Sports
Local Prep Scores from Wednesday 5/30
WIAA Regional Finals
D5
Royall 5 Seneca 4 (8 Innings)
De Soto 12 Cashton 5
Regional Semi-Final Score
D5
Bangor 10 Pepin/Alma 0
Royall Walks Off Into Sectionals
The Royall Panther baseball team rallied past Seneca 5-4 in a WIAA Division 4 Regional Championship game Wednesday evening. Tyrus Wildes capped off the rally with an 8th inning walk off single with two outs in the extra frame. Royall spotted Seneca a 4 run lead in the first inning but battled back. Royall tied it in the 5th on an RBI groundout by Trey Wildes. Cole Eberhardt went 2×2 with 2RBI’s for the Panthers who are making their first trip to sectionals since 2021. Tucker Wildes went 2×3 and Seth Brandau picked up the win in relief. Brandau pitched 4 scoreless inning giving up just 2hits a walk while striking out 5. Royall will play De Soto up in Blair-Taylor on Tuesday at 1pm if Royall wins they would play again at 4pm with a trip to state on the line.
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 5/28
WIAA Softball Sectional Semi-Finals
D3
Adams-Friendship 5 River Valley 2
D5
Hillsboro 6 Ithaca 1
WIAA Regional Semi-Final Baseball
Division 2
Lodi 11 Mauston 2
Altoona 11 Tomah 9
Reedsburg 1 Sauk Prairie 0
Division 5
Royall 6 Brookwood 0
Cashton 7 Ithaca 4
De Soto 5 Weston 3
Seneca 11 Wauzeka-Steuben 2
WIAA Regional Semi-Final Girls Soccer
Division 2
Onalaska 6 Reedsburg 0
Tomah 3 Platteville/Lancaster 3 (Tomah wins shootout 3-1)
Division 3
Jefferson 3 Mauston 0
Royall Blanks Brookwood to Advance in Baseball Post Season
The Royall Panther baseball team used a strong pitching effort and timely hitting to defeat Brookwood in a WIAA Division 4 Regional Semi-Final, winning 6-0. Trey Wildes pitched the first 5 inning for the Panthers giving up no runs while scattering 5hits walking 4 and striking out 4 to pick up the victory. Cole Eberhardt went 2×2 with an RBI while Ben Crneckiy had a 2 run double in the 6th inning to give the Panthers some much needed breathing room. Owen Wang went 4×4 for Brookwood. Royall improves to 16-5 with the victory and advances to the Regional Championship game.
Hillsboro Softball Team Downs Ithaca to Advance to Sectional Final
The Hillsboro Tigers softball team advanced to the WIAA D5 Sectional Championship game with a 6-1 victory over Ithaca Tuesday night. The victory avenged an earlier 9-2 loss during the season to Ithaca. Kianna Liska went 4×4 with an RBI in the victory and Jaelyn Bloor picked up the victory inside the circle pitching a complete game giving up just 1run on 5hits walking none and striking out 5. Hillsboro improves to 19-3 on their season and will take on the Wisconsin Rapids Assumption Royals in the Sectional Final Thursday in New Lisbon.
