Category: Sports

  • Softball: Central sweeps Badger behind freshman Lampos

    By Jason Arndt Editor Meghan Lampos continued her stellar freshman campaign with another dazzling pitching performance for the Westosha Central softball team in an April 29 defeat of visiting Lake Geneva Badger. Lampos, who struck out 10 and walked just two Badger hitters, allowed one earned run on four hits to help the Falcons secure…

  • Girls soccer: Central produces consecutive shutouts

    The Falcons bounced back in a big way last week after they experienced their first Southern Lakes Conference loss of the season. Westosha Central, which fell 3-2 in a tightly contested meeting with Elkhorn on April 26, responded by outscoring opponents 20-0 in the next four girls soccer contests to bring its record to 10-2-1…

  • Baseball: Falcons continue flourishing start with sweep of Burlington

    Central on six-game winning streak through May 2 By Jason Arndt Editor For many years, Burlington nearly always seemed to have the upper hand in its baseball meetings with Westosha Central, winning six of eight regular season contests since 2016. But the trends changed last week, when the Falcons, not once, but twice, rallied from…

  • WIAA boys basketball: Falcons claim sectional title, punches ticket to state

    By Jason Arndt Editor The Falcons not only captured a WIAA Division 2 sectional championship and clinched a spot at the State Tournament for the second time in program history. They did it convincingly on March 12, when the Westosha Central boys basketball team routed Oregon at Watertown High School, courtesy of an offensive outburst…

  • WIAA boys basketball: Falcons outlast West to claim regional title

    By Jason Arndt Editor Westosha Central needed two overtimes to put away visiting Waukesha West during a non-conference meeting in late January. However, unlike the first contest, which saw the Falcons defeat the Wolverines 67-63 on Jan. 22, Westosha Central dispatched Waukesha West in regulation on a 53-43 decision March 5 in highly physical WIAA…

  • Girls basketball: Johnson’s scoring barrage breaks her own Wilmot record

    By Jason Arndt Editor McKenna Johnson is only a sophomore on the Wilmot Union High School girls basketball team. However, since her freshman year, the quiet 5-foot-8 point guard has already taken control of the program’s single-game scoring records, including most points scored and 3-pointers made. Johnson’s string of success continued on Feb. 4 at…

  • SLC Wrestling: Panthers claim two individual titles, Falcons send three to championship matches

    The Westosha Central and Wilmot Union high schools didn’t leave Burlington after the Feb. 5 Southern Lakes Conference tournament empty-handed. In the highly competitive meet, where Burlington won with 228 points, the Panthers finished sixth at 137 behind two individual champions while the Falcons notched seventh with 130 after they sent three to title matches.…

  • Girls basketball: Wilmot wins behind McKenna Johnson’s game best

    The Wilmot girls basketball team won its third consecutive contest with a 64-54 defeat of host Waterford on Jan. 14 behind another stellar performance from sophomore McKenna Johnson. McKenna Johnson, who notched multiple school records as a freshman, went 10-for-11 from the free throw line and finished with a game-high 31 points for the Panthers.…

  • Boys basketball: Rose becomes Westosha’s all-time leading scorer

    Senior shooter breaks 33—year-old school record By Jason Arndt Editor Jack Rose needed 23 points to break Westosha Central’s all-time school scoring record set 33 years ago entering a Jan. 14 Southern Lakes Conference meeting with visiting Badger. Considering Rose’s consistency, noted by averaging nearly 20 points per game, the Westosha Central senior had a…

  • Central duo relishes state swim experience

    Thomas collects three medals as Badger Co-op finishes sixth By Jason Arndt Editor Westosha Central sophomore Mackenzie Thomas and junior Zoe McNeill played critical roles for the Badger Co-op swim team in 2021 WIAA State Division 1 Girls Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium. The Co-op swim team, coming…