By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent After a 28-0 defeat at the hands of East Troy, the Whitewater Whippets’ football team had a home matchup on Friday against the Jefferson Eagles. Both teams entered the contest 1-4 overall and were coming off double-digit losses. It didn’t take long for the road […]
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St. Peter’s to have Fall Festival Oct. 3-4
St. Peter the Apostle Parish, 1975 Beulah Ave., East Troy, will have its annual Fall Festival Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4. The festival opens Saturday at 6 p.m. with music by the Smooth Blues. The beer tent will open at that time and the corn bag tournament is […]
Two more in the win column
Volleyball team undefeated in conference play By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A little lighter schedule before another huge weekend gave East Troy High School girls volleyball coach Jeremy Weis a chance to shake things up a bit last week. And still the Trojans responded just fine. East Troy rolled to two […]
East Troy rolls the Tide
Trojans shut out Whitewater, 28-0 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Another week, another strong effort by the East Troy High School football team. Now the Trojans just have to keep things rolling. East Troy broke open a scoreless game Friday night with 28 unanswered points in a dominating 28-0 Rock Valley […]
Wolverines blank Elks, remain undefeated
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The fortunes of the Elkhorn Area and Waterford Union High School football teams are headed different directions after Waterford’s 14-0 Southern Lakes Conference victory on a rainy evening Sept. 18 at Elkhorn. The Wolverines (5-0, 3-0 SLC) remain undefeated, and are one SLC victory away from […]
Elks hang with defending state champ Delavan
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team played Delavan-Darien as well as anyone so far this season in the team’s Southern Lakes Conference match Sept. 15 at Elkhorn. The Comets scored three goals in the space of 15 minutes in the second half and beat […]
Murphy wins division, Lady Elks impressive
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Paige Murphy won the Freshman Division and helped the Elkhorn Area High School girls swimming team to a fourth-place finish Sept. 20 at the Hononegah Invite at Hononegah High School in Hononegah, Ill. The Elks scored 244 points. Host Hononegah won the meet with 409 points. […]
Volleyball girls righting ship?
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls volleyball team is, hopefully, getting ready to turn the corner on its season. The Elks lost five matches Sept. 19 in the Slinger Invitational at Slinger High School, but played competitive volleyball. The Elks opened with a 27-25, 25-10 loss […]
Grove handles golfers
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls golf team took on one of the area’s better teams Sept. 15 at Ives Grove Golf Links in Sturtevant in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet against Union Grove. Every member of the Broncos’ varsity broke 50 and Union Grove […]
Volleyball prepping for post-season
Chiefs open week with a sweep over Clinton By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It doesn’t seem possible, but the end of the 2015 volleyball regular season already is in sight. And that means it’s time for teams to begin cleaning up any issues as the post-season nears – which is just […]