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The Seneca Royals boys basketball team sent out 2024 the same way they welcomed in 2025: with hard fought victories.
The Royals wrapped up 2024 last Monday, Dec. 30, when they hosted the Cassville Comets. The two teams played to a 27-27 tie at halftime before the Royals pulled away in the second half for a 68-56 win. Four players scored in double figures for Seneca: Dawson Davidson (16 points), Reggie George (15 points), Briar Wall (11 points) and Gage Wall (10 points).
PdC sophomore Claire Kennedy (34) tries to get around Lancaster defender Annie Martin during last Friday’s game. (A.J. Gates/Grant County Herald Independent)
By Derick Kelly
The Prairie du Chien girls basketball team traveled to Lancaster last Friday night and came away with a 54-35 road victory. The box score was not available at press time.
Prairie du Chien improved to 13-0 overall and 3-0 in the SWC with the victory while Lancaster dropped to 4-5 overall and 1-2 in the SWC. The Hawks face another formidable SWC opponent this Thursday night when they host Dodgeville. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
A 29-8 halftime deficit at Barneveld proved to be too much for coach Veronica Zinkle and her River Ridge girls basketball team to overcome, as they suffered a 53-37 loss to the host Eagles last Thursday night.
Counting towards their conference record, the Timberwolves fell to 2-3 in league play and 7-3 overall with the loss, while Barneveld improved to 4-1, 8-3.
Wauzeka-Steuben junior Cooper Lomas rises up over the Ithaca defense during last Thursday’s game with a one-handed shot. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Brett Wagner eyes a teammate to pass to as Ithaca's Casey Pomering guards. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Josh Martin holds on to the ball at the top of the key for the Hornets. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Julius Cooley goes up for a put back basket against the Bulldogs. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
The Hornets' Clint Mitchell brings the ball up the court. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
The Wauzeka-Steuben Hornets boys basketball team opened up the new year last Thursday night by hosting the Ithaca Bulldogs in a game that was originally scheduled for Dec. 19 but postponed due to weather.
A close, but low scoring first half saw the Hornets jump out to an early 8-2 lead before the Bulldogs slowly worked their way back into the game to take a 14-13 lead with 3:43 remaining in the first half. Ithaca extended their lead to 20-14 before a pair of buckets from both teams in the final 20 seconds of the half gave the visitors a 22-16 lead at the midway point.
The Wauzeka-Steuben Hornets girls basketball team displayed few signs of a long lay off in their non-conference game against the Brookwood Falcons last Friday night. Playing for the first time since Dec. 20, the Hornets opened the game by taking a 18-0 lead before the Falcons were finally able to get on the scoreboard with a free throw with 9:08 remaining in the first half. Wauzeka-Steuben would go on to take a 49-10 halftime lead before earning a 67-30 win to improve to 7-1 on the season. Brookwood dropped to 4-6 with the loss.
The Prairie du Chien/Fennimore Gymnastics team traveled to Mount Horeb on Saturday for the annual Mount Horeb Invitational. The Hawks finished in sixth place in their group with a team score of 106.400.
PdC/Fennimore was led by senior Taia Dressler who joined the 9.0 Club with her performance on floor exercise that earned her a personal best score of 9.0. Complete results were not available as of press time. Next up for the Hawks is a home meet with conference foe Platteville/Belmont/Lancaster on Monday, Jan. 20 at 6 pm in the competition gym at Prairie du Chien High School.
Despite a large Hillmen lead, the Hawks kept working hard, showcased by this impressive block by Ashton Landt (14) late in the game. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Steve Duha gets through the Hillmen defense for a layup off the glass. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Hunter Straka looks to pass the ball. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Cayden Sutter (24) forces the Platteville ball handler to switch directions as teammate Sam Kramer (20) guards Brody Digman. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
Ashton Landt watches as Brock Radloff (30) and Brock Folsom (34) each go up to contest a layup by Platteville's Eli Langmeier. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
The Prairie du Chien boys basketball team opened up 2025 last Thursday night by hosting conference leading Platteville. The Hillmen came into the game with a 5-1 overall record and a four-game winning streak.
Platteville jumped out to a 49-6 halftime lead on the Hawks before claiming a 71-27 win.
With conference crossover victories against Barneveld and Monticello last week, coach Jim Wagner and his River Ridge boys basketball team kept their unblemished record intact, improving to 5-0 in league play and 9-0 overall.
Heading into this week’s action, the Timberwolves remain in a first-place tie with Highland (5-0) in the Six Rivers West conference standings, both teams sitting one game ahead of the Chieftains of Potosi (4-1).
