Here's Lewis in the motion, the pitch swing in a mess.
They got her and this one was over.
The Bulldogs are going to play in a sectional final game.
Alley, all of us comes in and released it and strikes out
the last two batters.
And this one belongs to the Bulldogs.
The other Gassau football team will play in the WIA sectional
final on Thursday at Blair Taylor High School,
following last night's 4-1 win over Brookwood.
It was the 20th win of the season for the Bulldogs against five losses.
JC Maxwell was the winning pitcher after working six and a third innings,
striking out 13, walking nine and giving up just two hits.
Ariana Lewis came on in a leaf and struck out the final two batters she
faced in the game.
Mallory Wallace suffered the pitching loss for the Falcons after giving up seven hits.
Kelsey Coleman gave the Bulldogs a boost with a two run home run in the first inning.
Alyssa Muller was two for three with key RBI hits.
In the fourth and six innings, which gave Ithaca insurance runs.
JC Maxwell, Kayleigh Newkirk, Jaden Boland and Maley Plymer all had hits for the Bulldogs.
Mallory Wallace had an RBI double for the Falcons.
Their season ends at 12 and 11.
Following the game I taught to Bulldogs senior Kayleigh Newkirk about the win.
Oh, it's awesome.
Last year we got beat out in the sectional semi-final.
So it feels good to finally get that and make it to the sectional final.
Was it a little bit nerve-wracking out there especially toward the end of the game?
Oh, yes, definitely.
It was like, oh, all the nerves are up there, but you know, we did so good.
Ariana did the game for us and that was great to strike out for her.
Ariana Lewis talked about coming in in a pressure situation.
A little bit, but I knew I had a defense behind me.
So as long as I see a strike, they were going to get it.
Do you come in much of a relief?
I mean, you usually start the games, don't you?
Yeah, sometimes I'll come in, but usually not.
Just looking at the real strike.
So I was hoping for it.
Bulldog senior Alyssa Muller led the Bulldogs at the play.
That's all amazing.
I've been waiting for that for a long time.
I mean, yeah, it's just amazing.
Bulldog catcher Holly King picked off a Brookwood runner in the seventh inning,
which was a huge play.
I asked her afterwards about getting the win.
Uh, weather hot, what in the year on?
I'm glad we got this game over in seven at least.
Yeah, not going to eight.
That was the catchery.
Yeah, you can kind of take the brook where and all that equipment goes.
Definitely.
But I'm glad the pitchers weren't throwing too wild today.
Maybe a little bit in the beginning, but she locked back in and then already finished
strong.
Got it done.
What does the team have to do if you're going to get to state, play a good one diamond next
week?
Honestly, if everybody plays consistent, it's not hard to get runs, not hard to get
plays.
You have to play consistent.
With the 4-1 win, Ithaca now won win away from playing at the WIA State Tournament.
They will face the winner of this week's game between Columbus Catholic and Blair Taylor.
The sectional final game is scheduled for five o'clock Thursday at Blair Taylor High
School.
There was one game in division two.
S. Salem, six, nothing over Mount Horrub.
Division one teams played San Prairie East over Tomah, three, nothing and Middleton, four
nothing over Verona turning to baseball from last night.
The Ithaca Bulldog saw their season come to an end, falling to the Highland Cardinals
four, two as Highland moves on in the tournament.
The Cardinals jumped out early scoring three runs in the top of the first John Dreshmire
delivered the big blow, a two-run home run to LaField.
Moments later, Coyers Zad Resil hit into a fielders choice that brought in another run.
Sammy Clary started on the mound for Ithaca working five and two-thirds innings.
He allowed ten hits and four runs, struck out six and walked one.
Highland's Coyers Zad Resil was dominant on the hill, tossing five scoreless innings,
allowing just two hits, striking out nine and walking four.
Offensively, Houston Boland and Sammy Clary each strove in a run for the Bulldogs.
Clary led Ithaca with a two for four night at the plate.
Ithaca played clean defense, turning a double play and committing no errors.
Boland led the team with seven defensive plays.
Highland racked up 12 hits in the game.
Bennett Smith, Davis, Dorota, Cooper Olsen and Jack Terrell, each had a pair.
Dreshmire finished one for three with two RBI's.
Following the game, Henry Bray caught up with Terry Cool, Highland coach.
It was outstanding.
Both teams played really, really well and our boys are peaking at the right time.
