The UW-Platteville women’s softball team is eager to get the 2008 season started with seven returning starters and 13 new freshmen added to the roster who are ready to contribute to a team coming off of an 11-28 campaign. They have a tournament in South Carolina over spring break from March 14-21, and hope to […]

Two UW-Platteville wrestlers headed to the Division III National Championships in search for All-American status and national championships. The tournament, which took place March 7 and 8 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, tested all that Ryan Higgins and Jesse Milks had to offer.

Photograph by Emily Yttri

Higgins - First Round
Higgins had the Pioneers first match of the […]

During his tenure at UW-Platteville, Athletic Director Mark Molesworth has already left an impact on the athletic program. Throughout the years he has brought support, inspiration and funding to all sports programs at UW-P.
Although an athlete in high school, Molesworth began his career in the business world. Having graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College, in Berea, Ohio, […]

Athletics and religion proved to have a stronger connection than what is usually assumed, as shown by Luke Swan, wide receiver of the UW-Madison football team. Swan shared his story with fans young and old on Feb. 28.
Swan was brought to UW-Platteville by Campus Crusade for Christ, an organization in its first year at UW-P. […]

Over the past 16 years many things have happened around the world. The Internet became a big part of our lives, Sept. 11 happened and led to a war and we stopped watching movies on tapes and went to DVDs. But one thing has always been the same, on Sundays in the fall, Brett Favre […]

The UW-Platteville track team showed off their stuff on Feb. 29-March 1 at the WIAC indoor meet. The men finished in fourth place while the women’s team secured a sixth place finish in the very competitive WIAC.

Photograph by Brady Terry
UW-Platteville athletes Tyler Sigl, Tim Dahms and Nick Fulton turn the corner during a recent practice. […]

Shocked was the word that most easily came to mind to describe members of the UW-Platteville community after the Pioneers loss to UW-Eau Claire on Feb. 25.
The 19th-ranked Pioneers, fresh off of a 17 point victory over the Blugolds the previous week, simply came out flat and never recovered.
From the outset, UW-P struggled against […]

The life of a college student is a hectic and busy time. Many students can barely handle the pressures of class, friends, campus organizations and a social life. Imagine trying to do that as an NCAA athlete as well. For many students on campus here at UW-Platteville, this balancing act is a big part of […]

Sophomore Guard Charlie Lohoff drives to the hoop against UW-SP on Feb. 23.

The Pioneer men’s basketball team bounced back from last week’s pair of losses to end their regular season with home wins against UW-Eau Claire and UW-Steven’s Point.
The No. 23 Pioneers defeated UW-EC last Wednesday night at Bo Ryan Court and defeated fifth-ranked […]

The UW-Platteville women’s basketball team outpaced the Yellowjackets of UW-Superior 55-46 on Feb.16. With the win, the Pioneers moved into sole possession of sixth place in the WIAC.
UW-Superior led for much of the early stages of the game. After Lisa Grantman scored a three-pointer with just under 10 minutes in the first half, the Pioneers […]