Fond du Lac Sports Headlines

Fond du Lac 6, Kaukauna 1: The Cardinals improved to 2-0 overall and won their Fox Valley Association opener, picking up six wins in straight sets.

Aramis Ramirez homered, Ryan Braun drove in two runs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 Monday night.

Mayville 2, Waterloo 1: Jake Fehring and Sid Lehman each had doubles for the Cardinals, who twice got out of bases-loaded jams.

Fond du Lac baseball coach Marty Paulsen was determined to let pitcher Devin Simon finish what he started.

Kaukauna 3, Fond du Lac 0: The Cardinals came up with only one hit in a loss to the Ghosts on the road.

The Oakfield softball team goes as McKaela Ryan goes.

Khris Davis delivered the biggest hit in a game interrupted by a punch-filled brawl, homering in the 14th inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Sunday.

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76.

In an offensive showcase of a doubleheader Saturday, the Marian University baseball team picked up a sweep of Milwaukee School of Engineering by scores of 9-8 and 11-7 at Herr-Baker Field in Fond du Lac.

Race organizers were eager to invite them back - to let them finish what they started - and aware of the message that would send.

Waupun 9-10, WLA 6-0: The Waupun baseball team ran its record to 7-1 on the season with a doubhleheader sweep of Winnebago Lutheran in Waupun Saturday, pulling away for a 9-6 win in game 1 and scorching the Vikings 10-0 in a five-inning game 2.

Carthage College senior pitcher Sam Wilhelms, a Fond du Lac High School graduate, set a school season record Thursday by picking up his seventh save of the year in a 3-1 win over Rockford University at Aviators Stadium in Loves Park, Ill.

Ryan Braun hit a pair of late home runs, including a two-run blast with two out in the ninth to lift the Brewers past the Pirates to an 8-7 victory Saturday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Kyle Lohse pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Carlos Gomez homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 Friday night.

North Fond du Lac 5, Lomira 0: Joe Cetnar pitched a complete game shutout for the Orioles, allowing five hits in six innings with two walks and four strikeouts.

Campbellsport 1, Lomira 1 (tie): The Cougars' Landon Donigain and Lions' Jennifer Weston notched goals in the ninth and 28th minutes, respectively, before it went scoreless the rest of the way, including two 10-minute overtime periods.

Oakfield 31, Pardeeville 0 (5 inn.): The Oakfield softball team pounded out 20 hits in a dominant 31-0 win over Pardeeville Thursday evening in a Trailways-North Conference game played in Pardeeville.

Markesan Invitational: Laconia's boys and girls teams each had fine showings at Markesan Thursday night, finishing in second place out of 10 teams.

The Mayville baseball team has had a lot of offense so far in this early season, but in Thursday's Flyway Conference doubleheader against Laconia in Rosendale, that offense was essentially represented by senior Sid Lehman.

Brewers relievers were torched for nine runs over the final two innings Thursday, turning a tied game into an 11-2 rout by the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.