POUGHKEEPSIE, New York- The Marist water polo team is set to play in its 2025 MAAC Championships Semifinal match, Saturday afternoon. The Red Foxes compete against Villanova for the third time this season, splitting the previous two matches.

The Red Foxes enter the match ranked first in the Blue Division, at 23-10 overall and 8-3 in MAAC play.
 

• The Red Foxes swept their final two matches of the regular season.
  • Match One vs Siena: 14-11, win
  • Match Two vs Iona: 13-12, win
• In the win against Iona, the Red Foxes clinched the Blue Division in the MAAC.

• Baumgarten had a dominant season for the Red Foxes in her senior year.
• Baumgarten tallied 40 goals on the season for the Red Foxes.
• Baumgarten scored a season-high seven goals in the Red Foxes Blue Division clinching win against Iona 13-12.
• Baumgarten is a two-time ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention and earned her second Second Team All-MAAC selection.

• The Wildcats finished the regular season 21-11 overall and 7-5 in MAAC play.
• In the MAAC quarterfinal match, Villanova triumphed against Iona 9-6.
• The Wildcats had four All-MAAC honorees for an impressive 2025 season.
• Adrienne Grimes was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Year for the Wildcats.
• Michael Gordan was named MAAC Coach of the Year

The Steel-High football team suddenly finds itself without a home field for the 2025 season.

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A Friday press release from Steelton-Highspire School District Superintendent Dr. Mick Iskric, Jr. states the conditions of 113-year-old War Veterans Memorial Field have rendered the venue unplayable.

That leaves the Rollers football team, who won state championships in 2023, 2022 and 2020, with few palatable options to contest its home schedule, just four months before the season’s opening kickoff.

Steel-High head football coach and athletic director Andrew Erby vows that the complete Rollers schedule will be played.

“At the end of the day, if we have to play 10 road games then so be it. We will play in the parking lot if we have to. This is a tough town with tough kids, we will find a way to make it work,” Erby said.

Steel-High’s 2025 football schedule currently lists home games against Juniata (Friday, Aug. 29), Upper Dauphin (Friday, Sept. 12), James Buchanan (Friday, Oct. 3) and Susquenita (Friday, Oct. 17).

Those games will likely be played as away games or at a neutral site. The Rollers have yet to fill an open date for a Week One game over the weekend of Aug. 23-24.

In response to the situation, the Steelton-Highspire School District, in partnership with the Roller Nation Foundation and On Hill Development LLC, announced Friday the launch of what its dubs the “Community Transformation & Stadium Revitalization Strategic Framework.”

The plan calls for a full transformation of War Veterans Memorial Field into a community education, career and health & wellness center that wil anchor a bright future for students, families, and the greater community.

“This isn’t just about upgrading a stadium — it’s about unlocking futures,” said Iskric. “With this framework, we honor our legacy while building real opportunities for the next generation.”

“Our facilities no longer reflect our legacy,” Erby said. “We’ve produced champions without resources — imagine what we could do with them.”

The first of a three-phase renovation plan calls for installation of a new synthetic turf field, an industry leading sound system, high-efficiency stadium lights, an advanced drainage systems and repositioning for a future six-lane track.

The second phase calls for construction of ADA-compliant bleachers, classrooms, a press box, restrooms and a community kitchen.

The third phase includes creation of a full-service hub offering childcare, STEM labs, career training, fitness, mental health counseling and adult learning,

“Every empty seat, every lost game, every missed opportunity is a cost we can no longer ignore,” said Steelton-Highspire assistant superintendent Willie Slade. “We are building more than a stadium. We are building futures.”

The renovated complex will also serve as a year-round hub for public programming to welcome local non-profits, healthcare partners, colleges, faith-based organizations and alumni to deliver essential wrap around services.

The school district is pursuing several channels for funding the renovations, including PA DCED, RACP, and LSA grants, state and federal education and workforce development grants, money from health and wellness foundations, corporate sponsorships and naming rights and community fundraising and event revenue.

No timetable for the beginning or completion of the planned renovations has been set.

Steelton-Highspire serves a diverse student body of 1,473 students with more 78% from low-income households, according to the district’s press release.

The school district is seeking support from alumni, community leaders, state and local legislators and potential partners.

Several notable Steel-High alumni, including former Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl champion and former Trinity High School head coach Jordan Hill, former NFL wide receiver David Sullivan and former NFL tight end and Penn State University player Troy Drayton, have expressed their support for the project.

“What we want to do is to elevate anything and everything that’s ever been done in Steelton before. This is a generational change. It’s personal with all of us,” said Sullivan, who donated $100,000 to the Roller Athletic Foundation in 2024

“This is about legacy, this is about that Roller Pride, this is about us leaving a legacy for the people that’s going to come after us,” said Drayton.

War Veterans Memorial Field hosted its first football game on Oct. 5, 1912, according to the Steelton Historical Society.

The field was dedicated to World War II veterans on Sept. 28, 1946.

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The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted Friday to allow high school student athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.  

WIAA rejected a much deliberated NIL proposal  last April. But during its annual meeting of athletic directors Friday, the group changed course and approved the rule change 293-108, joining a growing national movement.

At least 40 states including Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa allow high school athletes to participate in NIL deals.

The policies allow high school athletes to sign endorsement deals or make money from promoting products.

