Sports

The final conference meet of 2026 for the River Valley Blackhawks track and field program was held last Tuesday at Lancaster High School. Lancaster ran away with the girls team title with 184.5 team points but Valley was part of a 4-way battle for second place with just 12 points separating the contestants.

Things went about as well as could be expected last Tuesday for the Reedsburg Beavers, who got to host the 2026 Badger Small Track and Field Meet at Millennium Field.

Just one week remains in the regular season for Reedsburg Beaver girls soccer with the Beavers falling twice this past week on the home field to Fort Atkinson and Janesville Parker.

Weston came into last Tuesday at 6-4 in the Ridge and Valley on the baseball diamond and still hopeful of a top three finish in the conference, but the Silver Eagles fell to 6-6 with losses at De Soto and North Crawford in a span of three days.

River Valley’s hopes of winning the SWC title in girls soccer took a hit last Thursday as the Blackhawks, in need of a win vs. first place Platteville/Lancaster, had to settle for a 0-0 tie in action at River Valley High School.

River Valley’s boys golf squad is eyeing up the end of season SWC Meet which will be held this week on Tuesday at the Reedsburg Country Club with a start time of 9 a.m.

The Blackhawks were in position to win an SWC softball game Friday with a 1-0 sixth inning lead over Lancaster but the Flying Arrows rallied for a 6-2 win, dropping Valley to 2-7 in league play. A couple of errors, followed by a couple of doubles got the inning rolling for Lancaster, now 2-0 vs. Valley this season.

The Beaver softball team is on the process of closing out the process of closing out the regular season schedule and looking to the WIAA Tournament series with a busy schedule over the last few days.

Reedsburg did some good things this week on the soccer pitch but came up short in losses to Sauk and Tomah before posting a convincing win at Sparta.

The 41^st Paul Rosholt Reedsburg Athletic Club Golf Outing is set for Thursday, June 11, at the Reedsburg Country Club. This is the largest fundraising event of the year for the club and raises approximately $15,000 annually for Reedsburg Athletics.