By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent For the first time ever in the state of Wisconsin, a cross country race – the Nightfall Cross Country Classic – took place under the lights in Wisconsin Dells. The race consisted of 27 teams and took place on Sept. 30. Whitewater High School’s head […]
Sports & Other News
Tripp Street private drive proposal ‘dead in the water’
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A proposal to convert a portion of Tripp Street into a private drive and take it off Whitewater’s official grid system has been nixed. After receiving feedback from surrounding property owners and presenting the prospect to members of the Plan and Architectural Review Commission, City Planner […]
The haunting of East Troy
Historical Society’s Ghost Walk returns By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Every other year, for the past decade or so, the East Troy Area Historical Society invites the public to learn about some of the “haunted” houses in the village with its Spirits of East Troy Ghost Walk. One of the […]
Hembree paces runners
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Caleb Hembree finished 10th in the boys varsity field and led the Elkhorn Area High School boys cross country team to a seventh-place finish Sept. 29 in the Mukwonago Invitational at Mukwonago High School. Piper Sleider finished 32nd and led the Elkhorn varsity girls. The Elks […]
Trojans trounced in homecoming game
Evansville-Albany outscores East Troy, 42-15 By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With just two regular-season games remaining, the leaders in the Rock Valley Conference are beginning to separate from the pack. And after a tight first quarter Friday night, one of those teams made it clear they’re not going away quietly – […]
Tennis sends two to sectional meet
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 […]
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, […]
Volleyball takes eighth conference title
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first item on the Big Foot volleyball team’s to-do list at the start of the year was to make a run at another Rock Valley Conference title. Mission accomplished. The Chiefs clinched at least a share of their eighth RVC crown with a 25-14, 25-16, […]
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 […]
