On Friday night, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got a taste of what they have been giving the Fort Wayne TinCaps in the first three games of the series at Neuroscience Group Field.  Wisconsin had rallied past the TinCaps late in the games on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to run their winning streak to four games.  The TinCaps tied the game with two runs in the ninth inning and scored the only run of the tenth for a 4-3 win in extra innings to tighten up Wisconsin’s lead in the West Division playoff raced.

The Timber Rattlers (31-18) scored first.  Dylan O’Rae was hit by a pitch to start the first inning.  He moved to second on an error, stole third, and scored on a single by Matt Wood.

O’Rae also scored in the third inning.  He started the inning with a single.  Gregory Barrios followed with a hit-and-run single to send O’Rae to third.  Jadher Areinamo got O’Rae home with a sacrifice fly to right for a 2-0 lead.

Logan Henderson, the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers, was excellent in his home debut.  The Brewers pitching prospect allowed three hits, walked none, and struck out seven over four innings on just 52 pitches as he continues to work his way back from an oblique injury sustained during spring training.

Wisconsin manager Victor Estevez announced after the game in his comments for the team’s Postgame Podcast that Henderson is Biloxi-bound after two starts with the Timber Rattlers.  He allowed one run over 6-2/3 innings with ten strikeouts in his two starts.

The TinCaps (22-27) got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth inning.  Jay Beshears doubled with one out against reliever Tyler Wehrle.  Anthony Vilar singled to left with two outs to score Beshears.

Wisconsin scored in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Jheremy Vargas drove in Terence Doston with a two-out double for a 3-1 lead.

Jake Polancic pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for the Rattlers and turned the lead over to Chase Costello.

Costello pitched a scoreless eighth and went back out for the ninth but got in trouble right away.  He walked the lead-off batter and Nerwilian Cedeño followed with a double to left to put the tying runs in scoring position.  Lucas Dunn drove in the first run of the inning with a sacrifice fly to center. 

Griffin Doersching, the product of Greendale, Wisconsin, tied the game moments later with a double to left.

In the bottom of the ninth, Ram?n Rodríguez doubled with one out, but he was left stranded there when the inning ended to send the teams to their second extra-inning game of the series.

The TinCaps moved Kai Murphy, their placed runner to start the top of the tenth, to third on a grounder to the right side.  Beshears sent a fly ball to medium center.  Eduarqui Fernández set up behind the ball to make the catch.  Murphy tagged and raced for the plate to score as the throw from Fernández was a little too high and up the first base line.

In the bottom of the tenth, Fernández started the inning at second base with Manuel Castro taking over as Fort Wayne’s fifth pitcher of the night.  Pinch-hitter Luke Adams struck out with one away but a passed ball on strike three by Vilar allowed Adams to reach and Fernández to take third base with O’Rae coming to the plate.
 

An odd play stopped the Rattlers rally in its tracks.  Castro threw an 0-2 pitch to O’Rae off the inside corner and the ball glanced off the glove of Vilar to the backstop.  Fernández, hesitated for a moment before breaking for the plate and that cost him.  The ball caromed back to Vilar, who was able to toss to Castro covering the plate to tag Fernández for the second out.  The game ended when O’Rae grounded out to short.

The Rattlers lead in the West Division shrank to ½-game over the Cedar Rapids Kernels.  The Kernels rallied for a 7-4 win over the Lake County Captains in Cedar Rapids on Friday night.  There are seventeen games remaining in the first half.

Game five of the series is the first Saturday night home game of the season for the Timber Rattlers.  Yujanyer Herrera (1-1, 5.65) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Fort Wayne has named Dylan Lesko (1-2, 6.52) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Two first-half goals were enough for the Green Bay Glory to hold off Chicago House 2-1 Friday night in Elmhurst, Ill. 

Claire Bradford took advantage of a turnover and fired a shot from outside the box for the Glory's first goal. The Glory's Riley Winrich buried a pass that cross through the box eight minutes later to double the lead. Chicago House would score their only goal with about 10 minutes remaining the match.

It was the Glory's first win of the season and they will be back in action on Sunday when they battle Milwaukee Torrent.

Maplewood's Jeremiah Jahnke kept Institute guessing through six shutout frames as the Mets shutout the Cubs 12-0 in eight innings.

Jahnke had a four-run lead before visiting the mound, thanks to the patience of Mets hitters, drawing three walks and a hit-by-pitch to go along with a Tory Jandrin single.

 

 

 

 

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The Mets would tack on one more against Cubs starting pitcher Robbie Pollman when Mark Viller drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home. Josh Pflieger would keep the Cubs close over the next four innings but still allowed a run in the sixth thanks to a couple of errors and two more in the seventh. The eighth inning would prove fatal for the Cubs as the Mets sent nine batters to the plate, scoring four times in the inning, with Jayden Diller's triple and single by Jandrin and Villers being the biggest blows. 

Jahnke did not need the run support as he allowed four hits across six innings while striking out 14. Will Jandrin pitched the final two innings in relief, not allowing a hit by pegged a few batters to allow some base runners late. 

 

 

 

 

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Jandrin had four hits while Diller and Kody Kissinger also had multi-hit games. Jaeger Brusky, Frankie Ash, Quin Schram, and Kyle Ploor registered hits for the Cubs.

Many of the area track athletes have already competed at the WIAA State Track and Field Meet in LaCrosse, with another day coming up on Saturday.

Note: Not everyone has competed yet and we apologize in advance if we miss anybody as we update the results. 

KEWAUNEE

Hannah Miller (400m, 800m, and triple jump): 

Christopher Cullen (1600m)

Maddix Mueller (triple jump): 41-8.75, 8th place overall

Braxton Riha (shot put)

Kemper Robinson (discus): 147-8, 8th place overall

Boys' 4x200m relay: 1:32.50, ninth overall (qualified for finals)

LUXEMBURG-CASCO

Girls' 4x200m relay team: 1:47.31, 12th overall (does not advance to finals)

Grace Seering (300 hurdles)
 

STURGEON BAY

Ella Tarkowski (100m): 12.95, 13th overall (does not advance to finals)

GIBRALTAR

McKailey Reisen (high jump, 100m hurdles): Qualified for the finals with a time of 16:06, good for seventh; 5-0 in high jump, ninth overall

Girls 4x100m relay: 53:30, 14th place overall

The Institute Cubs will welcome the Maplewood Mets to Sevastopol Town Park on Friday for its first night game of the young Door County League season.

The two teams are living on opposite sides of the DCL standings, with the Cubs still looking for their first win of the season with an 0-3 record, while the Mets hold a 3-0 record. Last week, the Cubs fell to Kolberg 19-2 in seven innings. Robbie Pollman registered two hits, and Frankie Ash drove in one of the Cubs' two runs in the loss. The Mets have followed up a season-opening thrashing of Baileys Harbor with two one-run wins against Washington Island and West Jacksonport. Last week, Kordell Draves drove in two runs, and two players had multi-hit games against the Ports, which resulted in a 5-4 win. 

Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 7:15 p.m. with the pre-game show followed by the opening pitch at 7:30 p.m.

The Cubs/ Mets matchup kicks off the weekend for the Door County League, which will also feature a Friday night game in Baileys Harbor as the A's host West Jacksonport. Sunday's matchups include Washington Island heading to Kolberg and Egg Harbor hosting Sister Bay on 105.1 The GOAT.

Two area teams kept their hopes of a state baseball tournament appearance alive on Thursday with wins in their respective regional title games.

As heard on 105.1 The GOAT, the Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings will get a chance to avenge their 2023 regional final loss to Pacelli and their sectional semi-final loss in Rosholt in one swoop next week after holding on to beat Reedsville 4-2 in the regional final on Thursday. They will face Pacelli in their 1 p.m. sectional semi-final in Rosholt on Tuesday, a game that will air on 105.1 The GOAT.

The Algoma Wolves registered an upset of top-seeded Mishicot on Thursday with a 2-0 win. They will play St. Mary Catholic on Tuesday in Gillett at 1 p.m.

There will be no more teams in the WIAA Girls Soccer Tournament representing Door and Kewaunee counties after all three teams fell in the openers on Thursday.

Luxemburg-Casco was able to find the back of the net, but not enough times as they lost to NEC rival Fox Valley Lutheran 3-2 in overtime.

A first-half goal by NEW Lutheran proved to be enough as the Sturgeon Bay Clippers girls' soccer team fell to NEW Lutheran 1-0 in the WIAA Tournament on Thursday.

Sevastopol/Gibraltar fell to host Wrightstown 5-0.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are getting used to the late comeback victory.  The Timber Rattlers had won the first two games of their series with the Fort Wayne TinCaps with walkoff hits.  Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field, Wisconsin erased a 3-1 deficit with a run in the seventh and four runs in the eighth inning to beat the TinCaps 6-3 and maintain their position in the race for their first playoff spot since 2016.

Eduarqui Fernández, who hit the game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday, started the Wisconsin rally in the bottom of the third on Thursday.  He doubled off the wall in left with one out and moved to third on a grounder to second off the bat of Jheremy Vargas.  Gregory Barrios, who drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday, knocked in Fernández with an infield single for a 1-0 lead.

Nerwilian Cedeño announced his presence for the TinCaps with his glove and his bat during a sequence to end the Rattlers fourth and lead-off the Fort Wayne fifth.

Wisconsin had Dylan O’Rae at third with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Matt Wood hit a soft line drive to that looked like it would drop on the infield grass.  Cedeño, who was playing in on the edge of the infield dirt, made a diving catch to coming in to pick it off the dirt.  O’Rae was running on contact and was easily doubled off third for the third out.

Cedeño started the Fort Wayne fifth with a triple to the track in right-center.  Joshua Mears drove in Cedeño with a sacrifice fly to tie the game.

