Chiefs hold Panthers to 14 points, improve to 2-1 in conference By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It certainly wasn’t easy – like many games in recent memory – when the Big Foot football team traveled to Palmyra-Eagle Friday night. But teams don’t get extra points for beauty, just for victories. And […]
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Runners take second at Big Foot invite
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Three Big Foot runners placed in the top three to lead the girls cross country team to a second-place overall finish Tuesday afternoon at its own invitational. Brodhead-Juda won the six-team meet, held at Duck Pond, Fontana, with 52 points, followed by the Chiefs with 62 […]
Tennis toppled by Trojans in 5-2 conference loss
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis team dropped a 5-2 RVC decision at East Troy Monday afternoon. Collecting wins were Meredith Heckert at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-1 over Lora Leach; and the No. 1 doubles team of Morgan Grunow-Izzy Klesmith, 6-1, 6-1 over Hunter Scheel-Claudia […]
Badgers contain Comets
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School football team gave up 379 yards to the high-octane Delavan-Darien offense Friday night but still came away with a 29-15 home win. Comet quarterback Jake Benzing passed for 231 yards and rushed for 148, but was only able to find the […]
Comets lose to Badgers
Undefeated start to season ends with 29-15 loss to Lake Geneva By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Following Delavan-Darien High School’s 3-0 start, a feat the football team was a part of a season ago, the team lost to another 3-0 team, in Union Grove entering this week. The Comets’ opponent, […]
Warhawks dominate Lions in home opener
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent A week ago, fresh off an undefeated, national championship-winning season, the UW-Whitewater football team travelled to Jackson, Miss. and took on Belhaven. Sixty minutes later, the Warhawks had won its 33rd-straight game, and began the 2015 season, 1-0, departing from the state of Mississippi with […]
Whippet runners compete in big meet
Girls volleyball and tennis, and boys soccer teams play tonight By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Angel Invite is a cross country meet held each year with high meaning behind it because of the tough competition (multiple Division 1 teams) and sheer overall number of teams participating in it. This […]
Whippets struggle to find footing against Trojans
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The rain was pouring throughout the Whippets’ football game on Friday night at home against East Troy, a game featuring two teams with 1-3 records on the season. Because of the rain early on, the teams needed time to adjust to the conditions, and through […]
One for the win column
Football team takes down Jefferson for first win of season By Dan Truttschel Correspondent There’s no doubt the East Troy High School football team needed to get into the victory column Friday night when it hosted Jefferson. That’s just what the Trojans did – and in dominating fashion to boot. […]
East Troy hosts Ladish Invite
Girls take fifth, boys ninth By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy girls cross country team was fifth, while the boys were ninth at last week’s Ladish Invitational. Jefferson won the 14-team girls’ title with 83 points, followed by Waukesha North with 98, Kenosha Indian Trail with 99, New Berlin […]
