The area's Packerland Conference teams are wasting no time getting back to the pitch, including one match featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network with Door County's teams battling it out.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team will tighten its grip on the Packerland Conference table on Monday when they travel north to face Gibraltar/Sevastopol. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call from Fish Creek beginning at 6:15 p.m. on U-102.1, with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 6:30 p.m. 

Other matches on Monday include Kewaunee hosting Providence Academy (4:30 p.m.) and Algoma traveling to Wrightstown (4:30 p.m.).

A 28-0 hole was too much for the Green Bay Packers to climb out of on Sunday, eventually losing to the Minnesota Vikings 31-29.

By the time the Packers cracked the scoreboard with a late touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Jayden Reed in the closing seconds of the first half, Sam Darnold had thrown threw three touchdown passes for the Vikings, Jordan Addison was a part of two touchdowns in his return to the lineup, and Brayden Narveson missed two field goals. 

A scoreless third quarter set the stage for a fourth quarter that saw the Packers outscore the Vikings 22-3 thanks to three touchdown passes from Love, two of which went to Dontayvion WIcks. The missed field goals came back to hurt the Packers as a Daniel Whelan attempt at an onside kick was easily caught, cueing the victory formation for the Vikings.

Love threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns in his return to the line up, but his three interceptions proved fatal in the loss. He will likely get a chance to right those wrongs in Los Angeles next Sunday at 3:25 p.m. when the Packers play against the Rams.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will host an invitational that will serve as a tune-up for Tuesday's WIAA Regional at Northbrook Country Club in Luxemburg.

Monday's round will welcome Bonduel, Kiel, Marinette, Seymour, and Shawano Community to the golf course for a 3 p.m. round.

The Spartans took sixth place in the North Eastern Conference Championship last Wednesday at Wander Springs in Greenleaf. Reese Bandow and Katie Ledvina tied for the best score on the Spartans with 101, finishing in the top 15. Marissa Annoye and Morgan Dejardin finished nine strokes behind their teams with an identical score of 110 while Ashley Fameree rounded things out with a 125 on the 18-hole course.

The Green Bay Packers will play their first NFC North opponent of the season on Sunday when they Minnesota Vikings come to Lambeau Field.

For the second straight week, Malik Willis engineered a win with Jordan Love still on the sideline, this time a 30-14 win over the Tennessee Titans last Sunday. Willis was efficient once again as he completed 68 percent of his passes for 202 yards and a score. He also was on the doorstep of a Packers quarterback rushing record with 73 yards on six carries and a touchdown. Jaire Alexander also got the Packers on the scoreboard with an interception returned for a touchdown.

Despite the Packers' winning streak, they still find themselves looking up at the Vikings who are 3-0 on the season. That includes dismantling the previously unbeaten Houston Texans last week and beating Super Bowl participant San Francisco the week before.

Kickoff is set for noon. 

The Sevastopol Pioneers cross country teams ran against some of the region's best squads Saturday at the Len Nikolai Invitational in Manitowoc.

The Pioneers girls took 21st out of the qualified teams. Naomi Rikkola paced the team once again, covering the 5K course in 23:04 to take 83rd place. Jarius Dadam was the lone Pioneer boy to run on Saturday, running a time of 18:37 to take 71st.

1 83 Naomi Rikkola 12 23:04.8

2 105 Sienna Cain 11 23:49.1

3 110 Shylee Asher 10 24:11.3

4 131 Izzy Andreae 10 26:45.6

5 133 Abby Rock 9 27:21.4

71 Jairus Dadam 12 Sevastopol 18:37.1

The Green Bay Gamblers came up empty in Lincoln this weekend, losing the matchups 9-1 on Friday and 5-4 on Saturday.

In Friday's blowout loss, Aidan Park's tally to open the third period was the lone bright spot for the Gamblers after seeing the first 7-0 goals against them and their top returning goalie Gavin Moffatt give up four goals in just over 30 minutes.

In Saturday's nail-biting loss, Mykhailo Danylov started the Gamblers with a goal in the first period, only to see the Stars score the following four goals unanswered. The Gamblers would chip away in subsequent periods. Nick Knutson scored in the second, and the combination of Andrew O'Sullivan and Park tied the game in the third, only to see the Stars score the game-winning score in the first overtime.

The long layoff is over for the Door County United swim team when they hit the pool at Plymouth.

DCU has not been in the pool since its 133-24 win against Marinette High School last Thursday. In that meet, Julia Michalski (SBHS) had yet another great night. She finished first in both of her individual events and assisted in two first place finishes for the relays she was a part of. Quinn Sperber (SDHS) competed in the 500 freestyle for the first time in her high school career finishing second overall.

Oregon, Pulaski, Chilton, Kiel, Port Washington, Sheboygan Christian, and Two Rivers will also be competing at Plymouth when the first events begin at 9 a.m.

Two volleyball teams will take their work into the weekend beginning on Saturday morning.

Southern Door travels to a tournament hosted by Valders to compete against teams like Menasha, Seymour, Omro, and Reedsville. Algoma will welcome Bonduel, Denmark, Pacelli, Shiocton, Two Rivers, and Valley Christian for its own tournament.

Matches at both tournaments begin at 9 a.m.

The Sevastopol cross country team is back in action on Saturday as they compete in the Len Nikolai Manitowoc Invitational.

The Pioneers join Brookfield Central, Wisconsin Lutheran, West Bend East, Racine Case, Stevens Point, Kaukauna, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh West, Valders, Wauwatosa East, Cedarburg, Brown Deer, Grafton, Green Bay East, Green Bay Southwest, Green Bay West, Menomonee Falls, Oostburg, Ozaukee, Plymouth, Sheboygan North, Sheboygan Co-op, New Berlin Eisenhower, and Shawano Community for the races that begin at 9 a.m. at Meadow Links Golf Course in Manitowoc.

Naomi Rikkola and Jarius Dadam have paced their respective girls and boys' squads at every meet this season, including Thursday's Jim Bremser Memorial Invitational in Mishicot. 

Kewaunee, Southern Door, and Algoma all earned blowout wins, while Luxemburg-Casco also won big on their homecoming night to highlight football action on the NEW Radio Sports Network Friday.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans defeated the Shawano Hawks 27-7 for a homecoming win on Friday night in a conference crossover game before a huge crowd at the Luxemburg-Casco Sports Complex.

Algoma spoiled Sevastopol's homecoming with a 36-6 win.

The Kewaunee Storm traveled to Sturgeon Bay Friday night and came away with a 42-0 victory, jumping ahead of the Clippers and into second place in the Packerland conference standings.

Southern Door also earned a 42-0 win on the road Friday night, defeating Oconto.

The return of the likely All-Across the Bay Conference quarterback of the year Jesse DeBauch proved to be too much for Gibraltar as they lost to Gillett Friday night 28-12.

A local rivalry headlines Friday's slate of football games, three of which will appear on the airwaves of the NEW Radio Sports Network.

Sturgeon Bay and Kewaunee battle against each other for Packerland Conference positioning on Friday night. Jacob Nate will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff from Memorial Field in Sturgeon Bay at 7 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco hopes to even their season's record when they host Shawano for their homecoming game. Paul Schmitt and Eric Fischer will have the call on 104.1 WRLU beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff from Luxemburg at 7 p.m.

The Gibraltar Vikings hope a trip around the bay to Gillett cures their season's ails when they battle the Tigers on Friday night. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff from Gillett at 7 p.m.

Other football games scheduled for Friday include Southern Door traveling to Oconto and Sevastopol playing their homecoming game against Algoma. Kickoff time for those games is also 7 p.m.

The area's three soccer teams picked up victories on Thursday night, including one through unconventional means in Sturgeon Bay.

It was an opportunity for the JV team to shine on U-102.1 Thursday night after Peshtigo couldn’t field a full team and had to forfeit the varsity match but still wanted an exhibition contest at Clark Field.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol United boys varsity soccer topped Providence Academy 1-0 in 
Green Bay for a Packerland Conference victory on Thursday.

Reese Barbiaux was all the Spartans needed in Luxemburg-Casco's 3-0 win over Little Chute on Thursday.

Luxemburg-Casco stayed perfect in conference action while Gibraltar's Pam Prescott and Algoma's Mylee Jones each hit the same milestone during their match.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team overcame a stumble in the third set to defeat Wrightstown 3-1 Thursday night.

Algoma's Mylee Jones and Gibraltar's Pam Prescott now have more in common than just being Packerland Conference volleyball players after each hit the 1,000 dig milestone Thursday night.

The Southern Door volleyball team took the first set but could not earn another in a 3-1 loss to NEW Lutheran on Thursday night.

Other scores include Kewaunee topping Sturgeon Bay 3-1.

In one of the largest meets of the year so far, all seven local cross country teams took to the course in Mishicot for the Jim Bremser Memorial Cross Country Meet.

Notre Dame Academy boasted the top individual runners with Anna Miller (19:19) and Joseph Hunt (16:09) winning their respective races. On the team side, the Tritons boys and the Kiel girls won the top prize.

Locally, Kewaunee's Hannah Miller (19:50) and Luxemburg-Casco Kyan Lynts (17:04) were the top performers on the 5K course with the Spartans serving as the top team with a 4th place finish for the boys and 10th for the girls.

Listed below are the top runners for each school that participated. Later this morning, you can find the full results for each school at NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com.

GIRLS

1.4.11Hannah Miller19:50.06Kewaunee

2.5.10Claire DuChateau19:54.77Luxemburg-Casco

3.26.11Emma Bousley21:05.28Southern Door

5.45.12Sierra Slaby21:59.05Algoma

8.48.9Delaney Skiba22:05.71Sturgeon Bay

10.56.12Naomi Rikkola22:31.25Sevastopol

30.172.11Emilie Glocke26:46.92Gibraltar

BOYS

1.6.12Kyan Lynts17:04.61Luxemburg-Casco

2.14.12Ben Grota17:28.66Southern Door

9.74.12Jairus Dadam18:56.92Sevastopol

11.80.12Alex Kirchman19:03.36Algoma

16.137.10Graham Devoe20:43.82Gibraltar

19.170.12Luke Selle21:47.36Sturgeon Bay

Full Results

A full slate is in store for area soccer teams as they play on the last Thursday night of September.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team hopes to keep their Packerland Conference winning streak alive when they welcome Peshtigo to Clark Field Thursday night. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kick at 6:30 p.m. 

Other soccer games scheduled is Kewaunee visiting NEW Lutheran (4:30 p.m.), Gibraltar/Sevastpol traveling to Providence Academy (4:30 p.m.), and Luxemburg-Casco hosting Little Chute (6:30 p.m.).

All seven local cross country teams will head to Mishicot on Thursday for one of the largest invitationals of the season.

Algoma, Gibraltar, Kewaunee, Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door, and Luxemburg Casco will join Brillion, Chilton, Coleman, Hilbert, Howards Grove,  Kiel, Little Chute, Manitowoc Lutheran, Manitowoc Wilson, Mishicot, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), New Holstein, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Omro, Peshtigo, Reedsville, Roncalli,  Sheboygan Christian,  St. John-Bosco,  Two Rivers, and West De Pere for the Jim Bremser Memorial Cross Country Meet.

After the middle school races conclude, the varsity girls race will begin at 4:30 p.m. followed by the varsity boys at 5 p.m. The junior varsity races will take place after.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team took sixth place in the North Eastern Conference Championship on Wednesday at Wander Springs in Greenleaf. Reese Bandow and Katie Ledvina tied for the best score on the Spartans with 101, finishing in the top 15. Marissa Annoye and Morgan Dejardin finished nine strokes behind their teams with an identical score of 110 while Ashley Fameree rounded things out with a 125 on the 18-hole course.

Marinette took the conference championship with a final score of 363, boasting four of its golfers placing in the top 10. Freedom's Kay Lee McClintock won the individual title with a score of 85, four strokes ahead of Marinette's Kennedy Polomis and Anna Marzahl. 

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The area's volleyball teams will take on familiar foes Thursday night when they take the court. 

In North Eastern Conference action, Luxemburg-Casco hosts Wrightstown at 7 p.m.

Packerland Conference play at 7 p.m. includes Kewaunee visiting Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door welcoming NEW Lutheran, Sevastopol playing at home against Oconto, and Gibraltar traveling to Algoma.

Luxemburg-Casco dropped the first set but rallied to win the final three sets.

Soccer action for local teams saw mixed results Tuesday night.

In non-conference play, the Sturgeon Bay Clippers shut out Luxemburg Casco 5-0 in Luxemburg. 

Algoma lost to Clintonville 4-1

Kewaunee was dominated by Clintonville 12-0.

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

Willy Adames stole his 20th base of the season, and he and Jackson Chhourio became the first Brewer teammates to have 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in a single season.

Adames had two hits and Joey Ortiz had three RBIs to lead Milwaukee to the victory.

Tobias Myers pitched four innings and gave up two runs for the Brewers with Hoby Milner picking up the win pitching a scoreless fifth inning.

Milwaukee's bullpen was stellar again allowing just four hits and no runs in five innings.

The Brewers trail the Philadelphia Phillies by 2.5 games and the L.A. Dodgers by 3 games after they both lost on Tuesday.

Milwaukee will play Pittsburg in game two of the series with a 5:40 p.m. first pitch. 

Luxemburg-Casco wrestling coach Chas Treml is up for a state award after leading the Spartans to their second straight state title, his third as head coach.

Treml was nominated as the Wisconsin recipient of the 2023-2024 National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Coach of the Year. The organization identifies and recognizes a coach from each state for significant achievement in their sport.

If successful, he will go up against other coaches in the section. 

All four of the area's soccer teams will be in action on Tuesday after two Packerland Conference rivals faced each other on Monday.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers forced the mercy rule in the final seconds of Monday's Packerland Conference clash with Algoma Monday night as they won 8-0 at Clark Field. The Clippers will hit the road on Tuesday when they play at Luxemburg-Casco beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Other soccer matches slated for Tuesday include Kewaunee visiting Clintonville and Algoma playing at home against Marinette. Both of those matches begin at 4:30 p.m.

