Sports

Organized sports are starting to return for youth of all ages, though as of September, they are still half as active as they were prior to the pandemic.

For a couple of days, it appeared the end was here.

Sauk Prairie’s football team fell to Madison Edgewood, 16-12, last Friday. That left the Eagles with an 0-7 regular season mark.

This isn’t the way they wanted it to end.

When Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team stepped back, though, and looked at the big picture, the Eagles took tremendous pride in what had been accomplished.

This could be just the beginning.

That’s how Sauk Prairie boys soccer coach Drew Kornish and his Eagles felt as they left Marshfield late Saturday night.

The home crowd was getting antsy.

Head coach Amy Schlimgen was getting a little squeamish herself.

Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team — a heavy favorite in its WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal with Slinger — was in a dogfight last Thursday.

Sure, the win column still reads zero.

But Sauk Prairie football coach Clay Iverson believes he has a team of winners.

Lake Mills defeated the Eagles, 22-13, last Friday as Sauk Prairie fell to 0-6 in this truncated season.

Jack Boerger’s wild and wacky cross country season came to an end Saturday.

And what a ride it was.

Boerger finished in 44th place at the WIAA Division 1 state meet held at Hartland Arrowhead High School. Boerger finished in a time of 16 minutes, 53.1 seconds. West Allis Hale senior Joshua Truchon won the race in 15:18.3.

What a long, strange trip it’s been for Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team.

Junior midfielder Samuel Drescher treasured every moment he spent on the Sauk Prairie Eagles’ home pitch last Saturday afternoon.

The Eagles played this season literally day-to-day and game-to-game due to the uncertainty the COVID-19 pandemic has had on high school sports since last March.

Sauk Prairie’s girls swimming and diving team went out with a bang. And Eagles’ head coach Melani Guentherman couldn’t have been more pleased.