CWS Sports Desk June 19, 2013 Stevens Point–  The Plover Black Sox were eager to get into Wisconsin Valley Legion Conference action, and what better way than to square off against their rivals immediately to the north, the Stevens Point Sixers. While the Sixers jumped out to an early lead, the Sox got the [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 16, 2013 Wausau – Jonathan Moroney added two hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the 10th that plated Donnie Dewees, as the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters downed the Wisconsin Woodchucks, 5-4 on Sunday evening. The win made the Rafters a perfect 4-0 this season against the Woodchucks, while giving the Rafters [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 17, 2013 Stevens Point– The Plover Black Sox played doubleheaders against Watertown and Neenah this weekend and came away 4-0.  The Black Sox defeated Watertown 10-0 and 8-5, then turned around and defeated Neenah 8-7 and 7-4. In their first game against Watertown, Black Sox pitcher Ryan Makuski threw a five [...]

CWS Sports Desk  June 15, 2013 Wisconsin Rapids – Due to inclement weather in the Wisconsin Rapids area, the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters and Wisconsin Woodchucks game was postponed on Saturday evening after the two teams completed the first two innings of play with the Rafters leading, 1-0. The two teams will resume today’s contest the next [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 14, 2013 Wausau – Taylor Stell added three hits and swiped two bags while  Brad Stroik, threw seven complete innings and tallied five strikeouts to earn his second win of the season as the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters downed the Wisconsin Woodchucks, 3-2. The win marked the third-straight time the Rafters have [...]

  For CWS June 14, 2013 Stevens Point– On April 20 and 21, 2013, a STORM from Central Wisconsin took Panama City, Florida, by surprise at the Universal Cheerleaders Association Gulf Coast Cheerleading Championship. The intent was not create havoc and devastation, but to earn the respect of the cheer world with the months of [...]

CWS Sports Desk  June 13, 2013 Wisconsin Rapids – Justin Peters threw six innings, and Wisconsin Rapids scattered 10 hits throughout the evening, but the Rafters left 13 runners on base to drop their third-straight ballgame to the Madison Mallards, 4-3. The one-run loss was just the second of the year for the Rafters as the [...]

  By Scott Stankowski June 13, 2013 Stevens Point– SPYBA tournament baseball action was in full swing this past weekend as several different age groups reported in to the CWS sports desk with highlights. Let’s start with the 14 year old traveling team.  The team started with Plover on Friday night and the Americans did [...]

  By Scott Stankowski June 13, 2013 Grand Chute– A loss never feels good, and a loss in a state title game must be extraordinarily painful.  But when the SPASH baseball team looks back on their performance against the Sun Prairie Cardinals in the 2013 WIAA Division 1 championship game, they certainly have nothing to be ashamed [...]

  By Brian Kalish June 13, 2013 Stevens Point– One game separates the SPASH baseball team from their ultimate goal: winning a state championship.  After slipping past Kenosha Bradford in the state quarterfinal, SPASH bludgeoned #1 ranked Bay Port to earn the right to play in the title game.  Meanwhile, Sun Prairie shut out Waunakee [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 12, 2013 Battle Creek, MI – John Kravetz threw seven strong innings while giving up just one run as the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters downed the Battle Creek Bombers, 4-1. The start by Kravetz was the deepest a Rafters starter has gone this season and marked the first time that Rafters’ starting [...]

  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 [...]

  CWS Sports Desk June 11, 2013 Grand Chute– The SPASH Panthers disposed of Kenosha Bradford and Bay Port to advance to the championship game of the 2013 WIAA baseball playoffs. Quarterfinal game: They say that in sports, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.  Truer words have never been spoken.  Just ask SPASH [...]

CWS Sports Desk  June 10, 2013 Battle Creek, MI – Greg Maisto threw six strong innings and left with the lead, but the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters couldn’t hold on and fell to the Battle Creek Bombers Monday night, 7-5. The loss was the seventh in the last eight ballgames and was the second straight game against [...]

By David Keech  June 9, 2013 Wisconsin Rapids –  Jackson Slaid added five RBI and the Rafters rallied from an early 4-0 deficit Sunday evening to defeat the Lakeshore Chinooks, 4-0. The win snapped a six-game losing streak for the Rafters and moved them out of the bottom of the Northwood’s League south division standings. The [...]