Katie Ledvina shot a score of 109 to start her week leading the Luxemburg-Casco golf team at the Notre Dame Triton Invitational at the Oneida Golf and Riding Club in Green Bay.

Her score put her almost 40 strokes behind Triton Invitational champion Charlie Clinefelter, who registered an 18-hole score of 70 for Kaukauna. Ashley Fameree scored a 114 while Reese Bandow (120), Morgan Dejardin (122), and Marissa Annoye (129) were all within 10 strokes of each other.

Luxemburg-Casco as a team took 21st out of 23 teams shooting a 465. Kaukauna won the invitational with a score of 328.

You can find the full results here

No scores could be located for yesterday's meet featuring Sturgeon Bay. They are slated to golf again Tuesday at Wander Springs Golf Course in Greenleaf, Wis. beginning at 10 a.m. Bay Conference foes Bonduel, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Oconto, Shawano, Community, West De Pere, Winneconne, and Xavier are also slated to participate.

The #1 team in the state will travel to face #6 as Luxemburg-Casco visits Oconto Falls for an NEC showdown Tuesday night.

The Spartans left the Charger Classic last weekend with a 3-3 record and an 11th place finish, but it gave head coach Jeff Frey a good feeling for the rest of the season."It's always a great tournament for us to go down and test ourselves against some of the best teams in the state," Frey said. "We played a lot of good volleyball, learned a lot and grew as a team." Leading the Spartans were Alayna Deprez (149 assists and 59 digs), Aubrey Frey (71 kills and 56 digs), Ella Vander Velden (51 kills and 31 digs), Claire Schleis (26 kills), and Rylan Kaminski (66 digs).

The Panthers have won 7 of their last eight matches, including a 4-1 mark last weekend at the Pulaski Invitational. Outside of a three-set loss to West De Pere in their first of two outings against each other on Saturday, the Panthers did not drop a set.

The first serve is slated for 7 p.m.

As of 6:15 a.m., no results were shared from Monday's Sturgeon Bay match against Brillion.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team hopes a return to Packerland Conference play will get them back into the win column on Monday when they host Algoma.

The Clippers went 1-1-1 on their Green Bay swing the last ten days, ending last Thursday with a thud as they lost to Green Bay Preble 6-0. In Packerland play, they are 4-0 with a goal differential of +27. That includes a 2-0 victory over Providence Academy last Monday.

The Wolves forced a 2-2 draw against Providence Academy last Thursday after splitting their tournament matchups in Waupaca 4-0 to Lomira and 0-2 to West Salem.

Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the pregame show from Clark Field, followed by the kickoff at 6:30 p.m.

The Sturgeon Bay volleyball team kicks off their week against a non-conference opponent when they travel south to face Brillion.

The Clippers enter the match 7-18 on the season, losing 10 of their last 11 matches. They fell to NEW Lutheran 3-1 (12-25, 25-23, 25-10, 25-11) in their last match.

The Lions are 4-6 on the year, winning two of their last five matches. They were swept by Valders on Thursday after sneaking past Kewaunee 3-2 earlier in the week.

The Clippers and Lions square off in Brillion at 7 p.m.

The area's two golf teams will start their weeks on the course on Monday.

Sturgeon Bay will play at Mid-Vallee Golf Course as a part of an invitational hosted by West De Pere. The first golfers tee off at 10 a.m.

Luxemburg-Casco will join Appleton East, Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Denmark, Fond du Lac, Freedom, Green Bay Preble, Hortonville, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Marinette, Middleton, Notre Dame Academy, Oshkosh North, Oshkosh West, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, Sheboygan North, and Verona Area at Oneida Golf and Riding Club in Green Bay beginning at 9 a.m.

For the second straight week, Malik Willis engineered a win with Jordan Love still on the sideline, this time a 30-14 win over the Tennessee Titans.

The Packers and Titans traded touchdowns on their opening drives with Willis cashing in from five yards on the ground to open things up for the Green and Gold. Thanks to a pair of field goals and an interception returned for a touchdown by Jaire Alexander, the Packers closed out the half with 13 consecutive points to take a 20-7 lead into the locker room.

The Packers would extend the lead further after being bailed out on a Titans penalty on a missed field goal attempt by Brayden Narveson. Emmanuel Wilson made the Titans pay when he scored on a 30-yard screen pass from Willis to make it 27-7. The Titans would tighten things up in the fourth quarter on a touchdown pass from Will Levis to Deandre Hopkins before Narveson kicked one last field goal to cap the scoring.

Willis was efficient once again as he completed 68 percent of his passes for 202 yards and a score. He also was on the doorstep of a Packers quarterback rushing record with 73 yards on six carries and a touchdown.

The Packers return to Lambeau next Sunday when they welcome the Minnesota Vikings for a noon start.

The Green Bay Packers will go for their second win of the season on Sunday when they play the Tennessee Titans in Nashville.

The Green Bay Packers controlled the ground game and the clock in its 16-10 win over the Indianapolis Colts. The Packers used six players to rush 53 times for 261 yards, including 151 yards from Josh Jacobs on 32 carries. The 53 rushes were the most the Packers had done in a game since the mid-1970s. The Packers also controlled the time of possession, holding onto the ball for over 40 minutes. Malik Willis threw for just over 120 yards on 12-14 passing in his Packers debut. He could be in line for his second straight if it is determined that Jordan Love is still not ready to go after his MCL sprain.

The Titans have found ways to lose while leading late in their losses this year. Will Levis' pick-six led to the Titans' season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears while his fumble set up the game-winning score for the New York Jets. They lost both games by 24-17 scores.

Sunday's game is a noon kickoff. 

Gibraltar/Sevastopol and Luxemburg-Casco struggled to find the net in their matches in Wrightstown and Port Washington, respectively, over the weekend.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team lost both games this weekend in Port Washington. On Friday, they were shut out by their hosts, Port Washington, 6-0. Things did not get better for their Saturday morning match, as they lost to Edgewood 7-0.

United opened with a 3-1 win against Random Lake/Ozaukee before losing 0-2 to Marinette and 0-0 in a shootout defeat to Howards Grove.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team left the Charger Classic with a 3-3 record and an 11th place finish, but it gave head coach Jeff Frey a good feeling for the rest of the season.

The results were as follows:

Pool Play:

Beat McFarland 25-17, 25-15

Beat Westosha Central 25-23, 27-29, 15-13

Lost to Oconomowoc 20-25, 19-25

Crossover:

Lost to DSHA 19-25, 11-25

Silver Bracket

Beat River Falls 25-22, 23-25, 15-10

Lost to West Bend West 25-12, 13-25, 7-15

Leading the Spartans were Alayna Deprez (149 assists and 59 digs), Aubrey Frey (71 kills and 56 digs), Ella Vander Velden (51 kills and 31 digs), Claire Schleis (26 kills), and Rylan Kaminski (66 digs).

Despite the mixed results, Frey said it was a good weekend for the team. "It's always a great tournament for us to go down and test ourselves against some of the best teams in the state.  We played a lot of good volleyball, learned a lot and grew as a team."

The Green Bay Gamblers opened their season this weekend in the USHL Fall Classic, splitting their two games.

In their first matchup, The Gamblers took the lead after a Misha Danylov tally in the first period but went on to lose to the Des Moines Buccaneers 2-1. In their second game, the Gamblers rode an 18-save day from Gavin Moffatt to shut out last year's USHL champions Fargo Force 2-0.

Luxemburg-Casco may have gotten things going on Friday, but other volleyball teams in Door and Kewaunee counties will also be featured in tournament action on Saturday.

The Spartans will continue their action at the Milwaukee Sting Center at 8:30 a.m. They will compete against the likes of will compete against the likes of Appleton North, Arrowhead, Brookfield Central, Burlington, Catholic Memorial, Cedarburg, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Fond du Lac, Franklin, Kettle Moraine, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kimberly, Manitowoc Lincoln, McFarland, Menomonee Falls, Mukwonago, Muskego, Neenah, Notre Dame Academy, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, River Falls, Sauk Prairie, Slinger, Sussex Hamilton, Waukesha West, Waunakee, West Bend West, Westosha Central, Wisconsin Lutheran, and Xavier.

Gibraltar and Algoma visit Hilbert for a tournament that also features the host school, Central Wisconsin Christian, Roncalli, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood. The first action begins at 8 a.m.

Sevastopol travels to Suring for a tournament that will feature Bowler, Elcho, Goodman/Pembine, Lourdes Academy, Stockbridge, Three Lakes, and Wausaukee. The opening matches start at 8 a.m.

Southern Door heads to Clintonville for a tournament featuring Valders, Ripon, St. Mary Catholic, Shawano Community, Laona-Wabeno, and Iola-Scandinavia. THe first serve is scheduled for 9 a.m. 

Area soccer teams will head out of the area on Saturday for multi-squad events.

Luxemburg-Casco will wrap up its quad on Saturday in Port Washington featuring Edgewood, Port Washington, and Wauwatosa West. Play resumes at 9 a.m.

Kewaunee and Gibraltar/Sevastopol travel to Wrightstown for an invitational that kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Marinette, Altoona, Howards Grove, New Holstein, and Random Lake/Ozaukee are also scheduled to participate.

The Luxemburg-Casco went into upper Michigan for the Marinette Invitational on Thursday, picking up eighth place.

The Spartans shot a score of 448, 60 strokes behind first-place Seymour. Reese Bandow's 105 was good for a top-20 finish and the top Spartans golfer. Katie Ledvina was right there with her as she shot a 107. Ashley Fameree registered a 117, with Marissa Annoye right there with a 119. Brielle Snowberry rounded out the Spartans with an 18-hole score of 123. The top score belonged to Seymour's Morgan Lewis and Oconto Falls' Taylor Miller, who both shot 90 to win the invite. 

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As of 11:15 p.m., there were no results from Sturgeon Bay's tournament on Friday.

Two of three teams celebrating homecoming Friday night went home happy on a full slate of high school football.

Homecoming week got even sweeter Friday night as the Eagles handled the Peshtigo Bulldogs 34-7 under the lights in Brussels. 

Kewaunee jumped out to a big lead and never looked back in their homecoming win over Mishicot 35-14.

The Sevastopol Pioneers broke a four-game losing streak to their county rivals in convincing fashion Friday night, beating Gibraltar 43-8.

Algoma avenged an earlier season loss to Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran in front of its home crowd, winning the contest 36-7.

Sturgeon Bay made the long trip around the bay a much happier one after beating Oconto 42-16.

Luxemburg-Casco shut out new NEC foe Sheboygan Falls 40-0.

Some of Friday's games will be more festive than others as homecoming will be celebrated on the NEW Radio Sports Network.

On U-102.1, Southern Door christens its new indoor turf facility along with other referendum-related projects ahead of its matchup against Peshtigo.

Over on 104.1 WRLU, Kewaunee welcomes Mishicot for their homecoming game.

Airing on 105.1 The GOAT, a county rivalry is renewed as Sevastopol travels to Gibraltar.

All NRSN broadcasts begin at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kickoff at 7 p.m. They will also be available with the associated station at NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com.

Other games scheduled for Friday include Algoma playing NEW Lutheran/Oneida Nation for the second time at home, Sturgeon Bay traveling around the bay to battle Oconto, and Luxemburg-Casco visiting Sheboygan Falls. Those games also start at 7 p.m.

It was a mixed night of results for the area's Packerland Conference soccer teams on Thursday night. 

Sturgeon Bay's swing through Green Bay for soccer matches ended on a sour note Thursday night, falling to Green Bay Preble 6-0.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol United boys varsity soccer needed only 60 minutes to shut out Packerland Conference opponents, the Kewaunee Storm, 8-0 Thursday evening on home turf in Fish Creek, as Gibraltar High School celebrates Homecoming week.

Algoma played Providence Academy to a 2-2 draw.

Luxemburg-Casco heads south today (Friday) participate in a quad in Port Washington against Edgewood, Port Washington, and Wauwatosa West. Games are at 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. 

Local teams shined on the rolling hills of the Bob Burzynski (Valders) CC Invitational on Thursday.

For Luxemburg-Casco, the boys took second place out of 11 teams, anchored by an individual win for Kyan Lynts, who covered the 5K course in 17:38. The girls took third, thanks in part to Claire Duchateau, who covered the route in 20:43 to come in second. The teams combined to win eight medals for runners, finishing in the Top 20. In addition, the Spartans' JV teams won their divisions.

As for Sturgeon Bay, the boy's team took 11th place, with Luke Selle leading the way with a 56th-place finish and a time of 22:46. Delaney Skiba paced the girls' squad to a seventh-place finish as she took 12th overall with a time of 23: 02.

Full results can be found here

Door County United Girls High School Swim team remains undefeated in conference matchups following their 133-24 win against Marinette High School on Thursday, 9/19/24. Marinette did not have any junior varsity swimmers; however, the junior varsity team had a lot of success and great finishes. Emma Moyer (SDHS) completed the junior varsity 200-yard freestyle for the first time in competition. Rachel Rock (SEV) finished first in the 100-yard freestyle and had a time of 1:28.65. This was her fastest time all season. As for varsity swimmers, Julia Michalski (SBHS) had yet another great night. She finished first in both of her individual events and assisted in two first-place finishes for the relays she was a part of. Quinn Sperber (SDHS) competed in the 500 freestyle for the first time in her high school career, finishing second overall.

Click here to see the full results

The area's Packerland teams were busy Thursday night while its top-ranked team overall prepares for a big tournament in Milwaukee.

The Sevastopol Pioneers volleyball team was threatened but never backed down as they defeated Peshtigo in three games Thursday night, 25-17, 25-20, 25-23.

The Southern Door Eagles volleyball team was able to delay the inevitable late, but dropped their match 3-1 to Oconto Thursday night.

The Sturgeon Bay volleyball team got NEW Lutheran to stumble early but ultimately could not generate the points to earn the upset, losing to their hosts 3-1.

