In a close Packerland boys basketball match up yesterday, Southern Door beat Algoma 48-42. The score remained pretty even throughout the game yesterday. The Eagles were up one bucket at the end of the first quarter but the Wolves answered back to take the lead 23-18 at the half. Things slowed down for Algoma after that. Southern Door was able to step up the offense and ended the third with a three point lead. Although the Wolves scored 13 big
points in the fourth quarter, that was not enough for the win. Southern Door's Derik Hawkey led the way in scoring for all players with 21 points. Derek Tassoul added 11. For the Wolves, Eric Aackerman and Craig Kirchman recorded 11 points each.
In Institute yesterday, Kewaunee defeated Sevastopol 74-44. Kewaunee had a big first quarter with 18 points to Sevastopol's 3. While the Pioneers stepped up the offense after that, it wasn't enough for a win. Kewaunee's Tyler Thompson had a game high 21 points yesterday. Jordan Ledvina added 13 and Alex Delebreau had 10. Jimmy Heroux and Kyle Fehl led the way in scoring for Sevastopol with 11 points each.
Sturgeon Bay beat NEW Lutheran in the Clipper gym yesterday. The final score was 45-37. Simon Rabas led the way in scoring for the Clippers with 10 points. Matt Brauer added 8 and Tim Anderson had 7.
In a close Bay Conference boy's basketball game, Luxemburg-Casco defeated Marinette 64-62. Jake Sinkula dropped in a big 27 point for the Spartans. Jason Jandrin had 14 and Travis Tlachac added 11.

The Green Bay Packers have named Russ Ball vice president of football administration/player finance. Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations, made the announcement Wednesday.

“We are excited to have Russ join our team and look forward to him being a key member of our football operation,” Thompson said. “He brings great NFL experience, and we appreciate the New Orleans Saints working with us in enabling Russ to join the Green Bay Packers organization.”

Ball brings 19 seasons of NFL experience to Green Bay, where he will be responsible for negotiating player contracts, salary cap management and other football administration duties.
Most recently, Ball spent six seasons (2002-07) with the New Orleans Saints as vice president of football administration. His responsibilities with the Saints included monitoring the salary cap and coordinating different areas of the football operations, as well as several other administrative functions with the franchise. Ball was selected by the Saints to attend the 2005 NFL Managers Program at Stanford University’s Executive Education Graduate School of Business.

He spent the 2001 season as director of football administration for the Washington Redskins, where he managed the salary cap and oversaw the video, athletic training, equipment, strength and conditioning and player development departments.

The 48-year-old Ball served as senior football administrator for the Minnesota Vikings from 1999-2000, assisting with salary cap management and a number of team operations. He began working in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he spent 10 seasons (1989-98), the final two in football operations as administrative assistant to Marty Schottenheimer. He began his career with the Chiefs as assistant strength and conditioning coach.

A 1981 graduate of Central Missouri State, Ball was a four-year letterman at center for the Mules. He served as head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Missouri from 1982-89 and earned his Master’s Degree from Missouri in 1990.

Ball and his wife, Diana, have two children, Joe, 22, and Andrea, 9.

Baseball Season Is Almost Here
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
February 14, 2008

Sturgeon Bay senior student athlete Troy Jorgensen and baseball coach Matt Propsom joined me last night on "The Sports Page" broadcast from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. The right-handed pitcher recently signed a letter of intent to pitch at the collegiate level for Kirchwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Jorgensen said that the campus most impressed him during his visit and believed it was the right fit for him.
Matt Propsom said it will take a competitive spirit, a never say die attitude and a lot of conditioning to make Troy a great pitcher at the next level. Both player and coach believe this season will be a great step towards making Troy a better player. The team reports to practice on March 16.
"The Sports Page," broadcast at the Ladder House will be changing stations to 96.7 FM WBDK next Wednesday. The show will still run from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. We hope you will join us next week at the Ladder House for great giveaway's and professional, collegiate and local high school sports talk. Sturgeon Bay girl's basketball coach Mike Schanhofer will be my guest next week.

Spartans Ease Their Way To State Wrestling Tournament
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
February 13, 2008

Luxemburg-Casco senior Zac Cibula tied a state record for career wins after a 4-0 decision over Jordan Schulte of Mosinee in the sectional final last night. Not only did Cibula earn his 188th win, he helped his team ease through the sectional semifinal against Freedom and sectional final against Mosinee. Wrestling was heard last night on 96.7 FM WBDK. Marty Nowak and I watched a tremendous display of grit and determination by the Spartans in a 43-24 win over Freedom followed by a 55-15 blowout over Mosinee.

