Category: Sports
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Panthers punish Elks, face tough week
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent After it hit a low point in a 46-point loss to Kettle Moraine during the Christmas holiday, the Wilmot boys basketball team did a little soul searching. Based on last week’s return to conference play, the Panthers found some answers. Wilmot jumped out to an 18-8 first-quarter lead at Elkhorn last…
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Central removes gorilla from its back
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent The Westosha Central boys basketball team removed a monkey from its back Jan. 9. In fact, it was more like a gorilla. For the first time since the 2008 season, a streak that dates back 10 games, the Fal-cons earned a Southern Lakes Conference win over Water-ford with a dominating 57-31…
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Wrestlers second at Palmyra duals
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent The Westosha Central wrestling team enjoyed a solid outing at Saturday’s Palmyra-Eagle Duals. Central won its first four matches to advance to the finals, where it fell to Southern Lakes Conference rival Union Grove 46-31 to finish second overall. Prior to the championship round, the Falcons posted wins over Waukesha North…
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County battle goes to Lady Panthers
By Dan Truttschel/Sports Correspondent Forcing the opposition into mistakes has been the Wilmot girls basketball team’s mantra since coach Keiya Square’s arrival from Delavan-Darien. Through the first eight games of the 2013-2014 season, however, the Panthers had struggled to find their groove. That all changed Jan. 10. Wilmot forced visiting Westosha Central into 44 turnovers…
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Wrestlers middle of pack in county
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The Westosha Central wrestling team finished fourth, while Wilmot was fifth at Saturday’s Kenosha County Invitational at Wilmot. Kenosha Bradford won the team title with 229.5 points, followed by Indian Trails Academy with 186, Milwaukee Bradley Tech with 172, Central with 151, Wilmot with 118, Big Foot with 87, Shoreland Lutheran…
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Lady Panthers crush Comets, improve to 4-2
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The Wilmot girls basketball team put together a strong defensive effort for just about all four quarters last week at Delavan-Darien. But it was the last three when the Panthers really went to work. Wilmot trailed 9-8 after the first quarter but allowed just 26 points the rest of the way…
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Falcons clipped in nonconference action
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent With the young squad the Westosha Central boys basketball team has this year, there are going to be times when the Falcons don’t hit on all cylinders. And when that happened last week, it cost Central its chance for a victory. Visiting Burlington Catho-lic Central outscored the Falcons by six points…
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Sports Shorts
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent Early in Saturday’s non-conference game with visiting Kenosha Bradford, Wilmot boys basketball coach Jake Erbentraut decided to send his team a message. They received it loud and clear. Wilmot overcame a sluggish first quarter and cruised to a 70-44 victory. The win improved the Panthers to 3-2 overall heading into…
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Debut successful for Boyd
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The varsity head coaching career of Jerod Boyd got off to a great start last week. In his debut with the Westosha Central girls basketball program, Boyd’s Falcons overcame a halftime deficit for a 64-38 non-conference win over visiting West Allis Central. The win improved the Falcons to 1-0 overall.…
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Gymnasts start strong, face uphill climb in SLC
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent A year after it placed sixth at the Janesville Craig Invitational, the Westosha Central-Union Grove squad came home Saturday with a third-place finish. Mount Horeb won the team title with a combined score of 136.3750, followed by Kenosha with a 134.9500, Westosha with a 128.8750, Janesville Craig with a 125.1250,…