By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Seemingly every high school athlete’s goal is to make it to a state championship. But for Union Grove senior tennis player Nico Zeilinger, the importance of making state is a foreign concept. Zeilinger is a foreign-exchange student from Germany who came to Union Grove […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Burlington softball hangs tough with Westosha in regional final loss
By Jason Arndt [email protected] Against No. 1 seed Westosha Central High School, visiting Burlington had a two-run lead after the first inning of Friday’s WIAA Division 1 regional final, but the Falcons capitalized on a jittery Demons team to come away with a 5-3 victory. The No. 9 seeded […]
Waterford sends 10 to state track and field
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Sean Pritchard and Haleigh Reindl each qualified in two events and lead a contingent of 10 Wolverines to the WIAA Division 1 State Track & Field Championships. The state meet is today and Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of UW-La Crosse. The […]
PLAYOFF BASEBALL: Palmquist’s walk-off propels Burlington, Waterford captures first regional title since 2011
Campbell, Krause 3-hit Broncos By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Riley Palmquist and Luke Hansel may have to re-evaluate their friendship after Thursday night. Teammates for the Racine Hitters club baseball squad, Palmquist describes his buddy as a “great guy.” With a WIAA Division 1 regional baseball final between Union Grove […]
Burlington sends Meseberg, Capozzi to sectional golf
By Andrew Horschak Sports Correspondent WIAA Division 1 regional golf tournaments bring out the best in Justin Meseberg. Bolstered by two birdies on his first two holes, the Burlington senior fired a sectional-qualifying score of 2-over par 74 (37-37) and finished as the runner-up in Tuesday’s eight-team event at […]
Reindl, Pritchard, Butscher lead Waterford track to sectionals
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Union High School girls track & field team finished fourth, and the boys finished sixth, May 22 in a WIAA Division 1 regional meet at Waterford. The Wolverines competed in a sectional meet at Mukwonago High School. The first four finishers in […]
Waterford freshman Koszarek moves on to sectionals
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Josh Koszarek shot an 83 and will represent the Waterford Union High School boys golf team May 31 in a WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament at Naga-Waukee Golf Club in Delafield. Koszarek advanced as an individual qualifier out of a Division 1 regional event […]
WIAA PLAYOFFS: Pfeil chooses baseball over golf, 1-hits Catholic Central
Defensive miscues, bad at-bats catch up to Toppers By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Last week, Williams Bay junior Austin Pfeil had a day off from the Bulldogs baseball team and was asked to fill in for the varsity golf squad. In his first varsity golf competition of the season, Pfeil […]
Short game propels Union Grove golf to first sectional since 2007
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent A bad short game is one of the quickest ways to abruptly end a high school golf season. But that wasn’t the case for the Union Grove boys golf team, which side-stepped its short game struggles to qualify for the WIAA Sectionals for the […]
TOPPER TIDBITS: Catholic Central track stars advance to sectionals
By Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent Several Toppers from the boys and girls Catholic Central track and field team have punched their tickets to sectionals on Thursday at Hilbert High School. At the regional meet on Monday, May 22 at Burlington High School, the top four finishers in each event advanced. […]
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