Two area softball teams are in do-or-die mode on Thursday while others are looking for at-bats before beginning their own WIAA Tournament runs on Tuesday.

The Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings would like to have another matchup against their Packerland foes in Algoma, but they will have to get past the Roncalli Jets Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the WIAA Softball Tournament. Tim Kowols will have the call in Manitowoc on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 4:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening pitch at 4:30 p.m. Sturgeon Bay will also open their WIAA Tournament run when they visit Kiel for a game at 4:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, Luxemburg-Casco earned their second straight NEC championship with a 6-0 win against Marinette. They return to action on Thursday with a game against local rival Southern Door at 4:30 p.m. Algoma will hit the road to get some extra playing time as they travel to Suamico to play at Bay Port (4:30 p.m.).

Many local teams are saving their at-bats for the weekend as the area will see only one game on Thursday after a single contest on Wednesday.

Heads-up baserunning in the bottom of the seventh inning led the Luxemburg-Casco baseball team to beat St. Mary Catholic on Wednesday, 5-4.

The only local game on Thursday is Algoma's trip to Pedersen Park to face Marinette (4:30 p.m.).

The WIAA Baseball Tournament brackets were released on Wednesday. Here are the Matchups

#6 Luxemburg-Casco vs. North Fond du Lac OR Xavier (5/28 at home)

#7 Sturgeon Bay vs. Ripon (5/23 at home)

#9 Southern Door vs. Manitowoc Lutheran (5/23 at Manitowoc Lutheran)

#5 Algoma vs. Weyauwega-Fremont (5/23 at home)

#3 Kewaunee vs. Valders OR St. Mary's Catholic (5/28 at home)

#1 Gibraltar/Washington Island vs. Tigerton OR Hilbert (5/28 at home)

#10 Sevastopol vs. Marion (5/23 at Marion)

All three soccer teams in the area will be in action on Thursday as they work to build their resumes ahead of the  the WIAA Tournament.

Thursday's matches include Sturgeon Bay hosting NEW Lutheran (6 p.m.), Sevastopol/Gibraltar visiting Peshtigo (6 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco heading to Waupaca (6 p.m.).

Some of the brackets have been announced with the following pairings:

#11 Sevastopol/Gibraltar at Wrightstown (5/30)

#7 Sturgeon Bay vs. NEW Lutheran (5/30)

James Glampe led the way for the Luxemburg-Casco golf team on Wednesday as they took third in the NEC Championships at Brown County Golf Course in Green Bay.

The Spartans shot a score of 353, which was seven strokes behind champion Waupaca and six strokes behind second-place Wrightstown.  Glampe shot a team-best 82 to finish in sixth place, five strokes behind individual champion Jacob Zwiers of Little Chute. Josh Parins (87) and Lance Cherovsky (89) finished in the top 20.

You can find the full results here.

A noon preseason game, three divisional games for Gold package season ticket holders, and four straight primetime games are some of the highlights revealed during Wednesday's schedule announcement.

With the unbalanced schedule, the Packers will host just one preseason game, a noon contest on August 24th against the Cleveland Browns. They will play nine regular-season games, including four straight in primetime beginning on Thanksgiving night against the Miami Dolphins. The other scheduling quirk that irked many season ticket holders was the distribution of Green package versus Gold package games. The gold package, which is primarily Milwaukee-based season ticket holders, traditionally gets the second and fifth home games. Due to the unbalanced schedule, the group also received the ninth home game. This year, that means contests against NFC North rivals Minnesota Vikings (9/29), Detroit Lions (11/3), and Chicago Bears (1/4 or 1/5). You can find the full schedule below:

Doug Gottlieb hopes to prove the naysayers wrong by the time the team hits the court this fall. 

The Green Bay Athletics Department introduced Gottlieb as its 10th head men's basketball coach at a press conference on Wednesday. Chancellor Michael Alexander credited Athletic Director Josh Moon on his outside-the-box thinking on the hire, which almost occurred ahead of last season before Sundance Wicks won the job. 

Gottlieb spoke for approximately 35-40 minutes after he was introduced, reflecting on his time playing college basketball at Notre Dame and Oklahoma and his experiences. He began his press conference by telling a story about how he told his mom that he got the job.

 

 

 

 

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Critics of the hire have pointed to his national sports talk show, which he will keep doing as the coach of the Phoenix, as a possible distraction. Gottlieb defended the decision, saying he had rid himself of other commitments and was open to dropping the show if he could not handle doing both. With three scholarships remaining to fill and several players wondering if they should dip their toes in the portal, Gottlieb asked for trust.

 

 

 

 

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Gottlieb was named the coach shortly after Wicks opted to move back home to take the head coaching position at Wyoming.

Three local teams played on the softball diamonds on Tuesday as the Packerland Conference championship was decided in Algoma.

The Algoma Wolves took care of business, repeating as the Packerland Conference softball champions with a 4-0 and 9-6 doubleheader win over the Sevastopol Pioneers.  The Wolves came away with the win in the opener by scoring all four runs in the fifth inning.  Macie Zimmerman picked up the win in going the distance, clinching the conference for the Wolves.

In Crivitz, the Gibraltar Vikings fell to the Wolverines 7-6 in non-conference softball action.

(photo courtesy of Algoma Little League Softball)

Just a few baseball games were played on the area's high school diamonds on Tuesday as some unfinished business was taken care of between rivals Gibraltar and Sevastopol.

In a game suspended at 5-0 due to darkness on April 9, the Gibraltar Vikings finished with a 13-1 victory over the Sevastopol Pioneers on Tuesday afternoon in Packerland Conference play.

In non-conference action, the Algoma Wolves fell to the Mishicot Indians 10-5 at home.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans dropped a North Eastern Conference game to the Little Chute Musangs 6-1 at home. 

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

A four-run second inning was enough for the Milwaukee Brewers to prevail against the Pittsburg Pirates 4-3 on Tuesday night.

The Brewers had six straight hits in the second inning, including a two-run home run by Sal Frelick to take the early lead.

Pittsburg scored two runs in the fourth on a two-run blast by Nick Gonzales.

Joe Ross (2-4) started for the Brewers and went five innings allowing only two runs on two hits in picking up his second win of the season.

The Brewer bullpen was impressive again as Bryan Hudson pitched two scoreless innings and Elvis Peguaro blanked the Pirates in the eighth inning.

The only other hit in the game by the Pirates came in the bottom of the ninth inning on a solo home run by Conner Joe with two outs.  Brewer Trevor Megill picked up his fifth save of the season by striking out Jack Suwinski to end the game. 

The Brewers (25-17) and the Pirates (19-24) will play the rubber game of the series on Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. with Robert Gasser (1-0) pitching for Milwaukee in his second career start after a six-inning, no-run outing his last time out.   Martin Perez (1-2) will go for Pittsburg.

UPDATE: The hiring is confirmed. He will be introduced on Wednesday

Only two days after its old coach left for Wyoming pastures, Green Bay is set to hire a familiar name for its latest head men's basketball vacancy.

Several outlets report that Green Bay is set to hire FOX Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb as its new head men's basketball coach after flirting with the opportunity last year.

The Green Bay Press-Gazette's Scott Venci suggests that Gottlieb could keep his radio duties and be the program's leader. Gottlieb said last year it was a sticking point in his pursuit of the position, saying on his radio show that he feels it would be good promotion for the program. His only previous coaching experience was as a member of the staff for the U.S. team at the Maccabiah Games held in Israel in 2009 and 2017. He made his name collegiately as a high-scoring guard at Oklahoma State after leaving Notre Dame due to a credit card stealing scandal.

No other details, including the specifics with his contract, have been released.  

The area's baseball teams hope to finish their respective season strong with the WIAA brackets being settled this week and conference crowns still in play.

The Clippers never trailed during Monday's doubleheader against Sevastapol on U102.1 in Sturgeon Bay, winning the games 10-8 and 13-0.

The other Monday games saw Kewaunee sweeping NEW Lutheran 10-0 and 15-1 with Brett Paulsen throwing a six-inning no-hitter in game one.

Tuesday's games include Gibraltar and Sevastopol wrapping up their darkness-shortened game at 4 p.m., Algoma hosting Mishicot (5 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco hosting Little Chute (4:30 p.m.).

The Sevastopol/Gibraltar soccer team could not get the offense going against its visitors as Kaukauna toppled the United 7-0.

The Ghosts scored three goals in the first half and chipped in four more in the second half to take the road win. It was the third time in four tries that the United were shut out, including 4-0 loss to Martin Luther and a 5-0 loss to Manitowoc Lincoln at Saturday's Kiel Tournament. They did beat New Holstein in that tournament 3-0.

In Tuesday's action, Luxemburg-Casco will play at home against Marinette at 6:30 p.m.

Familiar teams found themselves at the top of the leaderboard on Monday after the dust settled at the Packerland Conference championships in Algoma.

The Kewaunee track team continued its tradition of excellence at Monday's Packerland Conference championships, with the boys' squad winning its sixth straight title. The Storm boys scored 170 points in the afternoon, with second place Southern Door close behind with 165.5 points, and Peshtigo finished third.

The Southern Door girls' track team won the crown with a healthier advantage over second-place Peshtigo, outscoring them 157.5 -144.5. Kewaunee came in third place with 87 points, two points ahead of fourth place Sturgeon Bay. 

Female Team Scores
1 Southern Door SODO 157.5
2 Peshtigo PESH 144.5
3 Kewaunee KWNE 87
4 Sturgeon Bay STBA 85
5 Sevastopol SEVA 59.5
6 Gibraltar GIBR 57
7 Green Bay New Lutheran NWL1 38
8 Algoma ALGO 35
9 Oconto OCO 24.5

Male Team Scores
1 Kewaunee KWNE 170
2 Southern Door SODO 165.5
3 Peshtigo PESH 137.5
4 Sturgeon Bay STBA 73
5 Algoma ALGO 68
6 Oconto OCO 24
7 Gibraltar GIBR 23
8 Green Bay New Lutheran NWL1 12.5
9 Sevastopol SEVA 11.5

Full Results Here

The area's softball teams will spend Monday and Tuesday wrapping up their seasons ahead of the WIAA Tournament on Thursday.

In Monday's action, Luxemburg-Casco topped Wrightstown 5-3, and Southern Door shut out Kiel 1-0, while Sevastopol and Kewaunee traded one-run wins.

On Tuesday, the Pioneers will visit Algoma for a doubleheader (4:30 p.m.) and Gibraltar will make its way to Crivitz (4:30 p.m.).

The domino effect has begun for the Green Bay men's basketball program after the departure of head coach Sundance Wicks.

