Sports

Sauk Prairie had four wrestlers advance through the WIAA Division 1 Baraboo Regional last Saturday.

The top two finishers in each weight class moved on to this Saturday’s Mukwonago Sectional.

The Wisconsin Heights girls basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in its postseason pod.

Amazingly, the boys basketball postseason is almost here.

And Wisconsin Heights has picked the perfect time to heat up.

The Vanguards notched a pair of wins last week, and in the process, snapped a four-game losing streak.

They were down four starters.

By the end of the game, they were without six players.

But Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team never blinked.

Instead, the Eagles battled, scrapped and pulled out a thrilling 57-52 win over host Portage on Jan. 28. Sauk Prairie improved to 7-3 on the year, while the Warriors fell to 4-12.

It’s been an up and down year for Sauk Prairie’s girls basketball team.

But the Eagles did enough good things to earn the No. 2 seed in their five-team, postseason pod.

Madison Edgewood is the top seed, followed by Sauk Prairie, McFarland, Mount Horeb and Stoughton.

It’s been a magical regular season for Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team.

And now, the Eagles — which include skaters from Mount Horeb — have a chance to make it an unforgettable postseason.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association revised the 2021 Individual and Team Wrestling Tournament Series assignments and procedures recently.

Sauk Prairie will be in the Baraboo Regional that starts Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The rest of the regional will include Middleton, Mount Horeb, Reedsburg, Verona and Waunakee.

Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team, which includes skaters from Mount Horeb, enjoyed another big week, winning two of three games.

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Council of Chancellors has voted unanimously to begin winter sports competition the week of Feb. 1, with all schedules featuring competition against only conference opponents. 

Several former Mount Horeb High School athletes now compete in the WIAC.

Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team dropped a pair of games last week.

New Glarus defeated the Vanguards, 73-61, on Jan. 19. Cambridge then edged Heights, 73-64, on Jan. 22.

Heights fell to 2-5 overall and is 1-3 in the Capitol South Conference.