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Big days from swimming, volleyball, cross country and tennis athletes are among the performances spotlighted this week. Vote for your favorite as the Supernova.

Hometown Showdown is a recurring reader-voting series built around local pride, school spirit and friendly rivalries.

Cast your vote in Hometown Showdown, a recurring reader-voting series built around local pride, school spirit and friendly rivalries.

Productive days for football, soccer and cross country athletes are among the top performances this week. Vote for your favorite as this week's Supernova.

Two cross country runners, a couple impactful football players and a solid soccer striker make up this weeks standout players. Vote for your favorite performance as the Supernova.

Cast your vote now in this week’s Hometown Showdown, a contest for sports fans built around local pride, school spirit and friendly rivalries.

Cast your vote now in this week’s Hometown Showdown, a contest for sports fans built around local pride, school spirit and friendly rivalries.

Cast your vote now in this week’s Hometown Showdown, a contest for sports fans built around local pride, school spirit and friendly rivalries.

50 years after his graduation from Burlington High School, David Sheffer remains an "institution" of Burlington athletics. Here's how.

The Eagles stayed in-house to find their next athletic director, turning to one of the school's most successful coaches to oversee the entire department.

Ask for help. Keep perspective. Don't let one difficult stretch define you. Area high school athletes share the lessons they want their peers to know.

Area high school athletes share how teammates, coaches and family help them feel understood when the pressure from sports and school builds.

Ian Kowal joined his father as one of seven players in the last 35 years to be All-Mississippi Valley Conference first team in football, basketball and baseball.

One of Racine's most dynamic all-around high school athletes earned a DI college football scholarship.

Injuries heal, but the mental recovery can take much longer. Area athletes share how fear, doubt and anxiety followed them on the road back to competition.

New Horlick athletic director Marcus West has high hopes for a school that's struggled athletically in the recent past.

High school athletes often miss social events and normal teenage moments for the sports they love. See how their passion helps make those sacrifices feel worthwhile.

Fourteen coaching greats from Case High School will be honored at the inaugural Case Coaches Hall of Fame ceremony in August.

These area standouts from the class of 2026 are set to continue at the next level.

A loss creates pressure for athletes to perform better in the next event. It can be mentally draining to respond to questions on how the loss happened.