By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The good news Tuesday night for the Big Foot boys basketball team was the Chiefs nearly surpassed 80 points in their home Rock Valley Conference contest against Clinton. But the bad news was the Cougars put 102 on the scoreboard. Big Foot fell behind 56-39 at […]
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Chiefs bounce back at holiday tournament
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A tough one-point loss in the opening round of the Badger Holiday Tournament sent the Big Foot girls basketball team into the consolation bracket. And that’s where the Chiefs took out a few frustrations on their opponent. Big Foot bounced back from the loss to Slinger […]
Wrestlers take 34th at Mid-States Invitational
Chiefs travel to Whitewater Saturday for invite By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Four Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestlers traveled to the Mid-States Invitational last week on the UW-Whitewater campus. Travis Berryman (113 pounds) recorded the Chiefs’ only win in the 35-team, two-day event that traditionally draws some of the top individuals and […]
Defense awakens over holiday break
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team played its best defense of the season Jan. 2 in a 47-35 non-conference loss at Stoughton. The Elks beat Edgerton 64-53 Dec. 22 in a non-conference game at Edgerton to close-out 2015. Elkhorn played Waukesha Catholic Memorial (2-5) […]
Banged-up Lady Elks drop two
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team played short-handed in the Fort Atkinson Holiday Tournament and lost two games by a combined total of 82 points. The Elks lost 61-22 Dec. 30 to Fort Atkinson and 67-24 Dec. 29 to Milwaukee School of Languages (MSOL). […]
Reynolds leaves Mid-States unsatisfied
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School wrestling coach Ken Reynolds is not satisfied with the Elks’ showing in the Mid-States Wrestling Classic Dec. 29 and 30 at UW-Whitewater. “I expected to finish higher,” Reynolds said. “I expected to take more guys. We only took 10 guys over there […]
Wrestlers 4-3 at invite
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent East Troy traveled to the two-day Northern Exposure Tournament last week at Merrill and came back with a second-place finish in the third-place bracket. The Trojans were 3-2 in the opening round, which sent them to the third-place bracket. East Troy fell 39-36 to Waukesha South […]
Girls snap three-game skid
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy girls ended the 2015-portion of their schedule last week with a 63-56 non-conference win over visiting Milwaukee Messmer. East Troy built a 33-21 halftime lead, and then had to hold off a Messmer rally in the final 18 minutes to pick up the […]
Boys fall to Cedarburg in non-conference play
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent As far as East Troy High School boys basketball coach Darryl Rayfield is concerned, it’s never too early to start planning for the post-season. And that’s why he fills the Trojans’ non-conference schedule with challenging opponents. Monday night was just another case of that. East Troy […]
So close
Griffin Nathan (above) works past a Clinton defender in the Whippets 85-76 overtime loss Dec. 22. Daniel Fuller (right) puts up a jump shot for Whitewater High School in the close game, a non-conference matchup. (Bob Mischka photo)
