The Green Bay Gamblers are in do-or-die mode Friday night when they take on the Muskegon Lumberjacks in a winner-take-all game five.

The Gamblers earned the new breath of life when they beat the Lumberjacks 2-1 in game four of the Clark Cup Playoffs Wednesday night. It looked like the game might go to overtime before Jayson Shaugabay buried a pass from Blake Bechen for a power-play goal with just over 30 seconds remaining in the game. 

Game five will take place on Friday in Muskegon at 6:10 p.m.

The Peoria Chiefs hit two home runs on Thursday night at Dozer Park.  The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scraped and clawed for five runs.  Luis Lara drove in a pair of runs without swinging the bat and Gregory Barrios drove in two runs without getting the ball out of the infield.  Those runs, another run scoring on a wild pitch, and stellar relief pitching were enough for the Rattlers to record a 5-3 victory over Peoria.

Dakota Harris gave the Chiefs (7-11) a lead with a one-out, solo home run in the second inning.  Harris has homered twice in the series.

Wisconsin (12-6) answered in the top of the third as they loaded the bases against Peoria starter Cooper Hjerpe with no outs.  Eduarqui Fernández singled, Ben Metzinger walked, and Terence Doston singled to start the inning.  Lara was hit by a pitch with one out to force in the tying run.  Barrios grounded into a force play at second but beat the throw to first to allow Metzinger to score and Doston to take third.  Moments later, Doston scored on a wild pitch by Hjerpe for the final run of the inning.

Peoria tied the game with the long ball in the bottom of the fifth.  Joshua Baez cracked a two-out homer to left-center with one out to even the score 3-3. 

Wisconsin starter Will Rudy allowed another hit before retiring the next two batters to keep the game tied.  Rudy allowed three runs on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts.

The Timber Rattlers bullpen was quick and efficient after taking over for Rudy in the sixth inning.  Will Childers retired the Chiefs in order on twelve pitched.  Aaron Rund took over in the bottom of the seventh and pitched a perfect inning with just nine pitches.  Chase Costello took the ball for the Rattlers in the bottom of the eighth.  He also worked a perfect inning on nine pitches.

The Rattlers went back in front in the top of the seventh with another bases-loaded rally.  Fernández started the rally with a one-out single against Peoria reliever Cade Winquest.  Doston drew a two-out walk.  Then, Dylan O’Rae sent a high chopper to the edge of the infield behind the second base bag and beat the throw to first to load the bases with an infield single.  Lara drew a four-pitch walk from Winquest to force in Fernández with the go-ahead run.

Barrios added an insurance with a fortunate bounce.  The Wisconsin shortstop hit a hard hopper back through the middle.  Winquest just missed the ball with a swipe of his glove behind his back.  The ball clipped off the second base bag just enough to throw off Harris’s attempt to field the ball.  The infield single scored Doston for a 5-3 lead.

Costello went back out for the bottom of the ninth to nail down the victory.  Harris reached on an infield single with one out to bring the tying run to the plate for the Chiefs.  Costello ended the game when he got William Sullivan to ground the ball behind second.  Barrios fielded the ball, stepped on second, and fired to first for the game-ending double play.

The Rattlers relievers pitched four scoreless innings, allowed one hit, walked none, and struck out two to close out the game.  All five Wisconsin pitchers combined to issue no walks in a game for the first time this season.

Wisconsin has won two in a row to take a 2-1 series lead over the Chiefs in the six-game series.

Game four of the series is scheduled for Friday night at Dozer Park.  Brett Wichrowski (0-1, 1.64) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Peoria’s starting pitcher is scheduled to be Hancel Rincon (1-0, 1.93).  Game time is 7:05pm CDT.

The Green Bay Packers are on the clock in more ways than one when the NFL Draft begins on Thursday night.

