Sports
Hillsboro Softball Team Upsets Royall with Extra Inning Walk-Off
The Hillsboro Tigers softball team earned a big walk-off upset victory over Royall Thursday night. It took a half hour lightning delay plus and extra inning for the big moment to happen for the Tigers. Hillsboro worked a scoreless top of the 8th inning; in the bottom of the 8th Royall was able to get the first two batters out before Elizabeth Cairns drew a walk. Cairns would steal 2nd base to get into scoring position for Sydney Hemmersbach who dumped in a base hit to left field to allow the speedy Cairns to score the game winning run for the Tigers. Cairns went 2×3 with a double in 2RBI’s in the victory; Harper Sullivan went 2×4 with and RBI, while Hemmersbach went 2×5 with the game winner. Aubryn Herritz picked up the win in the circle giving up just 2earned runs over 8innings while striking out 7 and walking 3. Elizabeth Klipstein went 2×4 with 2RBI’s for the Panthers who dropped their first conference game of the year and fall to 6-1 in conference play. Hillsboro improves to 3-2 in the conference and 4-4 overall.
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 4-21
Softball
Royall 6 Bangor 5
New Lisbon 11 Necedah 10
New Lisbon 24 Cashton 23 (Monday)
Cashton 9 Wonewoc-Center 1
Brookwood 8 Hillsboro 2 (Kyleigh Anderson 1×3 RBI for Hillsboro)
Tomah 11 Onalaska 3
Ithaca/Weston 13 De Soto 8
Baseball
Mauston 11 Ripon 10
Bangor 13 Royall 3
Wisconsin Dells 11 Wautoma 1
Cashton 16 Wonewoc-Center 4
Brookwood defeated Hillsboro
Reedsburg 9 Portage 2
Girls Soccer
Tomah 8 Arcadia 0
Boys Tennis
Tomah 4 Reedsburg 3
Mauston Baseball Uses Big 7th Inning to Win First Game
The Mauston Golden Eagles baseball team got their first win of the season by completing a giant 7th inning rally. Mauston trailed 10-4 coming into the inning but scored 7 times in the 7th to complete the comeback by a final of 11-10. Isaac Steinke went 3×5 with 3RBI’s for Mauston, while Jacob Daniels also went 3×5 with 1RBI and picked up the win on the mound. Evan Parsons went 2×4 while Nolan Manning had his first varsity hit for the Golden Eagles a crucial one in the 7th inning. Mauston will travel to Ripon Thursday night.
Royall Softball Wins Extra Inning Thriller Over Bangor in 1st Place Bluffs Battle
The Royall Panthers Softball Team won a tough 1st place battle over the Bangor Cardinals 6-5 in a 9inning affair Tuesday evening. The game went back n forth with both teams exchanging leads. Royall led 4-2 going into the top of the 7th inning but Bangor scored a pair and blanked Royall in the bottom half to force extra innings. Royall and Bangor both went scoreless in the 8th inning before Bangor took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 9th on an RBI Single by Erin Jones. Royall was able to turn a double play to get out of further trouble in the inning setting up the bottom of the 9th heroics. Layla Marty led off the bottom half on a 2 base throwing error by Bangor, Brooklyn Mckittrick and Elizabeth Klipstein were both able to reach on bunt singles to load the bases. Bangor was able to get a force out at home on the next batter but with the bases loaded and just one out Royall senior Bria Gruen came up with a walk off two run single to deliver the victory for the Panthers. Gruen went 2×4 in the victory while Brooklyn McKittrick went 3×3 with 3RBI’s for the Panthers. Erin Jones went 3×5 with 4RBI’s for Bangor. Brynn Olson was the winning pitcher for Royall going all 9innings giving up 5runs on 10hits walking 7 and striking out 8. Royall improves to 6-0 in the conference while Bangor drops to 4-1.
Brookwood Rallies Past Royall in SBC Baseball Thriller
The Brookwood Falcons baseball team used a 2 run 6th inning to rally past Royall 3-2 Monday night. Royall grabbed the lead in the top of the 3rd on an RBI single by Trey Wildes only to see Brookwood tie the game in the bottom half at 1-1. Royall re-took the lead in the 4th on a Braxton Board RBI single to go up 2-1. Royall had a chance to add to their lead in the 5th but Brookwood foiled a double steal attempt by the Panthers to keep the deficit at 2-1. Brookwood went to work in the 6th inning with 4 straight singles to start the inning capped off by a game tying single by Brennan Mack and the go ahead single by Cullen Brueggeman to put Brookwood up 3-2. Brennan Mack would retire all 3 batters he faced in the top of the 7th to preserve the win for the Falcons and pick up the save. Drew Thurston picked up the win for the Falcons pitching one scoreless inning in relief of starter Owen Wang. Trey Wildes took the loss for Royall. Cullen Brueggeman went 2×3 for the Falcons at the plate while Thurston went 3×3 and a double. Wildes went 2×4 with an RBI for the Panthers. Brookwood improves to 3-1 in the conference and 6-1 overall, Royall drops to 3-1 overall and within the conference.
