Monday, June 27, 2011
The approximately $500,000 project includes two softball fields and a youth soccer field.
Playground renovations at Lake Bluff Elementary will start July 5 and wrap up in early fall. The Shorewood School Board last week approved the approximately $493,000 project and a contract with New Berlin-based contractor, Western Contractors, to revamp the school’s field. Western Contractors will install new fencing, construct two softball fields, one youth soccer field and do some minor electrical work for lighting. Superintendent Blane McCann said rainfall often leaves the fields usable and that the new construction will address the issue with a drainage system. McCann said the project will be great for Lake Bluff and the community. The Village Board agreed to pay a portion of the athletic field upgrades in March, contributing about $…
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
A video roundup of the week in prep sports
State tournament season is upon us, beginning this week with track and field, golf and tennis. Monday's track regionals saw the typical strong performances from the Brookfield East, Brookfield Central and Hamilton, both on the boys and girls side. Tosa West's girls won the West Allis Hale regional and but they'll go up against the Brookfield/Hamilton contingent at Thursday's Waukesha North Sectional. Boys tennis teams are in subsectional and sectional play this week; Nicolet and Whitefish Bay should be favorites down in Greenfield and Patch will be there. University School starts the march to a sixth consecutive state title in the Brown Deer Sectional. Patch will have coverage of Wednesday's event. And golf teams get going with their …
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A roundup of the week in high school sports, with video, news and links.
Menomonee Falls challenged Division 2 powerhouse Catholic Memorial in this week's SportsEdge Game of the Week. The Lightning Round is a rapid-fire collection of highlights from: Shorewood softball, Shorewood girls soccer, Nicolet girls soccer, Menomonee Falls track invitational, Brookfield Central at Menomonee Falls boys tennis, Lakeshore boys lacrosse, Brookfield girls lacrosse, Whitefish Bay vs. Nicolet rugby, Brookfield East at Menomonee Falls softball and Brookfield Central at Brookfield East softball. Did you miss a previous edition of SportsEdge? Someone you know might be playing. Check them out here: April 12 Game of the Week — Hamilton at Brookfield East girls soccer April 19 Game of the Week — Lakeshore vs. Brookfield boys …
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Brookfield Central Skins Game is played in shirts ... and hats and gloves and parkas and ...
SportsEdge sent intrepid videographer AJ Randall to the sloppy, cold and wet Wanaki Golf Course last week as the 22-team Brookfield Central Skins Game went off as planned. It's our Game of the Week. For the Lightning Round from a week thinned out by weather and spring break, check out Nicolet soccer, Tosa West soccer and softball and North Shore Conference golf at The Bog. Did you miss the earlier editions of SportsEdge? Find them here: April 12 April 19 HONOR ROLL The state girls soccer poll is lopsided, and the field tips heavily toward the North Shore Conference. Five of the conference's eight teams — half the top 10 — is from the NSC. Homestead, which just beat No. 1 Brookfield Central last week, is No. 4 pending that result. Then …
Jeff Lawson
4:23 pm on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
McCann will probably start a new high school parking lot project 5 days before school starts like he has the last several years. Oh, maybe he could make the entrance to the arena a little bit more difficult to get into. more ›