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Lucas Ludlum (Platteville football) – Ludlum caught three touchdown passes and contributed two interceptions on defense to lead the Hillmen in a 49-6 rout of Broadhead. T.J. Pink three all three of the touchdown passes to Ludlum.

Annie Gilligan (Dubuque Senior swimming) – Through the first two weeks of the season, the sophomore has already earned four automatic qualifying times for the Iowa state meet in November. She has hit the standard in the 200 freestyle (1:55.89), 100 freestyle (53.49), 50 freestyle (24.71) and 100 backstroke (58.20). Only nine swimmers in the…

The junior rushed 17 times for 196 yards and four touchdowns and contributed an interception on defense to help the WarCats defeat Fennimore, 34-7, to improve to 3-0.

Gracie Furlong (Galena volleyball) – The senior recorded the 1,000th kill of her decorated career on Saturday in a match against Glenbard North. She floored 53 kills to help the Pirates go 5-0 and win their own tournament. A Bradley University commit, she will be presented with her 1,000th-kill ball on Tuesday before a home…

Isaac Burlage (Dyersville Beckman football) — The senior ran 23 times for 148 yards (6.4 per attempt) and three touchdowns as the Trailblazers opened the season with a 57-14 victory on Friday at Waterloo Columbus. Beckman finished with 399 yards rushing.

(Quentin Nauman, Western Dubuque) — The junior ran to a first-place — and new school record — time of 15:15 to win the boys 5K at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational on Saturday morning. Nauman was 10 seconds clear of Pella’s Canaan Dunham in a star-studded field. Dunham opened the season ranked No. 1 in…

Nolan Wolf (Lancaster football) — Wolf threw touchdown passes of 14 and 27 yards to Brennen Gildersleeve and connected with Samaj Venson on a game-sealing 51-yard score late in the fourth quarter, and the Flying Arrows beat Mineral Point, 21-6, in their season opener on Friday night.

Henry Thier (Dubuque Wahlert golf) — The freshman fired a 5-under-par 67 to earn meet medalist honors as the Golden Eagles finished second overall with 291 total strokes in the 16-team Lancer Invitational on Wednesday at Glynn’s Creek Golf Course in Long Grove, Iowa. The Golden Eagles finished just one stroke behind team champion Pleasant…

Aidan Colin (Southwestern/East Dubuque) — Colin threw for 184 yards, including touchdown passes of 61 and a game-winning 53-yarder to Brody Culbertson with 10 seconds remaning in the game, as the Warcats upended 2023 Division 7 state runner-up Black Hawk/Warren, 28-20, in the season opener Friday in South Wayne, Wis. Colin also ran for 136…

Melanie Runde (Western Dubuque) — The sophomore tripled and drove in two runs to help the Bobcats rallied to defeat Clear Creek-Amana, 4-3, in an Iowa Class 4A regional championship game. Western Dubuque reached the state tournament for the second straight season. Runde leads the Bobcats with a .431 averag and has nine doubles, four…