Kewaunee defeated Algoma 3-0, winning the sets 25-21, 25-11, and 25-23.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team will take their #1 ranking in Division 2 to the Milwaukee Sting Center this Friday and Saturday for a tournament. The Spartans will compete against the likes of Appleton North, Arrowhead, Brookfield Central, Burlington, Catholic Memorial, Cedarburg, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Fond du Lac, Franklin, Kettle Moraine, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kimberly, Manitowoc Lincoln, McFarland, Menomonee Falls, Mukwonago, Muskego, Neenah, Notre Dame Academy, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, River Falls, Sauk Prairie, Slinger, Sussex Hamilton, Waukesha West, Waunakee, West Bend West, Westosha Central, Wisconsin Lutheran, and Xavier. The first matches begin at 4 p.m. on Friday, with action resuming on Saturday at 9 a.m. 

The Packerland Conference is stepping out onto the pitch Thursday for a full slate of action.

The Sturgeon Bay soccer team's swing through Green Bay continues on Thursday when they travel to the city's east side to face the Green Bay Preble Hornets. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kick at 6:30 p.m. The match will also be available at U1021.com.

Other soccer games on the schedule include Algoma hosting Providence Academy (4:30 p.m.) and Gibraltar/Sevastopol hosting Kewaunee in Fish Creek (6:30 p.m.).

Luxemburg-Casco is off until Friday when they participate in a quad in Port Washington against Edgewood, Port Washington, and Wauwatosa West. Games are at 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. 

Area cross country teams are back at it on Thursday after several teams competed on Tuesday.

Luxemburg-Casco and Sturgeon Bay will be joined by Brillion, Chilton, Denmark, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Howards Grove, New Holstein, Plymouth, Roncalli, St. Ignatius - Chesterton Academy, and Valders at the Valders Invitational. The first races begin at 4 p.m.

On Tuesday, Algoma, Southern Door, Sevastopol, and Kewaunee all competed at the Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusader Challenge. Algoma's Sierra Slaby and Southern Door's Ben Grota posted the best times out of the area runners for the girl's and boys' teams, respectively. You can see the full results here and visit NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com to see team-by-team breakdowns. 

Many of the area's Packerland Conference volleyball teams will take to the court on Thursday. 

The matchups include Sevastopol visiting Peshtigo, Southern Door traveling to Oconto, Kewaunee hosting Algoma, and Sturgeon Bay heading to Green Bay to play NEW Lutheran.

All of the matches begin at 7 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will head north of the border on Thursday for an invitational at Riverside Golf Course in Menominee, Mich.

Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, Bonduel, Denmark, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Little Chute, Marinette, Oconto Falls, Seymour, Shawano Community, Waupaca, West De Pere, and Wrightstown are all scheduled to compete with a tee time of 9 a.m.

Earlier this week, the Spartans closed out their NEC regular season conference slate with a win at Mid Vallee Golf Course over the Little Chute Mustangs by a score of 209 to 214.  Fox Valley Lutheran finished third with a 202. Reece Bandow and Marissa Annoye took top team honors for the Spartans by shooting each shooting a 51.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers dropped Game Three of the Midwest League Championship Series 9-4 to the Lake County Captains Wednesday Night at Classic Park.  The Captains claimed the Midwest League title with their victory that featured a big five-run inning for the home team.

Wisconsin had the lead-off man aboard in the second, third, and fourth inning.  However, Lake County starter Dylan DeLucia kept the Rattlers off the scoreboard each time.  DeLucia would retire the first two batters in the top of the fifth and leave the game with 84 pitches under his belt.

Luis Lara drew a walk against reliever Jay Driver and stole second to keep the inning alive.  Cooper Pratt sent a grounder to short, but Angel Genao bounced the throw to first and Ralphy Velazquez couldn’t make the scoop.  Lara scampered home with the run as the ball rolled free for a 1-0 lead.

Lake County tied the game in the bottom of the fifth.  Jonah Advincula, who homered in Game Two last night, lined a long homer to right to even the score.

The game turned in the Captains favor in the sixth.  Mason Molina, the seventh round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2024 draft, made his Timber Rattlers debut when he came on in relief of starting pitcher Will Rudy.

Genao greeted Molina with a double to the wall.  Wuilfredo Antunez followed with a double to the corner in right to score Genao with the go-ahead run.  Molina walked the next batter, and he was replaced by Jeferson Figueroa.

Jake Fox knocked in Antunez with another double to make it 3-1.  Then, Velazquez made up for not making the scoop in the top of the fifth by hitting a three-run home run to right for a 6-1 advantage.

The Timber Rattlers made it interesting in the top of the eighth with a three-run rally against Steven Perez.  Jadher Areinamo doubled for his third hit – and second double – of the game.  Yophery Rodriguez followed with an RBI single.  Matt Wood also singled.  Perez got the first out of the inning with a strikeout before being replaced by Zach Jacobs.

Jacobs, who had allowed an RBI, go-ahead double to Pratt in Game One on Sunday, got the second out on a deep fly to right off the bat of pinch-hitter Jesus Chirinos.  Then, Jacobs hit Eduardo Garcia to load the bases.

Lara lined a single to right to drive in two runs and bring Pratt to the plate as the potential go-ahead run.  Jacobs won this round as Pratt’s hard grounder to short was fielded by Genao and his throw to first was on target for the final out of the frame.

Lake County put the game away in the bottom of the eighth.  Fox hit a lead-off homer against Tyler Bryant for a 7-4 lead.  Bryant retired the next two batters before issuing a walk and giving up a single.  Travis Bazzana and Genao each had back-to-back RBI singles for a 9-4 lead.

Shawn Rapp closed out the game with a perfect ninth to give the Captains their second Midwest League championship.  Their first was in 2010, their first year in the league after moving over from the South Atlantic League.

Lake County went 5-for-6 with runners in scoring position and half of their twelve hits were for extra bases.  Wisconsin had opportunities but stranded ten runners as they went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers open the 2025 season at Neuroscience Group Field on Friday, April 4.  They will host the Cedar Rapids Kernels at 6:40pm.

The 2024-2025 season marks the Green Bay Gamblers 31st season in Northeast Wisconsin.  Since the puck dropped at the Brown County Arena in 1994, the Gamblers have been one of the premiere hockey organizations in North America.  We are excited to build on that mystique when the puck drops on Thursday, September 19 at the Fall Classic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The summer saw change behind the Gamblers bench, as Mike Leone departed Green Bay for the head coaching position with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Americans are the top farm team of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.  Leone joins Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay/NHL), Derek Lalonde (Detroit/NHL) and Pat Mikesch (Toledo/ECHL), as former Gambler’s personnel who are current head coaches at the professional level. 

Pat McCadden was named the Gamblers head coach/general manager in late June.  McCadden served as the Gamblers assistant and associate head coach the past two years.  The St. Norbert alum, played two seasons (2008-10) for the Gamblers under two-time Stanley Cup champion Jon Cooper, serving as captain for the 2010 Anderson and Clark Cup championship team.  McCadden is a winner both on and off the ice. Under his direction, we have a team driven to raise another Clark Cup Championship banner in the Resch Center rafters.

New to the Gamblers staff is Brian Gibbons and Green Bay native Tony Kujava.  Gibbons, spent the past four years as an assistant coach at Bethel University. During his time at Bethel, team’s winning percentage skyrocketed from 47% to 70% which marked the highest in program history. Gibbons will serve as an assistant coach working with the forwards and penalty kill. Kujava replaces fellow Green Bay native Chris Nell, who left to take a coaching position at Colgate University, as the team’s goalie coach. The Notre Dame Academy alum, played for both the Gamblers and St. Norbert.

Mason Baptista returns for his second season as an assistant coach with the Gamblers.  Baptista works with the defensemen and power play.  Like MaCadden and Kujava, Baptista played his collegiate hockey at St. Norbert.  Director of Scouting Kirk Luedeke returns for his 3rd season with the team. 

New to the scouting staff, is a familiar name to Gambler fans, Jon Rogger.   As an assistant coach with the Gamblers (2008-12), Rogger was behind the bench for two Anderson and Clark Cup championship teams.  Rogger is currently a Head Coach/GM with the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers AAA program.

The Gamblers start the season in Pittsburgh, PA at the USHL Fall Classic, September 18-22.  Team hits the road for a pair of games in Lincoln, Nebraska, before returning home for a weekend series, Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5, versus the Omaha Lancers. 

Local volleyball teams were back on the court Tuesday evening.

In non-conference volleyball, Sevastopol swept Roncalli and Kohler in best-of-three matches at the Roncalli Triangular. 

Kewaunee lost to Brillion in five sets.

Luxemburg-Casco swept Clintonville in NEC volleyball.

On Tuesday, in a North Eastern Conference soccer game at Marinette, the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans lost a 4-1 decision to the Marines.  

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Lake County Captains will play one game for the Midwest League pennant on Wednesday night.  Wisconsin’s chance to close out their second league title went by the boards as the Captains racked up thirteen hits and outscored the Rattlers 6-2 on Tuesday Night in Game Two at Classic Park.  The best-of-three Championship Series will go to a decisive Game Three.

The Timber Rattlers grabbed the lead in the first inning.  Cooper Pratt drew a one-out walk on four pitches.  Lake County starter Matt Wilkinson hit Luke Adams in the leg with his next delivery.  Two pitches later Jadher Areinamo lined a single to left to score Pratt with the first run of the game.

The Captains answered in the bottom of the first inning.  Travis Bazzana drew a four-pitch walk from Wisconsin starter Alexander Cornielle.  Angel Genao doubled to left-center to put runners on second and third.  Wuilfredo Antunez grounded out to short to score Bazzana.  Lake County loaded the bases on a hit batsman and a walk from Cornielle, but a strikeout ended the frame with the score even.

Adams, who was hit forty times during the regular season to set a Midwest League record, was hit again with one out in the third inning.  He promptly stole second and moved to third on a fly to right from Areinamo.  Yophery Rodriguez lined a 3-0 pitch from Wilkinson to center to give the Rattlers the 2-1 advantage.

Jonah Advincula put Lake County ahead for the first time in the game with a two-out, two-run home run to right in the bottom of the third.

Rodriguez nearly tied the game in the top of the fifth inning.  Areinamo was at second with two outs and Rodriguez lined a single to left.  Areinamo raced for the plate and the throw from Esteban González was a little off line.  However, catcher Jacob Cozart was able to tag Areinamo on the heel just before Areinamo touched the plate on a headfirst slide.

Antunez added an insurance run for the Captains in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI ground-rule double with two outs that scored Bazzana from second base.

Wilkinson retired the first two batters he faced in the top of the seventh before turning the game over to his bullpen.  He scattered seven hits, two walks, and two hit batsmen over 6-2/3 innings, his longest outing as a professional.  Wilkinson had five strikeouts.

Adam Tulloch took over the game for the Captains.  He got the final out of the seventh and pitched a perfect eighth to maintain the lead.

Tulloch’s offense gave him some insurance in the bottom of the eighth.  Lake County loaded the bases on a single and consecutive walks by Bayden Root.  Brailin Rodriguez was called into the game to stop the rally.  But Genao lined a ground rule double to left-center to score two runs.  Rodriguez struck out the next three batters to end the inning with the Rattlers trailing 6-2.

The Rattlers could do nothing against Tulloch in the ninth as he set down the side in order.  Wilkinson and Tulloch combined to retire the final twelve Wisconsin hitters of the game.

Hall and Rodriguez each collected two hits to lead the Timber Rattlers offense.  Wisconsin pitchers, who got away with ten walks on their Game One win on Sunday night at home, walked six in Game Two with three of those walks scoring. 

Game Three is set for Classic Park on Wednesday night.  Will Rudy is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Dylan DeLucia is the scheduled starter for the Captains.  Game time is 5:35pm CDT.  

As the girl's golf season begins to wrap up, the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans found success on the links Tuesday.

The Luxemburg-Casco girls’ golf team closed out their NEC regular season conference slate with a Mid Vallee Golf Course win over the Little Chute Mustangs.  

It was a good night for the area's soccer teams as they picked up two wins Monday afternoon.

The results included Sturgeon Bay shutting out Providence Academy 2-0 on the road while Kewaunee bested Peshtigo 3-2.

Tuesday's action includes Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Marinette to face the Marines at 4:30 p.m.

The area's golf teams are kicking off their week with trips to the links for invitationals.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team spent their Monday at River Island Golf Course, taking seventh place in the Oconto Falls Invitational.

Sturgeon Bay will see their Bay Conference rivals at Ridgeway Golf Course in Neenah for a 3 p.m. tee time. Bonduel, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Oconto, Seymour, Shawano Community, West De Pere, and Winneconne are also scheduled to compete.

It will be a quick turnaround for some of the area's cross country teams after racing on Friday in Neenah or Saturday in Manitowoc.

Algoma, Sevastopol, Kewaunee, and Southern Door will be joined by Heritage Christian, Living Word Lutheran, St. John's Northwestern Academies, Valley Christian, Campbellsport, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Kohler, Laconia, Manitowoc Lutheran, Oostburg, Ozaukee, Random Lake, St. Lawrence Seminary, Sheboygan County Christian, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Washington County Home School Athletics, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Milwaukee Lutheran, St. Mary's Springs Academy, Reedsville, and Providence Academy (Green Bay) for an invitational at Sheboygan Lutheran Academy. The first race begins at 4:30 p.m.

The area's volleyball teams are back in action on Tuesday night with many non-conference matchups on the slate.

Non-conference action will see Kewaunee hosting Brillion for a 7 p.m. match while Sevastopol competes in a triangular against Roncalli and Kohler in Manitowoc at 5 p.m.

In NEC action, Luxemburg-Casco heads to Clintonville for a 7 p.m. showdown with the Truckers.

The Door County United swim team will be in its home pool Tuesday night when it hosts a triangular meet.

