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Tue
11
Nov

DeHart named SWC Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 08:17

Prairie du Chien senior Garrett DeHart was named the 2025 Southwest Wisconsin Conference Player of the Year for 2025. DeHart is the first player in program history to be named the conference’s player of the year and he helped lead the Prairie du Chien/Wauzeka-Steuben/Youth Initiative tri-up to the regional final after upsetting third seeded Sugar River (Belleville/New Glarus) in the regional semifinal round. DeHart finished the 2025 season with 31 goals scored, making him the new PdC Boys Soccer career scoring leader with at least 53 goals (freshman year total is currently unavailable). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior goal keeper Asher Pitzer (00) ended his career with a second team all-conference selection. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Ezra Mask, seen here about to kick the ball away from the Hawks net during their regional win at Sugar River, was also named to the SWC’s second team. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman Ephraem Carns-Hilliker (an honorable mention selection) works to keep the ball away from the Sugar River defender. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Brock Torgerson (also selected to the honorable mention list) finds himself in a battle with a Richland Center player for control of the ball. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Max Moon (an honorable mention selection as a defender) passes the ball up the field. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Pelle Arnold (8), a second team midfielder selection controls the ball as he gets by the Sugar River defender. Teammate Adrian Morales-Fuerte (17) awaits a possible pass. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Adrian Morales-Fuerte (17) races past his Hornets opponent. Morales-Fuerte was named to the midfield second team. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman October Bartelt celebrates after scoring a goal in the Hawks’ regional semifinal win at Sugar River. He was named honorable mention as a midfielder. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Tue
11
Nov

PdC’s Kennedy honored by SWC

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/11/2025 - 08:08

Claire Kennedy (13) was named honorable mention by the SWC for the 2025 volleyball season. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
05
Nov

Hawks end 2025 campaign with loss at Stratford

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/05/2025 - 11:34

Elias Kimbler (59) works hard to create a hole for teammate Darian Jackson (1) to run through. Quarterback Cayden Sutter (3) looks on in the background. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wide receiver Brock Radloff (5) hauls in a pass from Sutter that may have been intended for Ashton Landt (11) for a touchdown. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien senior Westin Marx tries to block Stratford defensive lineman Drew Gage from stopping the Hawks offensive plan. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie quarterback Cayden Sutter (3) collected his first career defensive interception right before halftime as he hauled in the Tigers hail mary throw short of the end zone. Sutter ended the season with one interception on defense and one interception on offense. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks defense celebrates their second takeaway of the game after sophomore Drake Chesebro holds on to the fumble while teammates Ashton Landt (11), Zach Ross (44) and Jack Simmons (50) declare the ball belongs to Prairie du Chien. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Drake Chesebro works his way down the sideline during his fourth quarter kickoff return. It appeared to have been a touchdown only for it to be ruled that Chesebro stepped out-of-bounds at Stratford's 37-yard line. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks offense (from left to right: Steven Duha (52), Clark Fritsche (64), Elias Kimbler (59), Cayden Sutter (3) and Jack Simmons (50) lines up deep inside Tigers territory. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien's Hunter Reid (22), Zach Ross (44) and Deacon Chesebro (13) try to fight through the Stratford defensive line and get to Tigers quarterback Brady Berg (12). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Mason Hird gets into position to try and catch the ball during the fourth quarter of the Hawks' 28-21 loss at Stratford last Friday night. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore quarterback Cayden Sutter barely gets the pass off before being sacked late in the game. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Drake Chesebro somehow managed to catch the pass from Sutter before being tackled to the ground. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien defenders Deacon Chesebro (13) and Ashton Landt (11) push Stratford's Mason Miller out of bounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
05
Nov

Pair of local runners finish season at 2025 WIAA State Cross Country Meet

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/05/2025 - 11:08

Prairie du Chien runner Sam Kramer gets past his competitors from the Prairie du Chien Sectional at the start of the WIAA D3 Boys State Cross Country Meet at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids this past Saturday afternoon. Kramer would go on to finish 54th in the D3 boys race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Timberwolves sophomore Alix Van Butsele focuses on the finish line in front of her. Van Butsele would finished 34th overall in the D3 girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks’ Sam Kramer keeps pace near the front of the pack at the start of the WIAA D3 Boys State Cross Country Meet this past Saturday afternoon. Kramer would go on to finish in a time of 17:46. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

River Ridge foreign exchange student Alix Van Butsele maintains her pace behind Prairie du Chien Sectional Champion Elizabeth Curtis of Westby during the D3 girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
05
Nov

Hilbert holds off Seneca-Wauzeka-Steuben 22-20 to end Bluegolds season

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/05/2025 - 10:49

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
29
Oct

State Bound: Kramer, Van Butsele qualify for WIAA D3 State Cross Country Meet

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2025 - 13:20

Prairie du Chien senior Sam Kramer placed fifth in the boys race at the D3 Prairie du Chien Sectional Meet at the Prairie du Chien Country Club this past Saturday, Oct. 25th to become the first PdC boy to qualify for the state cross country meet since 1992. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

