There haven't been many nice days for high school sports this spring but the sun was out Tuesday for the return of our Game of the Week. In the big 8 baseball Sun Prairie visits rival Middleton.

The defending Div. 1 champs are 2-1 this year while this is Middleton's first game.

Middleton's pitcher Brian Lochner gets the games first RBI.

Sun Prairie scores two runs in the top of the 4th take the lead 2-1.

But Middleton re-takes the lead and then Jackson Keeler's RBI double in the 5th scores Luke Schafer to make it 4-2 Middleton.

Lochner tosses the complete game, giving up 5 hits, striking out 4 and had 3 hits at the plate.

Sun Prairie has won three straight big 8 titles, but has already two losses in conference.

Middleton wins 5-2.

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Project to affect parking, bus routes through summer, city says   

The city said its street reconstruction project is scheduled to begin Monday, which will limit parking on Middleton Street and could affect bus routes and access to driveways through mid-August.

The Middleton Street Reconstruction Project will include a complete street reconstruction of Middleton Street from South Avenue to 1,200 feet south of Voss Parkway, the city said. The project scope includes street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, driveway apron and storm sewer improvements and is scheduled to be finished on Aug. 20, 2013, the city said.

For the duration of the project, street parking along Middleton Street will be unavailable Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., or until construction activity is completed for the day, city officials said in a news release Thursday.

A motorist's car was struck by another motorist in traffic and then he was attacked in a road rage incident during Tuesday morning's commute, according to the Middleton Police Department.

Police said Theodore H. Melchert, 40, of Poynette, became angry about the driving of another motorist, followed the car east on U.S. Highway 12, and cut in front of the car deliberately striking the car's front quarter panel. The victim lost control of his car and spun out between Parmenter Street and Airport Road. Police said the victim's car came to rest facing the other direction of traffic.

Melchert drove his car into the victim's car twice more before exiting his car and throwing a cup of coffee against the victim's car, according to police. The victim told police Melchert then forced his car door open and assaulted him.