By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger co-op swim team won a dual meet against the Prairie School (146-16) and Jefferson-Cambridge (137-32) on Dec. 11. The Badgers dominated the meet taking first, second, and third place in six different events: 200-yard freestyle – Ben Shane (2:03.64), Nathaniel Rafe […]
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Lady Comets keep it even with .500 record
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent In the 2017-18 season, the Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team won two games. This season, heading into this past week, the Comets had a 2-3 record with a game at Westosha Central on Dec. 11. It was the lone game of the week for the […]
Whippets win title at Mount Horeb Invite
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School wrestling team competed in the Mount Horeb Invitational on Dec. 15, winning the 16-team meet. Whitewater accumulated 198.5 points, while second-place Edgerton totaled 180. “The team wrestled very well throughout the tournament, coming home with five runner-ups and four bronze medalists,” […]
Whitewater winning races, shaving times
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Whitewater High School boys swimming coach Gina Foucault said great things continued to happen for the team at the Milton Invitational on Dec. 8. Several athletes won races and recorded best times. Whitewater earned medals in 11 events, including three first-place finishes. Placing first was Jack […]
Big Foot boys get big win over Clinton
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It took the Big Foot boys basketball team a little bit to get going last Friday night in its Rock Valley Conference contest with visiting Clinton. But once the Chiefs got on track, there wasn’t much the Cougars could do to slow them down. Big Foot […]
Badger wrestlers fall to Union Grove
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badger wrestling team lost a dual match to Union Grove 44-30 on Dec. 6. The Badgers also finished sixth at the Grant Schoen Memorial Invitational in Cedarburg on Dec. 8. Against Union Grove, the Badgers got wins by pin by Josh Stritesky […]
A season to remember
Luke Umnus named conference soccer player of the year By Chris Bennett Correspondent The balls are put away and the nets taken down and waiting for next season, but Luke Umnus of the Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team has an award from this past season that will be […]
Comets fall to Badger on the road
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien boys’ basketball team traveled to Lake Geneva Badger on Dec. 7 and came home with a 57-48 loss. The Comets led early and had a few nice runs, but inconsistency and poor shooting kept them from their first win of the young season. […]
Lady Chiefs defense continues strong starts
Big Foot boys open season with a win By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent It’s still a small sample size, but there’s a lot to like for Big Foot girls basketball coach Mike Dowden when it comes to how his team is playing. And the numbers prove it. Big Foot rolled […]
Grapplers compete at Howard/Manley Duals
Young team finding their footing on the mat By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The 2017-18 wrestling season ended with East Troy’s Tommy Larson and Waterford’s Hayden Halter on top of the 106-pound weight class in Division 1 and 2. So when a chance presented itself during Saturday’s East Troy Howard/Manley Duals […]