The TinCaps took the lead in the top of the sixth.  Nik McClaughry singled to start the inning.  Ethan Salas, the #1 prospect in the San Diego Padres system, drove in McClaughry with a double to right.  The hit was the first of the series for Salas.  He had been 0-for-11 to that point.

Homer Bush Jr followed Salas with another RBI double to put Fort Wayne up 3-1.

The Timber Rattlers cut into the Fort Wayne advantage in the bottom of the seventh.  Ram?n Rodríguez doubled off the wall in left with one out.  Fernández doubled him home with two outs.

Fort Wayne starter Miguel Cienfuegos pitched seven innings, scattered seven hits with no walks, and allowed two runs over seven innings as he turned that 3-2 lead over to his bullpen. 

Wisconsin went right to work against reliever Ryan Ochs.  Barrios started the inning with a double.  Och got the first out but gave up a single to O’Rae and hit Adams to load the bases.  Matt Wood, who tied Tuesday’s game in with an RBI double in the eighth inning, walked to the plate against Ochs and blooped a single just out of the reach of McClaughry.  Barrios scored the tying run, and the bases were still loaded for Rodríguez.

The Rattlers designated hitter had delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the tenth on Wednesday afternoon.  He came through again on Thursday night when he ripped a double to the corner in left on a 3-2 pitch from Ochs.  Two runs scored and Wisconsin had a 5-3 lead.

Wood scored an insurance run later in the inning on a wild pitch from David Morgan.

K.C. Hunt took over on the mound for the Rattlers in the top of the seventh he allowed one hit over the final three innings and closed out the game with a perfect ninth, including a strikeout of Mears to end the game.  Hunt recorded four strikeouts in the game and earned his first Midwest League win.

In the first-half West Division playoff chase, Wisconsin’s comeback win kept them 1-1/2 games clear of the second place Cedar Rapids Kernels.  The Kernels staged a comeback win at home on Thursday night against the Lake County Captains with a run in the eighth to tie and a two-run homer from Rayne Doncon in the bottom of the ninth for a 4-2 win.  Both Wisconsin and Cedar Rapids have eighteen games remaining in the first half.

Wisconsin has won four straight games and they have won all four in their final at bat.  The Rattlers have won in eleven innings on Sunday in South Bend, on walkoffs in the bottom of the ninth and bottom of the tenth in the first two games of this series, and with an eighth inning comeback on Thursday.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Logan Henderson (0-1, 3.38) will make his home debut as the Timber Rattlers starting pitcher.  Henry Baez (0-2, 4.46) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the TinCaps.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Glory women will open their first season in the Midwest Premier League on Friday with a trip to Illinois to face Chicago House AC.

The Glory went 4-9 last season, scuffling late in their schedule because of injuries to their goalkeepers.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Langhorst Field in the Chicago area.

The Green Bay Blizzard look to stay atop their conference standings when they host the Quad City Steamwheelers Friday night at the Resch Center.

In their last game, the Blizzard continued their strong start to the season with a 54-40 win over the Iowa Barnstormers. The Blizzard scored at least 10 points in every quarter, including 14 points in the fourth quarter, which proved to be the difference. Max Meylor threw for 209 yards and four touchdowns while running for another one in the win. Harry Ballard was the biggest recipient of Meylor's day, catching seven balls for 128 yards and two scores. Four other players reached the end zone once for the Blizzard.

Kickoff is set for 7:05 p.m.

The road to Milwaukee for the WIAA State Tournament begins on Thursday for the area's three soccer squads.

The matchups include Sevastopol/Gibraltar visiting Wrightstown (4:30 p.m.), Sturgeon Bay hosting NEW Lutheran (4 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Fox Valley Lutheran (7 p.m.).

Two area teams will go for regional titles in the WIAA Baseball Tournament on Thursday with Gibraltar/Washington Island's journey being brought live on 105.1 The GOAT.

A three-run seventh inning helped the Algoma Wolves get past the Brillion Lions 7-5 on Wednesday, earning them a date with top-seeded Mishicot on Thursday. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.

The Gibraltar/Washington Island baseball team is one win away from a regional championship and a rematch against Pacelli in Rosholt, but they first have to face Reedsville in Fish Creek on Thursday. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com from Fish Creek beginning at 4:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 4:30 p.m.

The heat sheets are out, and now it is time for more than a dozen athletes from Door and Kewaunee counties to head west for the WIAA State Track Meet hosted by UW-LaCrosse.

Kewaunee's Hannah Miller (400m, 800m, and triple jump), Christopher Cullen (1600m), Maddix Mueller (triple jump), Braxton Riha (shot put), Kemper Robinson (discus), and the boys' 4x200m relay, Luxemburg-Casco's girls' 4x200m relay team, Grace Seering (300 hurdles), Sturgeon Bay's Ella Tarkowski (100m), and Gibraltar's McKailey Reisen (high jump, 100m hurdles) and the girls 4x100m relay all qualified for the two-day event. 

Reisen is returning to the state stage after qualifying for last year's event. She says she is even more excited to qualify for this year's state meet because of her experience last year and the fact that she gets to go through it all with her relay team, which includes freshman Hayden Knudson, sophomore Bella Jones, and junior Aria Nordahl.

It will be the first time to state for Knudson, Jones, and Nordahl, who says they have leaned on Reisen and their coaches for advice.

You can find the schedule for the state meet at this link.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers trailed 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday afternoon against the Fort Wayne TinCaps and it appeared they would miss their opportunity to extend their West Division lead.  Then, Eduarqui Fernández shook off his recent struggles with a two-run homer to tie the game.  Ram?n Rodríguez won the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to send the Rattlers to their second straight 4-3, walkoff win over the TinCaps and a 1-1/2 game lead in the division in the team’s quest for its first playoff spot since 2016.

Anthony Vilar gave Fort Wayne (21-26) the lead with an RBI double in the top of the second inning.

The TinCaps threatened to add to their lead in the fourth inning.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Tate Kuehner gave up two singles and issued a walk with one out.  He got out of the jam with an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play to keep the deficit at one run.

Fort Wayne put the first two batters on in the top of the fifth inning and that spelled the end of the line for Kuehner.  Aaron Rund was called in from the bullpen to keep the game close.

Homer Bush Jr was the first batter to face Rund and he just beat out a weak grounder past the mound for an infield single to tie the game.  Jay Beshears followed with a weak, spinning grounder back to the mound that glanced off Rund’s glove.  The Rattlers pitcher had to go to first for the out and a run scored to make it 2-0.  Rund struck out the next two batters to keep the deficit at two runs.
 

Wisconsin (30-17) scored a run without a hit in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Dylan O’Rae was hit by a pitch and Luke Adams walked with one out.  That knocked Fort Wayne starting pitcher Jagger Haynes out of the game
 

O’Rae and Adams pulled a double steal to get into scoring position.  Then, Ram?n Rodríguez drove in O’Rae with a sacrifice fly.

The TinCaps added an insurance run in the top of the seventh against reliever Brian Fitzpatrick.  Bush, who was 3-for-5 on the afternoon, singled and Beshears walked.  Devin Ortiz lined a single to left and Bush scored for a 3-1 lead.

The Rattlers were still down 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning when Jesús Chirinos singled to left to start the frame.  He was replaced by pinch-runner Terance Doston, who didn’t have to wait long to jog around the bases.  Fernández, who had broken an 0-for-20 slide with a single in the second inning on Wednesday, crushed the first pitch of his at bat against Bradgley Rodriguez past the scoreboard beyond the wall in left-center for a game-tying homer.

In the top of the tenth, Chase Costello stranded two TinCaps runners as he struck out three to keep the game tied.  Fort Wayne left fifteen runners on base in the game as they went 2-for-18 with runners in scoring position.  Five Wisconsin pitchers combined for fifteen strikeouts in the game.

In the bottom of the tenth, Jadher Areinamo started the inning at second.  Adams moved him to third by beating out a one-out, infield single.  Rodríguez put the game away with a sharp single to right on an 0-1 pitch to score Areinamo.

The Timber Rattlers have won three straight games starting with a 9-8, eleven inning win at South Bend on Sunday and a 4-3, walkoff win on Tuesday against the TinCaps.

In the first-half West Division playoff race, the Timber Rattlers once again received help from the Lake County Captains.  Lake County beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 6-4 in Iowa on Wednesday afternoon.  The Rattlers now lead second place Cedar Rapids by 1-1/2 games.  Both Wisconsin and Cedar Rapids have nineteen games remaining in the first half.

Game three at Neuroscience Group Field is set for Thursday night.  Will Rudy (1-4, 6.00) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Miguel Cienfuegos (3-4, 4.15) is the starter for the TinCaps.  Game time is 6:40pm.

No local teams or individuals advanced to the state golf tournament this season, as Northbrook Country Club in Luxemburg hosted the Division 2 Sectionals.  Four area golfers competed in the Luxemburg-Casco Sectional and one golfer in the Wabeno Sectional in Division 3.

Luxemburg-Casco Spartan James Glampe shot a 79, Sturgeon Bay’s Tre Wienke a 82, L-C’s Josh Parins a 83, and Southern Door’s Finley La Vaine finished with an 87.  

In Division 3 at the Wabeno Sectional, Kewaunee’s Evan Maccaux shot a 79 and finished tied for eighth, just missing out on qualifying for state.   

The last local girls' softball team still in the WIAA tournament fell on Tuesday, as the Algoma Wolves lost to Random Lake 9-5 in a Division 4 Sectional Semi-final at Peterson Park.

The Wolves finish the season 23-4 and are champions of the Packerland Conference.  

The boy's baseball regionals continued on Tuesday as local teams had mixed results.

In Fish Creek, the #1 Gibraltar Vikings nipped Tigerton. Both teams had limited hits, but Gibraltar/Washington Island scored the only run in a 1-0 win over Tigerton on 105.1 The Goat.

The Kewaunee Storms season ended in another pitcher's duel , as St. Mary's Catholic held on for a 1-0 win on 104.1 WRLU.

