By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two fast starts last week paid big dividends for the East Troy High School girls basketball team. And in the process, the Trojans never let either opponent in the game right from the opening tip. East Troy jumped out to a 40-21 halftime lead Friday night […]
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Ex-Warhawk Kumerow catches first NFL pass from Aaron Rodgers By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent Mount Union’s Pierre Garcon and Cecil Shorts are two names that fans automatically think about when it comes to NCAA Division III football players who’ve earned success in the NFL. No doubt they are also players […]
Badger girls win on buzzer-beater
Boys fall in season opener against Grayslake By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team beat Kettle Moraine 73-71 on Nov. 27 in Kettle Moraine on a buzzer beater by Ashlyn Welch. In a game the Badgers were in control of most of the way, the […]
Lady Elks improve to 5-0
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls basketball team routed two opponents last week and improved to 5-0 on the young season. The Elks held non-conference opponent West Allis Central and Southern Lakes Conference rival Burlington to less then 20 points in the victories. Elkhorn beat […]
Comets start season with two losses
Team also lost senior leader to knee injury By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien boys basketball team opened the season with two non-conference losses last week to Whitewater and Cudahy. They also lost senior wing man Reese Crull to a knee injury in Whitewater. The Comets faced a tough […]
Girls take down Big Foot
Last-minute 3 pointer by Lomen wins game By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s still very early, but the East Troy High School girls basketball team continues to take positive steps forward. And that certainly was the case last week. Freshman Grace Lomen knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, […]
Boys battle to the end
Trojans fall to Martin Luther, 73-68 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Last week’s non-conference tilt between the East Troy and Greendale Martin Luther boys basketball teams wasn’t your garden variety season opener. This was a sectional final type of a matchup in Game 1. And it certainly lived up to the […]
Warhawks pull away in second half
UW-W advances to third round, hosts Minnesota foe on Saturday The No. 5 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team posted more than 500 yards of total offense for the fourth time in its last five games and forced three turnovers during a 54-21 triumph over St. Norbert in the second round […]
Chiefs wrestlers are hard-working kids, coach says
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A significant obstacle to success in recent seasons for the Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestling team has come down to numbers. And the Chiefs didn’t have enough of them. But that looks like it’s about to change in 2018-19, as first-year head coach Tyler Heck has 20 […]
Badger girls suffer first loss
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the season in a non-conference match-up with Kenosha Tremper in Kenosha on Nov. 20. The game was much closer than the final score indicated. Tremper won the game 67-52, but the Badgers were […]
