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By Chris Bennett Correspondent Welcome to the fourth annual Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area football team. This season marked many highlights, including Burlington, which came up short of reaching the WIAA Division 2 state championship game. While Waterford and Wilmot captured a share of the Southern Lakes Conference title, Burlington made […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Excellence occasionally brings about dissatisfaction, and that might be an apt description of the current state of the Waterford Union High School girls basketball team. The Wolverines went 19-5 last season and won the Southern Lakes Conference with a 13-1 record. Waterford then captured a WIAA […]
Demons to face vaunted Waukesha West Friday By Chris Bennett Correspondent Players who participated in the WIAA Division 2 Level 2 football playoff game between Waterford Union and Burlington high schools Nov. 1 will talk of the experience for years to come. The fourth-seeded Demons, who upset No. 1 Waterford […]
Waterford junior placed second in sectionals By Chris Bennett Correspondent Waterford Union High School distance runner Kelsey Radobicky qualified for the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet after she finished second at the Oct. 26 Arrowhead Sectional. Radobicky, who qualified for her third consecutive state appearance, completed her race […]
Burlington/Waterford at Westosha Central, Catholic Central at Brillion With recent snowfall throughout the state, including Southeast Wisconsin, Friday’s WIAA Level 2 playoff games have been relocated to other venues. The WIAA Division 2 meeting between No. 1 Waterford and No. 4 Burlington has been moved from Waterford Union High School […]
Waterford didn’t need much time to bounce back from a challenging Southern Lakes Conference loss to Lake Geneva Badger. The top-seeded Wolverines, who dropped a 17-7 decision at Lake Geneva Oct. 18, made an immediate statement in their WIAA Division 2 meeting with No. 8 South Milwaukee on Friday. Less […]
By Chris Bennett Correspondent It’s not a stretch to wonder if Badger High School played football or just keep-away in an Oct. 18 Southern Lakes Conference game against visiting Waterford. Badger ran 75 plays to the Wolverines’ 21 and won 17-7. The ramifications of the game are far reaching. For […]
Waterford routes Demons to clinch conference title By Jason Arndt Editor When two football teams scoring about 40 points a game go head-to-head, anyone would believe the contest could bring fireworks, especially when the clash involves contenders Burlington and Waterford. On Oct. 11 at Don Dalton Stadium in Burlington, however, […]
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The eighth-ranked Waterford football team continued its march toward a second consecutive Southern Lakes Conference title with a 41-6 home win over Delavan-Darien that was not quite as easy as the score indicated. “That might be the most physical defensive front we have seen all […]
Obluck leads for Waterford By Chris Bennett Correspondent Waterford distance runner Jayda Obluck turned in a top 30 finish to help the Wolverines placed eighth in the Pete Nielsen Laser Relays at Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield on Sept. 28. Kettle Moraine High School is the meet host. At Naga-Waukee, Obluck […]
