By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Union High School football team will not lack motivation when it hosts Wauwatosa West at home tonight in a Level 1 WIAA Division 2 playoff game. “We’re going to focus on the fact that they don’t think going 8-1 and being […]
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PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS: Flip of coin drops undefeated Catholic Central to No. 2 seed
The final Friday night of regular season high school football was worth all the hype. There was plenty of history made, a ridiculously impossible comeback and a considerable upset. Catholic Central won its first conference title since 2010, and Union Grove earned its first playoff berth since 2009. Lake […]
Burlington volleyball cruises to second straight conference crown
Top-seeded Lady Demons open playoffs Saturday night in Burlington By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor On Sept. 29, the Burlington High School volleyball team reached rock bottom. Decimated by injuries to starters Quinn Spieker and Reba Thomsen, the freshmen-and-sophomore-led Westosha Central Falcons came into the BHS gymnasium and shook up […]
Cross country: Neubauer, Marino lead Waterford pack
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Union High School boys and girls cross country teams each finished in the middle of the pack in strong fields Oct. 8 in the Wolverine Cross Country Invitational at Waterford Union High School. The boys finished fourth in a nine-team field […]
Lake Geneva Badger upsets Waterford to win SLC, and Delavan pulls off greatest comeback ever
Our esteemed photographer Earlene Frederick covered the Delavan-Wilmot game Friday night. Here is the EPIC post-game speech by Comets coach Bret St. Arnauld. It’s the GREATEST VIDEO ON THE PLANET. ENJOY! It was like something out of an edge-of-your-seat, pulse-pounding Batman movie. A superhero […]
Union Grove clinches first playoff berth since 2009, ends Burlington’s season
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] BURLINGTON – In 2009, the last time the Union Grove varsity football team made the playoffs, the iPad had yet to be released. Green Bay Packers all-universe quarterback Aaron Rodgers was still a young, unproven NFL player, and rapper Soulja Boy of “Superman” fame […]
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 […]
Former QB-receiver hookup enjoys career day
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Two Burlington High School class of 2013 graduates had big days for their respective college football teams Saturday. Ty Dennis (pictured above), a wide receiver for the 2012 Burlington Demons, broke out with a career game in Division 2 Minnesota State-Mankato’s 35-27 victory over Augustana. […]
Sweet revenge: Burlington volleyball drops top dogs DSHA, Catholic Memorial
Lady Demons now 40-3, ranked No. 1 in the state By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Any suspicions of the Burlington girls volleyball team being vulnerable or in trouble based on their upset loss to Westosha Central a few weeks back were emphatically erased last weekend. The Lady Demons […]
Waterford soccer seeking return to winning ways
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Waterford went 0-6-1 in seven matches since beating Kenosha Tremper 2-1 Sept. 26 at home in a non-conference match that coach Rob Blascoe called the Wolverines’ best performance of the season. Waterford played Tuesday at Badger (13-7-0, 5-3 SLC) in the consolation semifinal […]