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It wasn’t quite the outcome they wanted in front of their home crowd.

But Wisconsin Heights’ girls volleyball team hope they can build on their performance at their own invite.

The Vanguards went 1-3 at the Heights Invite last Saturday.

Coleman Frost (22) and the Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld boys soccer team tied Watertown Luther Prep, 2-2, on Sept. 20.

This week, the Vanguards hosted Monroe on Monday and traveled to Cambridge/Deerfield Tuesday. Heights/Barneveld is then off until it hosts Lake Mills on Oct. 4 at 6:45 p.m.

Derek Hilden and Sauk Prairie’s football team dropped a 21-0 decision to visiting Stoughton last Friday.

After winning their season-opener, the Eagles have lost five straight games and are now 1-5 overall and 0-4 in the Badger Small Conference.

It was an up and down week for Sauk Prairie boys soccer team.

The Eagles dropped a 3-1 decision at Baraboo on Sept. 20. Sauk Prairie blanked host Monroe, 2-0, on Sept. 22, then the Eagles fell at Middleton, 4-0, last Saturday.

Here’s a recap of Sauk Prairie’s week:

Sauk Prairie’s girls volleyball team remains ranked No. 2 in the latest Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association Division 2 poll.

And the Eagles show no signs of slowing down.

In a relatively quiet week, Sauk Prairie made plenty of noise going to Baraboo and routing the host Thunderbirds, 25-6, 25-14, 25-14, on Sept. 22.

Sauk Prairie’s girls swimming and diving team defeated Portage, 125-30, on Sept. 20.

The Eagles’ 200-meter medley relay team of Riley Talmage, Kaylee Oleson, Carly Coy and Ally Saladis was first, while the quartet of Ava Flanagan, Savannah Acker, Carly Schroeder and Kaya Howard was second.

The postseason is right around the corner.

And Sauk Prairie’s girls cross country team has picked the perfect time to be running its best.

The Eagles won the Thunderbird Challenge in Baraboo on Sept. 20. Sauk Prairie then came back and finished second at the Reedsburg Invite last Saturday.

 Sauk Prairie’s girls tennis team finished in sixth place at the Badger Conference Tournament held Sept. 23-24 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. 

The Eagles’ solid finish allowed them to place third in the Badger West Conference behind Madison Edgewood and Oregon.

Wisconsin Heights football coach Cam Brown is a young, first-year boss.

He shouldn’t be keeping Rolaids in business just yet.

But there’s no doubt, Brown was reaching for antacid tablets plenty last Saturday.

The WIAA boys and girls state hockey tournaments are moving to Middleton.

The WIAA Board of Control approved an Executive Staff recommendation on Sept. 16 to move the tournaments to Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice Arena effective in March, 2023.          

The WIAA and Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice Arena agreed to a two-year term.