Category: Sports
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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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Westosha struggles in trenches in loss to Wolverines
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent It’s often said that a football game comes down to which team wins the battle up front. And that’s what happened to the Westosha Central squad in its Southern Lakes Conference home contest Friday night. Visiting Waterford took control in the trenches and muscled its way to a 27-0 victory. The…
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Falcons on track with win over Case
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent Through the early part of the 2012 season, the Westosha Central boys volleyball squad has continued to search for the right combination. It looks like the Falcons are on the right track. Central improved to 3-0 in the Southeast Conference last week with a hard-fought 25-23, 16-25, 31-29, 25-22 win over…
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Falcon girls fight to sixth-place finish at Sprawl
By Dan Truttschel~Sports Correspondent It seems crazy to say it, but the fall sports season already is reaching its halfway point. And for the Westosha Central girls volleyball team, that means it’s almost time to crank up its game another notch. Central took a step toward doing just that Saturday with a solid sixth-place finish…
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Second quarter splurge by Grayslake hurts Johnsburg
By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT The Johnsburg football team put forth another worthy effort this week, but unfortunately came up on the short end of attaining their first victory of the season. That’s because the host Knights proved to be a little too explosive on both sides of the ball, which wound up getting the best of…
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Rockets rebound with a win over Marengo
By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT After suffering two straight tough defeats, the Richmond-Burton football team regrouped and got back on the winning track by putting a mark in the win column Sept. 14. The Rockets were running on all cylinders, as they easily defeated the Indians by a 35-17 difference in Big Northern Conference play at Marengo.…
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Rockets hold on to better Antioch
By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT The Richmond-Burton boys’ soccer team knew coming into their contest Sept. 14th with Antioch that they would have their hands full against a competitive Sequoit team. They were also aware of the fact that they would have to play up to their potentials and limit their mistakes if they were going to…
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Second quarter splurge by Grayslake hurts Johnsburg
By Todd Rohde~CORRESPONDENT The Johnsburg football team put forth another worthy effort this week, but unfortunately came up on the short end of attaining their first victory of the season. That’s because the host Knights proved to be a little too explosive on both sides of the ball, which wound up getting the best of…
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Fall wrestling camp set for October
Antioch Community High School is hosting a Fall Wrestling Camp on Monday through Thursday, Oct. 22- 25 and Oct. 29- Nov. 1. No session is slated for Oct. 31, due to Halloween. The camps will be held 6 to 7:30 p.m. for students in third through eighth-grade. Cost is $20 and includes a camp T-shirt.…
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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…