Sports

The Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld boys cross country team finished in 12th place at the 16-team WIAA Division 2 Deerfield/Cambridge Sectional last Saturday. The Vanguards’ girls were 14th out of 16 teams.

They made strides throughout the year.

And with a terrific nucleus expected back in 2025, Wisconsin Heights’ girls volleyball team could make even greater gains next season.

Otis Andres (11) and Sauk Prairie’s boys soccer team won a WIAA Division 2 regional last weekend and are now just two steps away from a state tournament berth.

Sauk Prairie’s girls swimming and diving team defeated Portage/Poynette, 97-56, in its final Badger Small Conference dual meet of the season.

The Eagles ended their dual meet season with an overall record of 3-6 and a Badger Small Conference record of 3-5. 

Andy Sherman was pulled in two different directions.

And that made life trickier than usual for Sauk Prairie’s cross country coach last weekend.

The Eagles’ teams competed in two different divisions — and in two different sectionals — for the first time in school history.

In 1785 Robert Burns wrote “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

Today, that saying still holds true.

Just ask Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team.

MOUNT HOREB —Heralded with a pep rally at school, memorialized with sweatshirts bearing the milestone achievement, and surrounded by a large traveling party of fans, the Sauk Prairie football team walked onto the field Friday ready to make its mark in its first WIAA playoff game since 2019.

Kirk Caminiti won the Capitol South Conference cross country championship last Saturday and almost carried his Vanguards team to a title, as well.

Caminiti won the individual championship, completing the 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 24.3 seconds. That was 27 seconds faster than runner-up Ayden Wilkins of New Glarus/Monticello.

Bring on the postseason.

The Wisconsin Heights girls volleyball team received a No. 8 seed in their WIAA Division 4 sectional and hosted ninth-seeded Iowa-Grant in a regional quarterfinal on Tuesday.

They’ve gotten better every game, every week.

And now, they hope to make some postseason noise.

Sauk Prairie’s boys soccer team finished the regular season with a 5-0 dismantling of Mount Horeb and head to the playoffs with some momentum.