Cheerleaders, basketball teams compete in tournament The basketball and cheerleading team from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf participated in the Great Plains Schools for the Deaf tournament at Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf in Faribault, Minn. recently. Despite the cold weather and snowstorm, according to school and coaching […]
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Lopez’ final lap is complete
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent By the age of nine, Delavan-Darien High School’s Luca Lopez was already swimming competitively. Fast forward nearly a decade – including a move from New Mexico to Wisconsin – and his final competitive race has now come to a close. The WIAA State boys swimming Division […]
Good effort by Comets brings tense moments
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien boys basketball team put on an inspired effort Feb. 9 in an effort to get its first win of the season but fell 71-52 at home to Milton. The game turned tense in the second half and even more extreme after the game. […]
Comets head to sectionals
Luca Lopez wins 200-yard individual medley at SLC tournament By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent At the Southern Lakes Conference boys swimming tournament Saturday at Jefferson High School, Delavan-Darien finished seventh as a team. The Comets finished all but two of the races with personal records and Luca Lopez won the 200-yard […]
Comet wrestlers take winning record into tourney
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School’s wrestling team competed in its first meet in 12 days last week – a dual on the road against Waterford. Head coach Diego Avila said that the stretch without official competition might have contributed to the struggles the Comets experienced on the mat […]
Hoops teams travel to Kentucky
The boys and girls basketball teams from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Delavan, recently participated in the Kentucky Classic Basketball Tournament and the WSD girls team wom the championship, including (from the left, kneeling) Paige Sheffield, Jazmin Victorino, Brianna Henke, Lucero Arreola, Caitlyn Buchman, (standing) head coach Matthew […]
D-DHS grapplers finding their grip, coach says
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent On Jan. 10, the Delavan-Darien High School wrestling team hosted its final meet of the season and it came in a dual against Burlington. Comets head coach Diego Avila said that he took a few forfeits in the meet by only sending six wrestlers out to […]
Comets fall to Elks
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien Comets knew they had a tough task ahead of them on Jan. 3 and the Elks didn’t disappoint in an 80-38 win over the Comets in Delavan. “Elkhorn is a good team,” Coach Chris Hembrook said. “They are very deep and it showed […]
Lady Comets gear up for five-game home stretch
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The first eight games of the season gave Delavan-Darien High School’s girls basketball team three wins, which marked one more win than the team had all of last season (two). Going into last week, the Comets had one game over a two-week stretch, and it came […]
DDHS defense gives Burlington a challenge
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien boys’ basketball team hung with first-place Burlington for a half on Dec. 18, but the Demons pulled away in the second half for a 60-42 win in Delavan. The Comets switched from their usual 1-3-1 zone defense to a 2-3 zone for this […]