By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With a lifetime best time of 15 minutes 48.02 seconds, Union Grove’s Madelyn Schwartz finished ninth overall among 170 runners at the Laser Relays held Saturday at Naga-Waukee Park in Hartland. “That was a 24-second personal record for her,” head coach Kyle Patoka said, adding […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Friday night football: CCHS comes up short
The Catholic Central High School football team trailed by a score at the half, and ended up losing by that margin at homecoming Friday night, 27-21 to Racine St. Catherine’s. The Hilltoppers drop to 2-4 overall and 2-2 in the Metro Classic Conference, while St. Cat’s remained undefeated. Waterford led […]
Pauly, Ehlen medal at Laser Relays
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Competing against some tough teams at the Laser Relays Saturday at Naga-Waukee Park in Hartland, the Burlington High School boys and girls cross country teams finished ninth and 10th, respectively, among 12 teams in Division 1. “Earning medals, among top-notch competition, were Mickael Pauly and […]
Demons rout Comets
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor With less than a quarter played in Friday night’s football game between Burlington and Delavan-Darien High Schools, the score was 21-0 in favor of BHS and rout looked in the offing. The Demons got their rout, but not before the Comets put a scare in […]
Wolverines improve to 4-0 in the SLC
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Going into last week’s game at Westosha Central, Waterford head coach Adam Bakken was worried about the unique properties of the Falcon offense. As it turned out, the Wolverines had Westosha pretty well figured out. Waterford held the Falcons to just 112 yards of total […]
Hilltoppers win second straight MCC contest
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent When two rivals meet up, records tend to mean nothing. That scenario played out Friday night in Somers, as Catholic Central pulled away for a 42-12 win over Shoreland Lutheran. CCHS improved to 2-3 overall, 2-1 in the Metro Classic Conference, while Shoreland dropped to […]
Swimmers fourth at Fort Atkinson
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor While the Burlington co-op swim team may have only finished fourth at the Fort Atkinson Invite Saturday, head coach Denita Jones liked who her team finished fourth against. Arrowhead (512 points), Milton (377) and Fort Atkinson (297) all finished ahead of Burlington (254.5), but Arrowhead […]
Lady ’Toppers sweep pair
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Catholic Central High School girls volleyball team continued its march through the Metro Conference last week. The Lady ’Toppers swept Racine Lutheran 25-17, 25-16, 25-14 Sept. 18, then also swept Kenosha St. Joseph Sept. 20, 25-16, 30-28, 25-19. Catholic Central improved to 20-5 overall […]
Demon netters fourth overall in SLC
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A fifth-place finish in the Southern Lakes Conference tournament, plus a fourth-place finish in the dual portion of the SLC, left the Burlington High School girls tennis team fourth overall in the SLC final standings. The Demons earned six points for three dual wins, and […]
BHS boys continue to dominate
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Forced to shuffle its lineup, the Burlington High School boys volleyball team did Saturday what it’s been doing all year – winning. The Demons played without super-senior Carson Biedrzycki most of Saturday at the Fort Atkinson Invite, and still came away the victors. BHS swept […]