By David Keech June 11, 2013 Babcock — The high school sports season has concluded for most teams, with spring baseball finishing Thursday June 13(SPASH heads to state championship game) and a new sports season is set to begin: horseback riding lessons at Jeremiah’s Crossing. At Jeremiah’s Crossing, located in Babcock,  disabled athletes of [...]

  By Brian Kalish June 7, 2013 Madison– The Mineral Point Pointers put up one early run on the Pacelli Cardinals in the WIAA Division 3 state semifinal game at Goodman Diamond in Madison on Friday afternoon, but the Cardinals did not panic.  Instead, they matched the Pointers with pinpoint pitching from Kaylee Krostag and solid [...]

  By Brian Kalish June 5, 2013 Wausau– Left for dead in May, the Pacelli Cardinals have silenced their critics by once again advancing to state.  The Cardinals, despite losing two key starters, pulled together as a team and  have been playing their best softball in the 2013 WIAA softball tournament.  As nice as a trip [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 3, 2013 Stevens Point– The Pacelli Cardinals have done it again, advancing to the state semifinal game where they will meet up with the Mineral Point Pointers on Thursday, June 7 at Goodman Diamond in Madison.  Now’s the time to show your support for the team!  Leave a message of [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 1, 2013 Plover– Pacelli softball’s switch hitting sophomore Sami Kay Shafranski hadn’t been feeling all that comfortable batting from the right side of the plate lately, so she and her coaches agreed that taking a left handed slapping approach was best in her first four at bats.  However, when Shafranski stepped [...]

  By David Keech May 31, 2013 Stevens Point–  Significant rainstorms hit central Wisconsin mid-Thursday afternoon, postponing the following WIAA sectional softball games: SPASH vs. Chippewa Falls       Rescheduled for 4 pm Friday Pacelli vs.   Marathon                Rescheduled for  3 pm Saturday Assumption vs. Thorp   [...]

  CWS Sports Desk May 29, 2013 Stevens Point– The Pacelli Cardinals baseball team has allowed exactly 0 runs so far in the 2013 WIAA playoffs, first blanking the Stratford Tigers in the semifinal, then turning around and pitching a shutout against Athens on Wednesday to earn the regional title.  The final score on Wednesday’s game [...]

  By David Keech and Brian Kalish May 29, 2013 Stevens Point — There’s nothing like a good old fashioned conference rivalry, is there?  Perhaps the only thing that’s better is when two conference rivals meet with a trip to state on the line, which is exactly what is going to happen on Thursday afternoon [...]

  By David Keech May 27, 2013 Wisconsin Rapids — The WIAA Soccer playoffs begin Thursday, and CWS provides this overview of playoff action: Division 1 - SPASH is the #3 seed in the Division 1 Sectional #1 bracket. SPASH opens at home Thursday evening against Merrill, the #14 seed. WVC Co-conference champs DC Everest is [...]

  CWS Sports Desk May 28, 2013 Stevens Point– The Pacelli baseball team, entering the regional as the #1 seed, squared off against the Stratford Tigers on Tuesday afternoon and got an outstanding pitching performance from Jake Feltz to advance to the regional final. Feltz cooled off the Tigers’ bats, fanning seven and walking only one [...]