Category: Sports
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Nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday
Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day gun deer season opens this Saturday, and if the weather cooperates prospects should be excellent for hunters, as white-tailed deer are being reported as near peak or just past peak of their mating season known as the rut, with many reports this week of bucks actively pursuing does throughout the day. Hunting…
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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…
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Falcons soar into state volleball meet
Strong serving powered Westosha Central’s boys volleyball team past Burlington, 3-1, Thursday and into the WIAA state tournament. The Falcons are scheduled to open state play at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. against Racine Horlick. The winner advances to the semifinal at noon Saturday. Westosha, led by Mike Michelau’s…
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Panthers finish with easy win over Comets
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The Wilmot football team entered Friday night’s Southern Lakes Conference finale focused on defeating a solid Delavan-Darien squad. And that’s just what the Panthers did – but they also received an unexpected surprise at the same time. Wilmot (8-1 overall) defeated the Comets 41-20 and then earned a piece of…
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Falcons can’t hold off Comets
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Early in the second half Friday night, the Westosha Central football team found itself with a four-point lead over one of the Southern Lakes Conference leaders. Unfortunately for the Falcons, they couldn’t hang on quite long enough. Visiting Delavan-Darien scored three second-half touchdowns to hold off Central’s upset attempt in…
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Panthers survive trip to Burlington for victory
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Host Burlington gave the Wilmot football team its best shot during a third-quarter scoring flurry Friday night. But the Panthers answered in a big way during the last 12 minutes – and survived a Southern Lakes Conference slugfest in the process. Wilmot held a slim 39-37 lead heading into the…
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Westosha boys starting to find stride
Sports Correspondent Slowly but surely, the Westosha Central boys volleyball team is starting to round into form. Central swept the pool play at Saturday’s Shorewood Invitational, but fell twice in the Gold Bracket to finish third overall. The 2-2 record bumped the Falcons to 13-9 overall. “We’re making progress,” Central coach Wayne Schultz said. “We…
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Tough season continues for Panther girls
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent A season full of struggles continued down that path last week for the Wilmot girls volleyball team. The Panthers traveled to Union Grove in search of their first Southern Lakes Conference victory, but the Broncos refused to allow that in a 25-7, 25-15, 25-16 victory. Wilmot coach Lindsey Gruber said…
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Central girls ready for week’s challenges
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent This week will tell a lot about the Westosha Central girls volleyball team. Central traveled to the state’s top-ranked Division 1 team Tuesday night and will follow that with its own Central Smash Tournament Saturday that features a field littered with quality programs. The invite, set to begin at 9…