The Ithaca/Weston softball team clinched a share of this year’s Ridge and Valley Conference championship last Thursday with a DH split vs. Wauzeka. Both teams end up 11-1 in league play. (Ithaca School District photo)
In the first year of a newly formed co-op at the varsity level, Ithaca and Weston Softball are celebrating a conference championship in the Ridge and Valley as I/W clinched a share of the championship after a split in a doubleheader Thursday at Wauzeka in a battle of conference unbeatens coming into the day.
It was one of the best games this season for the River Valley Blackhawks on the baseball diamond last Thursday with Valley posting a 6-4 SWC win on home turf vs. Prairie du Chien. Quincy Blakley pitched four scoreless innings for R-V while Keagan gave up only one earned run in his three innings of work on the mound.
Reedsburg took a hit on their quest to finish high in the Badger Small Boys Golf standings after tying for sixth place last Wednesday in the final Conference Mini-Meet of the spring at Lake Wisconsin, Sauk-Prairie’s home course.
A trip to Sauk-Prairie kicked off a pivotal week for the Beaver baseball team and Reedsburg left with their first two-game losing streak of the season as the previous Friday’s loss in McFarland was followed by a 10-4 loss at Sauk on Tuesday.
The Reedsburg Beaver boys tennis team entered this past weekend at the Badger Conference Tournament as the number two team in Badger Small and they exit the weekend still holding the number two spot.
For the fourth time this season, the Reedsburg Beaver boys track and field team won a team title in a meet last Tuesday after capturing first place at the Justinger Invitational in Tomah. The girls also placed second behind Tomah in the seven-team field.
On May 29, 1951, history was made at Webb Park as the first sanctioned Little League games in the State of Wisconsin were played right here in Reedsburg. Starting with just four teams, that inaugural season planted the seeds for a baseball tradition that has defined local summers for generations.
A seventh-place girls team finish among a field of over 20 schools was one of the best showings this year for River Valley Blackhawks Track and Field at Friday’s Sparky Reynolds Invite at Boscobel. The boys placed 11th with the Lancaster girls and Platteville boys winning team championships.