The United are coming off strong performances at the Jaguar Invite in Ashwaubenon over the weekend. The team finished sixth overall out of twelve total teams, scoring 160 total points. Julia Michalski (SBHS) was the top scorer for individual events for DCU. She scored 32 points with her 5th place finishes in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly. Junior Chloe Bissen (SBHS) had a fantastic meet, adding 14 points to the overall score with her 9th-place finish in the 100 backstroke and her 12th-place finish in the 100 butterfly. All of the relays did extremely well, with some individuals achieving the best times of their careers. Of note, the 200-yard freestyle relay consisting of Chloe Bissen (SBHS), Megan Quaderer (SBHS), Kailyn Neville (SDHS), and Caitlyn Hasenjager (SEV) placed 6th overall with a time of 1:48.10. This was the highest scoring relay of the day. 

DCU girls will take on Plymouth High School and Notre Dame Academy in a triangular meet at the Door County YMCA  beginning at 6:00 p.m. 

Two of the area's soccer teams will kick off their weeks with matinees on the pitch.

Sturgeon Bay looks to tighten its grip on the Packerland Conference lead with a match at Providence Academy in Green Bay. Kewaunee looks to bounce back against Peshtigo.

Both games are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Packers controlled the ground game and the clock in its 16-10 win over the Indianapolis Colts.

The Packers used six players to rush 53 times for 261 yards, including 151 yards from Josh Jacobs on 32 carries. The 53 rushes were the most the Packers had done in a game since the mid-1970s. The Packers also controlled the time of possession, holding onto the ball for over 40 minutes.

Despite those two dominating stats, it did not necessarily translate into points for the Packers, as they were still 1-3 in the red zone. It was 3-0 in the first quarter when Malik Willis threw the first touchdown pass of his career to Dontayvion Wicks to make it 10-. Willis would throw just over 120 yards on 12-14 passing.  Brayden Narveson kicked two more field goals to finish the day 3-4, kicking and making it a 16-3 game in the early stages of the fourth quarter.

The Colts would tighten things in the game's final two minutes when Anthony Richardson found Alec Pierce for a four-yard touchdown, but Richardson's three interceptions earlier in the contest proved too much.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team kicks off their week with a 10 a.m. tee time at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls on Monday.

The Spartans are slated to face a selection of North Eastern Conference and Bay Conference teams as a part of the meet, including Bonduel, Denmark, Marinette, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, and West De Pere.

In their last meet, Reese Bandow helped keep the Luxemburg-Casco golf team within striking distance at its meet at Northbrook Golf Course in Luxemburg on Monday. Bandow shot a team-low 51 for the Spartans, which scored a 216 overall, just behind Oconto Falls (212) and Fox Valley Lutheran (211). Morgan DeJardin, Marissa Annoye, and Brielle Snowberry all scored a 55 on the nine-hole course while Katie Ledvina registered a 57. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers gave their fans an encore.  In their previous home playoff game, the Rattlers defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits 7-6 with a three-run ninth inning to win the West Division Finals.  On Sunday night, in front of 4,183 fans at Neuroscience Group Field, the Timber Rattlers edged the Lake County Captains 5-4 in Game One of the Midwest League Finals, to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.

The teams entered the game, their first meeting since May 11, 2019, with nearly identical records from the regular season.  The Captains finished the season 77-53 while the Rattlers were 77-54.  Wisconsin was 39-26 at home while the Captains were 38-28 on the road during the regular season.  In the playoffs, both teams were coming off two-game sweeps in very competitive series with all four games in the first round being decided by one run.

Lake County loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first inning.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Ryan Birchard got the second out on a strikeout.  Then, Ralphy Velazquez reached on an infield single to score the first run with another run scoring on an error on the play for a 2-0 lead.

Wisconsin responded in the bottom of the first to take the lead.  Consecutive walks to Luis Lara and Cooper Pratt to open the frame set the stage for Luke Adams, who singled to right to score Lara and get Pratt to third.  Later in the inning, with Pratt at third and Adams at second, Yophery Rodriguez, in his Timber Rattlers debut, grounded out to Velazquez at first.  Velazquez stepped on first for the second out and threw home, but Pratt beat the throw to score the tying run.

Matt Wood gave Wisconsin the lead with a single to center to score Adams moments later.

The Captains tied the game with a run in the top of the second.  Wuilfredo Antunez knocked in the run to even the score with a single.

The Rattlers went back in front in the bottom of the second.  Tayden Hall opened the inning with a walk.  Hedbert Pérez was next, and he ripped a double off the wall in right.  Antunez had trouble picking up the ball on the warning track and that allowed Hall to score for the 4-3 lead.

In the top of the fourth, Lake County tied the game without a hit.  Wisconsin reliever Stiven Cruz walked Jonah Advincula, the number nine hitter in the Captains order, to start the inning.  A balk by Cruz and a grounder to the right side by Travis Bazzana allowed Advincula to third base with one out.  Angel Genao drove in Advincula with a sacrifice fly to left to even the score.

Both teams left the bases loaded in the seventh inning.  The Captains left the lead run at second in the eighth.

Hall, who started the game-winning rally in the bottom of the ninth against Quad Cities in Game Two of the Western Finals on Thursday night, singled to start the bottom the eighth.  A wild pitch moved him to second, but he would be out trying to advance to third on a grounder to short off the bat of Jheremy Vargas. 

Vargas, who entered the game as a pinch-runner for Pérez in the sixth inning moved to second on a grounder by Lara to set up the drama for Pratt.

The Wisconsin shortstop, who knocked in the tying run in the ninth inning in Game Two against Quad Cities, lined an 0-1 pitch off the back corner of the third base bag.  The ball kicked past the tarp and against the fence for an RBI double to score Vargas with the go-ahead run.

Tyler Bryant, who saved Game One of the West Finals at Quad Cities on September 19, entered the game for the top of the ninth.  Antunez started the top of the ninth with a single before Alex Mooney sent a slow grounder to short.  Pratt started a 6-4-3 double play for two outs.  Then, Byrant struck out Jake Fox on three pitches to end the game.

Wisconsin used six pitchers who combined to walk ten, but also strikeout fourteen while holding the Captains to five hits.  Lake County stranded ten runners and went 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Dikember Sánchez pitched around a one-out walk in the top of the eighth to earn the win.

Luke Adams was 3-for-5 with four stolen bases, a run scored, and an RBI for the Timber Rattlers to lead their ten-hit attack.

Wisconsin is one win away from their second Midwest League pennant.  The Rattlers last won the league title in 2012.

Game Two of the Midwest League Championship Series is set for Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio on Tuesday night.  Alexander Cornielle has been announced as the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Matt Wilkinson is the announced starter for the Captains.  Game time is 5:35pm CDT.

Surviving life without Jordan Love begins Sunday at Lambeau Field when the Green Bay Packers host the Indianapolis Colts.

Saquon Barkley continued his terror of the Green Bay Packers' defense, this time leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 34-29 win in Brazil Friday night. Love was inaccurate, but his two touchdown passes to Jayden Reed kept the Packers in the game up until his injury in the final seconds of the game. The team will likely lean on Malik Willis behind center while relying on Josh Jacobs to carry the offense after he found his rhythm in the second half against the Eagles.

The Colts allowed a league-high 159 in their loss to the Houston Texans in week one. Quarterback Anthony Richardson had a similar stat line to Love in his season opener, throwing a pair of touchdown passes and an interception en route to 212 passing yard day.

Kewaunee's Hannah Miller continued her winning ways in Manitowoc Saturday morning, capturing the individual title for the girls' race at the Roncalli Invitational.

Miller covered the 5K course in 19:15, 20 seconds ahead of runner-up Emerson Fabry of Pulaski. Claire Duchateau of Luxemburg-Casco took third with a time of 19:55. The Spartans were the best-performing school with 84 points, which was good for fourth. 

The Spartans boys took third with 73 points. Kyan Lynts of Luxemburg-Casco was the top performing local runner in the boys race, coming in second place with a time of 17:09.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers will face the Lake County Captains, an affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, in the best-of-three Midwest League Championship Series.

The Timber Rattlers rallied from deficits of 3-2,4-3, and 6-4 to defeat the Quad Cities River Bandits 7-6 on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field in front of a playoff record crowd for the franchise to clinch the West Division title with a sweep in the best-of-three series.  Luke Adams capped the thrilling three-run rally with a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to drive in the winning run and set off a wild celebration.

Game One is set for Sunday, September 15 at Neuroscience Group Field.  Game time is 6:40pm CDT.  Game Two will be at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio on Tuesday, September 17 at 5:35pm CDT.  If Game Three is necessary, The Captains will host Wisconsin on Wednesday, September 18 at 5:35pm CDT.

While some local teams stayed up late to squeeze in their 5K races last night at the Nightfall Classic 920 in Neenah, others are up early on a Saturday morning heading to Manitowoc.

Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg-Casco, and Sevastopol are joining Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, Pulaski, Random Lake, Roncalli, Denmark, Howards Grove, Sheboygan Lutheran, St. Mary Catholic, St. Mary's Springs Academy, Two Rivers, and Valders for a meet at Lincoln Park in Manitowoc hosted by Roncalli. The first race begins at 9 a.m.

Recaps from Friday's Nightfall Classic

Gibraltar

Sevastopol

Sturgeon Bay

While Sturgeon Bay remains in the Waukesha area for its tournament at Kettle Moraine High School, some of the other area Packerland Conference teams will join them at separate tournaments on Saturday.

Gibraltar and Sevastopol will be at Ashwaubenon High School for a tournament featuring Menasha, Antigo, West De Pere, Amherst, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Hilbert, Niagara, North Fond du Lac, Denmark, Wrightstown. and Calumet (MI). The first serve is set for 8 a.m.

Day two of the Clippers' tournament run begins at 8 a.m.

Friday was a mixed bag of results for the area's football teams as the 11-man teams hit the midpoint of their seasons.

The Southern Door Eagles picked up their first win of the season by a 19-8 score over Marinette.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers picked up a lopsided victory on the road in Peshtigo by a 49-18 margin.

Luxemburg-Casco kept it close against state-ranked Wrightstown before they were doubled up by Wrightstown 28-14.

Kewaunee stumbled on the road in a battle of Packerland Conference stalwarts, falling to Bonduel 25-21.

The Gibraltar Vikings scored their first points of the season, but it was not nearly enough in a 39-6 loss to Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran.

Sevastopol was shut out at home by Across the Bay Conference leading Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas 40-0.

In Saturday action, Algoma travels to Three Lakes on Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff.

The Door County United swim team returns to action on Satuday when they swim at Ashwaubenon High School on Saturday.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood, Sheboygan North, Seymour, Pulaski, Notre Dame Academy, Kohler, Fond du Lac, Eau Claire Memorial, De Pere, and Bay Port are all scheduled to compete when the first events kick off at 10 a.m.

The NEW Radio Sports Network will be in three different counties on Friday night as week four of the 11-man football season and week three of the 8-man football season commences.

The Gibraltar Vikings football team will head to Oneida Nation to face Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy on Friday night in search of its first win. Tim Kowols will have the call from Oneida Nation High School on 105.1 The GOAT.

Luxemburg-Casco will honor area veterans and go for its second straight win on Friday when they host state-ranked Wrightstown. Paul Schmitt and Eric Fischer will have the call on 104.1 WRLU.

Southern Door will travel around the bay to Marinette to battle the Marines on Friday night. Jacob Nate will carry the action on U-102.1.

The game broadcasts, which also stream worldwide at NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com, begin at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Other Friday night football games include Sevastopol hosting Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas, Kewaunee visiting Bonduel, and Sturgeon Bay heading to Peshtigo. Those games also start at 7 p.m.

Two Packerland Conference teams picked up victories on Friday heading into the weekend.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol United varsity boys soccer cruised to victory over Packerland Conference foes the Peshtigo Bulldogs Thursday evening, defeating the hosts 6-1. 

Algoma registered their own lopsided win on Thursday, beating lakeshore rival Kewaunee 7-1. The Storm will get a second crack at it on Friday afternoon when they welcome Washington Island to Kewaunee for a 4:00 p.m. match.

Luxemburg-Casco is on the road on Friday as they travel to Winneconne for a 4:30 p.m. start.

Some of the area's volleyball teams will enter tournament play this weekend on a high note after playing individual matches on Thursday.

Kewaunee and Gibraltar battled hard on the volleyball court Thursday night with the Storm prevailing with the 3-0 victory.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team was able to cruise past Marinette in straight sets Thursday night 3-0.

The Southern Door Eagles threatened in every set but could not steal one from the Peshtigo Bulldogs as they lost 3-0 Thursday night.

The Algoma Wolves volleyball team could not add a blemish to NEW Lutheran's Packerland resume on Thursday night, losing to the Blazers in straight sets.

Other volleyball action included Sturgeon Bay losing in straight sets to Oconto and Sevastopol suffering a similar fate to Bonduel.

Friday's action will see Sturgeon Bay battle the likes of Eau Claire Memorial, Racine Case, Racine Lutheran, Dominican, Holmen, Kaukauna, Neenah, Appleton East, The Prairie, Wauwatosa East, Cedarburg, Brookfield Central, Fox Valley Lutheran, Homestead, Hortonville, Middleton, Barneveld, Marshall, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran, Newman Catholic, Kewaskum, and Sun Prairie West when tournament action begins at 4:30 p.m. at Kettle Moraine High School. 

One of the most unique cross country races in Wisconsin kicks off Friday night with several local teams participating.

Gibraltar, Sevastopol, and Sturgeon Bay are set to join Valley Christian, Fond du Lac, Antigo, Little Chute, Seymour, Amherst, Athens, Campbellsport, Cedar Grove-Belgium, Coleman, De Pere, Dodgeland, Fox Valley Lutheran, Freedom, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Green Bay Preble, Green Bay Southwest, Hilbert, Mishicot, Northland Pines, Omro, Lourdes Academy, Port Washington, St. Mary Catholic, Sheboygan Christian, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan South, Shiocton, Shorewood, Laona-Wabeno, Waupaca, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Winneconne, Weyauwega Fremont, Reedsville, Westfield-Pioneer, Kewaskum, Marinette, and Providence Academy (Green Bay) under the lights of Winagamie Golf Course for the Nightfall Classic 920. The first races are set to begin at 7:45 p.m.

