Category: Sports

  • Rockets win fifth consecutive on the gridiron

    By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT No one had to remind the Richmond-Burton football team what was on the line Oct. 12th or that they had to step up their intensity level and play at the top of their games for that matter. That’s because the Rockets were well aware of how important their showdown with North Boone…

  • Westosha girls take second at SLC tourney

    By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The brackets played themselves out as expected at last weekend’s Southern Lakes Conference Volleyball Tournament at Burlington. And for the Westosha Central girls squad, that meant a rematch with the Demons. Unfortunately for the Falcons, they couldn’t pull off the upset in a three-set defeat to finish second overall to the…

  • Westosha can’t find way past Elkhorn in loss

    By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent The end to the 2012 season seemed to be a fitting one Friday night for the Westosha Central football squad. Once again, the Falcons competed at times – but it wasn’t enough to come out on top. Central led host Elkhorn 21-14 at halftime, but the Elks rallied with 35 second-half…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Westosha sweeps team titles at SLC meet

    By Jennifer Eisenbart~Sports Editor Quite simply put, it was dominance in its purest form Saturday morning at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside National Cross Country Course. The Westosha Central boys and girls cross country teams took the top two places in both the boys and girls individual races, and routed the rest of the field in…

  • Skyhawks put forth their best effort of the season

    By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT The Johnsburg football team may have had to settle for a moral victory Sept. 28th, but it was more than worth it. That’s because the Skyhawks played their best all-around game of the season so far and just missed being rewarded for their efforts by landing their first win of the season…

  • Red Hot! Lady Rockets crowned tourney champions

    By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT To say that the Richmond-Burton girls’ volleyball team is playing at the top of their games right now and gelling as a program might be a little bit of an understatement. But to mention that the Lady Rockets are red hot and on fire of late, might be a little more realistic.…

  • Rocket runners hold their own on the course

    By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT                   It has been a pretty good all-around season for the Richmond-Burton cross country program so far this year. The boys’ team has used their experience and leadership to hang around the top half of meets all year, while the girls’ team with a little more youth has been able to hold…

  • Wilmot comes up short against Westosha Central

    By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent Year-in, year-out, the Westosha Central girls volleyball team is among the top teams, not only in the Southern Lakes Conference, but the entire state. The Falcons are where the young Wilmot program hopes to be under the direction of new head coach Kevin Raap. Wilmot isn’t quite there yet, but the…