By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor [email protected] KENOSHA – If you ask most high school basketball coaches if they would simply give an opponent an easy bucket in the closing seconds, 99 out of 100 may look at you funny. But not Catholic Central boys hoops coach Eric Henderson. At […]
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Senior leadership, depth fueling Burlington basketball
By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent It turns out the cupboard was far from bare for the Burlington High School boys’ basketball team. When seven Demons players — including all five starters — graduated after the 2012-13 season, the prospect of adding to the school’s three straight Southern Lakes Conference […]
Alley Tally: Towne & Country Lanes, Jan. 3-9
1/3/14 Fri Night Industrial Womens High Game: Lynda Schlitz – 267 Womens High Series: Lynda Schlitz – 700 Mens High Game: Harold Lois – 266 Mens High Series: Harold Lois – 715 Other High Series: Joel Anderson – 652, Jerry Kalous – 649, Mary Appenzeller – 537, Kim Fiegel – 528 1/4/14 Sat. […]
2013 Westine Report Athlete of the Year: Kylie Wilks
Volleyball sensation plays well beyond her years By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Where would Union Grove sophomore volleyball standout Kylie Wilks be today if her mother wouldn’t have let her tryout for the Wisconsin Juniors Club volleyball 11th team seven years ago? She probably wouldn’t be […]
2013 Waterford Post Athlete of the Year: Jensen overcame blood clot, surgeries
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent When you are a kid with a bump or bruise, you are often told to rub some dirt on it and go play. Sometimes life isn’t that simple. In the case of former Waterford athlete Megan Jensen, a 2013 graduate, what started out as […]
Late rally, ejection propel Catholic Central past Prairie
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor BURLINGTON – Sometimes, things just aren’t going your way. The Catholic Central boys basketball team, ranked fourth in Division 5 coming into Friday’s home tilt against Racine Prairie, endured that agonizing reality for the first 30 minutes. Shots weren’t falling. Loose balls weren’t corralled. […]
4th-ranked Catholic Central rips Lakeside, hosts Racine Prairie tonight
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent A huge win over Sheboygan Lutheran and a solid season overall has catapulted the Catholic Central boys basketball team up the state ranks in Division 5. The boys, led by three players scoring in double figures, have won two straight after a tough loss to […]
2013 Standard Press Male Athlete of the Year: Josh Bird
Championship level motivates Burlington wrestler By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor To be a good wrestler, you have to throw a “normal” diet out the window. Grapplers are constantly losing and gaining weight to fit in a desired weight class when it comes match time. Burlington sophomore Josh […]
Who should become the next Burlington football head coach?
Plenty of candidates have city ties Two months ago, I sat at this very desk and tried to break down the recent struggles of the Burlington football program. Lack of offseason training and offensive inconsistency doomed the Demons in 2013, and a promising 3-0 start quickly went downhill. Before […]
PREPS REPORT VIDEO: Sports Editor Mike Ramczyk breaks down the area’s hottest teams
Since this video was posted, the Williams Bay boys basketball team has made the state Division 5 top 10 poll with a No. 9 ranking. The Catholic Central boys team is currently ranked 4th in the same division.