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Burlington hopes to even series at home Thursday By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Burlington baseball team was flying high entering Tuesday night’s game at Southern Lakes rival Waterford. Winners of five straight games, including doubleheader sweeps on consecutive nights, the Demons found themselves at 10-2-1 and in position […]
Scott was star on 2001 state championship squad By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Basketball has been good to Kyle Scott. The 2002 Catholic Central graduate has won a high school state championship, played collegiately and worked for the NBA. In fact, Scott even had the opportunity to meet NBA […]
By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent Even before most theme parks open for the season, the Burlington track teams rode a roller coaster last week. The peak came at the Bronco Invitational on Tuesday, April 22. The boys team won the nine-team event at Union Grove, while the girls team […]
Cody Peterson, a 2010 Burlington High School graduate, was named an NCAA Player of the Week last week. Peterson pitches for Division 1 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and former Demons Mike Porcaro and Tell Taylor are his teammates. On Friday afternoon against Valparaiso, Peterson took a no-hitter into the eighth […]
Henderson led Catholic Central to 21-5 mark in ’13-14 By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Catholic Central Principal Eric Henderson will be making quite the leap later this year. The former college basketball player and coach will be stepping down as Catholic Central boys basketball coach next season and returning […]
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent The Toppers stumbled out of the gate as they opened Metro Classic Conference play last week, falling to St. Thomas More on Tuesday, 5-4, in Milwaukee, and then 12-2 at home. “We played pretty well at St. Thomas More” said Head Coach Tom O’Connell. […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Now the real season begins. The Burlington girls soccer team has battled a couple state-ranked teams over the last month, but the Lady Demons have emerged with a 2-2-1 record heading into the Southern Lakes Conference season this week. Burlington’s game scheduled for Tuesday […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Nolan Rueter has played volleyball at the high school, club and national levels. Ever since he watched his older sister’s games as a kid, Nolan knew he wanted to play on the collegiate level one day. Last week, his goal became a reality. With his […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Inclement weather at the beginning of last week forced the Burlington baseball team to play a doubleheader Thursday at Union Grove. The extra Monday and Tuesday of rest turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. The Demons treated the road double dip […]
College coach reinstated after clearing pornography charges The story is everywhere now. Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past week, you may have seen on ESPN, Time Magazine and even the New York Times that the Minnesota State-Mankato football team is taking a stand. Former Burlington standout […]
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