At Memorial Field in Sturgeon Bay, the Clippers fell hard to the Denmark Vikings 11-1 in a game moved to Sturgeon Bay after the field in Denmark was unplayable due to heavy rains.

In Division 2, The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans lost to Xavier 8-0 at home to end their season. 

The Algoma Wolves's game against Brillion was rescheduled to Wednesday due to the weather.

The Milwaukee Brewers rallied to tie the game in the ninth inning only to see the Chicago Cubs explode for five runs in the tenth inning to come away with a 6-3 win at American Family Field on Tuesday.

After the Cubs had a 1-0 lead going into the ninth inning, Willy Adames delivered a single to score Christian Yelich with two outs and send the game into extra innings.

Brewer closer Trevor Megill came on in the 10th inning and gave up a wicked line drive from Mike Tauchman that hit him in the right elbow. Megill left the game, and the Cubs then jumped on reliever Hobey Milner, scoring four more times.

The Brewers scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth, but it was not enough, and the Cubs won game two of the series.

Brewer Sal Frelick broke up a no-hit bid by Cubs’ pitchers in the eighth inning after Ben Brown shut down Milwaukee all night long.

Milwaukee (31-23) and Chicago (28-27) will play game three in the series at 6:40 p.m. at American Family Field Wednesday with Bryce Wilson (3-1)  going for the Brewers and Shota Imanaga (5-0)  for the Cubs.

 This win was worth the wait.  The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Fort Wayne TinCaps waited out a rain delay of nearly an hour at Neuroscience Group Field on Tuesday night.  The Timber Rattlers let a 2-0 lead get away from them, but a pair of two-out rallies late in the game with Gregory Barrios providing the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth sent the Rattlers to a 4-3 win and back into first place in the West Division.

Dylan O’Rae walked to open the Wisconsin first inning.  He stole second, his 23rd steal of the season.  Fort Wayne starting pitcher Enmanuel Pinales threw a wild pitch to move O’Rae to third with no outs.  Pinales threw another wild pitch with one out to allow O’Rae to score for a 1-0 lead.

The Rattlers (29-17) added to their lead in the third inning.  Jadher Areinamo drew a walk with two outs and stole second.  Luke Adams drove in Areinamo with a single to right for a 2-0 advantage.
 

Fort Wayne (21-25) struggled through the first four innings against Wisconsin starter Patricio Aquino.  The right-hander allowed one hit and walked one with three strikeouts while tossing just 46 pitches in the first four frames.  That changed in the top of the fifth.

The first two TinCaps singled.  Then, Tyler Robertson bunted to reach on a third straight single to load the bases.  Aquino hit the next batter to force in a run.  Nerwilian Cedeño was down 0-2 in the count before he lined a double down the line in right to score two runs and put Fort Wayne up 3-2.

Craig Yoho relieved Aquino at that point and kept the TinCaps from scoring any additional runs. Yoho got a strikeout for the first out but walked the next batter to reload the bases.  The right-handed reliever escaped the jam with a force play at the plate and a flyout to right.
 

Reliever Joan Gonzalez took over for the TinCaps in the bottom of the fifth inning and shut down the Rattlers offense.  He walked one, allowed one hit, and struck out four over three scoreless innings.

Mark Manfredi, Wisconsin’s third pitcher, worked in and out of trouble over four innings.  He walked four and allowed two hits, but a pair of Fort Wayne base runners were caught stealing and Manfredi had six strikeouts to keep the Rattlers close.

Mitch Miller took over for Gonzalez in the bottom of the eighth inning to protect the TinCaps one-run lead.  Miller retired the first two Rattlers he faced before walking Adams on a 3-2 pitch.  Matt Wood fell behind 0-2 before he lined a double off the top of the wall in right field to drive in Adams with the tying run.

In the bottom of the ninth, Miller walked Jesús Chirinos on four straight pitches with one out.  Jheremy Vargas pinch ran for Chirinos and was representing the tying run. 

Miller got the second out and thought he had sent the game to extra innings with a strikeout of O’Rae.  The pitch was called a ball and O’Rae eventually walked to get Vargas into scoring position.

Barrios was 0-for-4 in the game heading into his at bat in the ninth.  Miller got ahead of Barrios with two quick strikes.  Then, Barrios blooped a ball into right-center field.  Homer Bush Jr raced in from center, but the ball dropped in to allow Vargas to race home with the winning run before joining his teammates in chasing down Barrios to celebrate the victory.

Wisconsin entered Tuesday’s game one-half game behind the Cedar Rapids Kernels in the first-half West Division playoff race.  The Kernels lost 8-2 at home to the Lake County Captains on Tuesday.  Cedar Rapids dropped their record to 28-17 with the Rattlers moving one-half game up on Cedar Rapids.  There are twenty games remaining in the first half of the season.

Game two of the series is Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Tate Kuehner (2-1, 2,75) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Jagger Haynes (1-3, 5.67) is set to start for the TinCaps.  Game time is 12:10pm.

Kewaunee, Gibraltar/Washington Island, Sturgeon Bay, Algoma, and Luxemburg-Casco all continue their road to Grand Chute and the WIAA State Baseball Tournament on Tuesday with regional semi-final games.

The Kewaunee Storm will host a regional semi-final on Tuesday as they take on the St. Mary’s Catholic Zephyrs in Division 3 WIAA baseball tournament action. The pregame show will start at 4:15 p.m. from Kewaunee High School on 104.1 WRLU with the first pitch set for 4:30 p.m.  Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the call of the game which will also be streamed on NewRadioSportsNetwork.com.

The Gibraltar/Washington Island baseball team opens their tournament run on Tuesday with a visit from Tigerton. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork beginning at 4:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 4:30 p.m.

Other games scheduled for Tuesday include Sturgeon Bay traveling to Denmark (4:30 p.m.), Luxemburg-Casco hosting Xavier (4:30 p.m.) and Algoma visiting Brillion (4:30 p.m.). 

The area's last hope on the softball diamond will play in front of its home crowd on Tuesday when Algoma hosts Random Lake for the WIAA Sectional Semi-final.

The Wolves capitalized on an error in the fifth inning to comeback and beat the St. Mary's Springs Ledgers 2-1 in the Division 4 Regional championship last Thursday at Peterson Park. The Wolves took the lead when Jayden Nellis scored from second base on a ground ball throw that was dropped at first base for an error with two outs. Macie Zimmerman took over from there for the Wolves, retiring the final eight batters and striking out the side in the seventh to end the game. 

The Rams won their regional with a 13-0 beating of Manitowoc Lutheran last Tuesday before sneaking past St. Mary Catholic 3-2 last Thursday. Single tallies in the first, second, and third innings were all the Rams could muster, and cut a two-run rally in the fourth by the Zephyrs to avert the early tournament exit.

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

Six local golfers will compete in two different sectional meets on Tuesday with a chance to advance to the WIAA State Golf Championships at Blackwolf Run in Kohler next week.

In Luxemburg, Sturgeon Bay's Tre Wienke, Southern Door's Finley LaVine, and Luxemburg-Casco's Josh Parins and James Glampe will tee off at Northbrook Country Club beginning at 9 a.m. 

Kewaunee's Evan Maccaux and Sevastopol's Logan Martin will travel to Wabeno for their sectional at McCauslin Golf Course for a 9 a.m. tee time. 

You can click the links above for the full pairings.

The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of one of their draft picks last Thursday, agreeing to terms with LB Edgerrin Cooper.

He was one of the three unsigned draft picks after the Packers announced that they had signed OL Travis Glover, LB Ty'Ron Hopper, RB MarShawn Lloyd, OL Jacob Monk, S Kitan Oladapo, and S Evan Williams on May 14th.

The Packers finished their first round of OTA's last week. They are set to continue OTAs on Tuesday with practices on May 28th, 29th, and 31st.

The Green Bay Glory men's team is off to a hot start in their inaugural season.  After the Sunday afternoon match that saw it's fair share of delays, the Glory improved to 3-0 and a +10 goal differential.

The Glory would jump out to an early lead when, in the 11', Ethan Dietrich sent a shot across the goal past a diving goalkeeper Jack Strogen, that deflected off the right post into the goal. No more goals were scored in the first half, but the game hit an eleven minute delay when a ball off the foot of William Smested, which came just after a whistle, caught the main referee in the head, leading to her needing medical attention. The kick earned Smeasted a yellow card when play resumed.

The Glory struck early again in the second half when at the 49' Ethan Dietrich sent a corner kick in to Ben Omirnik, which Omernik headed into the back of the net for a two-nothing lead. The game would then hit its second long delay when a lightning strike nearby sent the game into what amounted to a nearly 45-minute weather delay. 

After the delay, Ethan Dietrich would continue his big day putting another goal in the back of the net in the 70'. Green Bay's scoring was not done yet as Tommy Geocaris would put a goal into net in extra time giving the Glory the 4-0 victory with Hakkon Utesch shutting out Berber City's offense.

The Glory's next game will come Wednesday night when the men play the first game of a doubleheader, taking on FDL FC.  Game two, the Glory women will open their season against North shore. Those games will take place at UWGB.

The Maplewood Mets stayed undefeated in the Door County League with a 5-4 cliffhanger road win over the West Jacksonport Ports on Sunday before a big crowd and a pending rainstorm.

Maplewood and West Jacksonport each scored one run in the first inning on lead-off doubles.  Cody Kissinger scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Gutschow for the Mets, and the Cubs responded with an RBI single by Woody Schartner scoring Alec Schartner.

The Maplewood took a 2-1 lead in the second when Nolan Wagner singled and eventually scored.

The Mets increased the lead to 4-1 in the third inning when Kordell Draves crushed a two-run home run off Ports pitcher Luke Steebs.

The score stayed that way until the fifth when the Ports' added one run and tallied two more in the sixth with the tying run scoring on a wild pitch.