THURSDAY ACTION

Three Southern Door runners found themselves in the Top 10 in their respective races at Thursday's Chilton Tigers, including the individual champion on the girls' side. The Eagles' Emma Bousley covered the 5K course in a time of 20:21, a personal record for her and her first cross country win in her high school career. As a team, the Eagles took third with 44 points with the home team winning the meet with a score of 44. Southern Door cross country runner Ben Grota found himself in the top 10 once again on Thursday, this time in the Chilton Tiger Invite. His 5K time of 17:31 was good for seventh overall and first on the Eagles' boys squad that finished in third place with 85 points. Led by individual runner-up Kaleb Plate and his time of 16:58, Chilton won their home meet with a score of 30.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rallied from deficits of 3-2,4-3, and 6-4 to defeat the Quad Cities River Bandits 7-6 on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field in front of a playoff record crowd for the franchise to clinch the West Division title with a sweep in the best-of-three series.  Luke Adams capped the thrilling three-run rally with a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to drive in the winning run and set off a wild celebration.

Adams electrified the record crowd of 4,428 with a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning to put the Rattlers up 2-0.  Adams lined the payoff pitch from Ethan Bosacker past the light tower beyond left field wall with an exit velocity of 107 mph.

Wisconsin starting pitcher Will Rudy kept the River Bandits off the scoreboard through 4-2/3 innings.  He had just struck out Omar Hernandez with Sam Kulasingam at first in the top of the fifth for his eighth strikeout. Then, he issued a four-pitch walk to Justin Johnson to extend the inning and Quad Cities took advantage.

Spencer Nivens singled to right on 2-2 pitch to right field to score Kulasingam.  The ball got away from catcher Matt Wood on the tag attempt.  Johnson was at third and Nivens wound up at second.  Jac Caglianone followed with a two-run single to push both runners home to give the River Bandits a 3-2 lead.

Quad Cities had a chance to add to their lead in the top of the seventh with runners at the corners and two outs.  Aaron Rund entered from the Wisconsin bullpen to face Nivens, who grounded a ball up the middle.  Second baseman Jadher Areinamo made a great stop and flipped to second for an out.  Cooper Pratt fired low to first on the turn and Tayden Hall held the base for a spectacular inning-ending double play to send the game to the seventh inning stretch.

The defensive play gave the Rattlers bats a lift and started an amazing run of back-and-forth between the teams.

Jheremy Vargas blooped a double to right to score Eduardo Garcia with the tying run in the bottom of the seventh.

Rund retired the first two batters he faced in the top of the eighth but issued a walk to Carson Roccaforte.  Shervyen Newton followed with a double to left that scored Roccaforte.

In the bottom of the eighth, Cooper Pratt walked to start the frame but was only at second base with two outs.  Ram?n Rodríguez, who had entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning and grounded into a double play, laced a double off the wall in left to score Pratt and tie the game 4-4.

The Bandits went back in front in the top of the tenth against Bayden Root.  A single, a wild pitch, an error, and defensive indifference had Quad Cities with runners at second and third with no outs.  Nivens lifted a ball to center that was deep enough to score the runner from third.  The runner at second also tagged and the throw went to third.  However, the throw was wild, and that runner also scored for a 6-4 lead.  Root hit the next batter before getting the final two outs.

The Timber Rattlers immediately put the pressure on Quad Cities.  Hall drew a lead-off walk.  Vargas singled.  Pinch-hitter Hedbert Pérez also singled to load the bases with no outs.

Luis Lara grounded into a force play at second to score Hall.  He would steal second to put the winning run at second.

Pratt lined a single to Kulasingam in right field.  That hit scored Vargas with the tying run.  However, Kulasingam made a perfect throw to the plate to nail Lara for the second out and keep the Bandits season alive.  Pratt took second on the throw home to set the stage for Adams.

One pitch later, the Rattlers were celebrating.  Adams dropped a single into right and Kulasingam had no chance to catch Pratt.  Adams rounded first and raced to center field to celebrate with the Wisconsin relievers who were spilling out of the bullpen to revel in the victory.

Pratt was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, three runs scored, and an RBI.  Adams was 2-for-4 with three RBI.  Wisconsin was 6-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

The previous playoff attendance record for the Timber Rattlers was set on September 8, 2005 when 2,887 fans turned out to see the Timber Rattlers play the Beloit Snappers in Game Two of a Midwest League first round series.

The Timber Rattlers will face the Lake County Captains, an affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, in the best-of-three Midwest League Championship Series.  Game One is set for Sunday, September 15 at Neuroscience Group Field.  Game time is 6:40pm CDT.  Game Two will be at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio on Tuesday, September 17 at 5:35pm CDT.  If Game Three is necessary, The Captains will host Wisconsin on Wednesday, September 18 at 5:35pm CDT.

Except for one canceled match, all of the area's Packerland Conference teams will be in action on Thursday.

Soccer action includes Kewaunee visiting Algoma and Gibraltar/Sevastopol traveling to Peshtigo for 4:30 p.m. kicks. 

All of the area's volleyball teams will be in action on Thursday with some of local squads facing each other in conference play.

Volleyball action on Thursday includes Luxemburg-Casco hosting Marinette, Sturgeon Bay welcoming Oconto, Southern holding Senior Night festivities against Peshtigo, Sevastopol playing Bonduel in Institute, Gibraltar starting a blackout against Kewaunee. All matches begin at 7 p.m.

The Door County United swim team is back in action on Thursday when they make the trip to Clintonville to battle the Truckers.

Thursday's meet ends a long layoff for the swim team, which last competed when Marinette, New London, Seymour, Shawano Community, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood made the trip to the Sturgeon Bay YMCA late last month to face the United squad.

The first events are slated to begin at 6 p.m.

The Southern Door cross country team heads south Thursday afternoon when they compete at an invitational hosted by Chilton.

Southern Door runner Ben Grota was the top local finisher in last Thursday's 33-team De Pere Invitational held on the campus of UW-Green Bay. He covered the 5K course in 17:49, which was good for 28th place overall. Emma Bousley paced the girls' squad with a time of 21:53 on the 5K course, putting her in the top 40 overall. 

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Sheboygan Lutheran, New London, Denmark, and Wrightstown are also scheduled to compete when the first races begin at 4 p.m.

In other volleyball action, Kewaunee beat Michicot in four sets. 

Behind a stellar pitching, the Milwaukee Brewers managed to hang on and beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Tuesday night on the West Coast.   Aaron Civale went 5.1 innings and allowed just three hits and two runs to pick up his sixth win.  DL Hall, Trevor Megill and Devin Williams allowed just one hit over the last 3.2 innings to preserve the win.  Williams picked up his tenth save of the season.

William Contreras went three-for-four, and Garrett Mitchell hit a solo homer to give the Brewers a 3-1 lead for good in the sixth inning.

The Brewers and Giants will play game two of the series Wednesday night at 8:45 p.m. with Colin Rea (12-4) facing Blake Snell (2-3) for San Francisco. 

After a thirty-minute delay due to weather, the Sturgeon Bay Clippers and the Notre Dame Tritons played to a scoreless tie on U102.1.  The Clippers were able to hang with one of the top Division 2 teams in the state.

JJ Olson played great in the goal for the Clippers, keeping the Tritons off the scoreboard.

Sturgeon Bay Coach Todd Maas said in the post-game show, "We played pretty well today.  I'm very proud of the boys."

In other local soccer action, the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans dropped a 3-1 decision to the Waupaca Comets in the NEC.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won their first playoff game since 2012 with a dramatic, nerve-jangling 1-0 victory over the Quad Cities River Bandits in Game One of the Western Division Finals on Tuesday Night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Jadher Areinamo’s solo homer in the fifth inning was the only run of the game and one of Wisconsin’s two hits in the contest.

Alexander Cornielle, Mark Manfredi, and Tyler Bryant were the trio of Wisconsin hurlers to get in and out of trouble through nine innings to maintain the lead all the way to the end as they pitched around five hits and six walks while holding the River Bandits to 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

Quad Cities starting pitcher Ryan Ramsey didn’t allow a hit through four innings.  Wisconsin had just one base runner, a lead-off walk in the fourth that was erased on a double play.  Ramsey would strikeout nine over six innings.

The River Bandits had chances with two outs in the third and fourth inning against Cornielle.  Quad Cities had runners at first and second with two outs in the third and Cornielle struck out Jac Caglianone, the #1 prospect of the Kansas City Royals, to end the inning.  Cornielle stranded a runner at third when he got Dustin Dickerson to foul out in the fourth.
 

Jadher Areinamo crushed the first pitch of the top of the fifth inning for a long home run.  Areinamo’s solo shot was the only hit Wisconsin had against Ramsey, but it was enough for a 1-0 lead.

Cornielle gave up a two-out single to Justin Johnson in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Spencer Nivens was down in the count 1-2 before fouling off six straight pitches.  Cornielle missed with the next offering before getting Nivens to swing and miss at the twelfth pitch of the at bat to end the inning.

Manfredi relieved Cornielle with two outs and a runner at first in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Manfredi walked the first batter he faced before striking out Dustin Dickerson to end the inning.

Sam Kulasingam singled to start the bottom of the seventh.  Quad Cities asked Omar Hernandez to bunt Kulasingam over to second.  Hernandez popped up his attempt with first baseman Tayden Hall charging down the line.  Hall made a diving grab and fired to first with Areinamo covering for the double play. 

However, the next two batters, Johnson and Nivens reached on a single and a walk.  Manfredi got the final out when Caglianone went after the first pitch and popped out to third.  Manfredi would work a perfect eighth inning and turned the ball over to Bryant for the bottom of the ninth.

Dickerson lined a 1-2 pitch to the middle of the wall in left for a leadoff double.  Kulasingam was not asked to bunt, and he nearly won the game for the Bandits.  He hit a towering fly to the corner in right where the outfield fence is only 318 feet from home plate.  The ball died in the glove of Eduarqui Fernandez about two feet short of a walkoff homer.  Dickerson moved to third on the play.  Then, the real drama started.

Hernandez was at the plate with the Wisconsin infield playing in on the grass.  He lined an 0-2 pitch that seemed destined for the outfield and a game-tying single.  Shortstop Cooper Pratt lunged to his left and caught the ball in the webbing of his glove for the second out while Dickerson held on at third base.

That brought Johnson to the plate with the game on the line.  Johnson, who had three singles in the game – all with two outs in an inning, had the count in his favor at 3-1.  Bryant remained calm and got Johnson to swing and miss at the next two pitches for a game-ending strikeout to give the Rattlers a 1-0 win and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series heading into the off day on Wednesday.

Game Two of the series is set for Thursday evening at Neuroscience Group Field.  Will Rudy is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Quad Cities has announced Ethan Bosacker as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The last Wisconsin playoff win was in Game Four of the Midwest League Championship Series at Fort Wayne on September 16, 2012.  The Rattlers were 0-4 in their last four postseason games before this win over the River Bandits.

The area's golf teams are getting their work in early this week with meets.

Reese Bandow helped keep the Luxemburg-Casco golf team within striking distance at its meet at Northbrook Golf Course in Luxemburg on Monday. Bandow shot a team-low 51 for the Spartans, which scored a 216 overall, just behind Oconto Falls (212) and Fox Valley Lutheran (211).

Sturgeon Bay returns to action on Tuesday as they make up their September 3rd meet. Xavier, Winneconne, West De Pere, Shawano Community, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Bonduel, and Oconto tee off at Seymour's Crystal Springs Golf Course in Seymour at 3 p.m.

Three of the four volleyball teams in action will head out of town for their matches on Tuesday.

Southern Door travels to Reedsville, Sturgeon Bay heads to Shawano, and Sevastopol meets NEW Lutheran on the road for 7 p.m. matches. Kewaunee will stay at home to face Mishicot for a 7 p.m. first serve.

Luxemburg-Casco, Gibraltar, and Algoma will return to action on Thursday for conference matches.

The Algoma cross country team will host the home invitational on Tuesday, when it will welcome 15 other teams.

Crivitz, Denmark, Kewaunee, Lena, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), Oconto, Oneida Nation, Peshtigo, Sevastopol, Southern Door, St John Bosco, Sturgeon Bay, Suring, Wausaukee, and Wolf River Lutheran are also expected to make the trip for the meet. The first race is expected to begin at 4:30 p.m.

The area's Packerland Conference teams were all in action on the soccer pitch on Monday with more fixtures scheduled for Tuesday.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers only needed 60 minutes to dispatch their conference rivals on Monday, topping Kewaunee 11-0. The Clippers return to action Tuesday night when they take on Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay at 6:30 p.m. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first touch.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol United varsity boys returned to winning ways Monday night, defeating the visiting Algoma Wolves in Fish Creek by a final score of 4-0. The busy week for United continues Tuesday night with an away match at Ashwaubenon at 7 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco returns to their home pitch tonight for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff against NEC foe Waupaca

The Packerland Conference has a full slate of soccer action scheduled for Monday.

The conference fixtures include Sturgeon Bay visiting Kewaunee (4:30 p.m.), and Gibraltar/Sevastopol staying home to face Algoma (6:30 p.m.).

The Clippers currently sit at the top of the conference table with four points (2-0-0). Algoma is in second place with two points but holds the edge with a 1-0-0 conference mark. Gibraltar/Sevastopol, Providence Academy, and Kewaunee all have two points to show for their 1-1-0 conference marks while Peshtigo and NEW Lutheran sit on the bottom with no points accrued. 

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will play on its home course for the second time in four days on Monday.

The Spartans welcome Fox Valley Lutheran and Oconto Falls to Northbrook Country Club in Luxemburg for a home triangular beginning at 10 a.m.

On Friday, the Spartans finished with score of 220, finishing below Marinette's 197 and above Denmark's 232. Reese Bandow scored a team-best 53 while Brielle Snowberry shot a 55. Marissa Annoye and Katie Ledvina each registered a 56 and Morgan DeJardin registered a 58.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers tuned up for a playoff run with a 10-3 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Sunday afternoon at Rise 2 Greatness Field in the regular season finale for both teams.  Wisconsin hit three homers and stole five bases in the game.

