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2024 "Nothing But Net" basketball camp information
The 2024 “Nothing But Net” basketball camp will be hosted at Sun Prairie East High School from Monday, Aug. 5 through Thursday, Aug. 8 from 9 AM through noon. Camp directors include Forrest Larson, Jeff Boos, and Steve Maselter. The camp invites boys and girls from grades 3-8 to participate. It is an intense and physically demanding offensive camp designed for the serious basketball player. It is their goal to make sure that every player improves their offensive skills at the “Nothing But Net” Camp...
East girls soccer remains focused on growth
The first season of Sun Prairie East girls soccer in the spring of 2023 was a bit of a rollercoaster. The Cardinals posted a 6-11-2 overall record, including a solid 4-6 mark in Big Eight conference play. This came despite only three players on the roster having varsity experience following the split of Sun Prairie High School. A similar case will transpire this season. Those three returning players from last season, seniors Lucy Strey, Jerzey Ladwig, and Camilla Mariona, all earned all-conference honors before graduation....
New look for Sun Prairie West girls soccer
The first season of Sun Prairie West girls soccer in the spring of 2023 was a rousing success. The Wolves, led by a talented 10-member senior class, took the Big Eight conference by storm. They finished third in the final standings with an 8-2 record and finished the regular season 12-3-2 overall. They were also a No. 5 seed in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state tournament and earned the program’s first postseason win before bowing out to eventual state runner-up Kettle Moraine. ...
Lights Out: Solar Eclipse to pass over Southern Wisconsin
Although true 100% solar eclipses are only ever visible every 400 years from any one spot on earth, solar eclipses of varying coverage are visible roughly every 18 months on our little blue ball we call home. On April 8, at precisely 12:48 p.m, the skies over Dane County will darken as the moon passes in front of the sun, and Sun Prairie resident and photographer Thomas Seaton will be south in Carbondale, Illinois, to capture the best possible shots of the upcoming solar eclipse. ...
Rosas, Benedict elected to the City of Sun Prairie Common Council
Santiago Rosas defeated Bill Baker to represent Sun Prairie’s District 2 on the common council, while Cassi Benedict defeated David Virgell to represent District 4 with all precincts reporting. Rosas received 894 votes (53%) against Baker’s 798 (47%), while Benedict received 699 votes (51%) against Virgell’s 673 (49%). Rosas who will serve his first term, has previously shared his personal goals of fostering community engagement, preserving Sun Prairie’s unique character and addressing housing affordability. Benedict who defeated an incumbent, has goals focused around housing, engagement and city services, and said that evaluating city services with community input will help identify areas of strength and improvement to ensure taxpayer dollars are being used effectively. In addition, Steve Stocker and Maureen Crombie were uncontested and were reelected to represent District’s 1 and 3, respectively.
Sun Prairie student's poster places in DNR contest
A student from Sun Prairie is among the poster contest winners in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest, according to a news release from the DNR. This year’s theme was “Safe in Their Home.” The DNR announced Monday that the poster created by Ishanvi Bansal, a fifth-grader from Sun Prairie, had placed second in the contest. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders across Wisconsin were invited...
Season recap: Sun Prairie gymnastics
Success has become an expectation for the Sun Prairie gymnastics program. Before the split following 2021 and two subsequent seasons as an East-West co-op called “United,” Sun Prairie has made it to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state meet in three consecutive seasons. While United accomplished this feat again in the winter of 2023-24, it wasn’t always an easy road. Sun Prairie got a taste of what level it needed to be at to open the new season as it hosted the “Flip for...
Season recap: Sun Prairie wrestling
Even before the 2023-24 high school wrestling season began, it was clear it was going to be a special one for the Sun Prairie United program. The season prior, United had won the Big Eight conference, both in the regular season and tournament. This success extended into the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state tournament as Sun Prairie qualified for team sectionals before six individuals qualified for state. Nearly that entire group returned this past winter. The team was undoubtedly led by its seniors. Two-time...
E. Main Street apartment development approved in Sun Prairie
East Main Street, LLC was approved to begin construction on their proposed multi-family apartment complex by the Sun Prairie City Council on Tuesday, March 19. The development passed through a unanimous 8-0 vote. Plans for the project located at 998 E. Main Street include two four-story buildings housing a total of 163 market-rate dwelling units ranging from studio to two-bedroom spaces. According to Mayor Paul Esser, there is no Tax...
Winnowings
10 Years Ago April 1, 2014 The April Fool’s edition front page contained the fictional stories of building a retractable roof and natural grass at Ashley Field and the National Meteorologist Association’s (NMA) recent award to Jimmy the Groundhog for accuracy. Three troops of Girl Scouts, Troops 2328, 2874 and 2953, donated 290 boxes of...
Sun Prairie Ultimate has dreams of statewide glory
Hopes are high for the Sun Prairie United ultimate frisbee team this spring. The vibe is certainly different from 2023, which United viewed as a "rebuilding" season with only one senior on the roster. Instead, Sun Prairie got red-hot in the latter half of the season. This culminated with a third place finish at Wisconsin Ultimate state. Nearly the entire team returns this season, minus now-graduated Sean Gillett. That abundance of experience, mixed with a handful of promising newcomers, has United eyeing something better than...
Revised JCap development returns to Sun Prairie Plan Commission
The multi-family apartment development and hotel proposed by JCap Development in the heart of downtown will come before the Sun Prairie Plan Commission with a public hearing once more on Tuesday, April 9. The proposal last came before the commission in December 2023, where it failed a vote of approval 1-5. At the time, JCap presented a six-story, 149-unit apartment complex and a four-story Cobblestone Hotel and Wissota Chophouse with surface-level parking. ...
United girls lacrosse enters new season as sanctioned sport
In back to back seasons, there has been change surrounding the Sun Prairie United girls lacrosse program. Last spring, Sun Prairie High School split into East and West, turning the program into a co-op. This time around, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is getting involved. The state’s high school governing body is finally sanctioning both boys and girls lacrosse as a sport, removing club status and implementing some new rules. No longer will the girls play two halves of lacrosse, instead dividing the game...
Revamped Cardinals set sights high
The spring of 2023 bore mixed results for the Sun Prairie East baseball program. The Cardinals were regarded as the best program in the state of Wisconsin with the trophies to back that assertion up prior to the split of Sun Prairie High School. They had to earn that respect back as they began their first season as East unranked. The state quickly realized its mistake in underestimating East. The Cardinals won their first 12 games, including non-conference wins over state-ranked Monona Grove as well...
New coach, same vision for West baseball
Sun Prairie West baseball was the talk of the town in the spring of 2023. The Wolves in their first season of existence were a notorious thorn in the side of rival Sun Prairie East, which spent much of last season ranked in the state and was a No. 1 seed in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) state tournament. West beat them in the first-ever meeting between the two and knocked them out in the state tournament to claim a regional title. This season...
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