Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team dropped a pair of games last week.
Marshall defeated the Vanguards, 54-52, on Feb. 4. New Glarus also downed Heights, 77-65, last Friday.
The last chance for the Sauk Prairie co-op hockey team to earn at least a share of the Badger North Conference title slipped away at the Ice Pond at Waunakee last Thursday night.
The Warriors rallied from a second-period deficit to edge visiting Sauk Prairie, 3-2, and secure the conference championship.
It was a rough week for Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team.
And with the regular season nearing the end, the Vanguards hope to turn things around as soon as possible.
Heights lost at Cambridge, 59-55, last Thursday. The Vanguards then dropped a 46-41 decision to Cuba City last Saturday at Just A Game Field House in Wisconsin Dells.
It was the best of times and the worst of times for Sauk Prairie’s girls basketball team last week.
Junior guard Naomi Breunig scored a career-best 28 points, and the host Sauk Prairie Eagles used a smothering defense to pound Portage 59-21 in a Badger North Conference game on Feb. 4.
Before a full-house on ‘Rock the Gym’ night, Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team proved its mettle, having to put in a little overtime to get the job done.
Junior forward/guard Brandt Wilson finished with a game-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and senior swing man Trevor Spray added 12 points and 17 rebounds.
It was business as usual for the Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights boys swimming team last week, as the Eagles won another Northern Badger Conference title.
It wasn’t easy.
Far from it.
But Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team notched a huge road win last Thursday. The Vanguards went to Belleville and escaped with an 80-77 victory.
The Vanguards put four players in double figures, led by Everett Buol’s 18. De’Shawn Barsness added 17, Cole Cribbs had 13 and Rhead Jacobus had 11.
Senior forward Riley Jelinek and Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team were looking for some revenge when Beaver Dam’s co-op team arrived for a Badger North Conference rematch at the Sauk Prairie Area Recreation Center Ice Arena.
With the added incentive of a shot at the conference title still within reach, the Eagles delivered in prime time.
Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team got off to a strong start against Badger North Conference leading Waunakee in a rematch on Jan. 28.
But Waunakee used a late first-half flurry to take control and then relied on its superior depth to eventually pull away for a 69-46 victory over Sauk Prairie.
It was a tough week for Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team.
The Vanguards lost at Marshall, 61-49, last Tuesday. New Glarus then came to Heights and defeated the Vanguards, 52-39, last Friday.
Heights is now 7-9 overall and 3-3 in the Southern Capitol Conference.
