CWS Sports Desk April 9, 2019 Stevens Point– The SPASH Panthers baseball team split a doubleheader with Marshfield on Tuesday afternoon, picking up a 12-2 win in game one, then falling in game two 10-0. J.D. Schultz picked up the win in game one, going four innings and striking out seven. Austin Beyer hit a three-run… Read More »
By Steve Hill April 9, 2019 Stevens Point — A veteran-laden SPASH squad started its defense of the Panthers’ 2018 Wisconsin Valley Conference title with a solid 4-1 league win over the Marshfield Tigers Tuesday, but a few newcomers on both sides of the field also got into the act. On a chilly night at… Read More »
By Steve Hill April 8, 2019 What a difference a year makes. Even with the threat of a major snowstorm this weekend, the Wisconsin Valley Conference girls’ soccer season already has a sunnier outlook, with three conference games getting underway at 7 p.m. Tuesday after the entire first half of the season was cancelled last… Read More »
CWS Sports Desk April 7, 2019 (Stevens Point—-The Stevens Point Area Senior High School Baseball team took game one over De Pere Saturday but dropped game two of a double header. The Panthers took the first 12-5 as Brett Ehr had two RBI while Jack Kelly, JD Schultz and Austin Beyer each had two hits. … Read More »
CWS Sports Desk April 5, 2019 Wisconsin Dells— Three area players have been chosen to compete for the Division 1 North squad in the WBCA All Star Games, held in June. Maddie Schires of Wausau West, Jenna Jakobi of Marshfield, and Madisyn Rogan of SPASH are playing on the D1 North team. Coaching the team… Read More »
CWS Sports Desk April 4, 2019 Wasuau– The Wausau West Warriors took first place at the Warrior Invitational on Thursday night, narrowly holding off Wisconsin Valley Conference rival SPASH. West scored 129 points to lead the pack, while SPASH finished with 125 points. Wausau East came in third at 106 and Wisconsin Rapids was fourth at… Read More »
CWS Sports Desk April 2, 2019 Waupaca– The SPASH girls soccer team had no trouble dealing with Waupaca on Tuesday night as they cruised to a 9-0 victory. The Panthers got two goals from Zoe Sell, while Lauren Johnson had two goals and one assist. Abby Gemza scored a goal and had an assist. Brynn Beversdorf… Read More »
By Scott Williams Photo by Michelle Miklesh April 2, 2019 STEVENS POINT – Emotions tend to run a little higher than normal for conference openers. Then sometimes life can throw you a curveball and take those emotions to places usually reserved for solemn times in our lives. The Wisconsin Valley Conference softball opener for Stevens… Read More »
By Steve Hill April 2, 2019 After last year’s bizarre weather cancelled the first half of the league season, girls’ soccer gets underway in 2019 with hopes for different environmental circumstances, but expectations of exciting play in a Wisconsin Valley Conference race with teams returning most of their firepower. “The first thing is we’re expecting… Read More »
By David Keech April 1, 2019 Minneapolis-– The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has reached the Final Four, and area ‘experts’ trying their hand at predicting the winners have been battling it out for supremacy in 2019. With just three games left to play, the 96 entries are bunched tight at the top. With only #1… Read More »
For CWS JUNE 21–23, 2019 – RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN “Officials Helping Officials” About the Camp: Since 2005, the Northern Wisconsin Basketball Officiating Camp (NWBOC) has provided classroom and on-court instruction to officials who wanted to improve and grow in their officiating. The camp teaches officiating principles and philosophies that apply at any level. Camp clinicians… Read More »
For CWS March 27, 2019 Indianapolis, IN — In an effort to establish a more consistent time period between downs in high school football, the play clock will start at 40 seconds instead of 25 seconds in many cases beginning with the 2019 season. This change was one of seven rules revisions recommended by the… Read More »