Williams Bay’s football team took a big step forward Oct. 11 by picking up the program’s first eight-man football victory — and the first varsity football win since 2015 — in a 46-8 win over Alden-Hebron in Illinois.

Big Foot’s football team played its final home game of the regular season Oct. 11 against perennial rival Brodhead/Juda. What looked like a close shootout at halftime turned into a runaway, as the visiting Cardinals beat the Chiefs 40-19.

After the Badger tennis team won its subsectional meet Oct. 7, all seven of Badger’s flights advanced to the Oct. 9 sectional round in Oconomowoc, which gave Badger a prime opportunity to win that competition as well to punch a ticket to the state meet.

After a tough loss the week before, Badger’s football team had a prime opportunity for a bounce-back game Oct. 11 when they hosted Delavan-Darien in Lake Geneva for a homecoming matchup.

Badger’s girls golf team fell just short of qualifying for the state meet Oct. 8 at the sectional meet in Hartland, placing third in an event that saw the top two teams advance to state.

WALWORTH — As a steady drizzle came down Oct. 10, the Big Foot/Williams Bay soccer team’s play was less gloomy than the weather. While the ChiefDogs were not able to beat Harvard, falling 2-1 to the Hornets, it was clear that the team has taken a few steps forward since the beginning of the season.

ELKHORN — When Elkhorn and Badger first met up on the soccer field Sept. 12 in Lake Geneva, the Elks were able to pressure the Badgers into mistakes, capitalizing on them with a 5-1 victory.

UNION GROVE — Looks can be deceiving.