Sports

The seeding was no surprise, really.

Now, Sauk Prairie’s girls basketball team hopes to pull off a few surprises.

The Eagles — who have enjoyed another quality season — earned the No. 5 seed in their WIAA Division 2 sectional. Sauk Prairie will travel to fourth-seeded Reedsburg for a regional semifinal on Feb. 23.

WAUNAKEE – Senior co-captains Brason Ballweg and Austin Lankey would like to extend their high school wrestling careers to the limit.

That would mean a trip to the Kohl Center in Madison for the annual WIAA Division 1 individual state wrestling tournament.

At first, it appeared that if it wasn’t for bad luck, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights senior co-captain Daniel Klein would have no luck at all.

A collapsed right lung – pneumothorax – cost him most of his junior swimming season and an opportunity to earn his first trip to the state meet.

Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team dropped three of four games last week.

The Vanguards defeated Pardeeville, 46-37, on Jan. 29. Heights then fell to Monroe, 50-41, on Jan. 30, dropped a 77-32 decision to New Glarus on Feb. 1 and lost to Belleville, 66-49, on Feb, 2.

Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team has gone streaking — in the wrong direction.

The Vanguards dropped a pair of games last week and their losing streak has now reached five games.

Heights fell to host Barneveld, 60-37, on Jan. 30. The Vanguards also dropped an 80-51 decision to visiting Belleville last Friday.

Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team rolled past Viroqua, 6-1, on Feb. 1.

The Eagles — who have players from Barneveld, Mount Horeb, River Valley and Wisconsin Heights — improved to 15-8 on the year.

Sauk Prairie’s boys swimming team finished in second place at the six-team Badger Small Conference tournament last Saturday.

McFarland won the team title with 559 points, while the Eagles were second at 405. Baraboo (296), Madison Edgewood (290), Stoughton (277) and Mount Horeb (93) rounded out the six-team field.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control authorized the Tournament Series format to accommodate a fifth division of girls volleyball in 2024 and approved plans for a student leadership program at its January meeting.

It was an up and down week for Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team.

The Eagles fell to Lodi, 61-52, on Jan. 30. Sauk Prairie rebounded with an 80-70 win over McFarland on Feb. 2.

The Eagles then lost to La Crosse Central, 64-51, last Saturday.

Sauk Prairie is now 10-8 on the year and 6-3 in the Badger Small Conference.

It was an up and down week for Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team.

The Eagles fell to Lodi, 61-52, on Jan. 30. Sauk Prairie rebounded with an 80-70 win over McFarland on Feb. 2.

The Eagles then lost to La Crosse Central, 64-51, last Saturday.

Sauk Prairie is now 10-8 on the year and 6-3 in the Badger Small Conference.