By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Catholic Central football coaches have been giving junior defensive back Tyler Burzawa a hard time all season. Burzawa, a gifted pass catcher and ball hawk in the secondary, never goes for the interception in practice. Friday night against Fall River in a WIAA […]
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PREDICTIONS: Waterford, Catholic Central enjoy home cooking tonight
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The two teams paired up in this Division 2 playoff opener Oct. 25 came from opposite ends of the spectrum. The second-seeded Wolverines, co-champions of the Southern Lakes Conference, had won their last six games and were one of the hottest teams in the […]
Marching on!
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Catholic Central volleyball team handled Monticello, 3-0, Thursday night in a WIAA Division 4 sectional semifinal. The Toppers battle top-seeded Hilbert Saturday at 7 p.m. in Waupun for the right to go to state in Green Bay. Catholic Central is the two-time defending D4 […]
Catholic Central scores upset victory, Wolverines roll in playoff openers
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor It’s not weather for the faint of heart. Temperatures in the 30s. Whistling winds knocking over clipboards and flinging rosters every which way. Biting cold that makes the guy next to you offer you hand-warmers. It’s late October, and that means playoff football. Teams […]
Catholic Central football manhandles Martin Luther
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent Catholic Central (5-4, 5-2 MCC) closed out its regular season with a 34-0 shutout of Martin Luther (5-4, 3-4) in a Metro Classic Conference game last Friday night in Greendale. “Despite what the numbers may show, I think our defense has played pretty well […]
Waterford, Catholic Central, other area teams open playoffs Friday
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Wilmot, Waterford open at home, Catholic Central, Elkhorn on road
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor On Saturday, the WIAA released the football playoff schedule, complete with seedings and matchups. Waterford, Wilmot, Badger and Big Foot earned opening round home games, but Elkhorn and Catholic Central must play road warriors. Here are the matchups, per www.wissports.net: (AREA TEAMS IN BOLD) DIVISION […]
Waterford earns share of third straight conference title, WIAA football playoff teams
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor WATERFORD – The Delavan-Darien football team, desperately needing a win to make the playoffs, almost pulled off the unthinkable Friday night. With two minutes to play, the Comets were trailing, 35-28, inside the Waterford 10-yard line. But like it has done all year, the […]
Catholic Central clinches playoffs with last-second touchdown, Demons eliminated
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The last time the Catholic Central varsity football team missed the playoffs, Bill Clinton was President. Brett Favre was only 25 years old, the Milwaukee Brewers were in the American League and every single player on the current Topper roster wasn’t even born yet. […]
It’s win and you’re in for Burlington football
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor After a 28-24 loss at Delavan-Darien last Friday night, the Burlington football team finds itself in familiar territory. In both 2009 and 2011, the Demons missed the playoffs by one game. This year, if they can’t pull off two wins in the next two […]