Elkhorn Area High School’s Hunter Johnson earned Southern Lakes Conference Swimmer of the Year honors March 5 when the conference’s schools met at the Cotton Exchange in Waterford for the Winter Sports Coaches Banquet. It is one of many postseason accolades for Johnson and the Elks. The team met Feb. […]

WIAA D2 STATE SEMIFINAL: (1) Nicolet 70, (4) Elkhorn 46 Knights uses length, athleticism, full-court press to floor overmatched Elks   By Chris Bennett sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com MADISON – The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team needed to play a near-perfect game to beat the Nicolet Knights Friday in a WIAA […]

Elkhorn opponent Nicolet features two of best players in the nation By Chris Bennett Correspondent There will be no more postseason upsets in the WIAA Division 2 state boys basketball tournament, which starts Friday at the Kohl Center in Madison and includes the Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team […]

Umnus drives in for go-ahead bucket with 1 second remaining   By Chris Bennett and Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com   After upsetting a third higher-seeded opponent in as many games the Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team is headed to state for the first time since 1987. Elkhorn got a […]

Larson’s late layup caps second half comeback   By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent In the visiting locker room at Burlington High School Thursday night, following the Elks’ 49-48 victory over Westosha Central in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal, coach Josh Skatrud told his young men that all they needed […]

By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball will look to avoid a third loss to Westosha Central tonight when the two meet in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal at Burlington High School. The winner advances to the sectional final against either DeForest or Mount […]

By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Milton outscored Elkhorn by nine points in the second half and won 58-47 Feb. 22 in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal at Milton. The loss brings the Elks 2018-19 season to a close. Elkhorn finished with a record of 15-9. The Elks went 6-8 […]

Elkhorn swim team caps stellar season with 3rd place at state By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys swim team turned in the best night in program history Feb. 15 at the WIAA Division 2 State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium […]

By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The 400-meter freestyle relay of the Elkhorn Area High School’s boys swimming team is seeded No. 1 in the state in the WIAA’s Division 2 headed into today’s state meet at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison. The Elks sent swimmers to state in […]