The Green Bay Gamblers couldn't keep pace with a talented Team USA U-18 roster Saturday night as they lost in Michigan 10-3.

Team USA dominated in every facet of the game offensively, outshooting the Gamblers 42-22 and converting on three of its seven power play opportunities. As a result, Team USA scored at least three goals in every period including four in the fourth. Cole Eiserman scored four goals and Teddy Stiga had a hat trick for Team USA. 

The Gamblers were led by Blake Bechen, Libor Nemec, and Michael DeAngelo, who all scored in the contest. October 7th marks the home opener for the Gamblers. 

The Sturgeon Bay soccer team made the most of its weekend away in Cedarburg with a pair of victories.

The Clippers won the Cedarburg Tournament with a 2-0 win over Racine Horlick on Friday and topping Cedarburg in a shootout on Saturday.

They are back in action on Monday when they host NEW Lutheran at Clark Field. You will be able to hear the match on U-102.1 with Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin beginning  at 6:15 p.m. with the opening touch scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Phoenix basketball teams opened practices this week and it is the women that added a familiar face to its coaching staff this week.

The Phoenix announced earlier this week the hiring of Meghan Pingel as an assistant coach. Pingel spent five years with the Phoenix as a player, including as a member of the program's last appearance in the NCAA Tournament when the 2017-18 team won the Horizon League regular season and Tournament Championship. Head Coach Kevin Borseth said in a statement that "Meghan's familiarity with our program should make for a smooth transition into her new role."

Pingel isn't the first alum to be added to a Phoenix basketball coaching staff this offseason. Rahmon Fletcher was hired by head coach Sundance Wicks to be the  Director of Player Development earlier this year.

The Phoenix women play their first exhibition against UW Stout on October 25th while the men battle St. Norbert's on October 30th.

The Green Bay Gamblers open their normal regular season campaign on Saturday with a matchup against Team USA in Michigan.

The Gamblers have opened the season with two wins at last weekend's USHL Fall Classic, beating the Lincoln Stars 4-1 and the Sioux City Musketeers 4-3.

The Gamblers recently acquired forward Geno Carcone from the Des Moines Buccaneers in exchange for forward Tobias Pitka. According to the organization, Carcone was the 8th overall selection by Des Moines in the 2022 USHL Futures (Phase I) Draft. The Woodstock, Georgia native spent the last three seasons in the Bishop Kearney Selects program out of Rochester, NY, where he tallied more than 260 points at the 14, 15 and 16-under levels. He was also named to the USA Under-17 Five Nations Tournament in the summer of 2022.

Puck drop is set for 6 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans soccer team found themselves on the right side of a see-saw battle Friday night, beating Seymour 2-1.

Johan Amador scored in the first half to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead they would carry into the second half. After the Thunder tied it up, Zak Patek put the Spartans back in front with a goal in the 68th minute, a tally that would prove to be the game-winner.

The Spartans are back in action Tuesday when they travel to Marinette for a 4 p.m. match.

In other soccer news, the Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team will continue to take a step outside of the Packerland on Saturday for a set of games in Cedarburg. No results were reported for Friday's match, but the quadrangular featuring Racine Horlick, Milwaukee Rufus King, and Cedarburg resumes Saturday at 10 a.m. 

The stage is set for a heavyweight bout for the Packerland Conference championship after Southern Door and Kewaunee secured easy homecoming victories.

The Southern Door Eagles routed the Oconto Blue Devils 46-6 on Friday night in a thrilling homecoming win. 

Kewaunee showed no let-up in its 56-8 victory over Sturgeon Bay Friday night.

Gibraltar's defense struggled to get off the field against a staunch Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy running game as they fell in their homecoming game 38-18 Friday night.

Algoma avenged its own loss to the Titans with a 54-36 win against Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy.

No score was reported from the Sevastopol/Suring game as of 11 p.m. Friday

Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay picked up big victories in Packerland Conference volleyball action Thursday night.

The Clippers toppled Gibraltar 3-1.

It took the maximum, but the Southern Door volleyball team was able to leave the court on Thursday with a 3-2 victory (25-23, 19-25; 25-20; 18-25; 15-12) over Kewaunee.

The Sevastopol Pioneers saw their Packerland winning streak come to a halt on Thursday night, falling to NEW Lutheran 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 31-29 ).

Local teams split their matches on Friday while two others are preparing for games on Friday.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol's Aaron Tomaszewski kept Peshtigo at bay as the United won the matchup on the road 2-0.

NEW Lutheran avenged their earlier season loss to Kewaunee with a 4-2 win.

Sturgeon Bay heads to Cedarburg for a quadrangular with the host school, Racine Horlick and Milwaukee Rufus King beginning at 5 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco will play Seymour at home at 6:30 p.m.

Area cross country teams traveled in two different directions on Thursday for a pair of invitationals featuring top flight teams.

The Sevastopol Pioneers cross country team welcomed tough competition and held their own in their home Pioneer Invite at Cherry Hills Golf Course in Sturgeon Bay on Thursday. The seventh state-ranked Pioneers finished fifth out of six teams with 106 points with Green Bay Preble (28), Freedom (44), Two Rivers (92), and Luxemburg-Casco (99) finishing ahead of them. Preble is ranked 20th in Division 1 and Freedom is ranked seventh in Division 2. Luxemburg-Casco's Kyan Lynts (18:17) and Claire DuChateau (20:30)  were the top local finishers. Full results are available here with full team recaps posted at NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com. 

The Southern Door boys and the Kewaunee girls were the top local teams at the Panther Invite hosted by Reedsville. Kewaunee's Christopher Cullen (16:49) and Southern Door's Ben Grota (16:57) each broke the 17-minute barrier on the 5K course to pace their respective teams. Hannah Miller of Kewaunee won the race with a time of 19:01 while Southern Door's Emma Bousley finished with a time of 20:42 to come in fifth place. Full results can be found here with individual team wrap-ups coming to NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com.

Picture courtesy of Beth Rikkola

Thousands in Honolulu blue looked comfortable at Lambeau Field Thursday night as the Detroit Lions built a 24-point halftime lead en route to a 34-20 win over the Green Bay Packers.

Things looked promising at the start when Rudy Ford intercepted a Jared Goff pass that set up an Anders Carlson field goal. Things only went south from there as the Lions scored 27 unanswered points on offense and their defense held the Packers to less than 50 yards in the first half.

The Packers offense started to turn things around when Jordan Love threw for one touchdown and ran to another to make it 27-17 early in the fourth quarter. The Lions would eat up the next nine minutes thanks in part to a Quay Walker penalty on special teams to score one last back-breaking touchdown with only a Carlson field goal in the final three minutes to ease the pain.

David Montgomery had his way against the Packers, rushing for 121 yards on 32 carries and three touchdowns. The Lions outgained the Packers 211 yards-27 yards on the ground. Jordan Love had his worst game of the season, throwing two interceptions.

The Packers won't play again until they travel to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders on Monday Night Football October 9th. 

Luxemburg-Casco got the homecoming party started on Thursday with three more matchups scheduled to air on the NEW Radio Sports Network on Friday.

The Spartans shutout their NEC rivals Denmark 42-0 in one of the area's few Thursday night games.

The Southern Door Eagles hope to dance their way to another victory on Friday when they face Oconto for homecoming on Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Reece Robillard and Eric Fischer will have the call on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show.

The Kewaunee Storm look to stay perfect as they host the Sturgeon Bay Clippers in a Friday night homecoming game. The pregame is set for 6:45 pm on 104.1 WRLU with kick-off set for 7 p.m. from Freedom.  The game will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network.  Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will be on the call. 

A homecoming audience will be treated to what very well could decide the Peninsula Conference championship on Friday night when Gibraltar hosts Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in Fish Creek. Tim Kowols will have the broadcast on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Other matchups scheduled for Friday include Algoma's homecoming tilt with NEW Lutheran/Oneida Nation/Providence Academy and Sevastopol's road game at Suring. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. kickoffs. 

Some sunshine broke through for the Luxemburg-Casco golf team during Wednesday's WIAA Regional Tournament at Northbrook Country Club as they qualified as a team for next week's sectional round.

The Spartans shot a 460 on a dreary day in Luxemburg, finishing 94 strokes behind regional champion Notre Dame Academy and 23 strokes behind second-place Fox Valley Lutheran. Morgan DeJardin shot a team-best 106 with Bowie Bredael right behind her with a 108. The scores put DeJardin and Bredael in the top 10 overall in the regional. Katie Ledvina (122), Reese Bandow (124), and Marissa Annoye (141) will also play in next week's sectional meet. Individual qualifiers are Trinity Flynn of NEW Lutheran, Katelyn Shedlosky of Denmark, and Ella Swanson of Wrightstown.

The Notre Dame Sectional at Thornberry Creek is set for next Tuesday, October 3rd.

Homecoming festivities will be in the air on Thursday night when Luxemburg-Casco plays NEC rival Denmark.

Last week, the Spartans overcame a 14-point deficit to beat the Freedom Irish 24-14 to stay perfect in the North Eastern Conference play. Down 14-0, the Spartans started a string of 24 unanswered points with a touchdown before halftime on a 14-yard touchdown run by quarterback Max Ronsman with 2:51 left in the second quarter. 

The Vikings have stumbled to a 1-5 start, including losing their last four games. A fourth-quarter touchdown run by Steven Kielpikowski kept the Vikings from being shut out at home, eventually losing the game 41-7 to Wrightstown.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Five of the area's six Packerland volleyball teams will be on the court on Thursday as they hit the meat of their conference schedules.

Matches include Gibraltar traveling to Sturgeon Bay, Southern Door hosting Kewaunee, and Sevastopol playing at home against NEW Lutheran. 

All of the matches begin at 7 p.m.

Kewaunee gets a second homecoming game in a week while Gibraltar/Sevastopol head out of town during their celebratory week in soccer action on Thursday.

The Storm will try to forget their drubbing at the hands of Sturgeon Bay earlier this week when they welcome NEW Lutheran to Kewaunee for a 4:30 p.m. opening touch. 

The United will head to Peshtigo to face the Bulldogs after beating Algoma 3-1 earlier in the week. Kickoff is also set for 4:30 p.m.

Some of the area''s cross country teams will not have to travel far on Thursday as they return to race action.

Sevastopol will host Freedom, Gibraltar, Green Bay Preble, Manitowoc Lutheran, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, Luxemburg-Casco, and Two Rivers for races at Cherry Hills Golf Course in Sturgeon Bay with the first races slated to begin at 3:45 p.m.

Kewaunee will travel to Reedsville for their meet on Thursday as they race against Valders, Brillion, Chilton, Hilbert, Kewaunee, Mishicot, Oconto Falls, Roncalli, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), Denmark, Wrightstown, Manitowoc Wilson, and St. Ignatius.  The first races are expected to begin at 4 p.m.

Picture courtesy of Beth Rikkola

A losing streak to the Detroit Lions is rare for the Green Bay Packers, but they hope to end one to their Michigan rivals on Thursday night.

