By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent Three Lake Geneva Badger wrestlers made it to the finals at the Badger State Invitational on Dec. 22. Josh and Jake Stritesky and Kyle Freund all made it to the championship round but none of them were able to bring home a title. Assistant Coach […]
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Badger girls split pair of games
By Michael S. Hoey Corrrespondent The Lake Geneva Badger girls basketball team defeated Westosha Central 61-35 at home on Dec. 18. The Badgers took control early and led by as many as 34 points in the blowout win. LuAnnabelle Wieseman put the Badgers up 2-0 with a basket. Centyral took […]
Badger co-op swim team wins dual
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger co-op swim team won a dual meet against the Prairie School (146-16) and Jefferson-Cambridge (137-32) on Dec. 11. The Badgers dominated the meet taking first, second, and third place in six different events: 200-yard freestyle – Ben Shane (2:03.64), Nathaniel Rafe […]
Badger wrestlers fall to Union Grove
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger wrestling team lost a dual match to Union Grove 44-30 on Dec. 6. The Badgers also finished sixth at the Grant Schoen Memorial Invitational in Cedarburg on Dec. 8. Against Union Grove, the Badgers got wins by pin by Josh Stritesky […]
Badger girls win on buzzer-beater
Boys fall in season opener against Grayslake By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team beat Kettle Moraine 73-71 on Nov. 27 in Kettle Moraine on a buzzer beater by Ashlyn Welch. In a game the Badgers were in control of most of the way, the […]
Badger girls suffer first loss
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the season in a non-conference match-up with Kenosha Tremper in Kenosha on Nov. 20. The game was much closer than the final score indicated. Tremper won the game 67-52, but the Badgers were […]
Badger boys basketball moves in new direction
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School boys basketball team is under new leadership as the Forrest Larson era ended last year with the retirement of the Wisconsin Hall of Fame coach. The John Witte era begins Nov. 27 at home against Grayslake North. Witte is in his […]
Badger girls look to compete with anyone, coach says
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team are coming off a 15-8 season, 10-4 in the Southern Lakes Conference. The Badgers, who tied for third in the SLC, lost to Oconomowoc 59-48 in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional final. Coach David Jooss said the […]
Banner season continues for Badger’s Koeppel
By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Claire Koeppel has had a banner senior season for the Lake Geneva Badger co-op swim team. Entering the WIAA Division 1 sectional swimming and diving competition Nov. 3 at Greenfield, Koeppel already produced a stellar season in the Southern Lakes Conference, where she notched more […]
Badgers’ season ends in Mukwonago
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School football team won four of its last five regular season games to keep its 13-year playoff streak alive after beginning the season 0-4. The playoff season lasted one game as the Badgers fell to Mukwonago 35-15 in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic […]