By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor It was not a good night Tuesday in Mukwonago for the Waterford Union High School boys and girls basketball teams. The Wolverines played a girls/boys doubleheader versus the Indians and dropped both contests. The girls went first and dropped a 60-46 decision to Mukwonago, and […]
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Wolverine gymnastics team nearly doubles
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With their leading gymnast from last season no longer at Waterford High School due to a move, the Wolverine gymnastics squad will have to look elsewhere for its leading scorers. Still, the team has 17 gymnasts out for the team – nearly doubling the number […]
New season will be learning curve for Lady ’Toppers
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent For Catholic Central High School girls basketball coach Jeff Behrens, the 2012-13 season will be a work in progress. “We’re a very young team with just three returning lettermen, so I expect that we’ll struggle early in the season,” said Behrens. “But I’ve seen a […]
Young Hilltoppers hope to make strides forward
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent It’s a young Catholic Central High School boys basketball team this year – and head coach Eric Henderson expects that to be a little bit of a problem early on. “Honestly, we’ll take a few lumps early as the season starts out, but I believe […]
BHS boys start strong
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor While the Burlington High School boys basketball team may still be figuring out where all the pieces of the puzzle go, those pieces showed they could score Tuesday night in the season opener. The Demons scored more than 20 points in two of the four […]
Young Demon wrestlers hoping for repeat
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Last year, for the first time in school history, the Burlington High School wrestling team went to the WIAA State Tournament. In addition, the Demons had seven individual wrestlers compete at WIAA Individual State. This year, with a very young squad, the task will probably […]
Numbers aside, future bright for gym squad
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor A year ago, the Burlington/Badger/Wilmot gymnastics team took the state by storm, setting a new Division 1 state record and dominating throughout the regular season. But the squad came up short of the state title – maybe the only goal the team didn’t accomplish. That […]
Demon girls drop season opener to Hartford
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Burlington High School girls basketball team kicked off its season at Hartford Tuesday and were dealt a 49-40 loss. “It was a decent start (to our season),” head coach Gordon Nikolic said. The Demon girls led 11-7 in the first quarter, but Hartford scored […]
Burlington boys taking aim at the top again
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Burlington High School boys basketball team is used to making adjustments from season to season. This year, the adjustments just might a little bigger than normal. The Demons lost three of their top four scorers from a team that went 17-8 and reached the […]
Co-op boys team more than doubles in size
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT There is a new excitement this winter for the Burlington co-op boys swim team. That is because a total of 26 athletes are out for the squad this season. The boys are all from either Burlington or Waterford high schools. “We more than doubled our […]