Author: athleteotw

I would like to nominate an athlete on the boys Maquoketa Soccer team. His name is Luc Schumacher. He is a foreign exchange student visiting from Germany, who has helped lead his undefeated team to 4 victories. Last night he broke the scoring record for Maquoketa scoring 6 goals. The Cardinals shut out West Delaware…

A senior who has been to state the last two years, he placed fifth in the Illinois indoor state meet earlier this month in just his second meet of season. Last week, he PR’d by throwing 165.5 feet in the discus foe the Galena, River Ridge and East Dubuque tri-op program in a meet at…

Payton Gile (Cuba City softball) – The Cubans’ ace pitcher tossed a five-inning, 11-strikeout no-hitter in a 10-0 victory over Wisconsin Heights in a tournament Saturday in Cuba City. Later in the day, she struck out 13 and allowed one unearned run in a one-hitter to lead the Cubans to a 5-1 win over Dodgeville.…

In the first meet of her high school girls golf career, the freshman shot a 42 to earn medalist honors and lead the Comets to a 211-213 victory over Anamosa at Fawn Creek County Club in Anamosa, Iowa. She beat Anamosa junior Olivia Miller by one stroke. Tott tied for the fifth-best score in the…

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…