Our pitchers did outstanding and our hitters came clutching.
I saw the pitchers.
I thought they did a wonderful job.
I really did and they got the runs when they didn't even got the outs when they need them.
Say something about your defense because I was really impressed with your defense.
Well, it's something that we've worked on all year.
Early on, we had a little bit of struggles but with practice has been really good.
We've worked on a few things and really tightened some things up and our pitchers trust.
They attack the strike zone because they trust the guys that are behind him.
And we do.
We make our motto, make the play that you can make.
We don't try to make outs out of stuff that's going to be out while the world.
But we want to make the easy routine plays and we've been really good at it.
The Cardinals advance into the postseason and will play the winner of the Disoto Cinecut
game.
Following the game, Henry Bray also caught up with Dan Clary, he announced before this
season that this would be his last season as head coach of the Bulldogs.
Yeah, it was a that's a tough one to take.
But again, that's a game of baseball.
Sometimes it goes your ways.
Sometimes it doesn't.
And we've been blessed to be a part of a lot of incredible memories over the last decade.
It's been fun working with this group.
I've had that senior class and both basketball and baseball since they were in kindergarten.
And so there's a lot of a lot of really good memories.
And I know they've provided the community with some amazing moments that they'll never
forget.
And that's the one thing that I told them they just got to remember it.
It's hard to put what they've done into words.
And to think that I mean, I was a group that went, you know, won a state title in 23.
They went 20 and two last season.
And yeah, head of a season against a lot of really tough competition.
And I mean, we knew this sectional was going to be an absolute buzz saw.
And yeah, so we had to be able to play on every given night and how and got things done
tonight.
Had two tough kids on the mound and kept us from putting something together.
And that's the way she turned out tonight.
I look at it.
You had the first inning was kind of tough for you guys on the defensive side.
But other than that, I think you played really good defense.
It's just, you know, with Sammy on the back, Sammy did an excellent job, Pitchin.
I think he went to 98 or 99 pitches.
And he was, I think he was stronger as the game got on.
But I have to look, you know, I'm sitting here watching you have your last team huddle here
for the season.
Very heart-wrenching the way that you connect with your kids.
And I'm very impressed with, you know, with the connection that you have.
It's very touching.
Yeah.
And like I said, I've had those kids for so long.
I have asked them to do a lot.
I'm not an easy coach.
And I ask them to do tough things and they have given everything that they can to me.
And I'll be forever grateful.
And that's what has supplied the moments and the memories that they've produced over
the years and what I will be forever grateful.
Just to even get the chance to work with young men like that.
And they have a little, I don't know.
It was rough right now.
I mean, and I know a lot of tears for those guys because they wanted it really bad.
Like I said, they get a lot of quality kids in there that have a really bright future
in front of them.
So they can hang their heads for just a little bit, but, you know, life is right around
the corner so they got to get back up and add it.
It is, Danny.
And you know what?
And I'm just going to give you kudos as an umpire.
I think all your kids are really, really respectful to the umpires because I know everybody
doesn't like their calls.
But you know what?
Your kids are very respectful.
And that comes from you, Danny.
Well, I mean, that comes from probably my parents and the people that I was brought up
around.
I mean, whatever the circumstances are, you just deal with it and you move on.
I mean, arguing about something never brings about something positive.
And I don't, you know, we've never wanted kids to argue calls or you just pick yourself
up and get right back after it and pretty soon you forget all about it because you've
overcome that obstacle and the kids have done, like I said, they've been a lot of staying
up kids.
A lot of fantastic parents in this community that have raised those kids that, you know,
supplied them with that kind of character.
But yeah, it's been a blast to work with them.
I'll miss this group.
I really will because I've had them, so I think since six great umpire, but you know,
as I look at them, you know, good young men, they care about people and that's very rare.
And that's what we tell them to do that we, our philosophy is love each other enough
to do your job.
And if everybody buys into that pretty soon, everybody is taking care of kind of their
part of things and wants to beat, wants to step up and do the job so they're not letting
anybody else down and it's just really infectious.
And that's really what's fed this program is basically be accountable.
It is.
It is.
And play for more than yourself.
That's our other thing.
We have five plaques that are hanging in a thing that we try to live by and play in for
each other.
I like it tonight before the game.
We had kids right down on a little piece of paper of, you know, right down, you know,
who they're dedicating this game to just so when they get in there, there's a little bit,
a little bit more focus on, you know, because it's really easy to kind of fail for yourself,
but it's a whole lot easier to fail when you're trying to do something for somebody else.
