Month: September 2016

East Troy area

Trojans fall to Jefferson, 24-13

Homecoming game against Evansville-Albany is tonight By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two first-half touchdowns by host Jefferson on Friday night put the East Troy football team in a bit of a precarious situation. The Trojans fought back – and grabbed the lead – but just couldn’t quite hold on. East Troy […]

Elkhorn area

Richardson leads tennis girls

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Gabby Richardson finished fifth at No. 1 singles and led the Elkhorn Area High School girls tennis team to a sixth-place team finish Sept. 24 in the Southern Lakes Conference girls varsity tennis tournament. The tournament started Sept. 23 and concluded Sept. 24. Matches at Nos. […]

Elkhorn area

Lady Elks flip switch

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Something seemingly clicked for the Elkhorn Area High School girls volleyball team Saturday in the Badger Invitational at Badger High School in Lake Geneva. The Elks played Waterford at home Tuesday and at Wilmot Oct. 4 in Southern Lakes Conference matches. The Elks lost 3-0 Sept. […]

Walworth Big Foot

Chiefs triumph over Spartans

Big Foot football wins homecoming game 48-14 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For a while Friday night, the visiting McFarland football team threatened to make a game of things in its Rock Valley Conference matchup with Big Foot. But in the end, the Chiefs just had too much firepower – and […]

East Troy area

Earning champion status

Tennis team brings home conference title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It didn’t take long to see where the top girls tennis teams in the Rock Valley Conference resided this fall. Even though East Troy, Whitewater and Big Foot had separated themselves from the rest of the pack, which team would […]

Elkhorn area

Nelson leads Broncos past Elks

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School football team tried stopping Union Grove quarterback Matt Nelson Friday in a Southern Lakes Conference football game at Union Grove, and Nelson was having none of it. Coach Tom Lee said the Elks tried different fronts and combinations, but Nelson solved […]

East Troy

See the kids in action in the SmartLabs

School District first in state to have new learning environments By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff       The East Troy School District is the very first in the state to have working SmartLabs. The new learning facilities are up and running at the middle school and Prairie View Elementary School and […]

Delavan-Darien

Comets prevail over Demons

By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School football head coach Bret St. Arnauld knew what he was getting into when his team traveled to face Burlington on Sept. 23. He talked about the Demons, and that it would be his team’s biggest game of the year. “We need to stop […]