Comets finish season 3-20 By Jennifer Cesarz CORRESPONDENT The season ended for the Delavan-Darien High School girls’ basketball team Feb. 27 when the Comets lost to Fort Atkinson in Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association regional action. The Comets lost 56-32 to finish their season with a 3-20 record. Offensively the Comets […]
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East Troy girls to open postseason as No. 1 seed
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When the Whitewater and East Troy girls basketball teams get together, the game normally comes down to a late possession or critical play to decide the outcome. For one quarter last week, it looked like that trend again would play itself out – that is until […]
No. 1 seeded Whippets look to rebound in playoffs
By David Paulsen Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls basketball team has lost only three games all season. All three of those losses came to the Rock Valley Conference North and South Division leaders East Troy and Brodhead. The third loss came Feb. 21 at East Troy, as the Trojans […]
Hail to the champion
Dedick captures East Troy’s first wrestling crown in 25 years By David Paulsen Correspondent For the first time in 25 years, East Troy High School has a state wrestling champion. Senior Joey Dedick earned the 195-pound Division 2 crown at the WIAA Individual State Wrestling Championships Saturday. Dedick defeated Austin […]
Trojan boys ready to roll
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent If the opposition thought the East Troy boys basketball team may not be quite focused as the WIAA tournament began last week, all they had to do was read a pair of regional box scores. It appears the Trojans are quite ready to go – and […]
East Troy still on top despite first loss
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent As it turns out, the East Troy girls basketball team is human after all. After a season full of lopsided victories and plenty of optimism, the Trojans ran into a tough Division 1 foe in Franklin Monday night. And for a half, the Trojans were more […]
Four Trojan wrestlers headed to state
By David Paulsen Correspondent For the second year in a row, the East Troy High School wresting team is sending four grapplers to the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Championships. Freshman Cody Vogel, sophomores Ryan Engel and Andy Strey, and senior Joey Dedick will compete at the state meet to be […]
East Troy boys primed for deep playoff run
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy boys basketball team put the finishing touches on a solid regular season last week with three more victories. And now the Trojans can turn their attention to what they hope is a deep postseason run. East Troy clinched its fifth straight Rock Valley […]
Badgers return to State tourney
“Our goal was to get seven through to State and we came up short but not from lack of effort.” ~Coach Shane Koehl By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Lake Geneva Badger wrestlers will make a second consecutive trip to the Team State Meet on March 1-2 at the Kohl […]
Badgers sweep Union Grove
By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT The Lake Geneva Badger boys and girls basketball teams swept Union Grove in a double header last Friday at Union Grove. The Badger boys defeated the Broncos 45-43. Badger (8-14, 3-11 Southern Lakes Conference) jumped out to an early 19-6 lead after one quarter and […]