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A terrific season came to an end for Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team on Feb. 21.
Host Verona raced to a 5-0 lead and toppled the Eagles, 7-1, in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal. Sauk Prairie’s co-op — which also includes players from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Heights and River Valley — finished...
Angus Best and Mount Horeb’s boys swimming team finished in 14th place at the WIAA Division 2 state meet last Friday. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
WAUKESHA — Shock.
Mount Horeb senior swimmer Alex Gundrum used the word first.
Junior Angus Best then chose the same term himself.
The Vikings — a group of just six swimmers competing as an independent school for the first time ever — made a remarkable splash at last Friday’s WIAA Division 2 state...
Mount Horeb’s Cole Cunningham finished in fourth place at the Waunakee Sectional last Saturday. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
WAUNAKEE — It pays to be lucky in life as well as on the wrestling mat.
The Mount Horeb/Barneveld wrestling team couldn’t catch a break, though, at last Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 Waunakee Sectional.
MH/B had advanced seven wrestlers from regional competition at DeForest the previous week. Only the...
Mount Horeb boys basketball coach Todd Nesheim and his Vikings earned the No. 3 seed in their sectional. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
It was a rough week for Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team on the court.
Off the court, things went swimmingly.
The Vikings received the No. 3 seed in their WIAA Division 2 sectional on Sunday afternoon. Mount Horeb has a first round bye, then hosts either sixth-seeded Milton or 11th-seeded Baraboo...
Rocco Richie and Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team dropped a pair of games last week. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team has picked the wrong time to lose three straight games.
The good news for the Vikings, though, is they still have time to reverse course.
Mount Horeb fell at Monroe, 79-61, on Feb., 14. The Vikings then dropped a 74-72 decision at Oregon on Feb. 17.
Mount Horeb...
Champions!
Mount Horeb’s girls gymnastics team won the Badger Conference championship last Saturday. Photo submitted
Success breeds success.
Winning leads to more winning.
And no one knows that more than Mount Horeb’s girls gymnastics team.
The Vikings — who had several holes to fill from last year’s WIAA Division 2 state runner-up team — haven’t missed a beat this winter.
And last Saturday, Mount Horeb added...
They have some momentum.
They have a little juice.
And Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team is now hoping to pull off a surprise or two this postseason.
The Vikings won a pair of games last week — defeating Dodgeville, 65-62, on Feb. 14 and besting Baraboo, 43-32, on Feb. 18.
Mount Horeb finished...
Ella Fager and Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team are the No. 8 seed in their WIAA Division 2 sectional. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
Their path won’t be easy.
Far from it.
Every postseason has its share of surprise stories, though, and Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team hopes to be one of those in 2023.
The Vikings received the No. 8 seed in their WIAA Division 2 sectional and will host ninth-seeded Milton in a regional...
Mount Horeb’s wrestlers enjoyed a productive day at the DeForest Regional last Saturday. Photo submitted
DEFOREST – Cole Cunningham is a quick study.
The Mount Horeb/Barneveld sophomore wrestler made his state tournament debut a year ago and vowed that he would use it as a springboard to greater accomplishments.
Cunningham was sidelined a week ago when an illness forced him to miss the Badger...
Nick Vorwald and Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team fell to Madison Edgewood last Saturday. Photo courtesy of Mary Langenfeld
There will be no conference championship.
But that certainly doesn’t mean Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team isn't capable of achieving great things over the next month.
Madison Edgewood came to Mount Horeb last Saturday and edged the Vikings, 54-50, in a critical Badger West Conference battle....
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