The Packers enter the draft with eleven picks: 

Round 1, pick 25
Round 2, pick 41 (from the Jets in Aaron Rodgers trade)
Round 2, pick 58
Round 3, pick 88
Round 3, pick 91 (from the Bills in Rasul Douglas trade)
Round 4, pick 126
Round 5, pick 169 (compensatory pick)
Round 6, pick 202
Round 6, pick 219 (compensatory pick)
Round 7, pick 245
Round 7, pick 255

While the consensus believes the Chicago Bears will draft their quarterback of the future in Caleb Williams, there is very little agreement on who the Packers will back at No. 25, according to NFL.com analysts:

Daniel Jeremiah: OT Amarius Mims (UGA)

Charles Davis: CB Nate Wiggins (CLEM)

Lance Zierlein: S Tyler Nubin (MINN)

Bucky Brooks: LB Payton Wilson (NCST)

Peter Schrager: OT Amarius Mims (UGA)

The draft begins in Detroit at 7 p.m. At the draft's conclusion on Saturday, the eyes will turn to Green Bay as the host of the annual event in 2025.

Two local teams are looking to shake off recent losses in search of better results on Thursday.

Sturgeon Bay will make the trip to Green Bay to play at NEW Lutheran with the first kick scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco will also kick off their match at 4:30 p.m. in Appleton when they face Fox Valley Lutheran.

The Packerland Conference Golf Tour heads to Idlewild Golf Course in Sturgeon Bay for its next stop on Thursday.

The Sturgeon Bay golf team continued their strong play in Packerland Conference action on Monday at Vernon Hills Golf Course. The Clippers won the meet with a score of 178, five strokes better than second place Gibraltar (183) and 13 better than Southern Door (191). Luke Selle and Tre Wienke tied each other with a score of 42, matching Gibraltar's Teddy Roth and Southern Door's Finley Lavine. Kewaunee's Evan Maccaux won his second straight meet with a low score of 38, three strokes better than second-place finisher Carter Koch of Oconto. 

Thursday's tee time is set for 4 p.m.

With four straight days of rain expected beginning on Saturday, the area's baseball and softball teams hope to squeeze in their games over the next two days.

Thursday's baseball action will see Luxemburg-Casco visiting Waupaca (4:30 p.m.), Southern Door visiting Sturgeon Bay for a doubleheader (5 p.m.), and Gibraltar heading to Sheboygan Lutheran (4:30 p.m.). Softball games include Luxemburg-Casco hosting Little Chute (4:30 p.m.) and Gibraltar visiting Sheboygan Lutheran (4:30 p.m.).

Friday's action will feature:

BASEBALL: Sevastopol is playing a twin bill at Oconto (3 p.m.), Luxemburg-Casco is hosting Green Bay Preble (4:30 p.m.)

SOFTBALL: Sevastopol is traveling to Oconto for a doubleheader (3 p.m.), Luxemburg-Casco is welcoming Denmark for a two-game set (4 p.m.)

The Luxemburg-Casco track team will have hosting duties on Thursday when they welcome several teams for the Spartan Invitational.

Denmark, Oostburg, Sevastopol, Southern Door, and Two Rivers will also be participating in the meet when it begins at 4 p.m.

Storms that rolled through the area on Tuesday prevented the Spartans from participating in their scheduled track meet. 

The Southern Door track teams posted the top scores in Monday's Door County Classic hosted at Sevastopol. The Eagles boys won 11 events, and the girls captured the top spot in five events, respectively, in their wins. For the boys, Zack Lynch (100m and 200m), Mason Motquin (400m), Ben Grota (800m, 3200m, 1600m), Damontrae Meeks (300m hurdles), Grant Pieschek (pole vault) and Alaric Urban (triple jump and long jump) winning their events. Frankie Nellis matched Urban's feat by winning the same two events on the girls' side. Danica Neville (pole vault), and Elise Jackson (100m hurdles) also won their events. 

The Sevastopol track team had hosting duties for this year's Door County Classic Track Meet, boasting one event champion along the way. Cassie Rankin posted a new personal record of 29 feet 5 inches in the shot put to win the event. The 4x400m relay team of Danica Werkheiser, Kylee Duessler, Caitlyn Hasenjager, and Caitlyn Fellner was the only other event win for the Pioneers for the boys and the girls. However, they did post a total of 11 top-3 performances to boost their point totals in the meet. 

In other track action, Kewaunee and Algoma will head to Oconto Falls for a track meet beginning at 4 p.m. Coleman, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Hilbert, Laona-Wabeno, Lena, Marinette, Oconto, and Seymour also appearing. 

