Jim Franz
Beloit Memorials' Kendall Williams, left, and Connor Johns could not bring down a high pass Thursday.
Beloit Memorial's Eric Hanson, right, closes in on Grayson Francis after he catches a pass Thursday.
Beloit Memorial junior Rhett Cook, who will see action at tight end and linebacker, pulls in a pass Thursday.
BELOIT — The 16U Wisconsin American Legion State Baseball Tournament officially got underway Thursday with a pair of night games at the Stateline Family YMCA Youth Sports Complex and Friday the host Beloit Junior Bandits will join the fray.
BELOIT — In a perfect Beloit Memorial football world, head coach Brad Dement would already have a full roster, the weight room would have been full to capacity all summer and there would be no question all his Purple Knights would be fully eligible for their season opener Aug. 21 against Madison La Follette.
WATERTOWN, Wis. — The Beloit 19U Senior Legion Bandits ran into a buzzsaw in Tuesday night’s AA Regional opener against the host team.
Jerry Kenney served as head coach of the Beloit Legion after having starring for the team in the 1960s.Â
Jim Schleis was a long-time youth coach in Beloit, serving 11 seasons as Legion coach with a state title.
BELOIT — Two former Beloit American Legion baseball head coaches, one who played for the Legion before a Major League Baseball career, and a newspaperman who has covered local baseball for nearly half a century will be honored Friday night at the 16U Wisconsin American Legion State Tournament.