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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…

The sophomore defeated Waterloo Columbus’ Parker Stroh to claim an Iowa Class 1A district singles championship at Byrnes Park in Waterloo to earn a berth in the state tournament at the same location May 27-28. He also helped the Golden Eagles defeat Marion, 5-0, in a team substate meet on Saturday.

The junior foreign exchange studen ranks second in the state, regardless of class, with 35 goals scored in 15 games for the Cardinals. He has added five assists for 75 points to rank fourth in the state. Webster City’s Eddy Fuentes-Cruz leads the state with 38 goals and 90 points.

Ray struck out a school-record 25 batters and worked her way out of jams consistently in a 13-inning complete-game effort on Friday. The co-op dropped a 3-1 decision to Scales Mound/River Ridge, which had 12 hits.

Olivia Hilby (Dubuque Wahlert) – Hilby earned the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division athlete of the year after leading the Golden Eagles to a fourth-place team finish in the divisional track & field meet at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. She won the discus with a toss of 148 feet, 10 inches, and…

Emily Gorton won a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference championships during Thursday’s MVC Mississippi Divisional meet in North Liberty, Iowa. The Rams finished runner-up as a team behind Linn-Mar, 186-104. Gorton won the 3,000 in 10:30.65 and the 1,500 in 4:53.96. She also filled in for an injured teammate and ran a leg on the…