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.

Door County's soccer teams split a pair of shutouts on Monday.

The Sturgeon Bay girls' soccer team could not crack a staunch Denmark defense in a 1-0 loss on Monday.

Sevastopol/Gibraltar pounded down the floodgates in its road matchup against Clintonville, winning 8-0.

In Tuesday's action, Luxemburg-Casco hosts Green Bay East at 6:30 p.m.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers' golf team had four golfers on the doorstep of winning the latest Packerland Conference stop at The Orchards in Egg Harbor on Monday.

Along with Gibraltar's Finn Salm, Sturgeon Bay golfers Owen Pichette, Calvin Richard, Tre Wienke, and Porter Rabach all shot a 43 to give the Clippers the meet win with 172 strokes. That was 14 strokes better than Southern Door and 19 better than Gibraltar. 

Kewaunee's Evan Maccaux continued his strong season with another individual win, tying with Oconto's Carter Koch at the top spot with a score of 39. Southern Door's Finley LaVine took third with a score of 40.

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After one game on Monday, most of the area's teams will get into the mix on softball diamonds on Tuesday.

The Luxemburg-Casco softball team only needed four innings to settle the result with Clintonville, winning the game 17-0. They play at home against Waupaca at 4:30 p.m.

Other games scheduled for Tuesday include Gibraltar/Washington Island hosting Sturgeon Bay (4:30 p.m.), Kewaunee visiting Southern Door (4 p.m.), Algoma playing at home against Oconto (4:30 p.m.), and Sevastopol battling NEW Lutheran (4:30 p.m.)

The area's baseball teams return to action on Tuesday with two of the matchups being featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network.

The Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings and Sturgeon Bay Clippers will renew their Door County acquaintances Tuesday afternoon with a doubleheader. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 3:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch of game one at 4 p.m. Game two will occur approximately 15-20 minutes after game one and will also be carried on 105.1 The GOAT.

The Kewaunee Storm will travel to Brussels on Tuesday afternoon for a twin-bill with the Southern Door Eagles in Packerland Conference baseball. The first pitch of the opener at Southern Door High School is set for 3:45 p.m. with the pregame starting at 3:30 p.m. on 104.1 WRLU.  Paul Schmitt will have the call for the doubleheader which will be also streamed on New Radio Sports Network.

Other baseball matchups include Oconto visiting Algoma (4:30 p.m.), Sevastopol hosting NEW Lutheran (4:30 p.m.) and Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Denmark (4:30 p.m.).

Weather pending, the Luxemburg-Casco softball team will make the drive to Bucholtz Park in Clintonville to take on the Truckers in NEC play.

The Spartans extended their winning streak to eight with 4-2 and 9-1 wins against Denmark on Friday. In game one, Josie Dorner went 2-3 in the game, while Kate Van Ess and Jillian Jorgensen each went 1-3 with two RBI. Erin Cherovsky went the distance for the Spartans, allowing two runs (2 ER) and seven hits while striking out four. Game 2 featured Payton Kaminski, Jillian Jorgensen, and Rylan Kaminski, all driving in two runs while Josie Dorner clubbed in one. Anna Vandermause was the only hitter for the Spartans with a multi-hit game. Cherovsky was even better in the second game, going the distance again, but this time only allowed one run on five hits.

The Truckers are on the opposite side of the NEC standings with a 2-9 mark (4-13 overall). Both of their conference wins came in a sweep of Little Chute on Friday, which snapped a four-game losing streak and a stretch where they were 1-13. The Spartans beat the Truckers earlier this season, 16-0.

First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.

Two of the area's three soccer teams will start their week with matches on Monday.

Sturgeon Bay soccer visits Denmark (4:30 p.m.), while Sevastopol/Gibraltar travels to  Clintonville  (4:30 p.m.).

Luxemburg-Casco is out of action until it welcomes Green Bay East to the sports complex for a 6:30 p.m. match.

The Orchards Golf Course in Egg Harbor will be the next stop on the Packerland Conference Golf Tour as they work through their season.

Sevastopol is the stop's host with Gibraltar, Kewaunee, NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Peshtigo, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay also participating. The Clippers have dominated the team standings with Kewaunee's Evan Maccaux, Sturgeon Bay's Tre Wienke, and Southern Door's Finley LaVine all taking turns on the top of the leaderboard.

Tee time is set for 4 p.m.