Burlington, Catholic Central on brink of state tournament By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor For the third time in five years, the Burlington and Catholic Central girls varsity volleyball squads have a chance to both bring home the coveted gold ball. On Thursday night, the Lady Demons and Lady Toppers […]
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Catholic Central volleyball captures regional crown
By Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent Though it was a busy week of postseason play, the girls Catholic Central volleyball team showed no signs of slowing down on its way to winning the WIAA Division 4 regional championship on October 24. Facing off against Blackhawk in the regional final, Catholic […]
Toppers advance in WIAA playoffs
Catholic Central will host Level 2 game next weekend Second-seeded Catholic Central High School shook off a slow start Friday to explode for 41 unanswered points and rout Blackhawk 49-22 in a WIAA Division 7 level one football playoff game at the Topper Bowl in Burlington. The Toppers trailed 8-7 […]
Catholic Central football captures first conference crown since 2010
Exclusive video from Friday’s game: By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] BURLINGTON – The Catholic Central football team has another number to add to its Wall of Champions billboard, located behind the west end zone of the Topper Bowl – 2015. The left side of the Wall features […]
Same song and dance: Catholic Central rolls to 7-0
Catholic Central 48, Thomas More 12 By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Friday night’s Homecoming football game against visiting Thomas More didn’t start well for the Catholic Central Hilltoppers. It took less than two minutes, and the winless Cavaliers were up 6-0 on the mighty, undefeated ‘Toppers. Would Catholic Central […]
Catholic Central volleyball knocks off Prairie School
By Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent The girls Catholic Central volleyball team keeps rolling against conference opponents. They are now 3-0 against Metro Classic foes, pulling out a win on the road September 24th against the Prairie School. The Lady Toppers did have to fight their way back after dropping […]
Run game, defense keep Catholic Central undefeated
Editor’s Note: Catholic Central improved to 6-0 Thursday night with a 42-8 victory at Whitefish Bay Dominican. The Toppers led, 35-0, at halftime and dominated in all phases of football. The Toppers ran for 212 yards, led by 142 from Cole Kresken along with three touchdowns. Kresken only needed […]
Birren takes over Catholic Central cross country
By Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent One of the trademark variables of the sport of cross-country running is course conditions. At any given race, runners might face inclement weather and difficult terrain, navigating a course of twists and turns, going every which way. But figuratively speaking, Burlington High School coach […]
Catholic Central football too good for its own good?
Catholic Central 49, Shoreland Lutheran 30 Toppers work out first-half kinks with huge second half By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Burlington Catholic Central head coach Tom Aldrich told his players what just about every high school football player wants to hear at the end of a stressful, grueling […]
CATHOLIC CENTRAL FOOTBALL: Dynamic duo’s final act
Kresken, Heiligenthal will lead Toppers this season By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor With the departure of more than 1,000 yards of total offense from last year’s 8-3, Level 2 playoff-qualifying Catholic Central football team, the passing game will feature all new faces. The running game, however, isn’t going anywhere. […]