By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent Already bound for the WIAA team state wrestling tournament in March, four Burlington High School wrestlers kept their dreams of individual titles afloat last weekend. Josh Bird, Ben Hornickle, Tyler Kirkeeng, and Lucas Shenkenberg advanced from Saturday’s sectional meet at Horlick High School […]
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WIAA Playoffs: Burlington exacts revenge on Waterford, Toppers roll
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor [email protected] In two games this season, the Burlington boys basketball team came out flat against rival Waterford. In both contests, the Wolverines came away victorious. Tuesday night was a different story. The host Demons, just five days removed from a 52-36 lopsided loss […]
Burlington girls fierce in fourth quarter, dispatch Delavan
Burlington swimming saves best for last
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The season ended Feb. 15 at the WIAA Division 1 Racine Case Sectional Tournament at Carthage College in Kenosha for the Burlington Combined boys swimming team. No one from the Demons advanced out of the sectional to the WIAA Division1 State Boys Swimming […]
Burlington boys hoops earns home playoff game
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor On Sunday night, the Burlington boys basketball team received a consolation prize for a winless week – a home playoff game. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association released its playoff brackets, and the Demons’ Division 2 regional is chalked with Southern Lakes Conference opponents. […]
Burlington wrestling advances to team state for third straight year
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Up until the 2011-12 season, the Burlington wrestling squad had never made it to team state. Three years later, it’s becoming a habit. And Tuesday night at home in a team sectional final against South Milwaukee, the Demons showed they’re ready to dominate. Burlington […]
Four Burlington athletes to play college football
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor College football national signing day was Feb. 6. While zero Burlington players will play at the next level on scholarship, four local gridiron grinders will test their luck on Saturdays this fall. Three Demons, Tyler Kirkeeng, Chris Runjo and Larry Meeks, will all […]
Burlington swimmers 4th at SLC meet
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Strong individual performances from David Jones and Luke Herman, among others, led the Burlington Combined boys swimming team to a fourth-place finish Feb. 8 at the Southern Lakes Conference boys’ swimming meet at Delavan-Darien High School. Burlington Combined consists of swimmers from Burlington, […]
JV girls step up for Burlington gymnastics
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Sometimes, your best athletes deserve a much-needed night off. While the Burlington-Badger-Wilmot gymnastics squad had its “Big Three,” Molly Benavides, Bailey Fitzpatrick and Jenna Fitzpatrick, in limited action Jan. 6 at Whitewater, it was the junior varsity girls that stepped up when called […]
SLC Kings: Burlington makes it 5 straight, Waterford, Union Grove feature champs
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The defending Southern Lakes Conference champions needed to bounce back in a big way. Just one week removed from their first conference dual loss since rejoining the SLC in 2009, the Burlington Demons wrestling squad erased that painful memory with a dominant performance at […]