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Saturday, January 11, 2025
High school and community sports from Western Racine County
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent Catholic Central (5-4, 5-2 MCC) closed out its regular season with a 34-0 shutout of Martin Luther (5-4, 3-4) in a Metro Classic Conference game last Friday night in Greendale. “Despite what the numbers may show, I think our defense has played pretty well […]
Flash back to 2002. The Williams Bay football team won six games, qualified for the WIAA playoffs, and life was good in the village if you were a fan of Bulldogs football. Playing in the Indian Trails Conference, the Bay had a comparable enrollment to schools like Ethan Allen […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor On Saturday, the WIAA released the football playoff schedule, complete with seedings and matchups. Waterford, Wilmot, Badger and Big Foot earned opening round home games, but Elkhorn and Catholic Central must play road warriors. Here are the matchups, per www.wissports.net: (AREA TEAMS IN BOLD) DIVISION […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor WATERFORD – The Delavan-Darien football team, desperately needing a win to make the playoffs, almost pulled off the unthinkable Friday night. With two minutes to play, the Comets were trailing, 35-28, inside the Waterford 10-yard line. But like it has done all year, the […]
Male Athlete of the Week Ben Heiligenthal, Catholic Central The sophomore gunslinger was masterful in the two-minute drill Friday night. In less than a minute, Heiligenthal led his Toppers down the field 45 yards in two pass plays, culminating with a game-winning touchdown pass to Tyler Burzawa with 2 seconds […]
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Capturing the top three spots in each race, the Burlington High School cross country teams won the three-team Fox Trot Meet at Wilmot Friday. The Demon girls tallied just 21 points, while the boys had just 24 points. Meta Ehlen, Brittany Ehlen and Ashlyn Barry […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Union Grove High School girls’ volleyball team is making tournament success this season look easy. The Broncos won their fourth tournament of the season Oct. 12 in the Shoreland Slam at Shoreland Lutheran High School in Somers. The Broncos also won the […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Burlington’s last desperate attempt at a playoff berth turned ugly in a hurry Friday night. Wilmot set the tone with a five-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the first quarter, and the turnover nightmare began. The Demons finished with four turnovers and missed […]
First team state berth, most individual qualifiers ever By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor In Burlington, the high school volleyball teams dominate the headlines along with the football teams. Winning state titles will bring your program notoriety and respect. For decades, the Burlington girls tennis squad has been […]
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