By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A 2-1 win over Racine St. Catherine’s Tuesday gave the Burlington High School girls soccer team its fifth win in the last six games. It also raised the Demons record to 5-2 overall this season. Merin Mundt scored Burlington’s first goal off an assist from […]
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Standouts for the Week of May 3, 2013
Male Athlete of the Week Max Shenkenberg, Burlington High School track and field: Shenkenberg, a state qualifier in the triple jump last year for BHS, hit his best jump of the year at the Badger Invite Friday. Shenkenberg won the event with a best leap of 42 feet, 11 1/4 […]
Pauly captures two victories at Greendale Invite
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although neither squad placed in the top half of the Greendale Invite Monday, Mickael Pauly had a very successful day, winning both the 400-meter dash and the 800. Pauly’s victories accounted for 20 of the Burlington High School boys’ track and field team’s 32.5 points. […]
BHS softball comes up short at Waterford
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Burlington High School softball team took it on the chin Monday at Waterford in a 9-0 loss to the Wolverines in Southern Lakes Conference action. The loss dropped the Demon girls to 3-7 overall, and 2-1 in the SLC. “They hit the ball hard […]
Demon girls defeat Badger, 1-0
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT An unassisted goal by Merin Mundt just four minutes into the game held up as the Burlington High School girls soccer team defeated Lake Geneva Badger 1-0 Monday at home. “We played well in the first half, and Merin took a good shot to take […]
CCHS baseball finally gets on field
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent The Catholic Central baseball team finally broke up Mother Nature’s shutout of 2013 Saturday, traveling to Orfordville to play Parkview. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said CCHS coach Tom O’Connell. “We have six games to reschedule already and from the forecasts, more to come.” […]
From Out in Right Field – Let’s face it: this spring plain sucks
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor I have to admit, after enduring the last month of rainy weather, flying to Los Angeles last weekend for the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships was a blast. Not only did I get to see great gymnastics – the Florida Gators won the title for […]
Standouts for the Week of April 26, 2013
Female Athletes of the Week Alyssa Helwig, Waterford Union High School softball: Helwig proved to be a big force in the Waterford bats Saturday as the Wolverines went 2-1 at the Monroe Invite. Helwig hit a pair of home runs – one in the second and one in the fourth […]
Bronco girls defeat Panthers 6-1
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Union Grove High School softball team kicked off its Southern Lakes Conference season in grand fashion Tuesday with a 6-1 win at Wilmot. After spotting Wilmot a 1-0 lead in the second, Union Grove got its bats going in the fourth, scoring three times […]
Burlington track squads take fourth at SLC Relays
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In their first outdoor action this spring, the Burlington High School track and field squads both placed fourth at the Southern Lakes Conference Relays held Monday at Elkhorn. The Demon boys tallied 79 points, while the girls’ squad totaled 75. Badger won the boys side […]