By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The opening moments of Saturday’s night’s Ironman Football League contest with the Milwaukee Venom didn’t start the way the Southern Lakes Blue Devils had hoped. But the finish was much better – and in the end, that’s all that really counts any way. Milwaukee jumped […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Not much changes when it comes to Land ’O Lakes Southwest Division rivalries – especially when it comes to the Burlington Rotary Barons vs. the Waterford Rivermen. The Rivermen earned their second win over the Barons in a week’s time Sunday, downing the Barons 6-3 […]

  Blue Devils on their way back By Dan Trutteschel Sports Correspondent A four-game losing streak to start 2012 put the Southern Lakes Blue Devils football team in a bit of a tough spot. But don’t look now, the Blue Devils are on their way back. For the third straight […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor       As five rings floated slowly to the center of the Olympic Stadium Friday night in England, merging to form the Olympic rings as fireworks streamed from them, the 2012 London Olympics began with fanfare and elegance.       It can be so easy to lose […]

Teams needs to win this weekend to secure berth   By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent The Burlington Rotary Barons continued to battle toward a playoff spot in the Southwest Division of the Land O’ Lake League this week, setting up a make-or-break weekend. The Barons (8-8) complete their regular season […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Kassidy Jo Wilks – AKA Jo Wilks, superstar volleyball player, Division 1 college recruit and a not-too-shabby student – will turn 18 on Aug. 1. She leaves for her full-ride college scholarship four days later and her reporting date at Furman is Aug. 7. She […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Burlington High School’s Neal Miller has been just about everything his coaches could have wanted in high school. Just ask BHS football coach Hans Block. “Neal Miller is one of the finest young people that I have ever had the privilege to work with,” said […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor   As we wind down to the start of the London Olympics – and work our way through the Tour de France – two rather prominent athletes are in the news.       First, U.S. women’s soccer goalie Hope Solo made the news for receiving a […]

Waterford Union High School standout and former University of Wisconsin starter RaeLin D’Alie will return to the area to run a basketball camp Aug. 3-5. D’Alie, who led the Wolverines to a state runner-up finish in 2006 and the Badgers to the NCAA tournament her senior year, will be one […]