The Burlington Little League All-Stars saw their season end Thursday night with a 12-2 loss to Chicago’s Jackie Robinson All-Stars in the Great Lakes Regional semifinals. The Chicago will play Michigan Saturday at 1 p.m. for the regional title. Burlington played the Jackie Robinson squad even except for a 10-run […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Lightning softball team competes well at nationals
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Featuring a number of area stars – including members of the WIAA Division 1 state championship Westosha Central squad – the Wisconsin Lightning U-18 squad made a valiant run at a national title last week in Salem, Virginia. The squad, with Westosha Central pitcher Sarah […]
Football season gets off with no real hitches
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor There’s always something unexpected on the first day of WIAA football practice. For Burlington High School, it was arriving Tuesday morning and discovering no one could park behind the high school in the normal lot. The district had crews out repaving the lot. “It’s a […]
From Out in Right Field: Just what constitutes a sport, anyhow?
On my very last day of vacation and, really, just bored out of my skull, I left “Pawn Stars” on my television. For those of you not familiar with the premise, a family – a father, his son, and his son’s son – own a pawn shop in Las […]
Little League team reaches semifinal of regional tournament
Thursday’s game will be televised on ESPN2 By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The dream goes on for the Burlington Little League All-Star team – at least through Thursday. In a must-win situation against Kentucky Tuesday morning, the Burlington squad – representing Wisconsin – scored four runs in the bottom of […]
All-Star cousins to join forces on college team
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor In March of this year, Burlington residents Ty Dennis and Cal Kempken were doing what future college roommates do – complete housing assignments and figuring out how to live together in a college dorm room. The two, third cousins, are both attending the University of […]
Blue Devils win in a blowout
Team has won four straight as it makes playoff push The Southern Lakes Blue Devils cruised to their fourth consecutive win in lopsided fashion last Saturday, blowing out the fledgling Rockford Raptors, 71-0, in a game played at Westosha Central High School. Rockford, in it’s first season of league play, […]
Local Little League team wins state title
Burlington will represent state in regional tournament for third time in four years Burlington Little League Majors All Stars became Wisconsin 2013 State Champions Friday night by defeating District 4 champion Reedsburg 7-4. The victory made it the third time in the past four years Burlington will represent Wisconsin in […]
Post 79 U-16 squad wins regional
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor For Kross Krueger, Tuesday night’s American Legion U-16 regional final wasn’t the biggest game he’d ever pitched in. No, he saved that honor when he helped pitch Burlington Little League to the Great Lakes Regional four years ago. But reliever Nate Sibley? The regional save […]
Little League squad starts state tourney 4-0
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Burlington U-12 Little League All-Star team may have had to go extra innings Tuesday night, but it was worth it. With a 8-4, seven-inning win over Appleton at Waupun, the squad was 4-0 at the U-12 state tournament. Results from Wednesday against Eau Claire […]
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