Organizers expect event to be a banner year, drawing in more people than ever before By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The fourth annual Cancer Assault Challenge is set to kick off tomorrow and organizers expect it to be a banner year for the event. Chairperson Julie Lopez said with just […]
Sports & Other News
Badger tennis keeps going strong
Golf takes second at Brighton Dale By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School tennis team improved to 13-3 (6-0 Southern Lakes Conference) on the season with three wins last week. Badger defeated West Allis Central 5-0 at the Delavan Doubles Invitational on April 30. Winning doubles teams against […]
Governor invests in Delavan-Darien for Fab Lab equipment, training
Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 biennial budget includes an investment in the Fabrication Laboratories Program that will allow the Delavan-Darien School District to fund new fab lab facilities at its middle school. Delavan-Darien School District was awarded $25,000 to create a Fab Lab at Phoenix Middle School and expand the Delavan-Darien […]
Softball gets win over Elkhorn, suffers two losses
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School softball team was 13-0 on the season before losing two straight games two weeks ago. This past week, the Comets played three more games and in the first, against Wilmot, lost another, 7-4. Wilmot got its offense going to open the game […]
Skills, drills and smiles
Special Olympics athletes attend Warhawks football camp By Heather Ruenz Editor “The football camp had always been a dream of mine personally. I always wanted to connect individuals with special needs and sports teams together, creating inclusion and equal opportunities,” Alyssa Bohm said. Her dream – and that of many Special […]
Tennis team delivers 7-0 shutout to Jefferson
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Parent’s Day is meant to be special not just for the athletes, but the parents of those student-athletes as well. For the Whitewater High School boys tennis team, both the athletes and parents were given a treat on May 5 when the team shutout Jefferson […]
Slaying the giants
Girls soccer proves it belongs at top of Southern Lakes By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School girls soccer team learned last week that it can play with anyone in the Southern Lakes Conference. The Elks beat Union Grove 3-1 May 5 in a SLC match at home […]
Tough stretch for baseball boys
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School baseball team started the week on a three-game losing streak. The Elks lost 5-4 May 6 in eight innings in a non-conference game at Palmyra against Palmyra-Eagle. Elkhorn dropped two Southern Lakes Conference games to Westosha Central – 8-5 May 5 […]
Lady Elks go toe-to-toe with rival Delavan
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School softball team gave one of the best teams in the state all it could handle last week. The Elks lost 3-1 to Delavan-Darien May 5 in a Southern Lakes Conference game at home. The Comets are ranked No. 1 in Division […]
Davey eyes school record
By Chris Bennett Correspondent Derek Davey almost set a school record in the 800-meter run and Alyssa Reeves excelled against the best competition the Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls track & field teams have seen so far this season May 6 in the Tider Invitational at Edgerton High […]