By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team played Delavan-Darien as well as anyone so far this season in the team’s Southern Lakes Conference match Sept. 15 at Elkhorn. The Comets scored three goals in the space of 15 minutes in the second half and beat […]
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Murphy wins division, Lady Elks impressive
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Paige Murphy won the Freshman Division and helped the Elkhorn Area High School girls swimming team to a fourth-place finish Sept. 20 at the Hononegah Invite at Hononegah High School in Hononegah, Ill. The Elks scored 244 points. Host Hononegah won the meet with 409 points. […]
Volleyball girls righting ship?
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls volleyball team is, hopefully, getting ready to turn the corner on its season. The Elks lost five matches Sept. 19 in the Slinger Invitational at Slinger High School, but played competitive volleyball. The Elks opened with a 27-25, 25-10 loss […]
Grove handles golfers
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls golf team took on one of the area’s better teams Sept. 15 at Ives Grove Golf Links in Sturtevant in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet against Union Grove. Every member of the Broncos’ varsity broke 50 and Union Grove […]
Out of the Darkness Walk set for Oct. 3
An Out of the Darkness Walworth County Community Walk in support of suicide prevention is set for Oct. 3 at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. The Out of the Darkness Walk is a fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and registration and check-in begins […]
Volleyball prepping for post-season
Chiefs open week with a sweep over Clinton By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It doesn’t seem possible, but the end of the 2015 volleyball regular season already is in sight. And that means it’s time for teams to begin cleaning up any issues as the post-season nears – which is just […]
Defense key in Chief’s win Friday
Chiefs hold Panthers to 14 points, improve to 2-1 in conference By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It certainly wasn’t easy – like many games in recent memory – when the Big Foot football team traveled to Palmyra-Eagle Friday night. But teams don’t get extra points for beauty, just for victories. And […]
Runners take second at Big Foot invite
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Three Big Foot runners placed in the top three to lead the girls cross country team to a second-place overall finish Tuesday afternoon at its own invitational. Brodhead-Juda won the six-team meet, held at Duck Pond, Fontana, with 52 points, followed by the Chiefs with 62 […]
Tennis toppled by Trojans in 5-2 conference loss
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis team dropped a 5-2 RVC decision at East Troy Monday afternoon. Collecting wins were Meredith Heckert at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-1 over Lora Leach; and the No. 1 doubles team of Morgan Grunow-Izzy Klesmith, 6-1, 6-1 over Hunter Scheel-Claudia […]
BEVERLY BURKI
Beverly J. Burki, of East Troy, died unexpectedly on Sept. 19, 2015. She was born on Jan. 6, 1951, to Clifton and Thelma (Hankins) Fry in Reedsburg. She attended Mukwonago High School. Beverly was married to William E. Burki for 34 years. She and her husband enjoyed being den […]
