By Chris Bennett Sports correspondent Derek Davey qualified in two events and leads a contingent of three Elks to the WIAA Division 1 State Track & Field Championships this weekend at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of UW-LaCrosse. Elkhorn’s Evan Blanton qualified for state in the shot put and […]
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Chiefs qualify for state track meet
By Dan Truttschel Sports correspondent The final phase of a long season has arrived for six members of the Big Foot boys and girls track and field teams. And now it’s their time to truly shine. The Big Foot girls are sending five athletes in three events to this weekend’s […]
On to state
Track teams send 17 athletes to state meet By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The final step in the 2017 journey is now in front of both the East Troy High School boys and girls track and field teams. But it’s a big one – in fact, the biggest. The two squads […]
Making history
Trojan tennis team, five individual headed to state tournament By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The past week was a fairly historic one for the East Troy High School boys tennis team on two fronts. And both landmark events came simultaneously. For the first time in program history, the Trojans are headed […]
Track teams win regional championships
Sectional action began Thursday at home By Dan Truttschel Correspondent To say the East Troy boys and girls track and field teams had a good outing at Monday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 Whitewater regional meet would be a classic understatement. Let’s go with great. Both squads captured regional […]
Tennis team advances in playoffs
Trojans win Division 2 subsectional title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s been quite the week for the East Troy High School boys tennis team. Just six days after the Trojans captured the Rock Valley Conference championship for the first time since 2013, the Trojans on Monday brought home a Wisconsin […]
Baseball team stops losing string at Jefferson
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent After losing three of four, the Whippets baseball team was able to use an early lead at Jefferson to stop the skid. Despite being away from home, the Whippets earned an early 1-0 lead in the second inning and never gave the lead up. Jefferson […]
Whippets dominate across the board in tennis
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Whippets tennis team rolled to victory in a home meet against University Lake with a number of stellar performances, including from their No. 1 singles player and No. 2 doubles duo. The No. 1 singles player, Dineth Gunawardena, won his match without suffering a game, […]
Netters wrap regular season with win over Beloit
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first phase of the 2017 season came to an end in resounding fashion Monday night for the East Troy boys tennis team. Now it’s onto the really big stuff. East Troy closed out a 14-3 regular season with a 6-1 nonconference win over visiting Beloit […]
Track coach lauds teams’ performances in RVC Championships
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Whippet head track coach John Houwers had plenty of positives to focus on following performances by the boys and girls teams at the Rock Valley Conference Championships. During the Evansville meet, Logan Rasmussen tallied 32 of the boys team’s 70 points. “He won three individual events […]
