3.Krantz 76’5”.
Tri-State Home School 
top finishers (top 8)
400  — 3.Annabel Tennessen 1:09.12, 5.Katie McGuire 1:12.70. 4x100 — 3.TSHS (Miriam Runde, Lucy Runde, Lydia Romaine, Celia Klar) 1:02.42. 4x200 — 4.TSHS (Adelle Lauper, Katie Snyder, Klar, Caitlyn Pratt) 2:09.67. 4x400 — 1.TSHS (Kate Pronschinske, Tennessen, McGuire, Ruah Franzmann-Simmert) 4:28.90. Long jump — 6.Franzmann-Simmert 13’1”. Triple jump — 7.Snyder 27’7.75”. Discus — 6.Julia Snyder 72’2”, 7.Emma Johnson 71’11”.­

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (April 8–15)
SWAL BASEBALL: Fennimore 2, Cuba City 0

By Jason Nihles, Boscobel Dial / The Fennimore Times / Platteville Journal

Bulldogs christen new field with 16–4 comeback win over Richland Center

BOSCOBEL — After a brief delay, the new Boscobel baseball field is open for competition.

The Bulldogs christened their swanky new facility — which features bullpens for both teams as well as a pair of hitting cages — with a 16–4 five-inning non-conference win over Richland Center Monday afternoon.

“Playing on the new field was fun,” said Boscobel head coach James Marks. “It was nice to be back home in front of our fans and not on the road. It felt good to get that first win on the field in front of our home community. The boys brought a lot of energy and had the will and the want to win the game.”

“It was a good win for us to get us back to .500. We got down early and our offense has been a struggle all year so I thought maybe we were going to have to play some small ball to get back in it, but the offense came alive in the third inning and we were able to use the long ball to fuel our comeback, and that’s something our program hasn’t done in quite some time.”

Senior Cameron Loos make history as the first Bulldog to record an official hit on the new field — a lead off double in the bottom of the first.

Junior Jarren Weahkee became the first player to homer on the new field when he smashed a grand slam over the left centerfield fence in the bottom of the third inning to give the Bulldogs a 5–4 lead after a shaky start.

“I told the boys before we batted in the fourth, ‘let’s try to get one run back here chip away to get back into this game,’” said Marks. “Then, we had a walk and a couple of hit batters, and Jarren came through with a nice deep fly for the grand slam. That flipped everything 180 degrees for us. The hitting became contagious and everyone wanted in on.”

Senior Landon Haessly added an RBI single in the fourth inning, then Weahkee hit a two-out, two-run single later in the inning to make it 8–4.

A hit batter, a Drew Sander two-run single, and another Hornet error, and a two-run double by Wyatt Anderson kept the rally going.

After Haessly walked, Loos hit the Bulldogs’ second home run of the game — this one a three-run shot over the left field fence —to make it 16–4, capping an 11-run running.

Haessly (1–1) ended up pitching five strong innings after giving up two runs in the top of the first inning. He struck out six Hornets while allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks in the complete game victory.

“After a shaky first inning, Landon seemed to settle in and got stronger as the game went one. Then we had three nice diving catches behind him in the top of the fifth inning to end the game, first by Gage Wayne in right, then Tyler Miller in left and finally by Cameron in center. It was nice to see those aggressive athletic defensive plays.”

Boscobel traveled to Cuba City (2–3, 2–1 SWAL) Tuesday afternoon and will now be off until a non-conference game at Stoddard Thursday, April 24.

Boscobel 16, Richland Center 4
(from Monday, April 14 @ Boscobel)
Richland Center...202    00    —    4  5  1
Boscobel................104 (11)x   —  16 11  1
Leading hitters — RC: Jacob McDonnell 2x3 (RBI); B: Cameron Loos 3x3 (3RBI, 4R), Jarren Weahkee 2x3 (6RBI, 2R), Wyatt Anderson 1x2 (2RBI). 2B — B: Loos, Andreson. 3B — B: Bryar Wayne. HR — B: Loos. Weahkee.
W — Landon Haessly (1–1, 5IP, 5H, 4R, 3ER, 6K, 2BB). L — Deakyn Heisz (3.1IP, 5H, 7R, 7ER, 5K, 1BB).