If you read any kind of headlines on Yahoo News, you should recognize the story I’m about to share.       It certainly turned my head. Invariably, track and field is my favorite sport to cover, mainly because it’s not a huge-ticket event with a lot of egos involved. Mostly, you […]

Two days of sun and great shooting ended up with a familiar winner June 8-9 – Burlington High School. The Southeast Wisconsin Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) High School Trapshooting Conference wrapped up its third season over that weekend with the conference shoot, held at the Waukesha Gun Club. The […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor   The Union Grove and Catholic Central High School softball teams both saw their seasons end Thursday night in the WIAA sectional finals. Union Grove committed four errors against Westosha Central, resulting in three unearned runs in a 4-1 loss to the Falcons in the […]

While area baseball teams saw their seasons end Tuesday in sectional play, two softball teams will be playing in WIAA sectional finals Thursday to decide who makes the trip to state. In Division 1, Union Grove and Westosha Central will travel to Wilmot for a 4:30 p.m. game on the […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor For the last three years, the Catholic Central High School softball team saw its season ending in the regional finals against Racine Lutheran. The Lady Toppers weren’t about to let it happen again Friday. In a game postponed a day because of the weather, the […]

Saturday news for local competitors at the WIAA state track and field meet: 4:25 p.m. – Westosha Central’s Lauren Ineichen wins the girls Division 1 high jump. She cleared 5 feet, 6 inches – one inch ahead of her competitors. Also, Burlington’s Max Shenkenburg was 22nd in the Division 1 […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor   Just how new was Waterford’s Tony Sustachek to the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet? In spite of running a new school record, the senior was ready to leave the field Friday afternoon at the state meet, thinking there was no way […]

The WIAA Division 1 softball bracket was finally announced late last week. Here are the pairings for Tuesday’s first-round games in the Wilmot sectional: Wilmot, No. 1 seed, first-round bye, will play the winner of Janesville Parker (9 seed) vs. Waterf0rd (8 seed). Waterford vs. Janesville Parker, Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. […]

The following are qualifiers to the WIAA state meet from Burlington, Waterford Union, Union Grove Union and Catholic Central High Schools: Burlington, Division 1 Boys Max Shenkenberg, triple jump (seeded fourth) Garrett Riggs, pole vault (seeded 20th) Girls Audra Weis, pole vault (seeded 11th) Megan Hegeman, triple jump (seeded 10th) […]