Horizon League All-Freshman Team performer David Douglas Jr. announced on social media that he would be entering the transfer portal. He specifically cited Wicks' departure as his reason for entering. He did tell Scott Venci that he was not ruling out a return to the Phoenix.

Venci also talked to other members of the Phoenix that had decided to stay. Preston Ruedinger has not decided what he will do. Bennett Basich, who just wrapped up his high school career, has indicated he will stay.

In the wake of the change, athletic director Josh Moon said he is hard at work and hopes to have the decision made in the coming weeks.

There was no shortage of offense on the Door County League's opening day on Sunday.

On 105.1 The GOAT, the Sister Bay Bays opened the 2024 Door County League at home with a resounding 17-3 win over the Washington Island Islanders in eight innings.

Other Door County Baseball league action on Sunday saw Kolberg double up Egg Harbor 20-10, West Jacksonport beat Institute 9-6, and Maplewood topple Baileys Harbor 17-6.

The best track athletes in the Packerland Conference will be crowned on Monday at the conference track meet hosted by Algoma.

The Wolves will welcome Gibraltar, Kewaunee, NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Peshtigo, Sevastopol, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay for the meet that will settle the All-Packerland Conference teams and give athletes a tune-up before next Monday's WIAA Regional meets.

The first events are scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

The field is set for softball while area baseball teams will find out later this week where they will go for the WIAA Tournament.

Baseball seeding meetings began on Sunday and are expected to be wrapped up by May 15th, according to the WIAA. Monday's action includes Sturgeon Bay hosting Sevastopol on U-102.1 for a doubleheader (4:30 p.m.) and Kewaunee welcoming NEW Lutheran for a twin bill (4:30 p.m.).

Softball teams will wrap up some conference matchups this week before some teams begin the WIAA Tournament on Thursday. Monday's slate includes Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Pulaski to face New London (4:30 p.m.), Algoma playing a doubleheader at NEW Lutheran (3:30 p.m.), Gibraltar/Washington Island hosting Oconto for a doubleheader (4 p.m.), and Kewaunee visiting Sevastopol for a doubleheader (4:30 p.m.). Below are the playoff matchups for the area softball teams:

#1 Algoma: 5/21 vs. the winner of Gibraltar/Washington Island and Roncalli 

#1 Luxemburg-Casco: 5/21 vs. the winner of Two Rivers/Marinette

#5 Kewaunee: 5/21 vs. Chilton

#6 Southern Door: 5/21 @ Valders

#10 Sturgeon Bay: 5/16 @ Kiel

#9 Gibraltar/Washington Island: 5/16 at Roncalli

#3 Sevastopol: 5/21 vs. NEW Lutheran

Sundance Wicks is going home, leaving the Green Bay men's basketball team with a vacancy for the third time since 2020.

Wicks signed a five-year deal with Wyoming over the weekend to become their head basketball coach after one year with the Phoenix. The wheels were set in motion when the Cowboys' previous head coach, Jeff Lindner, left the program to become the top assistant coach at Texas Tech reportedly. Wicks became a candidate almost immediately because of his Gilette, Wy. roots and his previous stint with the Cowboys as an assistant coach. Scott Venci of the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported on Saturday that Wicks had asked Green Bay for permission to talk to the Cowboys, and Pete Thamel of ESPN reported the hire on Sunday.

Wicks had recently signed a contract extension to stay as the Phoenix head coach, which included a $705,000 buyout if he chose to leave. Athletic Director Josh Moon told Venci that the search is already underway and he hopes to have the position filled by next week. 

The Sevastopol/Gibraltar soccer team will play at home to start their week when they welcome Kaukauna to the Institute on Monday.

No results were reported from their scheduled tournament over the weekend, but the United squad had a two-match winning streak snapped when they were doubled up by NEW Lutheran 6-3 last week. 

The Ghosts are 3-6-4 on the season and are on a four-match non-winning streak (0-3-1). They were shut out by Kimberly 6-0 last Thursday.

The first touch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got six scoreless innings from Edwin Jimenez and two homers from Ramon Rodríguez to beat the Quad Cities River Bandits 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park.  The win allows the Timber Rattlers to come home from their six-game trip to Iowa in first place in the West Division of the Midwest League.

Quad Cities (19-14) had the first scoring opportunity in the game.  Dustin Dickerson reached on an error by shortstop Jadher Areinamo with one out in the bottom of the second.  The error was the first for Wisconsin since May 1 and snapped a streak of nine consecutive errorless games.  Justin Johnson followed with a single and a wild pitch by Jiminez to put runners at second and third.

Areinamo redeemed himself by making a tough pick with the infield on a grounder to him off the bat of Omar Hernandez.  Dickerson held at third, but Johnson committed too far to third base.  The out was eventually recorded as Dickerson was retired after a brief rundown between third and home.  Jimenez got the final out of the inning with a strikeout to keep the game scoreless.

Wisconsin (21-12) jumped to the lead with three runs in the top of the third.  Terence Doston beat out an infield single with one out.  Rodríguez followed with a long home run to left and the Rattlers were up 2-0.  The homer was the first of the season for Rodríguez.

Luis Lara and Dylan O’Rae followed with singles to put runners on the corners.  A passed ball allowed Lara to score for the 3-0 lead.

The Timber Rattlers added to their lead in the sixth inning with the longball.  Eduarqui Fernández homered to start the inning.  Rodríguez followed one out later with his second homer of the game for a 5-0 lead.  Rodríguez is the first Rattler to hit two homers in a game this season.

Jimenez worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth inning to close his ledger for the day.  The right-hander allowed three hits, walked none, and struck out seven over six scoreless innings.  He put himself in line to move his record to 5-0 as the bullpen needed to cover the final nine outs.

Aaron Rund pitched a scoreless seventh for the Rattlers.  Tyler Wehrle retired the first two batters he faced in the eighth before giving up a solo home run to Carson Roccaforte for the first run of the game for the River Bandits.
 

There were two outs in the top of the ninth and Jeremy Vargas extended the inning with a single.  The inning appeared to be over when Fernández send a routine grounder to short.  However, the ball went under the glove of Dickerson into left field.  Vargas, who was running on the pitch, never stopped running and scored a run to put the Rattlers up 6-1.

Yerlin Rodriguez was called in to finish the game in a non-save situation.  Things would turn tense after he walked two of the first three batters he faced and gave up a single to load the bases.

Rodriguez got the second out on a strikeout and was 2-2 to Jack Pineda, who hit a grand slam on Friday night against the Rattlers.  Pineda smacked a single to center to score two runs and bring Roccaforte to the plate as the potential tying run.

Roccaforte made things very interesting with a deep fly ball to left-center field on a 2-1 pitch.  Fortunately for Wisconsin, Lara raced over from center and made the catch on the warning track to end the game.

The Timber Rattlers took four of the six games from the River Bandits to win the series.  Wisconsin’s win on Sunday gives them the best record in the Midwest League after 33 games this season.  Sunday’s game also marked the halfway point of the first half of the season.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday with a game against the Beloit Sky Carp at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Patricio Aquino (1-2, 6.53) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The Sky Carp have announced Jacob Miller (1-2, 2.01) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Glory will play at a familiar ground on Sunday when its men's team hosts a third-round match in the Amateur Cup.

The Glory will play at Vlora FC on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Santaga Stadium on the campus of UW-Green Bay. The first game in Green Bay Glory men's soccer history went down as a win on Sunday, beating Bateaux FC 3-0 in the second round of the Amateur Cup at Regis High School in Eau Claire. Edgar Heredia Victoria scored the first goal in team history in the 13th minute, giving the Glory a 1-0 lead at the break. The Glory would add two more tallies in the second half, with Keven Sosa scoring in the 50th minute and Osvaldo Ramírez adding insurance in the 64th minute.

Weeks after their season concluded after advancing in the Clark Cup Playoffs for the first time in a decade, the Green Bay Gamblers are filling out their roster through the draft.

The Gamblers selected Egor Shilov as their first pick for the 2024 Phase I draft. Egor tallied 9 goals and 19 assists in 20 games between Yunost Yekaterinburg U16 & U17 teams. You can see their picks below:

Softball teams in Door and Kewaunee counties were met with mixed results on Saturday.

The Southern Door Eagles softball team served as a buzz kill for a NEW Lutheran squad fresh off a doubleheader sweep of Gibraltar on Friday as they beat them 13-1 and 13-0 in five innings each.

The Kewaunee Storm softball team lost a pair of games on Saturday, falling 10-0 to Oconto Falls and 4-2 to Denmark.

It was a busy Saturday across the peninsula with several local teams playing in doubleheaders.

On U-102.1, the Southern Door Eagles took both games of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon against NEW Lutheran, winning 12-0 in Game 1 and 17-0 in Game 2.  Both games ended after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

Over on 105.1 The GOAT, Aaron Brey helped Gibraltar/Washington Island sweep the Oconto Blue Devils 7-0 and 5-4 in two different ways on Saturday.

Playing on 104.1 WRLU, the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans dropped a pair of games to the Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes on Saturday, 1-0 and 12-0, in a North Eastern Conference baseball doubleheader.

The Kewaunee Storm put up crooked numbers in three innings to spring past Reedsville 9-4 in Saturday baseball action.

A single tally in the sixth inning by Green Bay Preble spoiled a second trip to Titletown for the Sturgeon Bay baseball team as they lost 5-4.

The area's three soccer teams all competed in tournaments on Saturday, including two of them in Kiel.

A short-handed Sturgeon Bay team took 4th place (1-2-0) at the Kiel Tournament on Saturday, May 11th. Sevastopol/Gibraltar did not share their results.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team split their two matches at Saturday's Oostburg Tournament without the benefit of scoring in regulation.

Alexander Cornielle’s last time on the mound for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers was May 4 at home against the Great Lakes Loons and he tossed six scoreless innings with six strikeouts.  Cornielle returned to the mound at Modern Woodmen Park against the Quad Cities River Bandits one week later and went seven scoreless frames with seven strikeouts to lead the Rattlers to a 2-0 victory.

Scoring was at a premium on Saturday night, and it would be the Rattlers (20-12) who struck first.  Dylan O’Rae tripled to center to start the Wisconsin fourth inning.  Gregory Barrios drove in O’Rae with a sacrifice fly to put the Rattlers in front on the scoreboard.

The River Bandits (19-13) had runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning against Cornielle.  The right-hander got the second out on a routine fly to Luis Lara in centerfield.  The final out was a bit more difficult as Lara raced back to the warning track to make a leaping catch on a line drive off the bat of Justin Johnson.

Henry Williams, the River Bandits starter, was almost as good as Cornielle.  Williams allowed one run on two hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Wisconsin got an insurance run in the top of the seventh after Williams left the game. Jheremy Vargas doubled to start the inning against Cooper McKeehan.  Eduarqui Fernández followed with a double to left to send Vargas across the plate for a 2-0 lead.  That would turn out to be more than enough for the Rattlers.  However, the added cushion left a little wiggle room.

Cornielle got the first out of the seventh inning on his seventh strikeout.  However, an infield single by Jared Dickey brought the tying run to the plate.  Cornielle didn’t buckle.  He got Dustin Dickerson to ground into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.
 

Craig Yoho was called into the game for the bottom of the eighth to protect the lead for the Rattlers.  He gave up a lead-off single to bring the tying run to the plate.  Yoho, who pitched three scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to earn the save in game one of the series on Tuesday, stayed calm and got the next batter to ground into a 4-6-3 double play.  Yoho ended the inning with a strikeout to send the game to the ninth with the Rattlers still up 2-0.

In the bottom of the ninth, Yoho retired the side in order, including the last two via the strikeout to close out his fifth save of the season.

Cornielle is 2-0 in his last two starts as he has tossed thirteen scoreless innings with thirteen strikeouts.  In the game against the Bandits, he allowed two hits and walked three to earn his third win of the season.  No River Bandit base runner past second base in the game.

Additionally, the Timber Rattlers defense was flawless again.  Wisconsin has not committed an error in nine consecutive games.  The Rattlers have only been charged with two errors in the last fifteen games.

The series finale is Sunday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park.  Edwin Jimenez (4-0, 5.74) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Quad Cities will send Shane Panzini (1-0, 4.34) to the mound as their starter.  Game time is 1:00pm.  

A number of teams squeezed in at least one more game on Friday before the rains came pouring down.

On 105.1 the GOAT, the NEW Lutheran Blazers' bats caught fire late in game one and carried it through game two as Gibraltar/Washington Island was swept by scores of 13-5 and 16-2 (five innings).

Two runs and three hits proved to be enough as the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans softball team were outhit but not outscored by Oconto Falls in a 2-1 victory.

Southern Door captured Door County softball supremacy on Friday with 7-2 and 6-5 wins on Friday over Sevastopol.

The Algoma Wolves scored at least two runs in four of the five innings they played on Friday in their 12-2 win over Wrightstown.

Three doubleheaders will be featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network on Saturday after some teams played games on Friday.

Gibraltar and Oconto will make up their rainout on Tuesday with a doubleheader in Fish Creek beginning at 10 a.m. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 9:45 a.m. with the pregame show. The Vikings lost to Crivitz on Friday 7-2.

In the other Friday game, the Random Lake Rams scored 18 runs in two innings as they beat Sevastopol Friday 23-0.

Luxemburg-Casco's doubleheader against Fox Valley Lutheran will include special festivities starting at 11 a.m. Paul Schmitt will have the call on 104.1 WRLU beginning at 10:45 a.m.

Southern Door will play a doubleheader against NEW Lutheran beginning at 11 a.m. Jacob Nate will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 10:45 a.m.

Other games scheduled for Saturday include Algoma hosting North Fond du Lac (noon) and Sturgeon Bay playing Green Bay Preble at Green Bay Southwest (11 a.m.).

In a rematch of last season’s playoff championship game, the defending champs Sister Bay Bays will play host to the Washington Island Islanders this Sunday from Sister Bay Village Park.

The Bays defeated the Islanders 5-2 in the championship game last year behind the pitching of Sam Forkert who gave up just two runs on five hits.  Sister Bay captured both the regular season and playoff traveling trophies.

Sister Bay will hopefully count on Forkert and Matt Hecht to carry the pitching load again this year to bring home back-to-back championships.  Ryan Jorgenson and Matt Foss pitched last year for the Islanders and will look again to shut down a potent Bay's attack.

Sunday’s game will start at 1:30 p.m. with the pregame show scheduled for 1:15 p.m. on 105.1 The Goat and streamed on the New Radio Sports Network.  Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the call from Sister Bay.

The full slate of games on Mother's Day for Door County League Baseball is below.

Institute @ W. Jacksonport 

Egg Harbor @ Kolberg 

Washington Island @ Sister Bay LIVE on 105.1 The GOAT

Maplewood @ Baileys Harbor 

The area's soccer teams will face the field in a pair of tournaments on Saturday.

Luxemburg-Casco heads to Oostburg for a tournament featuring Lomira, Oostburg, and Sheboygan South beginning at 9 a.m.

Sturgeon Bay and Sevastopol/Gibraltar will head to Kiel to face the likes of Manitowoc Lincoln, Martin Luther, New Holstein, Roncalli, and St. Mary's Springs Academy. Games begin at 9 a.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco track teams finished fourth and fifth place in the North Eastern Conference Championships on Friday on their home track.

Little Chute and Freedom battled each other for the top spots in both the girls and the boys, with the former actually sharing the team crown.

On the girls' side, the team's 4x400m relay was the lone event champion for the Spartans. Grace Seering took second place in the 300m hurdles and Lydia Morozov matched her in the 200m.

For the boys, Trace Schoenbeck finished in third place in the 100m, matching Lane Ledvina's success in the high jump. Trevor Beaupre was the top finisher for the Spartans with a second place finish in the triple jump. 

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Women 

1) Freedom 161.50

1) Little Chute 161.50

3) Fox Valley Lutheran 113

4) Luxemburg-Casco 75

5) Wrightstown 60

6) Oconto Falls 52

7) Denmark 40

8) Marinette 19

9) Waupaca 14

10) Clintonville

Men

1) Little Chute 157

2) Freedom 142.50

3) Waupaca 70.50

4) Fox Valley Lutheran 65.50

5) Luxemburg-Casco 64.50

6) Oconto Falls 60

7) Denmark 56

8) Marinette 47

9) Clintonville 31

10) Wrightstown 8

Another busy Friday is in store for the area's softball teams after local teams posted wins on Thursday.

Luxemburg-Casco shut out Little Chute 13-0 and Algoma beat Marinette 5-1 in Thursday's action.

On Friday, the Gibraltar/Washington Island softball team hopes to secure its first multi-win season since 2021 when they play NEW Lutheran on Friday in a doubleheader. Tim Kowols will have the call from NEW Lutheran on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 3:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 4 p.m.

Other matchups on Friday include the Wolves back in action against Wrightstown (4:30 p.m.), Sturgeon Bay traveling to Kewaunee for a twin bill (4:30 p.m.), Sevastopol hosting Southern Door for a doubleheader (4:30 p.m.), and the Spartans hosting Oconto Falls (4:30 p.m.).

After being rained out on Tuesday, the area's baseball teams are heading into the weekend in a dead sprint, with teams playing two, if not three, days in a row.

Thursday's action included Luxemburg-Casco beating Ripon 5-0 and Sturgeon Bay falling to Green Bay Southwest 12-7.

Friday's slate includes Gibraltar visiting Crivitz (4 p.m.) and Sevastopol hosting Random Lake (5 p.m.).

Two local soccer teams picked up wins on Thursday night with tournaments on the docket for this weekend.

Sturgeon Bay's girls' soccer team won its second consecutive match against Sevastopol/Gibraltar at host Sevastopol, 2-0.

Luxemburg-Casco secured a home win against Ripon 2-0.

The high school golf season is heading into its twilight after local teams played in one of their final tournaments ahead of regionals later this month.

Kewaunee sophomore Evan Maccaux took first place as the Packerland Conference Player of the Year for the 2024 season, leading the Storm to a fifth-place finish at the conference's final meet.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team placed none of its members in the top 10 at Thursday's Stu Anderson Invitational at River Island GC in Oconto Falls. The Spartans finished last in the nine-team meet with a score of 403. They finished 17 strokes behind eighth-place Oconto Falls 2 and nearly 90 strokes behind first-place De Pere. Sophomore Stanley Peot led the way with a score of 88, which was good for 19th place overall.

Luxemburg-Casco, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay are back in action in Sturgeon Bay against Coleman and Denmark beginning at 9 a.m.

Picture courtesy of Kewaunee PR Commitee

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers followed a familiar pattern early in Thursday’s game against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park.  The Rattlers grabbed an early lead, got some good defense, and decent pitching.  However, Quad Cities broke that pattern with a big fifth inning that featured a grand slam from Jared Dickey and the River Bandits went on to an 8-1 win.

Luke Adams hit a lead-off home run in the second inning to put Wisconsin (19-11) ahead.  Adams lined a 2-0 pitch from Steven Zobac over the wall in left for his third home run of the season.  The Timber Rattlers have scored first in 21 of their thirty games played this season.

The Rattlers got a pair of one-out singles in the top of the third but couldn’t add to their lead.  Wisconsin’s offense had only one more hit after the third inning.

The River Bandits (18-12) took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Trevor Werner started the frame with a double, just the second hit of the game for Quad Cities.  Brett Squires singled to right to drive in Werner with the tying run.  Dickey doubled to left with one out and Squires scored from first for a 2-1 lead.

Quad Cities took control of the game in the bottom of the fifth.  Carter Jensen and Werner singled with one out to chase Wisconsin starter Will Rudy.  Joe Hernandez took over and walked Squires to load the bases.  Kale Emshoff lined an 0-2 pitch from Hernandez to center for an RBI single.  Dickey capped the inning with a line drive homer to right for a grand slam and a 7-1 lead.  The slam gave Dickey five RBI on Thursday night.

Squires, who hit two home runs on Wednesday night, hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the seventh off Jake Polancic to account for the final run of the game.

Wisconsin pitchers have given up at least one homer in six straight games.

Rattlers outfielder Luis Lara was 1-for-3 in the game and extended his hitting streak to a season-high seven games.

The Timber Rattlers defense played a clean game defensively for their sixth consecutive errorless game.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Yujanyer Herrera (0-0, 0.00) is set to make his first start for the Timber Rattlers.  Frankie Mozzicato (1-1, 0.95) has been named the starter for the River Bandits.  Game time is 6:30pm.

A Packerland Conference doubleheader highlights Thursday's baseball and softball schedules.

The baseball and softball teams at Kewaunee will travel around the bay to Peshtigo for a doubleheader that begins at 4 p.m.

Other baseball games include Sturgeon Bay visiting Green Bay Southwest (4:30 p.m.) and Luxemburg-Casco heading to Ripon (4:45 p.m.).

The softball schedule includes Luxemburg-Casco playing Little Chute (4:30 p.m.) and Algoma battling at Marinette (4:30 p.m.).

Door County's two soccer sides will renew their rivalry Thursday evening as all three area teams are in action.

Sturgeon Bay travels north to face Sevastopol/Gibraltar for a 5 p.m. first kick.

Luxemburg-Casco will stay at home to welcome Ripon for a 6:30 p.m. match.

After dodging raindrops earlier in the week, the area's golf teams will hit the course on Thursday.

Luxemburg-Casco will meet De Pere, Little Chute, Marinette, Notre Dame Academy, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, and Seymour at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls at 10 a.m.

The Packerland Conference will make its next tour stop at Wander Springs Golf Course in Greenleaf, where Gibraltar, Kewaunee, NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Peshtigo, Sevastopol, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay will compete beginning at 11 a.m.

The National Football League is bucking its recent trend and holding off on releasing its 2024 schedule.

For the last few years, the league has announced the schedule on the second Thursday of May, which would have placed its debut on May 9th. It will now be released on May 15th as part of primetime television on NFL Network at 7 p.m.

While the schedule is short on details, some things are known about the Packers' 2024 slate. The Packers will host Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Arizona, San Francisco, Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, and Miami while visiting Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, L.A. Rams, Seattle, Jacksonville, and Tennessee. Another "road game" will occur against Philadelphia in Brazil on September 6th. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 5-3 lead over the Quad Cities River Bandits Wednesday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  The Bandits got close, but another flawless performance by the Rattlers defenders put the 5-4 decision in the win column.

Wisconsin (19-10) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.  Gregory Barrios and Luke Adams had consecutive doubles with two outs to give the Rattlers a run.

Jadher Areinamo made a sweet defensive play to end the bottom of the first inning and started the top of the second by stretching a routine single into a double.  Tayden Hall moved Areinamo to third with a ground out.  Eduarqui Fernández drove in Areinamo with another ground out for a 2-0 lead.

Patricio Aquino, the Wisconsin starting pitcher, was cruising through 3-2/3 inning before struggling to find the final out of the fourth.  He hit Jared Dickey on a 1-2 pitch and walked Dustin Dickerson on a 3-2 pitch.  Aquino went to a full count on Jack Pineda before Pineda singled to right to get Dickey home to score the River Bandits first run.

Quad Cities (17-12) took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning against reliever Mark Manfredi.  The Wisconsin left-hander walked the lead-off hitter, struck out the next two batters, and was 1-2 to Brett Squires.  However, Squires lined a home run to right and gave the Bandits a 3-2 advantage.

Ben Kudrna, the River Bandits starting pitcher, worked around a one-out single in the top of the sixth inning and turned the 3-2 lead over to his bullpen for the seventh.

Brandon Johnson took over for the Bandits.  The right-hander had made nine appearances with three walks and 25 strikeouts over twelve scoreless innings before Wednesday.  The Timber Rattlers were not fazed by this information.

Areinamo started the inning with a single.  Tayden Hall walked.  Then, Fernández snapped an 0-for-14 slide with a bloop single to left to load the bases.

Terence Doston was next, and he sent a fly ball to deep center.  All three runners tagged to move up a base with Areinamo scoring the tying run.  Luis Lara lined the next pitch down the line in left for a two-run double and a 5-3 Wisconsin lead.

Squires took Manfredi deep again in the eighth inning.  This time it was a lead-off homer to cut Wisconsin’s lead to a single run.  Aaron Rund took over for Manfredi after the home run and retired the next three batters to send the game to the ninth with the Rattlers up 5-4.

Yerlin Rodriguez was called in to close the game in the bottom of the ninth.  The hard-throwing righty got the first out, but gave up a bloop single to Omar Hernandez, the number nine batter in the Bandits lineup, to bring the winning run to the plate with the top of the order.  Then, the Timber Ratters defense took over the game to secure the victory.

Carson Roccaforte lined a 1-0 pitch to the gap in right-center that looked to be a game-tying extra-base hit.  Fernández raced back, reached up, and pulled in the ball with a back-handed catch for the second out.

Carter Jensen was the last chance for the River Bandits.  He sent a grounder up the middle.  Dylan O’Rae flagged down the ball on the outfield grass and fired to Barrios covering second to just get Hernandez with the force play for the final out.

The Timber Rattlers have played six consecutive errorless games.  The have only been charged with two errors in their last twelve games.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Will Rudy (1-1, 4.58) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Steven Zobac (1-1, 3.52) is set to start for the River Bandits.  Game time is 6:30pm.

The annual Algoma Invite was shortened due to the severe weather on Tuesday night.  Algoma, Kewaunee, Sevastopol, Gibraltar, Sturgeon Bay, Seymour, NEWCHAA, NEW Lutheran, Little Chute, and Denmark participated in the invitational that had started at 3 p.m.  The meet will not be made up.  Here are the abbreviated results from the field events before the storms rolled in. 

Event 1  Women 4x800 Meter Relay

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    School                                               Finals 

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Finals

  1 Sturgeon Bay  'A'                                  11:17.05  

     1) Estes, Ava                      2) Hanley, Mercedes               

     3) Kurek, Julia                    4) Tomberlin, Jade                

  2 Winneconne  'A'                                    11:34.00  

     1) Gonzalez, Sophie                2) Verich, Vivian                 

     3) Prahl, Keali                    4) Syth, Kambelle                 

  3 Kewaunee  'A'                                      11:35.06  

     1) Bergo, Alice                    2) Szydel, Alison                 

     3) Ihlenfeldt, Mia                 4) Meier, Katie                   

 

Event 2  Men 4x800 Meter Relay

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    School                                               Finals 

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  1 Kewaunee  'A'                                       9:02.17  

     1) Joski, James                    2) Vlies, Gage                    

     3) Lischka, Justin                 4) Cullen, Christopher            

  2 Seymour  'A'                                        9:02.54  

     1) Roberts, Gage                   2) Schadrie, Taren                

     3) Boehnlein, Logan                4) Zeng, Conwen                   

 

Event 3  Women 100 Meter Hurdles

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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#

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Preliminaries

  1 Mosienska, Zuzanna           Little Chute             16.66Q  1 

  2 Reisen, McKailey             Gibraltar                16.88Q  2 

  3 Van Schyndel, Maya           Little Chute             17.55q  1 

  4 Martin, Ellianna             Little Chute             18.74q  2 

  5 Bohn, Audrina                Seymour                  19.45q  2 

  6 Skadahl, Kat                 Winneconne               20.01q  2 

  7 Wesely, Kyla                 Kewaunee                 20.74q  2 

  8 Stuth, Zoey                  Algoma                   21.76q  1 

  9 Barnica, Anna                Kewaunee                 23.11   2 

 10 Torres, Melanie              Gibraltar                25.13   2 

 

Event 3  Women 100 Meter Hurdles

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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Finals

  1 Mosienska, Zuzanna           Little Chute             16.86  

  2 Van Schyndel, Maya           Little Chute             17.67  

  3 Reisen, McKailey             Gibraltar                18.07  

  4 Martin, Ellianna             Little Chute             19.36  

  5 Bohn, Audrina                Seymour                  19.84  

  6 Skadahl, Kat                 Winneconne               19.89  

 

Event 4  Men 110 Meter Hurdles

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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#

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Preliminaries

  1 Effa, Cooper                 Little Chute             17.33Q  2 

  2 Langfeldt, Ozzie             Sturgeon Bay             17.60Q  1 

  3 VandenHeuvel, Griffin        Little Chute             17.68q  1 

  4 Moen, Aiden                  Algoma                   19.25q  2 

  5 Patz, Conner                 Seymour                  20.28q  1 

  6 Bunnell, Wyatt               Seymour                  20.47q  1 

  7 Nelson, Reid                 Green Bay NE             20.88q  2 

  8 Witcpalek, Brex              Kewaunee                 21.21q  1 

  9 Spritka, Ross                Sturgeon Bay             21.68   2 

 10 Ullmer, Landon               Denmark                  22.07   2 

 -- Moberg, Blake                Little Chute            X19.73   1 

 -- Langfeldt, Calvin            Sturgeon Bay            X22.79   2 

 

Event 4  Men 110 Meter Hurdles

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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Finals

  1 Effa, Cooper                 Little Chute             16.98  

  2 VandenHeuvel, Griffin        Little Chute             17.31  

  3 Langfeldt, Ozzie             Sturgeon Bay             18.15  

  4 Moen, Aiden                  Algoma                   19.00  

  5 Patz, Conner                 Seymour                  20.48  

  6 Bunnell, Wyatt               Seymour                  20.71  

  7 Nelson, Reid                 Green Bay NE             21.02  

 

Event 5  Women 100 Meter Dash

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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#

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Preliminaries

  1 Tarkowski, Ella              Sturgeon Bay             13.18Q  3 

  2 Vande Kolk, Maya             Seymour                  13.35Q  4 

  3 Andropolis, Tiviana          Sturgeon Bay             13.46Q  2 

  4 Harper, Addisen              Little Chute             13.61Q  1 

  5 Payne, Izzy                  Green Bay NE             13.74q  2 

  6 Duessler, Kylee              Sevastopol               13.93q  1 

  7 Hart, Carlee                 Winneconne               14.03q  3 

  8 Gorham, Mikala               Gibraltar                14.71q  3 

  9 Schmalz, Adalyn              Seymour                  14.86   4 

 10 Houle, Zoe                   Seymour                  14.89   4 

 11 Noskowiak, Sara              Green Bay NE             15.08   1 

 12 Saliger, Joslyn              Green Bay NE             15.18   3 

 13 Moorehead, Aleana            Kewaunee                 15.39   1 

 14 Reif, Ellie                  Algoma                   15.71   2 

 15 LeBotte, Tessa               Algoma                   15.95   4 

 16 Olson, Alexa                 Sturgeon Bay             16.29   2 

 17 Sauter, Vivi                 Gibraltar                16.45   2 

 18 Snyder, Lily                 Sevastopol               16.61   2 

 19 Malcore, Cali                Denmark                  16.83   4 

 20 Woelfel, Kayleigh            Algoma                   16.88   3 

 21 Birkholz, Clara              Gibraltar                17.07   3 

 22 Sydor, Mya                   Denmark                  17.07   4 

 23 Lovelace, Kylie              Denmark                  17.13   2 

 -- Torres, Melanie              Gibraltar               X16.90   1 

 -- Liu, Vicky                   Algoma                  X18.71   1 

 

Event 5  Women 100 Meter Dash

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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Finals

