Sports

First-year head wrestling coach Matt Gaffney has had his share of ups and downs during a rollercoaster season for the Sauk Prairie wrestling team. But there was some light at the end of the tunnel last week after the Eagles swept a pair of Badger North Conference duals following an 0-3 start to the league dual-meet season.

Organizers of the third annual Badger Challenge girls basketball tournament were determined not to let inclement weather interfere with its eight-game schedule last Saturday.

Shoring up its defense was a priority for Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team after an 0-4 start to the season. While it remains a work in progress, Eagles’ coach Sean McGann likes what he has seen the past five weeks.

Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team has played 13 games this season. The Vanguards haven’t won more than two games in a row, or lost more than two straight. Heights continued that up-and-down pattern last week when it dropped a 42-39 decision to visiting Cambridge last Tuesday, then followed that with a 66-55 win at Waterloo last Friday.

Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights moved one step closer to winning its fourth consecutive Badger North Conference boys swimming title with a convincing 126-44 victory over visiting DeForest on Senior Night and Youth Night on Jan. 14.

It was a wild week for Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team. The Vanguards dropped a 64-55 decision to defending WIAA Division 4 state champion New Glarus last Thursday. Heights then rebounded with a thrilling 64-59 double overtime win over Palmyra-Eagle last Saturday. Heights is now 5-5 overall and 0-1 in the Southern Capitol Conference.

The Sauk Prairie co-op hockey team earned a split in a pair of Badger North Conference games last week. Following a 2-0 loss at home against Waunakee on Jan. 7 and a 5-0 victory at the DeForest co-op last Friday, the Eagles aspirations of a conference championship took a major hit.

Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights swimming coach Todd Wuerger likes the progress his squad has been making this season. That was evident in the Eagles’ return to Badger North Conference competition after a five-week break when Sauk Prairie swamped host Baraboo 107-63 in a league dual at Jack Young Middle School on Jan. 7.

Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team split a pair of games last week. The Vanguards defeated New Glarus, 56-52 in their Southern Capitol Conference opener last Thursday. Heights also dropped a 72-48 decision to Dodgeville last Tuesday. Heights improved to 5-6 overall and is 1-0 in the league.

With the third annual Badger Challenge on deck for this week, Sauk Prairie girls’ basketball coach Amber Fiene is looking for her team to rebound from a rough ending to the first half of the Badger North Conference season.