By Jennifer Eisenbart SPORTS EDITOR The Burlington High School boys basketball team couldn’t stand prosperity Tuesday night. Leading by 20 points at one point in the third quarter, the Demons got cold in the fourth, and had to hang on for a 48-41 win over Westosha Central to open Southern […]
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Gymnasts pick up easy win
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Burlington/Badger/Catholic Central/Wilmot gymnastics team opened with a victory Tuesday night, downing Jefferson at Karcher Middle School 141.3875 to 102.50. “We had some falls, but the girls handled themselves well,” said coach Diane Biedrzycki. “It was a great start.” Molly Benavides won the vault with […]
BHS boys start strong
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor While the Burlington High School boys basketball team may still be figuring out where all the pieces of the puzzle go, those pieces showed they could score Tuesday night in the season opener. The Demons scored more than 20 points in two of the four […]
Young Demon wrestlers hoping for repeat
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Last year, for the first time in school history, the Burlington High School wrestling team went to the WIAA State Tournament. In addition, the Demons had seven individual wrestlers compete at WIAA Individual State. This year, with a very young squad, the task will probably […]
Numbers aside, future bright for gym squad
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor A year ago, the Burlington/Badger/Wilmot gymnastics team took the state by storm, setting a new Division 1 state record and dominating throughout the regular season. But the squad came up short of the state title – maybe the only goal the team didn’t accomplish. That […]
Demon girls drop season opener to Hartford
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Burlington High School girls basketball team kicked off its season at Hartford Tuesday and were dealt a 49-40 loss. “It was a decent start (to our season),” head coach Gordon Nikolic said. The Demon girls led 11-7 in the first quarter, but Hartford scored […]
Coach, son earn All-State honors for BHS
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor For years, Burlington High School boys volleyball coach Tim Gesteland has waited for his players to get the kind of recognition he felt they deserved on the state stage. Before the start of last week’s state boys volleyball tournament, the coach not only got his […]
Demons come up just short of state title
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor There are first times for everything, or so the saying goes. Needless to say, though, cramping for the first time ever isn’t something you want to have happen in the WIAA state championship match. BHS libero Garrett Schilling found that out the hard way Saturday […]
BHS boys headed back to sectional final
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor It was a bizarre night of boys volleyball pretty much across the state Tuesday night in the WIAA sectional semifinals. Nine of the 16 semifinals went at least four sets – including Burlington’s 22-25, 25-10, 25-12, 25-18 win over Kenosha Tremper. Burlington, the top seed […]
Demons bounced out of WIAA football playoffs
By Jennifer Eisenbart SPORTS EDITOR In the end Friday night, the Burlington High School football team just didn’t have an answer for Watertown quarterback Tarek Yaeggi. Yaeggi completed 21 of 30 passes for 293 yards and five touchdowns in Friday’s WIAA Division 2 Level One playoff game, as the Goslings […]
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