  1 Vande Kolk, Maya             Seymour                  13.28  

  2 Tarkowski, Ella              Sturgeon Bay             13.33  

  3 Andropolis, Tiviana          Sturgeon Bay             13.86  

  4 Harper, Addisen              Little Chute             13.99  

  5 Payne, Izzy                  Green Bay NE             14.05  

  6 Duessler, Kylee              Sevastopol               14.08  

  7 Hart, Carlee                 Winneconne               14.12  

  8 Gorham, Mikala               Gibraltar                14.89  

 

Event 6  Men 100 Meter Dash

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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#

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Preliminaries

  1 McLeod, Cody                 Winneconne               11.58Q  4 

  2 Gomm, Ronald                 Little Chute             11.62Q  3 

  3 Kerrigan, Carson             Little Chute             11.91Q  1 

  4 Liebzeit, Bryce              Green Bay NE             12.05Q  2 

  5 Hasenjager, Chase            Sturgeon Bay             12.18q  1 

  6 Buckman, Brennan             Algoma                   12.28q  2 

  7 Court, Bryce                 Seymour                  12.36q  4 

  8 Bunnell, Mason               Seymour                  12.44q  4 

  9 Romdenne, Mason              Kewaunee                 12.48   2 

 10 Hawthorne, Karter            Winneconne               12.53   3 

 11 Anderson, Kordell            Sturgeon Bay             12.54   3 

 12 VanGoethem, Tyler            Kewaunee                 12.61   4 

 13 Cook, Titan                  Denmark                  12.66   1 

 14 Frank, Landon                Sevastopol               12.69   1 

 15 Cross, Brody                 Winneconne               12.71   2 

 16 Shaw, Teagan                 Kewaunee                 12.77   2 

 17 Borgeaud, Quentin            Green Bay NE             12.78   1 

 18 Meverden, Jack               Algoma                   12.90   2 

 19 Andreae, Alex                Sevastopol               13.01   4 

 20 Steffens, Connor             Seymour                  13.24   3 

 21 Fitzgerald, Hudson           Gibraltar                13.29   4 

 22 Rouve, Nathan                Green Bay NE             13.53   3 

 

Event 6  Men 100 Meter Dash

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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Finals

  1 Gomm, Ronald                 Little Chute             11.66  

  2 Liebzeit, Bryce              Green Bay NE             12.15  

  3 Kerrigan, Carson             Little Chute             12.22  

  4 Hasenjager, Chase            Sturgeon Bay             12.32  

  5 Court, Bryce                 Seymour                  12.51  

  6 Bunnell, Mason               Seymour                  12.85  

 

Event 7  Women 1600 Meter Run

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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  1 Kurek, Julia                 Sturgeon Bay           5:42.43  

  2 Kuehn, Ruby                  Winneconne             5:44.64  

  3 DeBoth, Campbell             Little Chute           5:46.28  

  4 Job, Madisen                 Little Chute           5:57.20  

  5 Anderson, Madeline           Winneconne             6:00.56  

  6 Stein, Amelia                Little Chute           6:11.32  

  7 Prahl, Keali                 Winneconne             6:18.09  

  8 Williams, Sataya             Green Bay NE           6:32.26  

  9 Welsing, Reese               Denmark                7:46.10  

 10 Kolb, Selamnesh              Green Bay NE           8:29.02  

 -- Wiedemeier, Lauren           Winneconne            X6:29.77  

 

Event 25  Women Long Jump

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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims 

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Preliminaries

  1 Verstegen, Kara              Little Chute          15-00.50q 

  2 Stangel, Gabby               Kewaunee              14-06.50q 

  3 Hasenjager, Caitlyn          Sevastopol            14-00.50q 

  4 Nordahl, Aria                Gibraltar             13-06.00q 

  5 Skadahl, Kat                 Winneconne            13-01.75q 

  6 Marrero, Estella             Algoma                12-11.50q 

  7 Jones, Bella                 Gibraltar             12-10.00q 

  8 Sharp, Kate                  Green Bay NE          12-03.50q 

  9 Bohn, Audrina                Seymour               12-02.75q 

 10 Stuth, Zoey                  Algoma                12-01.25  

 11 Houle, Zoe                   Seymour               11-11.00  

 12 Estes, Ava                   Sturgeon Bay          11-05.75  

 13 Miller, Jania                Kewaunee              10-06.75  

 14 Birkholz, Clara              Gibraltar             10-02.25  

 15 Mleziva, Aspen               Denmark                8-09.00  

 -- Leisgang, Riley              Seymour              X12-00.25  

 

Event 25  Women Long Jump

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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Finals

  1 Verstegen, Kara              Little Chute          15-00.50  

  2 Stangel, Gabby               Kewaunee              14-06.50  

  3 Hasenjager, Caitlyn          Sevastopol            14-00.50  

  4 Nordahl, Aria                Gibraltar             13-06.00  

  5 Skadahl, Kat                 Winneconne            13-01.75  

  6 Marrero, Estella             Algoma                12-11.50  

  7 Jones, Bella                 Gibraltar             12-10.00  

  8 Sharp, Kate                  Green Bay NE          12-03.50  

  9 Bohn, Audrina                Seymour               12-02.75  

 

Event 30  Women Shot Put

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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#

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Preliminaries

  1 Schell, Emily                Winneconne            35-04.00q  2 

  2 Gerdmann, Faith              Algoma                34-08.00q  2 

  3 Cackowski, America           Little Chute          32-05.00q  2 

  4 Butkovich, Audrey            Little Chute          32-02.25q  2 

  5 Rogers, Abigail              Winneconne            31-00.00q  2 

  6 Adams-McIntosh, Kiera        Green Bay NE          30-08.50q  2 

  7 Rankin, Cassie               Sevastopol            29-00.00q  2 

  8 Robinson, Chyanne            Kewaunee              28-01.50q  2 

  9 Lenius, Alexis               Sturgeon Bay          27-06.50q  2 

 10 Martin, Josie                Gibraltar             27-01.75   2 

 11 Luett, Gabriella             Sturgeon Bay          26-06.00   2 

 12 Olsen, Aubry                 Denmark               25-03.75   1 

 13 Czaja, Sadie                 Green Bay NE          24-04.50   2 

 14 Vogeltanz, Emily             Kewaunee              23-08.00   1 

 15 Saliger, Joslyn              Green Bay NE          23-05.50   1 

 16 Borths, Madelyn              Algoma                23-04.50   1 

 17 Schanhofer, Emma             Denmark               23-01.00   1 

 18 Hohman, Emma                 Seymour               22-08.00   2 

 19 Sauter, Vivi                 Gibraltar             21-09.00   1 

 20 Wyssbrod, Chloe              Winneconne            21-00.75   1 

 21 Tesch, Brielle               Seymour               20-07.00   1 

 22 McCollian, Maya              Seymour               19-00.50   1 

 23 Meverden, Vivika             Algoma                16-04.00   1 

 -- Schartner, Eva               Little Chute         X24-10.50   2 

 -- Stewart, Mackenzie           Algoma               X20-09.50   1 

 -- Jaeger, Evelyn               Winneconne           X19-09.25   1 

 

Event 30  Women Shot Put

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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Finals

  1 Schell, Emily                Winneconne            35-04.00  

  2 Gerdmann, Faith              Algoma                34-08.00  

  3 Cackowski, America           Little Chute          32-05.00  

  4 Butkovich, Audrey            Little Chute          32-02.25  

  5 Rogers, Abigail              Winneconne            31-00.00  

  6 Adams-McIntosh, Kiera        Green Bay NE          30-08.50  

  7 Rankin, Cassie               Sevastopol            29-00.00  

  8 Robinson, Chyanne            Kewaunee              28-01.50  

  9 Lenius, Alexis               Sturgeon Bay          27-06.50  

 

Event 35  Women High Jump

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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 

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  1 Zukauskaite, Nida            Sturgeon Bay          J5-02.00  

  2 Werkheiser, Danica           Sevastopol            J5-00.00  

  3 Tomberlin, Jade              Sturgeon Bay          J4-08.00  

  3 Reisen, McKailey             Gibraltar             J4-08.00  

  5 Gorham, Mikala               Gibraltar             J4-06.00  

  6 Mosienska, Zuzanna           Little Chute          J4-06.00  

  7 Stangel, Gabby               Kewaunee              J4-06.00  

  8 Church, Bailey               Winneconne            J4-04.00  

  9 Tielens, Calysta             Denmark               J4-04.00 

Area high school soccer players were able to squeeze in at least half an hour of action on a wet Tuesday night.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers and the Peshtigo Bulldogs battled through 35 minutes in a downpour only to have the scoreless game called at the half due to field conditions. In what was shaping up to be a conference showdown, Mother Nature made the final call.... 0-0 at the half, and the game was called by the referees with water gathering on the field in a heavy downpour.  Sturgeon Bay was looking to take the game to even the series with Peshtigo, but that will have to wait until next season or the regional matchups still to be determined. Next up for the Clippers is another conference match at host The United Team (Sevastopol/Gibraltar) on Thursday.

Down to their last strike and trailing 5-3 in the ninth inning, the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to top the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Willy Adames’ three-run home run in the top of the ninth helped the Brewers snap a three-game losing streak and pull out an unexpected comeback against the Royals.

William Contreras lined a double off Kansas City reliever James McArthur to start the rally in the ninth.  After a walk to Gary Sanchez, Adames smashed a long home run over the left field fence that propelled the Brewers to a much needed victory.

Trevor Megill came on for his third save of the season with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth.

The Brewers took an early 2-0 lead on back-to-back home runs by Rhys Hoskins and Joey Ortiz in the second inning, only to see the Royals score four runs in the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.

Each team scored a run in the seventh innings, before Adames’ dramatic homer in the ninth.

The Brewers (21-14) and Royals (21-16) will play a matinee game in Kansas City to close out the series with a 1:10 p.m. first pitch scheduled.  Joe Ross (1-3) will get the start for Milwaukee while Brady Singer (2-1) will go for the Royals. 

Three Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitchers combined for fourteen strikeouts and held the Quad Cities River Bandits to three hits on Tuesday Night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Jadher Areinamo drove in two runs early to give Wisconsin the lead and the Rattlers offense added two insurance runs in the fifth inning for a 4-1 victory.

Carson Roccaforte gave the River Bandits (17-11) a 1-0 lead with a lead-off home run in the bottom of the first inning.

The Rattlers (18-10) responded in the top of the second.  Luke Adams walked to start the inning and moved to second on a ground out.  Areinamo cracked an 0-2 pitch up the middle for a single to score Adams with the tying run.

Wisconsin took the lead without a hit in the top of the fourth.  Dylan O’Rae and Adams were both hit by pitches to start the inning.  Areinamo stepped to the plate with runners at second and third and one out and knocked in O’Rae from third with a grounder to short for a 2-1 lead.

