By Kevin Cunningham sports correspondent The defending state champions had quite the scare on Feb. 4, as the Whitewater High School girls basketball team (18-1) defeated Edgerton (11-8), 35-28 on the road. The Whippets were described as playing uncharacteristic by head coach Judy Harms, and she said the team just […]
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Historical Society elects new director
By Fred Noer Contributor Long-time Walworth resident Joyce Pagel has been elected for the first time as a director of the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie. The election was at the Jan. 28 annual meeting of the organization at Golden Years Retirement Village in Walworth. Pagel will […]
Boys trounce Parkview, 118-38
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The visiting Parkview boys basketball team never stood a chance last week. Not when East Troy shot the ball like it did. The Trojans continued to build momentum toward the post-season with a 73-point first half en route to dominating 118-38 Rock Valley Conference victory. “We […]
Wrestlers wrap regular season
Team takes fourth at Dells Invite, conference meet Saturday By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The preliminaries are done as far as the East Troy High School wrestling team is concerned. Now it’s time for the real action to begin. East Troy closed out its regular-season schedule Saturday with a fourth-place finish […]
Boys knock off Chiefs, fall to Panthers
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team was outscored by five points in each half and lost 88-78 to Wilmot Jan. 29 at home in a Southern Lakes Conference basketball game. The Elks won 57-49 Jan. 25 in a non-conference game at Big Foot High […]
Demons destroy Lady Elks
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team recently played its worst game of the season after playing its best game of the season. Elkhorn lost 47-18 Jan. 29 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at Burlington after losing 58-34 Jan. 22 in a SLC game […]
Swimmers gaining on SLC leaders
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Badger Co-op is within the sights of the Elkhorn Area High School boys swimming team. The Elks have finished behind Badger in the last two invites attended by both teams. The Elks and Badgers will compete again Saturday in the Southern Lakes Conference Meet at Whitewater […]
Grapplers continue dominance in Grafton
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School wrestling team finished 4-0 in dual meets Saturday and won the Grafton Duals for ninth time in 10 years. The Elks finished their Southern Lakes Conference dual meet season with a 49-25 victory Jan. 28 at home against Wilmot. The Elks […]
Chiefs on a roll
Girls claim ninth straight victory, boys and wrestlers tumble in tough week By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot girls basketball team is on a roll. Big Foot won its ninth straight game Tuesday night with a dominating 80-64 non-conference win over visiting Southern Lakes Conference foe Delavan-Darien. The win […]
Boys beat Whitewater, lose to Westosha
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien boys basketball team entered last week with an 8-5 record on the season and had two games on its slate heading into February. The first, against Whitewater, was at home Jan. 26. The teams played in front of the Comets’ home crowd, and as […]
