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Oberman struck out 17 while throwing a perfect game as East Dubuque beat Benton/Shullsburg, 6-0, on Monday afternoon in Benton, Wis. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and a home run for the Warriors. Oberman won a pitchers’ duel with Benton/Shullsburg ace Jessie Ray, who struck out 15 over seven innings…

The senior posted the fifth-fastest time in the state, regardless of class, in the 400-meter hurdles during the Pleasant Valley meet on Thursday. He ran a 55.86 to finish second in the meet. Waukee Northwest’s Cael Woods owns the state’s fastest time at 54.20.

Hahn struck out 19 and allowed only four hits to lead Galena to a 9-1 home victory over Polo on Monday. She then had two hits and earned the pitching victory in a 6-5 win at Durand on Wednesday.

The senior went 3-for-4 and homered in a 3-1 victory over Winnebago, then struck out 16 and went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs as East Dubuque beat Milford, 11-1, in six innings during a pair of non-conference games Saturday in Jacksonville, Ill.

Jacob Litterer (Bellevue Marquette basketball) — The senior scored in double figures all three games at the Iowa Class 1A state tournament in Des Moines to help the Defenders capture a second-consecutive state runner-up trophy. Litterer scored a team-high 19 points in a 59-57 loss to unbeaten Madrid in the championship game. He contributed 13…

Ella Vosberg (Cuba City basketball) — The senior forward led Cuba City in scoring with 42 points in two games at the Wisconsin Division 4 state tournament in Green Bay. She had 28 points and 11 rebounds in a 68-63 win over top-seeded Prairie School in Thursday’s semifinals. Vosberg then tallied 14 points, 10 steals…

Drake Medinger (Dubuque Senior basketball) — The junior scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed a team-best seven rebounds as the Rams dropped a 71-49 decision to Cedar Falls in the Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinals. The second-team all-Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division pick averaged 13.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game this…

The junior scored a game-high 17 points, including the 1,000th point of his career, to lead the Rams to an Iowa Class 4A state tournament berth with a 64-55 victory over Cedar Rapids Prairie in the substate championship game. Schultz averages 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for the Rams, who take a 17-6 record into…

The all-time leading scorer at Wahlert was named to the six-player Iowa Class 3A all-state tournament team. Lueken finished with a team-high 10 points in Friday’s championship-game loss to Mount Vernon, and her 26-point quarterfinal, and 27-point semifinal efforts catapulted the Eagles into the final. She was Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division’s Athlete of the…

The senior scored the 1,000th point of her career on Thursday night to join an ultra exclusive club at Shullsburg. She joined 2018 graduate Brianna Leahy as the only players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Russell scored nine points in a 48-35 loss to Barneveld in a Wisconsin Division…