Courier Press Newspaper

05/09/2025

Dan J. Meyers
January 28, 1961-August 27, 2025

https://pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/02/dan-j-meyers

04/09/2025

Brody Digman, Jr., QB, Plattevile football MINERAL POINT —Junior Brody Digman piled up 406 yards of total offense and five total touchdowns to lead Platteville to a 41–14 non-conferece victory at Mineral Point Friday night.

04/09/2025

Hinderman rallies Panthers to wild overtime victory TOWN OF MIFFLIN — Following junior Brock Hinderman’s 1-yard touchdown run, classmate Treaton Loeffelholz lined up for the first extra point of his high school career. Loeffelholz put a charge into the ball out of the hold off senior Sam Lundell...

04/09/2025

“By the time we got up there, it had probably been running for 40-45 minutes..."

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https://pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/02/updates-admin-building-repairs

04/09/2025

Ann E. Gerlach
August 29, 2025

https://pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/02/ann-e-gerlach

04/09/2025

Redbirds rally past Blackhawks to earn a 26-14 victory

By Derick Kelly

Entering the second and final week of non-conference play, the Prairie du Chien Blackhawks Football team was tasked with facing yet another top-five ranked team in the Darlington Redbirds, ranked third in D6 in the Bound Wisconsin Coaches Poll this week.

The Redbirds, 63-33 winners over Platteville in week one, entered this season ranked 146th out of the top 500 winningest high school football programs in the United States all-time at 722-312-26 according to an article by MaxPreps.com’s Kevin Askeland. Prairie du Chien entered the week two matchup 10-15-1 all-time against Darlington, including having won the last four games in a row between the two programs.....

https://www.pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/04/redbirds-rally-past-blackhawks-earn-26-14-victory

04/09/2025

First running of Trystan’s Backyard Ultra deemed a victory despite thunderstorms

As Rudy Osborne and Alex Krotz continued onto their 14th lap at 8 p.m., crews and volunteers started to notice lightning storms in the distance.

These lightning storms looked far enough away to not affect the race; however, as time went on and runners continued the loop these storms got worse.

In the best interest of safety for both crews and runners the decision to postpone the next lap by 30 minutes after the time of the last lightning sighting. As time passed the lightning continued to make its way towards the course causing organiziers to make the ultimate decision....

https://www.pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/04/first-running-trystan%E2%80%99s-backyard-ultra-deemed-victory-despite-thunderstorms

Editor's Note - Due to space constraints, the last two photos are online only.

04/09/2025

Team Nickolas Tournament Great Success

The Team Nickolas Tournament was a double elimination wiffleball tournament that featured 10 teams and was played over two days, Saturday, August 23 and Sunday August 24.

On Saturday night, players and fans donated to enter a Home Run Derby, where Noah Pedretti took the title, smashing 27 home runs in one round.....

https://www.pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/04/team-nickolas-tournament-great-success

Editor's Note - Due to space constraints, the second photo is online only.

04/09/2025

Bluegolds overcome halftime deficit to throttle Ithaca 43-14

By Derick Kelly

Week two of the 2025 WIAA Football season saw the Seneca-Wauzeka-Steuben Bluegolds take on a team from the Scenic Bluffs Conference (for football anyways) for the second week in a row when they hosted the Ithaca Bulldogs last Friday night at Seneca High School.

The visiting Bulldogs (ranked eighth in D7 in last week’s Bound Wisconsin Coaches Poll) entered the game coming off a 21-18 week one home win over Riverdale, another football-only team from the Six Rivers Conference.....

https://www.pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/04/bluegolds-overcome-halftime-deficit-throttle-ithaca-43-14

04/09/2025

Fennimore rallies past River Ridge

By A.J. Gates

Despite taking a 22-12 lead into the fourth quarter of last Friday night’s home opener, coach Wade Winkers and his River Ridge varsity football team suffered their first loss of the season, at the hands of visiting Fennimore, who scored 12 unanswered points in the closing minutes of a 24-22 final.

The Timberwolves put together three scoring drives in the first half of Friday night’s contest, then failed to find the end zone at all in the second....

By A.J. Gates

04/09/2025

PdC High Athletic Hall of Fame to induct Class of 2025

By Derick Kelly

The Prairie du Chien Athletic Hall of Fame will help kick off the 2025-26 school year this Friday, September 5 when their class of 2025 is inducted at halftime of the Prairie du Chien vs. Platteville football game.

Established in 2000, this year’s ceremony welcomes the 25th class into the PdC Athletic Hall of Fame (there were no inductees in 2020 due to Covid-19). Making up this class are three individuals - Cathy (Kozelka) Ryan, Scott Reilly and Brian Slaght (coincidentally all three are members of the PdC High School Class of 1977) and one team - the 1976 Prairie du Chien Football team.

Due to space constraints, a full write up detailing the accomplishments of this year’s class will be included in next week’s paper.

However, If you would like to celebrate these inductees in person, game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m....

https://www.pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/04/pdc-high-athletic-hall-fame-induct-class-2025

Editor's Note - Due to space constraints, the photos for this article are online only.

04/09/2025

River Ridge Volleyball goes 3-3 during first week

By A.J. Gates

While there are a number of key components returning from last year’s squad, River Ridge volleyball coach Dianne Langmeier has given many of her returning players new roles to start the 2025 prep volleyball season.

With that being said, the Timberwolves opened the season last Tuesday night with a hard-fought 3-2 loss to visiting Lancaster, who overcame a 2-1 deficit to win sets four and five....

https://www.pdccourier.com/articles/2025/09/04/river-ridge-volleyball-goes-3-3-during-first-week

Editor's Note - Due to space constraints, this article is online only.

By A.J. Gates