Cardinals defeat Brookwood baseball in opener 5–3

By NATE BEIER | For the County Line Bangor's Canon O'Heron struck out 10 and walked just two as he led the Cardinals to a 5-3 win over Brookwood on Monday afternoon in Wilton. Though the Falcons trailed 1-0 after the second inning and were down 3-0 after three and a...

Track teams kick off season with strong indoor meet performance

By NATE BEIER | For the County Line The spring sports season hit the ground running — literally — when Brookwood and Royall participated in the Cashton Indoor Invitational on March 29 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The Brookwood boys 3,200-meter relay team...

Panthers shut down Rockets

By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line Royall's Nate Scheeter and Sam Murphy combined for 31 of the team's 74 points in a 39-point blowout Jan. 10. The Panthers' 74-35 victory was their 10th of the season. New Lisbon was held to no more than 7 points in each of...

Falcon grapplers sweep Westby duals

By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line The Brookwood wrestling team went 6-0 at the Westby duals on Jan. 12 to win the meet for the first time. Brookwood opened against the host, Westby, winning 46-30 after recording six pins in the win. The Falcons then routed...

Falcons chalk up first SBC win

By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line Earning the first win is tough. The Brookwood boys basketball team members who endured and enjoyed breaking a losing streak in football in 2011 know that well. But it's always a little more savory when you can take down a...

Royall perfect in league play

By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line Nip and tuck. That's the best way to describe the Royall girls basketball team's season so far. The Panthers have lost just three on the year, by an average 3.3 points a game. The last three conference games the Panthers...

Brookwood girls bounce New Lisbon

By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line Story lines were plentiful as the Brookwood girls basketball team opened the 2013 portion of its schedule at New Lisbon. The first: The team was squaring off against its former coach, Matt Roberts. The second: Roberts'...

BHS names athletes of the month

Three Brookwood High School students were named athletes of the month for November/December. They are listed below, with coaches' comments following the names. BOYS BASKETBALL Walker Rynes: Walker has shown excellent leadership and dedication while working to improve...

Gesture of victory

Royall's Christian Moore points at the Royall spectator section after defeating Tomah's Lucas Stromberg-Windau in the 220-pound championship at Bi-State on Dec. 29. (Nate Beier photo | gx3media.smugmug.com)

Murphy breaks scoring record

By NATE BEIER | Special to the County Line In the 54-year history of Royall boy's basketball, there has been just one member of the 1,000-point club. Josh Board achieved the feat in the postseason of his senior year in 1998 and finished with 1,001 career points. But...

Royall senior Sam Murphy to attend Lakeland College

Sam Murphy, a senior basketball player at Royall High School, will attend Lakeland College next fall and play basketball for the Muskies. Murphy made his college selection during Royall's Christmas break. "I decided to attend Lakeland primarily because of the coaching...

Only incumbents sign up for local school boards

Boards in both the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton and the Royall school districts will remain unchanged. At Royall, incumbents Sara Palamarek and Ross Friedl submitted papers for the April election, and they will face no challengers. N-O-W's status is the same: incumbents...

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