Adams has been hit by a pitch in six consecutive games.

The Rattlers added to their advantage in the fifth inning.  Jheremy Vargas drew a walk with one out.  Luis Lara doubled to the gap in right-center to score Vargas.  The throw home missed the cutoff man and Lara took third on the play.  The River Bandits brought their infield to the edge of the grass and Gregory Barrios took advantage by shooting a grounder through the left side of the infield to get Lara home for a 4-1 lead.

Tate Kuehner, the Wisconsin starting pitcher, settled down after the lead-off homer in the first.  That was the only hit he allowed over four innings.  Kuehner walked three and struck out six as he turned the ball and the lead over to the Wisconsin bullpen.

Tyler Wehrle was the first reliever for the Timber Rattlers, and he worked two scoreless innings with a walk, a hit, and a strikeout.  Wehrle ended his night by getting Brett Squires to ground into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play in the sixth inning.

Craig Yoho was the next bullpen arm for Wisconsin.  He was also the final bullpen arm the Rattlers would need in the game.  Yoho pitched three scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to earn his fourth save of the season.  He retired the first eight batters he faced before giving up a two-out hit in the ninth.  Yoho regrouped and struck out Kale Emshoff looking to end the game. 

Three innings and seven strikeouts are new single-game highs as a pro for Yoho.

Wisconsin’s defense played flawless defense again.  The Rattlers have played error-free defense in five straight games.  They have been charged with two errors in their last eleven games.

It's still very early in the first half, but Tuesday’s victory put the Timber Rattlers in first place in the West Division of the Midwest League by one game over the River Bandits

Game two of the series is scheduled for Wednesday evening at Modern Woodmen Park.  Patricio Aquino (1-2, 7.56) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The River Bandits have named Ben Kudrna (2-2, 2.45) as their starter.  Game time is 6:30pm.  

If the weather holds up, there will be plenty of baseball to enjoy across Door and Kewaunee counties on Tuesday after a slow Monday.

Luxemburg-Casco played the only baseball game featuring a local team on Monday, losing the contest to Clintonville 3-0.

On Tuesday, the Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings and the Oconto Blue Devils hope Mother Nature allows them to play two on the baseball diamond Tuesday afternoon in Fish Creek. Weather permitting, Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 3:45 p.m. followed by the first pitch at 4 p.m. 

Other games scheduled for Tuesday include Sevastopol traveling to Algoma (4:30 p.m.), Southern Door hosting NEW Lutheran (3:45 p.m.), and Kewaunee visiting Peshtigo (4:30 p.m.).

Area teams went 2-0 on Monday ahead of a busy if not rain-stricken Tuesday.

On Monday, Sturgeon Bay held on to beat Green Bay West 10-9, while Luxemburg-Casco took the luck away from the Freedom Irish in a 6-2 win.

Tuesday's schedule includes Sevastopol is traveling to Algoma (4:30 p.m.), Gibraltar is welcoming Oconto (4:00 p.m.), Luxemburg-Casco is playing at Marinette (4:30 p.m.), Southern Door is hosting NEW Lutheran (3:45 p.m.), and Kewaunee visiting Peshtigo (4:30 p.m.).

Ten teams, including five from the area, will converge on Algoma on Tuesday for the school's annual track invitational.

Algoma, Kewaunee, Sevastopol, Gibraltar, and Sturgeon Bay will join Seymour, NEWCHAA, NEW Lutheran, Little Chute, and Denmark for the invitational, which begins at 3 p.m. with the field events. The boys and girls teams from Little Chute posted double-digit wins over second-place Sturgeon Bay (girls) and Kewaunee (boys) in the meet last year.  

In other local track action, Luxemburg-Casco will compete against Bay Port, De Pere, Denmark, Freedom, and Hortonville at West De Pere at the Phantoms' home invite. The first events there begin at 4 p.m.

Two area soccer teams will return to action on Tuesday afternoon.

Sturgeon Bay will try to extend their winning streak to three when they play Peshtigo at 5 p.m. at home. Luxemburg-Casco will kickoff things with Clintonville a little bit earlier on the road at 4:30 p.m.

Spencer Madsen became the second Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol wrestler to place in a Wisconsin Wrestling Federation state meet over the weekend, taking third in the Greco-Roman championships on Sunday.

Madsen went 5-2 on the day, winning two matches by fall and another two by tech fall.

Madsen's high school teammate, Tiani Lemieux, won the WWF Freestyle State Championship on Saturday.

Picture courtesy of SBS Wrestling

Junior 165

Spencer Madsen's place is 3rd and has scored 23.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Spencer Madsen (AWA) won by tech fall over Maximilion Gehring (SWC) (TF 12-1)

Quarterfinal - Dylan Muehlenberg (Wisconsin) won by fall over Spencer Madsen (AWA) (Fall 0:27)

Cons. Round 2 - Spencer Madsen (AWA) won by forfeit over Isaiah Guerrero (AWA) (FF)

Cons. Round 3 - Spencer Madsen (AWA) won by fall over Tyson Skubal (Northern Exposure) (Fall 2:16)

Cons. Semi - Spencer Madsen (AWA) won by fall over Kenneth Vaughn Jr. (Kenosha Indian Trail Wrestling) (Fall 2:10)

3rd Place Match - Spencer Madsen (AWA) won by tech fall over Dylan Muehlenberg (Wisconsin) (TF 10-2)

2nd Place Match - Tyler Sunday (CrassTrained: Weigh In Club) won by fall over Spencer Madsen (AWA) (Fall 0:35)

Only a few teams will get on the diamond this afternoon for baseball and softball games.

In softball action, Sturgeon Bay is hosting Green Bay West (4:30 p.m.) and Luxemburg-Casco is doing the same for Freedom (4:30 p.m.)

Luxemburg-Casco's road trip to Clintonville is the only baseball game on the docket with the first pitch scheduled there at 4:30 p.m.

The first game in Green Bay Glory men's soccer history went down as a win on Sunday, beating Bateaux FC 3-0 in the second round of the Amateur Cup at Regis High School in Eau Claire.

Edgar Heredia Victoria scored the first goal in team history in the 13th minute, giving the Glory a 1-0 lead at the break. The Glory would add two more tallies in the second half, with Keven Sosa scoring in the 50th minute and Osvaldo Ramírez adding insurance in the 64th minute.

The home opener for the Glory men is May 18th, and both Glory squads take the pitch together for a Coed Kick-Off game on May 15th.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got out to a fast start, but the Great Lakes Loons caught Wisconsin in the middle innings and scored two late runs to edge the Rattlers 5-3 in the series finale at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Both teams had lead-off doubles in the first inning. 

Alex Freeland started the Loons half of the first with a double and he went to third on a wild pitch with one out.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Edwin Jimenez stranded Freeland at third when he struck out the final two batters of the inning.

Luis Lara doubled to start the Wisconsin first.  Dylan O’Rae sent a grounder to third with one out, but the throw to first was wild.  Lara scored and O’Rae went to second on the play.  Jadher Areinamo added to the lead with a two-out, RBI single to center.

The Timber Rattlers (17-10) have outscored opponents 33-14 in the first inning this season.

Jimenez retired twelve straight Loons after the double by Freeland.  Chris Newell snapped that streak and the shutout with a long home run to right to start the top of the fifth inning.   The home run was Newell’s sixth of the season.  It was also the eighth home run by the Loons in the series.

Ram?n Rodríguez just missed a home run to start the Wisconsin half of the fifth.  The Rattlers catcher cracked a double off the very top of the wall by the Great Lakes bullpen.  O’Rae cashed in the opportunity with a two-out hit to left for a 3-1 lead.

The Loons (18-9) got Jimenez in trouble right away in the top of the sixth inning.  Jake Vogel singled and Freeland followed with an RBI double.  Jimenez got the first out of the inning on a grounder to the right side of the infield that allowed Vogel to take second.  Then, Thayron Liranzo drew a walk to put runners on the corners.

Kyle Nevin hit a deep drive to center and Lara made a great running catch for the second out.  However, Vogel was able to tag and score from third to tie the game on the play.

The eighth inning was a roller coaster for both teams. 

In the top of the eighth, Jake Vogel started the frame with a double but was thrown out trying to steal third base for the first out.  Wisconsin reliever Chase Costello walked the next two batters, including a close 3-2 pitch that was called a ball to Noah Miller.  Liranzo blooped the next pitch to left for an RBI single and the Loons had their first lead of the game.

In the bottom of the eighth, the first two Rattlers reached base.  Gregory Barrios started with a single and Dylan O’Rae followed with a walk to put the tying and lead runs on base against reliever Christian Suarez.

Suarez ran the count full to Luke Adams, who grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.  Suarez got Areinamo to end the inning and strand Barrios at third with the tying run.

The Loons added an insurance run on the top of the ninth against Stiven Cruz and it was Freeland…again.  The Loons lead-off hitter singled with two outs for the run to give Great Lakes a 5-3 lead.

Lucas Wepf set down the Rattlers in order in the ninth for his second save of the series.

Freeland was 3-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, two doubles, two runs scored, and two RBI for the Loons.  Great Lakes won four of the six games in the series to hand Wisconsin its first series loss of 2024.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday with a series against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa.  Wisconsin and Quad Cities are both 17-9 and tied at the top of the Midwest League’s West Division entering the six-game set.

Tate Kuehner (0-1, 7.36) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin on Tuesday.  The River Bandits have not announced their starter.  Game time is 6:30pm. 

Some of the area's best senior softball players will have at least one more game to play after their high school careers end.

The Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association named its rosters for its senior All-Star games, scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Woodside Sports Complex in Wisconsin Dells. The day before, a recognition event and practice will honor the players who have been placed on 18 teams across three divisions. 

Participants include:

Algoma: Ashley Cleveland (manager), Ryley Zimmerman, Hannah Nell

Kewaunee: Jenna Rohr

Luxemburg-Casco: Jillian Jorgensen, Maggie Hanmann

Southern Door: Bella Price, Sophia Counard

Sevastopol: Libby Ash, Jolene Luedtke

You can click on this link to see the full roster and to donate to individual players. To participate, you must raise $400 to support a local cause.

 We apologize if we forgot anyone. If we did, please email us at news@doorcountydailynews.com to make sure they are included.

Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol wrestling's Tiani Lemieux is officially having a good offseason after winning the 148lb Freestyle title at the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation State Championships on Saturday. 

Lemieux posted three first period pins and a technical fall en route to the title Lemieux is a two-time WIAA State Qualifier.