River Ridge sophomore Alix Van Butsele qualified for the girls state cross country meet in Wisconsin Rapids this upcoming Saturday with a fifth place finish in the girls race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Landon Smith pushes himself down the home stretch as he holds off Argyle/Pecatonica runner Ayden Slater. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien runners Karly Kramer (8409) and Kennady Fradette (8407) round a tourn on the course at the Prairie du Chien Country Club while classmate and PdC golfer Fiona Chen cheers them on. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wauzeka-Steuben junior Nolan Reed-Mullikin (left) and Prairie du Chien junior Lane Henderson (right) go all out as they hit the final stretch of the race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Wyatt Mullikin finishes the final cross country race of his high school career in a time of 19:41. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hornets' Alayna Martin (left) is cheered on by teammate Isabella Bunders (right), who was unable to run due to injury. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hornets ninth-grader Abby Wright focuses on what's in front of her as she makes a turn on the course early in the race. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Wauzeka-Steuben's Theo Millin (left) and River Ridge's Luke Breuer (right) keep pace with each other after emerging from underneath the tree overhang. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
29
Oct

Hawks stun third seed Sugar River before falling in regional final

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2025 - 12:24

A group of Prairie du Chien/Wauzeka-Steuben/Youth Initiative boys soccer players, including Garrett DeHart (#2), October Bartelt #4), Ezra Mask (#13), Asher Pitzer (#1), Adrian Morales-Fuerte (#17), Brock Torgerson (#11), Matisse Enjalbert (#7), Yee O'Dwyer (#5), Pelle Arnold (#8), Brecken Toberman (#9), Daven Becwar and Landon Smith (#12). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hawks freshman Ephraem Carns-Hilliker (6) keeps the ball away from the Sugar River defender as senior Pelle Arnold trails the play. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Garrett DeHart flies through the air to kick the ball away from the Hawks goal near the end of the second overtime period. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Freshman October Bartelt celebrates after pushing the ball past the Raiders goal keeper for the Hawks second goal of the match. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sophomore Max Moon kicks the ball downfield during the Hawks 3-2 overtime win last Thursday night at New Glarus High School. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Asher Pitzer gets ready to kick the ball back downfield as teammates Ezra Mask (13), Max Moon (10) and Landon Smith (12) head back to their positions. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Pelle Arnold (8) battles Sugar River's Owen Griffin for control of the ball as Adrian Morales-Fuerte (17) heads down the field. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien senior Brock Torgerson (11) leads the charge of Hawks back to the sideline after celebrating their 3-2 overtime win at third seed Sugar River. Also pictured are Garrett DeHart (2), Ezra Mask (13), Matisse Enjalbert (7), Max Moon (10), Torgerson, Brecken Toberman (9), Adrian Morales-Fuerte (17) and Landon Smith (12). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
29
Oct

S-W-S Bluegolds contain Ithaca Bulldogs 30-14

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2025 - 12:16

Senior quarterback Cooper Lomas (4) drops back to pass thanks to the blocking of Carson Sime (30) and Anthony Caya (54). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hunter Hagensick hauls in a punt by the Bulldogs in the first half of the Bluegolds 30-14 level one victory. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Hunter Hagensick fights to get into the end zone on a long touchdown reception in the second quarter of last Friday night's level one game at Wauzeka. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Members of the Bluegolds defense in Sawyer Swiggum (52), Will Zander (65), Kaden Roberts (33) and Jack Draka (56) get ready for the Bulldogs offense to snap the ball during a first half Ithaca possession. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
29
Oct

Hawks advance to Stratford rematch

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2025 - 12:06

It takes two Westfield defenders to stop Prairie du Chien sophomore Jake Kramer from reaching the end zone late in the Hawks 50-6 victory this past Friday night. Awaiting the Hawks in level two are the Stratford Tigers. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Mason Hird tries to avoid being tackled by Westfield's Ethan Stolpa following a second half interception by Hird. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Foreign exchange student Linus Wechsel (40) lines up at wide receiver for the Hawks during PdC's 50-6 win over Westfield. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Brylee Brewer steamrolls past one Pioneer defender and looks to get past another one this past Friday night. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

Wed
29
Oct

Volleyball seasons conclude

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2025 - 11:53

Prairie du Chien senior Paisley Dressler bumps the ball in between teammates Yuliia Levchuk (5), Laura Sturmer (7) and Claire Kennedy (13). (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Junior Brecklynn McCumber hits the floor to keep the ball from going out of bounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Laura Sturmer (7) and Kristin Nolan (15) block the ball back on to the Darlington side of the court. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Senior Elle Schneider bumps the ball over her head back to the Redbirds as Emory Campbell (23), Claire Kennedy (13), Makenzie Gates (3) and Cecilia Jimenez Perez (10) watch. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Hawks' Aleeyah Pittsley has the ball on her fingertips as she tries to keep it alive. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Brecklynn McCumber (2) watches as Kristin Nolan (15) hits the ball up and towards the net. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

By Derick Kelly

 

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