Volleyball practice for all interested Royall Middle School seventh- and eighth-girls will start Wednesday, Aug. 31. Practice will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the middle school gymnasium. Players should bring either their alternate-year forms or physical forms and...
Passage to fall
Brookwood’s Cole Roy tightens his grip as he tackles Alma/Pepin’s Max Holman during Saturday’s scrimmage at Blair-Taylor. Brookwood will open the 2011 season at De Soto on Friday. It will be the first time Brookwood has played at The Pit since the 2004 season. Royall...
Royall athletic-complex dedication ceremony set for Saturday
A dedication ceremony for the renovated Royall School District athletic complex will be at 12:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. The renovation was made possible by a $350,000 donation from the Brunner family of Elroy.
Elroy Outlaws defeat Royall Legion 8–1
By JOE VITCENDA | Elroy Outlaws and Royall Legion coach Playing in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Korral in Kendall, the Elroy Outlaws professional baseball team wrapped up the 2011 season on July 29 with an 8–1 win over the Royall American Legion crew. The...
Knights end regular season with losses to CCV and Sparta
By JOHN HANSEN | Norwalk Knights Norwalk hosted the Mississippi Valley League-leading Chaseburg-Coon Valley Blues on Sunday, July 31, but took a 12–0 loss. CCV started the game with a bang, as the first five batters got hits and scored, leading to an early 5–0 lead...
Brookwood volleyball camp starts Aug. 8
A volleyball camp for all girls entering fifth through 12th grade will be from Monday, Aug. 8, to Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the Brookwood High School gymnasium. Each day, ninth- through 12-graders will meet from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; seventh- and eighth-graders, from 1–3:30...
Vitcenda throws out pitch at Cardinals game
Joe Vitcenda of Elroy throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Busch Stadium in St. Louis prior to the Cardinals’ game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 9. Pitcher Jaimi Garcia (right), who is 9–4 with the Cardinals, serves as the catcher, and Fredbird (left),...
Knights accumulate 17 hits, bury the Mudcats
By JOHN HANSEN | Norwalk Knights The Norwalk Knights routed the Mudcats 17–3 when they hosted the Lansing, Iowa, team Sunday in a Mississippi Valley League game. Lansing did take an early lead, getting one run in the top of the first. Then, in the bottom of the first,...
Royall Legion wins big and loses big
By JOE VITCENDA | Royall Legion coach The Royall American Legion baseball team recently won several games by big margins, going on hitting sprees against Wonewoc, Necedah and Cashton. But Royall also had pitching problems against Tomah and Mauston, losing by equally...
Norwalk beats Osseo and Mauston, loses to Bangor and La Crescent
By JOHN HANSEN | Norwalk Knights Norwalk traveled to Osseo on July 13 to face the Merchants and picked up a 13–8 win. When the Knights were down 1–0 in the second, Brandon Owens walked and scored on John Hansen’s RBI single, tying the game. In the third, Matt Vieth...
