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Florence captures share of conference softball title

Florence defeated Laona-Wabeno 9-4 Tuesday to gain a share of the Northern Lakes Conference softball championship. Coach Dan Robinson's LadyCats finished the conference season 8-2 to tie with Three Lakes-Phelps for the crown. Playing on the road in the conference finale, Florence fell ...

Norway softball 3-peats as Skyline champs

Norway clinched the Skyline Conference softball crown for a third straight year, sweeping Forest Park 20-2 and 15-0 on Tuesday. Each contest went three innings as the Knights pounded a total of 25 hits. In the second game, Lila Moraska and Jordyn Moln pitched a combined no-hitter, with Moln working the final two innings and striking out three. Moraska fanned two in the first inning. Aubree LaPine worked a perfect two innings in the second game, whiffing five of the six batters faced. Starter Kendall Burklund allowed two runs on a pair of hits and a walk. Collecting hits for the ...

Florence-Niagara posts top finishes at M&O track meet

Host Suring won the girls meet while the Coleman boys triumphed at the M&O Conference track meet Tuesday. The Florence-Niagara (Northwoods Storm) girls placed fourth in the seven-team meet, while the Florence-Niagara boys were fifth. Kelsi Chrisman paced the girls with wins in the ...

Bobcats nip Rebels 3-1

Florence defeated Laona-Wabeno for a second time this season, posting a 3-1 road win Tuesday in Northern Lakes Conference baseball. Mason Koski pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings for the Bobcats, scattering four hits, walking four and whiffing 10. Bradly Steber protected a 3-0 lead in relief, holding the Rebels to a single run in the bottom of the seventh. Steber allowed one hit, walked two and fanned one. Koski and Steber rapped two hits apiece as Florence plated a run in the first inning and two more in the third. The Bobcats also got singles from Carter Reed, Kolton Campbell and ...

Harrison strikes out 11 as Brewers sweep Cubs

CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Harrison struck out 11 in seven dominant innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the sloppy Chicago Cubs 5-0 on Wednesday night to sweep the first series this season between the NL Central rivals. David Hamilton had three hits and scored two runs as division-leading ...