By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Even though the team lost a Southern Lakes Conference meet to Whitewater, the Waterford High School gymnastics squad had its highest score of the season Jan. 8. The Wolverine girls tallied 117.95 points, with Whitewater scoring 126.20 points. Sam Dziak had a solid day, winning […]
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Bronco grapplers seventh at Badger Invite
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With a number of the wrestlers competing in a junior varsity tournament, the Union Grove High School wrestling squad finished seventh out of 10 schools at the Badger Invitational held in Lake Geneva Saturday. The Bronco boys tallied 78 points at thee event won by […]
Demon girls get second win
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Burlington High School girls basketball team got its second win of the season by defeating Kenosha Bradford 51-36 at Bradford Tuesday. In the non-conference win, Burlington had to overcome an early deficit to get the victory. With the win, the Demon girls are now […]
CCHS girls run out of gas against Martin Luther
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent Coming off a week of four games in seven days, the Catholic Central High School girls basketball team returned home Tuesday night and dropped a close 41-36 to Metro Classic Conference Martin Luther. “Overall, we played pretty well,” said CCHS coach Jeff Behrens. “Our defense […]
BHS grapplers third at Freedom
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In a field featuring six ranked or honorable mention teams, the Burlington High School wrestling squad placed third at the Freedom Irish Invitational Saturday. “I think that’s right about where we needed to be, although I didn’t think we had a great day,” head coach […]
Standouts for the week of Jan. 18, 2013
Male Athlete of the Week Brody Fitzpatrick, Burlington High School wrestling: One of the highlights Saturday for the BHS wrestling team at the Freedom Invite was Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick pinned Frank Frasseto of Oshkosh West. That win was Fitzpatrick’s 100th of his high school career. He is now 102-20 overall (26-4 […]
Bronco grapplers go 4-3 in duals over last week
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Taking on one of the top teams in the Southern Lakes Conference, the Union Grove High School wrestling squad found the going tough in a 68-7 loss to at home to Lake Geneva Badger Tuesday. Junior Tony Beck, at 285 pounds, and freshman Brett Kieslich, […]
Wolverines score close dual win over Broncos
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It was a dual that could have gone either way, but the Waterford High School wrestling team got two big wins in close matches, and came away with a 42-34 victory over Union Grove Jan. 3 at Union Grove. The two big victories came at […]
Bronco boys drop a pair
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT After one quarter at West Allis Hale Tuesday, things were looking pretty good for the Union Grove High School boys basketball team. That all changed in the second and third quarters, as Hale outscored the Bronco boys 47-23 on their way to a 66-49 defeat […]
Catholic Central boys can only get it half right
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent The struggles of the Catholic Central High School boys basketball team continued into the new year last week, as the Hilltoppers dropped back-to-back home games. On Friday, the Hilltoppers faced off with conference rival Racine Lutheran and fell 58-50, then lost to Faith Christian Saturday […]