By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With five returning letter winners, the Burlington High School boys golf team hopes to be in the mix for the Southern Lakes Conference title this spring. Seniors Tony Stang and Scott Vyhanek, junior Ben Geiger and sophomores Brian Dankle and Josh Ketterhagen will anchor the […]
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Wolverine girls dominate Park invite
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With six victories, and 13 second- to fifth-place finishes, the Waterford High School girls track and field squad easily won the Racine Park Indoor Track Invitational April 2. “We dominated pretty well,” head coach Jerry Glisch said. “It was a great meet.” The Wolverine girls […]
New chairman and supervisor coming on board
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Current plans are to have Waterford Town Supervisor Tom Hincz officially sworn in sometime Monday, April 15, as the new Waterford town chairman. Hincz will replace long-time chairman Robert Langmesser, who is retiring. Aug. 15 is also the date the public is invited to say good-bye […]
Hardballers sweep opening doubleheader
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It was a great way to kick off the spring baseball season for Waterford High School. The Wolverine boys hosted Zion-Benton Saturday in non-conference action and won both games in dramatic fashion. In game one, Waterford rallied from a 4-2 deficit to claim a 6-5 […]
Bronco boys golfers look to building year
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With nearly three-fourths of the boys out for the program underclassmen, the Union Grove High School boys golf team will be hard pressed early on to improve on the team’s eighth-place finish one year ago in the Southern Lakes Conference. Seventeen of the 24 boys […]
BHS, CCHS send reps to indoor state track meet
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although not originally on the sports schedule, six Burlington High School track and field athletes participated in the Wisconsin Track and Field Association’s State Indoor Championships held Saturday at UW-Whitewater. Three members from each of the boys and girls squads participated. For the Demon girls, […]
Calling all vendors
Union Grove farmers market prepares to crop up By Julie Rossman Correspondent With spring (sort of) in the air, the Union Grove farmers market committee is gearing up for another season at Union Grove’s Village Square Park. Now in its third year, the farmers market features vendors selling farm-fresh produce, […]
Jensen bests Graff
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Nearly 100 absentee ballots were still waiting to be returned after polls closed April 2, leaving many supporters of candidates James Graff and Daniel Jensen with their fingers crossed, waiting to see if Jensen’s 26-vote preliminary lead in the Waterford Union High School race would hold […]
BHS graduation rate leaps six points
School has emphasized career readiness along with college prep By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief The four-year graduation rate at Burlington High School improved six percentage points last year, giving the school one of the best rates in the Southern Lakes Conference and putting it well above the state average. […]
Goodrich continues to pace area track girls
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A second-place finish by Cassy Goodrich and a fifth-place finish from Madelyn Schwartz led Union Grove to a 12th-place finish at the Wisconsin Track and Field Association’s State Indoor Championships held Saturday at UW-Whitewater. Goodrich was second in the 400-meter dash, turning in a time […]