Local Prep Scores from Monday 4-20
Baseball
Brookwood 3 Royall 2
Bangor 14 Wonewoc-Center 1
Amherst 6 Nekoosa 5
Westfield 5 Wittenberg-Birnamwood 1
Sauk Prairie 10 Adams-Friendship 5
Markesan 8 Ripon 4
Wisconsin Dells 9 River Valley 5
Oshkosh Lourdes 20 Berlin 5
Tomah 4 Sparta 3 (Teag Stephenson walk off hit for Tomah)
Softball
Mauston 9 Alma-Center Lincoln 7
Royall 13 Brookwood 5
Hillsboro 12 Necedah 9 (Harper Sullivan 3×3 for Hillsboro)
Bangor 16 Wonewoc-Center 4
Local Prep Scores from Thursday 4-16
Baseball
Wautoma 10 Mauston 6
Adams-Friendship 10 Berlin 0
Westfield 10 Nekoosa 4
Wisconsin Dells 7 Ripon 2
Bangor 16 New Lisbon/Necedah 3
Royall 16 Wonewoc-Center 0 (Easton Wopat 2 Doubles for Royall)
Weston 5 Wauzeka-Steuben 2
La Crosse Central 3 Tomah 0
Reedsburg 4 Mount Horeb 1
Softball
Bangor 11 New Lisbon 1
Royall 13 Wonewoc-Center 1
Girls Soccer
Amherst 2 Mauston 1
Tomah 3 La Crosse Logan 0
Mauston Rally Falls Short in Baseball Loss to Wautoma
The Mauston Golden Eagle Baseball team dug themselves a hole they could not get out of falling to Wautoma 10-6 Thursday evening. Mauston fell behind 10-2 before they mounted a 7th inning rally attempt. Mauston scored 4 runs before running into the final out at home plate. Evan Freimuth went 2×4 with a 2run double for the Golden Eagles. Eli Rader also went 2×4 with a double and Isaac Steinke added a triple for Mauston. Jake Smiley went 2×4 with a pair of doubles for Wautoma. The loss keeps Mauston winless on their season.
25-26 SBC All Conference Boys Basketball Teams
2025 – 2026
Scenic Bluffs Conference
Boys Basketball All Conference Team
FIRST TEAM
Miles Ravenscroft Hillsboro Senior
Braun Jirschele Hillsboro Sophomore
Trey Wildes Royall Senior
Braxton Board Royall Sophomore
Hayden Massman Bangor Senior
Camden Thellefson Wonewoc Center Junior
SECOND TEAM
Luke Murphy Necedah Sophomore
David Johnson Hillsboro Senior
Brody Edwards Bangor Senior
Dylan Velaquez Royall Senior
Jackson Cunitz Brookwood Senior
Trent Kast Cashton Senior
HONORABLE MENTION
Bangor: Dayne Langrehr, Alex Felch
Brookwood: Julian Cunitz
Cashton: Graham Hemmersbach, Landon Laufenberg
Hillsboro: Malekai Simpson, Abe Scheder
Necedah: Elijah Peak, Philip Heintz
New Lisbon: Sehraj Grewal, Colby Pfaff
Royall: John Muehlenkamp, Bentley Rozek
Wonewoc Center: Gavin Olson, Jack Byrdy
SPORTSMANSHIP
Bangor: Brock Daines
Brookwood: Arthur Gough
Cashton: Brady Wells
Hillsboro: Ian Anderson
Necedah: Mason Hustad
New Lisbon: Josh Homan
Royall: Brock Preuss
Wonewoc Center: Tommy Roehling
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Miles Ravenscroft, Hillsboro
Local Prep Scores from Monday 4/13
Softball
New Lisbon 14 Wonewoc-Center 6
Royall 11 Necedah 4
Bangor 7 Hillsboro 4 (Mackenna Haugh 1×2 run scored for Hillsboro)
Brookwood 12 Cashton 2
Wautoma 17 Mauston 0
Baseball
Bangor 12 Hillsboro 2 (Dayn Langehr Complete game victory for Bangor)
Cashton 3 Brookwood 1
Wonewoc-Center 5 Necedah/New Lisbon 2
Seneca 5 Weston 1
La Crosse Central 6 Tomah 3

