Keller, others run for nearly 300 yards By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] BURLINGTON – Waterford head coach Adam Bakken wasn’t taking the Burlington offense lightly Friday night. Not after the Demons put up 440 yards on Southern Lakes Conference powerhouse Lake Geneva Badger the week before. In a crucial Southern […]
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Westosha volleyball overwhelms Burlington for sweep
Shoopman dominates in redemption game By Jason Arndt [email protected] Westosha Central High School’s Laura Shoopman and her girls volleyball team had a simple mission entering their Southern Lakes Conference showdown Tuesday at Burlington High School. The mission, Shoopman said, was to come together and fight for every last point […]
Romo impresses with football genius in TV debut
Twitter blows up with praise for former Cowboys star By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] To the average National Football League fan and especially those in the Burlington area, it may have felt a bit strange to watch the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night without No. 9, Tony Romo, on the sideline. […]
Burlington soccer nabs first wins of season
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent And Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor ([email protected]) Seniors Andrew Zeman and Jarred Kohout helped add to their senior legacies as both scored goals in the team’s 3-1 win last Thursday over Kenosha Christian Life. The win is the program’s first win since last year’s controversy, which […]
Burlington boys volleyball boasts 4 returning starters
The hunger for more By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] There have only been two dates on the 2017 Burlington boys volleyball schedule, and the Demons already have half as many wins as they did during the entire 2016 season. It’s this kind of progress that has second-year head coach Mike […]
Lake Geneva Badger spoils Klug’s return, Waterford pummels Wilmot
Badger capitalizes off Burlington mistakes, stays perfect in SLC By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] LAKE GENEVA – The Lake Geneva Badger football team has gotten to a point where it takes a perfect game to beat them. Head coach Matt Hensler’s veer offense, which predicates itself on misdirection, reads and […]
Koceja stays in Burlington to coach with son at Catholic Central
By Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent While Catholic Central will not field a complete team of five runners on either the girls or boys side this cross country season, but they are not slowing down. “The goal this season is to work on individual improvement,” said first-year head coach Rick […]
Burlington swimming wins SLC Relays
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent After finishing second each of the past two seasons the Burlington Co-op girls high school swimming team finally grabbed the prize this season at the Southern Lakes Conference relays. BC finished first in four events and won the SLC Relays, which were contested Aug. […]
A new era: Nie, Brooks look to continue cross country tradition
Burlington boys, girls start strong at county invite By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For the past decade, Matt Nie has been waiting in the wings, soaking up nuggets of information about running and how to run a program from longtime coaches Rick Koceja and Wally Bradford. Last spring, Koceja decided […]
Culture shock: Burlington must replace veterans, but goals remain high
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Culture. It’s something Burlington High School volleyball head coaches Dan Lynch and Teri Leach preach to no end. To Leach, the word involves a committed front from day one of summer open gyms, where girls from all classes are on the same page about […]