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Sports from the Delavan-Darien area

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Firebirds soar to new heights

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]