Union Grove-Waterford, Wilmot-Waukesha West highlight tonight’s action Lake Geneva Badger is probably the only Southern Lakes Conference team that was shown respect in terms of seeding for last weekend’s Level One playoff games. Waterford dropped to a 3 seed, Wilmot a 5, Union Grove a 7 and Delavan-Darien a […]
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The return of volleyball city
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 […]
Union Grove cruises to fourth straight regional title
By Jennifer Eisenbart News Editor For the first set Saturday night, the Union Grove Union High School girls volleyball team looked just a touch out of sorts. Playing Greenfield for the WIAA Division 1 regional title, the Broncos trailed 7-3 early as the Hawks took to tipping the ball […]
Waterford captures first regional title since 1999
Patience pays off for Grunze, Michalowski By Jennifer Eisenbart News Editor Heading into last weekend’s Southern Lakes Conference tournament, Waterford Union High School girls volleyball coach Ashley Ingish knew something had to give. If she played two injured seniors – Mikaela Grunze and Hannah Michalowski, both of whom play […]
Burlington dominates for 14th straight regional championship
(1) Burlington def. (8) Stoughton, 25-13, 25-17, 25-18 Burlington two wins away from sixth state trip in seven years By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor You have to go all the way back to 2001 if you want to find the last time the Burlington girls volleyball squad […]
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 […]
Union Grove wins first playoff game since 2009, battles rival Waterford Friday
(7) Union Grove 27, (2) Greenfield 6 Grove offensive balance faces tough test from Waterford ‘D’ By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Union Grove coach Craig McClelland said if his team played a complete game in the first game of the playoffs, the Broncos would have a chance […]
Waterford steamrolls Tosa West in playoff opener
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent After Friday night’s WIAA Division 2 Level 1 playoff games the conference score is Southern Lakes 3, Woodland 0. The Wolverines defeated Wauwatosa West 28-0 at home on the strength of a power running game that accumulated 294 rushing yards and an angry defense […]
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 […]
Union Grove’s Leffler, Miller make noise at state tennis
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Senior Alyssa Leffler and junior Allie Miller had just about seen everything in their Union Grove high school tennis careers. Then came last Friday, Oct. 16, when the Broncos number one doubles team found themselves in the round of 16 at the WIAA state […]