Sports

The ball hung in the air for what felt like forever. And Wisconsin Heights boys basketball coach Zack Colby and the Vanguards held their collective breath. Heights led host Barneveld, 62-61, in the final seconds last Thursday. And the Eagles got a terrific look at a potential game-winning shot.

At the beginning of the season, Jan. 9 was just another day on the calendar, which included a scheduled Badger North Conference boys basketball game between Baraboo and host Sauk Prairie. But recent events made it far more than that.

Following a two-week holiday break, the Sauk Prairie co-op hockey team got off to a slow start last Friday night. Seniors Camden Desroches and Riley Jelinek each recorded a hat trick, though, to rally the Eagles to an 8-2 victory over visiting McFarland in a non-conference game at the Sauk Prairie Area Recreation Center Ice Arena.

Junior guard Naomi Breunig scored a team-high 13 points, but the Eagles lost a Badger North Conference game to the host Beaver Dam Golden Beavers 80-44 last Friday night. The Golden Beavers came out on fire, sprinting out to an early 17-4 lead and never looked back.

Bring on the Southern Capitol Conference. That’s how Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team must feel following a demanding non-conference schedule.

Parker Breunig knows what it takes to rally the troops. As a starting quarterback on the Sauk Prairie football team, the senior signal caller led the Eagles to their first playoff berth in 12 years.

It was all about quality and not quantity when Sauk Prairie hosted its annual Eagle Invitational last Saturday. Sauk Prairie saved its best for last as seniors Marcus Hankins, Simon Patterson and Austin Rider closed out the final three weight classes of the meet on top off the podium as tournament champions.

Thrilling victories. Magnificent individual performances. Memories to last a lifetime. These are the norm inside the remarkably successful sports programs at Middleton High School. And 2019 was certainly no different. MHS provided area sports fans with a bevy of highlights this past year. Here’s one person’s view of the top-10.  

Sauk Prairie recorded four top-three finishes and placed ninth at the Fondy Cardinal Invite wrestling meet in Fond du Lac last Saturday.

Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team rolled over Poynette, 53-32, last Saturday. The Vanguards also dropped a 67-56 decision to Lodi last Thursday. Heights is now 4-4 overall and has yet to play a conference game.