Sectional Champions Southern Door
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
Photos by Dale Swanson
May 30, 2008

The Southern Door Eagles softball team repeated as sectional champions yesterday after consecutive 1-0 victories over Freedom and Oconto Falls. The day began at 1:00 p.m. in Chilton with a great pitchers dual. The most impressive changeup pitcher, Southern Door has faced all season Jamie Schuh allowed just three hits and stuck out 12 but gave up one costly run in the fourth inning.
Southern Door scored on an RBI triple by Kate Klauboff. Karlee Vandertie scored from first on the play. It would hold up as the only scoring play in the game. Courtney Wautier finished with seven strikeouts in the sectional semi-final game.
After an hour break, the Eagles were right back on the diamond. Representing the Bay Conference, Oconto Falls sent Paige Surprise to the pitchers circle. The tremendous right-hander struck out three after a no-hitter against Winneconne in the semi-final.
Courtney Wautier threw one of her best games. She struck out 13 and allowed just one hit. The game seemed like deja vu, because the lone run scored in the 1-0 final was an RBI single by Kate Klauboff that scored Karlee Vandertie. The win sets up a state appearance for the second consecutive season for the Eagles.
On Friday, June 6, at 6 p.m. Southern Door will face New Berlin Eisenhower in Madison. The game will be broadcast on 104.1 FM WRLU.
A big thank you to Southern Door Athletic Director Luke Goral for providing the color commentary for both games in Chilton yesterday. Also, thank you to Dale Swanson for the fabulous work he has done with photography following the Eagles this season.

After three weeks we have only one team with a (3-0) record and that being last years champ Kolberg. The Cubs beat sister bay 9 to 0 on a one hitter by Kit Schartner. West Jacksonport behind the pitching and hitting of Ryan Tanck took care of Baileys Harbor by a score of 15 to 4. Tanck had a grand slam home run in this one. Kolberg over The Island 10 to 1. Adam Bretl the winning pitcher here. Maplewood took care of the Institute team in a squeaker with manager Jeff Sperber hitting a three run homer in the eight to win the came behind victory. Egg Harbor behind Robbie Schartner beat Sister Bay in a good game 5 to
2. Only seven home runs hit this week after 17 the week before. Top hitters this week; Caleb Cornell and Matee Foss had three hits for the Islanders, for Kolberg we had Travis Leroy and Jesse Miller with three hits. Miller a three run homer. Kyle Thayse was on base five out of five times in the Mets game and he had three hits. three hits for Stuart Larson and Steve Jolot three hits for Jacksonport. Jilot and Larson with home runs also. These were your top hitters this week. pitching is starting to come around a little. Now for this weeks games. Institute is traveling to the league leading Kolberg brave team. I understand they could be without Corey Fuller for four weeks and this is not good news for the Cub fans.
Kolberg has a potent lineup and guys on the bench that could start elsewhere. Kit Schartner had a one hitter two week ago. Can he come up with a performance like that again. I doubt it against this team. my pick the Braves. Maplewood takes on West Jacksonport this week and these teams have had some battle in the last five years. they usually spilt games, so with the Mets at the sports, I have to go with Ryan Tanck and his hard hitting port team. Egg Harbor is going to The Island this week and I was impressed with the Islands hitters. They are a tough crew to hold down and I believe with the addition of Aaron Delorit.. They are
a tough team to beat. I would like to see Lenny Atkins in the leadoff spot. I want this guy up as much as possible. Egg Harbor is a surprise team I believe with the loss of Matt Bley and Jack Schartner, I thought they may have some rough going. However the replacements are doing just fine. My pick Islanders at home. Sister Bay at Baileys Harbor. Both teams are 0 and 3 and need a win very bad. Going 0 and 4 this early would make it awful had to make the playoff run this early in the season. Its manager Buck Honold versus newly crowned hall of famer Clark Erickson. Both teams are looking for some better pitching that, is must for both teams to start winning. Who has the better hitting team. I think they are about even here. I have a tough one to pick here. Time out for a coffee break. I am back and the pick is Sister Bay. Sorry Buck. Well that's it for this week. My record is now 10 and 2. Can I improve on that? Only game day will tell. See you at the game!

Gary Nault of Gary's Guide Service was my local sports guest last night on the Sports Page. We broadcast every Wednesday from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Gary encouraged Door and Kewaunee County's anglers to start sending us your photos of big catches. Nault provides the daily fishing reports at 6 AM, noon and 5 PM on the radio station of DoorCountyDailyNews.com.
He told anglers last night that salmon fishing is already warming up in Algoma and he would not be surprised if the species is biting on the bank reef in Sturgeon Bay. Flies and Dodgers are being used in Algoma and working well, said Nault.
The fishing guide also said that smallmouth bass, perch, northern and walleye are all biting with good regularity throughout the county. Fishing in all areas of Green Bay has been getting better with the water temperatures on the rise.