In their pentangular on Tuesday they hosted, the Storm girls nipped Peshtigo 113-111 while the boys held a much more comfortable advantage over the Bulldogs 173-127.  Topping the leaderboard for the boys were Owen Carlson (100m, 200m), Christopher Cullen (800m, 1600m), James Joski (3200m), Braxton Riha (Shot Put), Kemper Robinson (Discus), Maddix Mueller (High Jump, Triple jump), and DJ Echos (Long Jump). For the girls, it was Hannah Miller (400m, 800m), Katie Meier (1600m), Braelyn Witcpalek (300m high hurdles), Chyanne Robinson (Discus), Wren Kunesh (Pole Vault), and Gabby Stangel (Triple Jump) earning first place finishes.

Faith Gerdmann captured the lone win for the Algoma Track Team at the Kewaunee Pent on Tuesday. The race was delayed for over an hour due to storms in the area. Gerdmann cracked 33 feet for first place in the shot put while she threw over 96 feet in the discus to take second place. Brennan Buckman was the top-performing boy place-wise in the meet, coming in second place in the pole vault. Several members posted personal and season bests in the meet, including Mason Melohn (shot put), Isaac Yunk (discus), Aiden Moen (300m hurdles), Zoey Stuth (100m hurdles), and Emily Reif (300m hurdles) to come in the top three. 

The Green Bay Gamblers will have at least one more game in their season after beating Muskegon Lumberjacks 2-1 in game four of the Clark Cup Playoffs Wednesday night.

The game was tied 1-1 after the first period thanks to the Lumberjacks answering an early Ben Poitras tally in the frame. It looked like the game might go to overtime before Jayson Shaugabay buried a pass from Blake Bechen for a power-play goal with just over 30 seconds remaining in the game. Chicago Blackhawks prospect Adam Gajan sparkled in the net, stopping 31 of the 32 shots he faced.

Game five will take place on Friday in Muskegon at 7:10 p.m.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers almost let one get away to waste another terrific performance by starting pitcher Mark Manfredi on Wednesday afternoon at Dozer Park.  The Peoria Chiefs tied the game 2-2 with an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth inning after Wisconsin had led since the first inning.  Clutch relief work from Craig Yoho and a two-out RBI single by Jadher Areinamo in the tenth delivered Wisconsin a 3-2 victory.

The Timber Rattlers (11-6) took the lead with a two-out rally in the top of the first.  Gregory Barrios drew a walk and went to second on a wild pitch.  Luke Adams followed with a bloop single to right to chase Barrios across the plate for a 1-0 lead.

Adams added to the Wisconsin advantage in the third inning with a two-out, RBI double off the wall in right to score Luis Lara from second base.

Peoria (7-10) got to Manfredi in the bottom of the fifth inning.  The Chiefs had runners on the corners with one out.  Won-Bin Cho sent a weak grounder to first for an out to score the run from third.  Manfredi ended the inning with his eighth strikeout to strand the tying run in scoring position.

Manfredi allowed one run, walked two, hit one, and allowed four hits in five innings.  In his last two appearances, Manfredi has sixteen strikeouts over nine innings.

Tate Kuehner took over for Manfredi in the sixth and maintained the lead until the eighth.

Wisconsin’s offense had chances to add to their lead.  In the sixth, they had runners at first and second with one out.  In the seventh, Eduarqui Fernández had a lead-off double.  In the eighth, the Rattlers loaded the bases with two outs.  They did not score, and it would cost them.

Peoria’s Osvaldo Tovalin blooped a single to left with one out.  He moved to second on a weak ground ball that was the second out of the inning.  Dakota Harris sent a grounder to Adams at third for what looked like the final out.  However, the throw was wild and got past first baseman Ben Metzinger to allow Tovalin to score the tying run.

Kuehner got the final out of the eighth to keep the game tied.  The Rattlers went down in order in the ninth.  Yoho struck out the side in order in the bottom of the ninth and both teams went to extra innings for the first time this season.

The Rattlers nearly wasted their opportunity in the tenth.  Luis Lara started the inning at second base and moved to third on a grounder to the right side of the infield by Barrios.  Adams was next and hit a hard grounder near the third base bag.  Peoria third baseman Anyelo Encarnacion made the play and almost tagged out Lara as the Rattlers base runner scrambled back to safety.  Encarnacion still managed to get Adams at first for the second out.

That brought Areinamo to the plate.  He dropped a single to right on a 2-1 pitch to score Lara with the go-ahead run.  Areinamo went 3-for-5 in the game with three singles in his final three plate appearances.

