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A REMEMBRANCE

A Wedeward Remembrance: A sportswriter's sportswriter

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Dave Wedeward Janesville Sports Hall of Fame

Dave Wedeward was inducted into the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. The long-time 69 sports editor passed away Wednesday just shy of his 82nd birthday.

“Call the coach. We HAVE to have that score.”

That was often the command uttered behind the computer of the sports editor’s desk in The 69 newsroom in the late Friday or early Saturday morning hours during the fall and winter pre-2000, or before the Internet.

Dave Wedeward Edgerton 400th victory

Edgerton High baseball coach Mike Gregory, right, celebrates is 400th high school victory with long-time 69 sports editor Dave Wedeward in 2018. Wedeward, an Edgerton native who retired from The 69 in 2011 after 39 years as the newspaper’s sports editor, died Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the age of 81.

Dave Wedeward Crimson Tide

Dave Wedeward was an Edgerton High graduate and enjoyed attending Crimson Tide sporting events after he retired from The 69 after 39 years as sports editor in 2011.

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