Tory Jandrin came in to pitch in the seventh inning and scored the lead run in the eighth inning after singling and scoring on an error.

The Ports threatened in the ninth inning as Drew Tanck doubled with one out and advanced to third base on a deep fly ball by Woody Schartner who narrowly missed a walk-off two-run home run.  Carter Bieri then lined out to second base to end the game before the rains came.

Jandrin went three innings in relief of starter Jeremiah Jahnke and picked up the win while striking out three for the Mets who improved to 3-0 in the DCL. 

Riley Cordier took the tough-luck loss for the Ports who fell to 1-2 in league play. 

Other scores from games on Sunday: 

Kolberg Braves 19     Institute Cubs 2 

Egg Harbor Indians  8  Washington Island Islanders  6

Friday's Score

Sister Bay Bays  14       Baileys Harbor A's 3

The South Bend Cubs scored eight runs in the second inning and cruised to a 13-1 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Saturday afternoon at Four Winds Field.  The loss was the third straight for the Rattlers, their first three-game losing streak of the season.

The Cubs (18-26) took control of the game in the bottom of the second inning.  Six of the eight runs they scored came after two outs.

Felix Stevens and Ethan Hearn each singled to start the inning.  They pulled a double steal to put runners on second and third with no outs.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Yujanyer Herrera got the first out on a strikeout.  Then, Brian Kalmer hit a hard grounder to third.  Jadher Areinamo made a quick move to his left to field the ball.  Stevens was heading for the plate on contact, but Areinamo’s throw home beat him there by a fraction.  However, the ball popped out of catcher Matt Wood’s glove on the slide by Stevens for a 1-0 lead.

Parker Chavers followed with an RBI single.  Herrera got the second out on a flyout.  The third out was going to take some time.

Reivaj Garcia and Pedro Ramirez had consecutive RBI singles.  Ramirez was running on a pitch to Jonathan Long and scored all the way from first on a two-run single to right by Long.  Then, Herrera hit Stevens to put two runners on base.  Hearn was next, and he hit a high fly to right.  Terence Doston lost the ball in the Sun at the last moment and the ball dropped off his glove to let two runs score.

South Bend added to their lead in the third inning on a two-out, RBI single by Garcia.

Wisconsin (27-17) scored their lone run in the top of the fourth inning with Jadher Areinamo once again doing the honors.  Areinamo reached on an infield single to extend his current hitting streak to seven games.  With Matt Wood at the plate, Cubs starting pitcher Will Sanders wanted a different baseball.  Sanders threw the baseball to the Cubs dugout without time being called.  This allowed Areinamo to be granted third on a two-base error.  Areinamo would eventually score on a two-out wild pitch by Sanders.

Areinamo has had a hand in eight of the ten runs scored by Wisconsin in this series with the Cubs.  He has scored three and knocked in five.  During his hitting streak, which matches the longest of the season by a Rattler, Areinamo is 10-for-26.

The Cubs weren't finished. They would score four runs in the fourth inning off Jake Polancic. A bases-loaded walk to Parker Chavers allowed the first run to score.  A wild pitch put the second run across.  Ed Howard capped the inning – and the scoring in the game – with a two-out, two run double.

Eleven of the Cubs thirteen runs in the game were scored after there were two outs in an inning.

Sanders went five innings, allowed the one unearned run, scattered five hits, walked none, and struck out four to earn his first professional win.

Relievers Aaron Rund, Craig Yoho, and Yerlin Rodriguez combined to work four scoreless innings from the Wisconsin bullpen.  Rund pitched two scoreless frames.  Yoho worked a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts.  Rodriguez tossed a perfect eighth.

South Bend clinched the series with the win as they have won four of the first five games in the set.  This was the first road series loss of the season for the Timber Rattlers.

The series finale is Sunday evening at Four Winds Field. The Timber Rattlers have named Alexander Cornielle (3-1, 3.31) as their starter. The Cubs will counter with Tyler Schlaffer (0-1, 5.63). Game time is 6:05 PM CDT.

The Green Bay Glory will try to improve to 2-0 in the Midwest Premier when they host Berber City on Sunday.

The Green Bay Glory won their second match in as many days on Sunday, beating the Fox Valley SC Strikers 2-0. The Glory set the tone early when Edgar Heredia scored five minutes into the match. Cameron Jochimsen tacked on an insurance goal to earn the victory. In their first two matches of the season, the Glory have outscored their opponents 8-1.

The game is set for 3 p.m. at the Banta Bowl in Appleton.

It’s already the start of my ninth year writing my kayak articles for Door
County Daily News! Where does the time go? As always, I want to start
the season of articles off by reminding all of you to wear your PFD’s no
matter the water and wind conditions. Yes, the water will warm into
the mid-70’s as the summer season progresses, but right now they are
cold and for much of the summer our Green Bay and Lake Michigan
water temps are at best cool.

I’ve already been out for some kayak fishing a couple weeks ago and as
always, it’s a great time. May/June and October/November is the best
chance for some big smallmouth bass in the five and six- pound range.
Sadly, with the pressure our waters have seen over the past 10 years
overall numbers with smallmouth bass are down. Along with fishing
pressure from anglers the Cormorant and White Pelican populations
have exploded, eating bass, walleyes, round gobies, etcetera. So, if you
are out kayak fishing for smallmouth bass like I do, I suggest you catch
and release and simply take a picture of the big ones, which is what I
do.

I know many who read my articles know the waters of Door County well
and know where to launch. However, some of you are new to this. At
Canoecopia in March my talk was titled Kayaking & Kayak Fishing Door
County, Wisconsin. I did talk some on kayak fishing, but the talk mostly
focused and all the places to kayak, and, importantly, all the launches
up and down the peninsula on both Green Bay and Lake Michigan. If
you would like a copy of the PDF of my talk email me at
kayakfishingwisconsin@gmail.com and I’d be happy to email it to you.
Here's to a fun and safe 2024 kayak season in Door County!

The Green Bay Blizzard continued their strong start to the season with a 54-40 win over the Iowa Barstormers on Friday.

The Blizzard scored at least 10 points in every quarter, including 14 points in the fourth quarter that proved to be the difference.

Max Meylor threw for 209 yards and four touchdowns while running for another one in the win. Harry Ballard was the biggest recipient of Meylor's day, catching seven balls for 128 yards and two scores. Four other players reached the end zone once for the Blizzard.

A two-out, five-run rally in the bottom of the third inning propelled the South Bend Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Friday night at Four Winds Field.  Wisconsin missed some early opportunities and the Cubs made them pay.  South Bend has won three of the first four games in the series.

Wisconsin (27-16) had three hits in the first inning against Cubs starter Drew Gray but did not score.  Jadher Areinamo singled with one out but was thrown out trying to stretch the play into a double.  Dylan O’Rae and Luke Adams followed with singles to put runners on the corners.  Both were left stranded.

Gray walked two batters in the second inning before getting a double play ball to get out of the inning.

Logan Henderson was the Wisconsin starting pitcher as he was making his Timber Rattlers debut.  He allowed one hit and struck out three through the first nine batters he faced.  Henderson, who struck out the first two batters he faced in the third inning,  had a close 3-2 pitch to Brett Bateman called a ball and he left the game on his pitch count (59 pitches/24 strikes) with the game still scoreless.

Tyler Wehrle was called into the game and gave up a single to Pedro Ramirez.  Then, Jefferson Rojas lined a double to left-center on a 1-2 pitch to score both runners.  Felix Stevens followed with an RBI single.  Wehrle appeared to get out of the inning as Jonathan Long hit a high fly to left.  However, the wind blowing out to left caught the ball and carried it to the bleachers for a two-run homer and a 5-0 lead for South Bend (17-26).

The Rattlers broke through on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning.  Gray walked Ram?n Rodríguez to start the inning and that was the end of the evening for the Cubs starter.  South Bend reliever Jose Romero got the next two batters before walking Gregory Barrios extended the inning with another walk.  Areinamo came through with an RBI single to center to score Rodríguez.

K.C. Hunt took over from the Wisconsin bullpen in the bottom of the fourth inning.  He gave up a lead-off single to the first batter he faced.  Hunt would retire the next ten batters he faced with seven strikeouts. 

In the bottom of the seventh, Ed Howard reached on a single that glanced off the glove of third baseman Jheremy Vargas with one out.  Hunt recorded his eighth strikeout for the second out of the inning.

Ramirez was back at the plate with two outs when Howard stole second base.  Ramirez dumped a bloop hit to left-center to score Howard for the final run of the game.

Areinamo is 7-for-15 in this series.  He has also had a hand in eight of the nine runs scored by Wisconsin in the first four games of the series.  He has driven in six and scored two.

Hunt set a single-game high as a pro for strikeouts with eight over his four innings.  He did not walk a batter.

Game five of the series is Saturday afternoon at Four Winds Field.  Yujanyer Herrera (1-0, 1.59) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Will Sanders (0-1, 5.64) has been announced as the Cubs starter.

Only one local team could punch its ticket to sectionals as the WIAA Softball Tournament continued on Thursday.

The #1 Algoma Wolves capitalized on an error in the fifth inning to comeback and beat the #4 St. Mary's Springs Ledgers 2-1 in the Division 4 Regional championship on Thursday at Peterson Park.

Kewaunee's bats could not get going against a tough Mishicot squad in a 4-0 loss on the road.

Sevastopol could not dig out of a four-run hole in its 10-3 loss to Almond-Bancroft.

Luxemburg-Casco was stunned at home by the Seymour Thunder 4-2 despite a 9-5 edge in hits.

Only one team that played on Thursday advanced in the WIAA Tournament, while two others were able to clinch shares of the Packerland Conference crown.

Southern Door and Manitowoc Lutheran traded runs all game long, but it was the Lancers that had the last laugh in a 6-5 loss for the Eagles in the WIAA Tournament on Thursday.

