By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Elkhorn’s Payton Christensen forced overtime with a late basket, but the Elks lost 53-45 at home to Burlington Jan. 19 in a Southern Lakes Conference girls high school basketball game. Elks coach Jeff Brown said Christensen tied the score at 45-45 with a layup with […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team won three titles and finished second Jan. 13 in the Norski Invite at DeForest High School. At DeForest, Aaron Taylor (160 pounds), Coleman Karl (145) and Payton Jacobson (106) each won their weight class. Taylor (15-11) pinned his […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics dropped two dual meets to two of the area’s better teams last weeks, but performed well in doing so. The Elks lost a non-conference meet 135.025-132.050 to Brookfield Co-op Jan. 11 at home and lost a Southern Lakes Conference […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team took its shot at one of the state’s best players Jan. 13 in a non-conference game at Whitnall High School in Greenfield. Whitnall’s Tyler Herro scored game-high 42 points and helped the Hawks beat the Elks, 74-59. […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent A 17-point halftime deficit proved too much for the Elks Jan. 12 in a Southern Lakes Conference girls high school basketball game at home against Wilmot. The Elks lost 55-42. Elkhorn (5-6, 2-5 SLC) trailed the Panthers (8-5, 6-1 SLC) 32-15 at halftime. Coach Jeff […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elks posted 48 personal best times and routed Delavan-Darien 121-47 Jan. 9 in a Southern Lakes Conference boys high school swimming dual meet at Delavan-Darien High School. Elks coach Jamie Richardson said posting 48 personal best times in January is no easy task. The […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Three Elkhorn Area High School wrestlers placed second in their respective weight classes, and it helped the Elks to a fourth-place finish Dec. 29 in the Mid-States Wrestling Classic at UW-Whitewater. This season’s field at Mid-States featured 43 schools Wisconsin and Illinois. “I’m really happy […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Hunter Johnson finished second among sophomores and helped the Elkhorn Area High School boys swim team to a strong performance Dec. 27 in the Boylan Bash at Boylan High School in Rockford, Ill. The Boylan Bash is split by class, and team scores are not […]

The Jan. 4 issue of the Independent includes feature stories on the newspaper’s coach and male and female athletes of the year by Chris Bennett, sports correspondent. Below is a portion of what’s included – pick up a copy of the paper for the rest – on stands now! COACH […]

By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elks won nine of 11 events and beat Badger Co-op 109-61 Dec. 19 in a Southern Lakes Conference boys high school swimming dual meet at Badger High School in Lake Geneva. The Elks competed Dec. 20 in a non-conference dual meet at Boylan High […]