Fond du Lac Sports Headlines

North Fond du Lac 51, Laconia 45 (OT): Brooke Scott banked in a 3-pointer with just under 30 seconds left in regulation to send the North Fond du Lac girls basketball team and Laconia to overtime, where the Orioles were six points better than the Spartans

The St. Mary's Springs High School hockey team's offense is on fire.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500, ending a 57-race winless streak in the Sprint Cup Series and becoming an instant championship contender in NASCAR's premier series.

History? Pressure? Jason Collins would have none of it after becoming the NBA's first openly gay player.

Through rain and wrecks, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended the only drought that mattered.

The most popular member of the Milwaukee Brewers at spring training is a rookie who comes with pedigree, an excellent clubhouse presence and good legs.

To bye or not to bye? There's different answers to that simple question for area girls basketball coaches.

The top-seeded Marian University men's basketball team had no trouble Saturday evening dispatching of eighth-seeded Wisconsin Lutheran, blowing past the Warriors 83-63 at Fond du Lac's Sadoff Gymnasium in the quarterfinals of the Northern Athletics Colleg

The Waupun girls gymnastics team competed in Saturday's Little Ten Conference meet held at West Bend East, where the Warriors finished fourth out of six teams with a score of 128.175.

Laconia sent the most wrestlers to state in the area, advancing Potter (113), Zach Coffeen (145), Eli Moses (220) and Nick Zimmerman (285). Lomira wasn't far behind with three, sending Seltrecht (145), Michael (170) and Mitch Garriety (138).

For the second year in a row, Fond du Lac's Jason Toshner will be the lone Cardinal to represent at the state meet.

The last four years, Campbellsport junior Alex Costello had a first-hand experience of what it takes to get to the WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament.

Fond du Lac swimmers Cameron Van Beek and Riley Pankratz took part in the WIAA Division 1 State Swim Meet Saturday in Madison, with Van Beek leading the way with a 15th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle.

The way Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan sees it, the 16th-ranked Badgers are playing better because they're making shots.

Laconia 61, Omro 49: The Laconia boys basketball team clinched its second-straight outright Flyway Conference championship Friday night, downing Omro 61-49 at home in Rosendale.

WLA 54, KML 48: Led by Mitch McFarlane's 23 points, the Vikings picked up a big Flyway road win in downing the Chargers.

Waupun 75, New Holstein 44: The Warriors' offense couldn't be stopped, as four player scored in double figures in getting a crucial Eastern Wisconsin Conference win.

The Lomira boys' basketball team is one that lives and dies by the 3-point shot.

Lourdes Academy 55, CWC 51: The Crusaders nearly took down Division 3's third ranked Knights, who remained undefeated (22-0, 18-0) by holding off the D5 Crusaders (16-6, 14-4) down the stretch.

Kiel 43, Campbellsport 35: Despite 20 points from Haley Feucht, the Cougars fell at home in large part to poor free-throw shooting.