By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor When it came down to crunch time this year for the Burlington High School baseball team, coach Scott Staude knew who he would hand the ball to – senior Austin Smith. The result was a pair of playoff gems, a 1-0 win over Racine Horlick […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor For the Union Grove Union High School softball team, there’s nothing like having an ace in the hole. A pitching ace, that is. Any time Alice Fitzpatrick took the mound for the Broncos over the past four years, it became clear her team would have […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor Life has not been kind to the Southern Lakes Blue Devils so far this season. A handful of missed opportunities led to the fourth straight loss for the Blue Devils, this time 14-12 to the Wauwatosa Spartans at Westosha Central High School Saturday. The Blue […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor This weekend will be a big one for Tom Hawkins and the Southern Lakes Blue Devils. Hawkins, who originally founded the Blue Devils in 2006 and who is now co-owner of the Ironman Football League, will be inducted into the Semi-Professional Football Hall of Fame. […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor While most teenagers were enjoying the start of summer vacation last week, four area volleyball players decided to make the most of a trip to Orlando, Florida. Playing at the Walt Disney World Resort, the Wisconsin Juniors 14-1s team – which includes Burlington High School […]

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 […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Can you believe the London Olympics start in just about four weeks?                   Well, OK, that probably depends on whether you go for high levels of excitement over the Olympic Games – and whether you take “can you believe it” literally. But all joking aside, […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Throughout the entire Southern Lakes Conference season, three schools spent most of the time trying to make a case for their claim of being the best – Wilmot, Westosha Central and Union Grove. In the end, all three schools ended up tied on top of […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor In a year where Wilmot narrowly edged out Burlington and Westosha Central for the Southern Lakes Conference baseball crown, the Demons could still claim they had the best of the best players in the conference. Burlington (9-4 in the SLC) finished with three players on […]

In movement, there is beauty.       In sports, it can be present just about everywhere. Certainly, sports that involve dance and music – gymnastics, figure skating, competitive dance – invite you to admire the human form. But when a sport is done properly, every sport is a dance.       Late […]