The Lions ended a five-game losing streak last season with two wins over the Packers, including what proved to be the game that ended the Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay. It is the longest winning streak the Lions have had against the Packers since winning four straight between 2017 and 2018. The Packers have had the upper hand against the Lions over the last 32 meetings at Lambeau Field with a 28-4 record, but it is Dan Campbell who has had his way against Green Bay, winning three of his four games as the head coach for Detroit.

The Packers are coming off a thrilling 18-17 win over the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field on Sunday with all of those points coming in the fourth quarter. The Lions beat the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field last week 20-6. The two teams are the only ones with wins in the NFC North as the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears hope to end their season-long losing streaks on Sunday. 

The kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m.

The high school volleyball courts were busy in the area on Tuesday night, as the local conference action continued.

The Luxemburg-Casco traveled to Freedom and swept the Irish 3-0 in North Eastern Conference play. 

In Green Bay, the Southern Door Eagles lost to NEW Lutheran in three sets in a Packerland Conference match.

In other Packerland Conference play, Sevastopol swept Oconto on the road 3-0, and the Algoma Wolves traveled to Fish Creek and won 3-1 over the Gibraltar Vikings, as Chloe Alexander registered her 1,000th career assist.

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The Milwaukee Brewers only had to wait a few minutes after dropping their own game 4-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night before celebrating the National League Central Division championship. 

With the Chicago Cubs blowing a 6-0 lead to the Atlanta Braves and losing 7-6, the Brewers popped champagne after winning their third division championship and making their fifth playoff appearance in the last six years.

Tuesday’s game saw the Brewers jump to a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI double by Carlos Santana, but St. Louis responded by scoring two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to secure the 4-1 win.   Brewer starter Adrian Hauser (7-5) took the loss allowing all four runs on three hits in five innings. 

The Brewers (88-69) will now play the final two games with the Cardinals Wednesday and Thursday before finishing the regular season with a three-game series with the Cubs this weekend.

Milwaukee will host the number three wild card team in a three-game playoff series starting next Tuesday at American Family Field.   

The success of the DCU girls' high school swim team continues with their conference win against Marinette on Thursday, September 21st, and their second-place finish at the Plymouth Panther Invite on Saturday, September 23rd.

The team continues to remain undefeated in the Bay Conference for the season. They have yet to score below 5th place at invitationals as well.

Senior Cassie Rankin (SEV)  finished 1st overall at the Panther Invite in the 200-yard freestyle and 3rd overall in the 500-yard freestyle. She was the top scorer for DCU as well, awarding the team 36 overall points. The next top scorer was senior Dancia Neville (SDHS) with her 1st-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke and 4th-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, scoring 35 points for the team. The remaining seniors on the team also had success including Natalia Michalski’s (SBHS) finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle scoring 26 overall points. Aurora Breci (SEV) scored 19 points and Paula Wienke (SBHS) scored 7 points. The team will take a short break but it will be back in competition at Shawano High School on Thursday, October 5th.  

Door County teams won both of their matches against Kewaunee County opponents on Tuesday.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team needed just over an hour to continue their Packerland Conference winning streak, beating Kewaunee 8-0 in 63 minutes.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol United Boys Soccer opened Gibraltar's homecoming week with a Packerland conference home victory 3-1 over the Algoma Wolves Monday night in Fish Creek. 

In Tuesday's scheduled action, the Luxemburg-Casco soccer team will head out onto the road on Tuesday to battle NEC rival Little Chute.

Most of the area's volleyball teams hit the court on Tuesday for 7 p.m. conference matches.

Those matchups include Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Freedom, Sevastopol heading to Oconto, Kewaunee hosting Sturgeon Bay for parents' night, Southern Door making its way to Green Bay to play NEW Lutheran, and Gibraltar welcoming Algoma. 

The Sturgeon Bay golf team will play in its last event of the season on Tuesday at West De Pere.

Bonduel, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Oconto, Seymour, Shawano Community, Sturgeon Bay, Winneconne, and Xavier will also compete in the meet that begins at 10 a.m. 

The Clippers, along with Lakeland Union High School, have pulled out of the Marinette Regional, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. 

The Green Bay Packers' injury list continues to be troublesome ahead of Thursday's matchup against the Detroit Lions.

Jaire Alexander, Zayne Anderson, David Bakhtiari, De'Vondre Campbell, Rashan Gary, Elgton Jenkins, Aaron Jones, Zach Tom, Carrington Valentine, and Christian Watson were all listed on Monday's injury report, though the Packers did not hold practices on Monday according to ESPN's Rob Demovsky. Of those players, only Rashan Gary and Aaron Jones were listed as a limited participant. None of those players have their game status defined on Packers.com. 

The Packers play the Lions at 7:15 p.m.

The area's four soccer teams will all be in action on Monday night against their fellow Packerland opponents.

Sturgeon Bay is making the trip to Kewaunee to battle the Storm at 4:30 p.m.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol opens their homecoming week with a match against Algoma at 6:30 p.m.

The first WIAA Tournament event of the fall starts with girls golf on Wednesday, but that is not stopping the Luxemburg-Casco golf team from hitting Northbrook Golf Course on Monday for a quick round.

The Spartans will host Bonduel, Seymour, and Shawano Community for a scramble-style meet beginning at 3 p.m.

Last week, the Spartans moved up a spot in the NEC standings after shooting a 418, which was good for third place on the day, and bumped them up from seventh place to sixth place in the conference standings. Girls' golf coach Tyler Thrune said Bredael was named an All-NEC Honorable Mention selection after leading her team several times this season.

For 35 years, you’ve been able to support the work of the Friends of Potawatomi State Park by logging just a few miles on a fall Saturday. The annual Run Wild Quarter Marathon/5K and Smokey Bear Fun Run is scheduled to take place again on October 7th at Potawatomi State Park. While the run has seen its participant counts decrease in recent years due to an increase in the number of races available in Door County, the event still expects to welcome approximately 400 runners and walkers to its trails. Pat Saladin has been one of the race directors of the Run Wild for 20 years after first volunteering on the Run Wild committee in 1996. He is proud of the lasting legacy of the event and the projects it has helped support over the years.

While you still have just under a month to train, there are still some deadlines for you to consider. The price of the race is $30, but it will increase to $35 on September 18th. You also have until October 2nd to register online at this link, otherwise you will have to sign up at either the packet-pickup event at Bay Shore Outfitters on October 6th or at the park itself on October 7th. You can find more details about the race, including what you will receive for participating, by clicking this link.

When all hope was lost, love found a way in the fourth quarter as the Green Bay Packers stole a win from the New Orleans Saints 18-17 on Sunday afternoon.

The Saints tried taking the crowd out of the game early with Derek Carr marching the team down the field on their second drive of the game, finding Jimmy Graham in the endzone for a touchdown. A punt returned for a touchdown and a field goal later, the Packers found themselves in danger of losing their home opener after just one half of play, entering the locker room down 17-0. 

After a scoreless third quarter, the Packers finally got some points on the board with a field goal early in the fourth quarter that would provide the spark the team would need. Jordan Love squeezed his way into the endzone and converted a two-point play to make it 17-11 before throwing the eventual game-winning score to Romeo Doubs with under three minutes to play. The Saints would have one more chance to win the game, but a field goal attempt by Blake Grupe veered right to secure the win for the Packers.

The team will have just a few days to prepare for their next opponent as they host the Detroit Lions for Thursday Night Football. 

The Green Bay Packers open the Lambeau Field portion of their 2023 schedule on Sunday with a noon game against the New Orleans Saints. 

The Packers are coming off a disappointing one-point loss on a field goal to the Atlanta Falcons while the Saints are 2-0, winning both of their games by a grand total of four points.

History is on the Packers' side as they have won 10 straight home openers, which is the longest current streak in the NFL. The Packers will have some interesting decisions to make when they decide who in their stable of injured players will play on Sunday, including running back Aaron Jones, offensive lineman David Bahktiari, and wide receiver Christian Watson. Regardless of result, the Packers will have to turn around and play against the Detroit Lions on Thursday.

Kickoff is set for noon at Lambeau Field

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team came up empty on their trip to Manitowoc on Saturday morning, losing to Roncalli 2-1.

Johan Amador tallied the lone goal for the Spartans in the match. 

The Spartans return to action on Tuesday in the NEC when they play Little Chute at 4:30 p.m.

The Sevastopol cross country team did not back down from tough competition Saturday at the Len Nikolai Invitational in Manitowoc.

Bea Dramm was the top finisher for the girls, running 21:29 on the 5K course. Naomi Rikkola also broke 22 minutes as the Pioneers finished in 13th place with 320 points. Kaukauna won the meet with 46 points.

1.35.12Bea Dramm21:29.4Sevastopol

2.42.11Naomi Rikkola21:40.6Sevastopol

3.68.12Libby Ash22:47.5Sevastopol

4.94.12Jolene Luedtke23:45.8Sevastopol

5.96.10Sienna Cain23:47.1Sevastopol

6.100.12Katie Spude24:01.6Sevastopol

7.127.9Shylee Asher25:43.8Sevastopol

The Green Bay Gamblers have plenty of confidence leaving the USHL  Fall Classic unscathed and with two victories.

In Thursday's opener, the Gamblers topped the Lincoln Stars 4-1 thanks to a two-point night by Ben Poitras, who tallied a goal and an assist.

On Friday, they completed a comeback victory thanks to an OT winner from Rasmus Larsson against the Sioux City Musketeers to win the game 4-3. 

Chicago Blackhawks draft pick Adam Gajan was solid in net both games, stopping 52 out of 56 shots on goal.

It's homecoming season in northeast Wisconsin and local teams found themselves on both the winning and losing sides of the festivities Friday night.

On U-102.1, Sturgeon Bay improved their season mark with a 20-6 victory over Oconto on its homecoming night.

Over on 104.1 WRLU, Luxemburg-Casco played spoiler to Freedom's party as they beat the Irish 24-14.

Gibraltar also played spoiler on Friday night, topping Gillett 48-19 on 105.1 The GOAT.

The  Vikings' next opponent, Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas, beat Algoma 48-20.

Kewaunee made quick work of Mishicot 47-6.

Southern Door also had a short evening, beating Peshtigo 56-0.

Sevastopol saw their homecoming night end on a sour note, losing to Wausaukee 38-30.

The Sevastopol cross country team will race for the second time in three days on Saturday when they run at an invitational hosted by Manitowoc Lincoln.

Brillion, Brown Deer, Cedarburg, Cristo Rey Jesuit, Fond du Lac, Grafton, Green Bay East, Green Bay West, Kaukauna, Menomonee Falls, New Berlin Eisenhower, Oostburg, Oshkosh West, Pacelli, Plymouth, Sheboygan North, Sheboygan South, Shorewood, Stevens Point (SPASH), Valders, Wauwatosa East, and West Bend East are also scheduled to compete in the invitational at Meadow Links Golf Course beginning at 9 a.m. with the first race.

