Waterford lands pair on squad as well By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer All year long, the talk on the Wisconsin high school gymnastics scene were the trio of all-arounders for Burlington Combined – junior Jenna Fitzpatrick, and sophomores Bailey Fitzpatrick and Molly Benavides. So, it was no surprises when those […]
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Kazikowski, Beck make SLC first team
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Andrew Kazikowski and Tony Beck, both juniors at Union Grove High School, have been named to Southern Lakes Conference first teams for the 2012-2013 winter season. In addition, senior Aslyn Wolcott, of the Westosha Central/Union Grove gymnastics team made first-team all-conference in floor exercise. In […]
Six Wolverines receive SLC first team honors
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Six Waterford High School winter athletes have received first-team honors on the Southern Lakes Conference 2012-2013 Winter All-Conference teams. The Wolverine wrestling squad had four grapplers make the first team. That is more than any other SLC squad. Freshman Justin Ratkovec, at 106 pounds; senior […]
BHS places seven athletes on SLC first-team squads
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With two Southern Lakes Conference Athletes of the Year, and a total of seven first-team all-conference players, the Burlington High School winter sports teams fared quite well. The SLC 2012-2013 Winter All-Conference Teams were released recently and BHS did very well especially in gymnastics, wrestling […]
From Out in Right Field: Dear Mother Nature: Or how I’ve learned to hate spring
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor I’ve lost track of the number of jokes about the weather I’ve heard in the last two weeks. Because of the joy and the fun that is spring in Wisconsin, not only have two weeks of sports been wiped off the books, not even […]
Girls relay teams pace Demon runners
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Led by their relay teams, the Burlington High School girls track and field squad finished 11th out of 17 teams at the Viking Indoor Invitational held Saturday at UW-Parkside. All three of the relay teams scored points for the team. The 4-by-800 meter team, comprised […]
Jensen leads 2013 All-Area girls basketball team
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Megan Jensen’s basketball season was almost over before it started. A Waterford senior, Jensen looked to be a major component to the Wolverines’ success this year – until a blood clot in her arm and the resulting surgery and recovery time almost sidelined her. The […]
BHS track and field season to kick off Saturday
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With nearly 100 athletes out for the combined squads, the Burlington High School track and field squads both hope to finish among the top three teams in the Southern Lakes Conference this spring. Trent Tonn, in his fifth season as head boys coach, has 53 […]
For BHS’s Biedrzycki, switch to bball was easy
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Most people would’ve forgiven Carson Biedrzycki if he’d been a little off his basketball game at the start of the season. After all, the Burlington High School senior had helped lead BHS to the WIAA boys volleyball championship game, and was an All-State honorable mention […]
Win over Comets lifts Broncos to .500 in SLC
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Union Grove High School girls basketball team ended the regular season at home with an easy 49-30 win over Southern Lakes Conference foe Delavan-Darien Feb. 21. The win pushed Union Grove to .500 in the SLC for at 7-7. The girls are 9-13 overall. […]