By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The past week was a bit of a crazy one for the Westosha Central baseball team. What started with a 19-1 thumping at the hands of Waterford to open the week ended with a 4-3 bounce-back effort against the Wolverines and a solid 8-3 […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Burlington tennis features talent from all ages
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor From a No. 1 singles freshman to a player new to tennis showing potential, the Burlington boys tennis team has talent from all ends of the spectrum. After losing only Jon Martin from a year ago, six returning letter-winners and a few fresh faces […]
Key injury, pitching staff concerns for Catholic Central baseball
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor For 11 straight years, the Catholic Central baseball team enjoyed blistering postseason success to the tune of 11 straight regional titles. As it always does with sports, the other shoe has to drop eventually and things go in cycles. The Toppers experienced an eventual […]
Young Milwaukee Bucks are energizing the state
Here is my knee-jerk reaction to Monday’s big Milwaukee Bucks victory over Chicago, 94-88, in the Eastern Conference first round of the playoffs. The following status graced Facebook, and it’s been pretty well-received, even from a Bulls fan, who said it was good analysis – you be the judge. […]
Catholic Central’s Stemper signs to play D1 golf
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Led by Jeff Stemper, who recently committed to play at UW-Green Bay, the Catholic Central High School boys golf team finished fifth April 13 at Racine’s Meadowbrook Country Club in the season’s second Metro Classic Conference Mini Meet. Stemper carded a 47 and finished […]
Burlington Youth Football or Junior Demons, the real winner is the kids
Roughly a year and a half ago, I published a column that hopefully shook this city to its football core. “Remember when Burlington was a football city?” was a desperate attempt to breathe life back into the proud, football-loving Burlington population by exhausting all options, whether it was a complete […]
Youth football: To tackle or not to tackle?
Two Burlington programs feature different philosophies By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Burlington is a city of a little more than 10,000 people. While most onlookers would categorize Burlington as small, there is enough local interest in youth football to garner two separate programs, which offer fundamentally different views of […]
Burlington softball hopes to step up in SLC
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Last year, huge strides were made. The Burlington softball team, young as it was, advanced to the program’s first-ever sectional and boasted a 13-10 overall record. The Demons picked up victories over perennial Southern Lakes Conference powers Union Grove and Wilmot. Then, in the […]
After years of struggle, Catholic Central begins soccer program
New soccer program must begin first year as JV squad By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor For years, there weren’t enough interested girls at Catholic Central High School to form a girls soccer program in the spring. And when there weren’t enough girls, even if a few wanted to play, […]
Crucial losses may not matter for Burlington baseball
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor When a high school baseball team loses it top two starters, and one was the All-Area Player of the Year, things have the potential to go south in a hurry. But don’t tell that to Burlington baseball coach Scott Staude. The always-optimistic, zest-filled skipper, […]
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