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Tue
07
Jan

A look at President Carter’s visit to Prairie du Chien

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 10:15

An archival picture of Jimmy Carter during his visit to Prairie du Chien in 1979. (Courier Press)

By Steve Van Kooten

 

Thu
02
Jan

Thiry claims Bi-State Championship

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 14:03

Prairie du Chien’s Blake Thiry (top) holds on tightly to Port Washington’s Garret Kawczynski as he tries to escape in the waning moments of their Bi-State Classic Championship Match at 215 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Blake Thiry poses with his 215 pound bracket following his championship victory at the 42nd Bi-State Classic. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

PdC’s Carter Simmons tries to pin River Valley’s Drew Riedel before time expires in their match at 175 pounds. Simmons would win 14-1. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

The Prairie du Chien Boys Wrestling team take a photo with their D2 runner-up trophy at the 2024 Bi-State Classic. Pictured in the bottom row (from left to right) - Keaton Achenbach, Porter Kossman, Landon Thiry, Hunter Reid, Jake Kramer and Jack Simmons. Pictured in the middle row (from left to right) - Blake Thiry, Carter Simmons, Jack MacEachern, Jackson Perkins, Mason Hird, Bryce Lenzendorf and Clark Fritsche. Pictured in the top row (from left to right) - Assistant Coach Ryder Koenig, Assistant Coach Cory Koenig, Head Coach Mike Rogge and Assistant Coach Stephen Ronnfeldt. (Prairie Wrestling Facebook)

Irelynd Cejka puts the squeeze on Lancaster's Alyvia Bahl as the official looks for Bahl's shoulders to hit the mat. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Prairie du Chien's Rosalie Kossman works from on top during a consolation match at 100 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
Prairie du Chien senior Blake Thiry got a measure of revenge this past Saturday night at the La Crosse Center when he beat undefeated Port Washington junior Garret Kawczynski 4-2 in the championship match of the 215 pound weight class at the 42nd annual Bi-State Classic. Kawczynski (currently the no. 1 ranked wrestler in D1 at 215 pounds in Wisconsin, the 19th ranked wrestler in the nation at 215 pounds by FloWrestling and the 30th ranked wrestler by SI.com) had defeated Thiry in last year’s 215 pound title match by a score of 6-5.
Thu
02
Jan

Hornet girls compete in La Crosse

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:46

Boscobel/Wauzeka-Steuben’s Mallory McCullick (top) fights to block a shot by Prairie du Chien’s Hannah Ingham in their match at 145 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Boscobel/Wauzeka wrestler Alayna Krachey (top) gets Eau Claire North’s Lindey Haller in pinning position following a scramble during their consolation match at 126 pounds. Krachey would win by fall in 3:19. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Ava Roth tries to escape out from underneath Wrightstown's Megan Hansen during their consolation match in the 185 pound weight class. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
The Boscobel/Wauzeka-Steuben girls wrestling team took part in the second annual Bi-State Classic girls tournament this past weekend at the La Crosse Center and placed 36th out of 75 teams with 53.5 points.
Thu
02
Jan

River Ridge boys win own tourney

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:33
By A.J. Gates
 
With victories over Seneca and Iowa-Grant, coach Jim Wagner and his River Ridge boys basketball team took top honors at their own Holiday Tournament last Saturday, and in doing so remained perfect on the season.
The host Timberwolves defeated Seneca, 71-40, and Iowa-Grant, 79-35, in last Saturday’s tournament, improving their season record to 7-0 coming out of the holiday break.
Against Seneca, the Timberwolves held a halftime lead of 37-22 before outscoring their opponent 34-18 in the second half.
Thu
02
Jan

Blackhawks sweep tournament

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:31
By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien girls basketball team kept their winning ways going last week with a pair of wins at the annual Lewiston Auto Holiday Classic at Winona State University.
The Hawks began their tournament play last Thursday afternoon against the Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs. Prairie du Chien came away with a 56-48 victory to improve to 11-0 on the season while P-E-M fell to 7-2. 
Thu
02
Jan

River Ridge girls first at Iowa-Grant

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:30
By A.J. Gates
 
Competing at the Iowa-Grant Holiday Tournament last Saturday, coach Veronica Zinkle and her River Ridge girls basketball team went 2-0 with victories over North Crawford and Iowa-Grant.
With a 45-27 victory over the Trojans, and a 62-18 victory over the Panthers, coach Zinkle’s squad improved to 7-2 on the season coming out of the holiday break.
Thu
02
Jan

PdC boys swept at Winona State

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:29
By Derick Kelly
 
The Prairie du Chien boys basketball team entered their annual holiday tournament last week looking for their first victory of the season but were sent home empty handed. 
First up for the Hawks last Thursday afternoon was the Chatfield Gophers and they defeated the Hawks 79-39. 
The Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bulldogs were the Hawks second and final opponent and they defeated PdC 61-31 last Friday morning. 
Thu
02
Jan

Grimsled sixth at Bi-State Classic

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:26

NC/S senior Jaren Grimsled (right) looks to take a shot on Beckett Edstrom of Hastings during their fifth place match at 113 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Sawyer Swiggum tries to block a shot attempt by Prairie du Chien's Blake Thiry in a match at 215 pounds. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)

Harper Gagas works on a move against Oconto Falls' (Derick Kelly/Courier Press) in a consolation match. (Derick Kelly/Courier Press)
By Derick Kelly
 
North Crawford/Seneca senior wrestler Jaren Grimsled earned a sixth place finish in his final Bi-State Classic appearance at last weekend’s tournament. Grimsled went 5-3 at 113 pounds to earn his first career top-12 placement at the event. 
Grimsled earned wins over Cashton’s Cyprian Klein, Bay Port’s Riley Holewinski, Waunakee’s Brett Farrell, Wrightstown’s Easton Felchlin and Goodhue’s Lucas Erickson. His three losses were to Dodgeville’s Shane Rochon (defending D2 state champion and 2023 Bi-State champ), Orono’s Brett Kiecker and Hastings’ Beckett Edstrom. Grimsled’s season record now stands at 24-6.
Thu
02
Jan

Royals go 1-1 at River Ridge

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:10
By Derick Kelly
 
The Seneca Royals boys basketball team competed in the River Ridge Tournament last Saturday and went 1-1 on the day to claim consolation championship honors.
Seneca opened the day with the host Timberwolves and were dealt a tough 71-40 loss from a very tough River Ridge squad. 
The loss pushed the Royals to a consolation championship against the St. Ambrose Academy Guardians of Madison. The Guardians were beaten 72-44 by Iowa-Grant in their first game of the tournament. 
Thu
02
Jan

Possible changes to SWC in the next few years

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/02/2025 - 13:09
By Steve Prestegard
 
The landscape of Southwest Wisconsin high school activities may change radically in the next few years.
The Southwest Wisconsin Conference is proposing to expand by taking four schools from the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League, with the other four schools moving to three other area conferences.

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