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Burlington High School sports
By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent A youth movement propelled the Burlington High School girls bowling team to its first state title. With freshmen and sophomores composing 80 percent of the lineup, the Demons conquered the lanes at the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club State Championship. The event took place Feb. […]
Big 3 goes out on top By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor It would’ve been understandable if Burlington-Badger-Wilmot’s “Big Three” of Molly Benavides and Bailey and Jenna Fitzpatrick had off days Saturday at the WIAA individual state gymnastics meet. After all, roughly 12 hours earlier, on Friday night, the trio and […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The past three seasons, the Burlington High School wrestling squad has made it to the team state tournament, its first three times in school history. In 2012, the Demons lost their quarterfinal dual in the last match, and last year they were dominated in […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor In the end, the Burlington girls basketball team ran into a buzz saw. On Friday night, the Lady Demons, fresh off a home playoff opening victory, had to travel to top-seeded Wilmot, which had beaten Burlington handily twice during the regular season. Wilmot took control […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor It’s official. The rumors are true. Burlington’s own, Steve Tenhagen, is coming home. A March 6 article in the Burlington Standard Press that named Tenhagen as the leading candidate for the Burlington High School varsity football head coaching position became more than just talk Monday […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Despite being an underdog in a hostile environment, the fourth-seeded Burlington boys basketball team was in position to upset top-seeded Union Grove in a Feb. 28 Division 2 regional semifinal. The Demons, who lost two previous games to the Broncos during the season, built a […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Two weeks ago, when the Burlington girls basketball team found out it would host a playoff game, coach Mary Parker said the team was poised for a run. Tuesday night’s regional opener at home against Elkhorn proved the first-year coach was on to something. […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The host Demons utilized an 11-4 fourth quarter to pick up their seventh win of the season Feb. 21, a 38-31 triumph over Delavan-Darien. Burlington senior Ellen Stang, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, dominated both ends of the floor for 14 points and 15 […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor MADISON – The match was over, but Burlington sophomore Josh Bird couldn’t get up. The 132-pound wrestler sat on the Kohl Center mat Saturday night with his hands on his head and stared at the ground. He had just lost the Division 1 state championship […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor It really wasn’t a matter of if the Burlington-Badger-Wilmot gymnastics squad would its fifth straight Southern Lakes Conference title Friday night in Paddock Lake. That happened, no problem. It was more a question of if the Demons would post a high score, one […]
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