Team improves over last season, sets records By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Much like the girls team, the Delavan-Darien boys basketball team had a turn-around from a year ago. Last season, Comets head coach Bob Beighton’s team went 7-15 overall and then lost in the first round of the Wisconsin Interscholastic […]
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Girls end season with three-point loss to McFarland
Team sets new standard for D-DHS basketball By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team went 3-19 a season ago. This year, the team had a 10-game turnaround and went 13-9 during the regular season with first-year head coach, Joe Lopez. Lopez knew about the expectations placed […]
Badger swimmers compete at state
Girls basketball beats Westosha heading into regional By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School co-op swim team competed at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state swim meet Friday in Madison. Andrew Shane competed in two individual events and was also on the 400-yard freestyle relay team that made […]
Boys lose to Muskego, beat Elkhorn
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Entering the week at 11-7 overall, the Delavan-Darien boys basketball team had two games on its schedule last week with two more remaining this week. The team split the two games last week, moving to 12-8 overall. Starting with Muskego on Feb. 15, the Comets fell […]
Girls lose to Big Foot, beat East Troy, Wilmot
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Much like the Delavan-Darien boys basketball team, the girls squad had a big chance to start off the end of its regular season with three games on its schedule last week. The Comets entered with a 9-7 record, and after three games, now sit at 11-8 […]
Boys beat Whitewater, lose to Westosha
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien boys basketball team entered last week with an 8-5 record on the season and had two games on its slate heading into February. The first, against Whitewater, was at home Jan. 26. The teams played in front of the Comets’ home crowd, and as […]
Two road contests put more games in win column for D-DHS girls
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent There were only so many ways Delavan-Darien High School’s girls basketball team could have gone last week. Entering at 7-7, two games were on the slate, both on the road. Continuing play at .500, falling behind thanks to two games on the road could have ensued, […]
Boys beat Burlington 68-60
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent It was a tale of two halves scoring-wise for the Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team Friday when the team hosted Burlington, in its lone game of the week. The Comets entered the contest with a 7-5 overall record against the Demons (5-7). In the first […]
Girls beat Palmyra, lose to Burlington
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Last week, the Delavan-Darien girls basketball team had a couple games that could display where they were at, now over the mid-way point of the season. On Jan. 18, the 6-6 Comets faced Palmyra-Eagle, which entered at 2-12. The Comets were at home, and it didn’t […]
Boys lose to Parker, beat Waterford
Comets are now 4-1 in conference By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team entered last week with a 5-2 record, and after a 17-day stretch in which the team did not play a game, the Comets had to travel to face a 3-6 Janesville Parker team. […]