By Dan Truttschel Correspondent At first glance, it appears little went right for the East Troy High School girls basketball team Friday night in its season opener at Delavan-Darien. But a closer look shows young Trojans’ squad wasn’t that far away from a non-conference victory. The two teams battled nearly […]
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Skatrud era begins for Elks hoops
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys basketball team is opening a new chapter in its history – kind of. The Elks are starting their first campaign under new coach Josh Skatrud. Skatrud spent the last seven years at Elkhorn as the boys junior varsity coach and […]
Lady Elks start season slow
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team opened its 2015-15 season with two consecutive non-conference losses. The Elks lost their season opener 46-29 Nov. 20 at Clinton and lost their home opener 39-30 Nov. 21 against Edgerton. Against Clinton (2-0) the Elks trailed 24-17 at […]
Boys aim to change close losses to victories
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Ask any high school coach for a pre-season goal and they’re likely to respond that winning a conference title is at the top of the list. When it comes to the Big Foot boys basketball program in 2014-15, that’s the target in the Chiefs’ sights. Now […]
Girls 1-0 in Rock Valley Conference
Pre-halftime rally put game out of reach for opponents By Dan Truttschel Correspondent If the Big Foot girls basketball team hopes to make some noise this season in the Rock Valley Conference, a good place to start was Tuesday’s opener at Parkview. Mission accomplished. Big Foot bounced back from a […]
Area honors standout fall athletes
Southern Lakes All-Conference Football First team Offense QB – Brad Burling, sr., Burlington. RB – Keenan Leahy, sr., Elkhorn. WR – Jake Benzing, sr., Delavan-Darien. Frank Hozeska, sr., Burlington. TE – Ethan Cesarz, soph., DD. OL – Stephan Wieder, jr., Lake Geneva Badger. Ian McDonald, sr., Elkhorn. Isaac Thiel, sr., […]
Girls prepare for upcoming basketball season
Coach hopes success will stem from mix of ‘experience and youth’ By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The way second-year Big Foot girls basketball coach Rick Schoenbeck sees things, this year may be the start of a turnaround for the Chiefs. And why not? Big Foot returns its core, while several other […]
Hot start
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater womens basketball team, which finished third in the NCAA Division III conference last season, gets off to a good start with a 86-68 win over the University of Chicago in the Kachel Gymansium Nov. 15. Reilly Stewart led the scoring with 20 points. The team will […]
Whippets notch respectable swims at state
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The two Whitewater High School swimmers had respectable showings at the WIAA State Swim Meet last weekend. Sara Foucault finished 7th in the 200 individual medley, posting a time of 2:13.65. This was a two spot improvement from where she began the meet. Also swimming […]
Whippets named to all conference teams
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The individual play of local athletes in the three fall sports that recently wrapped up for the Whippets – football, soccer and volleyball – has resulted in several Whitewater High School students being named to the Rock Valley South All-Conference teams. The WHS football team […]
