WIAA D5 girls basketball regional: Catholic Central 54, Sheboygan County Christian 35 By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] And Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent Normally when a team shoots 25 percent, it leads to disaster. The Catholic Central varsity girls basketball team suffered a poor shooting night Tuesday at home in a […]
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High school and community sports from Western Racine County
Local swimmers just miss state meet
Team records personal bests, finishes season strong By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent And Mike Ramczyk [email protected] A lack of entries at the WIAA Division 1 State Swimming & Diving Championships does not change how coach Chad Hinze feels about the Burlington Co-op boys high school swim team. “I honestly […]
Underwear-gate: Bizarre rule keeps local wrestler out of state tournament
Elkhorn’s Heidemann loses match based on multi-colored underwear It’s not every day that you see “#underweargate” come across your Twitter notifications. Especially from a former mayor. But that’s exactly the post I received from former City of Elkhorn mayor Brian Olson Saturday concerning the Elkhorn Area High School wrestling […]
Burlington plays spoiler to Wilmot’s conference title hopes
Lady Demons enter playoffs on five-game win streak By Jason Arndt [email protected] And Mike Ramczyk [email protected] With a second consecutive Southern Lakes Conference title at stake, the Wilmot Union High School girls basketball team had history on its side at Thursday at Burlington, but the outcome was unlike its […]
Burlington dismantles Delavan, keeps pace in SLC race
Burlington one game out of first with one to play By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] DELAVAN – All season, the lethal shooting of Burlington guards Luke Geiger and Nick Klug has been the catalyst of the Demon offense, but the team has been looking for more scoring balance. On Friday […]
Union Grove captures outright conference title thanks to Burlington assist
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] UNION GROVE – The final score said it all. Burlington 46, Wilmot 41. That announcement over the Union Grove High School loud speakers was a belated Valentine’s Day gift from the Demons Friday night that sent the home fans into a cheering frenzy. It was […]
Waterford basketball wins on Senior Night
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Wolverines outscored the Elks by 17 points and won 66-35 at home Monday in a Southern Lakes Conference girls basketball game against Elkhorn. Waterford won 42-32 Feb. 10 at home in a SLC game against Westosha Central and won 59-29 Feb. 7 in […]
ROUNDUP: Catholic Central boys go to OT, Burlington girls keep rolling
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] The Catholic Central boys basketball team found itself in a 55-55 tie at the end of regulation Tuesday night at Racine Lutheran. Playing against a team considerably higher in the Metro Classic Conference standings, the Toppers were outscored 14-8 in overtime and fell 69-63 to […]
Union Grove’s Shiffler reaches 1,000-point milestone
Union Grove earns No. 1 seed in WIAA playoffs By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent If there ever was a week for the Union Grove girls basketball team to flex its muscle, it was last week. After winning a Southern Lakes Conference showdown with Wilmot, the Broncos extended their winning […]
Waterford wrestling advances to team state for first time since 1997
Waterford 54, Wauwatosa 19 By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Waterford won five of the first six matches by pin and routed Wauwatosa West/East 54-19 Tuesday at Mukwonago in a WIAA Division 1 Team Sectional dual meet. Waterford advances to the WIAA Division 1 State Team Tournament March 3 & […]