Fond du Lac Sports Headlines

Winnebago Lutheran's Chris Colla came into the WIAA State Meet with hopes to beat last year's score of 151.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Brad Keselowski down the stretch to win a thriller Sunday at Pocono Raceway.

PITTSBURGH Aramis Ramirez had an RBI groundout shortly after Jonathan Lucroy was awarded a double on fan interference and Yovani Gallardo outdueled spot-starter Jeff Locke as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 on Sunday.

Before the WIAA State Track and Field Meet this weekend, St. Mary's Springs boys coach Bob Hyland said in order for his team to make another run to defend its division 3 title, his relay teams had to come out and run some personal-bests.

Ricardo Arguello and Andrew Pekarek of Gannett Wisconsin Media recap this weekend's WIAA state track and field meet in La Crosse.

Lourdes Academy 3, North Fond du Lac/Oakfield 2: O's Reilly Louko nearly willed the game into overtime, scoring twice in the last 7 minutes after the Knights had a 3-0 lead going into a weather delay. Louko scored in the 73rd and 77th minutes before second-seeded NFDL/O ran out of time for the equalizer.

Matt Garza got through six shaky innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time since last July and Lyle Overbay hit a tiebreaking two-run single to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) - Tonalist sprinted across the finish line first Saturday at the Belmont Stakes, spoiling California Chrome's bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years.

Plymouth 1, Campbellsport 0: The fifth-seeded Cougars came close to upsetting the top-seeded Panthers on the road, but Brooke Reichert's goal in the 12th minute was the difference-maker in the third meeting between the two Eastern Wisconsin Conference rivals.

Howards Grove 5, Springs 1: The top-seeded Tigers scored in the 12th and 13th minutes and adding another in the 27th to put the fourth-seeded Ledgers in a big hole, then buried them with two more goals in the second half.

Familiar names highlighted the 35th annual running of The Reporter Walleye Run/Walk marquee races Saturday morning at Lakeside Park, where Fond du Lac-native runners taking a clean sweep for the male and female winners of both the 5-mile and 2-mile races. Fondy runners went 2-for-4 last year.

Germantown 4, Fond du Lac 0: The season came to a rough end for the fifth-seeded Fond du Lac girls soccer team on Saturday as the Cardinals were blanked 4-0 by host Germantown in a WIAA Division 1 Regional Final.

St. Mary's Springs Brady Sarauer, Patrick Treichel and Winnebago Lutheran's Chris Colla have a few things in common.

After breaking the WIAA Division 3 record in the 3,200-meter relay last season, the St. Mary's Springs girls came into the Veterans Memorial Field in La Crosse Friday with expectations to defend that title they had held for two years.

Fond du Lac senior Jenna Rosenthal saved her best for last.

Nursing a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning of Friday's WIAA Division 2 Regional Final, Waupun senior Bryce Buchholz showed off a little psychic ability.

Russell Martin had three hits, including a three-run double during an eight-run sixth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled to a 15-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night, handing nemesis Kyle Lohse his first loss since April 1.

Brookfield Academy 10, WLA 3: The season came to a tough end for the Winnebago Lutheran baseball team Friday as the second-seeded Vikings were toppled 10-3 by top-seeded and Brookfield Academy, which took the game over with three runs in the third inning

Rio 4, Oakfield 3: The Oaks had their season end at home at the hands of the fourth-seeded Vikings, who scored twice in both the first and fourth innings before an Oakfield rally came up just short.

Sheboygan Falls 10, Campbellsport 0 (6 inn.): The Falcons jumped on the Cougars for a 6-0 lead after two innings, while the Cougars were held to four hits.