In the last three years, the city of Burlington has seen four state volleyball champions, five state volleyball appearances and a whopping nine volleyball sectional finals trips. Right now, when people think of high school sports in Burlington, they think of volleyball. Both the Burlington and […]
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State volleyball unforgettable thanks to East Troy, Menomonee Falls, Westosha Central
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor There’s just something about the Resch Center in Green Bay – and the state girls volleyball tournament. Sometimes, the favorites win, and other times they fall short. There’s always great volleyball, though, and there is nothing that matches the emotions and the insanity […]
Catholic Central, Waterford football seeking sweet revenge, Big Foot back home
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor As a player, any time you lose a game, you remember the team that did it to you. Green Bay Packers fans will assuredly never forget what the Chicago Bears did to quarterback Aaron Rodgers Monday night. And the fact that the Bears […]
PREDICTIONS: Waterford, Catholic Central enjoy home cooking tonight
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The two teams paired up in this Division 2 playoff opener Oct. 25 came from opposite ends of the spectrum. The second-seeded Wolverines, co-champions of the Southern Lakes Conference, had won their last six games and were one of the hottest teams in the […]
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PREVIEW: Toppers thinking upset, Waterford, Wilmot bank on defense
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Football weekend has certainly stirred up some emotions among area coaches, fans and players. One coach mocked by prediction that his team would lose and then taunted my poor decision when his team won and I was wrong. Players have blasted me on Twitter for […]
Not your brother’s Bulldogs: Bay enjoys best season in 11 years
Flash back to 2002. The Williams Bay football team won six games, qualified for the WIAA playoffs, and life was good in the village if you were a fan of Bulldogs football. Playing in the Indian Trails Conference, the Bay had a comparable enrollment to schools like Ethan Allen […]
Heiligenthal, tennis girls highlight athletes of the week
Male Athlete of the Week Ben Heiligenthal, Catholic Central The sophomore gunslinger was masterful in the two-minute drill Friday night. In less than a minute, Heiligenthal led his Toppers down the field 45 yards in two pass plays, culminating with a game-winning touchdown pass to Tyler Burzawa with 2 seconds […]
FOOTBALL WEEKEND: Demons can salvage winning record, 3-way SLC tie likely
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Burlington’s last desperate attempt at a playoff berth turned ugly in a hurry Friday night. Wilmot set the tone with a five-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the first quarter, and the turnover nightmare began. The Demons finished with four turnovers and missed […]
Hey parents: High school sports aren’t life and death
Last week’s fiasco is yet another reason why people in general need to take a chill pill when investing too much into high school. The average person lives, what, 80 years? High school is only four of those. A blip on the map. A whopping 5 percent. But some […]
Play my kid or else: Parent pressures coach during ‘out of control’ meeting
What started as a concerning e-mail escalated into an extremely heated meeting and has become a full-blown fiasco. Walworth Big Foot head football coach Rodney Wedig couldn’t believe what happened Monday at Big Foot High School, and he isn’t sure if it’s going away anytime soon. The highly-respected Wedig, whose […]
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