Four area basketball teams survived the weekend. All four of them had to shed some voodoo to continue playing this week. House of Cards Perhaps no area team faced an uglier flashback scenario than the Columbus girls basketball team. The Cardinals faced McFarland at Watertown, a gym where they’ve been eliminated three of the past five seasons, including the last two. And the first half followed the script of the last six Columbus regional faceplants. McFarland goes nuts beyond the arc, Heidi Paul picks up two fouls and the Cards pick a bad time to play some of their worst basketball. Cards coach Jeff Schweitzer must have felt like Matt Damon in the movie Rounders when he faces the John Malkovich character of ‘Teddy KGB’, or as Damon put it, “like (Bill) Buckner going back to Shea.” But just as Damon found redemption, so did Columbus. The Cards displayed the... >>>

Advance ticket sales will go on sale Wednesday morning at 6:45 a.m. for Friday’s Division 1 girls... >>>

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Former Columbus athlete Heather Miller, a St. Cloud State senior, capped an outstanding... >>>

West Bend East is not the type of team, especially where Beaver Dam is concerned, that will go away unless... >>>

FORT ATKINSON – Kyle Kelm is more than capable of piling up the points on anyone. When Kelm starts... >>>

WATERTOWN – Jeff Schweitzer was willing to risk one more punch to the gut at Watertown, a venue where... >>>

In a duel of outstanding scorers Saturday, Jaimie Kok and Central Wisconsin Christian proved to have a little... >>>

OSHKOSH – Down by 18 at halftime of Friday’s Division 1 sectional semifinal, Beaver Dam’s Tal... >>>

Kyle Kelm hasn’t played quarterback in 17 months but he still knows how to take a checkdown. Kelm pulled... >>>

COLUMBUS — With her team’s season hanging in the balance on pair of last-second free throws, the... >>>