As promised, here are some unsung performances from girls basketball and boys and girls track and field. 

Girls Basketball. During the regular season the Cardinals hosted Heart of the North conference member Northwestern. The December matchup was a back-and-forth game throughout as the Cardinals took a 31-25 halftime lead. It was unheralded junior Nora Boles who scored 13 points, grabbed six rebounds, and had four steals and helped the Cardinals eke out a 45-44 Prescott win. The crucial win allowed the Cardinals to host the Heart of North Co-Conference champions in the WIAA regional tournament, a game Prescott won by a score of 51-42. All due to the unsung performance of Nora Boles. 

Girls Track: When it comes to track and field Coach Emily Calabrese lauded the performance of junior Addy Allsop. A four-event participant, Allsop consistently scored “big” points for the girls track team all season. An extremely hard worker, Allsop earned the praise of coaches for being an “outstanding teammate” and at the same time worked extremely hard to “max out” or near “max out” in all her events this season. 

Boys Track: The Prescott Cardinal 4x100 relay team won the state championship this past spring. However, the work of Reese Stanton, Henry Rohl, and Wyatt Wrisky were very much a part of the tremendous accomplishment. The trio was instrumental in helping prepare the championship foursome of Andrew Lesso, Wyatt Budworth, Andrew Russell, and Ethan West during practices leading up to the state tournament. Additionally, the staff also credits Jaylen Fleming and Gavin Miller for helping with “handoffs” and “creating track chaos” to help the runners prepare for the final track and field meet of the season. 

Beginning with the 2027 season, a double first base will be required in high school baseball games to minimize the risk of collisions by runners and fielders. The white portion of the base is located in fair territory while the colored half is located in foul territory, split by the first base foul line. There is to be no space between the two portions of the double base.

"Adding the double first base is symbolic to the evolution of the sport. It will immediately address running lane violations, and it will further protect the players from the violent collisions that have occurred at first base,” said Elliot Hopkins, NFHS director of sports and liaison to the Baseball Rules Committee. “By reducing collisions and enhancing safety, it preserves both the integrity of competition and the well-being of those who play."

The Wisconsin Sports Network crowned three schools as winners of the WSN Cup for the 2024-25 season. This is the 17th year the WSN Cup has been awarded for athletic achievement to teams around the state. Hartland-Arrowhead won its fourth straight title in the large school division, making it 15 titles in the 17 years, dominating the WSN Cup large school division. Private school Madison Edgewood won the medium school division and private school La Crosse Aquinas won the small school division.

The Prescott Hall of Fame Committee will be meeting soon perusing and scoring the Hall of Fame applications for the October 2025 induction ceremony and banquet. The 11-person committee will pursue and score the applications using the same DETAILED OBJECTIVE rubric for each nomination. The 2025 Hall of Fame inductees will be announced at the end of July. 

From the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: The DNR announced that a sharp-tailed grouse hunt will be held this fall, the first since 2018. The season will run from Oct. 18 to Nov. 9, 2025. An application period will run from June 30 until Aug. 1 for entry into a limited-drawing lottery. Preference points from prior years will be honored. Wisconsin has had a long history with sharp-tailed grouse. Beginning in the 1990s, state biologists noticed a steady decline in population numbers. Fragmentation and loss of their core habitat (pine barrens) are believed to be the primary causes of the decline. Additionally, The DNR announced recent data regarding annual spring surveys of Wisconsin ruffed grouse and pheasant. Pheasant observations were above the five-year average for the second consecutive year. The results of the ruffed grouse survey showed a slight decrease from 2024, but numbers were still significantly up from the five-year average. Find these wildlife survey reports and others on the Wisconsin Wildlife Reports webpage.

Headshaker of the Week. As you can imagine, the summer youth sports seasons are all in full swing. Baseball, soccer, softball, volleyball, football, basketball, and AAU Cornhole Competitions can be found in every city, town, village, and hamlet across the country. But it’s not only the kids putting on a show, it’s the parents in the stands. One area rooter this past week really stood out. Wearing a tight summer short sleeve shirt that would have impressed Uncle Rico from the movie Napoleon Dynamite, this parent, with Radar Gun in hand, was sharing with the crowd how hard his son was throwing. “That one was 88.” “That one was 87.” The over-the-top proud parent was right behind home plate while his son was pitching. I felt bad for the kid on the mound that Dad, who probably “would have gone pro if he was given a chance,” strutted around between innings like a rooster. Wow. It was a headshaker.