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After a week that included two postponements, the Reedsburg Beaver baseball team was anxious to get back after it last week with three games over a span of four days. Reedsburg won a pair of conference games vs. Fort Atkinson before suffering their first loss of the season against Wisconsin Dells.

River Valley has emerged victorious in two of their first three contests of the high school baseball season, including a win in the SWC opener vs. Richland Center last week.

For the first time at the varsity level, Ithaca High School and Weston High School will combine forces on the softball diamond for a co-op arrangement this spring.

River Valley was fortunate to get one game in on the softball diamond before this week, a thrilling 11-10 comeback win over Columbus, but games vs.

River Valley didn’t get to play on March 31 at Columbus, their originally scheduled game last Thursday with Sauk-Prairie had already been moved to late May but Coach Matt Bakkum’s Blackhawks baseball team finally was able to kick off the campaign in 2026 on the home field Monday this week against Fennimore.

Reedsburg couldn’t get in their season opener last Thursday at Columbus on the soccer pitch, due to inclement weather, so the Beaver girls now set their sights on a home match Tuesday this week vs. Platteville with road trips slated for Friday and Saturday vs. Richland Center and La Crosse Logan, respectively.

Mother Nature was not kind to the Beaver softball program last week as the conference opener vs. Edgewood was not played Tuesday and another league game at Stoughton Thursday and a non-conference home tilt Friday vs. River Valley both were wiped out due to heavy rain. The Stoughton game will be made up on April 24.

The golf season for the Reedsburg Beaver boys took an upward swing a year ago and that trend could continue in 2026. Coach Mark Johnson’s squad showed improvement last year, placing fifth in Badger Small, with team scores of 330 or better five times in various meets which was a big step up from previous seasons.

A few of the area’s top boys prep track and field athletes competed at the WTFA Invite Saturday at UW-Whitewater, where only competitors that met a certain standard in their event, were allowed to compete.

Reedsburg was able to play their season opener on the baseball diamond last Tuesday as scheduled despite some rain earlier in the day and it was a good season opener for the Reedsburg nine, posting a 3-0 shutout win over Beaver Dam in non-conference action at Nishan Park.