Category: Wilmot

  • Girls basketball: Johnson’s scoring barrage breaks her own Wilmot record

    By Jason Arndt Editor McKenna Johnson is only a sophomore on the Wilmot Union High School girls basketball team. However, since her freshman year, the quiet 5-foot-8 point guard has already taken control of the program’s single-game scoring records, including most points scored and 3-pointers made. Johnson’s string of success continued on Feb. 4 at…

  • SLC Wrestling: Panthers claim two individual titles, Falcons send three to championship matches

    The Westosha Central and Wilmot Union high schools didn’t leave Burlington after the Feb. 5 Southern Lakes Conference tournament empty-handed. In the highly competitive meet, where Burlington won with 228 points, the Panthers finished sixth at 137 behind two individual champions while the Falcons notched seventh with 130 after they sent three to title matches.…

  • Girls basketball: Wilmot wins behind McKenna Johnson’s game best

    The Wilmot girls basketball team won its third consecutive contest with a 64-54 defeat of host Waterford on Jan. 14 behind another stellar performance from sophomore McKenna Johnson. McKenna Johnson, who notched multiple school records as a freshman, went 10-for-11 from the free throw line and finished with a game-high 31 points for the Panthers.…

  • SLC Cross Country: Central’s Allen wins conference meet

    Senior Will Allen, of Westosha Central, claimed a Southern Lakes Conference title after finishing first in an Oct. 14 meet at Fox River Park in Salem Lakes. Allen, who completed the race in 16 minutes, 15.31 seconds, came in well ahead of second place Demetrius Farmakis from Lake Badger to help the Westosha Central boys…

  • Wilmot tennis duo formed strong bond

    State champions reflect on fall season, look to future By Jason Arndt Editor Halle Rosentreter and Gwen Hammond had a whirlwind fall sports season as doubles partners on the Wilmot Union High School tennis team. The Panthers duo, which won the WIAA Division 1 state doubles title, then snagged the honor of being named Southern…

  • WIAA Gymnastics: Wilmot Co-op gymnastics win state title

    Pye, Murphy emerge as individual champions By Jason Arndt Editor Coach Jordin Miller, of the Wilmot Co-op Gymnastics team, simply hoped for consistent performances from her squad entering the Feb. 27 WIAA Division 1 state meet in the Wisconsin Rapids. Miller, in a previous interview, said consistency will play a key role in whether the…

  • WIAA Girls Gymnastics: Wilmot Co-op gymnastics returns to state

    Team claims sectional title By Jason Arndt Editor Wilmot Co-op gymnastics, unlike last year, spent the afternoon of Feb. 20 huddled in their home gym at Burlington’s Karcher Middle School awaiting results from the WIAA Division 1 Hartford Union High School Sectional. The team, which participated in the morning session, left for Karcher from Hartford…

  • WIAA Girls Basketball: Panthers claim regional championship

    Freshman Johnson resets school record with 40 points By Jason Arndt Editor Broken ankles and a turbulent final stretch of the regular season did not break the Wilmot Union High School girls basketball season. The Panthers, who ended the regular season with seven straight losses, went without most of their squad because of injuries during…

  • WIAA Wrestling: Panthers DeFilippo punches ticket to state wrestling meet

    By Jason Arndt Editor First-year coach Brian Hopkins describes freshman Logan DeFilippo as a quiet, but resilient, wrestler for the Wilmot Union High School wrestling team. DeFilippo, at 106 pounds, showed his resilience in the Feb. 6 WIAA Division 1 sectional at Brookfield East, where he cruised through his first two matches with pin fall…

  • Boys Basketball: Glass joins Sandman in Wilmot’s 1,000 point club

    Panthers senior duo grew up playing together By Jason Arndt Editor Kevin Sandman and London Glass have played together since they were youngsters playing at Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School. Since then, the senior duo have become close friends, and even accomplished career benchmarks for the Wilmot Union High School boys basketball program in a matter of…