Sports & Other News

Elkhorn

In this week’s Independent…

Highlights of the March 1 issue of the Elkhorn Independent include: • Players, coaches and parents of the Elks football team step up to help an 11-year-old boy from the area who was injured in a car crash • The Elkhorn Food Pantry keeps its shelves stocked thanks to donations […]

East Troy

Youth art exhibit planned for March 4

Event to take place during annual Band-O-Rama East Troy Community School District artists in kindergarten through 12th grade will have their artwork on display at the annual Youth Art Month art exhibition, which is open to the public and set to take place in conjunction with Band-O-Rama at East Troy […]

East Troy

This week in the East Troy News….

Congratulations to East Troy High School sophomore Tommy Larson, who the individual wrestling state championship title in the 106-pound weight class at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament. Also in this week’s edition, the East Troy Community School District Board of Education voted to tear down the Chester Byrnes […]

East Troy

Having Olympic-style fun

Prairie View Elementary School fourth-graders Carli Murphy and Lillian Hejdak have fun in the Double Luge event Feb. 21 when the fourth-grade classes celebrated the Olympic Games with games of their own as part of the school district’s Global Literacy Initiative. The four classes, taught by David Murphy, Katie Powers, […]

Sports Whitewater area

DuVal, Gamble compete at state

DuVal reaches podium By Troy Sparks CORRESPONDENT Whitewater senior Jimmy DuVal made his second consecutive appearance at the WIAA Division 2 Individual Wrestling Tournament, finishing his high school wrestling career in grand fashion and going out with a bang. DuVal reached the podium at the Kohl Center in Madison last […]

News Whitewater

UWW women’s basketball team wins WIAC Tournament

The No. 12 ranked University of Wisconsin- Whitewater women’s basketball team defeated 23rd-ranked UW-Oshkosh Saturday afternoon, and earned the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament for the second straight season. UW-Whitewater, which clinched its first-ever sweep of the WIAC regular season and tournament championships, will begin its […]