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04/07/2026

As winter sports and activities have transitioned to Spring, bowling leagues are wrapping up as well. On Saturday, April 4, Midway Lanes held its second annual Scratch Invitational featuring the top 16 Midway league bowlers with the highest averages.

And just because leagues are wrapping up, bowling is a year-round activity as bowling alleys continue to offer open bowling, special events, and dining options. If you haven't gone bowling in awhile, maybe after watching this video of these scratch bowlers, you'll get the itch to take the family out to one of many area bowling alleys for some fun and laughter. You may even want to join a league!

We have highlights of the event, and you'll get to meet owner Kevin Gallagher, a former PBA bowler. You'll want to pick up a copy of The Chronicle as well, as the event is featured in this weeks Spotlight section.

03/07/2026

Unfortunately in tournament games, someone moves on and someone goes home. And in Mineral Point last night, you couldn't ask for a better high school basketball game as the Pointers hung on to defeat the Dodgeville Dodgers 60-59 in a WIAA Regional semi-final game, and you won't want to miss the highlights. It was a good year for the Dodgers, co-champions of the SWC, but its Mineral Point that moves on to play in the regional championship tonight hosting Lancaster.

Mineral Point 60 - Dodgeville 59
(MP hosts Lancaster)
Barneveld 66 - Fall River 46
(Barneveld hosts St Ambrose)
Iowa-Grant 66 - Cuba City 62
(I-G at Darlington)

Wrestling
Cedar Grove-Belgium 42 - Mineral Point 31 team wrestling
MP season end

03/01/2026

In area girls' WIAA Regional Championship games, two of the three teams won. We have highlights of Mineral Point's loss to Albany/Monticello 50-33 - a game that matched two, top 10 teams in Division 4.

In Division 5, Argyle/Pecatonica had no problem winning their Regional Championship over Wauzeka-Steuben 69-38, while Barneveld defeated Shullsburg in a low-scoring game 31-18 to win their Regional Championship.

Barneveld is ranked 5th in Division 5 while AP is ranked 4th in Division 5, and those two teams will meet next Thursday, March 5 at Argyle in a WIAA Sectional semi-final game. Game time is at 7:00 p.m.

02/20/2026

Mineral Point Senior Drew Aschliman needed 18 points to reach the 1000-point milestone in his career as a Pointer, and he was able to accomplish that in the second half, and we have highlights of his moment and of the Pointers victory over Iowa-Grant in a SWAL contest Thursday night.

We have other area scores as well, and don't forget to pick up your copy of the newspaper this week for more in-depth coverage of Iowa County news and sports.

Boys
Mineral Point 65 - Iowa-Grant 50

Girls
Barneveld 59 - Argyle/Pecatonica 56
Highland 46 - Belmont 28
River Valley 69 - Dodgeville 53

02/18/2026

Tuesday night area basketball scores for both boys and girls. A reminder to buy your local newspaper this week to catch up on all your local news and sports!

Girls
Argyle/Pecatonica 66 - Lancaster 50
Mineral Point 61 - Prairie du Chien 38
Belmont 76 - Iowa-Grant 50
Potosi/Cassville 61 - Dodgeville 56
Belleville 64 - River Valley 58

Boys
Barneveld 71 - Argyle 45
Pecatonica 63 - Monticello 23
Belmont 104 - Highland 63
Fennimore 59 - Iowa-Grant 51
Mineral Point 62 - Cuba City 47

02/14/2026

A big game in the SWAL Friday night as the Mineral Point girls, needing a win at Cuba City to tie the Cubans for first place in the conference, and they earned it, a 61-57 victory to sweep the Cubans this year, winning their 15th game in a row, and we have highlights of the game.

We also have scores of all area girls games played.

Girls
Mineral Point 61 - Cuba City 57
Lancaster 69 - Dodgeville 44
River Valley 74 - Richland Center 36
Southwestern 73 - Iowa-Grant 37
Argyle/Pec 66 - Belmont 50
Barneveld 53 - Highland 35

02/07/2026

In Friday night basketball action, the Darlington boys defeated Mineral Point for the second time this season to stay on top of the SWAL conference and we have highlights, plus other area scores.

Boys
Darlington 55 - Mineral Point 46
Dodgeville 82 - River Valley 68
Iowa-Grant 64 - Riverdale 49
Argyle 73 - Highland 50
Barneveld 78 - Benton 35
Pecatonica 55 - Shullsburg 41

02/04/2026

A busy Tuesday night with area basketball games and we have the scores for you. Check out The Democrat this week for more in-depth sports stories, box scores, local news, and thanks for supporting your local newspaper.

Boy's
Sauk Prairie 81 - River Valley 61
Barneveld 75 - Monticello 49
Pecatonica 58 - Highland 53
Mineral Point 79 - Riverdale 52
Southwestern 78 - Iowa-Grant 64
Dodgeville 74 - Brodhead 32
Argyle 46 - Albany 41

Girl's
Shullsburg 65 - Dodgeville 36
Iowa-Grant 68 - Benton 28
River Valley 64 - Boscobel 40
Barneveld 74 - Black Hawk 25
Highland 62 - Weston/Ithaca 44

02/01/2026

The Mineral Point boys' basketball team played a non-conference matinee on Saturday at home and led from start to finish against Johnson Creek and won handily 76-53. It was the Pointers ninth straight victory and we have a few highlights to show you from the game.

We also have other scores from Saturday games.

Boys
Mineral Point 76 - Johnson Creek 53
Cuba City 83 - Dodgeville 77
Barneveld 66 - Prairie du Chien 30

Girls
Barneveld 67 - Prairie du Chien 44

01/31/2026

The Mineral Point girls' wrestling team hosted its first ever triangular meet Friday night and defeated Prairie du Chien and Mt. Horeb/Barneveld by identical scores, 36-18, and we have a few matches from the Prairie du Chien session.

01/31/2026

The Mineral Point girls' basketball team moved into second place in the SWAL Friday night as they traveled to Darlington and beat the Redbirds 47-38 and we have highlights of the second half.

We also have the results of other area girls' game played as well.

Dodgeville 55 - Richland Center 28
Platteville 74 - River Valley 51
Cuba City 89 - Iowa-Grant 36
Mineral Point 47 - Darlington 38
Barneveld 55 - Belmont 40
Argyle/Pecatonica 62 - Highland 43

01/28/2026

Tuesday night area basketball scores.

Boys
Dodgeville 87 - Belleville 57
Fennimore 54 - Highland 43
River Valley 66 - Viroqua 38
Iowa-Grant 68 - Ithaca 47

Girls
Argyle/Pec 79 - Black Hawk 22 (Kylie Butler hits 2000 points for AP)
Riverdale 42 - Iowa-Grant 36
Mineral Point 73 - Boscobel 31
Barneveld 75 - Juda 29
Highland 53 - Benton 36
Platteville 80 - Dodgeville 66

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