In the small school division, the Sevastopol girls nearly won the meet, finishing just eight points behind Cedar Grove-Belgium with 82 points to come in second place on Thursday at the Bremser Invitational in Mishicot. The Pioneers were able to put two girls in the top 10 with Bea Dramm finishing in 21:14 and Naomi Rikkola right behind her in 21:15. Jarius Dadam was the lone boy finisher for the Pioneers, covering the 5K course in 19:30.

The  Luxemburg-Casco soccer team will wake up early for its Saturday morning contest against Roncalli on Saturday.

The Spartans defeated the Gibraltar/Sevastopol United 2-0 in a non-conference soccer matchup on Tuesday evening in Luxemburg. After a scoreless first half, the Spartans broke through with a goal at the 56-minute mark by senior Johan Amador.  Luxemburg-Casco would put the game away with a late goal on a corner kick at the 75-minute mark by Ethan Vandenhouten.  Goalie Quentin Massart did not allow a goal and kept the United at bay with eight saves.

The Jets are 5-6-0 on the season, seeing a three-match winning streak disappear earlier this week with a 2-0 loss to Kiel.

Kickoff is set for 11 a.m.

In other soccer action, no score was reported for Algoma's match against Howards Grove/Elkhart Lake. 

Two area volleyball teams are not taking the weekend off as they compete in tournaments on Saturday.

Algoma will host their tournament, welcoming  Bonduel, Crivitz, Denmark, Green Bay East, Reedsville, Shiocton, and Two Rivers to town for a 9 a.m. opening serve.

Southern Door will head to Valders for a 9 a.m. call time against Crandon, Manitowoc Lutheran, and Menasha. 

On Saturday DCU will compete for their third consecutive championship at the Plymouth Invitational at Plymouth High School beginning at 8 a.m.

Earlier this week, Door County United Girls Swimming won the Shoreline Invitational at Sheboygan North High School on Saturday.  DCU scored 532 points over second place finisher Sheboygan North with 419.   DCU finished first in all but two events.  First place finishes were posted by Cassie Rankin (Sev), Danica Neville (SD), and Julia Michalski (SB). Second place finishers were Kailyn Neville (SD), Caitlyn Hasenjager (Sev), and Izzy Jimenez-Seyfer (SB).  DCU won the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay.  DCU also had a strong showing in the junior varsity events with Shaeffer Rass (Sev) finishing first in both the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke.

Homecoming games are on the docket this Friday night, one of which will be featured in the slate of games being featured on the NEW Radio Sports Network.

Things will certainly be festive on Friday night for the Sturgeon Bay Clippers as they host Oconto for homecoming. Jacob Nate and Reece Robillard will have the homecoming call on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Sevastopol will also play its homecoming game on Friday night as they battle Wausaukee.

Over on 104.1 WRLU, Luxemburg-Casco looks to spoil the festivities in Freedom while also continuing their winning ways. Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the call from Freedom beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

On 105.1 The GOAT, Gibraltar lays their perfect record on the line on the road for a second straight week when they travel to Gillett to face the Tigers. Tim Kowols will have the call beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Other Friday night games include Southern Door traveling to Peshtigo, Algoma visiting state-ranked Lena/St. Thomas Academy, and Kewaunee heading to Mishicot. All of those games also start at 7 p.m.

Area soccer teams had a busy Thursday night with cross-conference matchups dotting the schedule.

As heard on U-102.1, Sturgeon Bay shut down Peshtigo for its fifth clean sheet in Packerland Conference play with a 3-0 win.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol was unable to match its rivals from Green Bay with a 2-1 loss to NEW Lutheran Thursday night in Fish Creek.

No results were shared from Thursday's Algoma/Kewaunee soccer match. The Wolves are back in action on Friday as they travel to play Howards Grove at 7 p.m.

Photo by Clipper Soccer

It was a good night for the area's volleyball teams that competed on Thursday night.

Luxemburg-Casco followed up its tight contest against Oconto Falls on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over Wrightstown on Thursday.

Southern Door rallied back after dropping the first set on Thursday to beat Oconto 3-1.

Algoma had strong overall performances from several teams as they swept Kewaunee 3-0 on Tuesday.

Sturgeon Bay can head into their homecoming weekend with a smile on their face after sweeping NEW Lutheran.

Impressive efforts led to even better results for local cross country teams as all seven schools traveled to Mishicot for its Bremser Invitational.

In the large school division, Luxemburg-Casco was the top local school in both the boys and girls races with the Spartans' Derek Christoph (18:27) and the Clippers' Julia Kurek (20:03) running personal records to lead their respective teams and area finishers on the 5K course.

In the small school division, the Sevastopol girls nearly won the meet, finishing just eight points behind Cedar Grove-Belgium with 82 points to come in second place. Both of the top area runners in the small school races hailed from Kewaunee and finished with personal records on the day. Hannah Miller won the race with a time of 19:26 and Christopher Cullen finished in second place with a 16:58.

When available, click on the links below for full results from each individual school or click this link for the results.

Picture courtesy of Beth Rikkola

Large School Standings

BOYS

1. De Pere 37

2. Kiel 50

3. Bay Port 138

4. Chilton 149

5. West De Pere 164

6. Oconto Falls 167

7. Brillion 180

8. Luxemburg-Casco 201

9. Two Rivers 202

10. Fox Valley Lutheran 228

11. Notre Dame 313

12. Denmark 320

13. Wrightstown 335

14. Sturgeon Bay 448

GIRLS

1. West De Pere 72

2. Kiel 90

3. Fox Valley Lutheran 92

4. De Pere 97

5. Oconto Falls 147

6. Bay Port 157

7. Luxemburg-Casco 182

8. Two Rivers 187

9. Chilton 219

10. Sturgeon Bay 293

11. Brillion 306

12. Sheboygan Falls 321

13. Wrightstown 399

14. Denmark 403

15. Notre Dame 414

SMALL SCHOOL

BOYS

1. Cedar Grove-Belgium 46

2. Sheboygan Area Lutheran 58

3. NEWCHAA Homeschool 94

4. Manitowoc Lutheran 124

5. Southern Door 142

6. Kewaunee 209

7. Reedsville 228

8. Howards Grove 231

9. Roncalli 266

10. New Holstein 278

11. Coleman 289

12. Mishicot 290

13. Providence Academy (Green Bay) 304

14. Oconto 315

15. Oneida Nation 330

16. Chesterton Academy 373

Also competing: Gibraltar

Also competing: Sevastopol

GIRLS

1. Cedar Grove-Belgium 72

2. Sevastopol 84

3. Sheboygan Area Lutheran 97

4. Reedsville 122

5. Howards Grove 142

6. Kewaunee 146

7. Manitowoc Lutheran 170

8. Mishicot 184

9. Southern Door 208

10. Roncalli 240

11. Coleman 293

12. New Holstein 316

13. NEWCHAA Homeschool 353

14. Oconto 392

15. Providence Academy (Green Bay) 433

Also competing: Algoma

Also competing: Gibraltar

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team was able to move up a spot in the NEC standings after playing its final conference meet of the year on Wednesday.

The team shot a 418, which was good for third place on the day, and bumped them up from seventh place to sixth place in the conference standings. Fox Valley Lutheran won the meet with a score of 399 and scored 32 points on the season to win the NEC crown. 

Leading the way individually on the day was Marissa Annoye who shot a 102. Bowie Bredael and Reese Bandow were just two shots behind their teammate Annoye with twin scores of 104. Kate Ledvina shot a 108 and Morgan DeJardin scored a 113 to round out the Spartans' roster. Kennedy Polomis of Marinette won the meet with a score of 90.

According to girls' golf coach Tyler Thrune, Bredael was named an All-NEC Honorable Mention selection after leading her team several times this season.

The Packerland Conference will lead the area's soccer action on Thursday.

Leading the way is Sturgeon Bay's matchup against Peshtigo as the Clippers look to keep their stranglehold on the Packerland Conference. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:15 p.m. followed by the opening touch from Clark Field in Sturgeon Bay at 6:30 p.m.

Other matches lined up for Thursday include Gibraltar/Sevastopol welcoming NEW Lutheran (7 p.m.) and Kewaunee visiting Algoma for Parent's Night (4:30 p.m.).

All seven area cross country teams will be in one place on Thursday as they travel to Mishicot for the Mishicot Bremser Invite.

Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg-Casco, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, Sevastopol, and Gibraltar will join Bay Port, Brillion, Cedar Grove-Belgium, Chilton, Coleman, De Pere, Denmark, Fox Valley Lutheran, Green Bay Southwest, Hilbert, Howards Grove, Kiel, Manitowoc Lutheran, Mishicot, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), New Holstein, Notre Dame Academy, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Oneida Nation, Providence Academy (Green Bay), Random Lake, Reedsville, Roncalli, Seymour, Sheboygan Christian, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan Lutheran, St. Ignatius / Chesterton Academy, Two Rivers, West De Pere, and Wrightstown for the invitational. 

Luxemburg-Casco's boys and girls teams finished right smack in the middle of the large school division while the Kewaunee boys and Sevastopol girls were the top local schools in the small school division.

The first race is expected to begin at 4:15 p.m.

The Door County United Swim Team will travel to Marinette High School for a Bay Conference matchup against the Marines on Thursday.

In their last meet, DCU won the Shoreline Invitational at Sheboygan North High School on Saturday.  DCU scored 532 points over second-place finisher Sheboygan North with 419.   DCU finished first in all but two events.  First-place finishes were posted by Cassie Rankin (Sev), Danica Neville (SD), and Julia Michalski (SB). Second-place finishers were Kailyn Neville (SD), Caitlyn Hasenjager (Sev), and Izzy Jimenez-Seyfer (SB).  DCU won the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, and the 400 freestyle relay.  DCU also had a strong showing in the junior varsity events with Shaeffer Rass (Sev) finishing first in both the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke. 

The first event begins at 6 p.m.

On Saturday, DCU will compete for their third consecutive championship at the Plymouth Invitational at Plymouth High School. 

Many of the area's volleyball teams will be entangled in conference play beginning at 7 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco, coming off a thrilling 3-2 match win over Oconto Falls on Tuesday, will participate in Wrightstown's Dig Pink night in NEC action.

Packerland Conference play includes Sturgeon Bay hosting NEW Lutheran, Southern Door playing at home against Oconto, Sevastopol battling Peshtigo in Insitute, and Kewaunee traveling to Algoma. 

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans defeated the Gibraltar/Sevastopol United 2-0 iedn non-conference soccer on Tuesday evening in Luxemburg.

After a scoreless first half, the Spartans broke through with a goal at the 56-minute mark by senior Johan Amador.  Luxemburg-Casco would put the game away with a late goal on a corner kick at the 75-minute mark.  Goalie Quentin Massart did not allow a goal and kept the United at bay.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans came back from being down two sets to none Tuesday night to defeat the Oconto Falls Panthers 3-2 in Luxemburg. 

The Spartans dropped the first two sets 22-25 and 19-25, before winning the last three, 25-20, 25-11, and 15-13.

