WIAA BASKETBALL: (2) Catholic Central 74, (15) Salam 23 By Andrew Horschak Sports Correspondent Rewarded with a No. 2 seed in its half of the bracket after putting together a solid regular season, the Catholic Central girls basketball team is hoping to take advantage of some home cooking […]
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Bauman, Korb advance in City Council primary
The City of Burlington primary election for District 4 alderman saw incumbent Todd Bauman and challenger Frank Korb advance to the April 2 spring election. According to unofficial results, among the 143 votes cast, 63 went to Bauman while Korb advanced by narrow margin over Art Gardner. Korb received […]
Area students prepare for National FFA Week
Organization growing leaders By Jason Arndt Editor When some people hear about FFA, they often only envision farming. But area high school students said there is more to the national organization than just this portion of agriculture. The students – who attend Waterford, Union Grove and Burlington – look to […]
Ketterhagen beats the buzzer in OT
Waterford finding groove, upsets Union Grove By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Union High School boys basketball team doubled its season win total last week. The Wolverines beat Milwaukee Reagan 68-47 Feb. 9 in a non-conference game at Waterford and beat Union Grove 59-58 Feb. 7 in a […]
8 Union Grove wrestlers survive, advance to next round
Willis brothers looking to make noise in Madison By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent The Union Grove bus ride to Racine Park High School will certainly be louder than usual. It will contain eight boisterous sectional qualifying wrestlers. The eight wrestlers helped the Broncos rack up 160 points and finish […]
Waterford wrestling sends all 14 to sectionals
Guardiola, others poised for state success By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Every member of the Waterford Union High School wrestling team lived to hit the mat another day after advancing out of a WIAA Division 1 regional tournament Feb. 9 at Pewaukee High School. The Wolverines wrestle Saturday in […]
A new school record
Burlington Co-op misses out on state, but kids enjoy personal bests By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] They may not be going to state like they ultimately hoped, but Burlington Co-op swimmers Zach Olstinske, Ethan Brannen, Jimmy Keeker and E.J. Wright will see their names on the wall very soon at […]
Burlington High School selects team, coach for Wall of Fame
1984 state champion softball team, pioneer coach, teacher Hanson to be honored The Burlington High School Athletic Wall of Fame Committee has selected the 1984 girls state champion softball team and longtime coach and physical education teacher Diane Hanson as its 2019 inductees. On Friday night, the honorees will […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
After three residents filed candidacy papers for the Common Council’s fourth district, there will be a primary election, which is set for Tuesday. The candidates, including one incumbent, explained why they are seeking the seat along with their vision for the future. The primary election, meanwhile, will reduce the field […]
Burlington dominates Oak Creek, advances to state wrestling
Demons clinch 6th team state berth in 8 years By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor [email protected] RACINE – It was business as usual Wednesday night for the Burlington High School varsity wrestling squad. Competing with a fully healthy roster for only the second time in more than three months, the […]