By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams each turned in strong performances Oct. 5 in the Falcon Invite at Fox River Park in Burlington. The boys finished fifth and the girls came in seventh. Elkhorn races Saturday in the Southern Lakes […]
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Elks No. 1 tennis player advances to state
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The season ended a few matches shy of state this season for two the Elkhorn Area High School girls tennis players but continues for their teammate. Gabby Richardson and Payton Christensen and Ali Smith each advanced to a WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament Oct. 4 […]
Chiefs rally for the win against the Whippets
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent Even with its struggles again this year, Big Foot football coach Greg Enz knew his team’s matchup Friday night with Whitewater was bound to be a difficult one. He was right on the money. Big Foot found itself down twice before it rallied in the […]
Elks swim to sixth at Waunakee
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls swim team medaled in four events and finished sixth Oct. 7 in the Warrior Swim Invitational at Waunakee High School. The Elks lost 114-56 Oct. 3 in a Southern Lakes Conference dual meet at Badger High School in Lake […]
Three netters qualify for state tourney
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent For three members of the Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis team, the 2017 season isn’t quite done yet. Now it’s on to the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament in Madison. Sophomore Clare Heckert received a special qualifier into the singles field following last week’s sectional […]
Elks start strong, fall at Badger
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent A strong first half gave way to a second half in which the Lake Geneva Badger High School football exposed Elkhorn’s deficiencies, and the Elks lost 42-0 Oct. 6 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at Badger. The Elks play their final game of the […]
Whippets go up against top-ranked East Troy
By Troy Sparks Correspondent When the Whippets volleyball team travelled to East Troy last week, they were up against the fourth-ranked team in the latest Division 2 volleyball poll. Service errors early in the first game by Whitewater helped East Troy to a 4-2 lead. Kills by East […]
Treder, Sonn, Olson move on past subsectionals
By Troy Sparks Correspondent At the East Troy Division 2 sub-sectional on Monday, the Whitewater tennis team qualified one individual and one team for the sectional Wednesday at UW-Whitewater. Junior Sydney Treder was victorious at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-4 to advance. The No. 2 doubles team of super […]
Football team falls to Evansville
Trojans vs. Trojans in Friday’s homecoming game By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first half of Friday night’s Rock Valley Conference contest at Evansville-Albany was just about as even as it could get. Unfortunately for the East Troy football team, the second half didn’t quite turn out the same. Fans of […]
Big Foot Wolves leading conference
By Heather Ruenz SLN staff The Big Foot Wolves 7th/8th grade team continued to show its domination in a game against Hampshire Sept. 23. Head coach Dave Freymiller said the final score of 46-34 doesn’t tell the whole story about the game. “We don’t keep official records but I’ve been […]
