Sports

Wisconsin Heights’ girls softball team is off to an 0-3 start.

The Vanguards dropped a 15-7 decision to Pecatonica on March 29. Heights then lost a pair of games last Saturday — 14-1 to Dodgeville and 12-0 to Potosi/Cassville.

Sauk Prairie’s girls soccer team split its first two games of the season.

The Eagles rolled past Lodi, 10-1, on April 4. Sauk Prairie then fell to defending WIAA Division 2 state champion Whitefish Bay, 3-0, last Saturday.

Here’s a recap of the Eagles’ first two games.

One of the best-kept secrets for the Sauk Prairie Eagles athletics program over the years has been a sport that Zach Lare developed a passion for, first as a player and now as a first-year head coach.

Beginning this spring, lacrosse joins the family of WIAA-sponsored sports, one in which Sauk Prairie has been a trailblazer of sorts. 

There are eight returnees.

Eight newcomers — including seven freshmen — have joined the fun.

And that combination has Sauk Prairie boys tennis coach Morgan Lee awfully excited about the season that awaits.

Twelve months ago, Sauk Prairie’s boys golf team was one of the youngest and most inexperienced in the area.

The Eagles took some lumps early, but made impressive strides and were playing their best golf by the end of the year.

Now, the Eagles’ growing pains from last spring could pay off with a memorable 2024.

Editor’s Note: The Badger Small Conference preview was compiled by Wissports.net.

2023 RECAP: Last season, the Badger Conference was constructed with East and West divisions as opposed to the newly minted Large and Small for this year. 

Seniors Ava Andres, Ellery and Erelyn Apel and Mikayla Paukner made their varsity soccer debuts back in 2021.

Three years later, Sauk Prairie’s ‘Fab Four’ are aiming to finish their prep soccer careers the way they began them — battling for the Eagles’ first state soccer championship.

Most successful sports programs often credit a positive family atmosphere for their success.

The 1979 World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates even used the hit song “We Are Family” by the pop group Sister Sledge as their official theme song. 

Just as Major League baseball teams are wrapping up spring training, the Sauk Prairie Eagles will be heading south for hopefully some spring training work of their own. 

Editor’s Note: The Badger Conference preview was compiled by Wissports.net.