For the third time this season and for the first time in conference play, River Valley’s girls played to a tie on the soccer field on Thursday, playing to a 2-2 draw at Dodgeville against the Dodgeville/Mineral Point co-op.
A new school record highlighted this past week’s efforts for the Reedsburg Beaver track and field program with an eye looking forward to the Badger Small Meet in just a few days.
For the first time this season, the Reedsburg Beavers are no longer in first place in the Badger Small baseball standings, but Reedsburg did still win two of three games overall last week.
The Beaver girls soccer team is in the midst of the most successful stretch in any season in recent memory and the hot streak continued last week with one win coming against a state-ranked team, another rarity in recent seasons.
River Valley had a major league baseball type schedule last week with five games in six days but the Blackhawks did get a much-needed win on Friday over Richland Center.
After a 7-6 loss to Mount Horeb on Monday, R-V lost a tight 4-1 decision at Dodgeville last Tuesday in a return to SWC action.
Members of the River Valley High School track and field program always like to keep tabs on the rest of the conference throughout the season and they got a chance to do just that at last week’s SWC in-season Invite at Platteville in advance of the official SWC Meet on May 20 in Dodgeville.
The Ithaca/Weston Track and Field program is looking to the Ridge and Valley Conference Meet on May 20 at North Crawford High School but I/W got a sneak peak at the rest of the league’s teams and athletes on Thursday last week as the R&V schools, plus Fennimore, competed at Kickapoo High School.
The Beaver girls suffered a couple of disappointing losses in league play last week in Badger Small softball before closing out the week in style, with two lopsided wins on Saturday at Nishan Park.
