Undefeated Elks earning recognition in state poll By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team outscored its previous two opponents 14-0 and posted two non-conference victories. The Elks defeated Jefferson 10-0 Sept. 1 at home and beat Big Foot/Williams Bay 4-0 Aug. 30 at home. Elkhorn […]
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Runners land in top 20
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country each finished in the top 20 Sept. 3 in the Rebel Invitational at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course on the campus of UW-Parkside in Kenosha. The Elks girls finished 15th out of 22 […]
Girls tennis continues to rack up wins
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Even with couple setbacks, the East Troy High School girls tennis team still had more than enough to keep on rolling the week before Labor Day. The Trojans dropped matches at No. 1 and 2 singles, but swept the other five en route to a 5-2 […]
Lady Elks fire best round
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Elkhorn turned in its best round of the season Sept. 1 in a girls high school golf meet at home against Southern Lakes Conference foe Waterford. The Elks posted a 215 to the Wolverines’ 184 over nine holes on Evergreen Country Club’s East Course. Elkhorn played […]
Siebold’s impact on Whippets cross country ‘immeasurable’
Good vibes carry over to WHS’s first meet of the season By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Nobody is complaining about current head coach Chad Carstens, but Whitewater High School cross country impacted runner’s lives more than some people could ever imagine over 15 years ago when Dirk Siebold was running […]
Soccer gets victories
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy boys soccer picked up a pair of wins last week to improve to 2-1 overall. East Troy opened play with a 3-0 victory Aug. 31 over Lake Mills, followed by a 3-2 win Sept. 1 over Whitnall. Against Whitnall, Tommy Hanson tied things […]
Lady Elks edged by county foe
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls volleyball team played hard but lost a close match to Big Foot in three sets Sept. 1 in a non-conference match at Big Foot High School. The Elks played Southern Lakes Conference foe Westosha Central Tuesday at Westosha Central High […]
Chiefs crushed by Cougars
Clinton racks up nearly 500 rushing yards leading to 44-6 loss for Big Foot By Dan Truttschel Correspondent For the past 15 seasons, the Big Foot football team has had its way with Rock Valley Conference rival Clinton. At some point, however, that streak was bound to come to an […]
Warhawks impressive in season opener
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent The UW-Whitewater Warhawks started off its 2016 season opener with a 51-3 win over The College of New Jersey Saturday at Perkins Stadium. The team put together an offensive day of 481 yards and limited the Lions to 186 yards offensively. Sophomore quarterback Cole Wilber […]
Sports roundup
Tennis places four at Saturday invite By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls tennis team landed one third-place finish and two fourths at Saturday’s seven-team Stoughton Invitational. Freshman Clare Heckert led the way with a third-place effort at No. 2 singles. Junior Meredith Heckert at No. 1 singles […]