By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School baseball team lost two tight Southern Lakes Conference games last week against Wilmot. The Panthers beat the Elks 6-2 in the first game of a doubleheader April 17 at Elkhorn. Wilmot defeated the Elks 3-2 in extra innings in the […]
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Whippets seeking second win of season
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School baseball team stands at 1-4 after a slow start to the season. After losing their first game of the year, the Whippets held their home opener against Clinton and delivered a 14-4, 6-inning victory. Seven separate players got a base hit […]
Whippet golf team fifth at conference event
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School Golf team had a decent day on the links at the Conference Alpine Tournament, which featured the entire Rock Valley North slate. Five golfers from each team competed, in which the lowest score was dropped to eliminate a singular bad round. […]
Softball coach admires players’ tenacity
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The weather was cool and wet last week during a back to back with McFarland, and the Whippets Softball team mirrored the elements, losing 11-0, and then 11-1 the next afternoon. In Wednesday’s affair, the Whippets went to the plate aggressively, trying to punch holes […]
Whippet track teams split against McFarland
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School boys track team fared well against McFarland last week, especially in the throwing department. Landon Walker and Brad Stoll continued to have great starts to their season. Stoll and Walker went 1-2 in both the shot put and the discus. Joe […]
Whitewater outlasts Janesville-Parker
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent On a clear, yet cold pitch last Wednesday, the Lady Whippets soccer team defeated Janesville-Parker 2-0 in a non-conference match at home. Whitewater dominated the first half by controlling the ball and attacking, putting pressure on the Viking defense. However, it wasn’t until the 8th […]
Softball, baseball teams lose
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent Both the Delavan-Darien High School softball and baseball teams suffered their first Southern Lakes Conference losses last week. The Comet baseball team (3-3, 2-1) dropped a 6-3 game to Westosha Central while the softball team (4-1, 2-1) lost 4-0 to Union Grove last Thursday night. Micah […]
Softball team has up and down opening week
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent New Whitewater High School girls softball coach Dan Dowden knows that he has a young group to contend with this season as he looks to change the culture around the program. “We are young, and we need to grow up quickly this year if we […]
Lady Whippets respond to OT loss with win
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School girls varsity soccer team lost a close game to Big Foot this past week, losing 1-0 in overtime and bringing the team’s record to an even 1-1. The Whippets tried to be aggressive during the game, but it didn’t seem to […]
Whippets take second at Clinton Relays
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School boys track team has been a few steps ahead of the girls unit so far this year, finishing in second place at the Clinton Relays last weekend while the girls finished sixth as a team. The boys team won four events […]