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De Soto’s Susanna Dammon (22) upends Cashton’s Kyah Flock (3) on a slide into second during Friday’s regional final. Cashton captured its fourth straight regional title after defeating De Soto 4-1 Friday afternoon. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Scenic Bluffs heavyweights meet in softball sectional

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 9:57am

Cashton and Bangor will meet tonight (Tuesday) in Round 3 of the softball battle between the Scenic Bluffs Conference heavyweights. There will be more on the line in the third match-up between the Cashton Lady Eagles and the Bangor Lady Cardinals, however, as the co-conference champions will be...

Cashton’s Emily Schaldach (right) pulls away from the field in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries at Thursday’s WIAA Division 3 track sectional in Bangor. Schaldach finished second in the 100 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles to advance to state in both events. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Eagles Schaldach, Anderson headed to state track meet

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 9:55am

Seniors Emily Schaldach and Gabe Anderson will represent Cashton High School in this weekend’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 State Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Schaldach punched her state ticket in two events at Thursday’s...

Sparta junior Turner Sund watches his drive from the No. 1 tee at River Run Golf Course in Sparta to kick off Tuesday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 boys golf regional. Turner and the Spartan linksters finished with a team score of 324 to win the eight-team regional by more than a dozen strokes. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

CHAMPS

Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 9:00am

Freshman Austin Erickson fired a two-over-par 74 to lead the Sparta boys golf team to a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 boys golf regional championship at River Run Golf Course in Sparta Tuesday. Erickson and the Spartan linksters used their home-course advantage to win...

Tomah junior Trey Gnewikow fired a nine-over-par 81 to lead the Tomah golf team to third in Tuesday’s regional at River Run Golf Course in Sparta. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

Gnewikow leads Tomah golfers to third at Division 1 regional

Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 8:58am

Junior Trey Gnewikow finished nine over par to help the Tomah boys golf team extend its post season run with a third-place finish in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 boys golf regional at River Run Golf Course in Sparta. Gnewikow opened the day with a three-over-...

Nelson leads Lady Falcon track team to regional championship

Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 8:53am

The Brookwood High School thinclads flexed their muscles Monday with a pair of top-two finishes in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 track and field regional at Royall High School. The Lady Falcons won the regional title at Royall with 14 sectional qualifiers, while the...

Cashton baseball team upends Sparta

Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 8:52am

Brady Butzler and Noah Flock combined to toss a one-hitter and lead Cashton to a 2-0 victory over Sparta in nonconference baseball action at Cashton Monday night. Butzler picked up the win on the mound, holding the Spartans to just one hit and zero runs in six innings of work, while Flock pitched a...

Noel Schmitz (above) and the Cashton softball team upended Bangor 5-1 Thursday to finish in a tie for first place in the final Scenic Bluffs Conference standings. The SBC title was the fourth straight for the Lady Eagles. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

CASHTON CATCHES BANGOR

Monday, May 22, 2017 - 10:16am

Cashton avenged an early-season loss Thursday, knocking off Bangor 5-1 to capture a share of the 2017 Scenic Bluffs Conference softball title. The Lady Eagles entered the conference match-up at Bangor trailing the Cards by a half-game after a split in a doubleheader against Brookwood earlier in the...

Sparta senior Jaydon Haag shot an 18-hole score of 82 to help the Spartan linksters capture the team title in the Holmen Invitational at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course Thursday. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Erickson's hot streak continues, Sparta golfers first at Drugan's

Monday, May 22, 2017 - 10:13am

Mississippi Valley Conference champion Austin Erickson continued his hot streak Thursday, leading the Sparta boys golf team to the title in the Holmen Invitational at Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course. Erickson, a freshman, fired a 37 on the front nine and a 39 on the back to record a five-over-par...

Cashton’s Emily Schaldach heaves the shot put on her first throw of the SBC track meet Tuesday. Schaldach, who set a meet record in the 100 hurdles, won three Scenic Bluffs titles. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Schaldach sets hurdles mark, leads Lady Eagles to second at SBC track championships

Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 8:47am

Senior Emily Schaldach ran a sub-16 second time in the 100-meter hurdles to set a meet record and lead the Cashton girls to a second-place finish in the Scenic Bluffs Conference track and field championship at Necedah High School Tuesday night. Schaldach outdistanced the strong field in the 11...

Brookwood’s Jamin Fladhammer (right) stays just ahead of Bangor’s Jaymeson Freit (left) during the 110-meter hurdle preliminaries in Tuesday’s Scenic Bluffs Conference track and field championships at Necedah. Fladhammer finished first in finals in both the 110 and 300-meter hurdles, while Freit was third in both events. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Bangor doubles up with pair of Scenic Bluffs track titles

Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 8:45am

The Bangor thinclads flexed their muscles on the oval Tuesday night, coming home with a pair of titles at the Scenic Bluffs Conference track and field meet in Necedah. The Lady Cardinals amassed 171 team tallies to outdistance second place Cashton by more than 40 points, while the Bangor boys...