Category: Wilmot
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Central sweeps to titles of its track invite
Wilmot girls capture three individual titles By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The Westosha Central boys and girls track teams defended their home turf on April 24. And did they did it in dominating fashion. Central’s girls tallied 185 points, 46 ahead of the next closest team, while the boys finished 38 ahead of the pack…
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Former Panther Vozel named All-American
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent It’s safe to say the college life has been good to former Wilmot girls basketball standout Sarah Vozel. Her numbers at Ashford University prove that to be true – and a postseason national honor drives the point home. Vozel, who recently concluded her sophomore season at the NAIA Division 2…
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Coach finds positives in loss
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent There was plenty for Wilmot girls basketball coach Keiya Square to like Jan. 30 at Waterford. His team didn’t quite do enough to get the win, but the Panthers gave the Southern Lakes Conference’s second-place squad all it could handle. Wilmot trailed by just two points in the fourth quarter,…
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Hard work, dedication fuel Wilmot’s Clements
She’s selected Westosha Report’s female athlete of the year By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent She may have been quite in terms of words and small in stature, but there’s no downplaying how important former Wilmot girls basketball standout Kari Clements was to that program. And even four months into her college career, that dedication and…
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Wilmot’s Kothe is male athlete of the year
He emerges as a true leader in football, basketball By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The starting quarterback in football and the point guard in basketball not only have to be strong athletically, but coaches and teammates must be able to trust them. And at Wilmot this past year, those jobs just happen to be…
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Lady Panthers hungry for more
Team has high expectations after sectional final appearance By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The 2014-15 season is just two games old, and there’s still plenty of questions to answer for the Wilmot girls basketball team. That’s to be expected this early in a new year – but don’t be surprised if the Panthers find plenty…
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Panthers’ season ends in heartbreak
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Wilmot football team had revenge on its mind Oct. 24. The visiting Panthers were trying to erase the memory of a four-overtime loss to Burlington earlier this season. This time, it was win or go home in a Division 2 Level 1 playoff game. Wilmot was on its way…
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Mistake-free football leads to Wilmot victory
Panthers get redemption in win over Waterfor By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Better, more disciplined play led the Wilmot High School football team to an 18-0 Southern Lakes Conference victory Sept. 11 at home against Waterford. “It was a huge relief,” Panthers coach Erick Kaiser said. “We knew we were talented. We knew we had…
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Late interception dooms Blue Devils
By Chris Bennett/Sports Correspondent If not for a few odd bounces, including in the game’s final seconds, the Southern Lakes Blue Devils might be celebrating the team’s first victory of the season instead of pondering a 0-4 record in Ironman Football League play. The Blue Devils lost 20-13 July 12 at home to the Fox…
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From the bench Community lifts coach in time of need
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent To say I had quite the spring would be a huge understatement. But from something really bad came a lot of good, and a couple million reasons to count my blessings. My life changed drastically in the early afternoon of April 13, when I came home to find my house just…