By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With a 197-201 win over Burlington Aug. 30, the Union Grove High School girls’ golf team improved to 2-1-1 in the Southern Lakes Conference. “We didn’t play overall very well,” head coach Eric Swanson said. “Paige (Murdoch) had a nice round, but otherwise we struggled.” […]
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Waterford golfers get third SLC win
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although the team did not play up to its potential, the Waterford High School girls golf team earned its third Southern Lakes Conference victory Tuesday. The Wolverines defeated Burlington 206-210 at Rivermoor Golf Club to improve to 3-0-1 in the SLC. “A win is a […]
Demon runners take fourth at Blackshirt Challenge
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A solid performance by the Burlington High School cross country runners led to a fourth-place finish for both squads at the 11-team Blackshirt Challenge held Saturday at Waukesha’s Minooka Park. “Both teams ran well,” head coach Rick Koceja said. “It was a good team performance. […]
Lady ’Toppers tie for third at D.C. Everest
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Catholic Central High School volleyball team is seeing no shortage of Division 1 teams in its early-season tournaments. For the second week in a row, the Lady ’Toppers took to the road, this time traveling to Schofield and D.C. Everest to finish tied for […]
BHS dominates at Muskego
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Chalk up another early-season tournament win for the Burlington girls volleyball team. The Demons pretty much dominated at the Muskego Invite Saturday, not letting any opponent closer than six points in the final tally en route to the title. BHS is currently 19-0 on the […]
Promising talent emerges from Rebel invite
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In one of the largest and most competitive cross country events in the state, the Waterford High School girls and boys teams finished eighth and 15th, respectively. The event, the Racine Horlick Rebel Invitational, has 20 or more teams in each the girls and boys […]
Buoy Busters: Who you gonna call? Call 534-5166
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Rewards for $1,000 are being offered for information about anyone intentionally damaging expensive channel buoys in the Fox River and Tichigan Lake in Waterford. So far this year, 17 lights atop channel buoys have been hit and smashed off, at a replacement cost of $162 each. […]
District poised to approve new kindergarten teachers
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer If you walked into a kindergarten classroom in the Burlington Area School District Tuesday – or for that matter, Wednesday or Thursday – you were probably wondering what the fuss was about in terms of class sizes. After all, for those first three days, there […]
Friday Night Football – Wolverines edge out Demons
One mistake was all the Waterford Wolverines needed to beat the Burlington High School football team. After picking off the Wolverines on fourth down and returning it deep into Waterford territory, the Demons got picked off in return, and Waterford returned the interception for a touchdown – and the 21-13 […]
BHS boys finally win at Kettle Moraine
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor A week ago, Burlington High School boys volleyball coach Tim Gesteland was saying this might be his best team ever. If early-season results are any indication, he had a point. The Demons won the Kettle Moraine Invite Saturday for the first time ever, defeating Kettle […]