By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team scored decisive victories and won its Elkhorn Duals tournament Jan. 10 at Elkhorn Area High School. “We should have,” Elks coach Ken Reynolds said. “It was quite the week. With the cancellations and not practicing for three straight days, […]
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Gymnasts hang on
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School gymnastics team defeated Jefferson 114.825-106.657 Jan. 6 in a Southern Lakes Conference meet at home. The Elks finished second through fifth in the all-around. Freshman Cameron Jacobson led Elkhorn with score of 29.40. Amy Kolacke finished second (28.875), Madison Neinfeldt third […]
Swimmers impress with third-place finish
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys swimming team finished near the top of a tough field Jan. 10 at the Connor Burke Relays at Fort Atkinson High School. The Elks finished third with a team total of 115 points. Fort Atkinson won the meet (147). Milton […]
Lady Elks swept by the M’s
By Chris Bennett Correspondent It appears the Elkhorn Area High School girls’ basketball team is finding additional offense. The Elks lost 49-34 Jan. 3 in a non-conference game at home against Monroe and 44-42 in overtime Jan. 2 at home against non-conference opponent Milton. Elkhorn lost two games in the […]
Hoopsters tip off 2015 with quality win
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team opened 2015 with a non-conference road win against a strong opponent. The Elks converted their free throws late and beat McFarland 49-46 Jan. 3 at McFarland. “It was a really nice non-conference win against a good team,” Elks […]
Grapplers have work cut out after Mid-States
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Mid-States Tournament at UW-Whitewater showed the Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team how much farther it must go to achieve its goals this season. The Elks finished second in the 32-team tournament with 221 points. Stoughton won the tournament with 279 points. Elkhorn and Stoughton […]
Female Athlete of the Year
Schahczinski meant everything to Lady Elks By Chris Bennett Correspondent Erin Schahczinski is going to take the number 1,000 to her grave. “It still bothers me,” Schahczinski said. “At the end of my last game, I just started crying, because I knew if I had one more game it would […]
Lady Elks fall in close call
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School and Milton High School gymnastics teams ended their non-conference dual meet Dec. 18 at Elkhorn as close as two teams can be. Milton beat Elkhorn 116.025 to 116.000. The .025 is the closest margin possible in high school gymnastics. “You can’t […]
Double your pleasure, double your fun
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys swimming team doubled its fun Dec. 16 at home in a Southern Lakes Conference triangular against Platteville/Lancaster and Delavan-Darien. The Elks defeated Platteville Lancaster 95-76 and Delavan-Darien 120-50 and for their SLC dual meet victories of the season. Elkhorn is […]
Streaking grapplers gear up for Mid-States
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team expects a banner performance at the Mid-States Tournament Dec. 29 and 30 at UW-Whitewater. “We fully expect to go in and win that tournament,” Elks coach Ken Reynolds said. “We have high expectations for the tournament. We figure to […]