At its May 13 meeting, the Spring Green Village Board formally offered the job of police chief to Andrew Kurek. Kurek is a familiar face in the River Valley area, having served the department for years as a patrol officer, deputy and longtime sergeant.
Reedsburg struggled on the softball diamond last Tuesday in the regular season finale against River Valley but followed up that game with one of their best efforts of the season to kick off the post-season two days later with a lopsided win over Wisconsin Dells to keep the season alive.
The regular season is nearing its completion for the girls squad representing River Valley Soccer and the Blackhawks are building some momentum after a couple of wins last week.
River Valley placed fourth in the SWC Boys Golf Meet last week which was played at the Reedsburg Country Club. Pictured from left to right are Blake Brickl, Ron Osborn, Lucas Klein, Jesse Sanftleben and Dayne Moser. (Photo by Troy Matz)
River Valley and the other schools in the Southwest Wisconsin Conference sent their boys golf squads to the Reedsburg Country Club last Tuesday for the end of season conference meet.
Ithaca/Weston added a softball game to their schedule last week to avoid a long lay-off before the WIAA playoffs as I/W faced a good Dodgeville team. Freshman pitcher Marcy Lathrop threw a no-hitter at the normally potent I/W offensive attack and also walked nobody in a nine-strikeout performance as Dodgeville won 11-0.
Coach Jane Briehl and the River Valley girls have some good vibes on the softball field after two wins in three days last week and one of them was a WIAA Playoff win as well.
The Caz Reds opened their Sunday League Home Talent Baseball schedule on Sunday afternoon with an 8-1 loss at Wisconsin Dells. Caz had just four hits with Aaron Huebsch allowing eight runs, five earned, on eight hits to go along with seven strikeouts as the losing pitcher. Sammy Clary struck out four hitters in two and 1/3 innings pitched.
There was definitely some excitement on the field last Tuesday at River Valley High School as the Blackhawk baseball team won a thriller in the SWC over Lancaster, 4-3.
Senior Clayton Lee needs a lot of space to display all the medals he’s won through his profound track and field career with the Ithaca/Weston program and for the second year in a row, he has saved some of his best work for the Ridge and Valley Conference Meet.
