By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Offense wasn’t an issue for the East Troy Post 188 legion baseball team Monday at Janesville, as it put seven runs on the scoreboard. What hurt Post 188, however, was its defense. East Troy committed seven errors that led to 12 unearned runs in a 14-7 […]
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Legion baseball team struggles at tournament
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A northern trip over the weekend didn’t turn out all that well for the East Troy Post 188 legion baseball team. In three losses Saturday and Sunday at Antigo, the legion was outscored, 39-9, to drop to 6-7 overall. East Troy opened the two-day trip with […]
Badgers earn conference recognition
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Southern Lakes Conference recognized its best spring sports athletes with its all-conference teams last week. Two Lake Geneva Badger athletes were recognized as athletes of the year in their sports. Blake Wisdom was named athlete of the year for golf. Wisdom led the Badgers […]
Legion baseball goes 1-2 for the week
Team heads into tournament action this weekend By Dan Truttschel Correspondent In three games last week, the East Troy Post 188 Junior Legion baseball team sandwiched a victory in between two one-run losses. East Troy opened the week with a 10-9 setback June 13 to visiting Mukwonago, followed by a […]
Legion baseball opens season strong
Team posts four wins in first week By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The summer season is off and running for the East Troy Loomis Martin Post 188 baseball team. East Troy opened play last week with a 4-2 record under first-year coach Kelly Lehman. The Legion posted a 9-3 victory over […]
A moment to remember
Rachel Gosh celebrates after scoring a run for the Elks May 31 at Burlington in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal. Despite a 6-1 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Demons mounted a late-game comeback to defeat the Elks 7-6. See the game recap in the […]
Elks golfer Shirk ends season at sectionals
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Nolan Shirk carded an 87 May 26 in a WIAA Division 1 Sectional tournament at Janesville Country Club, but the round was not enough for him to advance to the State Boys Golf Tournament. The Division 1 State Boys Golf Tournament is June 4 & […]
Daveys, Elkhorn girls relay advance to state
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Davey brothers and a girls 4×100-meter relay will represent Elkhorn Area High School at the WIAA Division 1 State Track & Field Championships today and Saturday at UW-LaCrosse. The Elks who advanced did so out of a Division 1 sectional meet May 24 at […]
Comets put scare into Demons
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent All the Burlington baseball team had to do to win the Southern Lakes Conference championship was sweep the Delavan-Darien Comets (2-14, 1-13) last week. They completed the first step of that mission but were pushed hard in the second before coming away with the win. […]
Softball heads in to post season with 6-14 record
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The final week of the regular season took place on the week of May 14 for the Delavan-Darien High School softball team. The Comets had five games scheduled, but the game against Whitewater was cancelled. In the four games the team played, the Comets went 1-3. […]
