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Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights moved one step closer to winning its fourth consecutive Badger North Conference boys swimming title with a convincing 126-44 victory over visiting DeForest on Senior Night and Youth Night on Jan. 14.

It was a wild week for Wisconsin Heights’ boys basketball team. The Vanguards dropped a 64-55 decision to defending WIAA Division 4 state champion New Glarus last Thursday. Heights then rebounded with a thrilling 64-59 double overtime win over Palmyra-Eagle last Saturday. Heights is now 5-5 overall and 0-1 in the Southern Capitol Conference.

The Sauk Prairie co-op hockey team earned a split in a pair of Badger North Conference games last week. Following a 2-0 loss at home against Waunakee on Jan. 7 and a 5-0 victory at the DeForest co-op last Friday, the Eagles aspirations of a conference championship took a major hit.

Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights swimming coach Todd Wuerger likes the progress his squad has been making this season. That was evident in the Eagles’ return to Badger North Conference competition after a five-week break when Sauk Prairie swamped host Baraboo 107-63 in a league dual at Jack Young Middle School on Jan. 7.

Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team split a pair of games last week. The Vanguards defeated New Glarus, 56-52 in their Southern Capitol Conference opener last Thursday. Heights also dropped a 72-48 decision to Dodgeville last Tuesday. Heights improved to 5-6 overall and is 1-0 in the league.

With the third annual Badger Challenge on deck for this week, Sauk Prairie girls’ basketball coach Amber Fiene is looking for her team to rebound from a rough ending to the first half of the Badger North Conference season.

The ball hung in the air for what felt like forever. And Wisconsin Heights boys basketball coach Zack Colby and the Vanguards held their collective breath. Heights led host Barneveld, 62-61, in the final seconds last Thursday. And the Eagles got a terrific look at a potential game-winning shot.

At the beginning of the season, Jan. 9 was just another day on the calendar, which included a scheduled Badger North Conference boys basketball game between Baraboo and host Sauk Prairie. But recent events made it far more than that.

Following a two-week holiday break, the Sauk Prairie co-op hockey team got off to a slow start last Friday night. Seniors Camden Desroches and Riley Jelinek each recorded a hat trick, though, to rally the Eagles to an 8-2 victory over visiting McFarland in a non-conference game at the Sauk Prairie Area Recreation Center Ice Arena.

Junior guard Naomi Breunig scored a team-high 13 points, but the Eagles lost a Badger North Conference game to the host Beaver Dam Golden Beavers 80-44 last Friday night. The Golden Beavers came out on fire, sprinting out to an early 17-4 lead and never looked back.