Yoho went back out for the tenth inning with the tying run placed on second base for Peoria to start the inning.  Yoho got the first out on a popup and the second out on a grounder to Areinamo at second that allowed the tying run to take third base.  Yoho took all the drama out of the moment by striking out Leonardo Bernal on three straight pitches, including a called third strike to end the game and give the Rattlers the victory.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Dozer Park.  Will Rudy (0-1, 6.23) has been announced as the starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Cooper Hjerpe (0-0, 4.70) is set to start for Peoria.  Game time is 6:35pm.

The Sturgeon Bay High School celebrated the college signings of four Clipper athletes on Wednesday morning.  Dozens of students, coaches, and parents attended the signings by Alumni Hall in the school.  Track star Chase Hasenjager will be going to St. Norbert College in De Pere to run Track and Field for the Green Knights.  Mason Sacotte will play football for the Pointers of UW-Stevens Point.  Brody Kollath will play football for the UW-Oshkosh Titans next fall.  Eli Schuster will kick for the Lakeland College Muskies during the football campaign.  Track and Field Coach Troy Hasenjager says coaching his son and seeing him compete at the next level is very special.

Head Football Coach Carl Waterstreet shares some of the great qualities Sacotte, Kollath, and Schuster brought to the Clipper program since he coached them in grade school.

The four Clippers had committed to their respective colleges earlier in the month when signings were allowed.  You can watch Tuesday’s ceremony below.

The baseball fields were busy Tuesday as the high school teams were able to dodge the raindrops and get the games in.

In Packerland Conference play, The Southern Door Eagles blasted the Peshtigo Bulldogs 16-2 at home.  

Kewaunee also came away with a 16-2 win over Sevastopol on the road.

In Algoma, the Sturgeon Bay Clippers rallied in game two and completed a doubleheader sweep over the Wolves of 4-3 and 5-4.  

The North Eastern Conference saw the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans improve to 8-3 with an 11-5 home win over the Waupaca Comets. 

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

Area softball diamonds were busy with doubleheaders on Tuesday afternoon.

The Southern Door Eagles split a pair of games with the Peshtigo Bulldogs, winning 4—2 in the opener and losing 7-5 in the nightcap.

The Algoma Wolves cruised to a sweep at home against the Sturgeon Bay Clippers.  The Wolves shutout the Clippers 13-0 in the first game and hammered Sturgeon Bay 17-1 in the second game of the double bill.  

Two local girls' soccer teams were in action Tuesday night, taking on a couple of non-conference foes.   

Despite outshooting the Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah Resorters on Tuesday night, the Sturgeon Bay Clippers came up short on the scoreboard, falling 2-0 in non-conference girls soccer at home. 

Sevastopol/Gibraltar dropped a 3-1 road decision to the Kohler Blue Bombers.

The Milwaukee Brewers dropped their second game in-a-row to the Pittsburg Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday.

Pittsburg started the scoring on a lead-off home run in the first inning by Andrew McCutchen off Brewer starter Tobias Myers, who made his major league debut.

Myers (0-1) took the loss but settled down and went five innings giving up only four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. 

The Pirates added a run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Connor Joe off Brewer reliever Jared Koenig.

Brewer catcher Gary Sanchez cut the lead to 2-1 on a lead-off home run in the seventh inning, but that was all the Milwaukee offense muster in the game. 

Pirate starter Bailey Falter (2-1) went seven strong innings giving up only Sanchez's homer and two other hits while striking out eight and allowing one walk in picking up the win.  David Bedner picked up his fourth save of the year to close out the ninth for the Pirates (13-11).

The Brewers (14-8) and Pittsburg will play the third game of the four-game series on Wednesday starting at 5:40 p.m.   Bryse Wilson (2-0) will get the start for the Brewers. 

The Southern Door track teams posted the top scores in Monday's Door County Classic hosted at Sevastopol.

The Eagles boys won 11 events and the girls captured the top spot in five events in their respective wins. For the boys, Zack Lynch (100m and 200m), Mason Motquin (400m), Ben Grota (800m, 3200m, 1600m), Damontrae Meeks (300m hurdles), Grant Pieschek (pole vault) and Alaric Urban (triple jump and long jump) winning their events. Frankie Nellis matched Urban's feat by winning the same two events on the girls' side. Danica Neville (pole vault), and Elise Jackson (100m hurdles) also won their events. 