The Algoma Wolves scored early and often in their tournament opener against Weyauwega-Fremont, advancing with a 7-3 victory.

Sevastopol's offense could not find their stroke in a 3-0 loss to Marion.

Sturgeon Bay advanced without having to playing a game because of Ripon's forfeit. They will join Algoma, Kewaunee, Gibraltar/Washington Island, and Luxemburg-Casco in the second round of the WIAA Tournament.

In non-tournament action, Gibraltar/Washington Island finally finished off its second game against Kewaunee with a 4-3 to secure a share of the Packerland Conference crown with Kewaunee and Algoma. The Vikings did go on to lose their exhibition contest to the Storm 4-3.

Door and Kewaunee counties will be well represented at next week's WIAA State Track Meet after area teams competed in Appleton (Division 2) and Rosholt (Division 3) on Thursday.

A familiar face is leading the Kewaunee track team to next weekend's state meet after nearly a dozen qualified at the Rosholt sectional on Thursday. On the girls' side, Hannah Miller won the 400m and took second place in the 800m and triple jump to qualify in three events. For the boys, Maddix Mueller (triple jump), Braxton Riha (shot put), Kemper Robinson (discus), and the 4x200m relay punched their own tickets to LaCrosse.

The Luxemburg-Casco girls track team will be sending several athletes to LaCrosse for the state meet after finding the podium at the Freedom Sectional on Thursday. The girls' 4x200m relay team is heading back to state with a time of 1:46.87, breaking the school record from 1999. Grace Seering will be heading to state in 300 hurdles with a time of 47.99. Although they just missed out on a chance to go to state, the girls' 4x400m relay broke the school record from 1978 with a time of 4:06.51.

One member of the Sturgeon Bay track team will sail to LaCrosse next weekend after a successful day at the Freedom sectional on Thursday. Ella Tarkowski's 100m time of 12.9 was good enough to take 2nd in the race, earning her spot in the WIAA State Meet. Jade Tomberlin and Cady Carlson also finished in the top eight. Xavier Jandrin was the top-performing boy for the Clippers, finishing in the top 10 in the pole vault.

McKailey Reisen will not be alone at next weekend's state track meet as Gibraltar will be represented in three events thanks to their success at the Rosholt sectional. The girls 4x100m relay qualified with a personal best time of 52.18 to come in fourth place. Reisen qualified in high jump with a jump of 5'1 to come in third place and she took second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.16. Braden Sitte paced the boys' squad with a top-10 finish in the high jump.

You will not see Algoma represented at next week's state track meet, but you will still find plenty of good performances from their afternoon at the Rosholt sectional. Brennan Buckman (pole vault) and Alex Kirchman (3200m) each posted their personal bests in their respective events, with Buckman coming in fifth place. On the girls side, Gerdmann placed outside of the top four but still registered points in the shot put and discus.

The Sevastopol track season came to a close in Rosholt on Thursday with some good performances to end things on the right foot. Jarius Dadam (pole vault) and Caitlyn Fellner (400m) finished in seventh place in their respective events with personal records. The 4x200m relay was the closest to qualifying with a sixth place finish.

No one from Southern Door will head to LaCrosse next week, but that does not mean that members of its track team did not turn in some great performances at the Freedom sectional on Thursday. Danica Neville was the closest to qualifying, coming in fifth place in the pole vault as one of five Eagles to come in the top eight spots to earn points for the team. Ben Grota (3200m), Damontrae Meeks (300m hurdles), Cruz Calvillo (discus), and MaKenna Geyer (discus) earned personal records in their final track meet of the year.

The Memorial Day weekend of baseball continues in Door County League baseball on Sunday as the Maplewood Mets will pay a visit to West Jacksonport to face the Ports as part of the Maifest festivities.

The Mets (2-0) beat Washington Island last week with Zac Marchant homering in the 2-1 Maplewood victory.  West Jacksonport (1-1) took it on the chin last Sunday with an 8-1 loss to Egg Harbor.  The Ports were led by Derek Niedzwicki and Max Bordeau who had two hits apiece. 

Pregame is set for 1:15 p.m. from West Jacksonport on 105.1 The Goat with Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen on the call.  First pitch will be at 1:30 p.m.

Other games on Sunday include the Institute Cubs at Kolberg and Egg Harbor heading up to Washington Island to Take on the Islanders.

The area's soccer teams wrapped up their regular season with games on Thursday afternoon.

Sturgeon Bay burned NEW Lutheran with three goals in the second half to win the match 5-0 for their second victory in a row.

Luxemburg-Casco was blanked by Xavier 3-0.

Sevastopol/Gibraltar played Roncalli to a 2-2 draw in Institute.

Four local teams are looking for hardware on Thursday as they play for regional titles on the softball diamond.

The #1 Algoma Wolves (22-3) will now play host to the #4 St. Mary's Springs Ledgers (11-12) in the Division 4 Regional championship on Thursday at Peterson Park. The pregame will start at 4:15 p.m. with the first pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on 104.1 WRLU.  Paul Schmitt will have the call of the game, which will also be streamed on NewRadioSportsNetwork.com.

Other regional championship games scheduled for Thursday include Luxemburg-Casco hosting Seymour, Kewaunee visiting Mishicot, and Sevastopol traveling to Almond-Bancroft. All of the games begin at 4:30 p.m.

The road to Appleton begins for several local teams on Thursday as the WIAA Baseball Tournament begins.

Sturgeon Bay technically kicked things off yesterday when they were notified that Ripon would be forfeiting the game. The Clippers will now wait to take on Denmark on Tuesday.

Southern Door will travel south on Thursday in hopes of extending their season against Manitowoc Lutheran. Tim Kowols will host the call on U-102.1 beginning at 4:15 p.m., followed by the pregame show and the first pitch at 4:30 p.m. 

Other tournament games include Sevastopol visiting Marion (4:30 p.m.) and Algoma hosting Weyauwega-Fremont (4:30 p.m.).

Gibraltar/Washington Island and Kewaunee hope the third time is the charm to finish their darkness-induced postponed game. They will resume the game in the eighth inning at 4:30 p.m. and they will play an exhibition afterwards.

A trip to LaCrosse for the WIAA State Meet is on the line Thursday when dozens of track athletes compete in their respective sectional meets.

Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Luxemburg-Casco will head to Appleton North for the Freedom sectional. For your local rooting interests, here is who qualified for when the meet begins at 4 p.m.:

STURGEON BAY

Ella Tarkowski finished in 2nd place and ran a 12.75 in prelims. 

Jade Tomberlin 2nd in high jump at 4’-10”

Julia Kurek advances in both the 1600 at 5:30.93 and 3200 at 12:06.31

In the 4x100 the team of Ava Estes, Tivi Andropolis, Cady Carlson, Ella Tarkowski took 4th at 52.76

In the 4x400 the team of Ava Estes, Jade Tomberlin, Ella Tarkowski and Cady Carlson took 4th at 4:23.55

Gaby Luett took 3rd in discuss at 90’-11”

Chase Hasenjager took 4th in the 400 at 54.12 

Xavier Jandrin took 2nd in Pole Vault at 12’-6”

LUXEMBURG-CASCO

Girls 4x8 Relay

1600m- Claire Dechateau

Girls 4x2 Relay

Girls 4x4 Relay

400m- Ellie Bosman

300m- Grace Seering & Elaina Holschuh

200m - Sienna Blohowiak & Lydia Morozov

3200m- Claire DeChateau

High Jump- Madyson Vanark

Triple Jump - Grace Seering

110m hurdles - Mason Trimberger

100m - Trace Schenobeck

Boys 4x2 Relay

300m hurdles - Mason Trimberger

Boys 4x4 Relay

Long Jump- Cameron Dorner

Triple Jump- Trevor Beaupre

SOUTHERN DOOR
Girls 100m Hurdles: Elise Jackson, Daylia Sunds

Girls 300m Hurdles: Elise Jackson

Girls Pole Vault: Danica Neville

Girls Long Jump: Frankie Nellis

Girls Triple Jump: Frankie Nellis

Girls Shot Put: Kailyn Neville

Girls Discus: Makenna Geyer

Boys 100m: Zack Lynch

Boys 200m: Zach Lynch

Boys 800m: Lucas Conard

Boys 1600m: Ben Grota

Boys 3200m: Ben Grota

Boys 300m Hurdles: Damontrae Meeks

Boys 4x100m Relay

Boys 4x800m Relay

Boys High Jump: Braeden VanRemortel

Boys Long Jump: Alaric Urban, Lauden Berg

Boys Triple Jump: Lauden Berg

Boys Discus: Cruz Calvillo

Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Algoma, and Kewaunee will head to Rosholt for their sectional meet that begins at 3:30 p.m. You can find the local athletes you can cheer for at the meet below:

KEWAUNEE

1600 Relay Christopher Cullen, Maddix Mueller, Coy Kleiman, Thomas Stangel
800 Relay DJ Echols, Thomas Stangel, Maddix Mueller, Coy Kleiman
400 Relay DJ Echols, Thomas Stangel, Coy Kleiman, Tyler Vangoethem
Braxton Riha Shot Put
Maddix Mueller High Jump
Thomas Stangel Long Jump
James Joski 3200
Christopher Cullen 800, 1600
Jackson Wisnicky 300 Hurdles
DJ Echols 200
Maddix Mueller Triple Jump
3200 Relay James Joski, Gage Vlies, Joe Schlies, Justin Lischka
Kemper Robinson Discus, Shot Put
Jackson Wisnicky Triple Jump
DJ Echols Long Jump 

Girls

Long Jump: Lily Hudson

4x800m relay

100m: Lilli Mueller

400m: Hannah Miller (First Place)

300m hurdles: Alison Szydel

3200m: Katie Meier

4x400m Relay

Discus: Chyanne Robinson

Triple Jump: Hannah Miller

800m: Hannah Miller (1st place)

SEVASTOPOL

Girls High Jump: Danica Werkheiser

Boys Pole Vault: Luke Filar, Jarius Dadam

Girls 100m: Kylee Duessler

Girls 4x200m relay

Girls 400m: Caitlyn Fellner

Girls 300m Hurdles: Caitlyn Hasenjager

GIBRALTAR

Girls High Jump: McKailey Reisen

Girls 100m Hurdles: McKailey Reisen

Boys 4x200m Relay

Girls 4x100m Relay

Boys 4x100m Relay

Girls Discus: Josie Martin

Boys High Jump: Braden Sitte

Boys Long Jump: Braden Sitte

ALGOMA

Boys Discus: John Kirchman

Boys Pole Vault: Brennan Buckman

Girls Shot Put: Faith Gerdmann

Boys 100m hurdles: Aiden Moen

Girls 4x400m Relay

Boys 4x400m Relay

Girls Discus: Faith Gerdmann

Girls Pole Vault: Estella Marrero

Boys 3200m Run: Alex Kirchman

The area's soccer teams continue to squeeze matches in ahead of the start of the WIAA Tournament next week.

