Sports

With upcoming Badger North Conference matches against Waunakee and Mount Horeb looming on the schedule, Sauk Prairie’s boys soccer team couldn’t be blamed for peeking ahead. Just don’t mention that to Sauk Prairie coach Drew Kornish and his senior-heavy squad.

It was arguably the busiest week of the season for coach Andy Sherman and Sauk Prairie’s cross country teams. But with the conference meet and postseason rapidly coming into view, the future is looking bright for the Eagles.

The folks at Wisconsin Heights aren’t sure about school records. This much is certain, though: what the Vanguards did last Friday bordered on remarkable. Quarterback Ozur Kepler threw seven touchdown passes, including four to wide receiver Ace Ayers. That remarkable duo helped the Vanguards roll past host Sturgeon Bay, 74-38.

Sauk Prairie’s football team had designs on a happy Homecoming last Friday. Mighty DeForest, ranked eighth in the state in Division 2, had other ideas. Fueled by a 21-point outburst in the third quarter and a 35-point second half, the visiting Norskies pulled away from Sauk Prairie and cruised to a 52-13 win.

Wisconsin Heights’ girls volleyball team has always challenged itself against elite competition in star-studded tournaments. This year has been no different, and last Saturday the Vanguards went to the 17-team Middleton Invite.

The Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld boys soccer team downed Cambridge/Deerfield United, 5-3, on Sept. 17. The Vanguards improved to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the Capitol Conference. The win puts Heights/Barneveld one game behind conference leaders Lodi and Sugar River.

Christian Patzka shined again. But it wasn’t enough to carry the Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld cross country team. The Vanguards finished fifth out of seven teams at the Mount Horeb Invite last Saturday.

WATERTOWN — Different approach, same results summed up the performance of Sauk Prairie’s boys cross country team at the annual Badger Conference Challenge hosted by Watertown on Sept. 17 The Eagles finished second overall and placed first out of eight teams in the Badger North Conference on the Watertown High School course.

When you’re building a program, not everything comes up roses. Amy Schlimgen and Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team discovered that last week. The Eagles dropped an intense, five-set match to Mount Horeb last Thursday. Sauk Prairie then finished in 10th place at the 17-team Middleton Invite last Saturday.

It was Senior Night for Sauk Prairie’s girls tennis team on Sept. 17. And the Eagles celebrated the best way they knew how — with a 7-0 shellacking of visiting Reedsburg. “Overall, I’m proud of the team’s performance,” Eagles coach Heather Slosarek said. “We hope to continue riding this wave.”