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Hornets defeat Trojan boys basketball
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CHARLEY PREUSSER
Published: Jan 28, 2021, 7:04 PM

NORTH CRAWFORD - Well, the North Crawford boys basketball team earned a split last week.

Things started rough for the Trojans on the road at Wauzeka.

Actually, North Crawford was hanging tough with the Hornets for most of the first half. Then, with three minutes to go until halftime, the wheels fell off.

The Trojans committed three straight turnovers, which led to a pair of three pointers and a dunk by Hornets’ star Gavin Ralph. Ralph went on to finish the night with a very impressive double-double­ of 26 points and 17 rebounds. 

The score at halftime was Hornets 30 Trojans 18. The final score was Wauzeka-Steuben 63 and North Crawford 45.

Junior Stephen Munson led the Trojans in scoring with 17 points and Devlin Smith scored 12 points and led the team in rebounds with seven.

Rounding out the scoring for North Crawford were Quentin Lathrop with six points, Garrett Finnell with four points and Keegan Bender with two points.

For the Hornets, Garrett Kapinus scored 15 points and Carter Lomas had 10.

What a difference a day makes…North Crawford was an inhospitable host to Hillsboro on Friday, Jan. 22, as the Trojans laid a 49-19 drubbing on the visiting Tigers.

“It was a nice bounce-back win for us,” North Crawford coach Chris Wettstein said of the Hillsboro game. The Tigers were held to just 16 percent shooting from the field.

Trojan senior guard Quentin Lathrop led all scorers with 20 points, while Stephen Munson had 10 points and led the team in rebounds with eight. He also led the team in assists with seven and steals with six.

North Crawford’s big post player Sever Stovey scored six points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Garrett Finnell scored five points, while Keegan Bender and Devlin Smith each scored four points.

At the end of the week, North Crawford’s overall record was 6-4 and their record in the Ridge and Valley Conference was 4-3.

North Crawford will host Brookwood on Thursday, Jan. 28 and then LaFarge on Friday, Jan. 29.
Riverdale wrestlers pick up two wins
Muscoda
Wrestling Generic
Published: Jan 5, 2023, 3:00 PM

MUSCODA - The wrestling team had one final warm up before the Bi-State Classic, heading to Belmont on Tuesday night. The team picked up two wins defeating Belmont/Platteville 42-33 and Pecatonica Argyle 48-24.

Rylee Wanek started the

Belmont/Platteville dual with a pin at 170 pounds. After a forfeit to Dietrich Buchholz at 182 Kadin Rynes moved up to 195 and won by pin. At 220 pounds Dreyton Deglow competed in a back and forth match and ended up on the losing end 10-7. Riverdale forfeited at heavyweight and had a 18-9 lead moving into 106.

Jordan Bomkamp would put together a great performance. He scored two takedowns and rode his opponent hard on his way to a 4-0 victory. This was a big swing match and Jordan came through when called on. Terry Sage jumped back into the varsity lineup with a fighting performance before falling by pin late in the third period. Brody Miess would follow with a pin at 120 to move to 16-1 on the season.

Carson Knight jumped up a weight class and would fall by pin to a tough Belmont/Platteville wrestler. Sean Duffy picked up a forfeit at 132 and Nick Stitzer would avenge a loss at the Richland Center Invite with a 6-2 win to secure the dual for Riverdale. After two Riverdale forfeits Ashton Miess would collect a big lead before securing the fall at 160 pounds.

In the dual against Pecatonica/ Argyle Nick Stitzer and Sean Duffy would pick up pins on the way to the 48-24 victory. The team is now 8-0 on the season and their next dual will be at home on Thursday, January 12 when they wrestle Boscobel/Wauzeka- Stueben and River Valley.

The team is off until the Bi- State Classic December 29-30 at the La Crosse Center. You can follow the progress of the wrestling team through trackwrestling.com, WRCO radio, or check out the Riverdale Wrestling Club Facebook page for updates.

JH wrestling begins

Riverdale Junior High wrestling will hold their first practice of the season in the RES small gym after school until 5:15 on Tuesday, January 2. This is open to any boys or girls in grade 6-8. This is a great time to try the sport in an environment conducive to learning basic moves and competing against kids of your own ability. Contact JH head coach Nick Brewer or head wrestling coach Jeff Campbell with any questions.