By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent If you wait until school starts to catch Waterford Union High School football you will miss some of the better games of the early season. The Wolverines start school on Sept. 5 – the day after Labor Day. By then, Waterford will have […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Locked and reloaded: State qualifier Union Grove returns four golfers
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent With success comes lofty expectations. And the expectations are undoubtedly high for the Union Grove girls golf team after qualifying for the WIAA Division 1 State Golf Championship two straight seasons. But before anyone makes plans to visit Madison in October, Union Grove golf […]
Union Grove shuts down Greenfield
Defense plays lights out, offense sluggish with QB competition By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent To be blunt, the first offensive play of the season for the Union Grove football team couldn’t have been much worse. The Broncos lost a fumble that was recovered by visiting Greenfield near midfield, […]
FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS: Ramczyk picks upset for Burlington, bounce-back for Waterford
Editor’s Note: Since this column was published in the Aug. 24 edition of the Burlington Standard Press, two major developments have shook the local football scene. Burlington star quarterback Nick Klug will miss tonight’s game with a leg injury suffered in Week One, and running back Grant Tully […]
Catholic Central suffers rough start in quest for playoff return
Toppers hoping for return to glory By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Burlington Catholic Central head football coach Tom Aldrich rolled to his left Tuesday afternoon at the St. Mary’s practice field, loaded up and fired a spiral to a crossing Frank Koehnke. “I didn’t even get a chance to […]
Youth movement: Klug, Tully lead junior-heavy Burlington football squad
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] On Tuesday morning, Burlington football coach Steve Tenhagen’s pickup truck was parked next to the Burlington High School practice field, like it always is. But this season, it’s more than just a parked vehicle. Erected from the back is a stand with an iPad, […]
Junior Demons baseball tryouts set for Burlington High School
The Junior Demon Baseball team is holding two free tryouts at Burlington High School over the next two weeks. The team, which plays in the Wisconsin Major YBL League, is offering tryouts on either Aug. 9 or 14 for players entering seventh and eighth grades. The tryout will take place […]
‘Soup’ brings the flavor: Burlington’s Campbell earns All-Area player of the year
SLN All-Area Baseball 2017 By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] After a magical 2016 season that saw the Burlington Demons win their first state baseball championship, the pitching outlook was a huge question mark entering this season. Gone was 2016 All-Area Player of the Year Aaron Mutter and Wichita State […]
ALL-AREA BASEBALL: State qualifier Burlington leads SLC-heavy first team
2nd annual squad features players from 15 schools By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Last week’s All-Area Softball squad was dominated by western Kenosha County, with six selections representing Wilmot and Westosha Central high schools. For baseball, the 15-team Southern Lakes Newspapers coverage area saw Burlington return to its second […]
Raising the Hri-bar: Power surge lifts Union Grove slugger to area player of the year
SLN All-Area Player of the Year Hribar hit 17 homers from leadoff spot By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Talk about a transitional year. One season after advancing to the WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinals in Madison, the Union Grove softball squad began its state follow-up with an uphill climb. […]
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