Sports

Something new for tractor pull fans this year

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 10:41am

It's likely most fans at the Budweiser Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor Pull have never heard of Back Road Story. It’s certainly possible, especially if they hail from Missouri, but you can bet the Springfield band will be well-known in the area after they take the stage at this weekend’s...

Sparta Legion catcher Austin Stuessel snags a foul ball up against the fence in the third-inning of Tuesday’s U-17 game against Holmen at Sparta Memorial Park. Holmen struck for seven runs in the top of the fifth to pull away for a 12-4 victory over Sparta. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

Sparta Legion U-17 baseball team drops home game to Holmen

Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 8:23am

Holmen used a seven-run rally in the top of the fifth to break open a close game and pull away for a 12-4 victory over Sparta in U-17 American Legion Baseball action at Sparta Memorial Park Tuesday night. Sparta fell behind early, but rallied in the fourth frame to pull within a run of the lead,...

The Tomah Youth Baseball 11U team that competed against West Salem on Tuesday. From left - Jace Shelley, Kole Peterson, Austin Gray, Cody Coenen, Landon Pierce, Austin Hangartner, Nathan Sankey, Brady Baldwin, Tanner Goodbear and Colton Fakner. Herald photo by Logan Myhre.

YOUTH SPORTS TEAM OF THE WEEK

Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 8:22am

Kicking off our first Monroe County Herald Team of the Week feature is the Tomah Youth Baseball 11U Team. This team consists of 22 players, all about to enter sixth grade. They play games on Tuesdays and Thursdays as part of the 11U lower division in the Coulee Region Sports League. There are no...

Tomah clay team looks to defend state title this weekend

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 9:14am

The Tomah High School clay shooting team will travel to Rome Saturday in the same position it found itself in 2016. Tomah finished second in the final competition week in Class A - Conference 7 this year behind Boscobel High School. The same position for Tomah in 2016, but Tomah was on top of its...

Tomah’s Dalton Prielipp (right) slides safely into second after belting a double during the bottom of the sixth inning of Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal. The Timberwolves scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge Middleton 2-1 in the semifinal, but fell one game shy of a state berth after a 10-2 loss to Waunakee in the final. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

One bad inning keeps Tomah from state

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 9:07am

With nearly 200 innings of baseball played this season, the Tomah High School baseball team had rightly earned a reputation of stinginess on the defensive of the ball. The Timberwolves were successful in avoiding a blow-up inning all season long, successfully holding their opponents to one or two-...

Six area cowboys and cowgirls landed a spot on the Wisconsin National Junior High Rodeo team recently. The youngsters take their rodeo talents on the road later this month, when they travel to Lebanon, Tennessee, to compete in the 13th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo. From left - Brady Uppena, Coy Nelson, Krista Cook, Cheyenne Check, Evan Salzwedel and Dylan Breitsprecher. Contributed photo.

Area students to compete at world’s largest junior high rodeo

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 9:03am

Six area youth earned positions on the Wisconsin National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Lebanon, Tennessee, June 18-24 to compete at the 13th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR). Cheyenne Check, an eighth-grader at Queen of the Apostles School in...

Sparta senior Sirrus Bier attempts to clear the high jump bar at 6’-4” during Friday’s WIAA Division 1 Track and Field State Championships at UW-La Crosse. Bier missed at 6’-4”, but cleared 6’-2” to finish 14th in the high jump. Herald photo by Nate Beier.

Spartan thinclads earn top-20 finishes at state

Monday, June 5, 2017 - 9:43am

A pair of Sparta thinclads turned in solid performances over the weekend in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 Track and Field State Championships at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Senior Sirrus Bier and sophomore Angie Talsky both came home with top-20 finishes...

Brookwood junior Allyson Nelson (7) passes an opponent during the 400-meter dash preliminaries at Friday’s WIAA Track and Field State Championships. Nelson qualified for state in three events, finishing fourth in the discus, 10th in the 400-meter dash and 11th in the 800-meter run. Herald photo by J.P. Schaller.

Falcon duo solid at Division 3 state track and field meet

Monday, June 5, 2017 - 9:40am

Junior Allyson Nelson and senior Blake Martin captured medals to lead the Brookwood thinclads at the 2017 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 Track and Field State Championships over the weekend. Nelson led the way for the Lady Falcons with a fourth-place finish in the discus...

Cashton senior Emily Schaldach (left) glides over the hurdles next to an opponent in the 100-meter preliminaries Friday morning. She finished sixth in the event in Saturday’s finals. Herald Photos by J.P. Schaller.

Schandach sixth at state in 100 hurdles

Monday, June 5, 2017 - 9:36am

Seniors Emily Schaldach and Gabe Anderson made the most of their final high school track and field performances over the weekend. Schaldach picked up a pair of top-10 finishes and a trip to the medal stand in the hurdles during Saturday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3...

Tomah baseball team captures first regional title in ten seasons

Monday, June 5, 2017 - 9:25am

Connor Prielipp tossed a three-hitter and Tomah scored a pair of runs on Reedsburg miscues to lead the Timberwolves to their first regional baseball championship in a decade Thursday. Manufactured runs in the first and fourth innings turned out to be enough for the Timberwolves, who held on for a 2...