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Digging for a win

The Elkhorn Area High School volleyball team celebrates senior night Oct. 8 with a win over Badger. In the match, Hannah Koss (No. 10) makes a play while teammates Maddie Ivey (left) and Anna Krauklis are ready to assist. See more coverage of the volleyball team and other EAHS sports […]

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EAHS golf 6th at regionals

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School’s Afton Malvitz shot a 94 and lived to golf another day Oct. 4 in a WIAA Division 1 regional girls golf tournament at Edgewood Golf Course in Big Bend. Malvitz advanced as an individual qualifier from the regional meet to a WIAA […]

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Upended

      In last week’s game against Wilmot, a lopsided loss for Elkhorn, Cody Denius (No. 14) takes a Wilmot player to the ground causing Elk Jacob Burmeister to go airborne. See more Elkhorn Area High School sports in the Independent. (Nick Parisi)    

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Possession a focus for EAHS soccer

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team focused on possession against Waukesha West and beat the Wolverines 2-0 Sept. 14 in a non-conference match at Waukesha West High School. The Elks beat Badger 5-1 Sept. 12 in a Southern Lakes Conference match at Lake Geneva. […]

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Hero bowl tackle

      In last week’s Hero Bowl between neighborly rivals Delavan and Elkhorn, the Elks Cody Denius wraps up the Comets Ryan Hoey on a play. Elkhorn won the game 22-21 thanks to a late-game, 2-point conversion rather than going for the tie. The game is called the Hero Bowl because […]

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Top five

      The 2019 cross country season took off Aug. 29 with the Palmyra-Eagle Invitational, where runners from 16 schools enjoyed what was described by many as a perfect day for running at Carlin-Weld Park. The top finisher for the Elkhorn boys was sophomore Drew Davey who finished third out of […]

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Special guests

Elkhorn Area High School alumni runners that participated in the annual cross country alumni meet included, from the left: Brian Wales, Ken (Oz) Babcock, Sam DiVarco, Arandu Huerta, Leo Ehlen, Justin Pflanzer, Mr. Pulokus, Chris Carstens and Morgan (Wiswell) Siegler. This is the 50th anniversary of cross country in Elkhorn […]

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Elks Lacrosse Club wraps up first season

Team ‘exceeded all expectations,’ club president says By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer The Elks Lacrosse Club recently finished its inaugural season and “exceeded all expectations for a first-year program, week after week,” according to club president, Nancy DuPont. The team finished with a notable 8-5 record and earned a No. […]