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Halter leads short-handed wrestling team at Stech Invitational

Halter leads short-handed wrestling team at Stech Invitational

By Tim Wester Correspondent Short-handed Waterford, which brought just six wrestlers, finished 16th with 51 points at the EH Stech Invitational at West Allis Central Saturday, Dec. 17. Hudson Halter (12-2) led the way for Waterford with a third-place finish at 126. Halter pinned West Allis Central’s Amadi Cameron in […]

 
 

Threemendous

Threemendous

Demons go long range in rout over Central By Jason Arndt staff writer When a basketball team makes more than half of its shots, especially from beyond the perimeter, the chances of winning the contest are extremely high. That was the case for Burlington as the Demons used 13 3-pointers, […]

 
 

State-ranked Grove defeats Waterford in girls tilt

State-ranked Grove defeats Waterford in girls tilt

By Tim Wester Correspondent As one of the top rivalries in the Southern Lakes Conference, Waterford and Union Grove do not like to lose to each other. But with both teams at different stages of development this season, the first installment of the 2022-2023 rivalry was more of a learning […]

 
 

Burlington wins Whitewater Invitational behind 5 champions

Burlington wins Whitewater Invitational behind 5 champions

The Burlington High School wrestling team didn’t only have five individual champions at the Saturday, Dec. 10 Whitewater Invitational. The Demons won the Invitational itself, accounting for 293.5 total points, in the 12-team meet. Earning individual titles for the Demons include Evan Gill (106 pounds), Landon Jacobs (113), Ben Guerra […]

 
 

Demons ready to compete

Demons ready to compete

Basketball team aims for top spot in SLC By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Demons coach Steve Berezowitz plans to lean on multiple returning letter winners, including last year’s leading scorer JR Lukenbill, entering the 2022-23 campaign. Lukenbill, who recently committed to play for Northern Michigan University, brings nearly a double […]

 
 

Demons bow out in semifinal

Demons bow out in semifinal

By Jason Arndt Staff Writer One night removed from a thrilling seesaw quarterfinal victory, the Burlington High School girls volleyball team looked to upend top-seeded Oconomowoc on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Resch Center in Green Bay. But the Demons couldn’t quite keep up with the defending champion Raccoons. Oconomowoc, […]

 
 

Broncos are headed to state

Broncos are headed to state

Grove captures first sectional title in program history By Jason Arndt Staff Writer The Union Grove boys volleyball team had a simple mission entering its season – winning a Southern Lakes Conference title. When the Broncos wrapped up the league championship, tying with Wilmot for the best record in the […]

 
 

Another date with state

Another date with state

Demons qualify for tourney ninth consecutive time By Jason Arndt Staff Writer After a couple of intense matches, especially in postseason play, the Burlington High School girls volleyball came out with a renewed focus in a WIAA Division 1 sectional championship meeting with Muskego. The Demons, looking for their ninth […]

 
 

Ground game pounds Waterford past Burlington

Ground game pounds Waterford past Burlington

By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The regular-season finale for the Waterford Union High School Wolverines was a master class in how to chew up the game clock – with a Level 101 course on junior Carson Blitz to boot. While the Wolverines didn’t score on their opening drive, they ate […]

 
 

Broncos trample Beloit Memorial

Broncos trample Beloit Memorial

Grove snaps five-game skid behind Spranger’s run game By Tim Wester Correspondent Union Grove made sure Beloit Memorial’s 120-mile round-trip trek to the play the Broncos was as unpleasant as possible. The Broncos took out five games of frustration on the Purple Knights and rolled to their first victory of […]