Sports
Local Prep scores from over the weekend
Girls Volleyball
Hillsboro 2 Markesan 0
Hillsboro 2 Marathon 0
Hillsboro 2 Mercer 0
Hillsboro 2 Rio 0
Hillsboro 2 Rib Lake 1
Hillsboro 2 Tri-County 0
Hillsboro 2 Abundant Life/St. Ambrose 0 (Hillsboro JAG Tournament Champions) -Kiana Liska Michelyn Hanson All-Tournament players
Colby 2 Mauston 0
Altoona 2 Mauston 0
Mauston 2 Arcadia 0
Sparta 2 Mauston 0
Mauston 2 Wonewoc-Center 0
Sparta 2 Mauston 0
Wonewoc-Center 2 Black River Falls 1
Fall Creek 2 Wonewoc-Center 1
Neillsville 2 Wonewoc-Center 1
Wonewoc-Center 2 G-E-T 1
Brookwood 2 Boscobel 0
Brookwood 2 Seneca 0
Brookwood 2 Cashton 0
Cashton 2 De Soto 0
Cashton 2 Ithaca 0
8-Man Football
Wonewoc-Center 42 Monticello 14
Mauston Cross Country Has Successful Week
The Mauston High School cross country teams have a very positive week of competition.
The teams competed at the 58th Annual Verona Invitational on Saturday September 7th.The meet featured over thirty teams from Wisconsin and Illinois. The boys varsity team placed 2nd in their 13 team division with senior Josh Ellerman the top finisher for the boys varsity with a 34th place finish out of 232 varsity runners.
The MHS CC teams Traveled to G-E-T to compete at the 2024 Redhawk Invitational held at the Ettrick Golf course. Fourteen teams competed at the meet. The boys varsity earned the team championship with a score of 19 points placing five runners in the top eight places. Josh Ellerman was the individual meet champion winning the 5K race in 17;02. The balance of the medalist finishes for the MHS CC crew: Brekk Peterson 2nd, Westin Pouillie 5th, Sebastian Naquayouma 6th and Hakkan Peterson 8th place. The girls varsity team placed 5th led by senior Alyexis Smith 5th place finish. It was a great night for the Golden Eagles.
Local Prep Scores from Thursday 9/12
Girls Volleyball
Cashton 3 Necedah 2
Hillsboro 3 Necedah 2
Hillsboro 3 New Lisbon 0
Wonewoc-Center 3 Bangor 1
Brookwood 3 Wonewoc-Center 1
Royall 3 Bangor 2
Royall 3 Brookwood 2
Mauston 3 Adams-Friendship 1 (Ava Stanila 6aces for Mauston)
Stoughton 3 Reedsburg 2
Tomah 3 La Crosse Logan 0
Nekoosa 3 Westfield 0
Wautoma 3 Wisconsin Dells 1
Boys Soccer
Mauston 3 Coulee Christian 0
Wisconsin Dells 9 Nekoosa 1
River Valley 4 Reedsburg 1
Tomah 2 West Salem 0
Sparta 8 Adams-Friendship 3
Mauston Volleyball Loses Heartbreaker to Nekoosa
The Mauston Golden Eagles Volleyball team lost a heartbreaker to Nekoosa Tuesday evening falling 3-2 in 5 sets. Mauston dropped the opening set but came back to take set two. Nekoosa went on to win the third set but Mauston dominated set 4 to force a winner take all race to 15 set five. Mauston built a 9-3 lead in the deciding set but saw Nekoosa finish on a 12-3 run to win the set and the match. Maddi Quist had 16kills while Bre Heller had 5 blocks. Ellie Poullie had 37assists for the Golden Eagles who drop to 4-3 overall and 0-1 in the South Central Conference.
Juneau County Area Top 10 Prep Football Power Rankings
- Ithaca Bulldogs (3-0) – The Bulldogs blanked Hillsboro 18-0 to pick up their first ever Scenic Bluffs Conference victory. The Bulldogs defense has now pitched back to back shutouts.
- Berlin Indians (2-1) – Berlin Buried Wautoma in their conference opener and have just one loss to a very strong Kiel Football team.