The Sturgeon Bay track teams performed well at Monday's Door County Classic but played second fiddle to Southern Door in both the boy's and girls' divisions. For the boys', Chase Hasenjager (400m), Ozzie Langfeldt (110m hurdles), Braden Evers (shot put), and Gannon Evers (discus) captured the top spot in their respective events. The Clippers girls were paced by first-place performances by Julia Kurek (3200m, 1600m), Ella Tarkowski (100m), Tiviana Andropolis (200m), Cady Carlson (400m), Jade Tomberlin (800m), and Gabriella Luett (discus).

The Gibraltar Vikings track teams posted plenty of top-three performances, but only two leaped to the top of the podium at Monday's Door County Classic. Braden Sitte won the event with a personal best high jump of six feet. He also finished runner-up in the 100m, 200m, and long jump. McKailey Reisen raced to a win in the 100m hurdles and leaped to the top spot in the high jump. 

The Sevastopol track team had hosting duties for this year's Door County Classic Track Meet, boasting one event champion along the way. Cassie Rankin posted a new personal record of 29 feet 5 inches in the shot put to win the event. The 4x400m relay team of Danica Werkheiser, Kylee Duessler, Caitlyn Hasenjager, and Caitlyn Fellner was the only other event win for the Pioneers for the boys and the girls, though they did post a total of 11 top-3 performances to boost their point totals in the meet. 

NOTE:  There was a three-way tie for the top boys award. Ben Grota of Southern Door, Branden Sitte of Gibraltar and Southern Door's Aleric Urban all had 18 points.

Mens Varsity

18 / 18  Events Completed

1.Southern Door125

2.Sturgeon Bay84

3.Gibraltar28

4.Sevastopol25

Mens Exhibition

11 / 11  Events Completed

1.Southern Door87

2.Sturgeon Bay26

3.Gibraltar3

Womens Varsity

18 / 18  Events Completed

1.Southern Door95.5

2.Sturgeon Bay87

3.Sevastopol42.5

4.Gibraltar33

Womens Exhibition

12 / 12  Events Completed

1.Southern Door130

2.Gibraltar7

Kewaunee County's track teams will take their turns with meets on Tuesday. Kewaunee will host the non-Door County track teams in the Packerland Conference while Luxemburg-Casco battles Clintonville, Denmark, Little Chute, and Waupaca in Little Chute. Both meets will begin between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

After only one local team played on Monday, there will be many more baseball and softball games on the docket for Tuesday.

On Monday, Luxemburg-Casco swept a doubleheader from Fox Valley Lutheran on the road 1-0 and 10-0.

Tuesday's softball schedule includes Algoma hosting Sturgeon Bay (4:30 p.m.), Gibraltar traveling to Manitowoc Lutheran (4:30 p.m.), Sevastopol hosting Kewaunee (4:30 p.m.), and Southern Door playing Peshtigo at UW-Green Bay (4:30 p.m.)

The baseball slate has Luxemburg-Casco hosting Waupaca (4:30 p.m.), Southern Door welcoming Peshtigo (3:45 p.m.), Sturgeon Bay traveling to Algoma (4:30 p.m.), and Kewaunee visiting Sevastopol (4:30 p.m.).

The Sturgeon Bay golf team continued their strong play in Packerland Conference action on Monday at Vernon Hills Golf Course.

The Clippers won the meet with a score of 178, five strokes better than second place Gibraltar (183) and 13 better than Southern Door (191). Luke Selle and Tre Wienke tied each other with a score of 42, matching Gibraltar's Teddy Roth and Southern Door's Finley Lavine.

Kewaunee's Evan Maccaux won his second straight meet with a low score of 38, three strokes better than second-place finisher Carter Koch of Oconto. The rest of the scores are below.

Sturgeon Bay is back in action on Tuesday at Whistling Straits when they battle Crandon, Crivitz, Gillett, Laona-Wabeno, Lena, Niagara, Oconto, Oneida Nation, Peshtigo, and Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy. The tee time is set for 1 p.m.

A familiar face will reportedly be roaming the sidelines for the Green Bay women's basketball team in the upcoming season.

