Trojans drop game North, fall to 6-4 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With the length of a high school basketball season, there’s bound to be some ups and downs for any team. It’s how that group responds that will tell the story in the end. The East Troy High School girls […]
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Wrestlers win three
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy wrestling squad spent part of its break at the two-day Northern Exposure Tournament at Merrill and returned with a 3-4 overall record. In bracket play, East Troy beat Marquette 41-35, but dropped dual decisions to Beaver Dam 42-32, to Green Bay Preble 45-29, […]
Four Whippets place in Mid-States tourney
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent On Dec. 28-29, the Whitewater High School wrestling team the 38th annual Mid-States Wrestling Classic. The tournament consisted of 42 teams from Wisconsin and Illinois and Whippet head coach John Schimming wanted to thank all of those in the community who helped putting the event on. […]
Chiefs fall to Clinton in buzzer beater
Wrestlers compete in Mid-States Tournament By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Several times in its return to the Rock Valley Conference schedule Tuesday night, the Big Foot boys basketball team appeared to be in good position for a hard-fought win at Clinton. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, that chance never quite materialized in […]
Lady Chiefs winning with stout defense
Full-court pressure, trapping leads to forced turnovers By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A stingy, aggressive defense has been the Big Foot girls basketball team’s calling card in recent seasons. That’s showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Big Foot forced visiting Wilmot into 28 turnovers that led to 25 […]
Boys beat Edgerton, 58-45
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent After a holiday break without a game, it made sense to think the East Troy High School boys basketball team may have a little rust to shake off Tuesday night. And early on, that’s exactly what the Trojans had to do – but once they settled […]
Lady Whippets continue to dominate opponents
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent There’s no other way to put it other than to say that Whitewater High School’s girls basketball team dominated the first half of its lone game last week against Delavan-Darien. The Whippets were 6-1 overall heading into the game on Dec. 22 while the Comets were […]
Boys basketball drops tough matchup vs. Lake Mills
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Through the first half of Wednesday night’s opener in the annual Lake Mills Tournament, the Big Foot boys basketball team played dead even with Lakeside Lutheran. From there, however, the Chiefs fell behind – and couldn’t catch up. Big Foot dropped a 69-47 decision […]
Tyler breaks Warhawks single game scoring record
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent Whitewater Warhawk Scotty Tyler made history by scoring 45 points in a game against Ripon College, which gave him the single-game scoring record in Warhawk history. “He was great,” UW-Whitewater Men’s Basketball coach Pat Miller said. “As happy as I am about his scoring, I liked […]
Girls fall to No. 3-ranked Whitewater
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The talent possessed by the Whitewater girls basketball team hasn’t been a secret for a while now. And that doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon. Whitewater, which won the WIAA Division 3 state title two years ago and currently is ranked third, jumped […]
