A large amount of postponements has disrupted the rhythm of the current boys basketball season at Weston High School but the Silver Eagles did get in two games last week. Weston’s win total for the season remained at just one after losses at Highland and Seneca.
Ithaca/Weston has won four girls basketball games this season, but the win streak is at two in a row after last Thursday’s rout of North Crawford, 51-12.
The Ithaca/Weston wrestlers won four of seven matches in their dual meet at Ithaca last week but because of forfeits, they still lost the dual to River Valley by a final score of 39-29.
Last week was one of the better ones this season for River Valley girls basketball as the Blackhawks took advantage of some home cooking to earn wins over a larger area school, Reedsburg, and a conference foe in Prairie du Chien and both were double digit victories.
Coach Luke Thatcher’s River Valley boys basketball team got its first crack at SWC leader Lancaster last week on the home floor, but the Blackhawks missed out on a chance to make a move in the conference standings after a 68-57 loss.
The week past for Badger Lightning girls hockey included a pair of shutouts, one for the good side and one for the not so good side. The Lightning won a Badger Conference game Thursday over Viroqua before falling in Menominee Saturday to the CFM Sabers and both games had 4-0 scores.
Reedsburg faced a difficult week as the girls basketball season continues. The Beavers faced three difficult opponents, two of them on the road, and despite some good moments at certain times, the Beavers went 0-3 for the week.
The week began for the River Valley Blackhawks boys basketball team last Tuesday with a trip to Evansville for non-conference action and the result was a 65-52 setback, but the Blackhawks responded two days later with an impressive win at Platteville.
Thanks to a pair of postponements, the Weston Silver Eagle boys basketball team had played only one game since the start of their holiday break until Monday this week, a recently added game to the schedule at Highland. The Silver Eagles gave up 80 points or more for the second game in a row in an 89-59 loss to the Cardinals.
River Valley competed in meet number four in this current high school gymnastics season on Saturday at Elkhorn. R-V’s team score of 102.475 was seventh best among the eight schools with the Wilmot Union co-op at 138-plus team points the team champs.
