By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 64-24 rout Nov. 15 in a non-conference game at Williams Bay. The Elks played a non-conference game last Tuesday at Palmyra-Eagle, and play a non-conference game Nov. 27 at […]

By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team is in the midst of a renaissance that will, hopefully, continue through this season and seasons beyond. The program, moribund for years, returned to relevance in the Southern Lakes Conference and southeast Wisconsin last season under the […]

The Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin recently announced that three Elkhorn Area High School girls golf team members were honored for their academic and athletic commitment. Marlie Lockhard, Ryley Rand and Afton Malvitz earned honors designations as Academic All-State honorees for the recently concluded 2018 girls’ golf season. Students are […]

By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elks won eight of 11 events and beat Delavan-Darien 119-49 Oct. 16 in a Southern Lakes Conference girls high school swimming dual meet at Elkhorn. Elkhorn swims Saturday in the SLC Varsity Meet at Delavan-Darien High School in Delavan. Coach Jamie Richardson said the […]

      The Elkhorn boys pose triumphantly on their home turf after defeating Delavan-Darien, 5-0, in the Southern Lakes Conference tournament championship. See complete Elks sports coverage in the Oct. 18 Independent. (Rick Benavides photo)

There’s been a youth lacrosse team in the area, the Elkhorn Kwik Stx for some time and soon there will also be a high school club team. On Sunday, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., a high school lacrosse clinic will be held in the fieldhouse at Elkhorn Area High School. […]

  By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent One member of the Elkhorn Area High School girls golf team lived to play another day after a WIAA Division 1 regional tournament Sept. 26 at Riverside Golf Course in Janesville. Ryley Rand advanced from the regional to Monday’s sectional tournament at The Highlands […]

      Elkhorn Area High School’s Gabby Richardson battles at No. 1 singles Sept. 22 at Wilmot Union High School during the Southern Lakes Conference tournament. See more Elks sports coverage in the Sept. 27 Independent. (Mike Ramczyk photo)

By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent    The Elks finished the Southern Lakes Conference regular season with victories in two of their final three dual meets. The Elks beat Westosha Central and Wilmot and lost by 10 strokes to Waterford. Coach Mark Malvitz said the Elks’ two victories pushed the team’s SLC […]

The Elkhorn soccer players celebrate against Delavan-Darien Sept. 6. The Elks are 5-1-1 and ranked No. 6 in the state of Wisconsin in the latest Wissports.net poll. See complete Elkhorn sports coverage in the Sept. 13 Independent. (Submitted photo)