- Nekoosa Papermakers (3-0) – The Papermakers are off to a surprise 3-0 start to their season after dispatching Mauston 22-8 in their return to the South Central Conference.
- Wisconsin Dells Chiefs (2-1) – The Chiefs dropped their season opener but have won back to back games including a conference opening victory over Waupun.
- Bangor Cardinals (2-1) – Bangor once again is one of the favorites in the Scenic Bluffs Conference and pounded Brookwood 42-0 in their conference opener. It’s a different look Cardinals team but they will still be very strong as they showed against the Falcons.
- Royall Panthers (2-1) –Royall rolled over New Lisbon 44-12 behind 5 Jackson Bender running touchdowns. They have rival Brookwood this Friday.
- Hillsboro Tigers (2-1) – Hillsboro will be without their starting quarterback this season after suffering an injury against Boscobel in the season opener. There is still plenty of talent on this team but they were shutout by Ithaca 18-0 in their conference opener.
- Cashton Eagles (2-1) – Cashton has bounced back after falling in week 1 to win to games convincingly although against weaker competition. They will try to win their 3rd in row vs New Lisbon this Friday.
- Adams-Friendship Green Devils (2-1) – Adams-Friendship is in slight rebuild mode but are still of to a 2-1 start after blanking Ripon 6-0 last Friday.
- Tomah Timberwolves (1-2) – Tomah had a brutal loss to Richland Center in their season opener and were then handled by West Salem but came from behind to defeat Baraboo last Friday. Baraboo defeated Tomah twice a season ago.
*This is just a “fun” poll of local team around Juneau County or in the Scenic Bluffs or South Central Conferences. This does not mean the #4 ranked team for example would necessarily beat the #9 ranked team as I am not doing this by divisions.
Local Prep Football Scores from Friday 9/6
Royall 44 New Lisbon 12 (Jackson Bender 5 rushing touchdowns for Royall, Brayen Morey 2td passes for New Lisbon)
Cashton 43 Necedah 0
Ithaca 18 Hillsboro 0
Bangor 42 Brookwood 0
Adams-Friendship 6 Ripon 0
Wisconsin Dells 44 Waupun 20
Berlin 43 Wautoma 0
Nekoosa 22 Mauston 8
La Crosse Central 43 Reedsburg 27
Tomah 26 Baraboo 23
Local Prep Scores from Thursday 9/5
Volleyball
Royall 3 New Lisbon 1
Wonewoc-Center 3 Necedah 1
Cashton 3 Bangor 1
Holmen 3 Tomah 0
Hillsboro 3 Brookwood 2
Sauk Prairie 3 Reedsburg 0
Almond-Bancroft 2 Adams-Friendship 1
Adams-Friendship 2 Manawa 1
Adams-Friendship 2 Spencer 1
Boys Soccer
Holmen 4 Tomah 0
Wisconsin Dells 9 Mauston 0
Nekoosa 5 Coulee Christian 1
Mount Horeb 2 Reedsburg 1
Reedsburg Volleyball Team Wins Rapids Tournament
Reedsburg Varsity Volleyball went 5-0 on the day to capture the championship at the Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln Tournament on Saturday.
Melrose-Mindoro Defeats Necedah in Football
Landon Windsor scored 3 touchdowns as Melrose-Mindoro routed Necedah 49-0 Thursday night at Mauston High School in a non-conference football game. Windsor scored on a pair of rushing touchdowns and also recovered a fumble for a touchdown in the Mustangs victory. Ethan Her scored a touchdown a knocked thru all 5 of his extra point attempts for Mel-Min. Necedah got an interception from Remington Poutler in the loss. Melrose-Mindoro improves to 1-1 Necedah drops to 0-2 on the young season.
Local Prep Scores from Tuesday 8/27
Girls Volleyball
Wonewoc-Center 3 Kickapoo 0
Mauston 2 Melrose-Mindoro 0 (Lillyan Wilke 5aces)
Mauston 2 Alma-Center Lincoln 1 (Ellie Poullie 20 assists and 11aces)
Sparta 3 Tomah 2
Boys Soccer
Mauston 1 Nekoosa 1
New Richmond 4 Tomah 0
Adams-Friendship 5 Black River Falls 2