MONROE — The Cheesemakers scored a pair of draws Sept. 27 and 28. First, Monroe and Cambridge-Deerfield finished tied at 2-2, with the sun setting about 10 minutes before the final whistle at Honey Creek Park, a pitch without lights. The next night, Monroe and Stoughton finished with a 1-1 draw.

Alex Torres scored both of Monroe’s goals against C-D, the first in the 10th minute and the second in the 20th minute. C-D got off the egg in the 28th minute, and with 15 minutes to play scored the equalizer. Two C-D players were given yellow cards, one for a shove, and the second on a dangerous slide tackle from behind.

Monroe has just three games remaining on the regular season schedule. The Cheesemakers were slated to play at Oregon Sept. 30, then host Baraboo (Oct. 5) and Monona Grove (Oct. 7) at TR Holyoke Field under the lights.

The postseason is scheduled to begin Oct. 19, though seeds have not yet been designated.

Sugar River 3, Wisconsin Dells 2

WISCONSIN DELLS — The Raiders are one game closer to a Capitol Conference championship. On Sept. 28, Sugar River (8-1-2, 5-0 Capitol) rallied from a halftime deficit to pick up a major 3-2 victory over Wisconsin Dells (9-1, 5-1) on the road.

The Dells scored in the seventh minute to put the Raiders on their heels. The scored stayed 1-0 into halftime, but less than six minutes into the second half, Ryan Downing scored the equalizer for Sugar River with Ryan Hagen assisting. 

Less than four minutes later, the Raiders continued their plunder of the Dells defensive formation, as Downing assisted Hagen for a goal to make it 2-1. In the 64th minute, Hagen scored again, this time with Brycen Teasdale assisting.

The Dells scored one final goal with less than eight minutes to play, but the Raiders held them off. Sugar River keeper Cam Kleiboer finished with 14 saves.

Both Sugar River and the Dells are tied atop the league table with 15 points each. The Raiders have three games remaining to the Dells’ two. To capture the league title, the Raiders can clinch with two wins and at least a draw over their final stretch, which includes contests against Watertown Luther Prep (5-6, 3-3), Wis. Heights-Barneveld (4-7, 2-3) and Cambridge-Deerfield (2-6-2, 1-2-1).