Wisconsin’s policy restricts student athletes from participating in NIL deals associated with a student’s school team, school, conference or the WIAA.

Students also cannot wear their school team’s uniform in any endorsement deal or use the marks and logos of their school, conference or the WIAA.

Under the rule change, NIL activities can’t interfere with a student’s academics, and students cannot miss practices, competitions or other team obligations to participate in NIL opportunities.

Students are also barred from hiring an agent, and schools and their employees cannot help facilitate NIL deals for their student athletes.

In November, WIAA partnered with Influential Athlete, a Milwaukee-based company focused on educating high school athletes on how to best use their name, image and likeness in both high school and beyond.

At the time, WIAA Executive Director Stephanie Grady said Influential Athlete could help the organization navigate the NIL landscape.

On Friday, Grady called the decision a “historic and exciting moment” for high school sports in Wisconsin.

Student athletes in the state will officially be able to begin monetizing their NIL deals at the end of May.

“Together, we are paving the way for student-athletes in Wisconsin to not only seize the opportunity NIL now offers—but to do so safely, compliantly, and successfully,” Grady said in a statement. “This is just the beginning, and we are proud to stand alongside you in this new chapter.”

It was a big scoring day for Julia Kipperman.

The Nauset girls lacrosse player led the way with eight goals in the Warriors 12-7 win over Bishop Stang on Thursday.

Other scorers for Nauset (3-4) included Abby Powers (two goals), Meg Sullivan (one goal), and Cleo Donovan (one goal).

Galie Norah Swanson made nine saves.

Also in high school sports action:

Girls Lacrosse 

Patriot Cup Day 1: Sandwich 18, Hanover 9: The Blue Knights (6-1) bounced back from Tuesday’s loss. Kyla Darmon (six goals, one assist), Elisabeth Stutzman (five goals), Abbie Reisig (four goals), and Avery Cobban (three goals) provided the offense for the Blue Knights. Goalie Ashlynn Krueger made 10 saves for the Blue Knights.

Patriot Cup Day 1: Scituate 13, Falmouth 8: The Clippers (4-3) lost for the first time in five games.

Boys Lacrosse 

Chowda Cup Round 2: Falmouth 10, Cohasset 6: The Clippers (5-2) won to bounce back from Tuesday’s loss. Connor Cusolito led the way with four goals, and Jamison Murphy added a hat trick for Falmouth.

Billerica 19, Nauset 7: The Warriors (5-4) lost to one of the top teams in the state. For the Warriors, Jack Peno (four goals), Joey Berardi (one goal, one assist), Sam Mayhew (one goal), Andrew Reeves (one goal), and Oscar Escher (one assist) handled the scoring.

Baseball 

Somerset Berkley 10, Bourne 0: The Canalmen (1-8) lost for the eighth straight game. Griffin Kelly had the only Canalmen hit of the day. Luca Finton, James Moran-Rose, and Kelly combined to give up five hits and three earned runs, as the defense had costly miscues behind them.

Dennis-Yarmouth 8, Carver 5: The Dolphins (7-2) won their second straight. They took the lead when Jayden Eldredge scored in the sixth inning. Gavin Desley then drove in RJ Delcourt and Hudson Cambal on a line-drive single. Desley earned the win with three innings and one run allowed.

JL Murphy Tournament Day 1: Scituate 2, Martha’s Vineyard 1: The Vineyarders (2-4) lost their second straight.

JL Murphy Tournament Day 1: Hanover 5, Falmouth 1: The Clippers (5-3) lost to end a three-game win streak.

Boys Tennis 

Apponequet 5, Bourne 0: The Canalmen (3-5) lost for their second time in the last three matches.

Girls Tennis 

Apponequet 5, Bourne 0: The Canalmen (1-6) lost for the second straight time.

Adam Kurkjian covers high school sports for the Cape Cod Times. You can contact him at akurkjian@gannett.com and follow him on X at @AdamKurkjian.

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Here are your local scores from Thursday, April 24, 2025. You can watch the highlights in the video player above.

HS BASEBALL

TOLTON (15) BLAIR OAKS (2) FINAL

BOONVILLE (1) HICKMAN (3) FINAL

SOUTHERN BOONE (5) ODESSA (1) FINAL

CANTON (0) MOBERLY (7) FINAL

FULTON (1) HANNIBAL (2) FINAL

MEXICO (6) KIRKSVILLE (3) FINAL

MONTGOMERY COUNTY (6) NORTH CALLAWAY (7) FINAL

WARSAW (0) CAMDENTON (11) FINAL

ST. CLAIR (1) HERMANN (0) FINAL

PILOT GROVE (0) EUGENE (15) FINAL

WAYNESVILLE (3) ROLLA (13) FINAL

HIGHLAND (0) MACON (10) FINAL

BELLE (4) LINN (5) FINAL

STURGEON (3) SALISBURY (11) FINAL

SCHUYLER COUNTY (12) PARIS (2) FINAL

NORTHEAST (CAIRO) (13) MONROE CITY (4) FINAL

HS GIRLS SOCCER

TOLTON (3) CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP SR. (0) FINAL

BLAIR OAKS (2) MEXICO (1) FINAL

KIRKSVILLE (1) MOBERLY (4) FINAL

SMITHTON (3) FULTON (1) FINAL