The Madison East tennis team, behind number one seed Stratton Gilmore, ended Middleton's two year streak and won the Big Eight Conference title in Boys Tennis.

Gilmore beat Memorial's Michael Schnarr in the semifinals, and came from behind to beat Verona's Alex Boomgarden in the title match.

Also helping East win the conference title was its doubles team of Nate France and Hunter Cohen. They managed to knock off Madison West's Stefan Delong and Caleb Mckenzie in the finals to secure the top spot for East in doubles as well.

Subsectionals for the state tournanment start next week.

The first event to be held in the newly-renovated Madison Mallards Duck Pond at Warner Park will be a high school baseball game between Madison East and Madison LaFollette on Friday, May 27 at 7:05 p.m.  

Normally, the Duck Pond is the home field for both schools, but with the ongoing $1.8M ballpark construction project that began in the fall, each school had to relocate to different venues this season.

Admission is free for the seven-inning contest; however, a $4 donation is suggested with half of the proceeds benefiting the Madison Parks Foundation and the other half benefiting the Habitat for Humanity of Dane County.

Proceeds from concessions will be split evenly between the two participating high schools.

The event will provide a sneak peak for baseball fans to check out the Mallard's spectacular new home. 

Tickets are available at the Mallards box office or via phone by calling 608.316.DUCK (3825). 

Madison police are looking for a man who they say ripped some cash out of a cab driver's hand early Thursday morning after he was being dropped off at a residence on the city's East Side.

The incident happened just after 2 a.m. on Thursday in the 1700 block of Rowland Avenue.

According to police, the passenger grabbed the money right after he arrived on Rowland. A struggle ensued, and the passenger implied he had a gun. Once the passenger got the money, he ran away from the cab.

Police are looking for a black man, about 25 to 30 years old and weighing about 160 to 170 pounds. The man was wearing dreadlocks that extend just below his shoulders and his face was unshaven at the time of the attack. The man was last seen wearing a Chicago Bears zip-down hooded sweatshirt and baggy jeans.

Authorities said that anyone who may the know the whereabouts of someone meeting this description should call Madison Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014.