Sturgeon Bay Cal Ripken Baseball last night featured a hit parade for Ross Wierzba. He led Red Room to a 16-8 victory over Baylake Bank with three singles, a double and a homerun. Teammate Cam Zak finished with three hits and Justin DeFere had two hits.

The Lions earned a 10-4 win over the Kiwanis. Cal McCarty had three singles, Joey Sheehy had two singles and a double and Joseph Omilinsky hit two singles for the Lions. Riley Cordier and Anthony Laughlin had two hits a piece for Kiwanis.

The Sports Page broadcast from The Ladder House last night featured Joe Witt from Witt Peninsula Ford. We talked about the Packers, Brewers and Bucks. The NBA Draft takes place this evening and the Bucks have the eighth pick.
The ore-draft consensus has West Virginia's Joe Alexander heading to the Bucks at eight. However, Joe Witt believes there may be a trade in the works. He would not be surprised to see Michael Redd offered in a trade to move up to the number two or three spot in the draft in exchange for the Olympic shooting guard.
If Milwaukee moves up, O.J. Mayo or Michael Beasley could be available for the taking. The draft takes place this evening at 7:00 PM. We will have Bucks draft coverage coming up n our sports report tomorrow.

Sturgeon Bay defeated Northern Door in a close Legion baseball game yesterday 6-5. The Nor Door team got on the board early and brought in 4 runs in the first inning. Only one more run would follow and that was not enough for the win. Sturgeon Bay didn't get on the board until the fifth inning. Hits by John Heimbecker and Patrick Larsen brought runners home. Sturgeon Bay pulled ahead in the sixth when Larsen hit a double with bases loaded to bring home two more runs. Michael Blizel was the winning pitcher. He threw for 7 innings and struck out 9 batters. Cody Leist pitched for Northern Door. He had 7 K's. Sturgeon Bay is now (4-0) in the conference and (4-3) overall. Northern Door is (2-1) in the conference and (4-1) overall. Sturgeon Bay will play Chilton tomorrow at home. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:00PM.

Anthony Laughin and Nick Kita hit homeruns in Cal Ripken baseball action yesterday. They helped lead their team to a 14-1 victory. Riley Crodier and Kita both had three hits. Laughlin, Hunter Schwarz and Austin Krohn had two each. Krohn, Laughlin and Drew Tanck pitched for the home team. Adam Hauser, Trey Baumgartner and Austin Lardinois threw for the opposing team.
Also yesterday, Lucas Stephenson hit a homerun. He also pitched for 2 innings. Justin De Fere threw for four innings and Jordan Englebert pitched for one. Other leading hitters yesterday were DeFere, Englebert and Ross Wierzba. They all had 2 hits each. Austin Bauldry and Joey Sheehy also recorded two hits a piece. Joseph Omilinisky had three. Ben Snell, Sal McCarty and Omilinsky each pitched for 2 innings.

Brian Merkle, organizer of the 2nd Annual Bill Bastian Memorial Bike Benefit Ride, was the guest on the WSBW Sports Page broadcasted at the C & C Supper Club in Fish Creek Monday night. Merkle said this year's event will begin this Saturday at 9am and 10am from the Nor Door Sport and Cyclery parking lot. A short 4.2 mile ride will go through Peninsula State Park, while two longer rides of 28 and 40 miles will loop around Northern Door County. Riders receive a water bottle, lunch and raffle ticket for three Trek Bikes. Interested riders can still pre- register or show up Saturday Morning before the ride. All proceeds will benefit the Northern Door Children's Center. Merkle competitively raced BMX bikes in Southern Wisconsin in the mid 80's before moving to Door County. The Sports Page is broadcasted every Monday night from 5:30 til 7:00pm at the C & C Supper Club.

In Monday night softball on Sturgeon Bay's West side, Van's Red pummeled Van's Grey 25-1. J.P. Jacobson had five hits, John More and Scott Riggs had four including a homerun and Al Schmitt had four hits. Brandon Kinjerski and Troy Hartl finished with a homerun a piece in a three hit performance.
Poh's Pub crushed Van's Grey in game two, 14-1. They were led by Gary Shram with four hits and Al Moses with three hits.
In the final game of the evening, Peninsula Podiatry hung on to a 9-8 extra innings win over Family Worship Center. Todd Mass was the winning pitcher and had five hits including one homerun. Jonathon Meechum finished with three hits. Lamar Vincent led Family Worship with three hits.

The Sturgeon Bay American Legion baseball team was trailing Waupaca 3-1 in the second inning when rain stopped play. The game was at the Wisconsin Timber Rattler Stadium in Appleton. Waupaca was leading 3-1 at the time. The game will be tentatively resumed on July 6.
The Bays only run came when Simon Rabas walked, stole second and scored on a John Heimbecker RBI single. Sturgeon bay will play Northern Door County tomorrow night at 8:15 at Memorial Field.

The Green Bay Packers ended this week's mandatory mini-camp with heightened expectations for the 2008 NFL season. First year players and free agents are feeling more in tune with what the organization expects. The players have no mandatory obligations until July 27, when training camp begins.
This offseason, the Packers had the best attendance at their non-mandatory practices and meeting that they have seen throughout the first three years of head coach Mike McCarthy’s tenure. The offseason workout schedule is especially important for players like free agent acquisition Brandon Chillar. The linebacker talked about what he was able to accomplish during OTA's and mini-camp.
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The Packers have an abbreviated training camp schedule compared to years past. The team will play four preseason games within 18 days. That does not allow for as much learning on the practice field. Instead, young players will be learning a lot more in live game situations during the exhibition season.
Second year wide receiver James Jones knows the feeling that this year's crop of rookies is feeling. Being one year removed from that role himself, Jones has extended himself to second round draft pick Jordy Nelson. Jones said if he can help in any way, he will be glad to make this team better.
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The practice field featured more marquee names this offseason than in any previous season. From starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers to aging veterans like Charles Woodson and Al Harris, Green Bay is sending the signal that they intend to contend again in 2008.