By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With nearly three-fourths of the boys out for the program underclassmen, the Union Grove High School boys golf team will be hard pressed early on to improve on the team’s eighth-place finish one year ago in the Southern Lakes Conference. Seventeen of the 24 boys […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
BHS, CCHS send reps to indoor state track meet
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although not originally on the sports schedule, six Burlington High School track and field athletes participated in the Wisconsin Track and Field Association’s State Indoor Championships held Saturday at UW-Whitewater. Three members from each of the boys and girls squads participated. For the Demon girls, […]
Goodrich continues to pace area track girls
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A second-place finish by Cassy Goodrich and a fifth-place finish from Madelyn Schwartz led Union Grove to a 12th-place finish at the Wisconsin Track and Field Association’s State Indoor Championships held Saturday at UW-Whitewater. Goodrich was second in the 400-meter dash, turning in a time […]
Hilltopper baseball team will be young
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent The 2012 season was a rare sub-.500 season for the Catholic Central High School baseball team. As a result, the tradition-rich CCHS program is anxious for the 2013 season to begin. “We’re excited to get going and see if we can plug the holes created […]
Demons hopeful with young squad
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Last year, the Burlington High School baseball team had considerable success. The Demons were 19-8, and reached the sectional final before losing to Kenosha Bradford, 5-4, at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. BHS graduated five seniors from that team, but returns eight players from last year. […]
Standouts for the week of April 12, 2013
Male Athlete of the Week Max Shenkenberg: Shekenberg had the best finish of Burlington athletes at the WTF Indoor State Championships at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Saturday. Shekenberg finished 16th in the triple jump, posting a best effort of 41 feet, one inch. Shekenberg was one of just six Burlington […]
Miller sets school record at Racine Invitational
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although a number of athletes were gone on spring break, the Waterford High School boys and girls track and field squads placed fifth and eight, respectively, at the Racine Case Invitational held Saturday at UW-Parkside. Head coach Jerry Glisch said the Wolverine boys had a […]
Rebuilding year ahead for BHS boys tennis team
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT After losing the bulk of last year’s team to graduation, the Burlington High School boys tennis team will be in a rebuilding mode this spring. The Demons lost 14 seniors from the 2012 squad that went 6-1 (second place) in the Southern Lakes Conference, won […]
Track squads do well at Parkside
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With many athletes gone for spring break, the Burlington High School boys and girls track and field squads placed ninth and 16th, respectively, at the Racine Case Invitational held Saturday at the Frank Petretti Fieldhouse on the UW-Parkside campus. The Demon boys tallied 27.25 points, […]
From Out in Right Field: Sometimes, athletes can be horribly fragile
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor It can be so easy, watching athletes perform week in and week out, to forget we are dealing with human beings. What is an athlete but a collection of muscles and bones and a brain and a heart, all trying to work in tune […]
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