Thursday's slate of games include Sturgeon Bay hosting NEW Lutheran (4 p.m.), Sevastopol/Gibraltar playing in Institute against Roncalli (5 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Xavier (6:30 p.m.)

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers have won their opening-round baseball game in the Division 2 playoffs without even taking the field. The game scheduled in Sturgeon Bay for Thursday versus the #10 Ripon Tigers was canceled due to a forfeit. 

The #7 Clippers will now play the #2 Denmark Vikings on Tuesday, May 28, for the second-round regional baseball game, starting at 4:30 PM at Denmark High School.

Three local high school golf teams competed in the Xavier Division 2 Regional on Tuesday. Luxemburg-Casco, Sturgeon Bay, and Southern Door were among the nine teams shooting for sectionals.

Seymour won the regional with a 314, followed by Xavier, Wrightstown, and Little Chute, the four teams that will advance to sectionals. 

Individually, James Glampe paced the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans with a 76, and Josh Parins shot a 79 to qualify for sectionals.

Other individual results from Tuesday’s regional include Stanley Peot’s  88, Landen Delebreau’s 90, and Lance Cherovsky’s 99 for the Spartans.

Southern Door was led by Finley LaVine’s  76, while Tyler Plzak shot an 87, James Zittlow a 92, Ava Badovski a 113, and Noah Slamka a 115.

Sturgeon Bay’s Tre Wienke shot a round of 77, Calvin Richard 87, Owen Pichette 87, Luke Selle 88, and Porter Rabach a 91.

The team scores are listed below:

Seymour 314, Xavier 315, Wrightstown 327, Little Chute 332, Luxemburg-Casco 333, Sturgeon Bay 339, Denmark 358, Freedom 361, Southern Door 368

On Tuesday, area high school baseball teams had a light schedule, as only two teams were in action.

The Algoma Wolves fell to Manitowoc Lincoln 11-0 on the road in non-conference baseball as the teams prepare for regional play.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans finally completed the second game against NEC rival the Denmark Vikings after a couple of outs.  The Spartans won 1-0 in walk-off action. 

The road to Madison began for many of the area high school softball teams as four of the five local teams advanced to the State Tournament regional final on Thursday.

In Division 5, the Sevastopol Pioneers shutout NEW Lutheran/Providence Blazers 10-0 in five innings on U102.1 in Institute.

The Algoma Wolves beat the Roncalli Jets 8-1 at home in Division 4 on 104.1 WRLU as pitcher Macie Zimmerman struck out 17 batters.

In Division 3, Kewaunee Storm was victorious 9-4 winners over Chilton Tigers.

The Valders Vikings ended the Southern Door Eagles’ season with a 6-5.

In Division 2, Luxemburg-Casco shutout Marinette 4-0 and will face Seymour at home on Thursday.  

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were slow out of the blocks against the South Bend Cubs on Tuesday night at Four Winds Field.  The Cubs pounced on some uncharacteristic miscues from the Rattlers and cruised to a 7-1 victory to open the six-game series.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Drew Smyly retired the Timber Rattlers (26-14) in order in the first three innings with five strikeouts on an MLB rehab start for South Bend.

The Cubs (15-25) took the lead in the bottom of the third inning as they loaded the bases with one out against Wisconsin starting pitcher Mark Manfredi.  Pedro Ramirez unloaded the bases with a triple to the gap in right-center for a 3-0 lead.

Wisconsin’s usually stellar defense deserted Manfredi in the fourth inning.  An error on first baseman Tayden Hall allowed Reivaj Garcia to reach with one out.  Brian Kalmer hit a tailor-made double play ball to Luke Adams, but the third baseman had the ball deflect off his left leg.  The ball rolled into the Wisconsin bullpen and by the time it could be retrieved, Garcia had scored.

Casey Opitz was next for the Cubs.  He sent a foul pop to the Cubs bullpen in foul territory behind first base.  Hall raced back and had the ball pop out of his glove as he tried to make an over the shoulder basket catch.  Opitz hit the next pitch over the bleachers in left for a two-run homer and a 6-0 lead.

Wisconsin got on the scoreboard against Aaron Perry in the top of the sixth.  Eduarqui Fernández doubled and Dylan O’Rae singled with one out.  Jadher Areinamo just missed a three-run homer to left as his deep drive died at the track and was caught for the second out.  Fernández tagged and scored on a sacrifice fly.

Reliever Patricio Aquino kept the Cubs in check until Felix Stevens hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to put South Bend up 7-1.  That was the only run Aquino gave up over four innings in relief.

Perry pitched five innings after Smyly left and scattered five hits with a walk to allow one run for his first win of the season.

Yovanny Cabrera gave up a two-out single to Matt Wood in the top of the ninth before closing out the game for South Bend to end their five-game losing streak.

The Timber Rattlers have only committed eight errors over eighteen games in May, but Tuesday was the second consecutive game in which they have committed two errors in a game.

Game two of the series is Wednesday morning at Four Winds Field.  The Timber Rattlers have Tate Kuehner (1-1, 4.74) as their scheduled starting pitcher.  South Bend has named Nick Hull (1-1, 5.40) as their starter.  Game time is 10:05am CDT.  The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Community Blood Center Pregame Show at 9:45am.

Dozens of local athletes will move onto Thursday's sectional meets after successful days at WIAA Regional meets on Monday.

The teams were divided up evenly between two sites with Southern Door, Luxemburg-Casco, and Sturgeon Bay competing in Brillion while Gibraltar, Algoma, Kewaunee. and Sevastopol traveling to Hilbert. The Kewaunee boys track team earned bragging rights for the area as they won the Hilbert Regional with 153 points, nearly 60 more than second-place Manitowoc Lutheran. The top four athletes in each event move on to Thursday's sectional meets.

Photo courtesy of Kewaunee Track and Field

KEWAUNEE

1st Place
1600 Relay Christopher Cullen, Maddix Mueller, Coy Kleiman, Thomas Stangel
800 Relay DJ Echols, Thomas Stangel, Maddix Mueller, Coy Kleiman
400 Relay DJ Echols, Thomas Stangel, Coy Kleiman, Tyler Vangoethem
Braxton Riha Shot Put
Maddix Mueller High Jump
Thomas Stangel Long Jump
James Joski 3200

2nd Place
Christopher Cullen 800, 1600
Jackson Wisnicky 300 Hurdles
DJ Echols 200
Maddix Mueller Triple Jump

3rd Place
3200 Relay James Joski, Gage Vlies, Joe Schlies, Justin Lischka
Kemper Robinson Discus, Shot Put
Jackson Wisnicky Triple Jump
DJ Echols Long Jump 

Girls

Long Jump: Lily Hudson

4x800m relay

100m: Lilli Mueller

400m: Hannah Miller (First Place)

300m hurdles: Alison Szydel

3200m: Katie Meier

4x400m Relay

Discus: Chyanne Robinson

Triple Jump: Hannah Miller

800m: Hannah Miller (1st place)

STURGEON BAY

Ella Tarkowski finished in 2nd place and ran a 12.75 in prelims. 

Jade Tomberlin 2nd in high jump at 4’-10”

Julia Kurek advances in both the 1600 at 5:30.93 and 3200 at 12:06.31

In the 4x100 the team of Ava Estes, Tivi Andropolis, Cady Carlson, Ella Tarkowski took 4th at 52.76

In the 4x400 the team of Ava Estes, Jade Tomberlin, Ella Tarkowski and Cady Carlson took 4th at 4:23.55

Gaby Luett took 3rd in discuss at 90’-11”

Chase Hasenjager took 4th in the 400 at 54.12 

Xavier Jandrin took 2nd in Pole Vault at 12’-6”

LUXEMBURG-CASCO

Girls 4x8 Relay

1600m- Claire Dechateau

Girls 4x2 Relay

Girls 4x4 Relay

400m- Ellie Bosman

300m- Grace Seering & Elaina Holschuh

200m - Sienna Blohowiak & Lydia Morozov

3200m- Claire DeChateau

High Jump- Madyson Vanark

Triple Jump - Grace Seering

110m hurdles - Mason Trimberger

100m - Trace Schenobeck

Boys 4x2 Relay

300m hurdles - Mason Trimberger

Boys 4x4 Relay

Long Jump- Cameron Dorner

Triple Jump- Trevor Beaupre

SEVASTOPOL

Girls High Jump: Danica Werkheiser

Boys Pole Vault: Luke Filar, Jarius Dadam

Girls 100m: Kylee Duessler

Girls 4x200m relay

Girls 400m: Caitlyn Fellner

Girls 300m Hurdles: Caitlyn Hasenjager

GIBRALTAR

Girls High Jump: McKailey Reisen

Girls 100m Hurdles: McKailey Reisen

Boys 4x200m Relay

Girls 4x100m Relay

Boys 4x100m Relay

Girls Discus: Josie Martin

Boys High Jump: Braden Sitte

Boys Long Jump: Braden Sitte

ALGOMA

Boys Discus: John Kirchman

Boys Pole Vault: Brennan Buckman

Girls Shot Put: Faith Gerdmann

Boys 100m hurdles: Aiden Moen

Girls 4x400m Relay

Boys 4x400m Relay

Girls Discus: Faith Gerdmann

Girls Pole Vault: Estella Marrero

Boys 3200m Run: Alex Kirchman

SOUTHERN DOOR
Girls 100m Hurdles: Elise Jackson, Daylia Sunds

Girls 300m Hurdles: Elise Jackson

Girls Pole Vault: Danica Neville

Girls Long Jump: Frankie Nellis

Girls Triple Jump: Frankie Nellis

Girls Shot Put: Kailyn Neville

Girls Discus: Makenna Geyer

Boys 100m: Zack Lynch

Boys 200m: Zach Lynch

Boys 800m: Lucas Conard

Boys 1600m: Ben Grota

Boys 3200m: Ben Grota

Boys 300m Hurdles: Damontrae Meeks

Boys 4x100m Relay

Boys 4x800m Relay

Boys High Jump: Braeden VanRemortel

Boys Long Jump: Alaric Urban, Lauden Berg

Boys Triple Jump: Lauden Berg

Boys Discus: Cruz Calvillo

Five area teams will be in action on Tuesday as their journey to Madison continues, including two games that will be featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network. 