According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Kayla Karius will be named the new head coach of the Phoenix later this week. Karius has spent the past two years as the head coach at South Dakota and went 23-13 this season. Karius's maiden name is Tetschlag, and her time with the Phoenix was spectacular. Individually, Karius was a first-team all-conference selection twice, the league’s co-player of the year, and made the all-defensive team her senior season. The team won four conference championships, made three NCAA appearances, and went to the program's only Sweet 16.

Post Phoenix career, she played in Europe before bouncing around the coaching ranks at South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Drake before landing the top job at Green Bay. 

Two of the area's soccer team split their matchups on Monday ahead of more action slated for Tuesday.

Sturgeon Bay scored early and often at host Green Bay West in a 9-0 win. They are scheduled to get back after it Tuesday night when they host Elkhart Lake at 5 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team could not claw their way back into the win column Monday night, falling to Wrightstown 2-1.

In other soccer action, Sevastopol/Gibraltar will travel south to take on Kohler for a 6 p.m. first touch.

The Green Bay Gamblers will try to take a series lead in their matchup against the Muskegon Lumberjacks Tuesday night when they host game three at the Resch Center.

In their 4-1 loss Sunday, the Lumberjacks scored three straight goals, effectively sending the series to Green Bay. Lev Katzin's second-period goal was the only time the Gamblers got on the scoreboard in the game, a tally that the Lumberjacks would match in the second period. Gavin Moffatt stopped 22 of the 26 shots he faced. 

Puck drop for Tuesday and Wednesday's games at the Resch Center is set for 7:05 p.m. A split over the next two games would send the series back to Muskegon.

The Sevastopol track team will take on the hosting duties for this year's Door County Classic when the first events begin at 4:30 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door, Gibraltar, and Sevastopol will all compete for the first time since last week's Packerland Conference Relays at Kewaunee. The Southern Door girls won their side of the meet while the Southern Door boys took third.  The Eagles boys won the 4x100m and 4x800m relays and the Eagles girls were led by Elise Jackson (100m and 300m hurdles) and the 4x200m relay. Results from that meet can be found here.

A three-game winning streak is on the line Monday afternoon when the Luxemburg-Casco softball team plays a pair against Fox Valley Lutheran.

In their last game, the Spartans overcame an early 2-0 deficit and four errors during Friday's game against Oconto Falls to win 7-3. Kate Van Ess had the biggest offensive day for the Spartans, going 3-4 while knocking in three runs. Erin Cherovsky earned the win in relief, allowing two hits while striking out eight across the final five innings.

The Foxes are also riding a three-game winning streak into the game, which includes a Saturday sweep of their opponents at the Shiocton Triangular.

First pitch is set for 4 p.m. in Appleton.

Photo by Ron LeCloux

Two local soccer teams will take the field on Monday, hoping to kick off their weeks with wins.

Sturgeon Bay hopes a match on the road at Green Bay West will help them forget their 8-0 loss to Appleton North on Friday. Kickoff from Marcelle Stadium is slated for 5 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco aims to build on the momentum from its 4-0 win over Denmark when they welcome Wrightstown to town. They will play under the lights at 6:30 p.m.

The Packerland Conference brings its clubs to Oconto's Vernon Hills Golf Course the next leg of its season on Monday.

Last Thursday, Kewaunee's Evan Maccaux made history at Little River Golf Course in Marinette, becoming the first in school history to win a Packerland Conference golf meet. With a score of 38, Maccaux was one of two golfers to break 40 across nine holes. Oconto's Carter Koch shot a 39. Southern Door golfers Tyler Plzak and Finley Lavine tied for third place as they both shot a 40, one stroke better than fifth-place finish Finn Salm of Gibraltar.

Gibraltar, Kewaunee, NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Peshtigo, Sevastopol, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay are all slated to be there when the round begins at 4 p.m.

The Green Bay Gamblers will host the Muskegon Lumberjacks for at least two games of the Clark Cup Playoffs after losing on Sunday 4-1.

After a scoreless first period, the Lumberjacks scored three straight goals, effectively sending the series to Green Bay. Lev Katzin's second-period goal was the only time the Gamblers got on the scoreboard in the game, a tally that the Lumberjacks would match in the second period. Gavin Moffatt stopped 22 of the 26 shots he faced. 

Puck drop for Tuesday and Wednesday's games at the Resch Center is set for 7:05 p.m. A split over the next two games would send the series back to Muskegon.