Shawn Eichorst, a Lone Rock native and River Valley High School Class of 1986 alumnus, was named the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s director of athletics on July 1, 2026. After extensive experience in college sports administration, he emphasized the importance of relationships and his commitment to education at his introduction on July 7.
Lone Rock resident Gary Ilminen set an AMA National Motorcycle Land Speed Record at the 2014 Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials, riding a 1974 Honda CB350F at 80.102 mph, which still stands a decade later. He attributes his passion for motorcycle racing to childhood idols like Burt Munro, and hopes to attempt another record in the future.
Senior Kalen Scott, throws a personal record (PR) of 43 feet, 2.5 inches at WIAA Division 2 Sectionals in Whitewater June 17. Scott placed 12th.
2021 River Valley Spring All-Southwest Conference Student-Athletes
The River Valley Trap Team won the Division 2A State Title June 13 in Rome, Wisconsin. River Valley’s score of 485 edged out West Salem’s team by one point to take the title. Clear Lake’s team finished third with 482.
Saturday, May 29th was the 11th annual SW Golf Cup between rival SWAL and SWC conferences. The event is held each year at Dodgepoint Golf Course. The top 24 golfers from each conference compete head to head in various formats of match play.
This week was a fun week of soccer. Our JV team played extremely well against Platteville. We moved the ball well and Claire and Isabelle scored great goals.
RV Trap Shooting finished 1st in the top conference for the Spring 2021 season. With a total of 59 shooters, we had 5 finish in the Top 100 for the State: Joseph Day, Jaydon Rose, Sam Cady, Gaige Dilley and Joshua Crook.
RV Softball Player Emily Esser making a catch. The RV softball team is currently No. 1 in conference play, dominating Lancaster June 1 11-0, and beating out Mount Horeb 6-4 June 5.
Plain A’s’s effort to come back from down six runs in the seventh inning came up just short, as they fell 14-12 to Mazomanie Mustangs on Sunday. Plain A’s put up nine runs in the failed comeback. Keegan Smith, Jack Meixelsperger, Derek Bodendein, Will Jewell, Zach Paulus, and Brock Mahoney powered the rally with RBIs.
River Valley Varsity girls soccer sees two wins out of four games
The one and only Jaydon Rose, an RV Varsity Baseball player, catches during a recent game.
The RV golf team has finished its regular season and will advance to WIAA Sectionals June 8.
Sauk Prairie scored three runs in the sixth inning. S Koenig and Slotty all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.
Our games on Tuesday and Friday were postponed due to field conditions. The highlight on Thursday was the goal scored by Kylie. Svea Youngquist was fouled just outside of the 18 yard box to earn a free kick. Kylie’s shot went over the wall and beat the keeper near post.
Monday, May 17th, RV Golf competed at the Battle at the Rock at Wild Rock Golf Course in the Wisconsin Dells. Wild Rock, home of the Division 1 High School state golf tournament, proved to be a challenging course for the young Blackhawk Team. Eli Johnson led the Hawks with a team best 82.
Tuesday, May 11th, Platteville Country Club hosted the 4th SWC conference match. The Blackhawks placed 4th again with a team score of 210.
Last week we went 4-1 losing a close 0-1 ball game against Prairie du Chien on Tuesday night. We beat Sauk on Thursday 12-1, Lancaster on Friday 18-2; we hit the ball hard and were leading 14-0 after two innings, Mineral Point on Saturday 5-1 and Cuba City on Saturday 10-3.
The River Valley Varsity Softball team took on Richland Center May 4, taking down the RC team 15-1. The varsity girls also beat Deforest during a May 5 home game 6-1. On May 6, the team overtook Platteville 22-2. Pictured, varsity player No. 6 Katie Hahn hits at the away game May 6.
Tuesday, May 4th, Conference Golf returned to host school River Valley as they competed at the House on the Rock Resort Golf Course.