By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Evan Blanton won the conference title in the shot put for the third straight year and helped the Elkhorn Area High School boys track & field team to a second straight Southern Lakes Conference title May 15 at Elkhorn. The Elks competed Tuesday in a […]
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Elks baseball suffers disappointing stretch
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Elkhorn Area High School baseball coach Jon Anzalone did not mince words when talking about his team’s stretch of recent play. “It was disappointing,” Anzalone said. “We did not get it done.” The Elks lost 9-7 May 19 in a non-conference game at home against […]
Tennis loses to East Troy
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School boys tennis team had its final dual meet of the regular season on May 17 against East Troy. The Comets were at home in the dual, but East Troy won the meet 5-2. Delavan-Darien lost each of the four singles matches but […]
Badger track teams take second at Walworth County Invitational
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School track teams finished second at the Walworth County Invitational in Elkhorn on May 8. The Badger girls finished second with 161 points behind only Elkhorn’s 179. Hope Ayres-Schulz had a big day finishing first in the 100-meter hurdles (17.18), second in […]
Softball wins back-to-back games against East Troy
Comets beat Westosha in one game of double-header By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School softball team was 2-6 overall going into the week of April 30 and had four games to play on the schedule over five days. The Comets first played Burlington at home on May 1 […]
Badgers get wins over Waterford
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School softball team defeated Waterford 8-4 at home on May 8. The win avenged a 6-4 loss in Waterford on April 12. Badger scored all eight of its runs in the first two innings and then hung on behind the pitching of […]
Comets split with Elks
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien baseball team split two games with Elkhorn last week. An invitational in Edgerton on Saturday was rained out. The Comets beat the Elks 7-1 on May 8 at home to earn their first Southern Lakes Conference win. Noal Brouwer pitched six shut-out innings […]
Track champs
The Wisconsin School for the Deaf varsity girls track and field team won Great Plains Schools for the Deaf champions for the first time since WSD become member of the conference in 2010. The team scored 132 points for the win. Kansas was in second place with 88 points […]
Comets beat Williams Bay
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan-Darien baseball team defeated Williams Bay in a nonconference road matchup, 17-11, on Saturday. The Comets jumped out to an early 8-0 lead but had to fight to keep that advantage and come away with the win. “Sometimes when you jump out to an […]
ET soccer team wins home invite
Girls face tough second half of season By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls soccer team entered the second half of its own invitational finale Saturday looking for a spark. And with the help of plenty of teamwork, that’s just what the Trojans found. East Troy’s Aubrey […]