Madison Sports Headlines

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Isaac Blum had two hits and scored runs in the first and third innings to lift the Madison Memorial baseball team to a 2-0 victory over host Appleton West in the season opener for both teams.

Inclement weather and poor field conditions have forced the relocation, postponement or cancellation of several area sporting events scheduled for Tuesday.

BASEBALL

Here is a list of area varsity sports postponements and cancellations as of 9:30 a.m. Monday, as reported on official conference scheduling websites.

Inclement weather has forced the postponement of all of high school varsity softball games originally scheduled for Friday.

Marcy Thurwachter, an assistant director on the WIAA executive staff, has announced her retirement, effective June 30. She served the membership in her position for 13 years.

In boys hockey, Madison Memorial, Middleton and Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells each received honorable mention status.

In boys hockey, Madison Memorial and Middleton each received honorable mention status.

Stoughton senior Nick McGlynn surpassed 1,000 points in his outstanding prep career last Friday in the Vikings' 47-36 victory over Oregon in a Badger South Conference game.

The Sun Prairie co-op (12-4-2, 6-0-2) girls hockey team is the only area team ranked in the Top Ten of this week's WisconsinPrepHockey.net state rankings.

Tuesday's inclement weather has led to the postponement of several scheduled area high school sports events, though none of the postponements involved Dane County schools.

Kevin Noskowiak, the father of former Sun Prairie basketball star Nick Noskowiak, said his son is seeking treatment for depression at an undisclosed location and has no plans to play basketbal…

The expectation of inclement weather forced the postponement of several prep events on Monday night. The full list, gathered from official conference Websites, with rescheduling dates if announced:

One of the area’s top prep players has accepted a preferred walk-on offer from the University of Wisconsin.

The Sun Prairie wrestling team scored pins in the final three matches of the night to pull out a 36-34 victory over host Fort Atkinson in a non-conference dual meet Tuesday night.

Sun Prairie star basketball player and Marquette commitment Nick Noskowiak said he has moved in with his uncle in De Pere and is taking online high school classes.

Madison West boys drop out of boys Top Ten

As of 12:30 p.m. Friday, only three area sporting events had been listed as postponed on official scheduling websites for area conferences.

With many area school district calling off classes on Thursday due to the cold weather, many Thursday evening sporting events also were postponed.