Alayna Deprez led the Spartans with a great floor game with 41 assists and eight digs.  Aubrey Frey had 21 kills, 17 digs and three aces, while Ella Vander Velden added 12 kills, four blocks, and three aces.

Other Spartans who contributed included Miranda Schmidt with nine kills, Brooke Vande Hei with 18 digs and Payton Kaminski with 18 digs and five aces.

Luxemburg-Casco (20-7, 4-0 in NEC) will now play at Wrightstown on Thursday.  

photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux) 

After struggling to mount much offense the past two games, the Milwaukee Brewers slammed six doubles en route to a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night. 

Trailing 2-1 going into the fourth inning, the Brewers exploded with four consecutive doubles and ended up scoring four runs to take a 5-2 lead they would not relinquish. 

William Contreras hit his 17th home run in the third inning and Colin Rea pitched 4.2 innings to pick up the win in relief as the Brewers used six pitchers to pull out the bullpen game. 

Wily Adames paced the hit column for the Brewers with two knocks as Milwaukee maintained a six-game lead over the Cubs and lowered their magic number to six to clinch the division.

St. Louis and Milwaukee will play game three of the four-game series Wednesday night with the first pitch set for 6:45 p.m.   Adrian Howser (6-4) will get the start for the Brewers, while St. Louis will counter with Zach Thompson (5-6).  

The regular season is winding down, but the Sturgeon Bay and Luxemburg-Casco golf teams are still finding plenty of opportunities to tune up their swings before the WIAA Tournament begins next week. 

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team took 20th place in a crowded field at the Oneida Riding and Golf Club in Green Bay on Monday for the Notre Dame Academy Invite. The team shot a 462 on the day to earn their place on the leaderboard with junior Morgan DeJardin leading the way with a 110. Junior Kate Ledvina and freshman Reese Bandow scored a 112, sophomore Ashley Fameree registered a 128, and junior Marissa Annoye capped it off with a 133. 

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers golf team will reconvene with the rest of the Bay Conference for a Tuesday morning round in Oconto. Bonduel, NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, Seymour, Shawano Community, West De Pere, Winneconne, and Xavier are expected to participate as well when the meet tees off at 10 a.m.

The Clippers have opted out of postseason play, but the Spartans will host a regional at Northbrook Country Club on September 27th.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team returns home for a non-conference fixture against Gibraltar/Sevastopol on Tuesday night.

The Spartans left their quadrangular without a win as they lost their matches to Port Washington 1-0 and Platteville/Lancaster 3-2. Quentin Massart made three saves in each match. The Spartans were held scoreless on the weekend until Johan Amador found the back of the net in the 54th minute to make the game 2-1 at the time. Reese Barbiaux added a goal in the 72nd minute but it wasn't enough to steal a victory.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team left without a win but did sneak out of the Wrightstown tournament with a tie. The United lost to Marinette 1-0 to start their day but rebounded to tie Altoona/Fall Creek in its second match. 

The Luxemburg-Casco will only have to worry about Oconto Falls on Tuesday night after wrapping up a busy tournament in Milwaukee over the weekend.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team finished in the middle of the pack of the Charger Challenge in Milwaukee over the weekend, but it came away with some valuable experience for the season's stretch run. The team came in 17th place out of 32 teams, facing the bulk of their problems in pool play. The Spartans beat Wisconsin Lutheran 25-14, 25-21 before losing to Sauk Prairie 17-25, 25-12, 13-15 and Arrowhead 17-25, 25-20, 10-15. They would rebound in the bronze bracket, beating Germantown 25-16, 25-12 and Waukesha West 19-25, 25-20, 15-11. 

The Panthers are riding a six-match winning streak into the Luxemburg-Casco gym Tuesday night, a string of victories that includes a perfect 4-0 mark at the Pulaski Invite where they only dropped one set to Kewaskum in their wins against the Indians, NEW Lutheran, Kiel, and West De Pere.

The opening serve is at 7 p.m.

No results were shared from Monday's match between Sturgeon Bay and Brillion.

The party will start in Titletown long before the Green Bay Packers kick off against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at noon.

The Packers will host their now traditional Kickoff Weekend concert on Saturday at 5 p.m. The free concert will feature the Stone Temple Pilots and Collective Soul, beginning at 5 p.m. outside Lambeau Field in the stadium's northwest side parking lot.

Blues Traveler, Everclear, Steve Miller Band, Jake Owen, and Train are some of the other performers that have marked the start of the Packers season with a free concert.

Republican leaders hope their plans announced on Monday will be enough to keep the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field until 2050.

The plan would use approximately $600 million in state and local funding to help make the improvements to the stadium formerly known as Miller Park the team feels it needs to stay competitive. One of those improvements includes winterizing American Family Field so it can hold events 365 days a year. 

Speaker Robin Vos says the money will primarily come from income taxes collected from the players that compete at American Family Field, limiting the impact it will have on income taxes for Wisconsinites. The Brewers organization has pledged $100 million to the deal.

The deal does face some hurdles as leaders in the city and county of Milwaukee have pledged to offer no public money towards the project as they deal with their own budget issues. Governor Tony Evers has also issued his concerns after his own stadium funding plan was nixed earlier this year. 

The Sturgeon Bay volleyball team begins homecoming week with a non-conference tilt against Brillion.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers dropped their third set but rebounded to take their volleyball match against Oconto 3-1 (25-13, 25-14, 21-25, 25-21). The win keept the Clippers tied with Algoma on top of the Packerland standings with a 2-0 mark. 

The Lions saw their three-match winning streak with a 2-0 loss to Randolph at a tournament in Waupun on Saturday.

Match time is set for 7 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team kicks off their week against more than a dozen teams at the Oneida Riding and Golf Club in Green Bay on Monday.

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, Verona Area, and Waunakee are all scheduled to compete in the Notre Dame Academy-hosted event in Green Bay.

The Spartans are coming off a third-place finish in their final NEC regular season meet on September 14th. Bowie Bredael boasted the team's best score with 51 strokes. Kate Ledvina (55) and Morgan Dejardin (56) also broke 60 strokes at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls. The Panthers' Taylor Miller had the best score with a 46 on nine holes.

Monday's meet begins at 9 a.m. 

The Green Bay Packers saw a 12-point lead evaporate in the fourth quarter as they lost to the host Atlanta Falcons 25-24.

Both teams scuffled with their offenses in the first quarter, but it was the Falcons who broke through first with a field goal from Younghoe Koo to make 3-0. The Packers would score 10 unanswered points highlighted by a nine-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Jayden Reed. The Falcons would make it a one-point game at the break when they found the endzone with Drake London with seconds remaining in the half.

The Packers would seemingly take control with third-quarter touchdowns to Dontayvion Wicks and Reed to make it 24-12 entering the game's final stanza. Conservative play calling by the Packers on both sides of the ball along with clutch fourth-down pickups by the Falcons set up the visitors' ultimate disappointment. Koo drilled a field goal with 57 seconds left to send the Packers to their first loss of the season and with plenty of questions to ask of themselves before the New Orleans Saints come to Lambeau Field on Sunday.

Door County United Girls Swimming won the Shoreline Invitational at Sheboygan North High School on Saturday.  DCU scored 532 points over second-place finisher Sheboygan North with 419.   DCU finished first in all but two events.  First-place finishes were posted by Cassie Rankin (Sev), Danica Neville (SD), and Julia Michalski (SB). Second-place finishers were Kailyn Neville (SD), Caitlyn Hasenjager (Sev), and Izzy Jimenez-Seyfer (SB).  DCU won the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, and the 400 freestyle relay.  DCU also had a strong showing in the junior varsity events with Shaeffer Rass (Sev) finishing first in both the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke. The team will travel to Marinette High School for a Bay Conference matchup against the Marines on Thursday.  On Saturday DCU will compete for their third consecutive championship at the Plymouth Invitational at Plymouth High School. 

The Green Bay Packers will try to improve to 2-0 on the season Sunday afternoon when they face the Atlanta Falcons at noon.

Jordan Love shined as the starting quarterback for the Packers, throwing for three scores while playing relatively mistake-free football in a 38-20 romp over the Chicago Bears. The Packers had several of its stars on the injury report this week including Aaron Jones and Romeo Doubs who accounted for all four of the offensive touchdowns. The other touchdown was registered on a pick-six by Quay Walker, who was in concussion protocol this week as well.

The Falcons' Tyler Allgeier scored twice as they beat the Carolina Panthers 24-14 at home last Sunday. Desmond Ridder was an efficient 15-18 on the day for 115 yards and a touchdown.

Playing in two different Wisconsin cities on back-to-back nights, the Green Bay Gamblers will evaluate the roster with a win and a loss to reflect on before the regular season starts.

Both games were against fellow Wisconsin USHL member franchise Madison Capitols. The regular season begins on September 29th and 30th in Michigan against Team USA.

Two local teams combined to go 0-2-1 in the Wrightstown soccer tournament over the weekend.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team left without a win but did sneak out of the Wrightstown tournament with a tie. The United lost to Marinette 1-0 to start their day but rebounded to tie Altoona/Fall Creek in its second match. 

Algoma lost to Wrightstown 3-0 and Altoona/Fall Creek 1-0 in their two matches. 

There was no reported score from Luxemburg-Casco's second match of the quadrangular this weekend.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team finished in the middle of the pack of the Charger Challenge in Milwaukee over the weekend, but it came away with some valuable experience for the season's stretch run.

The team came in 17th place out of 32 teams, facing the bulk of their problems in pool play. The Spartans beat Wisconsin Lutheran 25-14, 25-21 before losing to Sauk Prairie 17-25, 25-12, 13-15 and Arrowhead 17-25, 25-20, 10-15. They would rebound in the bronze bracket, beating Germantown 25-16, 25-12 and Waukesha West 19-25, 25-20, 15-11. 

"It was a good weekend, this tournament always has some of the best teams in the state and I loved the fight and resiliency our team showed this weekend," said head coach Jeff Frey. "We got tested in all of our matches and we got better which is why you come to a tournament like this." 

Volleyball action involving Gibraltar, Algoma, and Kewaunee was not reported. 

Three local teams will hit the pitch on Saturday with the opportunity to squeeze in an extra match or two.

Gibraltar and Kewaunee head to Wrightstown to face the host school, Altoona, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, New Holstein, Marinette, and Random Lake/Ozaukee in Wrightstown for a tournament beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Luxemburg-Casco was shut out in the first game of the quadrangular event by Port Washington 1-0 Friday night. They will play at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow against Madison Edgewood or Platteville.

It was either trounce or get trounced on Friday as local teams found themselves on both sides of lopsided games.

The Gibraltar Vikings were able to avoid the drama on the gridiron as they scored touchdowns on six straight possessions to rout the host Wausaukee Rangers 53-22 Friday night.

The Algoma Wolves blitzed the Gillett Tigers 54-37 Friday night in Peninsula Conference football at Perry Field.

The Southern Door Eagles flew past the Marinette Marines 54-14.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans won the battle of the LCs at home on Friday, beating the Mustangs 35-14.

