General admission tickets are now available in the Delavan-Darien High School athletic office through 3 p.m. Wednesday for the 2016 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association girls state softball tournament to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, at Goodman Diamond in Madison. Student and adult game tickets are $8 each. A fan […]
Sports
Sports news from throughout Walworth County
Running at top speed
Davey, Mair break records en route to state By Chris Bennett Correspondent Records fell, and Elkhorn’s Derek Davey and Taylor Mair gorged on the fruits of their labors March 26 in a WIAA Division 2 high school track and field sectional meet at Stoughton. Davey for the boys and Mair […]
Elks limp into playoffs
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School baseball team opened WIAA Division 1 postseason play Tuesday needing to break a four-game losing streak if it hoped to keep its season going. The Elks (4-14, 4-10 SLC) played Janesville Parker (9-8) Tuesday at Parker in a WIAA Division 1 […]
Passler, White lead way at sectional
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School’s Colin Passler at No. 3 singles and Nick White at No. 4 singles each finished fourth in their flight May 26 in a WIAA Division 1 boys high school sectional tournament at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison. The Elks’ Matt Nelson, at […]
Title eludes Elks
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The need to take risks in pursuit of a conference title took the Elkhorn Area High School girls soccer team out of its game, and led to the squad’s most lopsided defeat of the season. Elkhorn lost 6-0 May 26 to the Demons at Burlington in […]
Ahler wins playoff, advances to sectional
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Liam Ahler won a two-hole playoff more than two hours after the end of his round and is the only member of the Elkhorn Area High School boys golf team to advance to Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament at Watertown Country Club. The Elks played […]
Tigers tame softball girls in extra innings
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School softball team showed the intensity expected by its coach in the final game of the season. The Elks battled Edgerton for nine innings before losing 7-6 May 24 in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal game at Edgerton. Edgerton (10-11) entered […]
On to state
Track teams head to state meet this weekend By Dan Truttschel Correspondent There will be no shortage of East Troy High School representation at this weekend’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 State Meet on the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse campus. The Trojans made sure of that last week with […]
Netters advance to state tournament
Baseball wins regional opener, softball wraps for season By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For the 20th straight season, the East Troy High School boys tennis team will compete at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 State Tournament this weekend in Madison. The Trojans landed a spot in both singles and […]
Track qualifies for state in four events
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot girls track and field team came home from last year’s WIAA Division 2 State Meet in La Crosse with a pair of top-10 finishes. And now they have a chance to improve on those efforts. Big Foot’s 1,600-meter relay team of junior Gloria […]