Male Athlete of the Week
Chad Redmer, Burlington High School football: Redmer proved to be a huge part of the BHS running attack Friday night as the Demons opened their season against Racine Horlick.
Redmer ran for 122 of BHS’s 160 yards rushing, including a touchdown, as the Demons went on to defeat Horlick 20-13.
It was the second year in a row Burlington defeated Horlick to open the season.
Redmer carried the ball 19 times, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. He also got the ball a number of times on BHS’s final drive, which allowed Burlington to run out the clock and preserve the win after a late score by the Rebels.
Also considered: Carson Meinholz, Catholic Central High School; Nick Jaworski, Union Grove boys soccer.
Female Athlete of the Week
Ciara Capezio, Burlington High School girls volleyball: Capezio did a little bit of everything Saturday in helping the Demons to the tournament title at the Thomas More Joust in Milwaukee.
The tournament, widely considered to be the top pre-season tournament in the state, was won by Burlington for the second straight year.
Capezio finished the tournament with 75 kills, hitting .386 for the tournament. But she also had 3.5 blocks, 37 digs and seven service aces, plus passed at a 2.15 (out of a 3.0 scale) for the tournament.
At the Demon Invite Aug. 22, Capezio had a team-best 29 kills and nine aces, and was second on the team with 16 digs.
Also considered: Megan Tornoe, Union Grove girls tennis; Maggie Smith and Megan Wadsworth, Catholic Central girls volleyball; Kylie Wilks, Union Grove girls volleyball.
College news
Union Grove Union High School graduate Jo Wilks got her college career started in the right way over the weekend, helping Furman to a three wins at the Blue Raider Bash on the campus of Middle Tennessee State.
Wilks was one of three players named to the All-Tournament team, and the only freshman, earning her Southern Conference Freshman of the Week honors.
In a 3-0 win over MTSU, she had 35 assists, and earned a double-double in a 3-2 win over the University of Alabam-Birmingham, with 58 assists and 11 digs.
In a 3-0 win over Texas-San Antonio, she had 34 assists, four kills and no errors.
For the weekend (Furman went 3-1 with a loss to UC Davis), Wilks had 166 assists, nine kills, 29 digs and two blocks.
Wilks is a 2012 graduate of Union Grove Union High School, and the 2012 Southern Lakes Newspapers girls volleyball Player of the Year.
Blue Devils
The Southern Lakes Blue Devils saw their season come to an end Saturday with a 27-6 loss in the American Conference Championship Game in the Ironman Football League on Saturday night at Hart Park to the Wauwatosa Spartans.
The Spartans (9-1) came into the game as the number one seed in the American Conference playoffs, and hosted the number three seed Blue Devils (6-4).
No further game details were available.
Games of the Week
Conference action in the Southern Lakes gets started this week.
Burlington will host Lake Geneva Badger Friday night at 7 p.m., while Waterford will travel to Wilmot for a contest at the same time.
Union Grove, meanwhile, will be at Westosha Central for a 7 p.m. game.
Catholic Central will hit the road for a non-conference game at Ozaukee at 7 p.m. Friday.
Meanwhile, the annual Rebel Cross Country Invite will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Saturday morning. Races begin at 9:45 a.m., and area teams will include Waterford and Union Grove.
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