The Kewaunee Storm continued their perfect start to the season with a 42-7 win over Bonduel.

A safety accounted for the only points allowed by Sturgeon Bay in its 36-2 win over Peshtigo.

Sevastopol struggled in the matchup against NEW Lutheran/Oneida Nation, falling 39-6.

Many of the area's local volleyball teams will hit the court on Saturday for tournament action

Luxemburg-Casco will face the likes of Appleton North, Arrowhead, Brookfield Central, Burlington Area School District, Catholic Memorial, Cedarburg, Chippewa Falls High School, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Franklin, Germantown, Hartford Union High School, Kettle Moraine, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kimberly, Manitowoc Lincoln, McFarland, Menomonee Falls, Mukwonago, Muskego, Notre Dame Academy, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, River Falls School District, Sauk Prairie, Slinger, Sussex Hamilton, Waukesha West, Waunakee, West Bend West, Westosha Central High School, Wisconsin Lutheran when action begins at the Milwaukee Sting Center resumes on Saturday at 8 a.m.

Algoma and Gibraltar will travel to Hilbert on Saturday for a tournament starting at 8 a.m. Central Wisconsin Christian, Manitowoc Lutheran, Roncalli, Valley Christian, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood are also scheduled to compete.

Sevastopol will battle Bowler, Pembine, Lourdes Academy, Three Lakes, Tigerton, and Wausaukee at Suring for an invitational beginning at 8 a.m.

Southern Door will visit Clintonville for the 9 a.m. tournament start.  Gillett, Laona-Wabeno, Ripon, Shawano Community, St. Mary Catholic, and Valders will also be competing. 

The DCU girls high school swim team remains undefeated in conference matchups with their win last night over Clintonville High School with a total score of 126-27. Caitlyn Hasenjager (SEV) had a phenomenal meet, finishing 2nd overall in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 27.02 seconds and 1st overall in the 100 yard fly with a time of 1:11.71. Another standout swimmer of the evening was Isabella Jimenez Seyfer (SBHS) who finished 1st overall in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 1:00.69. DCU finished 1st and 2nd in the 200 yard freestyle relay with the A relay (Isabella Jimenez Seyfer (SBHS), Chloe Bissen (SBHS), Aurora Breci (SEV), Cassie Rankin (SEV)) finishing in 1:54.78 and the B relay (Caitlyn Hasenjager (SEV), Hannah Schley (SDHS), Natalia Michalski (SBHS), Danica Neville (SDHS)) finishing in 2:00.10. The team will travel to Sheboygan North High School to compete in an invitational on Saturday September 16th.

The NEW Radio Sports Network will feature three football games on its airwaves this week as every local team is in action on Friday night.

The Algoma Wolves will host the Gillett Tigers in Peninsula Conference football Friday night. The pregame is set for 6:45 pm on 104.1 WRLU and kick-off set for 7 p.m. from Perry Field.  Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the play-by-play of the game that will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network.

Southern Door's perfect start is still on the line Friday night when they play host to Marinette on Friday night. Jacob Nate and Reece Robillard have the call on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

The Gibraltar Vikings take their 3-0 mark to Wausaukee for a Friday night matchup. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show at 6:45 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Other football games scheduled for Friday night include Luxemburg-Casco hosting Little Chute, Sevastopol playing at home against Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy, and Sturgeon Bay battling Peshtigo at Memorial Field. All games start at 7 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay secured the only victory of local importance on Thursday, though that came at the expense of Door County's other soccer team.

Five different players scored for the Clippers as they beat Gibraltar/Sevastopol 5-0.

Luxemburg-Casco could not generate the offense against Freedom as they lost 1-0.

Algoma will try to bounce back from their 6-0 loss to NEW Lutheran earlier in the week when they welcome Washington Island for a 4:30 p.m. matchup. Luxemburg-Casco will also play Edgewood, Platteville, and Port Washington in a weekend-long quadrangular beginning at 5 p.m. at Jefferson High School in southern Wisconsin.

Luxemburg-Casco will head out of town for a tournament this weekend while the area's Packerland teams played their matches on Thursday.

Sturgeon Bay toppled Oconto 3-1, Southern Door beat Peshtigo 3-1, and Algoma snuck past NEW Lutheran 3-2. No score was submitted for Kewaunee/Gibraltar.

Luxemburg-Casco hits the tournament circuit again on Friday after 3-0 sweep of Clintonville earlier in the week. The Spartans will face the likes of Appleton North, Arrowhead, Brookfield Central, Burlington Area School District, Catholic Memorial, Cedarburg, Chippewa Falls High School, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Franklin, Germantown, Hartford Union High School, Kettle Moraine, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kimberly, Manitowoc Lincoln, McFarland, Menomonee Falls, Mukwonago, Muskego, Notre Dame Academy, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, River Falls School District, Sauk Prairie, Slinger, Sussex Hamilton, Waukesha West, Waunakee, West Bend West, Westosha Central High School, Wisconsin Lutheran when action begins at the MIlwaukee Sting Center at 5 p.m. on Friday and resumes on Saturday at 8 a.m.

Sturgeon Bay and Luxemburg-Casco's cross country teams posted impressive results at Thursday's Valders Invitational.

Julia Kurek captured her first meet win of the season as she won the Valders Invitational representing the Sturgeon Bay girls cross country team. Kurek covered the 5K course in 20:44 to win the meet as the Clippers as a team came in seventh place with 177 points. Luke Selle ran a personal best of 23:27 to lead the boys' team.

The Luxemburg-Casco girls cross country team finished with 70 points and tied for first place with Plymouth in Thursday's Valders Invitational. Claire DuChateau came in 15 seconds behind Sturgeon Bay's Julia Kurek to come in second place overall with a time of 21:01. Kyan Lynts paced the boys' squad with a time of 18:28 and a fifth-place finish to lead the Spartans to a third-place finish. 

Full results for both teams are available at NEW Radio Sports Network by clicking the links above.

In other local cross-country news, Green Bay high schools honored former Green Bay West High School coach Don Buntman by naming the course at Colburn Park in his honor. An alum of Green Bay West himself, Buntman created the course in 1985 and has since hosted an estimated 1,000 races in its over 35-year history. Teams from Door and Kewaunee counties last competed on the course in 2021 as a part of the alternative fall season. Buntman received the honor as a part of the Green Bay City Meet on Thursday which was won by Green Bay Preble.

 

 

 

 

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Gibraltar/Sevastopol and Sturgeon Bay will renew their rivalry on Thursday night in Fish Creek.

The United dropped their last game 4-1 to Howards Grove on the road to even their record on the season. 

The Clippers fought hard against the Green Bay Preble Hornets in its last match at City Stadium but fell 1-0 in the end. Langfeldt played a great match and was called on to make over 10 saves as the state-ranked Hornets provided pressure from the opening touch.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in Fish Creek.

Sturgeon Bay and Luxemburg-Casco will get their hill work in on a tough cross country when they compete at an invitational hosted by Valders on Thursday.

The Clippers and Spartans will also face Brillion, Chilton, Denmark, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Hilbert, Howards Grove, New Holstein, Plymouth, Random Lake, Sheboygan Falls, St. Ignatius, and Valders at the meet when the first race kicks off at 4 p.m.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers cross country team faced staunch competition across all divisions on Saturday at the Shawano Hawk Invitational. Julia Kurek led the Clippers to a 13th place, 371 point performance among all competing teams. She ran a time of 20:13 to come in 14th overall. Gavin Forest led the competing boys with a 23:43 finish on the 5K course to come in 152nd place. The Clippers did not have enough runners to score as a team.

The Winagamie Golf Course gave way to runners for the second time in five days and the Luxemburg-Casco cross-country team took full advantage of the opportunity on Tuesday. In the boys race, Kyan Lynts was the Spartans' top finisher with a time of 17:49 on the 5K course as the team took third with 70 points behind Pulaski (35) and Ashwaubenon (41).  The girls' team almost won the meet, coming in second place with 44 points and just eight points behind champion St. Mary Catholic. Claire DuChateau continued her super freshman campaign with a first place finish and a 20:15 5K time.

Five local teams will be on the court on Thursday to highlight Packerland Conference volleyball action.

Kewaunee will host youth night as a part of its match against Gibraltar while Algoma travels to NEW Lutheran, Southern Door visits Peshtigo, and Sturgeon Bay heads to Oconto. 

The opening serve in all four matches is set for 7 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco and Sturgeon Bay golf teams will travel on Thursday for conference meets.

Sturgeon Bay will travel to West De Pere to play against Bonduel, Green Bay/New Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Seymour, Shawano Community, Winneconne, and Xavier. Tee time is set for 4 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco will travel to Oconto Falls' River Island Golf Course to play against Freedom and Oconto Falls in a triangular that begins at 1 p.m.

The DCU girls will take on Clintonville High School in a dual at the Door County YMCA on Thursday, September 14th at 6:00 p.m. 

The DCU girls' swim team put up a good fight at the Ashwaubenon Jaguars Invite on Saturday 9/9/23. The team finished fourth overall out of ten total teams, scoring 228.5 total points. Julia Michalski (SBHS) was the top scorer for individual events for DCU. She scored 34 points with her 2nd place finishes in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard freestyle. Senior Dancia Neville (SDHS) scored 24 points for the team with her 6th-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke and her 8th-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. Hannah Schley (SDHS) competed hard in this invitational and dropped 3 seconds from her 50 freestyle time and more than 5 seconds from her 100 freestyle time. Two of the three relays placed 3rd overall and the final relay of the day finished 8th overall.  

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans could not find the back of the net on Tuesday and lost a 1-0 defensive struggle with the Freedom Irish at home in NEC soccer action.

The Spartans (2-1, 3-3 overall) were shut out for the third consecutive game and will now try to rebound next Tuesday against Denmark when they play the Vikings at home.  

The local teams competed in the 18-team Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusader Challenge with the Sevastopol girls claiming third place with 137 points.   Kewaunee finished ninth with 223 points and Southern Door tallied 328 points to finish 15th.  Ozaukee took top honors with 118 points while Kohler came in second with 133.

In the boy's division, Southern Door finished seventh with 219 and Kewaunee took tenth.with 303 points.

Individually for the boys, Christopher Cullen came in second with a 17:05.57 time, while Southern Door’s Ben Grota ran an 18:11.99 to finish 16th and pace the Eagles. 

In the girls competition, Hannah Miller ran 19:37.61 to take second place and Emma Boulsey finished ninth with a time of 21:08.52.  Naomi Rikkola of Sevastopol finished in tenth with a time of 21:08.52. 

You can find the complete results here from Tuesday’s meet.   

In area high school volleyball on Tuesday evening, local teams found success on the courts. 

Luxemburg-Casco swept their home opener three games to none over NEC foe Clintonville with an impressive 21 aces overall.

The Algoma Wolves beat the Green Bay East Red Devils in four games to take a non-conference match.  The Wolves won the final three sets after losing the first game to the Red Devils.  

No results from the Kewaunee - Brillion match were reported. 

