By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent And Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor ([email protected]) The cold, windy weather that flustered Wisconsin high school sports teams last week didn’t bother Union Grove senior slugger Kallista Hribar. Hribar belted a pair of home runs in two Bronco victories at the Poynette Jamboree Saturday, May […]
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Defensive stalemate keeps Burlington, Union Grove in first-place tie
Defensive struggle pits experience against youth By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Out with the old, in with the new. Not so fast. No, the Burlington girls soccer squad, four-time defending Southern Lakes Conference champion, isn’t going anywhere. That’s the case, for now, but the Union Grove Broncos, albeit young and […]
Union Grove golf repeats as Racine County champs
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent For the second straight year, Union Grove’s boys golf team conquered Racine County. Union Grove repeated as Racine County Invitational champions with a tournament-best 341. That was 11 strokes better than Racine St. Catherine’s, who finished second overall Thursday, May 3 at Rivermoor Golf […]
Burlington baseball still cream of county crop
Demons overcome scare from Union Grove By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Just a couple days after dominating the Racine County Showcase, the Burlington varsity baseball team got a scare from one of its county foes Thursday night at Beaumont Field. Union Grove’s Luke Hansel was throwing hard with a nasty […]
TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Burlington’s Meseberg keeps rolling on links
Zirbel’s complete game sparks Catholic Central baseball By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] At Tuesday’s fourth Southern Lakes Conference Major, Burlington senior Justin Meseberg took advantage of playing on his home course. Utilizing pars on 13 of 18 holes, Meseberg overcame a double bogey on No. 9 by finishing with […]
Union Grove’s Hribar enjoys unforgettable week
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent It’s hard to fathom anyone having a more productive week than Union Grove softball standout Kalista Hribar. The senior slugger went 10-for-12 with four home runs, three doubles, and a triple in three Bronco victories last week. Hribar’s unforgettable week helped turn the Broncos’s […]
McMahon, Farmer lead Union Grove track
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Union Grove senior track and field athletes Riley McMahon and Brendan Farmer got a taste of the WIAA championship in 2016. Now it’s almost an obsession to make a return trip in their final year of high school competition. McMahon and Farmer lead a […]
Swanson has Union Grove golf gunning for top spot
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent If Union Grove boys golf coach Eric Swanson was creating a template for expectations this season, he’d probably pick 2016 as a blueprint. Last year the Broncos finished second in the Southern Lakes Conference race behind champion and WIAA Division 1 State Qualifier Lake […]
Grove gears up for diamond renaissance
Team playing well in early season By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent The freebies are over. That’s the message Union Grove baseball coach Michael Arendt wants to send his opponents this season after a sloppy 2016 campaign that saw the Broncos give opponents too many unearned runs. After four games […]
Longtime assistant coach takes over Union Grove softball
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Less than 12 months ago, the Union Grove girls softball team ended its season just two wins short of a state championship. Now the Broncos find themselves in transition following the graduation of a talented senior class and the retirement of coach Ryan Boylen. Tom […]