Algoma baseball has resurfaced on the map of powerhouse baseball teams in Division 3 this spring. Led by Packerland Conference player of the year Jake Lebotte, the Wolves are determined to make a trip to state. The top-seeded ball club won a come from behind game over Reedsville yesterday 12-7. They fell behind 6-2 in the regional final but recovered nicely.
The Wolves rallied for five runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to send the team to the sectional tournament in Horicon. They would need to win two games on Tuesday to earn a trip to state.
Craig Kirchman was the winning pitcher. Algoma had two-hit performances from both Kirk Rodrian and Craig Kirchman.

Gibraltar also was crowned regional champion yesterday with a 10-5 win over Menasha St. Mary's Central.

Southern Door will travel to Chilton this afternoon for a sectional semi-final softball matchup with the undefeated Freedom Irish. 104.1 FM WRLU will begin pre-game coverage of the game at 1:00 p.m. The play-by play will begin at 1:30 p.m. Southern Door is (17-2) overall and has the experience Freedom lacks. The Eastern Valley Conference team starts two freshman and four sophomores.
Eagles Coach Pat Delcore, Irish Coach Tim Dietzen and Chilton athletic Director David Sonnabend will all join me for the Renards Cheese Pre-Game show at 1:00 p.m. If the Eagles win the semi-final matchup, they will play the winner of Winneconne and Oconto Falls for the sectional final at 4:00 p.m. That game will also be broadcast on 104.1 FM WRLU.

Division four Gibraltar has advanced to the next round of regional baseball play off action. The Vikings defeated Marion 6-5. No runs were scored until the fourth inning when Marion tallied 3. Gibraltar saw one run cross the plate in the fifth, then five more in the sixth. Marion fought back with 2 more runs in the the seventh but it wasn't enough to take the win. Vikings Sam Ausloos was the winning pitcher. Marshall Larsen was 2x4. Sam Forkert recorded 2 RBIs. Gibraltar will play St. Mary Central today.

Algoma defeated Mishicot 7-3. Both teams tallied a run a piece in the third inning. Mishicot added another two in the fifth. Big hitting by the Wolves put five up on the board to answer back. They capped the game with another insurance run in the sixth for the win. Algoma's Jake LaBotte the winning pitcher. He struck out 9. The Wolves' Kirk Rodrian was 2x3, while Eric Aackerman went 2x4. Algoma will enjoy home field advantage as they take on Reedsville today.

Sturgeon Bay fell to West De Pere yesterday. The final score was 5-2. Tough pitching by West De Pere made it tough for the Clippers. Nate Anschutz threw for Sturgeon Bay. Troy Jorgenson was 3x4.
Denmark defeated Southern Door 8-1 in Division 2 baseball action yesterday. Denmark pitcher Craig Hansen recorded the win after striking out 9. Southern Door's John Heimbecker went 2x4. For Denmark, John Walletrius was 2x3. Denmark plays West De Pere today.

Milwaukee Brewers baseball dominated the conversation at the C & C Supper Club Monday night during the Sports Page. The struggling Brewers bounced back with a 4-3 victory Memorial Day against the Washington Nationals to finish the road trip 4-6. The Brewers find themselves still six games behind the Chicago Cubs in the Central Division of
the National League as they start a home stand at Miller Park starting today.
The C & C Supper Club is zeroing in to serving the 400,000 Taco on Monday night. The winner will receive over $400 in prizes and should be announced next Monday, June 2 during the broadcast of the Sports Page. On a programming note, The Sports Page will begin broadcasting from 5:30 till 7pm starting next Monday. Tune in to hear athletes and coaches from northern Door County.

In regional semifinal baseball action, Sturgeon Bay will take on West DePere today, while Southern Door will play Denmark. 

Join us for Sectional Semi-final softball action Thursday as Southern Door takes on Freedom. You can hear that game on 104.1FM WRLU. The pre-game show will be 1:00PM. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:30PM.

Sturgeon Bay High School standout soccer player Nate Felhofer scored three first half goals this weekend to lead his tournament team to the semi-finals in theU16 Boys Spring US Youth Soccer Wisconsin State Championships. Group Play for U16 Boys will take place on May 31, 2008 and June 1, 2008 at USA Park in Appleton.

Fellhofer belongs to the United Soccer Club of Allouez and the team Door County United played in Division A over the weekend in Racine. There were four divisions comprised of four teams. Each of the sixteen teams played three games this weekend to determine which team wins each division to return and play in the semifinals and perhaps the final the following weekend.

On Saturday, Door County United played its first game to a heartbreaker tie against Brookfield. After leading 4-1, the team felt they let one slip away. Three first half goals were scored by Nate Felhofer. The DC team then came out the second half and added another goal by Felhofer to take a 4-1 lead. The wheels then came off with Brookfield scoring 3 unanswered goals and the game ended in a 4-4 tie.

Assists for DC United’s goals were provided by Steve Quella, Derek VandenPlas and Alex Bournoville.

Brookfield had 10 shots on goal including their 4 scores. Steve Quella had 6 saves for DC United.

After the first day, all teams in Division A were tied, having battled to tie games in their first game of the weekend. In fact, of the eight games played in all divisions of U-16, five resulted in ties, making for a very tight competition with two divisions knotted.

DC United played Mequon United Black yesterday at 1:30 pm. We will have final results for you in tomorrow's sports report.