By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams finished strong despite trying conditions Saturday at the Rebel Invitational at UW-Parkside in Kenosha. “Conditions at the Rebel Invite were pretty challenging (Saturday),” Elks coach Randi Wulf said. “Hot and humid.” Horlick High School in […]
Month: September 2015
Kickers gearing up for conference
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team recently went undefeated against two quality opponents, and is in a good shape as it heads into its Southern Lakes Conference season. Elkhorn played to a 2-2 draw Sept. 3 at home against non-conference foe Milton and beat […]
Hot Cob in the City
The 55th annual Cornfest begins today For the 55th year, Darien is hosting its annual Cornfest celebration Sept. 11-13 in Darien West Park, at the intersection of Highway 14 and North Road at 335 W. Madison St. Cornfest is sponsored by American Legion Post 450, the Darien Fire Department, Darien […]
Chiefs thrash Trojans
Big Foot wins in 42-7 win over Beloit-Turner, rise to 2-1 overall, 1-0 in conference By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It looked like the Big Foot football team may have its hands full with visiting Beloit Turner in its Rock Valley Conference opener Friday night. But that was just on paper […]
Big Foot binges on goals
Chiefs total up 19 goals in three matches, crushing opponents in the process By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay boys soccer team has been on a goal-scoring binge the past week. And that certainly continued Tuesday night against visiting Edgerton. The Chiefs, who scored 19 goals in three […]
Going for a ride
Mallory Hohisel, from Walworth, enjoys a pony ride at Dan Green’s Touch a Life, Heal a Heart Foundation’s Pig in the Park event in Fontana on Sept. 5. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
Lady Whippets strong on tennis courts
Plus lowdown on soccer, cross country and volleyball teams By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent On Sept. 3, the Whippets girls tennis team took on McFarland and came away with a 5-2 victory. McFarland was without its No. 2 singles player. “I was worried about our depth at the beginning of […]
Whippets earn first win of season
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Friday night lights were glistening above the Whitewater Whippets football team as it was looking for its first win of the 2015 season against an in-conference foe, in McFarland. McFarland entered the game at 0-2 overall as well, but for the first time this […]
Determination
Whitewater High School’s Jake Riemer (on left) fights for the ball with the East Troy goalie in the Sept. 8 game that ended in a 2-2 tie. (Peter Mischka photo)
View of art in ‘eye of beholder’
City to handle ‘junk’ issues on case-by-case basis By Dave Fidlin Correspondent When does something fall under the classification of junk? And when does it fall under the category of a work of art? That sometimes fuzzy line was explored recently by local municipal leaders. This is a question Whitewater […]