Another strong starting pitching performance carried the Milwaukee Brewers to another win on Tuesday night.  Freddy Peralta went 6.1 innings allowing only a home run in the first inning to lead the Brewers to a 3-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.

Milwaukee’s “Big Three” pitchers, Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, and Peralta allowed only eight hits in the last three games.

Newly acquired Brewer Josh Donaldson hit a tie-breaking solo home run in the fourth inning and the Brewer bullpen was able to make it hold up with 2.2 innings of no-hit pitching.

Donaldson led the Brewer attack with two hits and Devin Williams came on in the ninth to pick up his 33rd save of the season.

The Brewers and Marlins with play game three of the four-game series Wednesday night with Trevor Megill (1-0) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Braxton Garrett (8-6) for Miami.  First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. 

The area's volleyball teams will stick with non-conference opponents when they take the court on Tuesday.

Tuesday's slate includes Kewaunee traveling to Brillion and Algoma visits Green Bay East for 7 p.m. matches. Luxemburg-Casco will go against the grain and face NEC rival Clintonville, also at 7 p.m.

Sevastopol faced Mishicot on Monday, taking all three sets 25-21, 25-14, and 25-15. 

Area cross-country teams will hit the trails on Tuesday after a busy end to the week to celebrate the start of September.

Luxemburg-Casco will take on Ashwaubenon, Hilbert, Mary Catholic, Mishicot, Pulaski, and Wrightstown at Winagamie Golf Course in Neenah for its set of races beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Algoma, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Gibraltar, and Kewaunee joins Heritage Christian, Living Word Lutheran, St. John's Northwestern Academies, Valley Christian, Campbellsport, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Kohler, Laconia, Manitowoc Lutheran, Oostburg, Ozaukee, Random Lake, Roncalli, St. Lawrence Seminary, Sheboygan 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) at Sheboygan Lutheran for their invitational that kicks off at 4:30 p.m.

Photo by Beth Rikkola

Two local teams had rough starts to the week with another game scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol was unable to keep up with Howards Grove 4-1 on the road while Algoma was shut out by NEW Lutheran 6-0.

In Tuesday's action, Luxemburg-Casco will stay at home to face Freedom at 6:30 p.m.

The Spartans finished 5th out of 9 teams at the Oconto Falls Panthers Golf Invitational on Tuesday.

Individual highlights include Bowie Bredael placing 8th out of 42 golfers with a personal best score over 18 holes of 100. She also had a personal best over 9 holes on the front 9 with a 48. Morgan DeJardin also shot her personal best over 18 holes with a 111 including a new personal best over 9 holes with a 55 on the front 9. Reese Bandow carded a 114 with a new personal best on the front 9 with a 53. Ashley Fameree scored a 123 and Marissa Annoye shot a 125.

Seymour won the meet with a score of 389 while Shawano's Sophia Eggert posted the score of the day with an 80, one of only three players that broke 90 strokes.

Two local teams will head back to the pitch on Monday after playing matches on Saturday.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team heads to Howards Grove for a non-conference match on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

The Algoma Wolves saw their game later this week moved to Monday when they face NEW Lutheran at home beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team begins their week on the course when they battle a host of teams beginning at 10 a.m.

Bonduel, Denmark, Marinette, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, and West De Pere will also tee off at River Island Golf Course. 

The Spartans won their last dual against Wrightstown 222-249. Bowie Bredael led the way for the Spartans with a score of 52 with Ashley Fameree (53) and Morgan DeJardin (57) also breaking 60 strokes on the nine-hole course. Wrightstown's Ella Swanson shot a meet best 49 on the day.

The Sevastopol Pioneers volleyball team starts their week with a road trip to Mishicot to face the Indians in non-conference play.

The Pioneers toppled conference foe NEW Lutheran 2-1 (12-25, 25-17, 15-13) as a part of their run at the Ashwaubenon tournament on Saturday. It is a part of a successful streak of matches where the Pioneers won five of their six outings.

The Indians are 7-4 on the season after seeing their three-match winning streak get snapped by Manitowoc Lutheran 3-1.

The opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.

The more things change, the more they stay the same in the Green Bay Packers' season opener Sunday afternoon in Chicago as they beat the Bears 38-20 in front of a capacity crowd at Soldier Field.

The Packers opened the scoring with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Romeo Doubs only to see the Bears claw back with two drives that ended in Cairo Santos field goals. The half ended with Anders Carlson drilling a field goal as the clock expired to make it 10-6 at the break, setting the stage for a second half that was all Packers.

Aaron Jones scored touchdowns on consecutive drives for the Packers, including one on a 35-yard pass from Love to make 24-6. A touchdown pass from Justin Fields to Darnell Mooney narrowed the lead, only to see the Packers score twice to kick off the fourth quarter and exploit the rout. The second of those scores was especially backbreaking as Quay Walker intercepted a Fields pass and bounced his way through the Bears offense to score on a 37-yard touchdown return. The Bears would score once more with three minutes to play and the game well in hand.

Love threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns in his second start of the season, making up for a rushing attack well contained by the Bears' newly formed front seven. 

The Packers will rest up before making the trip to Atlanta next week for a noon kick.

The DCU girls swim team put up a good fight at the Ashwaubenon Jaguars Invite on Saturday 9/9/23. The team finished fourth overall out of ten total teams, scoring 228.5 total points. Julia Michalski (SBHS) was the top scorer for individual events for DCU. She scored 34 points with her 2nd place finishes in both the 200 yard individual medley and the 100 yard freestyle. Senior Dancia Neville (SDHS) scored 24 points for the team with her 6th place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke and her 8th place finish in the 200 yard individual medley. Hannah Schley (SDHS) competed hard in this invitational and dropped 3 seconds from her 50 freestyle time and more than 5 seconds from her 100 freestyle time. Two of the three relays placed 3rd overall and the final relay of the day finished 8th overall. The DCU girls will take on Clintonville High School in a duel at the Door County YMCA on Thursday September 14th at 6:00 p.m. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ran through the tape at the end of the 2023 season.  The Rattlers beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 8-5 on Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium to end the season on a four-game winning streak.

Luke Keaschall, the second round pick of the Minnesota Twins in the 2023 draft, hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the first inning off Aaron Ashby to put the Kernels up 1-0.  The homer was Keaschall’s first with the Kernels.

Cedar Rapids (82-50 overall, 42-24 second half) put the first two batters on in the top of the second inning on a walk and a double.  Edwin Jimenez replaced Ashby after the double and stranded both runners as he retired the next three batters in order.
 

Wisconsin (62-68, 36-30) rallied after there were two outs and none on base in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead.  Darrien Miller walked with Ben Metzinger and Eduarqui Fernández providing singles to load the bases.  Terence Doston beat out an infield single to get the tying run home.  Then, Robert Moore drew a walk to force in the go-ahead run.

The Rattlers sent eight men to the plate in the third inning to pad their lead with three runs.  Miller and Fernández had RBI singles with Doston providing an RBI double for a 5-1 lead.

The Kernels got a run off Jimenez in the top of the fourth on a two-out, RBI double by Misael Urbina, to cut into the Wisconsin lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Wisconsin added three more runs to go up 8-2.  There were two walks with one out before Eduardo García singled to drive in the first run of the frame.  Metzinger had a two-out, RBI single to make it 7-2.  García scored on a wild pitch for Wisconsin’s final run.

That outburst in the fourth turned out to be enough for the Rattlers as it gave them a cushion to withstand two more Cedar Rapids homers.  Keaschall hit his second homer, a two-run shot in the fifth.  Carson McCusker hit his seventh homer of the season, a solo shot in the sixth, to get the Kernels to within three runs.  They would get no closer.

Cedar Rapids finished the season with 137 home runs with twenty-six of those coming in twenty-four games against the Timber Rattlers.

Jimenez allowed four runs over 4-2/3 innings of relief and struck out four to pick up his seventh win of the season.

Miguel Guerrero got the final out of the sixth inning and worked 2-1/3 scoreless innings to hold the lead,

Nick Merkel had two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning to close out the game and pick up his second save of the season.

Wisconsin won the final four games of the series from the Kernels to win the six-game series 4-2.  The Rattlers also ended the season tied in the season series with the Kernels as each team won twelve games.

The Timber Rattlers went 12-2 in their final fourteen games of the season.  The finishing rush allowed the Rattlers end the second half of the season 36-30 to tie the Peoria Chiefs for second place in the West Division behind the Kernels.  However, the Chiefs won the season series from Wisconsin to claim the tiebreaker and advance to the playoffs to face Cedar Rapids with Game One of the best-of-three series set to Tuesday night in Peoria.

Teams from the area raced all over the region this weekend on a variety of different cross country courses, even at a variety of different times, too. You can click the links for individual recaps of each team's races.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers cross country team faced staunch competition across all divisions on Saturday at the Shawano Hawk Invitational.

The Sevastopol girls cross country team proved why they are the sixth-best team in the state in their division with a third place finish in the small school division at Friday's Nightfall Classic in Neenah.

The Gibraltar Vikings cross country teams put up strong performances under the lights of the 920 Nightfall Classic in Neenah Friday night.

Only one girls runner completed the Roncalli Invitational 5K course in less than 20 minutes, and that was enough to lead Hannah Miller to victory.

The Luxemburg-Casco cross country team saw plenty of strong performances at Saturday's Roncalli Invitational hosted at Manitowoc's Lincoln Park.

Picture courtesy of Kewaunee High School

It wasn't for a lack of trying that led the Algoma Wolves to a 2-0 soccer defeat at the Wautoma Tournament against Amherst.

The Wolves peppered Amherst goalkeeper Alex Martin with five shots on goal, all of which were saved and kept out of the goal mouth. Carlos Lopez and Milo Graham delivered the fatal blows against Algoma for Amherst.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol played Appleton West on Saturday but no results or statistics were shared.

Luis Lara didn’t get a chance to drive in the winning run for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in their walkoff win on Friday night.  On Saturday night, he made sure the Rattlers didn’t need any runs in the ninth inning to beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Neuroscience Group Field.  Lara drove in the tying run in the fifth and the go-ahead run in the seventh.  Wisconsin’s bullpen tossed four scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to close out a 3-2 victory.

Saturday’s game was scoreless through four innings.  Then, both teams scored a pair of runs in the fifth.

Cedar Rapids (82-49 overall, 42-23 second half) struck first.  Misael Urbina singled to start the inning.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Tyler Woessner retired the next two batters before walking the two batters after that to load the bases.  Kala’i Rosario, the Midwest League leader in RBI, was next and he sent a liner up the middle.  Second baseman Robert Moore made a diving attempt, but the ball tipped off his glove and trickled into center for a two-run single.

Wisconsin (61-68, 35-30) answered back in their half of the fifth.  Alex Hall walked, went to second on a wild pitch, and took third on a flyout to center.  Eric Brown Jr doubled by sending a chopper over the head of the third baseman to score Hall.  Lara followed with a sharp single to center to score Brown with the tying run.