Photo courtesy of SBS Wrestling

Round 1

Matilda Burns (Ashland) won by fall over Tessa Felter (Askren Wrestling Academy) (Fall 2:30)

Jaycie Davis (Belmont-Platteville Youth Wrestling Club) won by decision over Emma Huggenvik (Wisconsin) (Dec 9-3)

Round 2

Tiani Lemieux (X-Factor Elite Wrestling) won by fall over Jaycie Davis (Belmont-Platteville Youth Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:38)

Tessa Felter (Askren Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Emma Huggenvik (Wisconsin) (Fall 2:22)

Round 3

Tiani Lemieux (X-Factor Elite Wrestling) won by tech fall over Emma Huggenvik (Wisconsin) (TF 10-0)

Jaycie Davis (Belmont-Platteville Youth Wrestling Club) won by fall over Matilda Burns (Ashland) (Fall 3:37)

Round 4

Tiani Lemieux (X-Factor Elite Wrestling) won by fall over Matilda Burns (Ashland) (Fall 1:50)

Jaycie Davis (Belmont-Platteville Youth Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Tessa Felter (Askren Wrestling Academy) (TF 10-0)

Round 5

Tiani Lemieux (X-Factor Elite Wrestling) won by fall over Tessa Felter (Askren Wrestling Academy) (Fall 0:37)

Matilda Burns (Ashland) won by fall over Emma Huggenvik (Wisconsin) (Fall 2:32)

Sturgeon Bay and Kewaunee both ended their weeks on the baseball diamonds with wins.

The Kewaunee Storm capped off their week of action on the baseball diamond with a 6-1 win against Sevastopol on the road.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers baseball team used a six-run fifth inning to end their game against Oostburg early in a 12-2 triumph.

Two area softball teams were back in action early on Saturday after playing doubleheaders on Friday.

The Southern Door softball team followed a sweep of Oconto on Friday with two more wins on Saturday, beating Wrightstown 8-5 and Howards Grove 16-1.

The Algoma Wolves' softball team was on either side of one-run decisions on Saturday, losing to Denmark 2-1 and beating Shawano 5-4.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers won a pair of soccer matches this weekend, routing Valders 8-0 on Friday before beating Wausau East 3-1.

VALDERS

Sturgeon Bay's Alexis Olson scored a hat trick on Friday night leading the team to an 8-0 win over a short handed Valders team.  Valders had only 12 players as 6 were still at school and participating in the school's musical.  Also scoring for the Clippers were Malaya Martinez (2 goals) and Yarrow Goettelmann (2 goals).  The final goal was an own goal off a deflection from a Valders defender.

The team finally found some offensive rhythm in this game making 7 of 16 shots on goal plus the keeper for Valders had 5 saves too.  This was the focus of our game plan and finding success scoring bodes well for our conference games next week. 

WAUSAU EAST

Finally stringing two wins in a row together, Sturgeon Bay turned a first half tie into a solid win with two second half goals.  Malaya Martinez scored in the 28th minute after which Wausau East scored in the 33rd minute.  A stingy Sturgeon Bay defense would not allow a shot on goal the entire second half while Alexis Olson found the back of the goal in the 66th minute putting Sturgeon Bay back on top 2-1. Late in the game at the 78th minute, Milan Eliyha scored the dagger off a corner kick and the 3-1 win.  This was a hard fought win for the Clippers who face conference rival Peshtigo next Tuesdays at Clark Field in Sturgeon Bay.

After playing doubleheaders on Friday night, a few teams will head back out to the baseball diamond on Saturday.

The Storm will play Sevastopol at 11 a.m. in a single game, and Sturgeon Bay will play Chilton and Oostburg in a triangular beginning at 10 a.m.

Friday's results:

Kewaunee edged out Gibraltar 4-3 and had to leave the second game for another day, tied 3-3 in the ninth inning.

Sturgeon Bay lost game one 7-4 to Peshtigo before getting their revenge in game two 6-2.

Luxemburg-Casco beat Clintonville 8-7.

After playing a home game on Friday, the Sturgeon Bay Clippers are back on the road Saturday evening for an away match.

The Clippers are scheduled to face Wausau East at  5 p.m.

Two area teams will head back out onto the road Saturday morning after playing on Friday.

Southern Door will visit Chilton for an invitational featuring Campbellsport, Howards Grove, Kenosha St. Joseph, Marshall, and Wrightstown. The first games begin at 9 a.m.

Algoma will participate in a triangular in Denmark that will see them face Denmark at noon and Shawano at 1:45 p.m. 

Thursday results:

Kewaunee toppled Gibraltar in a doubleheader sweep 15-0 and 20-1.

Luxemburg-Casco shut out Algoma 10-0.

Sturgeon Bay was swept by Peshtigo 13-0 and 15-0.

After battling some postponements on Thursday, the area's baseball teams are ready for more action on Friday.

The Kewaunee Storm will host the Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings on Friday afternoon in a Packerland Conference baseball doubleheader. The first pitch of the opener from Kewaunee High School is set for 4:00 p.m., with the pregame starting at 3:45 p.m. on 104.1 WRLU.  Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the call for the doubleheader, which will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network.

Other games scheduled for Friday include Southern Door visiting Oconto (3:45 p.m.), Algoma traveling to NEW Lutheran (4 p.m.), Sturgeon Bay hosting Peshtigo (4:30 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco hosting Clintonville.

Games featuring Algoma, Luxemburg-Casco and Sturgeon Bay were postponed on Thursday.

The area's soccer teams played to mixed results on Thursday ahead of more action on Friday.

Luxemburg-Casco secured a shutout under the lights of their own pitch on Thursday, topping Little Chute 6-0.

Sevastopol/Gibraltar could not close a halftime deficit in its 6-3 loss on Thursday at NEW Lutheran.

In Friday's action, Sturgeon Bay hosts Valders (5 p.m.).

Local teams brought home plenty of hardware from a collection of track meets they participated in on Thursday night.

The Kewaunee track teams made sure they brought home plenty of hardware on Thursday night as the boys took first place and the girls finished in second place at the Peshtigo Invitational. The Storm boys edged out the host Bulldogs by two points 184-182. They boasted several place winners including seven champions. Full results from the Peshtigo Invitational have not been posted.

The Algoma track team continues to post big invitational wins in field events, this time in Seymour on Thursday. For the girls, Estella Marrero won the pole vault with a final height of seven feet while Faith Gerdmann topped the discus ledger by two feet and the shot put by over four feet. For the boys, Aiden Moen posted a second-place finish in the 300m and Mason Melohn finished in third in the shot put.

The Sevastopol track teams competed against some of the top teams in the region on Thursday as part of the Seymour Invitational. Caitlyn Hasenjager posted one of the best results of the day for the Pioneers, coming in second place in the 300m hurdles. Cassie Rankin also posted a runner-up finish in the shot put and a third-place finish in the shot put. Jarius Dadam had the highest placement for the boys, coming in third in the long jump.

No results have been posted yet from the Klinkner Invitational in Chilton, which featured Gibraltar.

Area teams aren't taking Friday off as Luxemburg-Casco and Kewaunee travel to Two Rivers to face Denmark, Green Bay East, Little Chute, Manitowoc Lincoln, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, Oconto Falls, Two Rivers, and Valders. The first events begin at 4 p.m. Southern Door has a 3 p.m. call time where they will face Cedar Grove-Belgium, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Kohler, New Holstein, Oostburg, Plymouth, Random Lake, Sheboygan Christian, Sheboygan North, and Kewaskum. Gibraltar will head to Hilbert to battle Living Word Lutheran, Valley Christian, Kaukauna, Suring, Berlin, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Ozaukee and St. Mary Catholic beginning at 4 p.m.

After dealing with postponements on Thursday, the area's softball teams are ready to play on Friday, and in some cases play two.

Friday games include Algoma traveling to Luxemburg-Casco (5 p.m.), Gibraltar visiting Kewaunee (4 p.m.), Sevastopol heading to Laona-Wabeno (4:30 p.m.), Southern Door playing at Oconto (4:30 p.m.), and Sturgeon Bay hosting Peshtigo (4:30 p.m.).

The Great Lakes Loons scored fifteen runs on 26 hits in winning the first two games of their series with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium this week.  Wisconsin pitchers Will Rudy and Yujanyer Herrera made sure the Loons offense never got up a head of steam on Thursday night in the Rattlers 4-1 victory.  Rudy and Herrera combined to strike out eleven with no walks and only allowed two hits to the powerful Great Lakes lineup.

Wisconsin (16-8) loaded the bases against Great Lakes starter Peter Heubeck with one out in the first inning on a walk, a single, and another walk.  Matt Wood got the first run of the game home on a fielder’s choice and the Rattlers had a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third, Luis Lara singled and stole second to start the frame.  Wood knocked in Lara with a two-out single for the 2-0 lead.

The Rattlers doubled their lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Gregory Barrios walked, went to second on a pickoff attempt that got away, and took third on a passed ball.  Luke Adams would walk to put runners on the corners.  Then, the duo pulled a double steal with Adams drawing a throw to second and Barrios beating the return throw to the plate.  Eduarqui Fernández padded the lead moments later with a triple to right to score Adams for the 4-0 advantage.

Rudy retired the first sixteen batters he faced and only went to a three-ball count on an opposing batter twice.

Luis Rodriguez got the first hit for the Loons on a single up the middle with one out in the sixth.  Great Lakes (16-8) got on the board with a two-out, RBI triple by Alex Freeland.  Rudy retired Noah Miller for the final out of the sixth to turn the game over the bullpen after he made 67 pitches (50 strikes) over six excellent innings.  This game marked the third time in his pro career for Rudy to pitch six innings in a game.

Herrera, who had been called up from the Carolina Mudcats on Tuesday, entered the game from the Wisconsin bullpen to start the top of the seventh inning.  Herrera didn’t just close out the game.  He slammed the door on the Loons and their eight-game winning streak.  Herrera retired all nine Great Lakes hitters he faced and struck out five, including the side in order in the top of the ninth, to record a save in his Timber Rattlers debut.

Barrios, who singled in the first inning for Wisconsin, extended his hitting streak to seven games, the longest hitting streak by a Rattler this season. 

The Timber Rattlers also stole seven bases in eight attempts during Thursday’s game.  They are 14-for-15 in stolen base attempts in the first three games of the series with the Loons.

Game four of the series is Friday night.  Brian Fitzpatrick (2-0, 2.77) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The Loons have named Maddux Bruns (0-0, 5.40) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Two of the area's three soccer teams will head onto the pitch on Thursday for conference matches.