The top-seeded Algoma Wolves will host the Roncalli Jets in a Division 4 WIAA Softball Regional semi-final in Algoma. The pregame will start at 4:15 p.m. with the first pitch scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on 104.1 WRLU.  Paul Schmitt and Shelly Lau will have the call from Peterson Park in Algoma.  The game will also be streamed on NewRadioSportsNetwork.com. 

The Sevastopol Pioneers will kick off their WIAA Tournament run with a familiar foe on Tuesday when they welcome NEW Lutheran to Institute. Jacob Nate will have the call from Sevastopol Town Park on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 2:15 p.m., with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 2:30 p.m.

Other games scheduled for Tuesday include Kewaunee traveling to Chilton (4:30 p.m.), Southern Door visiting Valders (4:30 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco hosting Marinette (4:30 p.m.). 

All three local soccer teams will be in action on Tuesday, with two of those teams facing off each other.

Luxemburg-Casco will play host to Sturgeon Bay under the lights at 6:30 p.m. The Spartans are coming off a 12-0 dismantlement of Clintonville on Monday while the Clippers were shut out by state-ranked Sheboygan Lutheran 4-0.

Sevastopol/Gibraltar will host Wrightstown at 5 p.m. in Institute.

The road to Blackwolf Run in Kohler begins on Tuesday for the area's high school golf teams.

Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Luxemburg-Casco will compete against Denmark, Freedom, Little Chute, Seymour,  Two Rivers, Wrightstown and Xavier at High Cliff Golf Course in Sherwood for their regional.

Gibraltar, Sevastopol, and Kewaunee will face off against Bonduel, Gillett, NEW Lutheran. Oneida Nation, Mishicot, Lena, and Oconto at Golden Sands Golf Course in Bonduel for their regional.

Both meets begin at 9 a.m.

Some of the area's local baseball teams hope they have better luck fitting in games tonight than they did on Monday with multiple contests washed out..

Algoma will play host to WIS 54 rivals Luxemburg-Casco at 4:30 p.m. while Sturgeon Bay is scheduled to travel to Oconto Falls for a 5 p.m. first pitch.

Many other teams are waiting until Thursday to get restarted when the WIAA Tournament kicks off. 

There was plenty of drama to found across the Door County League baseball slate on Sunday as the season entered its second week.

The Washington Island Islanders would apply pressure all day against the Maplewood Mets, but the Mets would come out on top in a 2-1 battle.

Kolberg's ninth-inning rally fell short as they lost to Sister Bay 9-6 on the road.

Baileys Harbor registered 10 hits and capitalized on six Cubs errors in a 10-4 road victory in Institute.

Joe Sawyer did it all from the plate and on the mound for the Indians as Egg Harbor posted the 8-1 victory over West Jacksonport.

The fate of the Packerland Conference hangs in the balance on Monday as a part of the slate of games scheduled for Monday.

Gibraltar'Washington island will head down to face Kewaunee to finish a suspended game that left both teams tied at 3-3. The game is scheduled to be restarted at 7:15 p.m. According to PackerlandConference.org, they are fitting in the conclusion around the Vikings' game at Hilbert and Kewaunee's matchup against Valders.

Other games include Luxemburg-Casco hosting Denmark (4:30 p.m.) and Sevastopol hosting Sheboygan Lutheran (5 p.m.).

The area's track teams hope to extend their season on Monday when they head to one of several regional sites throughout the state.

Southern Door, Luxemburg-Casco, and Sturgeon Bay will be in Brillion to face the host school, Denmark, Notre Dame Academy, Two Rivers, and Wrightstown. First events begin at 3:45 p.m.

Gibraltar, Algoma, Kewaunee. and Sevastopol will face off against the likes of Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, Reedsville, Roncalli, and Valders at Hilbert. The first events are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. 

The Green Bay Glory won their second match in as many days on Sunday, beating the Fox Valley SC Strikers 2-0.

The Glory set the tone early when Edgar Heredia scored five minutes into the match. Cameron Jochimsen tacked on an insurance goal to earn the victory. In their first two matches of the season, the Glory have outscored their opponents 8-1.

Picture courtesy of Green Bay Glory

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers beat the Beloit Sky Carp 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  The Rattlers jumped to a 5-0 lead and withstood a rally from the visitors thanks to two scoreless innings from the bullpen.

Milwaukee Brewers left-hander DL Hall made a brief and effective rehabilitation start for the Timber Rattlers.  He worked a 1-2-3 top of the first inning with one strikeout and needed eleven pitches for his day.

Jesús Chirinos, who hit the three-run walkoff home run on Saturday, put Wisconsin up 2-0 with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the second inning on Sunday.

The Timber Rattlers added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning by scoring three runs on one hit.  Jheremy Vargas reached on a fielder’s choice by beating the throw to first on a potential double play ball.  Dylan O’Rae walked and Jadher Areinamo singled to load the bases.  Gregory Barrios sent a towering fly deep to the left field corner.  The ball was caught on the warning track with Vargas scoring and O’Rae moving to third.  The throw into the cutoff man got away for an error to allow Areinamo to take second base.

Luke Adams was at the plate with two outs when Alex Williams threw a pitch in the dirt that trickled away from catcher Cameron Barstad.  O’Rae broke for the plate and scored with Barstad’s throw getting by Williams and rolling back up the third baseline.  Areinamo, who was already at third saw the opening and raced for the plate to score for a 5-0 lead.

Beloit got to reliever Edwin Jimenez in the top of the sixth.  Josh Zamora cracked a three-run homer with one out to cut Wisconsin’s lead to two runs.  Jimenez retired the next two batters and pitched a scoreless seventh inning.  He allowed three runs over six innings of relief with two walks and six strikeouts to put himself in line for his sixth win of the season.

Wisconsin’s bullpen denied the Sky Carp a comeback on Sunday.  Chase Costello pitched a perfect eighth with one strikeout.  Craig Yoho worked around a two-out walk to pitch a scoreless ninth for his sixth save of the season.

The Timber Rattlers offense only struck out four times in Sunday’s game.  They struck out just 30 times in the six-game series.

The Rattlers took five of six from the Sky Carp in the series and maintain a 1-1/2 game lead over the Cedar Rapids Kernels in the West Division of the Midwest League.  The Kernels have won seven in a row and completed a six-game sweep of the Quad Cities River Bandits on Sunday with a 5-3 win.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action with a return to Four Winds Field in South Bend, Indiana for the start of a six-game series with the South Bend Cubs.  Mark Manfredi (1-0, 3.57) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  The Cubs have named Aaron Perry (0-1, 1.23) as their starting pitcher.  Game time is 5:05pm CDT.

With new head coaches comes new coaching staffs, and Green Bay's newest leaders are wasting no time filling out those position.

On the women's side, the program has officially announced Allie LeClaire, Sarah Bronk, and Kate Peterson Abiad as assistant coaches on the staff. Bronk coached Karius and LeClaire as a member of Matt Bollant's staff and has stuck with the program since then. Abiad was the head coach at Cleveland State before taking a position with the WIAA until her recent resignation.

On the men's side, Jon Rothstein reports that Doug Gottlieb has hired Kansas City's Aerick Sanders as an assistant coach. Sanders has also coached at Montana State, UNLV, and New Mexico State. If confirmed, he would join Jordan McCabe on the staff, who was kept on after former head coach Sundance Wicks hired him prior to his departure to Wyoming.

The inaugural season for the Green Bay Glory got off to a strong note on Saturday afternoon, beating Rockford FC at the Banta Bowl 6-1.

The Glory scored three goals in each half to earn the victory. Ozzy Ramirez (11th), Ethan Dietrich (27th), Tommy Geocaris (41st), Cooper Re (79th, 84th), and Trent Kazlauskas (86th) registered the goals for the Glory in the win.

Jesús Chirinos saved the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from a tough defeat at the hands of the Beloit Sky Carp on Saturday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Beloit rallied from a 5-0 deficit to take a 7-5 lead in the top of the ninth.  Then, Chirinos played the hero by cracking a three-run, walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth to send the Rattlers to an 8-7 victory.

The Rattlers (25-13) had the lead from almost the very start of the game.  Luis Lara reached on an error to start the bottom of the first inning and Wisconsin made the Sky Carp pay for the miscue.  Beloit starter Ike Buxton hit Dylan O’Rae to put two runners on base.  Gregory Barrios followed with a single to left to score Lara.  The throw home was off line and that allowed both O’Rae and Barrios to move into scoring position.

