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Thu
31
Oct

Bluegolds lose heartbreaker at C-FC

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 11:22
By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca-Wauzeka-Steuben Bluegolds saw their 2024 season come to an end this past Friday night when the host and second seeded Cochrane-Fountain City Pirates used a fourth quarter touchdown to rally past the seventh seed Bluegolds 12-7.
Thu
31
Oct

Timberwolves stun host Cashton 55-14

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 11:09
By A.J. Gates
 
As the No. 5 seed going into last Friday night’s level 1 division 7 playoff game against No. 4 seed Cashton, River Ridge head football coach Wade Winkers had one goal of utmost importance for his team.
“Our big thing this week was just to try and get out to a fast start, to use our speed and our explosiveness to get us some big plays early,” said coach Winkers.
Thu
31
Oct

Onalaska Luther defeats PdC Volleyball in postseason opener

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 11:07
By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien Volleyball team opened postseason play last Tuesday, Oct. 22 when they traveled to Onalaska to face the Luther Knights in a D3 Regional Quarterfinal contest. 
The host Knights ended the Blackhawks season with a 3-0 defeat. 
Luther earned the sweep with set wins of 25-12, 25-18 and 25-13.
The Hawks end the season with an overall record of 6-25 and 1-9 in the SWC, both improvements from last year. Prairie will also graduate seven seniors: Taia Dressler, Fiona Etemi, Mariah Faulkner, Ava Forde, Greenlee Krahn, Lexi Liska and Alexis Scherer.
Thu
31
Oct

Timberwolves finish season at Southwestern

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 11:03

River Ridge senior Alix Goeke goes up high for the ball during last Tuesday night’s regional opener at Southwestern. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)

River Ridge senior Hailey Kramer goes up for a block during last Tuesday night’s match at Southwestern. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)

River Ridge sophomore setter Mallory Crubel dished out a team-high 25 assists in last Tuesday night’s division 4 regional quarterfinal match at Southwestern. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)

River Ridge senior Maya Drone puts down one of her six kills during last Tuesday night’s regional match at Southwestern. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)

River Ridge senior Reghan Zinkle rises for a kill during last Tuesday night’s regional opener at Southwestern. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)
By A.J. Gates
 
With a 3-1 loss to host Southwestern in last Tuesday night’s division 4 regional quarterfinal, coach Dianne Langmeier and the River Ridge volleyball team concluded the 2024 season with an overall record of 11-13.
As the No. 10 seed in their division 4 playoff bracket, the Timberwolves fell to the No. 7 seed Wildcats in four sets.
After losing the first set by a score of 25-15, coach Langmeier’s squad evened things up by winning the second set, 25-17.
Thu
31
Oct

Ithaca stops Seneca in Regional Final

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:54

Seneca senior Kylie Chambers (4) hits the ball past Ithaca’s Jacey Maxwell. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Addison Davidson (9) sets the ball the between Skylette Gilbertson (left) and Maya Buffington (right). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Anne Manning leaps to dink the ball past the Ithaca defenders. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Ava Sime prepares to serve to the Bulldogs. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Raya Wallin watches the ball come down as she gets ready to serve it back to the Bulldogs. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Emma Manning gives her best Michael Jordan impression as she serves the ball as her tongue hangs out of her mouth. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca Volleyball team fell to Ridge & Valley Conference Champion Ithaca Bulldogs in a five-set thriller this past Saturday night in a D5 Regional Championship match at Ithaca High School. The Bulldogs seemingly had the Royals number this fall as the Bulldogs defeated Seneca four times during the course of the season with three of those matches requiring all five sets.
Thu
31
Oct

Hornets finish season at Highland

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:35
By Derick Kelly
 
The Wauzeka-Steuben Hornets Volleyball team hosted the Weston Silver Eagles last Tuesday, Oct. 22 to begin postseason competition.
The Silver Eagles kicked off the regional quarterfinal contest by winning the first set 25-21 before Wauzeka-Steuben won each of the final three sets (25-13, 25-15 and 25-20) to advance to a D5 regional semifinal contest at Highland last Thursday night.
Fri
25
Oct

Prairie du Chien Football throttles Lancaster 42-7 in regular season finale

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22

Hunter Straka (3) scoops up a Lancaster fumble as he races for the end zone in front of teammate Deacon Chesebro (13).

Prairie junior defensive back Mason Hird (10) tries to outrun Ashton Landt (11) and Lancaster’s Semaj Venson (5) during an interception return. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hunter Straka (3) greets Blake Thiry (9) in the air after one of Thiry’s four touchdowns in the game. Brady Lenzendorf (7) joins in. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Xander DeHart tries to get away after taking the ball away from Lancaster running back Nolan Hanke (28) in the first quarter. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman quarterback Cayden Sutter (6) gets ready to kneel out the Hawks win behind his offensive line of Mikey Pettit (72), Dayton Beall (62), Elias Kimbler (66), Rylan Poole (74) and Asher Thomas (58). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks football team traveled to rival Lancaster this past Friday night looking to cement an undefeated conference season for the second time in the last three seasons and the third time in the last seven years after having not done so from 1989 to 2017. Standing in the Hawks way was the second place Flying Arrows, as the two teams met up on the gridiron for the 91st time since the rivalry began back in 1897.
Fri
25
Oct

Timberwolves handle Pecatonica/Argyle

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:15
By A.J. Gates
 
With 324 yards rushing, the River Ridge Timberwolves asserted their dominance on the ground last Friday night in a 56-8 victory over visiting Pecatonica/Argyle to conclude the 2024 regular season schedule.
Coach Wade Winkers and his Timberwolves finished league play in the Six Rivers conference with a record of 5-2, finishing third in the league standings behind Potosi/Cassville (7-0) and Black Hawk/Warren (6-1).
Fri
25
Oct

Bluegolds run past Bulldogs

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:14
By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca-Wauzeka-Steuben Bluegolds used a dominating rushing attack Friday night to defeat the Boscobel Bulldogs 36-7 and earn a spot in the WIAA playoffs for the eighth time as a co-op.
S-W-S got on the scoreboard first thanks to a one-yard touchdown run by Cooper Lomas with just 18  seconds remaining in the first quarter. Lomas added the first of his three successful PAT kicks on the night to make the score 7-0.
Fri
25
Oct

Seneca Volleyball extends winning streak to six

Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:09
By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca Volleyball team wrapped up the 2024 regular season last week with three matches in four days. The Royals began last week by traveling to Kickapoo High to face the Panthers and came away victorious after sweeping the hosts 25-23, 25-20 and 25-21.
The two teams met each other the following night as part of Seneca’s senior night and the Royals once again won in three sets (25-22, 25-20 and 25-22).

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