Sam Gardner relieved Woessner to start the top of the sixth inning.  He worked around a two-out walk in the sixth.  In the seventh, he had to pitch around a two-out walk that was followed by a two-out single.  Gardner found a way through and kept the game tied.

Malik Barrington relieved Cedar Rapids starting pitcher John Klein in the sixth.  Barrington retired the first five batters he faced.  Then, he walked Brown with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

Brown stole second, his thirty-seventh stolen base of the season, with Lara at the plate.  Lara, who was in the batter’s box when Brown scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a balk on Friday night, took matters into his own hands on Saturday.  Lara ripped a line drive to right that rolled all the way to the wall for an RBI triple.  Brown scored easily and the Rattlers had a 3-2 lead.

Gardner gave up a one-out single in the top of the eighth inning but didn’t give up the lead as he retired the next two batters.  Gardner pitched three scoreless innings, walked one, gave up two hits, and struck out six.

Tanner Shears was called into the game to finish the game for Wisconsin, and he did so in style.  Shears got the first out on a weak grounder to first.  He struck out the next two batters looking to end the game and collect his seventh save of the season.

Wisconsin has won three straight games from the playoff-bound Kernels in this series.

The season finale for the Timber Rattlers is Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Aaron Ashby is scheduled to make his third rehabilitation start for the Timber Rattlers.  The Kernels, who are heading to the playoffs to face the Peoria Chiefs on Tuesday night, have named Alejandro Hidalgo (0-4, 5.14) as their starter.  Sunday’s game has a special start time of 12:10pm CDT.  That means an early start to the day with the parking lot opening at 9:30am and the gates to the stadium opening at 10:30am.

Quarterback Jordan Love will get his first taste of the NFL's oldest rivalry Sunday afternoon when the Green Bay Packers meet the Chicago Bears on the lakefront.

Both teams are hoping their young quarterbacks can guide them to victory with Love having his second start under center for the Packers while Bears fans hope Justin Fields can usher in a changing of the guard for the charter franchise that have lost eight straight to their NFC North foes. With the help of some payroll and draft pick flexibility, the Bears gave Fields an important weapon in DJ Moore to complement Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool while adding some muscle in the linebacking corps with experienced players like Tremaine Edmunds. The Packers counter with the youngest team in the league with David Bahktiari, Preston Smith, and De'Vondre Campbell their only players over the age of 30.

The Packers and Bears kickoff from Soldier Field at 3:25 p.m.

If you weren't at one of the football games featuring teams from Door and Kewaunee counties, you missed a lot.

A 43-yard field goal Braden Sitte capped off one of the most thrilling victories in Gibraltar's reign in eight-player football Friday night as they beat Algoma 53-50.

The Sevastopol Pioneers went into halftime tied 12-12 with the Lena/St Thomas Aquinas Titans but fell too far behind in the third to keep up. 

The Kewaunee Storm cruised to a 34-6 win over the Oconto Blue Devils in Packerland Conference Football Friday night.  Owen Carlson continued his remarkable season with three more rushing touchdowns, while the Kewaunee defense kept the Blue Devils scoreless until late in the fourth quarter.

(Photo of L-C Spartan Max Ronsman running behind Brett Younk courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

In other local football action, Luxemburg-Casco topped Shawano 56-14, Southern Door beat Bonduel 34-14, and Sturgeon Bay sank Marinette 22-19.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers volleyball team will continue to face tough headwinds at its tournament in Wales on Saturday after beginning it at Kettle Moraine and Brookfield Central high schools on Friday.

The Clippers came into the weekend on the heels of a busy week after losing in five sets to Shawano on Tuesday and a Packerland Conference match on Peshtigo (no statistics given). 

Appleton East, Barneveld, Brookfield Central, Cedarburg, Dominican, Eau Claire Memorial High School, Fox Valley Lutheran, Holmen, Homestead, Hortonville, Kettle Moraine, Kewaunee High School, Marshall, Muskego, Neenah, Newman Catholic, Nicolet, Oak Creek, Onalaska, Racine Case, Racine Lutheran, Luxemburg-Casco, Sun Prairie West, The Prairie, Wauwatosa East, and Westosha Central are also scheduled to compete when the tournament restarts at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Other local teams will also be in action on Saturday:

• Gibraltar and Sevastopol travel to Ashwaubenon to face Antigo, Seymour, Amherst, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Hilbert, North Fond du Lac, Denmark, Wrightstown and Calumet, MI beginning at 9 a.m.
• Southern Door heads to Brillion to face Chilton, Freedom, and Manitowoc Lutheran at 9 a.m. 

Door County United (DCU) girls high school swim team luck continues with their win over Pulaski High School on 9/7/23. DCU scored 117 points and Pulaski scored 49 points. There was no junior varsity competition from Pulaski, however the DCU junior varsity team had great success. Hannah Schley (SDHS), Emma Moyer (SDHS), and Anna Massart (SDHS) all completed the 50 yard freestyle in under 40 seconds. As for the varsity events, DCU finished first in every event except for the final relay. The team made quite a statement finishing first and second overall in the first event, the 200 yard medley relay. The first place relay consisted of Julia Michalski (SBHS), Danica Neville (SDHS), Aurora Breci (SEV), and Cassie Rankin (SEV). The second place relay consisted of Anika Steinbach (SBHS), Caitlyn Hasenjager (SEV), Isabella Jiminez Seyfer (SBHS), and Kailyn Neville (SDHS). Senior Natalia Michalski (SBHS) was an integral scorer during this meet finishing first in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 1:01.95. She also finished second overall in the 100 yard backstroke. The DCU team will travel to Ashwaubenon on Saturday 9/9/23 for a non-conference invitational. They will host their next conference match up on Thursday 9/14/23 vs Clintonville High School at the Door County YMCA. 

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team fight hard against the Green Bay Preble Hornets at City Stadium but fell 1-0 in the end. Langfeldt played a great match and was called on for make over 10 saves as the hornets provided pressure from the opening touch. Scoring the only goal of the match, which came in the first half, was Preble’s Shanoski. The Clippers are off until Thursday the 21st when they travel to Gibraltar. 

In other soccer action on Friday, Kewaunee beat Washington Island 4-2.

Saturday's action includes Appleton West visiting Gibraltar/Sevastopol and Algoma playing in Wautoma for a tournament. Full preview of those matches are available at NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com

There's plenty of volleyball to be had still this week despite a nearly full slate of action on Thursday.

The Algoma Wolves were able to rebound from a dropped third set to capture the match from Oconto 3-1 (25-17, 14-25, 25-18, 25-19) in front of its home crowd.

The Gibraltar Vikings were stymied by NEW Lutheran Thursday night as they were swept 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-18).

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team easily toppled the Marinette Marines on the road Thursday night 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-9).

Sevastopol's volleyball team got their season off to a strong start with a win over county rival Southern Door.

No score was reported from Sturgeon Bay's match against Peshtigo.

The Clippers and Spartans now head to Wales to play in a tournament hosted by Kettle Moraine and Brookfield Central high schools. Appleton East, Barneveld, Brookfield Central, Cedarburg, Dominican, Eau Claire Memorial High School, Fox Valley Lutheran, Holmen, Homestead, Hortonville, Kettle Moraine, Kewaunee High School, Marshall, Muskego, Neenah, Newman Catholic, Nicolet, Oak Creek, Onalaska, Racine Case, Racine Lutheran, Sun Prairie West, The Prairie, Wauwatosa East, and Westosha Central are also scheduled to compete when the tournament begins at 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday.

If Thursday proves anything, cross country can take place during the daytime and nighttime hours.

The Southern Door Eagles cross country had another strong showing from familiar faces at their second meet in three days, this time at the Chilton Tigers Invitational on Thursday. The Eagles' Ben Grota and Emma Bousley led the way for their squads in their respective races.

The Gibraltar and Sevastopol cross country teams will race in one of the more unique high school cross country meets in northeast Wisconsin Friday night when they compete in the Nightfall Classic at Winagamie Golf Course.

Antigo, Seymour, Amherst, Cedar Grove-Belgium, Coleman, Freedom, Green Bay Preble, Hilbert, Marathon, Mishicot, Nicolet, Northland Pines, Omro, Lourdes Academy, Peshtigo, Port Washington, St. Mary Catholic, Sheboygan Falls, Laona-Wabeno, Waupaca, Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Winneconne, Weyauwega Fremont, Reedsville, Kewaskum, Marinette, and Providence Academy (Green Bay) will also be competing in the 5K race that will take place under the lights at 7:50 p.m. for the girls and 8:30 p.m. for the boys.

Picture courtesy of Southern Door Athletics on Instagram

For the first time all year, all of the area's football teams will line up on a Friday night.

On U-102.1, Sevastopol makes the trip to Lena to take on Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas. Jacob Nate and Reece Robillard will have the call beginning at 6:45 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7:00 p.m.

Over on 104.1 WRLU, Kewaunee will get a second course of Packerland Conference action when they travel to Oconto. Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will carry the action  l beginning at 6:45 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7:00 p.m.

On 105.1 The GOAT, Gibraltar and Algoma will battle under the Fish Creek lights for a Peninsula Conference tilt. Tim Kowols brings you the description  l beginning at 6:45 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7:00 p.m.

Other games of local importance taking place include Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Shawano, Sturgeon Bay heading to Marinette, and Southern Door traveling to Bonduel for 7 p.m. kickoffs.

Local teams had mixed results on Thursday ahead of another busy slate on Friday.

As heard on U-102.1, Sturgeon Bay scored early and often in their 6-0 victory over NEW Lutheran. The Clippers travel back to Green Bay to battle Preble today and coverage of that game is on The Pirate (103.3fm, 96.7HD2 and pirateradiosturgeonbay.com) with Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin on the call beginning at 6:15 p.m. from City Stadium on the campus of Green Bay East High School.

No scores were reported for Algoma and Peshtigo or Gibraltar/Sevastopol vs. Kewaunee.

Luxemburg-Casco was shut out by Sheboygan South 4-0.

Friday's other action includes Kewaunee playing Washington Island at home beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers broke a brief two-game losing streak thanks to a fast start against the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Wisconsin sent the fans home happy with an 11-6 win over the Kernels.

The Timber Rattlers (59-68 overall, 33-30 second half) scored seven runs in the first two innings to take control of the game. 

The scoring started with Eric Brown Jr at third and Robert Moore at first in the first inning.  Moore stole second to draw a throw that allowed Brown to steal home.

Later in the first inning, Matt Wood cracked a two-out, two-run single to add to the Wisconsin lead.

The Rattlers loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the second inning.  Moore drove in a run with a ground out.  Then, Brock Wilken tripled off the wall in center to knock in two more runs.  Wilken has a twelve-game hitting streak and has at least one hit in eighteen of his last nineteen games.

Hendry Mendez followed with an RBI single for a 7-0 lead.

Cedar Rapids (82-47, 42-21) scored single runs in the third and fourth innings after Wisconsin starting pitcher Joseph Hernandez walked the lead-off batter in each inning.  Jeferson Morales had an RBI single in the third.  Luke Keaschall added an RBI single in the fourth.

