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It was a rough week for Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team.

But everyone in the program still believes they could be a dangerous outfit when the postseason arrives.

Heights fell to Poynette, 80-76, on Jan. 24. The Vanguards then dropped a 76-51 deci-sion to Cambridge on Jan. 26.

They fought.

They battled.

And they scrapped.

But Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team fell at Belleville, 64-44, on Jan. 27.

The Vanguards slipped to 3-11 overall and 0-5 in the Capitol South Conference.

The Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights boys swimming team finished fourth at the Battle of the Rock Invite at Beloit Memorial last Saturday.

Sauk Prairie’s wrestlers defeated Monroe, 51-27, last Friday. The Eagles also fell to Portage, 57-17, on Jan. 24.

Here’s a look at how Sauk Prairie fared at each weight class.

SAUK PRAIRIE 51, MONOE 27

126: Jonathan Esparza Condon (SP) over Angel Benitez (MON) (Fall 0:52) 

It’s been a year of firsts for Sauk Prairie’s girls gymnastics team.

And the Eagles added another one to the growing list on Jan. 26.

Sauk Prairie defeated Reedsburg for the first time in school history, 131.80-130.875.

Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team rolled to a pair of wins last week.

The Eagles routed Monroe, 8-0, on Jan. 24. Sauk Prairie then toppled the Muskego co-op, 4-1, on Jan. 27.

They trailed by four points at halftime.

They were down 10 with 10 minutes remaining.

Then Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team went bongos.

The Eagles outscored visiting Madison Edgewood, 27-9, down the stretch and posted a big win over the Crusaders, 58-50, on Jan. 26.

A winter storm made travel treacherous, but that wasn’t going to stop senior forward Maggie Hartwig and Sauk Prairie’s girls basketball team last Saturday night.

Hartwig finished with a double-double, posting 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Eagles to a 51-40 victory over host Oregon in a Badger West Conference game.

Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team — which also includes Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Heights and River Valley — split a pair of games last week.

The Eagles toppled visiting Stevens Point Pacelli, 4-2, on Jan. 17. But Madison Edgewood came to town and edged Sauk Prairie, 2-1, on Jan. 19.

They didn’t put up the eye-popping numbers they have in recent meets.

But Sauk Prairie’s girls gymnastics team still did plenty to defeat Monona Grove in a dual meet on Jan. 20.