Comets beat Clinton and Elkhorn, lose to Wilmot By Jennifer Cesarz Picking up three wins last week, the Delavan-Darien High School softball team improved to 4-1 after also suffering its first loss of the season. The Comets swept Clinton in a non-conference double header, winning 11-0 and 16-1 and beat […]
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Four-year team manager, Special Olympian gets standing ovation
D-DHS senior starts, scores in Comets’ loss to Burlington By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent Sometimes, it isn’t always about the wins and the losses, but rather the spirit of a basketball game as shown in Friday night’s game when the Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team hosted Burlington. The Comets, who […]
D-DHS wrestler is regional champ
Three wrestlers qualify for sectional By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent For the second straight year, Delavan-Darien High School wrestler Ricardo Cruz is a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional champion. Cruz was 3-0 on Saturday at the Wilmot regional in the 220-pound weight class, staring his day with a bye. In the […]
Comets run hot against Wilmot, cold against Badgers
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team played one of its best games of the season last week in an 81-72 upset over Wilmot and one of the worst halves of the season, in a 69-35 loss to Lake Geneva Badger. “We are essentially a Dr. […]
Elks stop Comet three-pointers
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The usually consistent three-point shooting of the Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team was silenced Friday night in Elkhorn when the Elks topped the Comets, 62-54 in the Comets only game of the week. The Comets, who are now 1-6 in the Southern Lakes Conference, made […]
Firebirds win with three-pointer at the buzzer
Wisconsin School for the Deaf’s Damon Hopp stole an inbounds pass and drained a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Firebirds a 49-46 win over University Lake School in Hartland on Jan. 22. WSD was down by two points with 16 seconds left and a score of 44-46 when […]
Girls lose to Wilmot, Union Grove
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High Schools girls basketball team dropped two Southern Lakes Conference games last week, falling to Wilmot on Jan. 13 and Union Grove on Friday. The Comets lost 53-31 to Wilmot and 55-30 to Union Grove. D-DHS head coach Hank Johnson said his team […]
Boys lose to Milton, Union Grove
Key players miss games By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent Playing without key players last week, the Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team dropped two games – a non-conference game to Milton, 67-51, and a Southern Lakes Conference game to Union Grove, 58-52. On Jan. 13 against Milton, the Comets (4-8, […]
Delavan grad scores 1,000th collegiate point
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Scoring 1,000 points in a basketball career is impressive. Doing it twice is twice as nice. Former Delavan-Darien standout Alana Cesarz did just that on Dec. 17 when she accomplished the feat for a second time for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Lady Rebels in […]
Girls get non-conference win over Palmyra
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team had only one game last week – a non-conference win over Palmyra-Eagle on Dec. 8. The Comets (2-4) built a 9-2 first-quarter advantage on their way to the 44-33 victory. “We finished inside against Palmyra and out-rebounded them,” D-DHS […]
