By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With one first-place winner and three thirds at the WIAA Division regional at Burlington Saturday, the Union Grove High School wrestling team took another step forward. Two years ago (the team’s first year in Division 1), the squad failed to advance any wrestlers to sectional […]
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Seven Wolverines advance to sectional
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT For the second year in a row, seven Waterford High School wrestlers qualified for sectional competition from the WIAA Division 1 regional held at Greenfield. And for the second year in a row, two Wolverines came away with regional titles. Kody Azarian, ranked No. 3 […]
Demons clinch share of SLC title
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor A busy stretch of games came to a successful conclusion Tuesday night – and as it turned out, gave the Burlington High School boys basketball team an added bonus. The Demons beat Delavan-Darien 65-45 at Delavan Tuesday night. That win was supposed to set up […]
Jones sets school record at sectional
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A new school record fell at the Greenfield WIAA Division 1 sectional Saturday. Junior David Jones set the Burlington/Waterford co-op boys swimming record in the 100-yard breaststroke, turning in a time of one minute 6.01 seconds. That broke a 13-year-old record set by Jake Hanson […]
BHS girls split pair of SLC contests
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A 36-24 second-half deficit led to a 62-53 defeat at the hands of Union Grove Tuesday by the Burlington High School girls basketball team. The Southern Lakes Conference loss drops the Demon girls to 3-10 in the SLC and 5-14 overall. Union Grove is now […]
Lady ’Toppers pick up win on Senior Night
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent It was Senior Night Tuesday at Catholic Central, and the Lady ’Toppers – particular the seniors – delivered in a 47-41 win over Kenosha St. Joseph. “It was a big win for us tonight,” said coach Jeff Behrens. “We wanted it badly for Ali (Wiemer) […]
BHS wrestlers headed back to state team meet
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It is back to state for the Burlington High School wrestling squad. After having never been to state until one year ago, the Demon boys now will make it two years in a row. The team earned the repeat trip on the basis of a […]
Standouts for the week of Feb. 15, 2013
Male Athlete of the Week Carson Biedrzycki, Burlington High School boys basketball: Anything the Burlington High School boys basketball team has needed, Carson Biedrzycki seems to deliver. Biedrzycki scored 31 points Feb. 5 in a 49-44 victory over Elkhorn, then scored 18 on the road Friday night at BHS downed […]
Waterford girls pick up pair of SLC victories
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Waterford Union High School girls basketball team wanted to make sure there were no repeats of Dec. 14’s too-close-for-comfort win at home over Delavan-Darien. On the road Friday against the Comets, the Wolverines jumped out to a 32-20 halftime lead and cruised home with […]
Hilltoppers come up short in pair of conference games
By Bud Milroy SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Catholic Central High School boys basketball team continued to come up short in the Metro Classic Conference, falling 54-50 to Racine Lutheran Tuesday and 60-39 to Whitefish Bay Dominican Saturday. Ben Heiligenthal’s 20 points were not enough as CCHS fell to Lutheran. The talented […]
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