And that's another thing that we try to teach the kids and it's gone a long ways, you
know.
So, yeah, that's definitely one of the philosophies we're after.
Well, one quick note and I'll let you go.
I've always been impressed with your teams the way they play their heart and never ever
give up.
Do you have any final words then?
It's been a good ride.
It's been an amazing ride.
I mean, if you look up at the plaques that are on the back of that concession stand that
we got up this year and just, I mean, you could sit down in each number that's put up
there as just memories upon memories that these kids have worked so hard and given up so
much for like, you know, when you're in that youth age like right here that we see in
front of us, you know, they could be somewhere doing something else.
That's a lot of fun too, but they don't, they get here.
They put in time.
They put in the work and it's paid off in dividends for, and it's just fed off, you
know, each group and does what it does and the kids come up behind and see that and they
feed off that and they want to push and get that because that's half of the battle with
kids, I believe, is just believing that you can do that, something special.
And as long as they believe it, it's attainable.
And we've tried to feed that as long as we can and I know it's going to keep on going
because man, you look at the underclassmen here, there's a bundle of talent and they've
got a bright future in front of them and I can't wait to watch them from the stands
now.
Well, I wish you good luck, Philney wishes you good luck and I guarantee the community
does too.
You've been a blessing, Banny, and thank you.
Well, I appreciate it and WRC always been so good to us and they're the ones that, you
know, when I'm at home after it's all said and done, they get to sit down around a camp
iron, listen to the WRC, playbacks, I mean, that's what has just been, it's supplied a lot
of good memories, so we appreciate everything that they've done for us.
It's been a fantastic relationship.
I'm sure Phil has every one of them on tape somewhere.
Yes, I bet he does.
I think I've got a lot of them too, so well, good luck to you and thank you.
I think a baseball coach, Dan Clary, his team now ending the season and Highland moves
on into the WIA post season elsewhere in baseball last night, the year came to an end
for Weston.
They've had a great year, but fell to the Soto for a second time in the last couple
of weeks.
For nothing was the score last night at Casanovia Garrett Jennings took the loss pitching
five and two-thirds innings, allowing four earned runs on seven hits, two walks and
five strikeouts.
Isaac Jennings came on in relief, pitching last inning in a third with no outs, no runs,
no walks and three strikeouts.
Garrett Granger and Brady Westfall each had singles for Weston as their year comes to an
end.
For the Soto, a fifth C, they'll play the winner of the upcoming basketball Seneca game.
To last night, a seventh C to leave a strum knocked off number two Royal for three Blair
Taylor Hildoff, cashed in 10-1, division three Dodgeville edged Wisconsin Heights, seven
nothing, Verokwa 10-2 over Bangor, Westby was a winner over Whitehall, 10-nothing, in
a five inning game.
Game scheduled for today, the Richland Center Hornets softball team slated to play in Prairie
Dushin, whether permitting, that's a five o'clock start time.
We'll have it for you on WRC or radio.
Should that go today, the right to play their Marshall or point at, they are scheduled
as well to take on each other.
Cuba City is hosting middle point in division four today and Columbus Catholic is playing
Blair Taylor with the right to play Ithaca in the next round.
In baseball, among the games today, Seneca and basketball meeting, Phenomore is hosting
Lancaster, middle point at New Glarris, Prairie Dushin at Cuba City.
Also today in division two, Readsburg hosting Portage, Sock Prairie at the Dels, McFarlane
Hosts Lodi and Mount Horubb is taking on Edgewood.
Fifth and sixth grade baseball last night, you've baseball RC five over Riverdale, 21
to nine, the final score.
Action last night in the majors, it was a third inning home run from Christian Yelich, which
gave the Brewers the run they needed to beat Cincinnati by a score of three, two.
Manager Pat Murphy reacted about Christian Yelich's recent play.
He crushed two balls tonight, you know, sore hand or not.
He crushed two balls tonight, so he's, he's living up to his player the week, you know,
outstanding.
Freddie Peralta starts the second game of the series tonight in Cincinnati.
Colorado six, four over Miami, San Diego one San Francisco, nothing.
The Mets four, three over the Dodgers, the Angel seven, Boston six, Detroit 13, the
White Sox one and Minnesota 10, four over the athletics.
That's an update on sports.
I am Phil Me.