Cooper Pratt gave the Rattlers (77-54 overall, 35-30 second half) the lead with a line drive homer to left with one out in the top of the first inning.  Matt Wood drew a two-out walk later in the first and Eduardo Garcia followed with a towering fly ball to left that carried out for a two-run homer.

Cedar Rapids (67-63, 30-36) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning with a lead-off home run from Kevin Maitan.

Wisconsin started to pull away in the fourth.  Hedbert Pérez and Victor Torres had consecutive RBI doubles.  Jheremy Vargas drove in Torres with a sacrifice fly for a 6-1 lead.

Torres made his second start as a catcher this season.  He was 0-for-7 on the season at the plate and had appeared in Saturday’s game as a pitcher in the bottom of the eighth inning.  On Sunday, Torres was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored much to the delight of his teammates.

Luis Lara cracked a lead-off home run in the top of the fifth for a 7-1 advantage.

Vargas walked, stole second, and stole third in the seventh inning.  Eduarqui Fernandez drove in Vargas to make it 8-1

Wisconsin used five pitchers in the game.  Stiven Cruz started and worked a scoreless first.  Dikember Sánchez gave up the homer to Maitan but nothing else in his inning of work.  Harrison Durow, who joined the Rattlers from Carolina on Friday, made his Rattlers debut with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts to be credited with the win.  Aiden Maldonado pitched around an error in the fifth and another in the sixth to hold the Kernels off the scoreboard.  Yerlin Rodriguez had the first two runners reach against him in the seventh inning before he escaped the inning on a flyout and two strikeouts. 

In the bottom of the eighth, Rodriguez struck out the first two batters but gave up a triple to Misael Urbina.  Bayden Root took over for Rodriguez and allowed an RBI single to Tyler Dearden before getting the final out.

The Rattlers took advantage of two Cedar Rapids errors to score two unearned runs in the top of the ninth.  Fernandez had the bases loaded and drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly.  An error on a grounder to shortstop allowed Vargas to score Wisconsin’s tenth run of the game.

The Kernels got a two-out, RBI double from Rixon Wingrove in the bottom of the ninth before Root struck out Maitan looking to end the game.

Several players who started the game were lifted for rest.  Vargas pinch hit for Jadher Areinamo in the fourth inning after Areinamo started the game 0-for-2.  Areinamo finished the season with a .301 batting average.  Fernandez replaced Lara on defense in the bottom of the sixth.  Lara was 1-for-3 with a walk, a homer, and a stolen base.  Lara ended the season with 45 stolen bases.  Jesus Chirinos pinch-hit for Wood in the top of the seventh.  Wood was 0-for-2 with a walk on Sunday.

The 77 wins this season are the second-most by a Timber Rattlers team since the 2012 team won 78 games.  This year’s Wisconsin team tied with the 1996 Rattlers for the third most regular season wins. The 2001 Rattlers won 84 games.  The 2012 and 2000 Rattlers had 78 wins.  The 2024 Rattlers matched the 1996 team with 77 victories.

Five stolen bases on Sunday pushed Wisconsin’s season total to 244.  This year’s team fell just short of the franchise record of 245 that was set by the 2001 Rattlers.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday in preparation for Game One of their best-of-three series with the Quad Cities River Bandits.  Wisconsin will open on the road at Modern Woodmen Park on Tuesday night.  Alexander Cornielle has been announced as the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Quad Cities will counter with Ryan Ramsey.  Game time is 6:30pm CDT.

The Green Bay Blizzard has signed its head coach Corey Roberson to an extension after the franchise's most successful season in a decade.

The two-time Indoor Football League Coach of the Year led the Blizzard to the most wins in the IFL in 2025 and its first playoff victory in addition to having the best defense in the league.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels blew open a tight contest with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers by scoring ten runs in the bottom of the eighth inning at Rise 2 Greatness Field on Saturday night.  The Kernels defeated Wisconsin 11-0.

Tyler Wehrle, in his second straight start for the Timber Rattlers, allowed two hits, walked five, and struck out five over five scoreless innings.

Connor Prielipp, the Kernels starter, struck out six over three scoreless, hitless innings.  Ricky Castro took over for Prielipp and pitched the final six innings without allowing a run and striking out eight.

Cedar Rapids (67-62 overall, 30-35 second half) broke through in the bottom of the seventh inning.  Wisconsin reliever Mark Manfredi hit Agustin Ruiz to start the inning.  Then, Kevin Maitan hit a fly ball to the right field corner.  Eduarqui Fernandez made a diving attempt only to see the ball land just out of his reach.  Ruiz was heading for third with a full head of steam and ran right through the stop sign of third base coach Brian Dinkelman.  It worked out for Ruiz and Fernandez thought the play was at second and threw the ball there instead of to his cutoff man.  Ruiz scored for a 1-0 lead.
 

Jheremy Vargas singled to start the top of the eighth and Luke Adams singled with two outs to have a scoring threat against Castro.  Cooper Pratt hit a deep line drive to right, but Walker Jenkins ran it down for the final out of the inning.

Aaron Rund entered the game from the Wisconsin bullpen for the bottom of the eighth.  Kaelen Culpepper started the rally with a soft single to right and Rayne Doncon followed with a single to center.  Nate Baez blooped a single to center.  Culpepper got a great read that the ball was going to drop and sprinted home with the run.

Rund got the first out, but a soft grounder off the bat of Maitan went for an infield single to load the bases.  Jose Salas singled to score another run.  An error on another soft grounder let in one more run for a 4-0 lead.

The toughest play of the inning was the next one.  The bases were loaded, and Jenkins singled to center to score two runs.  Kyle Hess, the runner at first took the turn around third base too far and was trapped off third base.  However, the throw went to third and Hess sprinted home to score for a 7-0 lead.

Culpepper tripled with two outs to knock in Jenkins and end Rund’s night with the Rattlers down 8-0.

Position player Victor Torres took over on the mound.  An error let Culpepper score.  Then, Baez hit a two-run home run to account for the final score.

Luis Lara led Wisconsin’s offense.  He had two hits and stole three bases.  The Rattlers were held to four hits in the game as they were shutout for the fifth time this season.

The final game of the series – and of the 2024 regular season – is Sunday afternoon.  Stiven Cruz (2-3, 3.48) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  The Kernels have named Tanner Lee (1-5, 5.40) as their starter.  Game time is 1:05pm CDT.  

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team made it to their second semifinals in as many weekends on Saturday, this time taking third place in the Tom Larsen Invite at Green Bay Notre Dame.

In pool play, the Spartans:

Beat Kewauskum 25-20, 25-23

Beat DePere 25-11, 25-10

Lost to Kimberly 20-25, 20-25

The Spartans lost to Slinger 25-23, 23-25, 8-15 before topping West De Pere in the third-place match 25-20, 25-13.

The team's top performers on the day included Alayna Deprez (127 assists, 44 digs, 6 aces), Aubrey Frey (55 kills, 47 digs, 6 aces), Ella Vander Velden (36 kills, 28 digs, 9 aces), Campbell Onell (20 kills and 9 aces), and Rylan Kaminski (46 digs).

Head coach Jeff Frey said it was another great day of volleyball, offering his squad another opportunity to improve and grow together. "We dropped a couple of close matches that could have gone either way, and we need to clean some things up.  Overall though, it was a great day of growth."

Saquon Barkley continues to be a terror for the Green Bay Packers' defense, this time leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 34-29 win in Brazil Friday night.

Barkley rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries and caught another score to lead the Eagles offensively. The Packers lead 6-0 early on a pair of field goals before Barkley scored his first touchdown. Barkley would trade scores with the Packers' Jayden Reed, who scored on a 33-yard run and a 70-yard pass in the second quarter. The Eagles would cut the Packers' lead to 19-17 with a field goal cap of the half.

The Eagles would take control as AJ Brown and Barkley scored on either side of a Christian Watson touchdown catch from Jordan Love to make it a 31-26 lead in the third quarter. The two teams traded field goals in the fourth to keep the Packers away from the win column.

The Packers will try again next Sunday when they host the Indianpolis Colts. 

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team found themselves in the middle of its two conference foes at Northbrook Country Club Friday afternoon.

The Spartans finished with score of 220, finishing below Marinette's 197 and above Denmark's 232. 

Reese Bandow scored a team-best 53 while Brielle Snowberry shot a 55. Marissa Annoye and Katie Ledvina each registered a 56 and Morgan DeJardin registered a 58.

Marinette's Regan Hermanson, Kennedy Polomis, and Anna Marzahl led all golfers with a score of 45.

Sturgeon Bay joined all three Kewaunee County teams in the win column Friday night in local football action.

Isaac Yunk and the Algoma Wolves were too much for the Gibraltar Vikings in a 48-0 romp Friday night in Fish Creek.

Kewaunee made easy work of Oconto in a 35-8 rout.

It was senior Patrick Haese and his 3 rushing touchdowns that led the Sturgeon Bay Clippers to a 20-0 win at home over the Marinette Marines.

Luxemburg-Casco snapped a two-game losing streak to start their season with a 28-13 win over Denmark. (Photo of Andrew Klass running by Ron LeCloux)
 

Southern Door could not keep up with the Bonduel Bears in a 34-3 defeat.

Sevastopol just needed one score to beat Suring on the road 6-0.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team hopes a trip to Winneconne will help right the ship after a tough loss Thursday night.

The United were humbled after 2-0 start to their season with a 7-1 loss to Packerland power Sturgeon Bay on Thursday night. Both teams were on top of the conference table after winning their Packerland openers.

The quad features the host school. Omro, and West Bend West and begins at 9:30 a.m. in Winneconne.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team looks to duplicate its tournament success on Saturday when it heads to Green Bay Notre Dame for its annual post-Labor Day invite.

The Spartans could play against De Pere, Kewaskum, Kimberly, Lakeside Lutheran, Notre Dame Academy, Slinger, and West De Pere.  The action begins at 9 a.m.

Last week, the Spartans won the Beast of the Northeast Tournament in Appleton with a perfect 7-0 mark, including a championship win over Bay Port. They went on to split their two matches this past week with the Pirates avenging their loss on Tuesday before the Spartans swept away Little Chute on Thursday.

Picture by Ron LeCloux

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers received a great start from Will Rudy and gave him just enough offense to pick up a 3-2 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Friday night at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Rudy earned his sixth win of the season with seven strikeouts over six scoreless innings.

The Timber Rattlers (76-53 overall, 34-29 second half) used alert base running to take advantage of Cedar Rapids miscues to score twice in the top of the second inning.  Jesus Chirinos walked to start the inning.  Jose Acosta drove a double to the wall in right.  Chirinos was pulling into third, but a poor throw into the cutoff man in the outfield got away.  Chirinos sprinted home as the ball trickled to the infield grass.  He would score the first run of the game just ahead of a late throw from Rixon Wingrove, the first baseman who got to the ball near the mound.

Jheremy Vargas followed with a sharp single to left.  Acosta held up for a moment to make sure the ball would get through the infield, and he was pulling into third base.  Left fielder Misael Urbina fired to the plate anyway and missed the cutoff man with a throw that was up the third base line on the infield grass.  Vargas saw an opening to go to second and beat the throw from catcher Poncho Ruiz.  Acosta noticed that no one was covering the plate and broke for home.  By the time pitcher Darren Bowen got to the plate to take the throw, Acosta was sliding home with the second run.

Luke Adams was hit by a pitch for the fortieth time this season to open the Wisconsin third inning.  He was still at first base with two outs and Jesus Chirinos at the plate.  Adams was running on an 0-2 pitch and Chirinos lined a deep drive to the base of the wall in right.  Gabriel Gonzalez played the ball of the wall well enough to hold Chirinos to a single, but it wasn’t enough to keep Adams from racing home for a 3-0 lead.

Rudy was in trouble a few times early but didn’t allow the Kernels (66-62, 29-35) to score.  The first two batters reached in the first inning on a walk and a single.  They did not advance as Rudy retired the next three batters in a row.  Kevin Maitin started the second inning with a hard grounder down the third base line.  He was going for two, but a strong, accurate throw from Jheremy Vargas was in time to get Maitan at second base for the first out.  The next batter walked before Rudy got his first two strikeouts to end the frame.

The Kernels first two runners reached in the bottom of the third on a walk and a single, but they were left stranded again as Rudy struck out the next two batters and got the final out on a strikeout.  Rudy was never in trouble over his final three innings of work and his seven strikeouts matched his single-game high as a pro and he turned the 3-0 lead over to the bullpen after six innings.
 

In bottom of the seventh, Yerlin Rodriguez mowed down the Kernels by striking out the side in order.

Jeferson Figueroa buckled a bit in the bottom of the eighth as he allowed a single and a double to the first two batters.  Back-to-back RBI grounders by Rayne Doncon and Rixon Wingrove cut Wisconsin’s lead to one run.  Then, Figueroa buckled down as he got the final out of the eighth and pitched a perfect ninth for his first Midwest League save.

Friday’s game ended a streak of eight consecutive games in which the Timber Rattlers had seen their opponents score first.  The win also allowed the Rattlers to clinch the season series from Cedar Rapids.  Wisconsin had not won a season series from the Kernels since 2017.

Game five of the series is Saturday night at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Tyler Wehrle (2-3, 4.45) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Connor Prielipp (0-1, 3.86) is set to start for the Kernels.  Game time is 6:35pm CDT. 

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will not have to go too far for their next two outings on the schedule.

On Friday, the Spartans will welcome Denmark and Marinette for a triangular at 1 p.m. at Northbrook Country Club in Luxemburg, which is located right down the street from the school. The Spartans will pull hosting duties again on Monday when they welcome Fox Valley Lutheran and Oconto Falls. That meet will start a little earlier at Northbrook Country Club with a tee time of 10 a.m.

The area's cross country teams found themselves throughout northeast Wisconsin on Thursday for meets in their second week of competition.

