By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent For 18 minutes last Monday night, the Big Foot boys seemingly had everything under control in its nonconference contest at Delavan-Darien. But for the last 18, it was all Comets. Big Foot held a 36-24 lead at halftime, but was outscored, 42-26, in the second […]
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Elks swimmers dominate rival Delavan
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elks posted 48 personal best times and routed Delavan-Darien 121-47 Jan. 9 in a Southern Lakes Conference boys high school swimming dual meet at Delavan-Darien High School. Elks coach Jamie Richardson said posting 48 personal best times in January is no easy task. The […]
Wrestlers in second place in conference
Team sweeps RVC duals By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With the calendar now in mid-January, it’s just about time for high school wrestling teams to begin putting their best foot forward in anticipation for the end of the season. In East Troy’s case, the Trojans didn’t just put one foot forward […]
DuVal notches 100th career win on the mat
By Troy Sparks Correspondent At 182 pounds, Whippet senior wrestler Jimmy DuVal earned his 100th career win in the first Rock Valley Conference Dual Tournament. The win came in his second of his five matches, all of which he won, at the tournament on Jan. 13. Duval wrestled at 182 […]
Boys bounce back
Trojans follow tough loss with decisive win over Brodhead By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When the East Troy High School boys basketball team hosted Brodhead last Thursday, it was a chance for the Trojans to show it could bounce back from disappointment. It didn’t take long to see they were right […]
Girl battle for each point against Brodhead
Coach: Trojans not allowed to play as physical as Cardinals By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls basketball team found itself in the midst of a physical battle last Friday night at Brodhead. And, while the Trojans hung in there the best they could – it was […]
Boys still undefeated in conference play
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With a long break for the holidays, there could have been a little rust for the East Troy High School boys basketball team to shake off when it hosted Evansville last week. Not a chance. East Troy jumped out to a 32-22 first-half lead and cruised […]
Big Foot girls continue chase
The Big Foot girls resume action Friday night against visiting Evansville (5-7 overall, 3-5 RVC). They’ll host Brodhead tonight – results from both games will be covered in the Jan. 12 Times/Reporter. As of early last week, Big Foot was 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the RVC, good for a […]
Chiefs fall to Elks in nonconference game
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent With a little more than three minutes left in the first half Dec. 28, the Big Foot boys basketball team was well within range of visiting Elkhorn. From there, however, the Elks took control. Elkhorn went on a 12-4 run in the final 3:30 to […]
Elkhorn grapplers ride three 2nd-place spots to strong tournament
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Three Elkhorn Area High School wrestlers placed second in their respective weight classes, and it helped the Elks to a fourth-place finish Dec. 29 in the Mid-States Wrestling Classic at UW-Whitewater. This season’s field at Mid-States featured 43 schools Wisconsin and Illinois. “I’m really happy […]
