The high school football season is already two weeks in. Yes, kids don’t really get a summer anymore, with equipment day coming Aug. 1 this season and the first practice coming the next day. I’m looking at the high school baseball players who also play legion ball. Or even […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Burlington Barons still have shot at league title
Team tied atop Land O’Lakes with one game left By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Thanks to an infusion of young talent mixed with veteran stars, the Burlington Rotary Barons are battling for the top spot in the Land O’Lakes Southwest Division. The semi-pro baseball players, who play their home games […]
SLN ALL-AREA BASEBALL: State champion Burlington boasts 7 first teamers
SLN EXCLUSIVE Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area Baseball 2016 SLC dominates inaugural squad with summer stars sprinkled in By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor ([email protected]) Is high school football really here? Remember the good, old days when summer actually meant June, July and August? Now, summer for high school athletes […]
SLN ALL-AREA SOFTBALL: Southern Lakes reigns supreme on inaugural squad
Union Grove, Westosha Central dominate first team By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] I made my bed, and now I must lie in it. Yes, the very first Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area teams, boys and girls basketball last winter, opened an entire new can of worms for our sports department. Instead […]
Burlington youth baseball program Junior Demons holding tryouts
Sign up for Junior Demons baseball What: Tryouts for the 2017 Jr. Demon Baseball Teams. Players that are going into 7th and 8th grade are welcome to tryout. The hope is to have at least one 7th grade and one 8th grade team. Players will try out in front […]
Barons victorious in front of Hall of Fame crowd
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Burlington Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony featured sunny skies, old friends and good baseball Sunday at Ginger Beaumont Field in Burlington. After the induction ceremony of Stan Heiligenthal and William Kruckman, who were both represented by family members, the Burlington Rotary Barons kept the […]
Heiligenthal, Kruckman to enter Burlington Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday
Burlington’s past, present to be honored at 7th annual event By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For the first time since its inaugural year in 2010, the Burlington Baseball Hall of Fame will induct only two members in its 2016 class. This Sunday at Ginger Beaumont Baseball Field, William Kruckman and […]
Zarek rallies for Burlington Little League championship
Hensley, Stutzman provide late spark in rubber match By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Burlington Little League has become one of the most respected and feared baseball names in the state of Wisconsin. The 12-year-old All-Stars have won five out of six state titles, and in June the first group to […]
Tony Romo’s return to Burlington comes at a unique time
Former Demon star leads 13th Romo Camp, addresses Brett Favre Hall of Fame induction By Jason Arndt [email protected] And Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Tony Romo’s hometown return to Burlington for his football camp might be an annual ritual for the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, but on June 22, it brought additional […]
Burlington baseball state title no surprise to Southern Lakes Conference foes
Opposing coaches noticed virtually no weakness, team peaking at right time By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent As miraculous as Burlington’s comeback victory WIAA Division 1 Championship game against Arrow-head was, it hardly surprised many Southern Lakes Conference coaches. After all, Lakes teams were unwilling witnesses to a Demons team […]
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