Sports

After a Tuesday postponement at Kickapoo, to be made up Feb. 16, the Weston Silver Eagles did get to open their conference basketball slate on Friday in Wauzeka, but things didn’t go as hoped for the visitors after a 67-48 loss.

The Ithaca/Weston girls basketball team now sits at 0-2 in the Ridge and Valley Conference season after an 82-38 loss at De Soto Friday night.

Despite a Tuesday postponement, the Beaver boys basketball team still had two home games this past week, on back-to-back nights, at RAHS. Reedsburg won in impressive, come-from-behind fashion on Thursday night over Mauston before falling to 0-2 in conference play and 1-2 overall the next night with a loss to McFarland.

A busy week for the River Valley Blackhawk wrestlers kicked off on Thursday as the boys fell to Sauk-Prairie in a dual meet at home by a final count of 60-17. Junior Max Giroux had the lone pin for River Valley at 150 pounds with Ty Larson recording a tech fall at 157 pounds.

Coach Luke Thatcher’s River Valley Blackhawks boys basketball squad was dominant last Tuesday on the way to win number one of the season, 72-29, at Wisconsin Heights.

The taste of victory was experienced by the Badger Lightning girls hockey squad for the first time in this young season last Thursday, an exciting 3-2 overtime win over the Janesville Bluebirds in Baraboo.

After several weeks of pre-season workouts and preparation, the first competition of the season is this weekend for the River Valley High School gymnasts. Amber Seffrood is in her third season as head coach for the program and has a roster of seven girls this season, down from 15 last season but at about the same number as the year previous.

It was a satisfying week for those associated with the Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells/Mauston high school boys hockey co-op after notching a pair of wins on the road, one in league play and one outside the Badger Conference.

A busy week for the River Valley girls kicked off with a convincing 67-47 win at Riverdale on Tuesday. Valley built a 35-25 halftime lead and upped the lead throughout the second half on the way to a 20-point victory, improving to 3-1 overall for the season.

Reedsburg faced a couple of area rivals this past week on the basketball court on the home floor, but the Beaver girls came up short in a Badger Small loss to Sauk-Prairie and a non-conference loss to the Baraboo Thunderbirds.