Sevastopol/Gibraltar will travel to NEW Lutheran to face the Blazers at 4 p.m. while Luxemburg-Casco hosts Little Chute under the lights at 6:30 p.m.

With rain expected to hit this afternoon and last through the evening, the area's baseball and softball teams must dodge raindrops to fit their games in on Thursday.

If Mother Nature allows, the baseball slate includes Luxemburg-Casco hosting Denmark (4:30 p.m.) and Sturgeon Bay playing at home against Green Bay East (5 p.m.). Thursday's softball slate includes Algoma to heading to NEW Lutheran for a doubleheader (4 p.m.), Kewaunee visiting Sevastopol for a doubleheader (4:30 p.m.) and Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Wrightstown (4:30 p.m.).

NOTE ABOUT POSTPONED GAMES

• No make-up day has been set for Sturgeon Bay/Green Bay East game
• May 13th will be when Algoma and NEW Lutheran play their doubleheader

The area's golf teams will try to fit in rounds of golf before the afternoon rains hit the area.

The Packerland Conference golf season continues its season north on Thursday when Gibraltar welcomes teams to Peninsula Golf Course. Sevastopol, Kewaunee, NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Peshtigo, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay are also participating. Tee time is set for 4 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco might have a better chance at getting their round in when they tee off at 10 a.m. at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls. Clintonville, Denmark, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Little Chute, Marinette, Oconto Falls, Waupaca, and Wrightstown are also scheduled to participate.

Area track teams in the Packerland Conference will head in different directions on Thursday for track meets.

Sevastopol and Algoma will visit Seymour for an invitational featuring Oshkosh North, Menasha, Ashwaubenon, Bonduel, Clintonville, Green Bay East, Hortonville, Kiel, Oneida Nation, and Denmark. The first events are scheduled for 3 p.m.

Kewaunee will visit conference foe Peshtigo for its track invitational that also features Crivitz, Gillett, Laona-Wabeno, Lena, Marinette, Menominee Indian, Oconto, and Oconto Falls. The first events are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.

Gibraltar heads to Chilton for an invitational that has Pulaski, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Omro, Roncalli, St. Lawrence Seminary, Shawano Community, and Wrightstown also competing. The first events are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

The announcement is short on details, but a recent Green Bay Glory schedule change is expected to add some extra excitement.

The Glory announced on Wednesday that it is adding weekly Wednesday night games at UW-Green Bay as a part of its partnership with a local business. The first friendly was set for last night (05/01/24), but no details were shared. The team will announce individual game details in the coming days and weeks.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers found themselves down 8-0 to the red-hot Great Lakes Loons on Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  The Rattlers battled back to within a run twice, but ultimately fell 9-8 to Great Lakes.  Noah Miller led Great Lakes with two homers and three RBI in support of five scoreless innings from Jared Karros, who had to watch as his bullpen almost gave the game to Wisconsin.

The Loons (16-7) started fast.  Wisconsin starter Patricio Aquino walked lead-off hitter Alex Freeland to begin the game.  Miller followed with a two-run home run to right on a 1-2 pitch and Great Lakes was up two batters into the game on Miller’s second homer of the series.

Aquino hit Jake Vogel with one out in the top of the second and Freeland made him pay for it by lining an RBI double to right-center to give the Loons a 3-0.  Chris Newell made it 4-0 in favor of the visitors in the top of the third with a lead-off home run to center.  An error on a pickoff throw to third with two outs in the fourth allowed Vogel to score from third.
 

Great Lakes had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the fifth against reliever Tyler Wehrle.  He got Nelson Quiroz to send a weak grounder up the first base line.  Wehrle tried to get the out at the plate and threw wildly.  Two runs scored and the Rattlers were down 7-0.

Karros, the Great Lakes starting pitcher, didn’t let a Wisconsin batter past second base in his five shutout innings.  The right-hander allowed three hits, walked two, and struck out two in his five scoreless innings.

Miller hit a lead-off homer in the top of the sixth inning and Wisconsin was staring at an 8-0 hole.  Miller is 6-for-10 with three homers and six RBI in the first two games of the series at Wisconsin.

The Timber Rattlers (15-8) began climbing out of that hole with two runs on one hit in the bottom of the sixth inning against reliever Madison Jeffrey.

Gregory Barrios was hit by a pitch, stole second, and went to third on a wild pitch.  Luke Adams got Barrios across the plate with a single but was erased on a double play.  The Rattlers restarted the rally with two more walks and two more wild pitches.  The second wild pitch allowed Jadher Areinamo to score the second run.

In the bottom of the seventh, Vargas was at first with two outs.  The next seven Rattlers reached base against reliever Jerming Rosario as they cut the deficit to a single run.  Barrios singled and Adams was hit by a pitch.  Matt Wood lined a single to left to score two runs.  Areinamo followed with an RBI single.  Ram?n Rodríguez worked the count full and sent a high popup on the infield.  The wind blew the ball out of the reach of the fielders as it landed on the mound for an RBI single to chase Rosario.

Terence Doston greeted reliever Kelvin Bautista with a single to center to get the Rattlers to within 8-7. Vargas, in his second plate appearance of the inning walked to load the bases before Bautista got the final out.

Great Lakes took advantage of a lead-off walk in the top of the eighth inning.  A sacrifice bunt moved the runner to second.  Dylan Campbell blooped a singled to left to score the insurance run for a 9-7 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, Areinamo had a lead-off single, his third hit of the game, to bring the tying run to the plate against Lucas Wepf.  However, Wepf got a 6-4-3 double play to put the Loons one out away from their eighth straight win. 

Doston delayed the celebration with a home run to right to bring the Rattlers back to within a run.  Vargas was hit by a pitch to keep the game alive with the winning run at the plate before Wepf ended the game with a force out at second.

Doston was 2-for-5 with two RBI on Wednesday to move his current hitting streak to five games (9-for-20).  Barrios in on a six-game hitting streak (9-for-23) and Areinamo is on a four game hitting streak (7-for-17).

Great Lakes has hit five homers in the series to give them 22 so far this season.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Will Rudy (0-1, 5.93) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Paul Heubeck (1-1, 2.51) is slated to start for Great Lakes.  Game time is 6:40pm.

On Tuesday evening, the high school girl's softball action saw dominating performances and a couple of split doubleheaders.

Kewaunee and Southern Door split the doubleheader, with the Storm taking game one 5-3 and the Eagles nipping the Storm 3-2 in the nightcap.

Algoma dominated Oconto in a doubleheader with wins of 10-3 and 19-6 at home

Sturgeon Bay split a doubleheader with Gibraltar/Washington Island at home.  The Clippers dropped the opener 14-8 and rebounded with a 15-9 loss in game two.

In Institute, the Sevastopol Pioneers swept a twin bill over NEW Lutheran/Providence 10-0, 20-1.  

In NEC softball, Luxemburg-Casco crushed the Waupaca Comets at home 10-1.

The airways and ball fields were busy with high school baseball action Tuesday afternoon and evening as doubleheaders were played, and Mother Nature cooperated.

In Fish Creek, Tuesday's doubleheader between Gibraltar/Washington Island and Sturgeon Bay was a tale of two games. The Vikings won game one 3-1, and the Clippers won game two 9-6 on 105.1 The Goat.

The Kewaunee Storm prevailed on Tuesday afternoon sweeping a twin-bill from the Southern Door Eagles on 104.1 WRLU with scores of 6-4 and 6-0 in Packerland Conference baseball. 

Sevastopol Pioneers swept two games from NEW Lutheran Providence 6-5 and 5-1, with a walk-off win in game one. 

In NEC baseball, Luxemburg-Casco fell to Denmark 9-1 on the road.

The Milwaukee Bucks stayed alive in the 2024 NBA playoffs Tuesday with a 115-92 win over the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Forum.

Trailing the series 3-1 and playing for their playoff lives, The Bucks held the Pacers to just 17 and 19 points in the second and third quarter, respectively, in building a 20 point lead going into the fourth quarter.

Bobby Portis and Kris Middleton led the Bucks with 29 points each, as Milwaukee played again without top scores Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damien Lillard, who remain sidelined with injuries.

The series now returns to Indianapolis for Game 6 on Thursday with the Pacers still leading the series three games to two. 

One team’s winning streak had to end on Tuesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in the game between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (winners of five straight games) and Great Lakes Loons (winners of six straight).  The Timber Rattlers jumped out to an early lead only to see the Loons rally for the lead.  The Great Lakes bullpen took over from there to beat Wisconsin 6-4 in game one of the six-game series.

The Timber Rattlers (15-7) got off to another fast start by scoring three runs.  Dylan O’Rae started the inning with a single to left and two wild pitches got him to third base.  Luis Lara walked and stole second to put runners at second and third for Greogry Barrios, who singled to right to score both runners.  Later in the inning, Barrios beat the throw home on a grounder to short off the bat of Jadher Areinamo for a 3-0 lead.

Wisconsin has outscored their opponents 27-10 in the first inning this season.

Noah Miller hit a two-out, solo homer in the top of the second inning to put Great Lakes (15-7) on the scoreboard.

O’Rae answered for the Rattlers with an RBI single in the bottom of the second to put the Rattlers up 4-1.

Miller struck again in the top of the fourth inning with a two-out, RBI single against Wisconsin starter Tate Kuehner.  Miller would move to second on a wild pitch.  Kuehner got ahead of Sam Mongelli 1-2, but the next pitch was lined off the wall in left for an RBI single.  Mongelli was thrown out at second trying to go for a double, but the Rattlers lead was down to one run.

The lead was gone two batters into the fifth inning.  Reliever Jake Polancic hit the first batter he faced.  Then, Jake Vogel hit a home run to left and the Loons had a 5-4 lead.

The Rattlers offense was quiet after the second inning as they were held to two hits.  Barrios had a lead-off double in the fifth inning against Chris Campos, who would retire the next nine Rattlers he faced.  Areinamo singled with two outs in the eighth inning against Kelvin Ramirez, but he was left stranded.  Ramirez closed out the game with a perfect ninth to end Wisconsin’s five-game winning streak.

O’Rae was 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored, and an RBI for Wisconsin.  However, the Rattlers were 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

The Timber Rattlers finished April with a 15-7 record, tied for the third-most wins in April in team history.  The 2005 Timber Rattlers also went 15-7 in April.  Only the Wisconsin teams in 1997 (17-8) and 1996 (16-7) won more games in April than this year’s team.

The Loons have won seven in a row, all of them on the road.

Game two of the series is Wednesday afternoon. Patricio Aquino (1-1, 6.23) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Jared Karros (3-0, 2.70) is set to start for the Loons.  Game time is 12:10pm.