Thrilling victories. Magnificent individual performances. Memories to last a lifetime.
These are the norm inside the sports programs at Sauk Prairie High School.
But there was nothing normal about 2020.
The sports world came to a screeching halt on March 12 due to COVID-19. And it wasn’t until August that sports started again at Sauk Prairie.
Sauk Prairie’s girls basketball team won a pair of games last week and improved to 3-1 on the season.
The Eagles defeated River Valley, 59-11, on Dec. 29. Sauk Prairie then downed Baraboo, 60-40, on Dec. 30.
Weston had positive moments but not enough to break into the win column as the Silver Eagle girls basketball team suffered losses on the home floor to LaFarge and Kickapoo in recent days.
Weston’s high school boys basketball team has had some players in quarantine for the past couple of weeks so recent games vs. Wauzeka, Cassville, Ithaca and LaFarge have been postponed. It’s now been determined that games this week vs. New Lisbon and Wonewoc-Center on Monday and Tuesday have been cancelled with a Jan. 7 home tilt vs.
The WIAA released a football only realignment proposal under consideration for the two-year cycle of the 2022-2023 seasons last month that would alter the look and composition of 21 separate conferences even though only 11 schools have their request currently under consideration.
The Reedsburg Beavers had not played a varsity girls basketball team since Dec. 10 entering last week due to COVID-19 issues at other schools and inclement weather but finally, Coach Mark Simon’s crew got to take the floor for the first time in 19 days last Tuesday at Watertown.
Lincoln Manning, right, eyes up his opponent for the Ithaca/Weston wrestling co-op in a dual meet last week at New Lisbon. Manning won his 145-pound match with a first period pin as Ithaca/Weston rolled to a 60-23 dual meet win. (Photo from Lisa Clary)
After seven individual wins and 3 forfeit wins, Ithaca/Weston picked up another dual meet on the wrestling mat last week, 60-23 over New Lisbon in a dual that was recently added to the schedule. A Dec. 30 dual with Richland Center was cancelled.
