By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 25, 2008
Sevastopol and Gibraltar locked up in a pitchers dual last night in high school baseball played in Institute. The Pioneers escaped with a 1-0 win because of an Owen Hubner RBI single and a trot to the plate in the 10th after a bases loaded walk given up by the Vikings. The victory was the first of the season for Sevastopol.
Kewaunee and Oconto also locked up in a one-run game. The 5-4 final was not a fair indication of the flawed ball played in this game. Numerous errors by Oconto set up the upset for Kewaunee. It was the first loss in the conference for Oconto and is now tied with Algoma in the race for a conference championship.
Algoma earned a 17-2 win over NEW Lutheran. A three-run homer by Craig Kirchman proved to be all that the Wolves would need on offense. Craig Kirchman earned the win on the mound.
Southern Door prevented Sturgeon Bay from sitting atop the conference with a 4-3 win at Memorial Field. Two squeeze bunts by the Eagles' Cory Delarwelle drove in crucial runs for the road team. Michael Blizel earned the win and Troy Jorgenson was charged with the loss. Blizel struck out 12 batters in the game. Simon Rabas led the Clippers at the plate with three hits.
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
Photos by Dale Swanson
April 25, 2008
It was double-header day in the Packerland Conference for high school softball yesterday. Algoma scored 43 runs in two shortened games with NEW Lutheran. The ten-run rule stopped the Wolves offensive attack in the fifth inning of both games. Lindsay Swoboda pitched a 10-0 shutout in the opener. Shana Vandertie hit a home run in both games for the Wolves. NEW Lutheran fell in game two 33-1. Stacey Barnum was the winning pitcher.
Oconto swept Kewaunee in a double dip 1-0 and 6-2. Oconto pitcher Natalie Ruechel pitched and won both games and drove in the lone run in the first game.
Sevastopol put an early end to both of their games with Gibraltar. They stomped the Vikings 10-0 and 14-2. Carissa Neinas earned both of the wins on the mound for the Pioneers. Lacey Weber finished with five hits and Neinas accounted for five.
Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay played a tight game in Brussels. The Eagles prevailed 8-3 behind another stellar pitching performance by Courtney Wautier. She struck out six Clipper batters. Kristi Villers provided a little instant offense with a solo homerun in the first inning.
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 24, 2008
Sturgeon Bay Athletic Director Gary Rabach has had a busy spring in terms of rescheduling athletic events from baseball to track and field. Gary joined me last night on "The Sports Page" on 96.7 FM WBDK. The sports talk show is broadcast from the ladder House in Sturgeon Bay every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.
More warm and dry weather is a welcome sight for the second year A.D. Rabach said the hardest part of making up all of the games was finding umpires and officials. In addition, rescheduling non-conference games has been quite difficult. Bay Conference teams have so many conference games that it is nearly impossible to play the less important games against other schools like Green Bay West or Seymour.
Rabach is thrilled with the spring sports teams. Clipper golfers are off to a (2-0) start, track and field teams have finished as high as second place in early season events and the baseball team is tied for second place with just one loss.
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 23, 2008
In boy's baseball action yesterday, Oconto defeated Algoma 2-1. Tough pitching kept
batters in check yesterday. Oconto got on the board early and
tallied one run in the first inning and the other in the second.
The Wolves lone run came in the sixth inning. Mitch Kushava was
the winning pitcher and recorded 5 strikeouts. Craig Harmann
threw for Algoma. Luxemburg-Casco defeated New London 5-3. Consistent hitting by the Spartans and struggling pitchers brought runners home throughout the game. There were 13 walks in yesterday's outing. Sean Glinski pitched for the Spartans, Jake Hermsen threw for New London. He was the strikeout leader with 9 K's.
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 23, 2008
The Luxemburg-Casco girl's softball lost a double
header to New London yesterday. The first game ended 15-2 and
the final for game 2 was 11-4. Jennifer Champeau pitched for the
Spartans in game 1, Kalli Schmelzer threw in the second game.
Missy Mleziva and Gina Rubens were both 2x4 in game 2.
In girl's soccer action yesterday, NEW Lutheran shut out
Southern Door 7-0.
