Sports

By Derick Kelly

Several Prairie du Chien wrestlers, from both the middle school and high school teams, recently participated in the Wisconsin State Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships. The Freestyle championships were held Saturday, May 6 and the Greco-Roman championships were held Sunday, May 7. Both events were at the Wisconsin Dells Sportsdome in Wisconsin Dells.

By Melissa R. Collum

The Blackhawks Special Olympics basketball team took first place at the state basketball tournament held at UW - Oshkosh Kolf Sports Center this past weekend. Andy Banasik, Prairie du Chien  Superintendent/Athletic Director had the following to say about the Blackhawks victory. “Awesome to see our students here from Bluffivew and the players who graduated come back. It is great to see how they all work together. Winning a championship, it is a great feeling for all of them. This is our only 2023 state championship team in Prairie right now!”

The nine member team, lead by head Coach Becky Brunning played three games, triumphing in each. Tyler Henry made the first basket of every game and according to Burnning, “set the pace for all the games and everyone followed the lead.”

On March 28th, the Prairie du Chien/River Ridge/Seneca Hawks Girls soccer team hosted the Aquinas Blue-Golds for a non-conference match and the season opener for both teams. Due to field conditions at the PDC High School stadium, the matches were played at Bluffview Middle School in PDC.
In varsity action, the Hawks started the season strong, beating the Blue-Golds 2-1. The game started off well for the Hawks, with the Hawks possessing the ball well in the first half. In the 24th minute, Aquinas committed a handball in the box, giving the Hawks a penalty kick. Tessa Czajkowski Higgins took the penalty kick and connected, giving the Hawks a 1-0 lead. In the 32nd minute, Aquinas answered, sending a nice pass through the middle of the penalty box which resulted in a goal. The teams went into halftime tied 1-1.