Matt Wood scored O’Rae and moved Barrios to third with a ground out.  Luke Adams drove in Barrios with a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.

Alexander Cornielle, the Wisconsin starter, tossed five scoreless innings.  He allowed two hits, hit two batter, and struck out four.  In his last three starts, Cornielle has pitched eighteen shutout innings with seventeen strikeouts.

Barrios added with the Rattlers advantage with a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Beloit (18-19) started their comeback in the sixth inning against reliever KC Hunt as Jake DeLeo drove in a run with a two-out double.

Hunt pitched a perfect seventh but had issues finding the final out in the eighth.  The Sky Carp had runners on second and third with one out and Torin Montgomery grounded out to short to drive in one run.  DeLeo made it 5-3 with an RBI single.  Sam Praytor cut Wisconsin’s lead to a single run with a double to the gap in right-center.  Hunt got his fifth strikeout of the game to end the inning with the Rattlers still in the lead.

Yerlin Rodriguez, who was 5-for-5 in save opportunities coming into Saturday went out for the top of the ninth to face the top of the Beloit order.  He got the first out before giving up singles to Jake Thompson and Mark Coley II.  Josh Zamora, who had homered in the previous two games in the series, singled to right and it looked like the bases would be loaded with one out.  However, Eduarqui Fernández misplayed the ball to allow Thompson and Coley to score to give the Sky Carp a 6-5 lead.

Montgomery added an insurance run for Beloit with a two-out, infield single that trickled up the third base line to score Zamora from third.

The Timber Ratters had to come back in the bottom of the ninth against Josh Ekness, a right-hander with a high-90s fastball who had allowed just one run and struck out 24 in seventeen innings between the Florida State League and Midwest League this season.

Tayden Hall started the rally by drawing walk with one-out, only the fourth walk by Ekness this season.  Terence Doston kept the rally going when he dropped a single into center on a 1-2 pitch to set the stage for Chirinos.

Ekness got ahead of Chirinos with two quick strikes.  Then, he missed his location on his 0-2 pitch and Chirinos didn’t miss the opportunity.  Chirinos crushed the hanger out of the stadium for his second home run of the season to give Wisconsin an 8-7 victory.

The walkoff homer by Chirinos was the first by a Timber Rattler since Joey Wiemer hit a three-run walkoff home run to beat Beloit 7-5 on September 5, 2021.

The victory by the Rattlers clinched a series win over the Sky Carp with four wins in the first five games of the series with one game left between the teams this weekend.

Sunday afternoon is the series finale for the Rattlers and Beloit.  DL Hall is scheduled to make the start for the Timber Rattlers on a Major League rehabilitation assignment from the Milwaukee Brewers.  Alex Williams (1-2, 8.18) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 1:10pm.

Two of Door County's baseball teams lost in their non-conference matchups on Saturday as they prepare for the start of the WIAA Tournament next week.

The Southern Door offense could not find a way to bring runners home Saturday morning on U102.1, falling to St. Mary's Catholic 11-0 in Brussels.

The Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings and the Clintonville Truckers combined for nearly 30 hits on Saturday, but the visitors came away with the 12-9 victory on Washington Island.

Gibraltar and Kewaunee each picked up doubleheader sweeps on the baseball diamond Friday evening as they were featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network.

On 105.1 The GOAT, Gibraltar/Washington Island's baseball team was just as dangerous with their patience as they were with their bats in their doubleheader sweep of NEW Lutheran on Friday, beating them 14-1(six innings) and 12-0 (five innings).

The Kewaunee Storm claimed a share of the Packerland Conference Friday night by shutting out the Sturgeon Bay Clippers 10-0 and 4-0 in doubleheader action at Memorial Field on 104.1 WRLU.

The Luxemburg-Casco baseball team outhit Little Chute 4-3, but were outscored 2-0 in their latest loss to their NEC rival.

After playing Sevastopol on Friday, the Southern Door Eagles baseball team caps off the week with a non-conference matchup on Saturday morning against St. Mary Catholic. The first pitch, with Jacob Nate and Eric Fischer on the call, is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday. The pregame show on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com will begin at 9:45 a.m.

Two area teams lost on Friday night, but only one of them will still be playing on Tuesday.

A three-run inning for the De Pere Redbirds proved fatal for the Luxemburg-Casco softball team on Friday as they lost for only the second time this season by a score of 4-1.

The Sturgeon Bay softball team could never get their offense going on Friday, losing 15-0 in three innings to Kiel.

The Green Bay Glory men's soccer team officially open their inaugural season on Saturday when they play Rockford FC at the Banta Bowl.

The Glory split their two Amateur Cup games, most recently losing their Mother's Day matchup 1-0. In their Cup opening win, 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.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

The Indoor Football League's top defense will try to defend the Resch Center on Saturday when the Frisco Fighters come to town to face the Green Bay Blizzard.

The Blizzard leads the league in points allowed, total sacks, and third-down completion percentage, among other statistical categories. Last weekend, that was in full display when the Blizzard beat the Tulsa Oilers 42-22, allowing them to less than 200 yards of total offense. Max Meylor nearly outgained the Oilers himself, throwing for 161 and rushing for another 29 en route to a five-touchdown afternoon. 

The Blizzard play the Oilers at 3:05 p.m. Saturday.

The WIAA Softball Tournament is underway, but some local teams are still getting some extra work in this week to prepare for their opening games on Tuesday.

In tournament action, a big inning proved fatal for the Gibraltar/Washington Island softball team once again in Thursday's 11-6 loss. Sturgeon Bay saw their tournament postponed to Friday at 4:30 p.m. when they face the host Kiel Raiders. 

In exhibition, Algoma was the only other team to get a game in on Thursday, beating Bay Port 4-2.

On Friday, Luxemburg-Casco will try to get some extra work in against De Pere (4:30 p.m.) after their Thursday matchup against Southern Door was rained out. 

The NEW Radio Sports Network will feature three area teams across two radio stations on Friday after Thursday's rains washed away the only game of local note.

The Gibraltar/Washington Island Vikings will start their busy weekend on Friday with a trip to Green Bay to visit NEW Lutheran for a baseball doubleheader. Tim Kowols and Eric Fischer will have both ends of the doubleheader, beginning with the first pitch at 4 p.m. The pregame show will start at 3:45 p.m. on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork. Some players will have a road trip in the other direction on Saturday when Gibraltar/Washington Island hosts Clintonville on Washington Island beginning at 11 a.m.

The Kewaunee Storm will host the Sturgeon Bay Clippers on Saturday in a key Packerland Conference baseball doubleheader at Memorial Field in Kewaunee. Pregame for the first game will begin at 4:45 p.m. Friday, with the first pitch set for 5 p.m. on 104.1 WRLU. The second game will start about 15 minutes after the opener, with both games on-air and streamed on New Radio Sports Network. Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the call from Memorial Field in Kewaunee.

Other games scheduled for Friday include a twin bill featuring Sevastopol and Southern Door in Institute (4:30 p.m.) and Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Little Chute (4:30 p.m.). 

The Sturgeon Bay girls' soccer team will have no shortage of matches before their WIAA opener against NEW Lutheran on May 30th.

No score was reported from Thursday's scheduled contest against the Blazers, though the storms that ran through the area may have also postponed that matchup.

The Clippers are scheduled to play Marinette on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The team has split their last five matches, going 2-2-1, including a record of 1-2-0 at last weekend's Kiel Tournament. The Marines sit atop the NEC with a 5-1-1 mark in the conference and a 9-3-1 mark overall. They beat Luxemburg-Casco 6-1 in their last match. 

The Clippers' JV team is also scheduled to play Milwaukee Reagan at noon on Saturday. During halftime of the match, the program will honor Maddie Hemminger with a signing celebration. Hemminger will sign her National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Carroll University.

In other Thursday action, Luxemburg-Casco lost to Waupaca 1-0 on the road, while no score was shared from Sevastopol/Gibraltar's match at Peshtigo.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were looking to make it five wins in a row with a victory over the Beloit Sky Carp on Thursday Night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Cade Gibson and his teammates had other ideas.  Gibson pitched seven scoreless innings with support from three home run and the Sky Carp beat the Rattlers 6-0.

Beloit (18-17) scored first for the third straight game of the series.  Josh Zamora hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the second inning for a 1-0 advantage.

Wisconsin starting pitcher Will Rudy retired the first two Sky Carp batters on two pitches in the third inning and it looked like the Rattlers hitters would get another crack at Gibson.  However, Yiddi Cappe fouled off three two-strike pitches and beat out an infield single to keep the inning alive.  Jake Thompson was next, and he singled to right on a 3-2 pitch.  Then, Mark Coley II hit a long homer on a 2-0 pitch.  Cameron Barstad followed with another long home run and the Sky Carp were up 5-0.

Osiris Johnson made it a 6-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth and neither team threatened for the remainder of the game.

Gibson needed 83 pitches to match his single-game high as a pro for innings.  The lefty allowed four hits, walked two, and struck out three over his seven innings.  Josh Ekness and Dale Stanavich both worked a scoreless inning out of the bullpen to hand Wisconsin its first shutout loss of the season.

Wisconsin (23-13) used a quartet of relievers to cover the final five innings after Rudy left the game.  Jake Polancic tossed a perfect fifth inning with two strikeouts.  Aaron Rund worked two scoreless innings with a walk and two strikeouts.  Tyler Wehrle pitched the eighth inning with three strikeouts and an infield single.  Craig Yoho pitched a 1-2-3 top of the ninth with two strikeouts.

Yoho has 31 strikeouts in sixteen innings pitched with the Rattlers this season.

The Sky Carp ended a six-game losing streak with their win on Thursday night.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Brian Fitzpatrick (2-1, 4.05) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Karson Milbrandt (1-2, 3.14) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:40pm CDT. 

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. 

Click here for the full results

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.