Photos By Dale Swanson
April 21, 2008
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 22, 2008
Southern Door defeated Algoma in girl's softball yesterday
8-3.The Eagles started strong in the first inning and tacked
five runs on the board. Following a run scored by Karlee
Vandertie and Kristi Villers, Southern Door's Kate Klaubauf belted one out
of the park for a two-run homer. The Eagles ended the first
inning with five runs on the board and added one more in the
sixth and two in the seventh. The Wolves got going on offense in
the seventh inning but their three runs were not enough to win
the game. Shana Vandertie went 2x3 for the Wolves and Kayla
Parkos had a homerun. Eagles Kristi Villers was 2x4. Southern
Door pitcher Courtney Wautier was the strikeout leader with six.
Luxemburg-Casco lost both games in yesterday's double header against West DePere. The final of game one was 3-2 and game two was 4-3. While L-C pitcher Kali Schmelzer was the losing pitcher, she was the strikeout leader. Schmelzer had 7 K's in the first game and 5 in the second.
By Karen Klement DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 22, 2008
The Sturgeon Bay baseball team defeated NEW Lutheran yesterday 17-1. The Clippers got the bats going in the first inning, tallying 8 runs. Sturgeon Bay saw 2 runs cross the plate
in the second, 5 in the third and one each in the fourth and
fifth innings. Nate Anschutz went 3x5 yesterday, Simon Rabas and
Pat Larsen were both 2x5 and Shawn Zak was 2x4. Sturgeon Bay
pitcher Dylan Lauder struck out 7 batters. Kewaunee defeated Sevastopol 9-5 yesterday. The Pioneers started strong, putting 3 runs on the board in the first inning. However, Kewaunee answered back with 2 and consistant hitting brought runners home in each inning except the fourth. Kewaunee's Jerry Charles and Steve Zimmerman were both 2x3, Matt Miller was 2x4. For Sevastopol, Joe Sawyer and Owen Hubner hit homeruns. Matt Petersilka was 2x3 and Riley Spitz was 2x4. Kewaunee pitcher Alex Delebreau was the strikeout leader with 9 K's.
Algoma beat Southern Door 3-1 in boys baseball yesterday. Algoma's Craig Kirchman was 2x2. Wolves pitcher Jake Labotte struck out 9 batters. Southern Door pitcher Michael Blizel had 7 K's.
Also yesterday, Oconto shut out Gibraltar 4-0.
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 21, 2008
The Sturgeon Bay Varsity softball team had struggled in their first five games of the young season. Without a win, the Clippers took a positive attitude into a weekend tournament in Two Rivers. Senior pitcher Amy Ziegelbauer pitched a two-hit shutout in the semifinals, and then allowed the host school only one hit in the championship game and won the tournament. From an (0-5) record to champs of a non-conference tournament, this may have been just the spark that will ignite the Clipper team.
An 8-1 victory in the championship game highlighted a coming out party for the Sturgeon Bay offense. Jenny LaLuzerne was 3x4 and Heather Schmitt was 2x3 at the plate. The semifinal against Mishicot ended 5-0. Heather Schmitt was hot in that contest as well. She doubled in the first run in a five-hit, three-run first inning.
Kewaunee also played a great weekend of softball. They swept Green Bay Southwest 6-4 and 6-1 in a double header at Kewaunee Field. Heather Bloniarz threw a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts in the opener. Kari Wotachek earned the win on the mound for Kewaunee in game two.
Sevastopol continued to struggle with an 11-5 loss to Shoreland Lutheran on Saturday. The game was played in Institute and the long bus ride for the opponent apparently fired the team up. Shoreland Lutheran scored ten runs in the first inning. Mariah Giesseman was the losing pitcher.
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 21, 2008
In non-conference baseball, Gibraltar also had a game on Saturday. They crushed Ozaukee 17-8. An aggressive approach on the bases led to 15 stolen bases. Senior Nick Weborg, Alex Larson and Sam Ausloos each had two RBIs for the Vikings.
By Nick Freimuth DoorCountyDailyNews.com
April 19, 2008
In non-conference soccer, Sevastopol and Valders ended in a stalemate. The Pioneers managed four shots and six corner kicks, but couldn't put the ball in the net.