STOUGHTON — It’s never a good sign when your starting point guard enters the court on crutches.
That was the situation when Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team played its first road game of the season at Stoughton on Dec. 3 with senior Ben German sidelined with an ankle injury.
Wisconsin Heights boys basketball coach Zack Colby was the first to admit his team had just as many questions as answers when the new season began.
Not anymore.
The Vanguards — who returned just one starter from a year ago — raced from the gates with a pair of impressive wins last week.
MADISON – It was simply no contest.
Sauk Prairie roared out to a 10-point lead and eventually ended the game with a running clock in a 56-18 rout of host Madison West in a non-conference prep girls’ basketball game last Saturday night.
They battled.
They fought.
In the end, though, the hole was simple too big to escape.
Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team dug itself a 15-point halftime deficit on Nov. 26, rallied back, but eventually fell to host Lakeside Lutheran, 47-41.
Wisconsin Heights’ girls volleyball team enjoyed a terrific year, finishing in second place in the Southern Capitol Conference and reaching a WIAA Division 4 regional final.
Not surprisingly, the Vanguards were justly rewarded when it came time for all-conference honors.
Sauk Prairie’s boys basketball team displayed a lot of resiliency after falling into a huge hole in its season-opener last Saturday afternoon.
But an early 22-point deficit proved to be too much to overcome.
There is a new leader inside Sauk Prairie’s wrestling program for the second year in a row.
But it is a familiar face in former Sauk Prairie assistant coach Matt Gaffney, who has waited 11 years for his dream job.
Wisconsin Heights’ girls basketball team split its first two games of the season last week.
The Vanguards defeated Pardeeville, 57-27, last Tuesday. Defending WIAA Division 5 state champs Black Hawk then downed the Vanguards, 76-37, last Friday.
