By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls tennis team has been busy the past week, and on Aug. 17, the Whippets participated in the 2016 Whitewater Quad. It was the team’s third meet in three days, and they finished second out of the four schools, going 2-1 […]
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Trojans win season opener
Football team travels to Big Foot tonight for next challenge By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Heading into the second half of Friday night’s season opener against visiting McFarland, the East Troy football team found itself in a tight battle with the Spartans. The changed drastically in the next 24 minutes, however. […]
Weather delay bodes well for Chiefs
Chiefs take 28-27 win over conference foe after game resumed on Saturday By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It took 24 hours longer than expected for the Big Foot football team’s season opener Friday night against Brodhead-Juda to reach a conclusion. But when you get a hard-fought win over a longtime Rock […]
First-game jitters
Miscues abound in season-opening loss By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School football team will be much improved this week as a result of the 37-7 loss it suffered Aug. 19 at Waukesha North in its season opener. The Elks continue the non-conference portion of their schedule Friday […]
Tennis team racks up win after win
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls tennis team is on quite a roll. Fresh off a perfect 3-0 mark in Altoona over the weekend, the Trojans posted three more victories at a home quadrangular Monday afternoon. East Troy, which has won its last nine dual meets, […]
Whippets shut out Elks in first half but lose steam
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Soccer season kicked off on Aug. 23 for the Whitewater Whippets’ boys team against Elkhorn on the road. The Whippets’ start of the 2016 season could be seen as a difficult one, as its first match was against Elkhorn, a Division 2 opponent. The Whippets […]
Warhawks look to return to top of their game
Sting of last season the motivation on both sides of the ball By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team looks to get back to familiar territory in 2016 – not only back to the WIAC conference title, but also the National Championship game in Salem, Virginia. The […]
Whitewater loses to Jefferson to start season
Coach says team is young and will continue to learn as they go By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent The Jefferson Eagles offense proved to be too much for the Whitewater Whippets on Friday night as the Whippets football team started off its 2016 campaign with a 41-6 loss. Both the […]
Change is good for Elk runners
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams are gearing up for a healthy dose of change this season. The Elkhorn girls are dealing with the loss of four of the squad’s top five runners, and will struggle to maintain last season’s third-place […]
Elks look to rebound from soccer stunner
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The 2015 season for the Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team ended in Elks-like fashion. The issue, though, is Fort Atkinson forced the Elks a dose of their own medicine. Under BZ Kayser, in his seventh season as head coach, the Elks’ reputation is that […]
