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Anthony Lange, who missed the last two seasons with knee injuries, had a special evening on Senior Night. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
A week after making the difficult decision that competitive basketball would not be part of his future, Anthony Lange took advantage of one last chance to celebrate what the game has meant to him.
Just more than three months removed from his second reconstructive knee surgery in as many years,...
Oscar Best and the Verona-Mount Horeb boys swimming team finished fourth at the Verona Sectional last Saturday. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
VERONA — This season will mark the end of the Verona-Mount Horeb swimming and diving team’s co-op.
But the Wildcats sure are making it a memorable finale.
In its final run, the Verona-Mount Horeb boys swimming and diving team used back-to-back second-place finishes at the start along with a first-...
Mount Horeb’S JJ Poarch won a regional title at 113 pounds. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
The Mount Horeb-Barneveld wrestlers had a strong day at the WIAA Division 1 Stoughton Regional last Saturday.
The Vikings had two individuals win regional titles and five wrestlers advance to the Fort Atkinson Sectional.
Cole Cunningham (106 pounds) and JJ Poarch (113) both won regional...
Rocco Richie and Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team dropped two of three games last week. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
The WIAA’s boys basketball postseason seeds come out this weekend.
And Mount Horeb knows it will eventually face a daunting path — especially following a week the Vikings dropped two of three games.
Madison Edgewood came to Mount Horeb and toppled the Vikings, 60-40, on Feb. 7.
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Mount Horeb’s gymnastics team won the Platteville Invite last Saturday. Photo submitted
One by one they lined up to take a crack at the state’s most dominant girls gymnastics team.
Mount Horeb stood, watched and applauded the effort. Then the Vikings simply blew their competition out of the water.
Mount Horeb, the state’s No. 1 girls gymnastics team, went to the Platteville Invite...
Myesha Thompson and Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team received the No. 8 seed in their sectional. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
The path is daunting — to put it mildly.
But Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team is excited to attack the postseason with vigor and zest.
The Vikings received the No. 8 seed in their WIAA Division 2 sectional. Mount Horeb will host ninth-seeded Portage in a regional quarterfinal Tuesday at 7 p.m....
Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team won two out of three games last week and wrapped up the regular season with a 15-4 record. The Eagles also went 6-4 in the Badger West Conference and finished in third place.
Sauk Prairie received the No. 5 seed in its sectional and faced 12th-seeded DeForest in a...
Mount Horeb’s girls basketball coach Tom Lesar likes the idea of having computers seed the boys and girls basketball tournaments. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
There were coaches that loved trying to “sell” their teams to the crowd and earn a higher seed.
Others strongly disliked the “salesmanship” that was involved.
Some felt the voting was done fairly and with integrity. Others believed some coaches tried maneuvering positions to benefit their team....
Rocco Richie and Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team split a pair of games last week. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
They were eyeing a big week.
A chance to make up some ground and move up the standings.
Instead, Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team settled for a split last week.
The Vikings defeated Reedsburg, 55-44, last Friday. Mount Horeb also fell to Sauk Prairie, 46-44, on Feb. 1.
Mount Horeb is now 6-3 in...
Grace Vesperman and Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team lost to McFarland and Madison Edgewood last week. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team faced two area powers last week. And while the Vikings fell short in both contests, they gave both McFarland Madison Edgewood a battle.
McFarland edged the host Vikings, 54-46, on Feb. 1. Edgewood then toppled the visiting Vikings, 60-44, on Feb. 3.
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