Burlington hosts Waterford-Badger winner at 5 tonight in sectional final     By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com BURLINGTON – A large, raucous crowd witnessed the continued maturation of a star pitcher in the making Tuesday afternoon at Beaumont Field. With people flooding the main bleachers, saturating the brick seats behind home […]

Rigorous offseason workouts improve Ludwig’s game   By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor This past offseason, Burlington junior Jacob Ludwig ramped up his tennis game. After sneaking into state as a junior as an extra qualifier, the southpaw was determined to leave no doubt he belonged on the state’s grandest stage. […]

  By Jason Arndt jarndt@southernlakesnewspapers.com Against No. 1 seed Westosha Central High School, visiting Burlington had a two-run lead after the first inning of Friday’s WIAA Division 1 regional final, but the Falcons capitalized on a jittery Demons team to come away with a 5-3 victory. The No. 9 seeded […]

  By Andrew Horschak Sports Correspondent WIAA Division 1 regional golf tournaments bring out the best in Justin Meseberg. Bolstered by two birdies on his first two holes, the Burlington senior fired a sectional-qualifying score of 2-over par 74 (37-37) and finished as the runner-up in Tuesday’s eight-team event at […]

Junior pitcher shows grit, helps cause at plate   By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com It took a couple of innings, but the Burlington varsity softball squad showed why the Southern Lakes Conference may be the best in the state Thursday evening in Oregon. The Lady Demons, seeded ninth in their WIAA […]

  By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent Seniors Emily Ustianowski, Leah Joslyn and Josh Insor helped pace the Burlington Demons track and field team at regionals on Monday in Lake Geneva as the Demons will send six to the sectional meet. Ustianowski and Joslyn finished first, while Insor finished second in […]