By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien Comet football team had a tough season opener Aug. 17 at home in a 13-7 loss to Lodi. Lodi won the Division 4 state championship last year. Despite losing 22 seniors to graduation, Lodi’s junior varsity team was undefeated, so D-DHS Coach Hank […]
Sports
Sports news from throughout Walworth County
New coach steps onto the Chiefs’ tennis court
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent When the opportunity to return to Wisconsin as a high school tennis coach presented itself, Adam Westhauser jumped at it. And here he is. Westhauser takes over at Big Foot for former head coach Dan Dowden, who is the school’s new principal for 2018-19. Westhauser, […]
Trojans open season tonight on the road
Football team returns strong senior team By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The 2018 opener is just days away, but the East Troy High School football team already is garnering some attention for what could happen this season. Now it’s up to the Trojans to put that potential into real results on […]
Lofy Landscaping wins consolation championship in Lake Geneva YMCA softball
Nowhere to go but up
Can youth buck trend, lead Elks to 1st conference win in 3 years? By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School football team has won four games since winning a share of the Southern Lakes Conference title in 2014. A talented group of committed seniors, increased team speed […]
Familiar face to lead new era in Comet football
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School football team begins a new era behind the leadership of a familiar face tonight in a non-conference home match-up with Lodi. D-DHS graduate and physical education and health teacher Hank Johnson has taken over the program. “With the changes in the […]
State champs!
Legion baseball team brings home title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s safe to say the East Troy Post 188 legion baseball team may have flown a bit under the radar heading into last week’s 17U State Tournament in Plover. That certainly wasn’t the case by the time East Troy left […]
All-area honor
Whitewater High School sophomore Alyssa Schumacher made the Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area first unit after the catcher batted .551 and knocked in 29 runs. The full story can be found in the July 26 Whitewater Register. (Bob Mischka photo)
Comeback kids head to state
Legion players rally to win regional championship By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A tough first two innings in last weekend’s 17U regional tournament title game in Beloit could have put the East Troy Legion Post 188 team’s back firmly against the wall. But only if it let that happen – which […]
Legion baseball team shakes off tough week
East Troy posts three wins in a row By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A week after the East Troy Post 188 legion baseball team suffered three straight losses, it turned the tables and picked up three straight victories. And just like that, East Troy is on the verge of the .500 […]
