Golf places first twice By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School boys track team won the Badger Invitational on Friday with 173 points. Cary-Grove finished second with 142.5. Badgers who turned in first-place performances included Colin Jackson in the 110-meter hurdles (16.74), Matt Compton in the high jump […]
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Baseball loses two more for five straight losses
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent After a 5-2 start to the season, the Delavan-Darien High School baseball team has now lost five straight games after two losses last week. The Comets first faced Milton on April 25 at home. Head coach Mike Grover said the defensive performance was poor in this […]
Softball suffers first two losses of season
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School’s softball coach Hank Johnson knew it would be a tough week for the Comets last week. His group was 13-0 overall in 2016 heading into last week and the team was set to face Union Grove and Westosha Central. Union Grove and Westosha […]
No. 3 doubles team helps Whippets earn 5-4 win
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent On April 28, the Whitewater High School boys tennis team faced Watertown Luther Prep at home and lost, 6-1. Whippets head coach Alex Mory said the match was in cold conditions and it was a tough match that showed the team had great perseverance. “The […]
Softball team falls to Evansville, Jefferson
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School softball team was 2-8 overall heading into this past week, a week that held two games on its schedule. The Whippets first faced Evansville on April 28 on the road after losing to them on April 26 at home, 12-3. In […]
Soccer team gets first conference win of season
Track teams sixth, seventh at Fort Invite By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls soccer team was 2-3-2 overall with three games on its schedule coming into this week. The Whippets had a chance to get its record to .500 with a road game against a conference […]
Whippets comeback leads to 5-4 win over Elks
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent A few nail-biters took place this past week for the Whitewater High School baseball team, which entered with a 7-4 record overall. The first game came against Evansville on April 28 on the road. In the bottom of the first inning, Evansville initially struck with […]
Elks edge Wilmot in extra innings
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Five runs in the final two innings helped the Elkhorn Area High School baseball team beat Southern Lakes Conference foe Wilmot 8-6 in extra innings April 21 at Wilmot. The Elks lost 9-0 Saturday in a non-conference game at Beloit Memorial and lost 8-2 to Wilmot […]
Lady Elks rally past Packers
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn rallied late against the Packers and pulled out a 4-3 non-conference victory April 22 in a high school softball game at Cudahy. The Elks’ victory might have eased the sting of being no-hit by the Broncos’ Brittany Moore April 21 in an 11-0 Southern Lakes […]
Daehn leads tracksters in Brodhead
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Tyler Daehn won three events and led the Elkhorn Area High School boys track & field team to a third-place finish April 22 in the Jim Church Invite at Brodhead High School. The Elkhorn girls won three events and finished second. The Elks competed Tuesday at […]