By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy girls tennis team made a little history Monday afternoon. East Troy blanked visiting Greenfield, 7-0, for its 20th victory to tie last year’s mark as the most in school history. The Trojans opened the year with a number of new players in the […]
Month: September 2017
Former Lake Committee members call for dredging ponds
Town experimenting with less costly solutions By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Delavan Town Board Chairman Ryan Simons announced Aug. 22 that the Delavan Lake Sanitary District has been experimenting with pellets and floc logs in Delavan Lake in an effort to find cost effective ways to keep the lake clean. […]
Council approves $8.86 million in bonds
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent At its meeting Monday night, the City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of issuing of $8.86 million in general obligation corporate purpose bonds to fund several projects slated for the near future. James Mann of Ehlers, an independent municipal financial advisory company, provided councilmembers […]
Discover Whitewater Series
Organizers praising community for ‘coming together’ Organizers of the Discover Whitewater Series are deeming this year’s event as a success, and are praising the community for coming together for it. “It is such an honor to watch how this community comes together for the amazing event,” Greater Whitewater Committee Chairman […]
Badger football alone in first place
Badgers break Westosha Central’s undefeated status By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badgers passed a stiff test Sept. 15 against a Westosha Central team led by Utah transfer quarterback Jaden Jackson. The Falcons started the season 4-0 and 2-0 in the Southern Lakes Conference and were tied with […]
Soccer adds five wins, remains undefeated
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The defending state champion Delavan-Darien High School boys soccer team entered last week with a 10-0-1 record and five games on its schedule to be played in five days. The five games came and went, and the Comets are still unbeaten, now at 15-0-1 overall. One […]
Girls volleyball team starts out strong
Team heads to West Bend Sprawl this weekend By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Before the East Troy High School girls volleyball team can accomplish its postseason goals, the Trojans have their sights set on a run toward another Rock Valley Conference title. And it won’t be easy, as the conference boasts […]
Murphy paces Elkhorn swimmers
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Paige Murphy finished as the best junior in the field and helped the Elkhorn Area High School girls swim team to a fourth-place finish Sept. 16 in the Hono Bash at Hononegah (Ill.) High School. The Elks competed Tuesday in a Southern Lakes Conference triangular […]
Elkhorn runners earn personal bests
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Eighteen of the Elks’ 28 cross country runners turned in personal bests Sept. 7 in the Southern Lakes Conference Relays at Fox River Park in Burlington. The Elks are off until tomorrow, Sept. 23, when they will compete in the Midwest Cross Country Invitational at […]
Trojans fight to the finish
Football team takes down Whitewater, 17-7 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School football team had been putting points on the scoreboard in bunches through the first four games of the 2017 campaign. That’s not always going to be the path to a victory, however – sometimes a […]