Category: Wilmot
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Wilmot boys make Stoughton work for win
By Dan Truttschel – Sports Correspondent Heading into Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal at top-seeded Stoughton, Wilmot boys basketball coach Terry Bruton knew his team needed to bring its best effort to advance. When the final horn sounded, the Panthers did just about that – and that’s all he could ask for. Wilmot, the eighth…
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Wilmot boys drop three games in long week
By Dan Truttschel, Sports Correspondent The past week was a tough one for the Wilmot boys basketball team. Wilmot dropped all three games to see its record drop to 7-9 overall and 6-4 in the Southern Lakes Conference. The Panthers opened play with a 67-56 loss last Monday afternoon to New Berlin Eisenhower at the Bradley…
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Wilmot girls take 1-2 overtime loss punch
By Dan Truttschel, Sports Correspondent Two overtime losses in the same week could be enough to hurt a basketball team’s confidence. But that’s not the case with the Wilmot girls squad — instead, it seems to have only made the Panthers stronger. Wilmot fell 70-65 to Waterford in the week’s first game last Tuesday, followed by…
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Panthers’ defense rules against Broncos
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Last week’s home game with Union Grove should have been a stiff test for the Wilmot girls basketball team. But once again, the Panthers’ defense made sure that didn’t happen. Wilmot held the Broncos to just nine second-half points, including only two in the fourth quarter, and cruised to a…
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Panther girls win pair of contests, go to 8-1 overall
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Any chance the Delavan-Darien girls’ basketball team had of an upset Friday night disappeared rather quickly. The Comets had visiting Wilmot to thank for that. Wilmot raced out to a 13-2 first-quarter lead, followed by a 20-10 scoring edge in the second and never looked back in a dominating…
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Wilmot boys second at Hale
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent About halfway through the third quarter Friday afternoon, it looked like the Wilmot boys’ basketball team might leave the West Allis Hale Tournament with the first-place trophy. That’s where Hale’s Nick Sotiros entered, however, and ruined the Panthers’ chances. Sotiros scored eight straight points to erase Wilmot’s 53-51…
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Wilmot wrestlers put together title effort
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent A first-place finish at Saturday’s Oconomowoc Duals was certainly a nice feather in the cap of the Wilmot wrestling team. But veteran coach John Watson also knows there will be much bigger events down the road. Wilmot ran the table with a perfect 4-0 record and won the tie-breaker with…
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Panther boys pick up win over Elkhorn
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Through two weeks of practice, Wilmot boys basketball coach Terry Bruton had a feeling his team was on the right track. It’s just one game, but after Friday night, the Panthers haven’t done anything to change their coach’s mind. Wilmot put together a solid four-quarter effort in a 77-64 victory…
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Westosha Central boys beat Burlington to advance
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The road through the 2011 season hasn’t always been smooth for the Westosha Central boys’ volleyball team. But in recent weeks, the Falcons began to show they may be ready to again make another journey to the WIAA state tournament. And last weekend, they officially punched their tickets. Central defeated…
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Falcons facing familiar opponents at state
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Finding information about the other teams in this weekend’s WIAA boys’ volleyball tournament won’t be all that difficult for Westosha Central coach Wayne Schultz. There is a lot of familiarity – and that begins with the Falcons’ first-round opponent. Central (25-13) will face Racine Horlick (16-14) in the final first-round…