Sheffer loves the kids, sports, and says he has many years left By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor [email protected] It’s a Tuesday afternoon, five days after the Burlington High School varsity baseball team won the program’s first state championship. Team manager David Sheffer wears a black Demons […]
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VIDEO: Cowboys star Tony Romo speaks on Packers legend Brett Favre’s Hall of Fame induction
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] BURLINGTON – Dallas Cowboys star quarterback and 1998 Burlington High School graduate returned home for his 13th annual Tony Romo Football Camp Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday’s session included a press conference, where various media outlets such as Milwaukee’s TMJ4 television station, the Racine Journal […]
Commemorative Burlington baseball state champion section available
A commemorative Burlington Demon baseball state championship special edition is a available at newsstands in local stores. The magazine-styled Burlington Standard Press special section features in-depth coverage and photos of the team’s first state title, which was achieved Thursday in Appleton thanks to a 6-4 dispatching of Arrowhead. It includes […]
BREAKING: Late rally lifts Burlington baseball to first state championship
WIAA DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Burlington 6, Arrowhead 4 Tully does it all, Demon bats rally for six unanswered runs By Mike Ramczyk Sport Editor GRAND CHUTE – Burlington senior Cal Tully picked the right time to turn into Superman. Or maybe Bugs Bunny. You know, how in the […]
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Burlington star Sturdevant urges fans to attend state title game Thursday
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Roughly 30 minutes or so after Tuesday’s state semifinal victory, Burlington’s leading hitter, Bryan Sturdevant, who recently graduated from Burlington High School, caught up with Southern Lakes Newspapers. Sturdevant knocked three hits in the 9-0 win over Green Bay Preble, and he added another hit […]
STATE BASEBALL: Burlington grounds Green Bay, will play for first-ever championship
WIAA D1 SEMIFINAL: Burlington 9, Green Bay Preble 0 By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers For the first time in school history, the Burlington baseball team will play for a state championship. Thanks to a dominant pitching performance by Aaron Mutter along with 13 hits from the Demon batters, Burlington won […]
Burlington overcomes 3-0 deficit, knocks off defending state champs
Burlington plays Green Bay at 6 p.m. tonight, follow Mike Ramczyk By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor GRAND CHUTE – Jacob Lindemann allowed his sixth, seventh and eighth runs of the season Tuesday in a WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal against Janesville Craig. All in the first […]
VIDEO: Burlington baseball team honored after sectional title, celebrated by parents, fans
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Two days after the Burlington baseball team’s third sectional championship victory in school history, the boys of summer were back on their grind. Despite heavy rain Thursday afternoon, the Demons took batting practice at Beaumont Field in preparation for Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal game […]
DEMON-ATION: Burlington dispatches Kenosha Bradford, advances to 3rd state tournament
WIAA SECTIONAL FINAL: Burlington 6, Kenosha Bradford 1 3rd-seeded Demons rout way through sectional By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] “This team is special, let’s keep climbing.” Burlington High School baseball head coach Scott Staude said these words with conviction in a huddle near home plate, while cameras flashed from […]
City of Burlington sends two high school baseball squads to sectionals
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For the first time since 2010, both the Burlington Catholic Central and Burlington High School baseball teams will play in WIAA sectionals. The Hilltoppers play in a Division 4 sectional today at noon at Johnson Creek High School. The third-seeded Toppers smashed No. 2 Barneveld, […]