At UW-Green Bay's on-campus cross country course, Luxemburg-Casco's boys team found themselves at the top of the podium of the De Pere Invitational after winning last week's Chief Kahquados Invitational in Fish Creek. They finished eighth overall but first among small schools. Southern Door's Ben Grota was the top local finisher for the boys, covering the 5K course in 17:49. For the girls, Luxemburg-Casco also was the top local team with a third place finish in the small school division. Kewaunee's Hannah Miller won the race overall, finishing in 20:00.

BOYS

1. De Pere 52

2. Hartford Union 59

3. Ashwaubenon 117

4. Pulaski 141

5. Plymouth 218

6. West De Pere 239

7. New London 288

8. Luxemburg-Casco 302

9. Oconto Falls 314

10. Bay Port 324

11. Wausau West 325

12. Mukwonago 343

13. Manitowoc Lincoln 344

14. Seymour 345

15. Appleton East 353

16. Kewaskum 373

17. Green Bay Southwest 404

18. Shawano Community 450

19. Waterford 478

20. Peshtigo 500

21. Manitowoc Lutheran 544

22. Southern Door 572

23. Laconia 605

24. Freedom 608

25. Wrightstown 694

26. Winnebago Lutheran Academy 797 

27. Kewaunee 806

GIRLS

1. Hartford Union 65

2. Mukwonago 91

3. De Pere 105

4. Shawano Community 112

5. Wausau West 153

6. Bay Port 202

7. Manitowoc Lincoln 223

8. Ashwaubenon 276

9. Luxemburg-Casco 279

10.Winneconne 287

11. Green Bay Southwest 292

12. Plymouth 296

13. Waterford 341

14. Appleton East 391

15. West De Pere 396 

16. Seymour 440

17. Green Bay West 483

18. Lena/Saint Thomas Academy 493

19. Kewaskum 502

20. Manitowoc Lutheran 515

21. Peshtigo 506

22. Kewaunee 522

23. Southern Door 553

24. Manitowoc Lutheran 570

25. Sevastopol 663

26. Wrightstown 714

Gibraltar took their talents to Kiel for an invitational. They did not have enough boys to qualify as a full team, while the girls took 15th overall. Emile Glocke paced the girls with a time of 25:36, while Graham Devoe led the boys with a time of 21:30.

GIRLS

1) Little Chute 527

2) Kiel 898

3) Kohler 1336

4) Valders 1378

5) Two Rivers 1437

6) Kettle Moraine Lutheran 1466

7) Port Washington 1497

8) Chilton 2107

9) Washington County Homeschool 2625

10) St. Mary's Springs 2656

11) Oostburg 2677

12) Mishicot 2758

13) Denmark 3227

14) Campbellsport 3387

15) Gibraltar 4228
 

The Sturgeon Bay cross country team traveled to Green Bay on Thursday to compete in the Tom Finlan Invitational hosted by Green Bay Preble. The Clippers did not have enough boys to compete as a team, a race dominated by the home squad that scored 22 points, doubling up its nearest competition, Luke Selle led the boys with a time of 22:26 on the 5K course. The girls came in seventh place overall with 142 points, which was about 120 point behind first-place Green Bay Preble. Megan Quaderer led all Clippers runners with a time of 22:15.

Picture courtesy of Luxemburg-Casco Cross Country

All seven local football teams will be in action on Friday night, four of which will be featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network.

The Kewaunee Storm look to get back on the winning track when they host the Oconto Blue Devils in Packerland Conference football. The pregame is set for 6:45 p.m. on 104.1 WRLU, and kick-off is set for 7 p.m. from the Don Rabas Field in Kewaunee. The game will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network with Paul Schmitt and Eric Fischer on the call.

The Gibraltar Vikings will battle a conference rival on the field and an even bigger foe off of it Friday night when they welcome the Algoma Wolves. Tim Kowols will have the call from Fish Creek on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 6:45 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m. You can also catch the game on 1051TheGOAT.com and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com. The game will serve as a benefit for the family of Braden Sitte, who graduated from Gibraltar in 2024 and was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma weeks before he was to join his new football teammates at UW-LaCrosse. Proceeds from the concessions, silent auction, raffle baskets, bake sale, and other activities will support his ongoing treatments and associated costs.

The Sturgeon Bay football team hopes the third time is the charm Friday night when they enter Packerland Conference play against Marinette. Bryan Mazur will have the call on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kick at 7 p.m.

Other games scheduled for Friday include Southern Door hosting Bonduel, Sevastopol visiting Suring, and Luxemburg-Casco heading to Denmark. All games start at 7 p.m.

Lopsided results were the theme of two Packerland Conference matches on Thursday night.

As heard on U-102.1, Sturgeon Bay got back into the win column in a big way, defeating Gibraltar/Sevastopol 7-1. 

Kewaunee was bested by Providence Academy 8-0 in 78 minutes.

No results were shared from Algoma's match against Peshtigo

In North Eastern Conference action, Luxemburg-Casco lost to Sheboygan South 2-0.

Sevastopol and two Kewaunee County teams posted wins in Thursday's volleyball action.

NEW Lutheran's Emma Laatsch made sure Gibraltar left Green Bay on the wrong end of a 3-0 sweep on the volleyball court Thursday night.

The Algoma volleyball team will have to wait another day to win their first Packerland Conference match of the season after being swept by Oconto 3-0 on Thursday.

The Kewaunee volleyball team made the most of their Thursday night in Green Bay, sweeping Green Bay East 3-0.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team got back on track Thursday night in conference play, sweeping Little Chute 3-0.

The Southern Door volleyball team won the first game but could not capture one after that as they lost 3-1 to Sevastopol Thursday night.

No results were shared from Sturgeon Bay's matches at Peshtigo.

The Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles will christen a new NFL market tonight when the two teams face off in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Brazilian capital joins London (United Kingdom), Munich (Germany), Frankfurt (Germany), and Mexico City (Mexico) as hosts for the NFL International Series games. The NFL touted the market as one of the fastest-growing in the world for the league.

The Packers are coming off a 9-8 season a year ago that ended with splitting their playoff contests against the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. Led by the midseason renaissance of Jordan Love, the Packers won six of their final eight games to make the playoff.

The Eagles had the flip of that script, losing five of their last six regular season games before they were bounced in the playoffs by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers made a habit of scoring early and often on their way to their first half division title and their first playoff spot since 2016.  The Rattlers continued that trend well into the second half.  However, their opponents have turned the tables on the Timber Rattlers lately and the Cedar Rapids Kernels jumped to a 5-0 lead on the way to a 5-3 victory over the Rattlers on Thursday night at Rise 2 Greatness Field.

Cedar Rapids (66-61 overall, 29-34 second half) threatened to take the lead almost immediately in the bottom of the first.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Ryan Birchard walked the first two batters and gave up a single to load the bases with no outs.  Rixon Wingrove sent a fly ball to medium left that scored the runner from third.  The Rattlers appealed to third thinking that the runner left early.  The appeal was successful and there were two outs with the game still scoreless.
 

Wingrove did not leave it up to an appeal play his next turn at the plate.  In the third inning with a runner at second and one out, Wingrove lined a home run over the wall in right on the first pitch of his at bat for a 2-0 lead.

Cedar Rapids scored an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Walker Jenkins doubled with two outs against reliever Brailin Rodriguez.  A balk by Rodriguez let Jenkins take third base.  An error on a grounder to second that would have ended the inning allowed Jenkins to score.

Misael Urbina made it 5-0 with a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth. 

The opponents have scored first in each of the last eight games the Rattlers have played.  Including Thursday’s result, the Rattlers are 1-7 in their last eight.

The Timber Rattlers (75-53, 33-29) fought back to make the Kernels sweat a little bit.

Jadher Areinamo mashed his tenth home run of the season, a solo shot in the top of the sixth with one out.  Later in the same inning, Luis Lara drew a two-out walk.  Matt Wood followed with a double to center.  Lara tried to score on the play but was out at the plate for the final out of the inning.

The Kernels opened the door a bit for the Rattlers in the eighth inning.  Tayden Hall drew a walk with one out.  Areinamo hit a slow grounder to second.  Jose Salas tried to tag out Hall, but the ball was jarred from his glove and the Rattlers would have runners at second and third when the play was done.  Eduardo Garcia drove in Hall with a deep flyball to left for a sacrifice fly and the Rattlers were down 5-2.

Ram?n Rodríguez pulled the Rattlers to within two runs with a one-out, solo homer in the top of the ninth.  Rodríguez also has hit ten home runs this season.

Eduarqui Fernandez drew a walk to bring the tying run to the plate, but Wisconsin would get no closer as the next two hitters were retired and the late comeback was denied.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  Will Rudy (5-8, 4.86) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Cedar Rapids has named Darren Bowen (2-9, 5.94) as their starter.  Game time is 6:35pm CDT. 

Many of the area's soccer teams will play some of their conference foes on Thursday night, including one match that will be featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network.

The Sturgeon Bay soccer will try to break a two-match losing streak Thursday night when they host Gibraltar/Sevastopol at Clark Field. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first touch at 6:30 p.m. The game will also be heard on U1021.com and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com. 

Other games scheduled for Thursday include Kewaunee visiting Providence Academy (4:30 p.m.), Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Sheboygan South (6:30 p.m.), and Algoma hosting Peshtigo (4:30 p.m.)

After a week away, the area's cross-country teams return to action on Thursday with meets across northeast Wisconsin.

Luxemburg-Casco, Kewaunee, Southern Door, and Sevastopol will join Appleton East, Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Freedom, Gillett, Green Bay East, Green Bay Southwest, Hartford Union, Kewaskum, Kohler, Laconia, Laona-Wabeno, Lena, Manitowoc Lincoln, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mukwonago, New London, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo, Plymouth, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, Waterford, Wausau West, West De Pere, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Winneconne, and Wrightstown for a meet hosted by De Pere at UW-Green Bay with the first varsity race beginning at 5:20 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay will run at Green Bay's Josten Park against Bonduel, Omro, Ripon, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan North, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), and Providence Academy (Green Bay) beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Gibraltar will visit Kiel to face Valders, Little Chute, Campbellsport, Chilton, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Hilbert, Kohler, Mishicot, New Holstein, Oostburg, Port Washington, Random Lake, Roncalli, St. Lawrence Seminary, Two Rivers, Washington County Home School Athletics, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, St. Mary's Springs Academy, Reedsville, and Denmark for an invite starting at 4 p.m.

A wild and weird top of the ninth inning was full of exhilaration and heartbreak for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers as they fought back from a 3-0 deficit to score three runs and tie the Cedar Rapids Kernels Wednesday night at Rise 2 Greatness Field.  However, missed opportunities cost the Rattlers the lead and eventually the game as the Kernels scored a two-out run in the bottom of the tenth for a 4-3 win.

The game did not start out well for Wisconsin (75-52 overall, 33-28 second half).  Starting pitcher Alexander Cornielle had a runner at first with two outs when he walked Rubel Cespedes on a 3-2 pitch.  Rayne Doncon, in his first game off the Kernels Injured List, lined the first pitch of his at bat to left for a two-run double.  Agustin Ruiz gave the Kernels (65-61, 28-34) a 3-0 lead with an RBI single.

That would be if for the Kernels against Cornielle.  The right-hander retired the next sixteen batter he faced.  Cornielle struck out seven in six innings.

Kernels starter John Klein would pitch seven scoreless innings, and he was rarely in trouble.  In the fifth, he gave up singles to the first two batters he faced before a double play and a flyout kept the shutout intact.  In the seventh, Wisconsin had two on with one out, but a strikeout and a force out ended the threat.  Klein struck out six, hit two, and scattered six hits.

Juan Mendez, the Kernels first reliever, was in trouble in the eighth.  He hit Luke Adams and gave up a two-out double to Luis Lara.  The Rattlers could not cash in on that chance.

The was a little history made in the top of the eighth.  Adams was hit by a pitch for the 39th time this season.  He has set the new Midwest League record being hit by a pitch in a season.  He had shared the record with Nick Sinay of Lansing, who had been hit 38 times in 2017.

Additionally, Lara’s double extended his current hitting streak to eight games, his longest hitting streak of the season.

However, the Rattlers were still looking for their first run.

The top of the ninth inning started with a strikeout by Xander Hamilton.  Felix Valerio reached on an infield single and Eduarqui Fernandez walked.  A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position.  Jheremy Vargas laced a single to center to score Valerio.

Adams stepped in and sent a grounder to Cespedes at second for what appeared to be a game-ending double play.  Cespedes lost the ball while getting it out of his glove and the ball trickled into left field.  Fernandez scored and Vargas wound up at third base.

Jadher Areinamo was next, and the league’s leading hitter sent a high fly to left field that dropped in for a single to score Vargas with the tying run and chase Hamilton from the game.

Lara greeted Jordan Carr with another single to left that looked sure to put the Rattlers ahead as Adams raced around third primed to score.  Adams tripped and fell halfway between third and home and was tagged out as the throw home was on target for the second out.

The Rattlers still had runners at the corners and Lara took off while Carr still held the ball before throwing on a 1-2 pitch to Hedbert Pérez at the plate.  Carr stepped off the mound and turned to face Lara.  Areinamo broke for the plate, but Carr never threw the baseball.  He was able to turn back to the plate and throw home to get Areinamo for the final out.

In the top of the tenth, Wisconsin had runners at first and second with one out.  Jesus Chirinos hit a fly ball deep to right Gabriel Gonzalez made a diving catch for the second out and hold the runners at their bases.  Carr got the final out to keep the game tied going to the bottom of the tenth.

Dikember Sánchez, Wisconsin’s fourth pitcher of the night who had worked a scoreless ninth inning, got the first two outs in the bottom of the tenth to hold the placed runner at second base.  Sánchez was ahead of Gonzalez 1-2 when the defensive hero from the top of the inning sent a fly ball to left that carried just out of the reach of Pérez on the warning track for a game-winning, RBI double.

Game three of the series is Thursday night.  Ryan Birchard (0-2, 9.82) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Cedar Rapids will send Spencer Bengard (1-0, 1.42) to the mound.  Game time is 6:35pm CDT.

