Sophomore Mollie Maes from River Valley High School qualified for the WIAA State Cross Country Meet in Girls D-2 with a ninth place overall finish at Saturday’s WIAA Sectional Meet in Wis. Rapids. Maes had the third best time among the eligible individual qualifiers and the top five advance to State. Maes will run on Saturday afternoon at the WIAA State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids. (Photo from Julie Maes)
For the second year in a row, the River Valley Blackhawks will have a girls runner competing at the WIAA State Cross Country Meet. Last year, Brielle Grant, as a sophomore, was able to qualify but Grant was unable to run this year in the WIAA D-2 Sectional Meet in Wis.
It might be safe to say that no player in Reedsburg Beaver football history, at least in the modern era, had a more productive night on the field than senior Will Mikonowicz did on Friday when the Beavers opened the post-season with a home game in the WIAA D-3 Playoffs against the Waterford Wolverines at Millennium Field.
The post-season began on a positive note but ended on a sour note for the Reedsburg Beaver volleyball team. Reedsburg opened the WIAA D-2 Playoffs with a win over Mauston before seeing the season come to a close two nights later in Mosinee.
The regular season ended with disappointment for the River Valley Blackhawks on the football field as back-to-back losses ended R-V’s hopes of a conference championship, but the Blackhawks looked to wipe the slate clean last Friday as the WIAA D-5 Playoffs began.
Sophomore Deakin McDonough and freshman Luke Osborne represented Weston High School in the D-3 boys cross-country race at the Prairie du Chien WIAA Sectional Meet on Saturday with McDonough placing 68th overall and Osborne 108th in a field of over 120 runners on Saturday.
On Thursday last week, River Valley played Mayville in their first regional game of the WIAA Tournament series in boys soccer action and posted a convincing 5-0 win.
WIAA Tournament play began last week for all high school girls volleyball teams across the state with River Valley opening WIAA D-3 Regional play on the home floor Thursday against Belleville. R-V is the four seed in their half-sectional grouping with Belleville the five seed with River Valley coming out on top in a four-set match.
