Sports

MADISON — It has been a remarkable four-year run for the seniors on Sauk Prairie’s boys cross country team.

Jakob Wilson and the rest of the seniors on Sauk Prairie’s boys soccer team made sure their final game on the home pitch would be a memorable one last Saturday evening. The Eagles spent the day having lunch together and hanging out at the school in anticipation of securing a regional championship and extending their season at least one more week.

Year one was a blast. Year two could even better.

This outcome never crossed their collective minds. Such a conclusion was never considered. And why would it be? Wisconsin Heights’ girls volleyball team, the No. 2 seed in their sectional, hosted third-seeded River Ridge in a WIAA Division 3 regional final last Saturday. But River Ridge stunned the Vanguards with a 19-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-23 win.

Sauk Prairie made numerous treks to the awards podium at the Platteville Invitational last Saturday. But the Eagles saved their best award for last when they walked away with the championship of the nine-team meet despite not recording a single-first-place individual or relay finish.

BEAVER DAM — Well, it’s official: the Eagles have landed ... in the WIAA playoffs, for the first time since 2007. Needing a win to guarantee themselves a spot in the postseason, Sauk Prairie’s football team went to Beaver Dam last Friday and left with a resounding 56-22 win in the final game of the regular season.

The 2019 season was a joyride packed with more success than most people saw coming. Things could be even better in 2020. Wisconsin Heights’ football team capped a sensational season last Friday with a 50-6 destruction of Williams Bay. The Vanguards finished the year 7-2 overall and 4-2 in the Great 8 Conference.

DEFOREST – It was a beautiful day for a run on the Don Batty Cross Country Course at the Windsor Sports Complex last Saturday morning. With temperatures in the mid 50’s and partly sunny skies, the Sauk Prairie boys’ couldn’t have chosen a better day to defend their Badger North Conference title.

Kala O’Connell gave the traditional “coach speak.” One game at a time. Not looking ahead, etc., etc. But O’Connell, Wisconsin Heights’ girls’ volleyball coach, has a good feeling about her Vanguards.

When the going gets tough, as the adage goes, the tough get going. Senior forward and co-captain Evan Carlson capped a perfect week for Sauk Prairie with a pair of game-winning goals as the Eagles won the outright Badger North Conference boys’ soccer championship.