By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Whitewater High School wrestling team hosted its final dual home meet of the season, facing Evansville. The Blue Devils, despite being away from home, went into Whitewater and exited with a victory. “The Blue Devils of Evansville were in town and they showed why they […]
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Model Car Club releases 2017 schedule
The Butchers Model Car Club will have its first meetings of the year from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the old fair office on the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn. The car club will have meetings every third Saturday of the month in 2017. Other meetings scheduled in […]
Palmyra improves EMS response times
By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer The Village of Palmyra has released data showing quicker response times for EMS calls, indicating that response times have dropped by more than two minutes in 2016 as compared to four years ago. A graph released by Public Safety Director James Small during the Dec. […]
Whippet girls extend winning streak to 11
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent By defeating East Troy, the Whitewater Whippets girls basketball team has increased its winning streak to 11 games. The No. 1-ranked Whitewater Whippets’ girls basketball team defeated East Troy, 61-30, on Jan. 13 to push its overall record to 11-1. Senior guard Rebekah Schumacher led all […]
Lady Chiefs rebound with dominating victory
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent A 30-point output last week in a loss to Edgerton left a few wondering if something was ailing the Big Foot girls basketball team. As it turned out, the illness was a short-lived one. Big Foot quickly got back on track Friday night with a […]
Chiefs dig out of deficit but fall to Edgerton
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent An early double-digit deficit last week against visiting Edgerton put the Big Foot boys basketball team in a bit of a bind. The Chiefs found a way to battle through that, however, and had their chances to pull off the comeback. Unfortunately, some missed opportunities […]
Williams Bay wrestler picks up lone win
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Williams Bay’s Titus Fredrick recorded the Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestling team’s only victory on the mat in a pair of dual meet losses last week at Palmyra-Eagle. Fredrick pinned Palmyra’s Brian Navarro in 1:08 in the Chiefs’ 36-24 loss. Big Foot also picked up forfeit […]
Wrestlers remain perfect in tournament action
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team won the Norski Invite Jan. 14 at DeForest High School and remained undefeated in tournaments this season. The Elks beat Badger 51-16 Jan. 12 in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet at Lake Geneva. The Elks wrestle at […]
Swimmers improve to 5-0
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Elkhorn improved to 5-0 in Southern Lakes Conference dual meets after winning every event and routing Whitewater 122-47 Jan. 10 at Whitewater. The Elks compete Saturday in the Red Devil Invite at Bradford High School in Kenosha. “They keep improving week after week,” Elks coach […]
Gymnastics shows improvement in defeat
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics team lost by just 10 points – 124.125 to 114.225 – to Jefferson Jan. 9 at home in a Southern Lakes Conference meet. The Elks lost 131.7-115.2 Jan. 5 in a SLC Meet at Burlington. They will compete Saturday […]