The area's volleyball teams will get to play some familiar competition when they take the court on Thursday.

In North Eastern Conference action, Luxemburg-Casco hosts Little Chute.

Packerland Conference play features Sevastopol hosting Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay visiting Peshtigo, Gibraltar battling at NEW Lutheran, and Algoma heading to Oconto. The odd team out is Kewaunee, who will play at Green Bay East.

All of the matches begin at 7 p.m.

The Green Bay Packers flew out of Austin Straubel Airport early Wednesday morning to prepare for their opening game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

After the 10-hour flight, the Packers are planning on a walk-through Thursday at the Corinthians soccer club’s training ground. 

On the injury front, Rookie running back MarShawn Lloyd (hamstring) did not participate in practice for the Packers on Tuesday. On limited duties were linebacker Edgerrin Cooper (hip), receiver Romeo Doubs (hand), running back Emanuel Wilson (hip), and cornerback Carrington Valentine (hamstring).

The nationally televised game on Friday kicks off at 7:15 p.m. 

In Institute, the Sevastopol Pioneers topped the Reedsville Panthers 3-1.

Luxemburg-Casco also fell in four sets (3-1) to the Bay Port Pirates at home.

No scores were reported from Sturgeon Bay's quad match in Seymour against Pulaski and Little Chute.

In Sturgeon Bay, the Clippers lost to Pulaski 5-0  in non-conference play.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans edged the Wrightstown Tigers 3-2 on the road in the North Eastern Conference.  

No report was received for the Algoma match versus Howards Grove. 

The Door County YMCA Striver’s Gymnastics Team awarded the Seventh Annual Ellie Helm “Spirit” Award at their team banquet on Monday, August 26th. The Ellie Helm Spirit Award stands for Sportsmanship, Positivity, Inspiration, Respect and Teamwork. Six characteristics that describe Ellie Helm.

Ellie was a long-time Striver Gymnast who won numerous individual, State, and National Medals for the Striver Team. Ellie was a Gibraltar graduate; she attended The University of North Dakota. Ellie participated on the UND cheerleading squad. On September 29, 2017 Ellie lost her life suddenly and tragically in an ATV accident. At that moment the world lost a loving, kind, compassionate young woman.

The Ellie Helm “SPIRIT” Award is awarded to a Striver Gymnast who exemplifies and encapsulates Ellie’s kind spirit, her compassion for the sport of gymnastics and love for her teammates, and most importantly exhibits the characteristics that define the Spirit Award.

The 2023-2024 Ellie Helm “SPIRIT” Award recipient is Level 7 gymnast Estelle Duerst. Estelle is the daughter of Sofia and Jesse Duerst. Estelle is home-schooled and is in 7th grade. ESTELLE has been on the Striver’s Gymnastic Team for five seasons, Estelle will compete in Level 8 (out of 10) this season.  ESTELLE embellishes herself with encouraging her teammates and having a brave spirit, she is determined, resilient and diligent. Estelle gives 100 percent to every Team practice; she is a joy to have in the gym

Congratulations Estelle Duerst!

After some teams had the Labor Day weekend off, high school boys soccer resumes the season on Tuesday.

The list of fixtures includes Luxemburg-Casco heading to Wrightstown (4:30 p.m.), Algoma hosting Howards Grove (4:30 p.m.), and Sturgeon Bay playing at home against Pulaski (6:30 p.m.).

After sticking to tournaments the first week of the season, some area volleyball teams will play in single dual matches on Tuesday.

Luxemburg-Casco will host Bay Port, and Sevastopol will play at home against Reedsville. Both matches begin at 7 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay will still have to play multiple matches on Tuesday as they join Pulaski and Little Chute in Seymour for a quadrangular that begins at 5 p.m.

The Sturgeon Bay girls' golf team will not hit the links on Monday as originally planned.

The next Bay Conference meet featuring the Clippers, Bonduel, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Oconto, Shawano Community, West De Pere, Winneconne, and Xavier at Crystal Springs Golf Course in Seymour had been scheduled for Monday, but it will instead tee off a week now on September 10th at 10 a.m. 

You will see pet lovers leading their furry friends along the trail by the Sturgeon Bay YMCA this year while supporting the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus.  The 5th annual Pet Walk is Sunday, September 8, and will be held at Peterson Park.  Lori Nachtwey of the Door County Humane Society says the event is the largest family-friendly outdoor fundraiser supporting the animals at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus.  She shares the excitement the Pet Walk creates for all the participants.

The event begins at 9 a.m., with the walk starting at 10 a.m. It includes music, vendors and exhibitors, kids' activities, dog costume contests, and games. All the proceeds benefit the animals at the Door County Campus. You can take advantage of early bird registration by going to petwalkdoorcounty.com.  

(photo from WHS-DoorCountyCampus)

Gibraltar's home opener against Algoma will be much more than a football game when the two teams take the field in Fish Creek.

The game will serve as a benefit for the family of Braden Sitte, who graduated from Gibraltar in 2024 and was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma weeks before he was to join his new football teammates at UW-LaCrosse. 

Proceeds from the concessions, silent auction, raffle baskets, bake sale, and other activities will support his ongoing treatments and associated costs. The activities begin at 6:30 p.m., with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.

The Quad Cities River Bandits followed a familiar pattern in their 15-2 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Neuroscience Group Field Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Quad Cities scored first, scored, often, and kept the Rattlers from mounting any kind of a comeback to record their fifth straight win.  The River Bandits have put themselves in position to be Wisconsin’s opponent in the first round of the Midwest League Playoffs with their streak.

The trouble started in the top of the second inning on a lead-off double by Shervyen Newton against Wisconsin starting pitcher Mark Manfredi.  Dustin Dickerson drove in Newton with a single.  Manfredi got the second out of the inning on his third strikeout before a single by Omar Hernandez ended Manfredi’s day on his fortieth pitch.

Yerlin Rodriguez entered the game and walked the first batter he faced to load the bases.  Then, Spencer Nivens double to score two runs and Jac Caglianone followed with another two-run double for a 5-0 lead.

Quad Cities (64-61 overall, 34-26 second half) had two outs with one on in the top of the third with Rodriguez on the mound.  By the time the Rattlers found the final out of the inning, six more runs had scored, and they were down 11-0.  The seeds were planted when Rodriguez walked the number eighth and number nine hitters in the River Bandits lineup with two outs to load the bases.  Justin Johnson doubled to left to score all three runners on base.  An error on Jesus Chirinos on a grounder that should have ended the inning let Johnson score.  Caglianone chased Rodriguez from the game with a single on the 55th pitch thrown by Rodriguez.

Bayden Root relieved Rodriguez but walked the first three batters he faced, including two with the bases loaded to force in runs, before getting the final out.  The River Bandits had eight consecutive hitters reach base after there were two outs in the inning.

Wisconsin (74-51, 32-27) scored their runs in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Matt Wood and a sacrifice fly from Eduarqui Fernandez.

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Hoby Milner pitched a perfect fifth inning for the Timber Rattlers on his second rehab assignment with the team.  He needed just nine pitches for a pair of weak grounders and strikeout in this performance.

The River Bandits added to their lead on solo homers by Newton and Trevor Werner against Brailin Rodriguez.  The scored their final two runs in the eighth inning.  Reliever Dikember Sanchez gave up an RBI single to Omar Hernandez.  Sanchez appeared to strike out Caglianone for the final out but was called for a balk before the final pitch to let the last run score.

The fifteen runs allowed are the most Wisconsin has given up in a game this season.  Quad Cities scored first in all five of their wins in the series.
 

The West Division’s second half playoff raced has cleared a bit more after Sunday’s results.  The Peoria Chiefs lost at Beloit on Sunday afternoon to allow the River Bandits to open a three-game lead on the Chiefs with six games left in the season.  Quad Cities returns home on Tuesday to face Beloit while Peoria is back home to take on Lake County, the first half East Division champions.  If Quad Cities holds their lead in the West Division through next Sunday, they will host Wisconsin in Game One of the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday, September 10 at Modern Woodmen Park.

The Timber Rattlers start their final regular season series on Tuesday at Cedar Rapids.  Stiven Cruz (2-3, 3.86) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Cedar Rapids has named Ty Langenberg (5-2, 4.25) as their starter. Game time at Rise2Greatness Field is 6:35pm.

If you missed hockey, you are in luck.

The Green Bay Gamblers will host a number of exhibition games at the Cornerstone Community Rink in De Pere during the month of September. The exhibition series matchup between the Green Bay Gamblers and the Youngstown Phantoms starts September 4th and continues on the 5th and 6th as well. The organization will also host the USHL Showcase on September 12th and 13th. Each day will feature two games with the Gamblers playing the 7 p.m. night cap against the Waterloo Black Hawks on September 12th and the Madison Capitols on September 13th.

Tickets are available for all five days for $10 a day.

The Green Bay Packers have settled on their rosters for their 53-man team and their practice squad after a hectic few days earlier in the week.

The Packers opted to go outside of the organization for their two big position battles of the summer. Shortly before the roster cut deadline, the Packers traded a late-round pick to the Tennessee Titans for Malik Willis. That spelled the end for Sean Clifford and Michael Pratt. While Clifford was able to slip onto the practice squad, Tampa Bay picked up Pratt. The Packers also went to Tennessee for their new kicker, Brayden Narveson. The team had spared Greg Joseph from the initial cutdown as they said goodbye to former draft pick Anders Carlson. 

The 53-man roster is as follows ahead of their Friday night game in Brazil against the Philadelphia Eagles:

QB: Jordan Love and Malik Willis

RB: Josh Jacobs, MarShawn Lloyd and Emanuel Wilson

WR: Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks, Bo Melton and Malik Heath

TE: Luke Musgrave, Tucker Kraft and Ben Sims

OL: Rasheed Walker, Elgton Jenkins, Josh Myers, Jordan Morgan, Zach Tom, Sean Rhyan, Andre Dillard, Jacob Monk, Kadeem Telfort and Travis Glover

DE: Rashan Gary, Preston Smith, Kingsley Enagbare, Lukas Van Ness, Brenton Cox Jr. and Arron Mosby

DT: Kenny Clark, T.J. Slaton, Devonte Wyatt, Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden

LB: Quay Walker, Isaiah McDuffie, Eric Wilson, Edgerrin Cooper and Ty’Ron Hopper

CB: Jaire Alexander, Eric Stokes, Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine and Corey Ballentine

S: Xavier McKinney, Javon Bullard, Evan Williams, Kitan Oladapo and Zayne Anderson

SPT: Brayden Narveson (K), Daniel Whelan (P) and Matt Orzech (LS)

The Packers also signed the following players to its practice squad

DL Deslin Alexandre
QB Sean Clifford
DL James Ester
K Alex Hale (NFL International Player Pathway program)
WR Julian Hicks
G/T Donovan Jennings
CB Kalen King
RB Nate McCrary
RB Ellis Merriweather
CB Robert Rochell
G/C Lecitus Smith
TE Messiah Swinson 

A pitcher's duel ended with Sister Bay capturing their second straight Door County League "double" title, winning the playoff championship game against Kolberg Sunday afternoon 2-0.

The Bays' Sam Forkert and the Braves' Trevor Reinhardt went toe-to-toe threw the game's first six innings. Forkert dodged the first bullet when the Braves had two men on in the first inning. The Bays averted the threat when Tom Sawyer threw out Trevor Reinhardt at second base on a delayed double steal attempt with Jack Peterson. Schneider got out of his own jam in the second with two men on when he forced to Stewart Larsen into double play to Reinhard to end the frame.

 

 

 

 

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It remained tied at 0-0 until the bottom of the seventh when the Bays' Spencer Krause, Griffin Cole, and Sam Forkert all reached to load the bases. With Reinhardt on the mound in relief of Schneider, Matt Hecht broke the tie with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to make it 1-0.

 

 

 

 

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After Larsen reached to load the bases again, Sawyer Johnson delivered an RBI single to give the Bays an important insurance run late.

 

 

 

 

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The Bays would threaten once more in the eighth inning, but a nifty play made by Reinhardt allowed the Braves to stay within striking distance in the ninth.

 

 

 

 

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The Braves would get a man on, but Austin Dart flew out to Alex Laughlin to end the game and give the Bays their fourth straight DCL title (two regular season, two playoff).

 

 

 

 

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Postgame, the DCL honored Krause as its batter of the year, Jeremiah Jahnke (Maplewood) as its pitcher of the year, and Kevin Brauer (Maplewood) as its manager of the year.

Each year I’m amazed at just how fast summer goes!  It seems like just yesterday I was hitting the water for some kayak fishing in May and now it’s already Labor Day Weekend!  The good news is, don’t put those kayaks and fishing gear away yet.   September and October, and even into November can be outstanding months to get out and view our spectacular Door County fall colors from your kayak, and it’s a great time for fishing.  Pick a day with light winds and you have dozens of great locations to paddle, enjoy the beauty and fish, if you want.

Sometimes I’m kayak fishing for smallmouth bass into November.  After that last cast of the season I’m usually OK for about a month, but then I’m already looking forward to opening day next season.  Fortunately, I have fishing articles to write and Power Point presentations to update for the various sports shows I speak at, including Canoecopia in Madison.

I’ve talked about this in the past, but as we got into summer many of the bigger smallies go deeper, which is a challenge for anglers in boats or kayaks.  However, as the water cools those smallies begin to come back in shallow. Probably not as shallow as in the spring, but in a normal fall you’ll find them shallow to 15’-20’. For my fall fishing I’m still using the Ned Rig and tube jigs on the bottom, along with swimming a smaller swimbaits.  The local tackle shop carries all the lures I use and is a good resource for information on some of the better spots for those fall smallies.

Two points of caution with fall kayaking and fishing from a kayak. Be sure to wear proper cold water gear and be sure to check the forecast related to the wind.  I am only kayaking and fishing close to shore just in case of an emergency. It’s been great sharing my thoughts about kayaking and kayak fishing with you again this year, and, as always, if you have any questions email me at kayakfishingwisconsin@gmail.com.