By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Despite the 4-1 loss on Oct. 15 to the No. 1-ranked team in the state and defending champions, Delavan-Darien, the Whippets’ boys soccer team earned a No. 5 seed in the fourth Sectional of the WIAA state tournament. The team will enter the playoffs with […]
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Harlem hoops
D’onte Woods, of the Harlem Ambassadors, takes a shot at Delavan-Darien High School on Monday. Brittany Dorsey, of the Harlem Ambassadors, shows her moves during Monday’s event at D-DHS. The Harlem Ambassadors perform Harlem-style comedy basketball featuring high-flying slam […]
Badgers survive Union Grove
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badgers traveled to Union Grove on Friday and came away with a hard fought 41-38 win that preserves Badger’s showdown with undefeated Waterford for the Southern Lakes Conference championship Friday at Badger. Badger and Union Grove went back and forth on the […]
Soccer wins SLC tournament
Undefeated Comets to play Elks for conference title By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent After starting the season 18-0, the Delavan-Darien High School boys soccer team entered the Sothern Lakes Conference tournament as the top seed. The tournament is set up so the top four teams play each other and the bottom […]
Waterford shuts out Delavan-Darien
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Waterford High School’s football team started fast in its game against Delavan-Darien High School on Friday. The Comets (4-3) went up against Waterford (7-0), and, by the end of the first quarter, the Wolverines were up 28-0 in front of their home crowd thanks to four […]
Ten Whippets swim to best times
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent On Oct. 6, the Whitewater Whippets’ girls swimming team took on Burlington at Burlington High School and lost, 129-41. “Despite the loss to Burlington, the girls posted 35 best times and some very impressive swims,” head coach Gina Foucault said in a recap about the […]
Whippets look to close out season with win
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The phrase “three yards and a cloud of dust” has been made into a famous philosophy for offenses in the game of football, regardless of what level it is being played at. On Friday night, the Whitewater Whippets (1-6) hosted the Parkview Vikings (2-5) in […]
Warhawks grind it out in front of record crowd
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent A week after defeating NAIA’s top-ranked team, Morningside College 33-30, the No. 1-ranked UW-Whitewater Warhawks’ football team ran into another ranked foe in then-ranked No. 14 UW-Platteville. The Warhawks played in front of its WIAC record-setting 15,287 fans at Perkins Stadium on Saturday for Family/Alumni […]
No. 1 doubles team advances to Sectionals
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent After dominating Rock Valley Conference play throughout the regular season, the Whitewater Whippets’ girls tennis team ran into tough competition once WIAA Tournament play began on Monday. Running into the No. 1-ranked team in the state, Edgewood, would prove to be one obstacle. Amanda […]
Whippets shut out by undefeated Evansville
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Overall records sometimes don’t tell the whole story. Take Florida State’s football team from last season for example. The Seminoles won every game they played in during the regular season, and then once the College Football Playoff rolled around, Florida State suffered a 59-20 loss […]
