East Troy track sees season-long effort pay off By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A few extra pieces of hardware came home from La Crosse last weekend with members of the East Troy boys and girls track teams. (Robert Mischka photo) To be more specific, five of them. East Troy had […]
Month: June 2015
Regional champs!
Soccer team shuts out competition in tournament By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls soccer team made a little school history last week. And now the Trojans are just two steps away from making even more. East Troy pulled off two shutouts in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic […]
Baseball ends season at regionals
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Through five innings last week, the East Troy baseball team appeared poised to move onto a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 regional final. But then visiting Waukesha Catholic Memorial ruined those plans. East Troy held a 2-0 lead until the top of the sixth, when […]
Homes needed for foreign exchange students
Nacel Open Door is looking for families to host foreign exchange students in the area. Students from France and Spain are coming for a three-week stay this summer for two sessions – July 10 to 31 and July 31 to Aug. 21. They will also need accommodations. Host families in […]
All that jazz
The East Troy Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of John Rash, performs at the Last Blast XIV concert May 27. The concert featured the Middle School and High School jazz bands who performed for an audience of more than 250, seated at tables and served food and beverages […]
Whippets notch four top-10 finishes at state
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent It was finally time for the state track meet and three members represented Whitewater High School at the big gig last weekend. Though no state records were broken, all had performances they should be proud of. Keagen Stonewerth qualified on the height of his pole-vaulting […]
Whippets fall to Grafton on close call
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whippets girls soccer team had a very successful 2015 campaign, finishing the regular season 15-2-2, the girls earned themselves a No. 1 seed and home field advantage to begin the playoffs. Unfortunately, they fell in the second postseason game. In Whitewater’s first round match […]
That’s a wrap
Bailey Meyer (above) is unable to get a force-out at third base in the game against Catholic Memorial June 2 in the first round of WIAA playoff action for Whitewater as the runner arrives too quickly. Tyler Hill (below) had a strong showing on the mound, allowing just run before […]
‘Public education is at a crossroads’
Area districts join forces against proposed education budget By Tom Ganser Correspondent In an unprecedented joint effort, leadership from 12 area school districts hosted a news conference last Friday in Milton to release an 11-point statement sharing their collective concerns regarding public school policy embedded in the Wisconsin legislators’ Joint […]
Support for public schools
Local children hold signs showing support for public schools at an ice cream social and pep rally at Starin Park in Whitewater June 8. Similar events have been cropping up throughout Wisconsin recently in response to the proposed state education budget being considered. (Tom Ganser photo)