The Semifinal match was a bit more suspenseful that the final.
215 - Trever Spude (Luxemburg-Casco) over Josh Gerritts (Freedom) Pin 1:07
285 - Jake LeNoble (Freedom) over Phil Kinjerski (Luxemburg-Casco) Pin 5:59
103 - Justin Mudlaff (Luxemburg-Casco) over Tyler Jensen (Freedom) Pin 0:08
112 - Kory Kleuskens (Freedom) over Joe Mercier (Luxemburg-Casco) Dec 6-2
119 - Jordan Giachino (Luxemburg-Casco) over Christian Gonzalez (Freedom) Dec 9-3
125 - Adam Zehren (Luxemburg-Casco) over Hunter Bloy (Freedom) Pin 3:40
130 - Jared Reimer (Freedom) over Kyle Vickman (Luxemburg-Casco) Pin 1:47
135 - Sam Manders (Freedom) over Perry Baeten (Luxemburg-Casco) Pin 3:20
140 - Taylor Kolb (Freedom) over Troy Enderby (Luxemburg-Casco) Dec 10-4
145 - Alex Leroy (Luxemburg-Casco) over Jared Gonnering (Freedom) Dec 8-5
152 - Zac Cibula (Luxemburg-Casco) over Kevin` Vosters (Freedom) Pin 1:04
160 - Chris Kipp (Luxemburg-Casco) over Ben Vosters (Freedom) Maj 12-3
171 - Ryan Zellner (Luxemburg-Casco) over Tom Schumacher (Freedom) Pin 2:30
189 - Nick Lloyd (Luxemburg-Casco) over Lee Rickert (Freedom) Dec 6-4

The 1st Place Match was complete domination by the Spartans.
285 - Phil Kinjerski (Luxemburg-Casco) over Brad Murray (Mosinee) Pin 1:18
103 - Justin Mudlaff (Luxemburg-Casco) over Logan Holtz (Mosinee) Pin 1:43
112 - Jordan Giachino (Luxemburg-Casco) over Jordan Schraufnagel (Mosinee) Pin 1:50
119 - Jordan Seidl (Luxemburg-Casco) over Dustin Johnson (Mosinee) Maj 12-2
125 - Adam Zehren (Luxemburg-Casco) over Patrick Baur (Mosinee) Pin 2:14
130 - Andy Mullins (Mosinee) over Kyle Vickman (Luxemburg-Casco) Pin 1:06
135 - Dillon Gorman (Mosinee) over Perry Baeten (Luxemburg-Casco) Pin 2:54
140 - Troy Enderby (Luxemburg-Casco) over Kody Kern (Mosinee) Pin 2:19
145 - Alex Leroy (Luxemburg-Casco) over Robert Lawson (Mosinee) Dec 9-5
152 - Zac Cibula (Luxemburg-Casco) over Jordan Schulte (Mosinee) Dec 4-0
160 - Dylan Iczkowski (Mosinee) over Chris Kipp (Luxemburg-Casco) OT 9-7
171 - Ryan Zellner (Luxemburg-Casco) over Derek Roosa (Mosinee) Pin 3:28
189 - Nick Lloyd (Luxemburg-Casco) over Nick Baur (Mosinee) Dec 7-6
215 - Trever Spude (Luxemburg-Casco) over Justin Tranctzke (Mosinee) Pin 1:40

                  

Sectional semi-final wrestling between Luxemburg-Casco and Freedom will be on the radio tonight. Your home for Spartan athletics, 96.7 FM WBDK, will begin our coverage of the wrestling match at 5:30 p.m. between two of the top programs in the state. Spartans Head Coach Bob Berceau will join me for the pre-match show to discuss the possible weight class matchups against Freedom. The Irish were not expected to make it out of their regional, which means they may be peaking at the right time.
The Spartans are looking for a return to the state championship where they lost last year in the finals. Marty Nowak will join me on the microphone tonight to bring you exciting high school wrestling. If L-C beats the Irish in the semi-final, they will wrestle the winner of Oconto Falls and Mosinee. Sectional final wrestling would begin at 8:00 p.m.

John Sawyer, head football coach and at Gibraltar High School, was the guest on the WSBW "Sports Page" Monday night at the C & C Supper Club in Fish Creek. Sawyer, who's son Tom is a sophomore and three sport athlete at Gibraltar, has been coaching for over 25 years and started his love for coaching when he attended the University of Minnesota and U.W.-LaCrosse.
He also had the pleasure of coaching his older daughters Kimberly and Katie the past few years as the Gibraltar softball coach. Sawyer will be attending a coaches clinic at Concordia College this summer as Gibraltar gears up for the upcoming football season that should bode well since only three seniors graduate from last years team.

The Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door swim team finished second behind Ashwaubenon Saturday in the WIAA Division 2 sectional in Stevens Point. The Door County team lost by 20.5 points, 385 to 354.5. Sectional champions for Sturgeon Bay/Southern Door included the 400 freestyle relay team consisting of Matt Hanson, Jack Renfrew, John Parent and Kyle Trelka, John Parent in the 200 freestyle, Zane Statz in the 500 yard freestyle and Kyle Trelka in the 100 yard backstroke.
The state individual swimming competition will be held on Friday afternoon at the University of Wisconsin Madison Natatorium. Others that qualified for the state meet include Carson Sowl in diving, Levi Schneider in the 100 backstroke, John Parent and Kyle Trelka in the 100-yard freestyle. Two other relay teams qualified as well. The 200-yard freestyle relay consisting of Levi Schneider, Matt Hanson, Kyle Trelka and John Parent and the 200-yard medley relay team with Dylan Smith, Levi Schneider, Matt Hanson and Jack Renfrew.

The top-ranked Division 2 wrestling team, Luxemburg-Casco qualified for tomorrow's team sectional at Freedom after a narrow 263-255 win over Wrightstown. 96.7 Fm WBDK will broadcast the team sectional tomorrow with our pre-match coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. The regional has been called the real state championship by many because of the talent pool. The event was held on Saturday at the Southern Door High School Gymnasium.
The addition of Wrightstown to the sectional last year made things interesting. They bumped up one division after claiming the state championship in Division 3 in 2006. L-C is undefeated in the regional since 1985.
The Spartans held a single digit lead after the first round. The Tigers leaped in front by a single point after round two and had one more wrestler in the championship round. The deck was stacked against L-C but came through with seven individual champions. The advantage was gained when the Bay Conference team won four of five head-to-head matches against Wrightstown in the championship round. Wrightstown won four. Justin Mudlaff at 103, Adam Zehren at 119, Alex LeRoy at 145 Zac Cibula at 152, Ryan Zellner at 171 and Trevor Spude at 215 won individual regional titles for Luxemburg-Casco.
Denmark finished in third place followed by Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, Southern Door, West De Pere and Two Rivers. At 135, Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol's Noah Salmeri qualified for sectionals. Teamate Jordan Olson advanced at 152 pounds. Eric Lardinois from Southern Door also qualified at 145.
Wrightstown and L-C each qualified 10 wrestlers for Saturday's individual sectional at West De Pere. That made it difficult for other schools with just eight spots remaining.
Wrightstown's regional champs were junior Brandon Mueller at 112, Zach Corlett at 119, Ryan Renon at 160, and Zac Morrison at 285.
History lesson: Last year L-C beat Wrightstown 26-23 in the team sectional final.

Kewaunee and Southern Door fought until the very end for a chance at the Packerland Conference championship in boy's basketball last night. Tied up deep into the fourth quarter a five-point possession for the Eagles was the dagger that put Kewaunee away for good. Derik Hawkey led Southern Door with a game high 27 points. Kewaunee once again showed their balance on offense with five players scoring eight or more points. They were led by Tyler Thompson with 14.
The win moved the Eagles to (12-1) and closed the conference title race. Kewaunee fell to (10-3) in the conference.

Algoma rumbled past Sturgeon Bay 53-38. The Clippers continued to struggle and allowed Eric Ackerman to score a game-high 19 points for the Wolves. Craig Harmann scored 13 and Craig Kirchman dished out 12 assists for Algoma. The Clippers were led by Tim Anderson for the first time this season. He scored 10 points.

Oconto regained some momentum with a 63-44 win over Sevastopol. Kyle Fehl led the Pioneers with 24 points. The Blue Devils got a lift from behind the arc. Charlie Olson made six 3-point shots and scored 21 points.

Gibraltar earned an impressive victory over NEW Lutheran 57-51. Kelly Smetherst posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Vikings. Alex Larsen poured in 12 points.

Spartan Girls Hold On
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
February 9, 2008

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans continued an impassive and surprising season by topping Denmark last night in Bay Conference girl's hoops. The Vikings had a shot as time expired but came up just short. The Spartans barely held on to a 41-39 win. Coach Brett Killion got most of his young team involved and ten players scored for the Spartans. Senior Katlin LeGrave led the scoring attack with 10 points. Stephanie Nemetz led Denmark with 14.