By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elks scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and beat arch-rival Delavan-Darien 5-4 April 28 in a Southern Lakes Conference softball game at Elkhorn. The Elks played a SLC game Monday at home against Badger, and played a SLC doubleheader at […]
Month: May 2017
Elks ramp up ‘D’ for three wins
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School baseball team entered a busy stretch of play this week on a three-game winning streak. The Elks won April 28 in a non-conference game against the Trojans at East Troy. Elkhorn won 5-3 April 27 at Union Grove and 2-0 […]
They ran, walked and strolled
Agape House 5K boasts more than 200 participants By Penny Gruetzmacher Correspondent The 4th Annual Agape House 5K Run/Walk/Stroll April 29 saw more than 200 people participate and help raise money for Agape, which provides a school, safe home and counseling for teens girls and their families. Prior to the […]
Tennis team looks to continue success
Baseball splits two, softball falls, golf team struggles By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay boys tennis team is keeping pace at the top of the Rock Valley Conference standings. And now the big meets are approaching – quickly. Big Foot split a pair of matches at last […]
Lunch break
Doug Bailey and his daughters, Violet, 2, and Emma, 4, feed baby goats at the Elkhorn campus of Gateway Technical College on Earth Day, April 29. The event featured a variety of family-friendly activities, workshops, demonstrations, green and farmers markets, a plant sale and a recycle center. […]
Netters earn two wins
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys tennis team won two non-conference dual meets April 29 at home. The Elks beat Big Foot and Janesville Craig by identical scores of 4-3. Elkhorn played a SLC dual meet Tuesday at home against Wilmot, and play in a […]
Monona Grove grounds Lady Elks
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Monona Grove scored a goal in each half and beat the Elkhorn Area High School girls soccer team 2-0 April 29 at home in a non-conference match. The Elks played a Southern Lakes Conference match Tuesday at home against Burlington, and play today at Union […]
Golf 6th in Match Play
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys golf team finished sixth April 29 in the two-day Brighton Dale Invitational Match Play Tournament at Brighton Dale Links in Kansasville. Elkhorn finished fifth April 13 at Dellbrook Golf Course in Delavan in the season’s third Southern Lakes Conference […]
School Board accepts research request from university
By Ryan Spoehr Editor The Whitewater Unified School Board has accepted a request for research into the affects of instructional behavior from fieldwork students. Katy Casey, an associate professor for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the special education department, spoke before the School Board on April 24. “This is […]
Special honor
Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102 Vice Commander Mike Long (right) presents the American Legion Citation of Meritorious Service award to Sarah Nichols of the Open Arms Health Clinic for her work in providing health care to the uninsured and underinsured citizens of Walworth County. (Submitted photo)