Category: Sports
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Golfers and non-golfers needed for Panther Backer Booster event
Panther Backer Booster Club hosting Golf Fundraiser on Saturday, May 10. Registration starts at noon at Twin Lakes Country Club. Non-golfers are invited to dinner and auction at reduced pricing. Raffle items to date include: Gift cards, signed Packer Football, Summerfest tickets and more. To donate or for more information email [email protected].
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Panthers have unfinished business
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent The 2013 Wilmot baseball team made a run at the WIAA State Tournament but fell short in the sectional final by just one run. This year’s team plans to take the next step. Led by seven returning seniors, the Panthers have high hopes as the 2014 campaign gets under way. Wilmot,…
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Central sweeps doubleheader
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent The Westosha Central baseball team got the 2014 season off to a good start Saturday morning. Central swept visiting Shoreland Lutheran, with a 13-3, five-inning win in the opener, followed by a 3-0 shutout in the nightcap. The Falcons (2-0 overall) opened Southern Lakes Conference action Tuesday after-noon against visiting Burling-ton.…
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Interim coach will lead Falcons
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent Optimism is high around the Westosha Central baseball team this spring. And now it’s up to the Falcons to turn that optimism into results on the field. Central will lean on its senior leadership and depth for success in 2014, according to interim head coach Jacob Morman. Morman, the freshman coach…
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Hensel, Schattner earn first team honors
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The impact that Wilmot senior boys basketball players Nate Hensel and Brandon Schattner made the past four years certainly can’t be overlooked. Both standouts recently landed on the All-SLC first team to highlight the postseason for Wilmot. They were joined by junior Bryce Kothe, who was named honorable mention. Hensel was…
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Three Falcons grace all-conference squad
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The Westosha Central basketball team recently landed three players on the All-Southern Lakes Conference teams. Junior Jaela McGill was a second-team pick, while junior teammate Madi Stanczak was named honorable mention. On the boys’ side, senior Glenn Karsten was named honorable mention. The Central girls team posted a 7-16 overall record…
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Clements named queen of Southern Lakes
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent As a young freshman, Wilmot’s Kari Clements made an immediate impact during the Panthers’ post-season run. In just four games near the end of that year, she scored 25 points – but as it turned out, that was just the tip of the iceberg. Now at the end of her high…
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Lady Panthers rally for semifinal victory
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent A 13-point deficit in the first half of last week’s Division 2 sectional semifinal could have spelled doom for the Wilmot girls basketball team. But the Panthers stayed the course and turned to an old friend – their defense – for help. Wilmot got back to doing what it’s best…
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Season ends one game from state
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent It didn’t take long to see how talented the DeForest girls basketball team was Sat-urday afternoon at Janesville Craig. The Norskies were ranked in the top five in the state, and in a flash, they flexed their muscles and took Wilmot out of its first-ever sectional final in a 65-30 victory.…
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Basketball season an unforgettable journey
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent Since high school coaching found its way into my life in 2002, there have been a few stops along the way and jobs at a variety of levels. I’ve been an eighth-grade coach, a varsity assistant, a JV coach and even an acting head coach in two sports, but until this…