Category: Wilmot
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Panther boys open with victory for new coach
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent For a varsity head coaching debut, it couldn’t have gone much better than it did last week for Wilmot’s Jake Erbentraut. And now it’s on to the next challenge. Erbentraut’s Panthers came out of the gate firing on all cylinders and never really let up en route to a convincing 63-49…
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Westosha sees season end in sectional semis
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent There were times throughout the 2012 campaign that the Westosha Central boys volleyball team was its own worst enemy. Sometimes those unforced errors didn’t cost the Falcons too badly – but at others, they did – and when they happen in the post-season, the result often puts an end to the…
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Future predicted: Vozel heads to Ashford
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent Prior to taking over the varsity girls basketball program at Wilmot High School, Keiya Square roamed the sidelines at Southern Lakes Conference rival Delavan-Darien. But even back then, one Wilmot player definitely caught his attention – and now four years later, her college plans have been finalized. And it’s no surprise…
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Panthers dominate Comets, 48-12
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent Two football teams with entirely different agendas met at Friday night. But early on, it would have been hard to tell which team was about the end its season and which one had a playoff berth on the line. Visiting Delavan-Darien, which struggled to just one win all year, held a…
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Wilmot girls take seventh at SLC tournament
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The final results from Saturday’s Southern Lakes Conference Tournament didn’t show that great of an overall finish for the Wilmot girls volleyball team. But in a year when the Panthers showed vast improvement from recent seasons, there still were plenty of positives that came from it. Wilmot won just one of…
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Panthers can’t find answers to Badger attack
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent All last week, the Wilmot football team prepared each day to try and stop the high-powered Badger offensive attack. But faring well against a scout team in practice and duplicating that effort in the glare of the bright lights are two different things. And the Panthers learned that lesson the hard…
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Wilmot continues run at Delavan-Darien tourney
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Based on history, the Wilmot girls volleyball team almost didn’t even need to compete at Saturday’s Delavan-Darien Tournament to ensure a first-place finish. Each of the past two years, the Panthers have come home with the title – and that trend continued again this year – two years from Wilmot’s…
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Panthers survive slow start against Broncos
By Dan Truttschel~ Sports Correspondent It would make sense if the Wilmot football team was at least peeking a little bit at this week’s opponent while it prepared for Union Grove Friday night. But for the next team on the schedule – Badger – to have any significance, the Panthers had to get past the Broncos.…
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Panther runners compete in Waukesha
The Wilmot Union High School cross country teams competed at the Waukesha South Cross Country Festival Saturday, with both teams finishing 12th at Minooka Park. Wilmot senior Kallen Crowe medaled for the girls, finishing 14th in a time of 16:51. She was followed by Lyndsey Clayton (58th, 18:26), Heaven Podgorski (68th, 19:04), Rebecca Alter (76th,…
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Panther girls adjust to new coach, new season
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The 2011 season was a struggle from start to finish for the Wilmot girls volleyball team, as the Panthers won just one regular-season match. Just two contests into the new year, Wilmot already has equaled that total – and the Panthers are hungry for more. Wilmot defeated visiting Badger 21-25,…