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1 week ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
By TOM MILLER For the Gazette J ANESVILLE - Throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a Milwaukee Brewers' home game might not have as much meaning for the honoree than it will June 29 when the team plays host to the Colorado Rockies. Janesville's Bob Roach will be the man on the mound for the pregame event. Joining him will be Dr. Meghan Wells, a physician assistant who specializes in medical oncology at the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
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1 week ago | 
dailyunion.com | Tom Miller
WHITEWATER — The warmup for their Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown doubleheaders this weekend didn’t go exactly as either UW-Whitewater or UW-La Crosse would have liked, but neither team can complain. UW-Whitewater suffered its first loss of the baseball season when UW-Oshkosh won the second game of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon 6-3 to end the No. 1-ranked Warhawks’ season-opening 18-game winning streak. kAm%96 (2C92H<D H@? E96 7:CDE 82>6 h\a :?
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyunion.com | Tom Miller
WHITEWATER — Tom Klawitter has had a fairly worry-free spring as pitching coach of the UW-Whitewater baseball team. The former Major League pitcher and Janesville Craig graduate, along with his pitching staff, has not been in many close ballgames in the first five weeks of the season. kAm“xE’D AC6EEJ 62DJ H96? J@F D4@C6 2D >2?J CF?D 2D H6 5@[” z=2H:EE6C D2:5]k^AmkAm%96 (2C92H<D @776?D6 92D =65 E96 }@] `\C2?<65 }rpp s:G:D:@? xxx E62> :?
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
JANESVILLE — The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team has won two of the past three NCAA Division 1 national titles and four in the past seven seasons. Interest in girls hockey in Janesville has increased along with the number of UW national championships. Three years ago, approximately 15 girls participated in the Janesville Youth Hockey program. kAmt=:? |2CE:? :D @?6 A=2J6C E92E 92D FD65 E96 y*w AC@8C2> E@ 56G6=@A 96C :46 D<:==D]k^AmkAmp7E6C D:I D62D@?D :? y*w[ |2CE:?
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
When Jake Schaffner and his North Dakota State University baseball teammates arrived at their stadium late Thursday afternoon for their game against rival South Dakota State, they could been excused if they entered the visitors’ locker room. The Bison, who were 6-16 going into the game, played their first home game of the season Thursday. kAm(:E9 E96 4=:>2E6 :? u2C8@[ }@CE9 s2<@E2 6G6? >@C6 492==6?8:?8 E92? (:D4@?D:?[ E96 q:D@? A=2J65 E96:C 7:CDE aa 82>6D :?
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
JANESVILLE — Gavin Meier, the consensus No. 1-ranked class of 2026 college football recruit in the state out of Janesville Parker, made a decision Wednesday that he realizes won’t go over well with University of Wisconsin football fans. The 6-foot-6, 300-pound Meier gave his verbal commitment to attend the University of Minnesota and play football for Gophers’ head coach P.J. Fleck. kAm|6:6C 92D ?@ :==FD:@? H92E E96 C624E:@? H:== 36 7C@> &?:G6CD:EJ @7 (:D4@?D:?
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4 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
WHITEWATER — With seven of their eight starting position players back along with several key pitchers, UW-Whitewater baseball coach isn’t spending much time tinkering with his lineup card. On Tuesday, he was attempting to figure out how to reschedule a pair of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheaders that were scheduled to be played at Whitewater’s Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium on Thursday and Friday. kAm#2:? 5@>:?2E6D E96 2C62 7@C642DE 7C@> %9FCD52J 27E6C?@@?
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4 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
While any tans they accumulated are fading in the cool, sometimes cold, spring conditions of Wisconsin, the players on the UW-Whitewater baseball team are set to open Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. This weekend’s scheduled pair of doubleheaders at home against UW-Eau Claire are doubtful to be played because of rain. No matter when the WIAC season begins, the Warhawks will benefit once again from their week in mid-March spent in Pensacola, Florida.
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4 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Tom Miller
JANESVILLE — The eight bottles that now sit on a board inside the former O’Leary Law Office building at 15 N. Main Street are thought to be from the 1800s. At some point by late spring or early summer, the bottles will be displayed behind the bar and represent the past history of the building, which is 160 years old. kAm|@DE 6G6CJE9:?8 6=D6 :?
