By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor For the better part of Friday’s contest between the Burlington and Elkhorn boys’ basketball teams, the Demons were in control. Things changed a little in the second half, but the Demons still comfortably defeated the Elks 47-35. BHS is now 4-2 overall and 4-0 in […]
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Demon grapplers stay undefeated in SLC
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A 48-34 win at Wilmot Thursday kept the Burlington High School wrestling squad undefeated in Southern Lakes Conference duals this season. The boys are now 3-0 in the SLC. Two days later, the Demons competed in the Marty Loy Classic at Fond du Lac where […]
Standouts for the Week of Dec. 23, 2011
Male Athlete of the Week Grayson Catania, Union Grove Union High School boys’ basketeball: With the Broncos hosting Southern Lakes Conference rival Waterford Friday night, there was no question the two 3-1 teams would battle. But Catania turned out to be a huge factor in the victory. With leading scorer […]
Friday night sports – Broncos beat Wolverines
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor Trailing by six points at the half, the Union Grove boys’ basketball team scored 37 second-half points in picking up a 64-58 win over visiting Waterford Friday night. Union Grove improved to 3-1 in the Southern Lakes Conference with the win, a game back […]
Lady ’Toppers come up short against Eagles
By Bud Milroy Sports correspondent The Catholic Central High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Kenosha Christian Life Friday, dropping a 68-59 contest to the hot-shooting Eagles. “We knew they could score,” said CCHS coach Jeff Behrens. “But they were lights out.” KCL took the opening tipoff and posted a […]
Hilltoppers split pair of weekend games
By Bud Milroy Sports correspondent The Catholic Central High School boys’ basketball played a pair of games in two days last week, beating Kenosha Reuther Friday 63-52 before losing in double overtime to Kenosha Christian Life Saturday. Both were home games for the Hilltoppers, with CCHS picking up a non-conference […]
Demons pull away for victory
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor For one quarter of Dec. 8’s Southern Lakes Conference boys’ basketball game between Waterford and Burlington, it looked like it could be another night of sputtering offense for the Demons. In fact, through eight minutes, the Demons scored just four points – and the only […]
BBW gymnasts rout field at Emerald Classic
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor Things didn’t exactly go to plan Saturday for the Burlington/Badger/Wilmot gymnastics team at the Emerald Invite in Waterford. “Our plan going into beam was to kind of get off to a good start,” said Biedrzycki. “Well, that didn’t happen.” Biedrzycki was referring to counting three […]
BHS grapplers down Badger
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A win over Lake Geneva Badger Thursday means the Burlington High School wrestling team has defeated two of the three teams head coach Jade Gribble felt were contenders for a conference title prior to the start of the season. The Demon grapplers defeated Delavan-Darien 56-15 […]
Elkhorn girls run past Demons for 74-58 win
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Burlington head girls basketball coach Gordon Nikolic said his team is scoring enough points offensively to win games. The problem is, his team’s defense simply is not doing its job. That was glaringly obvious in a 74-58 loss to Elkhorn Friday in the opening Southern […]