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Milton can't conquer Burlington's serves

BURLINGTON — Milton High girls volleyball coach Wayne Hansen did everything short of measuring the Burlington High School volleyball court to prove the dimensions were no different than Milton's court.

Yet it wasn't enough to keep the wide-eyed Red Hawks from coming out flat against the top-seeded Burlington Thursday evening.

That was all the advantage Burlington needed to take down Milton 3-0 in a WIAA Division 1 Sectional semifinal here Thursday evening. The Demons won, 25-12, 25-20, and 25-19.

With the victory, Burlington advances to the sectional finals against Westosha Central on Saturday at Elkhorn High School.

Milton, meanwhile, is stuck with a frustrating ending to a successful season.

"I thought this season went fantastic," Hansen said. "We didn't win conference, but we got through a lot of turmoil as a team and finished second in a tough conference."

Unfortunately for the Red Hawks, they just didn't have enough to take on an established program like Burlington.

"Look at how big Burlington's gym is," Hansen said. "We tried to prepare for it, but I knew we would have butterflies and would come out flat."

The Demons took advantage of the nervous Red Hawks from the start with a quick 4-0 lead in the first game. After Milton cut the deficit to 7-5, Burlington finished off the Red Hawks with an 18-7 spurt to earn the 25-12 victory.

The tough-serving Demons' carried their momentum into game two and quickly led 9-3

The Red Hawks, however, countered with a 16-6 run that pushed them ahead 19-15. But the Demons immediately answered Milton with a 10-1 run to gain the 25-20 victory.

"After we got up 19-15, they (Burlington) served us tough," Hansen said. "They started serving between us so we couldn't get our three-point pass in, so they took us out of our offense.

"We wanted to speed up our offense to try to take Burlington out of their game, but they just served us tougher."

The tough-serving Demons finished off Milton in the third game and ended the careers of seven Red Hawk seniors.

"This is only the second time in the history of Milton High School that we've gone to sectionals," Hansen said. "But we are building for the future."

WIAA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

Division 1

ELKHORN SECTIONAL

SATURDAY'S REGIONAL FINAL RESULTS

Westosha 3, Craig 0

Milton 3, Oregon 1

Burlington 3, Stoughton 0

Bradford 3, Tremper 1

SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Burlington 3, Milton 0

Westosha Central 3, Kenosha Bradford 2

Division 2

McFARLAND SECTIONAL

SATURDAY'S REGIONAL FINAL RESULTS

Big Foot 3, Lakeside 1

Edgewood 3, McFarland 1

SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Madison Edgewood 3, Walworth Big Foot 1

River Valley 3, Richland Center 0

EDGEWOOD 3, BIG FOOT 1

Edgewood 23 25 25 25

Big Foot 25 17 23 20

Leaders: Aces—Schwenn (E) 3, Schryver (BF) 3. Kills—Cobb (E) 16, Rocky (BF) 19. Digs—Chanos (E) 35, Long (BF) 38. Assists—Schwenn (E) 54, Rotta (BF) 38.

CATHOLIC MEMORIAL SECTIONAL

SATURDAY'S REGIONAL FINAL RESULTS

East Troy 3, Wisconsin Lutheran 1

Catholic Memorial 3, New Berlin West 0

SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Catholic Memorial 3, East Troy 2

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3, Waupun 0

Division 3

WISCONSIN HEIGHTS SECTIONAL

SATURDAY'S REGIONAL FINAL RESULT

Deerfield 3, Parkview 2

SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Deerfield 3, Lourdes Academy 1

Cuba City 3, Lancaster 0

SATURDAY'S SECTIONAL FINAL

Deerfield vs. Cuba City

Division 4

LAKE COUNTRY LUTHERAN SECTIONAL

SATURDAY'S REGIONAL FINAL RESULTS

Williams Bay 3, Fall River 0

Catholic Central 3, Monticello 0

SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS

Burlington Catholic Central 3, Williams Bay 1

Sheboygan Lutheran 3, Hilbert 1