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Wisconsin Heights boys basketball standouts De’Shawn Barsness (above) and Devin Brabender (right) were both named all-Capitol South Conference.

Barsness received first-team all-conference honors, while Brabender was named second-team all-conference.

Sauk Prairie football players (from left) Owen Diehl, Isaac Breunig and Ethan Gibbs all signed their letters of intent to play college football last week.

Diehl will be playing at UW-Stout, Breunig will play at UW-Eau Claire and Gibbs signed with UW-Whitewater.

The wait is over.

And Wisconsin Heights girls volleyball coach Kala O’Connell is giddy thinking about what the next six weeks could entail.

Clay Iverson was optimistic things would work themselves out.

Iverson, Sauk Prairie’s football coach in 2019 and 2020 and a Business teacher at the high school, was driving every day from Waukesha. Iverson loved what he did, liked where the football program was headed and hoped to eventually move his family to the community.

Former Wisconsin Heights standout Christian Patzka is currently competing for UW-Whitewater’s track and field team.

In Patzka’s collegiate debut recently, he won the one-mile run with a time of 4 minutes, 14.27 seconds. That time ranks in the top-10 in the country among all Division 3 athletes.

Wisconsin Heights girls basketball standouts Hana King (top) and Kylee Doherty were both named all-Capitol South Conference.

King received second-team all-conference honors, while Doherty was named honorable mention all-conference.

Wisconsin Heights boys basketball coach Zack Colby knew the challenge was immense.

The Vanguards needed to slow down Fennimore’s 6-foot-9 center Adam Larson in their WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal last Friday.

When Heights couldn’t stop Larson, he stopped their season.

A season to remember came down to one final shot for Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team last Friday night.

When a last-second attempt from three-point range for senior guard Tyler Uselman came up short, though, the lights went out on a memorable career for nine Eagles seniors.

Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team — which included skaters from Mount Horeb — enjoyed a memorable season.

But the Eagles’ thrilling campaign ended on Feb. 9.

Sauk Prairie fell to WIAA Division 1 defending state champion Verona, 4-1, in a sectional semifinal game. The Eagles ended the year 12-2.

The Sauk Prairie-Wisconsin Heights boys swimming team finished fourth at the WIAA Division 2 state meet on Feb. 6. 

Clockwise, from top, are some of the Eagles’ top finishes:

• The Eagles’ 200 freestyle relay team finished fourth.