Reedsburg faced perhaps it toughest opponent of the high school boys basketball season in the very first game last Friday, on the road against state-ranked Mount Horeb. Reedsburg started okay but the Vikings eventually took control and cruised to a 68-35 win to kick off not only the regular season but the conference season as well.
The Reedsburg Beavers won in their first ever girls wrestling dual on Friday night with a 36-18 win over Portage at RAHS. Reedsburg had four forfeit wins while Nevaeh Walter at 132 pounds and Bella Garcia at 165 pounds both won, head-to-head, with pins. Portage won three of the five actual matches that took place.
River Valley faced some tough competition on the wrestling mat last Tuesday as the Blackhawks hosted duals vs. Cuba City and defending state champ Mineral Point. The Blackhawks lost both duals, 43-18 vs. Cuba City and 70-10 against the Pointers but some individual wrestlers earned victories last Tuesday.
It was a case of close but no cigar for the Ithaca/Weston girls basketball team on Tuesday night last week, dropping a close 46-45 decision at Weston against the New Lisbon Rockets.
Things couldn’t have started much better this past weekend for the Reedsburg Beaver wrestlers. Reedsburg opened the conference dual season Friday with a lopsided win over Portage at RAHS and then the very next day, in the same gym, the Beavers cruised to five dual wins to win the team title at the Reedsburg Duals Invite.
After a 0-2 start, a needed victory was achieved for the Weston Silver Eagle boys basketball team on Friday night, taking care of business in a 67-56 non-conference decision over Coulee Christian at Weston High School. Isaac Jennings led Weston with 21 points followed by 14 from Trevor Westphal and freshman Jacob Keller added 12.
It will be a new face on the sidelines and some new faces on the court this season for the Reedsburg Beaver boys basketball squad as the Beavers get ready for the season opener this Friday.
Another season for the Ithaca/Weston High School Wrestling co-op is ready for lift-off with the regular season beginning Dec. 11 at the varsity level. Troy Clary, Kyle Kelly, and Marcus McCauley return as coaches for the boys, with Skyla Wanless taking over the girls team.
Ithaca/Weston opened this week with a loss in girls basketball action at Ithaca High School, falling to Belmont, 69-42, in non-conference action on Monday night.
