Sports

It had been two weeks since Sauk Prairie’s girls swimming team had a meet.

So when the Eagles got back in the pool on Oct. 6, they were ready to roll.

Sauk Prairie won every event and had the top two finishers in 10 of 11 competitions and defeated River Valley/Richland Center, 134-31.

The WIAA Division 1 cross country subsectionals are on Oct. 20. Sectionals will be held Oct. 24.

And it certainly appears that Sauk Prairie is ready.

The Eagles’ boys won the thrilling Baraboo Triangular on Oct. 16. Sauk Prairie finished with 30 points to edge Watertown (31) and host Baraboo (72).

The end result wasn’t what they were hoping for.

But there was improvement, and these days, that’s something for Sauk Prairie’s football team.

Host Watertown toppled Sauk Prairie, 43-16, last Friday. The Eagles fell to 0-3 on the young season.

Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team had one of its toughest weeks of the season. And the Eagles came out of it a perfect 4-0 believing anything and everything is possible this season.

The season ended for Sauk Prairie’s girls tennis team on Oct. 7. 

But those that reached the WIAA Division 1 Oconomowoc Sectional showed grit, determination and in some cases, remarkable promise for the future.

Eagles aim for first trip to state since ‘96

It’s been 24 years since Sauk Prairie’s boys soccer team reached the state tournament.

But perhaps this will be the year the Eagles’ drought ends.

Sauk Prairie’s boys soccer team has a chance to do great things this fall.

For that to happen, though, the Eagles must clean up their play in the final moments of games.

Clay Iverson knows there will be good times and bad.

So, when the latter come — like they have to start the 2020 season — Sauk Prairie’s football coach understands the importance of steadiness and dependability.

There’s a standard that’s been set inside Sauk Prairie’s boys cross country program.

One of excellence and high quality.

Sophomore Jack Boerger and the 2020 Eagles are living up to that — and then some.

By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations; Dave Anderson, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association; Adam Jacobi, Executive Director of the Wisconsin High School Forensics Association; and Laurie Fellenz, Executive Director of the Wisconsin School Music