WIAA D1 SEMIFINAL: Burlington 9, Green Bay Preble 0 By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers For the first time in school history, the Burlington baseball team will play for a state championship. Thanks to a dominant pitching performance by Aaron Mutter along with 13 hits from the Demon batters, Burlington won […]
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Burlington overcomes 3-0 deficit, knocks off defending state champs
Burlington plays Green Bay at 6 p.m. tonight, follow Mike Ramczyk By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor GRAND CHUTE – Jacob Lindemann allowed his sixth, seventh and eighth runs of the season Tuesday in a WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal against Janesville Craig. All in the first […]
Late comeback not enough as Delavan-Darien softball falls in state championship
WIAA DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP New Berlin West 2, Delavan-Darien 1 Historic run ends for Speth, Comets By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] MADISON – Hundreds of people from the communities of Delavan and Darien showed up to see the main attraction Saturday at the WIAA state softball tournament – Delavan-Darien […]
Union Grove softball team stunned at state, historic season ends
WIAA D1 SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL: Watertown 5, Union Grove 3 (8 innings) Late miscues allow four unanswered runs By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Visibly distraught, Union Grove softball head coach Ryan Boylen didn’t say much after Saturday morning’s WIAA Division 1 state semifinal game. One thing he repeated is that the […]
VIDEO: Burlington baseball team honored after sectional title, celebrated by parents, fans
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Two days after the Burlington baseball team’s third sectional championship victory in school history, the boys of summer were back on their grind. Despite heavy rain Thursday afternoon, the Demons took batting practice at Beaumont Field in preparation for Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal game […]
Moore is more: Union Grove pitcher’s bat, arm spark state victory
Senior ace strikes out 10, knocks game-winning hit By Jason Arndt [email protected] Oshkosh North paid the price after walking Union Grove leadoff hitter Kalista Hribar in the top of the eighth inning of the WIAA Division 1 state softball quarterfinal Thursday night at Goodman Diamond in Madison. With a […]
Waterford softball announces award winners
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Union High School softball team announced its award winners after a season in which the consistent growth of a young team meant as much as winning games. Junior Myranda Schuttenhelm repeated as the team’s Most Valuable Player. Gabi LePine earned the Most Improved […]
Overachieving season ends for young soccer squad
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Big and physical opponents have been tough on the Union Grove girls’ soccer team this season. Unfortunately for the Broncos, it was another big and physical team that ended their season. New Berlin West’s superior size and strength proved to be the […]
DEMON-ATION: Burlington dispatches Kenosha Bradford, advances to 3rd state tournament
WIAA SECTIONAL FINAL: Burlington 6, Kenosha Bradford 1 3rd-seeded Demons rout way through sectional By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] “This team is special, let’s keep climbing.” Burlington High School baseball head coach Scott Staude said these words with conviction in a huddle near home plate, while cameras flashed from […]
City of Burlington sends two high school baseball squads to sectionals
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For the first time since 2010, both the Burlington Catholic Central and Burlington High School baseball teams will play in WIAA sectionals. The Hilltoppers play in a Division 4 sectional today at noon at Johnson Creek High School. The third-seeded Toppers smashed No. 2 Barneveld, […]