By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis players moved onto Wednesday’s Division 2 sectional meet at Whitewater following Monday’s East Troy Subsectional. Meredith and Clare Heckert, at No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, both advanced to Wednesday’s sectional. Meredith Heckeret beat Monroe’s Grace Tostrud 6-1, 6-1 to […]
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Elks beat up on SLC foes
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team routed two opponents last week in Southern Lakes Conference play. Elkhorn won 6-0 Oct. 1 in a Southern Lakes Conference match at Burlington and beat Badger 5-0 Sept. 29 in a SLC match at home. The Elks (13-1-1, […]
Girls cross country team brings home conference title
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy girls cross country team won the RVC North Division title last week at Edgerton, while the boys were second. East Troy’s first-place finish was its highest since 2009, the last time the girls won the North Division crown. Leading the girls was freshman […]
Netters advance to sectional
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Even before Monday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 subsectional, the East Troy girls tennis team had put together a heck of a 2016. But it got even better. East Troy, ranked sixth in the state, piled up 20 points to finish second behind only Madison […]
Badger jumps out early, downs Elks
New quarterback provides spark to Elkhorn offense By Chris Bennett Correspondent A 22-point onslaught by Badger in the first quarter led to a fifth consecutive defeat for the Elkhorn Area High School football team. The Elks lost 41-7 Sept. 30 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at home as part […]
Chiefs clinch slot in playoffs
Big Foot improves to 4-3 after 32-20 victory over Edgerton By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A tight first quarter Friday night left the Big Foot football team with just a seven-point lead in its Rock Valley Conference matchup with host Edgerton. From there, however, the Chiefs began to roll. Big Foot […]
No. 1 doubles duo advances to sectionals
By Kevin Cunningham sports correspondent The WIAA girls tennis Sub Sectionals took place on Oct. 3 and the best from the Rock Valley Conference were on display. For Whitewater High School, the team lost some close matches but was very competitive in certain spots according to head coach Tim Nelson. […]
Brodhead-Juda spoils Whippets Homecoming
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent Brodhead-Juda spoiled the homecoming festivities at Whitewater High School last Friday night as the Whippets fell 42-12 at home. For the second straight week, the Whitewater High School football team gave their opponent decent field position in the first half that attributed to many of […]
Warhawks retain Miner’s Pick in comeback victory
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent The UW-Whitewater football team used a fourth quiarter come back to start conference play Saturday by beating the UW-Platteville Pioneers 30-24. As a result of the win, the Warhawks retained the Miner’s Pick, which both teams play for in honor of former Platteville coach, George […]
Volleyball team holds its own at Sprawl Invite
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The late-season Sprawl Invitational in West Bend always gives state girls volleyball teams a good indicator of where they are at this point. And for the East Troy squad, it showed plenty of promise. East Troy posted a 4-3 record, including a win over the state’s […]
