By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Despite having just three upperclassmen on his roster, Union Grove girls soccer coach Sean Jung is as optimistic as ever for his team’s prospects this season. Jung’s team had eight freshmen on the roster last sea-son that accounted for more than half of the […]
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SLN ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Mukwonago’s Hau, Williams, Klug lead second annual squad
SLN All-Area Boys Basketball First team spans four counties By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] They say variety is the spice of life. After having several clear-cut favorites for Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area Girls Basketball player of the year last week, the choice was a bit more difficult on the […]
GIRLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Union Grove’s Shiffler out-worked everyone on way to top
SLN GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent You don’t get better by simply doing the same thing. That’s been Union Grove senior Janelle Shiffler’s philosophy the past four seasons as a varsity basketball player. Her unsurpassed dedication to improving helped her go from scoring […]
SLN ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL: Shiffler edges Smith-Traore, Beyer for top player
2017 Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area Girls Basketball Second annual SLN team features 15 teams, unique first team By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Throw convention out the window. This isn’t your mom and dad’s All-Area team. A passion for the unusual and an overall unwillingness to leave out deserving stars […]
Siegler, Shiffler earn conference athlete of the year nods
Southern Lakes names all-conference teams BOYS BASKETBALL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Tre’ Williams, senior, Westosha Central FIRST TEAM: Williams, Westosha Central; Nick Klug, junior, Burlington; Alex Easterday, senior, Elkhorn; Latrell Glass, junior, Wilmot; Jack Pettit, junior, Union Grove. SECOND TEAM: Luke Geiger, senior, Burlington; Ross Ingersoll, senior, Elkhorn; Matthew […]
Grove boys step up late in season
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Union Grove boys basketball coach Dave Pettit perfected his improvisation skills this season. Plagued by injuries and an undersized frontline, Pettit had to adjust lineups, rotations and defenses on the fly to keep the Broncos afloat. The Broncos responded well to the improvisation, finishing […]
Silver lining: Playoff loss doesn’t diminish Union Grove basketball season
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Nobody captured the pain of Union Grove girls basketball team’s WIAA Division 2 Regional final loss to Milton like coach Rob Domagalski. The veteran coach said the loss was like a train hitting a wall at 100 miles per hour. The Broncos came into […]
Two Union Grove starters banged up as playoffs begin
Will injuries to Ross, Pettit affect surging Broncos? By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent The timing couldn’t be any worse. After putting together a five-game winning streak on the eve of the playoffs, the Union Grove boys basketball team suffered a pair of injuries to starters Jacob Ross and Dave […]
BBW ends season strong at sectionals
Sectional performance solid overall, but not enough for state By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Burlington/Badger/Wilmot gymnastics head coach Andrea Chart knew the likelihood of any of her girls advancing to this weekend’s state tournament was slim. But by the final rotation Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Mukwonago Sectional, a few […]
Milton shocks Union Grove in regional final
Bull’s 30 not enough to save top-seeded Broncos By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent By its own admission, the Milton High girls basketball team has not been a good shooting team. Judging by the stunned looks on the faces of the Union Grove girls basketball team, the Red Hawks may […]