Prescott High School runner Kyra Dix finished atop the podium on Saturday in the Osceola Cross Country Invitational. The talented junior harrier finished with a time of 20.11, a full minute ahead of the rest of the field and helped the Cardinals finish second in the team standings. Senior Amber Van Loon crossed the finish line in third place and fellow senior Addyson Allsop also finished in the top 10, breaking the tape in eighth place. St. Croix Central finished the meet in first place. For the boys, freshman Dawson Langer was the top runner for the Cardinals placing 11th and junior Quinn Justen also finished in the top 20. Minnehaha Academy, with three runners placing in the top six, won the team competition. 

Junior Macy Reiter topped the leader board at Bristol Ridge in Somerset with a 39 as the Prescott Cardinals girls golf team cruised to a 14-stroke victory over St. Croix Central last Thursday in a Middle Border Conference mini-meet. Senior Brooklyn Goehring tied for third with a round of 44 and junior Layla Salay tied for fifth with a score of 45. Prescott will compete in the Middle Border Conference meet next Monday at the Princeton Golf Course in Eau Claire. 

Defending Division 3 girls volleyball champion Barron has climbed to #3 in the most recent Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll. Two other teams in the Prescott Cardinals’ Sectional are also ranked in the top 10. Stratford, who the Cardinals defeated last year in the tournament, is ranked #7, and Grantsburg holds the #8 spot. Also, every #1 ranked team in each of the five divisions is a private school. In Division 4, the top four teams are private schools. 

The Prescott Cardinals travel to Somerset this Friday to take on the Spartans. After trailing 7-0 after the first quarter, Baldwin-Woodville scored 32 unanswered second quarter points and cruised to a 54-13 victory.  Undefeated Baldwin-Woodville is ranked #3 in the most recent Coaches Poll in Division 4. The Northwestern Tigers, the #1 ranked team in Division 5, clobbered Cumberland 48-8, and #3 ranked Grantsburg pummeled Cameron by a score of 64-0. Also, in Division 7 the tiny school of Kenosha St. Joseph’s is ranked #1. 

Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the Prescott Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Prescott High School. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at approximately 6:30. Entertainment will be provided by Prescott High School students. At the conclusion of the banquet, a reception will be held at the Prescott American Legion. 

Recent Prescott grad Joaquin Magee made his collegiate debut for Central Lakes College this past week. In a fall season doubleheader against Itasca Community College, Magee finished 3-6 with three stolen bases and two runs scored. Fellow 2025 Cole Platson is also playing fall baseball for Dakota County Technical College. Both Magee and Platson are playing outfield for their respective teams. 

Prescott alumnus Madison Matzek and the Minnesota State women's cross country team placed second at the Roy Griak Invitational Friday afternoon at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights, Minn. A senior, Matzek finished seventh with a time of 23.26. 

From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: The regular goose season opens Sept. 16 statewide, and the daily bag limit is three Canada geese for the first portion of the season. During the holiday hunt, the daily bag limit increases to five birds in the Southern and Mississippi zones. Wisconsin's regular goose season dates vary by zone, so hunters should know which zone they plan to hunt. If hunting Canada geese during the regular Canada goose season, a regular Canada goose permit is required. The regular duck season opens in the Northern Zone on Sept. 27.  

Headshaker of Week. As the 2025 summer baseball season winds down hundreds of youngsters are replacing their baseball gloves with football cleats, helmets, and flag football handkerchiefs. Before donning their pads, little leaguers of all ages played in end of season tournaments all around the Badger State. Parents, armed with coolers full of juice packets, Lunchables, and assorted freeze pops, cheer their children on with great gusto. Recently, I became aware of a group of area 7- and 8-year-olds who won a version of a Wisconsin state tournament. Reportedly, some adults requested the team to be driven around town by fire trucks to celebrate their championship because “that’s what they do when other teams win state.” Good for the young boys. But a fire truck ride around town for kids who are just learning their multiplication tables and to look both ways before they cross the street? Now that’s a headshaker.