By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Burlington High School baseball team may have had to wait a week to start its season, but when the Demons took the field Monday, they did so successfully. Burlington scored six runs in the third inning to blow open a close game against Racine […]
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Demon netters drop first two duals, but show improvement
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With a tremendous amount of inexperience on the team, the Burlington High School boys tennis team was simply no match for Muskego Monday in a non-conference action played at Burlington. Muskego defeated the Demons 7-0. “(Muskego is) just better than us,” head coach Ken Savaglia […]
Softball girls open SLC action with two wins
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It was a great way to start Southern Lakes Conference action. The Burlington High School softball team, which started the season 1-6 in non-conference action, hosted Lake Geneva Badger Tuesday in an SLC doubleheader and won both games, 2-0 and 8-1. In the opening game, […]
Demon softball team off to rough beginning
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In seven early-season games, the Burlington High School softball team managed just one win, defeating Racine Park 6-4 on Saturday. The Demon girls began their season with a trip to Kentucky during spring break, playing teams from Eastern High School and Butler High School of […]
Demon golfers hope to challenge for SLC title
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With five returning letter winners, the Burlington High School boys golf team hopes to be in the mix for the Southern Lakes Conference title this spring. Seniors Tony Stang and Scott Vyhanek, junior Ben Geiger and sophomores Brian Dankle and Josh Ketterhagen will anchor the […]
BHS, CCHS send reps to indoor state track meet
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although not originally on the sports schedule, six Burlington High School track and field athletes participated in the Wisconsin Track and Field Association’s State Indoor Championships held Saturday at UW-Whitewater. Three members from each of the boys and girls squads participated. For the Demon girls, […]
Demons hopeful with young squad
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Last year, the Burlington High School baseball team had considerable success. The Demons were 19-8, and reached the sectional final before losing to Kenosha Bradford, 5-4, at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. BHS graduated five seniors from that team, but returns eight players from last year. […]
Rebuilding year ahead for BHS boys tennis team
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT After losing the bulk of last year’s team to graduation, the Burlington High School boys tennis team will be in a rebuilding mode this spring. The Demons lost 14 seniors from the 2012 squad that went 6-1 (second place) in the Southern Lakes Conference, won […]
BHS places seven athletes on SLC first-team squads
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With two Southern Lakes Conference Athletes of the Year, and a total of seven first-team all-conference players, the Burlington High School winter sports teams fared quite well. The SLC 2012-2013 Winter All-Conference Teams were released recently and BHS did very well especially in gymnastics, wrestling […]
Girls relay teams pace Demon runners
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Led by their relay teams, the Burlington High School girls track and field squad finished 11th out of 17 teams at the Viking Indoor Invitational held Saturday at UW-Parkside. All three of the relay teams scored points for the team. The 4-by-800 meter team, comprised […]