Fond du Lac Sports Headlines

Appleton North 154, Fond du Lac 172: The Cardinals got a pair of 42s from Marcus Ruch and Joe Wright, but it wasn't enough in a Fox Valley Association match played on the front nine at Reid Municipal Golf Course.

For one Fond du Lac family, there isn't much that can beat spending Mother's Day taking in a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park.

Berlin Invitational: The St. Mary's Springs boys track team picked up another win Monday, edging host Berlin in an eight-team invitational while the Ledger girls finished third.

The Fond du Lac tennis team is past the midpoint of the season, and it's been a great one for the Cardinals. They are 5-0 in dual meets and nearly won Saturday's eight-team Beaver Dam Invitational, finishing one point behind first place.

North Fond du Lac/Oakfield 7, Wautoma 0: Led by a monster game by junior midfielder Reilly Louko, the North Fond du Lac/Oakfield soccer team improved to 10-3 on the season with a 7-0 nonconference rout of Wautoma Monday evening.

The Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association recently revealed the rosters for the 2014 WFSCA Senior All-Star Teams, which showed five area players and one coach were honored.

Jonathan Lucroy hit a bases-loaded, two-run single, and the battered Milwaukee Brewers withstood the early exits of star outfielders Carlos Gomez and Ryan Braun to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Mark Reynolds had a game-ending RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers overcame Francisco Rodriguez's first blown save of the season for a 6-5 win Sunday over the New York Yankees.

Jeff Gordon grabbed the lead in the final laps at Kansas Speedway on Saturday and held on for his first victory of the NASCAR season and 89th overall.

It's easy to oversimplify and say Ted Thompson is a take-the-best-player-on-the-board drafter, but the fact is need plays a huge role in every team's approach to the NFL draft.

Rickie Weeks hit a two-out RBI single after Jonathan Lucroy moved to third on a balk, Francisco Rodriguez earned his league-leading 15th save and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 win Saturday over the New York Yankees.

The Fond du Lac tennis team finished second out of eight teams Saturday, falling just a point short of Franklin in the Beaver Dam Invitational.

Being at the midpoint of the season, Fond du Lac boys golf coach Jim Flasch wants his team to find positives during and build off of them.

Beaver Dam Invitational: The Fond du Lac tennis team finished second out of eight teams Saturday, falling just a point short of Franklin.

Mayville Tournament: The Cardinals went 3-0 Saturday, beating Pewaukee, Hartford and Brookfield East.

Laconia 3-11, Johnson Creek 2-0: The Spartans had a dramatic game 1 win in extra innings over the Bluejays as Briana Bartz led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a triple and then McKayla Johnson had a sacrifice fly to drive her in for a walk-off win

Kiel Tournament: Mayville went 1-2 on the day, falling 3-0 to Oostburg, beating Random Lake 4-0 and then was edged 1-0 by Luxemburg-Casco.

Waupun 6-4, Monroe 1-8: The Warriors earned a split with the third-ranked team in Division 2 in a doubleheader played in Monroe.

Oshkosh North 10, Fond du Lac 0: It was déjà vu for the Cardinals as they suffered a one-hit shutout loss by the same score for a second-straight day at home.

Oakfield Tournament: The top-ranked Oaks were tested well through three innings of two games before its offense opened up to top Markesan 11-0 and Weyauwega-Fremont 5-0.