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Saturday, January 11, 2025
High school and community sports from Western Racine County
It’s freezing outside finally, and I don’t like it. Winter is officially here, as the final fall state tournaments, boys volleyball and swimming, wrapped up last weekend. Westosha Central was ousted in the first round in boys volleyball, Burlington fans. With the first basketball games tipping off Tuesday […]
Officials say population stability, fawn production are positive signs for area herd By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer Area residents will join hundreds of thousands of other hunters throughout the state in pursuit of white-tailed deer as Wisconsin’s annual nine-day gun season opens Saturday. State wildlife officials are offering an opportunistic […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Burlington Combined’s Sara Wanasek experienced a bit of redemption Nov. 16 at the WIAA Division 1 Girls’ State Swimming and Diving Meet at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison. Wanasek turned in the Demons’ best individual performances, finishing 11th in the 500-yard […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor On Friday at 4 p.m. at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Franklin faces its toughest test of the season, Arrowhead. The defending state champions have seven Wisconsin Badger recruits and a state pedigree that’s unmatched. The two will battle for the coveted gold […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor KETTLE MORAINE – Franklin football coach Louis Brown and his staff and players treat Saturday, the day after Friday night games, as their day of rest. A day to relax. One where members of the program focus on family and recharging their batteries. This […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 state swimming meet won’t necessarily be about winning it all for the Burlington Co-op swim team. Burlington’s Sara and Olivia Wanasek and Ellie Petrie along with Waterford’s DeAnn Jones and Kaley Brown are more concerned with finishing with a bang. […]
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent For just the second time in the last six seasons, Catholic Central football won’t be playing in the state semifinals. The Toppers’ 2013 football season ended Friday night when the Toppers fell to the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning, 13-7. The Division 7 state […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor For all those traditionalists who say football is a team sport, they must not have seen Mukwonago’s Dominic Cizauskas. The 6-foot-2, 250-pound linebacker/running back is pretty much Superman on a football field. The area has known all season, but the state is starting […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Players lost their voices. Eardrums popped. The Richter Scale may have been awaken with all the bleacher pounding. Last Thursday’s sectional final between the Burlington and Westosha Central boys volleyball squads will go down as one of the most thrilling sporting events in […]
In the last three years, the city of Burlington has seen four state volleyball champions, five state volleyball appearances and a whopping nine volleyball sectional finals trips. Right now, when people think of high school sports in Burlington, they think of volleyball. Both the Burlington and […]
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