By Bud Milroy Sports correspondent The Catholic Central High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Kenosha Christian Life Friday, dropping a 68-59 contest to the hot-shooting Eagles. “We knew they could score,” said CCHS coach Jeff Behrens. “But they were lights out.” KCL took the opening tipoff and posted a […]
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Hilltoppers split pair of weekend games
By Bud Milroy Sports correspondent The Catholic Central High School boys’ basketball played a pair of games in two days last week, beating Kenosha Reuther Friday 63-52 before losing in double overtime to Kenosha Christian Life Saturday. Both were home games for the Hilltoppers, with CCHS picking up a non-conference […]
Demons pull away for victory
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor For one quarter of Dec. 8’s Southern Lakes Conference boys’ basketball game between Waterford and Burlington, it looked like it could be another night of sputtering offense for the Demons. In fact, through eight minutes, the Demons scored just four points – and the only […]
BBW gymnasts rout field at Emerald Classic
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor Things didn’t exactly go to plan Saturday for the Burlington/Badger/Wilmot gymnastics team at the Emerald Invite in Waterford. “Our plan going into beam was to kind of get off to a good start,” said Biedrzycki. “Well, that didn’t happen.” Biedrzycki was referring to counting three […]
BHS grapplers down Badger
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A win over Lake Geneva Badger Thursday means the Burlington High School wrestling team has defeated two of the three teams head coach Jade Gribble felt were contenders for a conference title prior to the start of the season. The Demon grapplers defeated Delavan-Darien 56-15 […]
Elkhorn girls run past Demons for 74-58 win
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Burlington head girls basketball coach Gordon Nikolic said his team is scoring enough points offensively to win games. The problem is, his team’s defense simply is not doing its job. That was glaringly obvious in a 74-58 loss to Elkhorn Friday in the opening Southern […]
Swim team wins six events in 86-76 loss
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although they won six of the 11 events, the Burlington High School co-op boys swim team was unable to overcome the depth of the Delavan-Darien squad in an 86-76 loss Tuesday at the Burlington Wellness Center. The difference in the meet was the 400-yard freestyle […]
Standouts for the week of Dec. 16, 2011
Male Athlete of the Week Dexter Spieker, Burlington High School boys’ basketball: Needing an offense spark after scoring just four points in the opening quarter against Waterford last week, Spieker proved capable of providing that for Burlington. The 6-1 senior guard knocked down three three-pointers as BHS went on a […]
Friday sports update: Union Grove wins on free throw
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor Union Grove’s Lindsay Johnson hit a 3-pointer late in the game Thursday night against Westosha Central, and then hit a free throw after being fouled to give the Broncos a 49-48 victory. Those four points were the only points Johnson scored in the game, […]
Shoplifting suspect hit with drug charges
By Patricia Bogumil Interim editor A shopping trip to Sentry Food in Mount Pleasant resulted in the arrest of a 23-year-old Union Grove woman for multiple charges. Michelle L. Blaser, 14808 Washington Avenue, Union Grove, is charged as a repeat offender with felony posession of cocaine, misdemeanor retail theft and […]
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