Trudeau fires 1-hitter to baffle Muskego By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent After constantly hitting into tough-luck outs against Muskego for nearly seven innings, the Union Grove softball team just needed one line drive to find a gap to gain the victory. With starting pitcher Ally Trudeau mowing down the […]
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Catholic Central baseball earns home playoff game
By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent A potent combination of talented opposing hitters and rotten luck twice prevented the Catholic Central baseball team from sealing the deal against one of the best teams in the conference. The Hilltoppers dropped a pair of Metro Classic Conference games to Racine Lutheran/Prairie after having […]
Union Grove’s Leffler moving on to Madison
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Union Grove High School’s David Leffler will end his Broncos tennis career in Madison. Leffler, who plays at No. 1 singles for Union Grove, finished second Wednesday at the WIAA Division 1 Waukesha West sectional tournament and earned a berth in the WIAA Division […]
Burlington golf wins regional title behind Meseberg
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Burlington High School boys golf team is advancing through the postseason, and a newcomer is leading the charge. The Demons won the WIAA Division 1 Beloit Memorial Regional Tournament Tuesday with a team score of 323. Burlington Freshman Justin Meseberg shot a 74 […]
Catholic Central golfers advance to first sectional
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent For the first time in school history, the Catholic Central golf team will advance to the WIAA sectionals next Wednesday at Black Wolf Run in Kohler. “This has been an amazing group to work with over the past year,” said coach Matt DeLorme. “They […]
Burlington’s Mather, Ehlen win regional track titles
By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent After a 1 ½-hour rain delay, the Burlington track and field program made a splash at the WIAA Division 1 regional meet on Tuesday. Both teams brought home an individual regional champion from the competition in Lake Geneva. Cody Mather won the pole vault […]
Waterford golf wins second straight regional title
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford High School boys’ golf team is playing as it should if the program desires a second straight appearance at state. The Wolverines are regional champions for the second season in a row after winning the WIAA Division 1 Waukesha South Regional Tournament […]
Kyle’s no-hitter propels Catholic Central to regional final
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent Catholic Central pitcher Mackenzie Kyle had a game to remember Wednesday in a WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal in Burlington. Kyle fired a no-hitter against visiting Lake Country Lutheran, striking out nine and walking none. The hurler was a […]
Five-run fifth lifts Burlington over Waterford in playoff opener
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Burlington and Waterford softball teams split their head-to-head matchup during the regular season. For the first four innings of their WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal Tuesday in Burlington, the teams were neck-and-neck in a 1-1 deadlock. But in the bottom of the […]
Burlington grad helps lift UW-Whitewater baseball to national title
Friend named to all-tournament team By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater may have to change the name of its mascot from Warhawks to National Champs. With a 7-0 victory over Emory University Tuesday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, the Warhawk baseball team won its […]