Local State Track & Field Qualifiers
D1
Boys
200m Brody Habelmen –Tomah
400m Jaxon Ruland –Tomah
Long Jump Elijah Brown – Tomah
Triple Jump Elijah Brown – Tomah
Shot Put Jayden Brieske – Tomah
Discus Atlin Steinhoff – Tomah (Sectional Champ)
Girls
400m Cadence Scholze –Tomah
100m Hurdles Lily Joyce – Tomah (Sectional Champ)
300m Hurdles Lily Joyce – Tomah (Sectional Champ)
4×400 relay – Tomah (Lily Joyce, Aisha Fritsche, Zandrea Mason, Cadence Scholze)
D2
Girls
Shot Put Natalie Backhaus –Wisconsin Dells
100m Hurdles Michelle Marquard – Wisconsin Dells
400m –Molly Johnson – Adams-Friendship
Pole Vault Michelle Marquard – Wisconsin Dells
Boys
400m Salo Ortiz – Wisconsin Dells
Discus Jake Long – Adams-Friendship
Shout Put Jake Long – Adams-Friendship
Pole Vault Eli Halwood – Mauston (Sectional Champ)
Division 3
Boys
100m Danny Roehling – Wonewoc-Center
200m Danny Roehling –Wonewoc-Center
400m Marshall Doll – Brookwood
3200 Cooper Powell – Brookwood
110M Hurdles – Elijah John Brookwood
High Jump – Wyatt Maurhoff – Brookwood
Triple Jump – Jack Herried – Necedah
Girls
3200 M Run Katie Fields –Wonewoc-Center
Local Prep Scores from Thursday 5/23
Division 1
Tomah 4 DeForest 2 (Tomah first regional Championship since 2006)
Division 2
Mount Horeb 20 Wisconsin Dells 3
Division 3
Adams-Friendship 4 Prairie Du Chien 3
Division 4
Blair-Taylor 7 Cashton 5
Division 5
Hillsboro 8 Brookwood 1
Ithaca 4 Seneca 1
WIAA Regional Quarter-Final Baseball Scores
Division 2
Tomah 3 Onalaska 1
Sauk Prairie 5 Wisconsin Dells 2
Mount Horeb 11 Adams-Friendship 0
Lodi 7 Baraboo 1
Division 3
Darlington 3 Westfield 0
New Glarus 2 Nekoosa 1
Wautoma 10 Omro 4
Division 4
Cashton 12 Hillsboro 3
Weston 4 Kickapoo 0
De Soto 10 Wonewoc-Center 0
Wauzeka-Steuben 10 New Lisbon 4
Brookwood 2 La Farge 1
Regular Season Baseball
Riverdale 3 Royall 0
Bangor 10 Mauston 8
Smith and Barker Advance to State Meet for New Lisbon
The New Lisbon Track and Field Team competed Thursday night at the WIAA Sectional meet in Bangor alongside 35 other teams who brought athletes fighting for a spot to participate in the State Track and Field next weekend at UW La Crosse.
Blake Smith rose to the occasion and with a School Record throw of 51’ 4” took the Sectional Championship and punched his ticket to State.
Jameson Barker earned his spot at Sectionals with a school record 41.61 time in the 300 meter hundred hurdles and continued his momentum by finishing 3rd at Sectional and also earning a trip to State.
This is the 7th consecutive year excluding the covid year that New Lisbon has had athletes representing New Lisbon at the WIAA State Track and Field Meet.
Hillsboro Softball Wins 3rd Straight Regional Championship
The Hillsboro Tigers softball team won their 3rd straight regional champions Thursday evening with an 8-1 thumping over Brookwood. Hillsboro used a big 5 run 2nd inning to help secure the victory. The two Tiger seniors had big games for Hillsboro. Peyton Sullivan had a Kirk Gibson like performance going 3×3 with a key RBI in the 2nd inning for Hillsboro. Jaelyn Bloor went 1×3 with an RBI at the plate but picked up the victory in the circle going 7 strong innings giving up just 1 run while scattering 5 hits and striking out a pair of batters against just 1 walk. Hillsboro will travel to Seneca on Tuesday for a sectional semi-final matchup. Hillsboro improves to 18-3 on their season. Brookwood got a homerun from Kymber Kaiser in the loss. Brookwood finishes their season with a record of 13-11.
WIAA Regional Semi-Final Local Softball Scores from Wednesday 5/22
D2
Wisconsin Dells 8 Reedsburg 7
D3
Adams-Friendship 7 Dodgeville 5
Lancaster 7 Westfield 4
D4
Blair-Taylor 17 Bangor 7
Cashton 4 Onalaska Luther 1
Auburndale 15 Necedah 0
D5
Seneca 7 Wonewoc-Center 3
Pepin/Alma 9 Royall 0
Brookwood 10 Kickapoo 1
Hillsboro 13 De Soto 4 (Michelle Hora 3×3 4steals, Michelyn Hanson 3×3 Home Run 3RBIs)