By Troy Sparks SLN Correspondent The Whippets wrestlers competed in the 16-team, three-division Tom McGarvie Earlybird Scramble and finished with impressive results. The scramble last Saturday was at Watertown. In the scramble format, wrestlers compete in two rounds and are then placed in pools based on their performances. Three […]
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Girls still looking for a win
Basketball team making progress, coach says By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The learning curve for the young East Troy High School girls basketball team is shrinking by the day. And while the Trojans remain winless through four games – it’s clear they are making steady progress. East Troy dropped two hard-fought […]
Trojans beat McFarland in overtime
East Troy outscores Spartans by 10 points By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For most of last week’s Rock Valley Conference opener with visiting McFarland, it looked like the East Troy boys had things well under control. But the Trojans never could quite put the Spartans away – at least during regulation. […]
Wrestlers come back to take seventh at duals
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two tough losses to open action at Saturday’s Tom Manley/Emery Howard Duals put the East Troy High School wrestling team in a bit of a tough spot. But from there, the Trojans rallied – and three straight victories later, had a solid seventh-place finish locked up. […]
Whippets fall to Beloit Turner
By Troy Sparks SLN Correspondent Winning the first two games of the season on the road boosted the confidence a little bit for the Whitewater boys basketball team entering their home opener against Beloit Turner in a Rock Valley Conference matchup on Tuesday. The Trojans took control of the […]
Whippets riding high after start of December
By Troy Sparks SLN Correspondent The Whitewater girls basketball team is right where they need to be after the first full week of December. The Whippets are creating their own identity instead of comparing themselves to teams in the past. And they are navigating this journey together, letting the […]
Boys drop first game of the season
Coach takes blame for 78-44 loss to Madison Memorial By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Putting together a challenging nonconference schedule has been the plan for East Troy High School boys basketball coach Darryl Rayfield since he took over the program. The 2017-18 season is no different. East Troy opened its schedule […]
Grapplers get ready to hit the mat
Coach has high hopes for young team By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The growth of the East Troy High School wrestling team is already starting to show itself. Now the Trojans have to take those gains from the offseason and through the first several practices and turn those into successes on […]
Chiefs outscore Trojans by nearly 2-1
Girls fall to Big Foot, 69-38 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot High School girls basketball team entered the season considered the favorite in the race to the Rock Valley Conference title. And last week, the East Troy High School team had its first up-close-and-personal look at the Chiefs. […]
Chiefs show intensity, unselfish play early on
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent It’s still early and there’s plenty of work ahead, but first-year Big Foot boys basketball coach Jeff Fenrick already is encouraged by what he’s seen. He knows this will be a process. Big Foot returns three of its top-five scorers from last season’s team that […]
