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Fri
25
Oct

Prairie du Chien Football throttles Lancaster 42-7 in regular season finale


Hunter Straka (3) scoops up a Lancaster fumble as he races for the end zone in front of teammate Deacon Chesebro (13).

Prairie junior defensive back Mason Hird (10) tries to outrun Ashton Landt (11) and Lancaster’s Semaj Venson (5) during an interception return. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hunter Straka (3) greets Blake Thiry (9) in the air after one of Thiry’s four touchdowns in the game. Brady Lenzendorf (7) joins in. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Xander DeHart tries to get away after taking the ball away from Lancaster running back Nolan Hanke (28) in the first quarter. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman quarterback Cayden Sutter (6) gets ready to kneel out the Hawks win behind his offensive line of Mikey Pettit (72), Dayton Beall (62), Elias Kimbler (66), Rylan Poole (74) and Asher Thomas (58). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks football team traveled to rival Lancaster this past Friday night looking to cement an undefeated conference season for the second time in the last three seasons and the third time in the last seven years after having not done so from 1989 to 2017. Standing in the Hawks way was the second place Flying Arrows, as the two teams met up on the gridiron for the 91st time since the rivalry began back in 1897.
Fri
25
Oct

Timberwolves handle Pecatonica/Argyle

By A.J. Gates
 
With 324 yards rushing, the River Ridge Timberwolves asserted their dominance on the ground last Friday night in a 56-8 victory over visiting Pecatonica/Argyle to conclude the 2024 regular season schedule.
Coach Wade Winkers and his Timberwolves finished league play in the Six Rivers conference with a record of 5-2, finishing third in the league standings behind Potosi/Cassville (7-0) and Black Hawk/Warren (6-1).
Fri
25
Oct

Bluegolds run past Bulldogs

By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca-Wauzeka-Steuben Bluegolds used a dominating rushing attack Friday night to defeat the Boscobel Bulldogs 36-7 and earn a spot in the WIAA playoffs for the eighth time as a co-op.
S-W-S got on the scoreboard first thanks to a one-yard touchdown run by Cooper Lomas with just 18  seconds remaining in the first quarter. Lomas added the first of his three successful PAT kicks on the night to make the score 7-0.
Fri
25
Oct

Seneca Volleyball extends winning streak to six

By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca Volleyball team wrapped up the 2024 regular season last week with three matches in four days. The Royals began last week by traveling to Kickapoo High to face the Panthers and came away victorious after sweeping the hosts 25-23, 25-20 and 25-21.
The two teams met each other the following night as part of Seneca’s senior night and the Royals once again won in three sets (25-22, 25-20 and 25-22).
Fri
25
Oct

PdC Volleyball concludes regular season

By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien Volleyball team concluded their 2024 regular season competition last week with a pair of conference matches. First up for the Hawks was Platteville last Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Lady Hillmen defeated PdC 25-3, 25-15 and 25-6 to earn a three-match sweep.
The Hawks traveled to Richland Center two nights later. After falling short in the first two sets (21-25 and 14-25), PdC held off the Hornets 25-21 in the third set for their first set win over Richland Center since a five-set victory on senior night in 2022.
Fri
25
Oct

Timberwolves’ Patterson repeats as Ridge & Valley Conference Female Runner of the Year


River Ridge runner Leah Patterson recovers after finishing first at the 2024 Ridge & Valley Conference Cross Country meet. Patterson won the meet for a second year in a row with a time of 21:53. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Yoselin Bautista concentrates during the race despite blinding sunlight. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Luke Patterson is all focus as he nears a turn during the boys race at the Krachey/Enke Fields course outside of Wauzeka. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By A.J. Gates
 
For the second consecutive season, River Ridge sophomore Leah Patterson secured Runner of the Year honors in the Ridge & Valley conference by finishing first at last Thursday’s conference cross country meet.
With a time of 21:53.0, Patterson finished 17 seconds ahead of Kickapoo/La Farge junior Katie Randow to take top honors at last week’s conference meet at Krachey/Enke Farms near Wauzeka.
Fri
25
Oct

Area XC teams compete at Ridge & Valley Meet


Alayna Martin (4173), McKenzie Taylor (4147), Emma Udelhoven (4176) and Ellah Jones (4172) run together at the conference meet. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Seneca senior Livian Starkey pushes herself during an unseasonably warm October afternoon. Starkey finished 28th in a time of 29:11. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

River Ridge’s Lydia Mason cracks a smile while rounding a corner halfway through the girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wauzeka-Steuben’s Stetson Zeeh finds one last burst of energy to hustle up the final hill. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Seneca’s Simon Fek nears the finish line of the boys race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hornets’ Nolan Reed-Mullikin, who finished runner-up to North Crawford’s Landen Turgasen. Reed-Mullikin (along with trainer Mark Seeley) goes to help Turgasen up following the race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca and Wauzeka-Steuben cross country teams competed at the 2024 Ridge & Valley Conference Championship Meet on Thursday, Oct. 17 at the Krachey/Enke Fields outside Wauzeka.
Fri
25
Oct

PdC Cross Country runs at SWC meet

By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien Cross Country traveled to the Lancaster Golf Course last Thursday for the 2024 SWC Championship Meet and came back with fourth and fifth place team finishes. The Hawks finished in fifth place in the girls race with a score of 116. They were led by senior Tannah Radloff who finished 16th in a time of 23:11. She was followed by sophomore Karly Kramer in 20th place (23:29), junior Kate Gebhard in 22nd place (24:02), senior Allison Mathies in 25th place (24:42), sophomores Madelyn Coffield in 33rd (28:01), Lexy Trebus in 34th (28:11) and Autumn Ziegler in 35th (28:57).
Fri
25
Oct

River Ridge Volleyball team wins one, loses one

By A.J. Gates
 
Coach Dianne Langmeier and her River Ridge volleyball team concluded the regular season last Thursday night with a Six Rivers West record of 4-8, finishing fifth in the final league standings. Overall they went 11-12 during the regular season.
The Timberwolves closed out conference play with a 3-1 victory over host Cassville last Thursday night, where they won the first two sets by scores of 25-22 and 25-19.
Fri
25
Oct

PdC Boys Soccer drops match at River Valley

By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien/River Ridge/Seneca Boys Soccer team wrapped up their 2024 regular season schedule this past Friday night with a trip to River Valley. The hosts used four first half goals to take a 4-0 lead at halftime before adding four more in the second half to defeat the Hawks 8-0. River Valley ended the regular season with a 9-7-5 overall record and in second place in the SWC with a 4-2-2 conference record. The Hawks finished the regular season 1-10-2 overall and fifth in the SWC at 0-7-1.

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