By Jennifer Eisenbart STAFF WRITER Like many club teams that compete around the state of Wisconsin, the Burlington High School bowling squads have to work hard for any publicity they get. Or, as one of the team members so succinctly put it, if they want any attention for their accomplishments, […]
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Live from state gymnastics Saturday!
This is Jennifer Eisenbart, and we will have live updates after each rotation here. Please refresh often, and for more immediate updates, follow JJEisenbart on Twitter. 11:15 a.m. – Burlington Combined gets off to a rocking start on the vault. Everyone landed both vaults, with Molly Benavides topping out with […]
Wolverines’ Nannemann caps career with state title
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT For Cody Nannemann, it was a great way to end a high school wrestling career. Nannemann, who went into the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Championships at the Kohl Center in Madison, as the No. 11-ranked wrestler in the state at 160 pounds, came home with […]
Live blog from WIAA state gymnastics meet Friday night!
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It was another big day for the Burlington Combined gymnastics team. With individual medals on the line Friday night in the WIAA Division 1 state gymnastics meet, BBW did not disappoint, winning or tying for the top spot in all three of the individual events […]
Demons take one on the chin at state team wrestling tournament
Top-ranked Wausau West turns in dominant performance in quarterfinal round The Burlington Demons got off to a slow start and never recovered Friday, winning just one match in a lopsided loss to top-ranked Wausau West in the WIAA Division 1 state team wrestling quarterfinals at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse […]
Wolverine gymnasts headed back to state
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT For the second year in a row, the Waterford High School gymnastics team is headed to the state meet. In addition, the Wolverines have three individual gymnasts who will be competing in specific events. The individual competetion for the State Gymnastics Championships will be held […]
Ryan gains good experience at state
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although he faced some very stiff competition at state, Union Grove High School’s Cole Ryan gained a lot of experience at the WIAA Division 1 Individual State Wrestling Championships last week. Ryan wrestled two matches at state at the 220-pound weight class, one on Feb. […]
Gymnasts headed back to state meet
By Jennifer Eisenbart SPORTS EDITOR All season long, the Burlington Combined gymnastics team hasn’t looked ahead – purposely focusing on the journey rather than the destination of a possible state title. Now, with its second straight WIAA Division 1 team sectional title in its pocket and three individuals headed to […]
Bird wins state title at 120 pounds
For the Bird: BHS freshman wins state wrestling title By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It is not often that a high school freshman wins a state wrestling title. That is just what Burlington High School freshman Josh Bird did, though, at the WIAA Division 1 Individual State Wrestling Championships […]
Standouts for the Week of March 1, 2013
Male Co-Athletes of the Week Josh Bird, Burlington High School boys wrestling: Just a freshman, Bird showed plenty of perseverance at the WIAA Division 1 state wrestling tournament last week. After battling his way through to the finals, Bird faced defending WIAA state champion Robert Lee of Kaukauna. Bird quickly […]
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