By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Despite struggling on the back nine, the Union Grove girls golf team came away the winner of the Racine County Invite at Ives Grove Golf Course Monday, Sept. 11. The Broncos (371) finished 15 strokes better than second-place Waterford. Racine Park (405) and Burlington (408) […]
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Union Grove soccer cracks state rankings
Soccer boys keep making history By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent The Union Grove boys soccer team is on quite a roll. It took until Thursday night for the Broncos to suffer their first loss, a 7-1 defeat to defending Division 3 state champion Delavan-Darien. But that doesn’t take away […]
Passing the torch: Anderson takes over Union Grove boys volleyball
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent For just the second time in program history, the Union Grove boys volleyball team has a new coach. Jamie Anderson takes over for Dan Dresen, who helped build the now four-year old varsity program. Anderson brings an extensive volleyball coaching resume that includes assistant […]
Lake Geneva Badger spoils Klug’s return, Waterford pummels Wilmot
Badger capitalizes off Burlington mistakes, stays perfect in SLC By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] LAKE GENEVA – The Lake Geneva Badger football team has gotten to a point where it takes a perfect game to beat them. Head coach Matt Hensler’s veer offense, which predicates itself on misdirection, reads and […]
Super sophs: Young core helps Union Grove volleyball start strong
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Sometimes it just takes a year to adapt to varsity sports. Just ask the talented sophomores on the Union Grove girls volleyball team. After taking their lumps in the rugged Southern Lakes Conference last year, the battle-tested sophomores look to lead the way […]
Burlington swimming wins SLC Relays
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent After finishing second each of the past two seasons the Burlington Co-op girls high school swimming team finally grabbed the prize this season at the Southern Lakes Conference relays. BC finished first in four events and won the SLC Relays, which were contested Aug. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]