Halma takes 33rd at sectional, soccer falls in shootout By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The 2014 spring season ended at the highest level for three Big Foot High School athletes. Freshman Brooke Wellhausen competed at the WIAA Division 2 State Track and Field Meet at the University of Wisconsin-La […]
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New season brings new hope for wrestlers
Numbers are up, fueling optimism at Big Foot By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Numbers are up from a year ago in the Big Foot-Williams Bay wrestling program as the 2013-2014 season gets under way. And with those increased numbers comes added optimism. Big Foot enters the new year with about […]
Bay pulls away in final quarter
Big Foot comes up short in rivalry game By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent For three quarters Monday night, the yearly battle between nearby boys basketball rivals Big Foot and Williams Bay was almost a dead heat. That ended in the fourth quarter when the Bulldogs took control – and there […]
SPORTS COLUMN: Interview with Big Foot’s departing football coach Wedig
Wedig excited to lead another program from obscurity to pinnacle By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor WALWORTH – What more can Rodney Wedig do? The Big Foot teacher, who coached the Chiefs football team the past 11 seasons, has a resume at the school reserved for folk lore and how-to coaching […]
Wedig will leave Big Foot
Coach led Chiefs to a state title, 52-straight RVC wins By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The highly successful Rodney Wedig football era at Big Foot High School has come to an end. After a couple weeks of rumors that he may be taking on a new challenge, it was confirmed […]
In my opinion: Thanks to Wedig, Chiefs will rebound
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent It’s been two years since I was on the football coaching staff at Big Foot High School, but every chance I get to go back and see the Chiefs in action, it’s certainly an opportunity I enjoy. And now that I’m on the […]
The beat goes on
Chiefs keep rolling; look for community’s support By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent By the time the WIAA playoffs reach the third round, there are very few lucky teams still alive. Every team is talented at this point – and that’s what makes the next game for Big Foot so intriguing. […]
Sports Roundup
Girls soccer having a perfect season By Dan Truttschel CORRESPONDENT The Big Foot-Williams Bay girls soccer team broke open a close match Tuesday night to keep its perfect spring alive. Three goals in the second half did the trick, as the Chiefs took a 2-1 lead and turned it […]
Big Foot-Williams Bay girls soccer preview
By Dan Truttschel CORRESPONDENT On paper, it certainly appears that the Big Foot-Williams Bay girls soccer team will be quite different than the team it put on the field a year ago. Any team that loses the number of talented seniors to graduation would say the same thing. But in […]
Dixon named Offensive Player of the Year
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent As a sophomore on the Big Foot football team, Mason Dixon appeared destined for a season on the JV squad. That plan lasted about a week, or more specifically, the first play of an inter-squad scrimmage when he scored against the starting defense on the opening […]
