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The senior third baseman batted .667 (14-for-21) with 11 RBIs, two doubles and three walks as the Bobcats went 2-4 during the week. They swept Independence but lost doubleheaders to Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Iowa City, who are both receiving votes in the Class 4A poll. Through 11 games, Anderson is hitting .556 (20-for-36) with…

Megan Kreul (Lancaster track & field) – The senior won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship in the triple jump on Friday at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Kreul jumped 37 feet, 5.5 inches to finish four inches ahead of Cate Lockton, a sophomore from Madison Edgewood.

Evan Anderson & Jensen Hill (Dubuque Wahlert tennis) – The Wahlert tandem won three of their four matches to finish second at the Iowa Class 1A state doubles tournament in Waterloo. Last week, they each posted two singles wins and one doubles win in helping the Golden Eagles to a runner-up finish at the Class…

Driscoll won the 800 meters in 2:17.66 and anchored a pair of winning relays at the Wisconsin Division 2 sectional meet in McFarland. She teamed with Madeline Burr, Annie Martin and Kylie Olmstead to take the 4×400 in 4:03.72 and with Martin, Ava Green, Olmstead to win the 4×800 in 9:32.48. Lancaster qualified eight entries…

The senior scored two goals in a 3-1 victory over Center Point-Urbana in the Iowa Class 2A Substate 4 semifinals, then added another goal as the Golden Eagles upset Cedar Rapids Xavier, 4-3, in the championship match to advance to state for the first time since 2019 and the 13th time overall. Welbes leads Wahlert…

The junior right-hander allowed just two hits and struck out eight in six shutout innings as the Rams defeated defending Iowa Class 4A state champion Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 2-0, in the opener of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader on Wednesday. Sullivan also went 3-for-3 at the plate as Senior beat the Cougars for the first…

Aaron Culbertson (East Dubuque track) – The senior finished second at the Illinois Class 2A sectional meet at Rochelle with a throw of 151 feet, 8 inches to qualify for this weekend’s state meet. Earlier this season, he won the NIUC meet with a throw of 161-1 and set a personal best of 168-11 on…

Quentin Nauman (Western Dubuque) — The University of Oregon recruit capped his junior year with four titles in as many events at the Iowa Class 3A state track meet in Des Moines. He won the 3,200 meters in 8:57.97 on Thursday and anchored the distance medley relay to a state meet-record time of 8:57. 97…

Joe Winter (River Ridge/Scales Mound baseball) — The senior first baseman went 4-for-5 with two doubles and five RBIs as the Wildcats rallied from a 6-1 deficit to beat East Dubuque, 15-7 in an Illinois Class 1A regional championship game. In his final three at-bats, he had two two-run doubles and an RBI single.

The senior and University of Wisconsin-Platteville commit struck out 12 in a five-inning no-hitter as East Dubuque wrapped up its regular-season with a 17-0 win over Southwestern. He has led the Warriors most offensive and pitching categories this season and helped East Dubuque clinch its third consecutive Northwest Upstate Illini Conference championship and fourth in…