Austin Heinen Riverside 16 Underwood 7: The Bulldogs score eight unanswered runs to close the game and defeat Underwood on the road. Adaline Martens was one of four Bulldog players with two hits and also had three RBIs. Sophia Fenner was another among that four and had two RBIs as...
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Impact edged the Wayne Dirt Devils 4-3 for the 18-under championship of the Yankton Girls Softball Association (YGSA) Father’s Day Tournament, Sunday at Yankton’s Sertoma Park. Impact beat Fremont Force 9-1 to advance to the final. Wayne downed Yankton Fury Red 13-3 in the other semifinal. The Wayne (Nebraska) Dirt...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Ripon head coach Paul Trochinski, third from right, talks to his team during a game last season. Ripon returns 10 of its 15 players from a year ago, while welcoming three new faces. It will begin its season Saturday at home against Green Lake. Jonathan Bailey photo After coming within...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
TAUNTON — The fantastic run for the Woburn High softball team came to an end on Saturday night, as two-time defending MIAA Div. 1 state champion Taunton socked it to the Tanners, 12-0, in Elite Eight action, at Jack Tripp Softball Field. The game was highly-competitive through the first two...
DAVENPORT — Picking up wins against non-conference opponents has been more than attainable for the Muscatine High School baseball team this summer, with seven of them to be exact. Yet figuring out a way into the win column in the Mississippi Athletic Conference has been a struggle. The Muskies were able...
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Teams competed for state championships in softball at the UConn softball complex in Storrs. In Class LL, Fairfield Ludlowe took down Southington 5-2 to win its first softball state championship and hand the Blue Knights their first loss of the season. “We only had one thing to gain this whole...
SUDBURY — The magical season continues for the Woburn High softball team. Coming off their walk-off victory in their first game of the tournament, the 11th seeded Tanners kept it going, beating No. 6 Lincoln-Sudbury, 3-2, in thrilling fashion in the MIAA Division 1 Round of 16 on Wednesday afternoon....