By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy girls tennis team made a little history Monday afternoon. East Troy blanked visiting Greenfield, 7-0, for its 20th victory to tie last year’s mark as the most in school history. The Trojans opened the year with a number of new players in the […]
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Badger football alone in first place
Badgers break Westosha Central’s undefeated status By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Lake Geneva Badgers passed a stiff test Sept. 15 against a Westosha Central team led by Utah transfer quarterback Jaden Jackson. The Falcons started the season 4-0 and 2-0 in the Southern Lakes Conference and were tied with […]
Soccer adds five wins, remains undefeated
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The defending state champion Delavan-Darien High School boys soccer team entered last week with a 10-0-1 record and five games on its schedule to be played in five days. The five games came and went, and the Comets are still unbeaten, now at 15-0-1 overall. One […]
Girls volleyball team starts out strong
Team heads to West Bend Sprawl this weekend By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Before the East Troy High School girls volleyball team can accomplish its postseason goals, the Trojans have their sights set on a run toward another Rock Valley Conference title. And it won’t be easy, as the conference boasts […]
Murphy paces Elkhorn swimmers
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Paige Murphy finished as the best junior in the field and helped the Elkhorn Area High School girls swim team to a fourth-place finish Sept. 16 in the Hono Bash at Hononegah (Ill.) High School. The Elks competed Tuesday in a Southern Lakes Conference triangular […]
Elkhorn runners earn personal bests
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Eighteen of the Elks’ 28 cross country runners turned in personal bests Sept. 7 in the Southern Lakes Conference Relays at Fox River Park in Burlington. The Elks are off until tomorrow, Sept. 23, when they will compete in the Midwest Cross Country Invitational at […]
Trojans fight to the finish
Football team takes down Whitewater, 17-7 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School football team had been putting points on the scoreboard in bunches through the first four games of the 2017 campaign. That’s not always going to be the path to a victory, however – sometimes a […]
Chiefs see lead slip away
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent For one half last Friday night, the Big Foot football team had one of the state’s top Division 4 squads firmly on the ropes. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, they couldn’t quite come up with the knockout punch. Big Foot held a 22-12 lead over visiting […]
Elks soccer team enjoys shutout week
By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team scored 12 goals and finished with three shutouts last week. Coach BZ Kayser will tell you the 12 goals is not enough. Elkhorn beat Racine St. Catherine’s 2-0 Sept. 16 in a non-conference match at home. The […]
Whippets soccer wins 2 in busy week
By Troy Sparks Correspondent The Whitewater boys soccer team had a busy week in which it played five games in six days, and won two. Whitewater hosted Janesville Parker at home, Sept. 11. Juan Cuellar-Meza scored Whitewater’s first goal in the eighth minute from a corner kick by Johaly Xochipa. […]