By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent John Houwers is in his seventh season as the head coach of both the boys and girls track teams at Whitewater High School and knows that after finishing near the top of the Rock Valley Conference (RVC) a season ago, his teams should again be […]
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East Troy schools locked down for short time Friday afternoon
All clear given after about five minutes By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community Schools were put into an external lock down at about 2:35 p.m. today after Village of East Troy police notified district administration of a possible threat. “There was a comment made by a pupil […]
Badger students attend forum featuring Paul Ryan
Community State Bank invited four Badger High School to an economic forum at Geneva National on March 18 featuring Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. Seniors Stephanie Besenhofer, Tanner Hagen, Sophia Merry and Andrew Ploch were guests of the bank because of their role in the MyLIFE financial literacy day […]
Badger baseball ready to roll
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School baseball team was scheduled to begin its season this week pending the whims of Mother Nature. Saturday’s opener at East Troy was postponed because of a wintery day and the weather report heading into this week did not look promising for […]
Coach with 30 years experience to lead baseball team
Longer playoff run among goals for season By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent This is Mike Grover’s first year as head coach for the Delavan-Darien baseball program, but it isn’t his first rodeo. At 57 years old, Grover has 30 years of coaching experience and over the past 10 years has been […]
Hotel open for business after 12 years idle
Former Delavan House re-opens as Baymont Inn two year later than planned By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The former Delavan House Hotel in downtown Delavan, last open in 2004, re-opened for business as a Baymont Inn and Suites on March 21. “It has been a long time waiting,” Mayor Mel […]
Year-round action improves eager Elks
By Chris Bennett Correspondent There did not used to be many full-time players on the Elkhorn Area High School boys’ tennis team. A time existed when few, if any, on the Elks’ roster played tennis in the offseason. That is no longer the case. “We are looking forward to a […]
Fisher leads a group of youngsters
By Chris Bennett Correspondent It’s going to be another interesting season for the Elkhorn Area High School boys golf team. Hopefully, interesting does not equal trying. Dayne Fisher is the lone senior expected to make a significant contribution to the Elks’ fortunes this season. Elkhorn is going to field a […]
Softball starts off season 1-1
Baseball off to rough start; golfers take second By Dan Truttschel Correspondent A four-run seventh inning Tuesday afternoon was just what the doctor ordered for the Big Foot softball team. And it propelled the Chiefs to their first victory of 2016 to boot. Big Foot’s outburst broke a 4-4 tie […]
Off to a slow start
Softball team drops first two games By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When East Troy High School softball coach Greg Prince looks at his 2016 roster, he sees plenty of familiar faces. But he also knows the Trojans remain a bit young and inexperienced – and with plenty of room to grow. […]
