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Elkhorn area

Lady Elks take fourth at conference

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls swimming team finished in the top half Nov. 1 at the Southern Lakes Conference swim meet at Lake Geneva Badger High School. The Elks finished fourth with 270.5 points. Badger won the meet with 534 points. Burlington Combined finished second […]

Elkhorn area

Mair magnificent at state

By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn Area High School’s Tay Mair ran one second off her best time of the season Saturday in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 State Cross Country Championships at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Mair finished 106th in a field of 185 runners. […]

East Troy area

Heartbreaker for girls volleyball team

East Troy falls to Catholic Memorial in sectional semifinal By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Last week’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 sectional volleyball semifinal at Catholic Memorial had all the makings of an instant classic. And in many ways, the matchup of the state’s top-two ranked teams definitely lived up […]

Elkhorn area

Elks beaten at their own game

Season ends in first playoff game By Chris Bennett Correspondent The final two games of the regular season for the Elkhorn Area High School football team are the stuff of schoolboy legend. The same is not true of the Elks’ second consecutive playoff appearance, but the experience does little to […]

Elkhorn area

Swimmers rout rival Delavan

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls swim team routed Delavan-Darien 135-35 in a Southern Lakes Conference swim meet Oct. 21 at Elkhorn. The victory in the Elks’ final SLC dual meet of the year improved the team’s SLC dual meet record to 5-2. “We swam really […]

Elkhorn area

Mair makes school history

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School cross country program is sending a runner to state for the first time since 2009. Taylor Mair finished sixth Oct. 25 in the WIAA Division 1 Sectional Meet at Verona and qualified for the WIAA Division1 State Cross Country Championships Nov. […]

Elkhorn area

Kickers finish just shy of state

By Chris Bennett Correspondent The better team prevailed Oct. 25 in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 boys soccer sectional final match between Elkhorn and Oregon at Wilmot High School. Oregon won 4-0 and advanced to the WIAA Division 2 boys state soccer tournament, which started Thursday and concludes […]