Kala’i Rosario got the Kernels to within two runs in the top of the fifth inning with a three-run home run off the videoboard.  Rosario has hit twenty-one home runs this season with eight of those homers coming against Wisconsin.  He leads the Midwest League in homers and RBI (92).

The Timber Rattlers responded in the bottom of the fifth with a pair of runs.  Wood drove in the first run with single for his third three-RBI game of the season.  Darrien Miller grounded into a 4-6-3 double play with runners at the corners to allow the runner from third to score and the Rattlers were up 9-5.

Mendez started the Wisconsin seventh inning with a triple.  Gray doubled to knock in Mendez.  Miller made it 11-5 in favor of the Rattlers with a single to send Gray across the plate.

The Kernels loaded the bases in their half of the eighth inning on two walks and a two-out error.  A bases-loaded walk forced in a run before Tanner Shears got a strikeout to end the inning.  Shears struck out the side in order in the top of the ninth to finish the game.

Gray led Wisconsin’s thirteen-hit attack with three hits, and he also scored three runs.  Mendez was on base four times with a single, a triple, and two walks to score three runs, too.  Wood knocked in three runs.

Wisconsin pitchers walked eleven but held the Kernels to 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position as the defense turned two key double plays to limit the damage.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Alexander Cornielle (1-3, 4.94) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers.  Zebby Matthews (4-2, 4.81) is set to start for the Kernels.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Almost all seven local volleyball teams will be in action on the same night on Thursday.

The matches include Luxemburg-Casco visiting Marinette, Sturgeon Bay hosting Peshtigo, Sevastopol traveling to Southern Door, Algoma playing at home against Oconto, and Gibraltar battling NEW Lutheran. Kewaunee is the odd team out and has the night off.

All matches begin at 7 p.m.

The Pulaski Red Raiders make the trip north to face the Door County United swimming team at the Door County YMCA Sturgeon Bay Program Center on Thursday.

In their last meet, DCU beat New London123-47. DCU took first place in each varsity event of the evening. Additionally, every varsity swimmer of the evening scored points for the team overall. Cassie Rankin (SEV), Danica Neville (SDHS), and Julia Michalski (SBHS)  all took first place in all of their individual events for the evening. Rotary Youth Exchange student, Aurora Breci (SEV) helped score 10 varsity points for both her individual events and relay participation. Freshman swimmer Emily Miller (SBHS) scored 5 varsity points overall as well.

DCU will take on the Pulaski Red Raiders at the Door County YMCA at 6:00 pm. 

Area soccer teams will be on the pitch Thursday night with several conference match ups on the slate.

The evening is highlighted by Sturgeon Bay looking to bounce back when they visit Green Bay to play NEW Lutheran for a 4:30 p.m. first kick. Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 4:15 p.m. with the pregame show.

Other soccer matches on the docket include Luxemburg-Casco hosting Sheboygan South at 6:30 p.m., Algoma visiting Peshtigo (4:30 p.m.), and Gibraltar/Sevastopol heading down to Kewaunee (4:30 p.m.).

The Southern Door cross country will race for the second time in three days when they visit Chilton on Thursday.

Ben Grota was the boys' top finisher in Tuesday's Algoma Invitational that saw the Eagles take second place with 48 points, 25 points behind champion NEWCHAA Homeschool. The girls finished middle of the pack with 92 points, led by a fourth-place finish and a season-best performance by Emma Bousley.

The Eagles will race against Denmark, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Hilbert, Sheboygan South, Wrightstown, and the host school when they start the first race at 4 p.m. According to the Packerland Conference website, this race was originally scheduled for Saturday.

BOYS

1.3.11Ben Grota18:23.06Southern Door

2.11.11Lucas Conard20:17.47Southern Door

3.14.11Brayden Vogel20:56.97Southern Door

4.15.9Owen Larios Amezquita21:18.50PRSouthern Door

5.16.11Ethan Kaser21:18.93PRSouthern Door

6.31.12Cody Penovich23:22.03Southern Door

7.39.11Lukas Kallin25:39.84 SRSouthern Door

GIRLS

1.4.10Emma Bousley21:21.09 SRSouthern Door

2.19.9Elise Jackson26:31.18Southern Door

3.22.11Kelsey Johnson26:57.88Southern Door

4.23.9Page Penovich27:03.69Southern Door

5.24.10Nora Lefevre27:11.50Southern Door

6.26.10Sydney Turner27:30.75Southern Door

7.36.11Maddie Finger28:43.59 SRSouthern Door

The Sturgeon Bay golf team continues their run through the Bay Conference with a 12:30 p.m. in Winneconne Thursday afternoon.

Bonduel, Green Bay/New Lutheran/Providence Academy, Oconto, Seymour, Shawano Community, West De Pere, and Xavier are all scheduled to participate. The Clippers last golfed on August 29th when they competed at Seymour.

The Kewaunee tennis team travels to Kohler for a Thursday afternoon dual meet.

The Storm's season has been slashed in recent weeks, having their last three match days canceled against Kewaskum, Ripon, and Kiel. Numbers are the likely reason for the cancellation as the Storm filled only one singles slot and its doubles teams in its earlier meets. 

Thursday's meet is expected to begin at 4 p.m.

The Algoma Wolves took three straight games and swept the Green Bay West Wildcats on Tuesday night in non-conference volleyball.  The visiting Wolves took the match with wins of 25-11, 25-6, and 25-8.  Hannah Nell led Algoma with seven aces, 14 assists, and four digs.  Chloe Robertson served up six aces and had two kills, while

MyLee Jones contributed eight kills, five aces, and three digs.

Other contributors included Ryley Zimmerman with five kills, Therese Gerdmann with four kills, and Olivia Cabino with nine digs and 2 aces.  

The Packerland Conference held a track meet in Algoma on Tuesday and local runners had a successful outing.  In the Boys 5,000 meters varsity run, Southern Door Ben Grota finished third with an 18:23.06 time with James Joski of Kewaunee taking sixth with a 19:28.22 time. 

In the Girls Meet, Hannah Miller of Kewaunee took top honors with a time of 20:14.47.  Julia Kurek came in second with a time of 20:17.44 for Sturgeon Bay and Naomi Rikkola of Sevastopol came in third at 21:11.94.

The official team scores had NEWCHAA Homeschool winning with a score of 23 in the boys and Sevastopol taking the girls top spot with a 32.  Kewaunee finished second with a 60 and Sturgeon Bay took third with a 61. 

You can find the complete results here from Althletic.net  

The Luxemburg-Casco girls golf team won a match Tuesday against the Wrightstown Tigers at Northbrook Country Club.  The Spartans shot a 222 compared to the Tiger’s 249.  Bowie Bredael led the Spartans with a 52, followed by Ashley Fameree’s 53.  Wrightstown’s Ella Swanson shot a 49 to pace Wrightstown.

The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a mini two-game losing streak with a  convincing 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday evening. 

The Brewers used a sixth-run fifth inning to take a commanding 7-0 lead over the Pirates to take game two in the series. 

Sal Frelick led the Brewer attack with two hits as the Brewers maximized their seven hits to produce the seven runs.

Brandon Woodruff pitched seven strong innings giving up only two hits and striking out six. 

The Brewers carried a shutout into the ninth inning before reliever Clayton Andrews gave up a three-run home run to Pirate Connor Joe.  Elvis Peguero came in to close it out after giving up two hits,

Milwaukee maintains a 2.5-game lead over the Chicago Cubs, as the Cubs came back to beat San Francisco 11-8 at home.

Freddy Peralta (8-4) will take the mound for the Brewers Wednesday as they try to take the series starting at 11:35 pm. from PNC Park. 

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers soccer team will continue its run of battling top-flight opponents on Tuesday when they head south to face De Pere.

The Clippers went 0-1-1 on the weekend, playing The Prairie School to a 3-3 draw before falling to Kenosha Tremper 2-1. The loss to Tremper halted a five-match unbeaten streak (2-0-3) for the Clippers that saw them outscore opponents 16-5.

The Redbirds are 2-1-1 on the season, including a 2-0 win over their crosstown rivals West De Pere last week. They are unbeaten in their two matches at home so far this season.

Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first kick at 6:30 p.m.

Other local soccer games include Luxemburg-Casco traveling to Wrightstown, Kewaunee visiting Howards Grove, and Algoma sailing to Marinette. Those games will kickoff at 4:30 p.m. at their respective locations.

The Algoma cross-country team will take the hosting duties on Tuesday for its annual meet at Peterson Park.

Crivitz, Denmark, Kewaunee, Lena, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), Oconto, Oneida Nation, Providence Academy/NEW Lutheran, Reedsville, Sevastopol, Southern Door, St. John-Bosco
Sturgeon Bay and Wolf River Lutheran are all scheduled to participate when they first race starts at 4:30 p.m.

Several Packerland Conference volleyball teams will hit the court for the first matches of the week on Tuesday after opening the year with mainly tournaments.

Matches include Sevastopol traveling to Reedsville, Kewaunee heading to Mishicot, Sturgeon Bay hosting Shawano Community, and Algoma visiting Green Bay West. All of the matches begin at 7 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team kicks of their holiday-shortened week with a make-up match from August 14th when Wrightstown comes calling.

In their last meet, the Spartans came in third out of three teams Thursday at an NEC meet featuring Denmark and Fox Valley Lutheran. Bowie Bredael led the way shooting a team-best 54 at Denmark's Twin Oaks Golf Course, six strokes behind the leader CJ Woosley from Fox Valley Lutheran. No other golfers broke 60 on the day.

Tee time is set for 3 p.m. at Northbrook Country Club. 

The Green Bay Gamblers are already preparing for their 2023-2024 campaign.

The organization announced its preseason roster last Friday, bringing in players from Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States. The Gamblers will practice at the Cornerstone Ice Arena in De Pere ahead of its four exhibition games that will take place throughout northeast Wisconsin. The roster will be reduced to 25 players before they head east for the USHL Fall Classic in Pittsburgh. You can find the roster below:

Last weekend the Door County Pickleball Club hosted their annual Summer Social gathering at Sunset Park in Sturgeon Bay where over 100 Pickleball club members attended.

 Part of the festivities included presenting the award for the 2023 Steve Schmelzer Sportsmanship Award. This award goes to the person that received the most nominations from their peers for demonstrating one or more of the following traits during the outdoor Pickleball season. These traits include kindness, integrity, sportsmanship, encouragement, positive attitude, and teamwork.

Over 20 nominations were received for nearly a dozen different Door County Pickleball players. Guy Fortin received the most nominations followed by Honorable Mention winners Barb and Brad Nikles, and Monica Lauscher.

Jay Renstrom, President of the Door County Pickleball Club stated, “The social aspect of Pickleball is what the sport thrives on and to receive this award is a great honor”. Some of the nominations for Guy included, “he is always encouraging a does so much for all of us”, “Guy is always there when something needs to be done”, “Guy ensures everybody has the best experience possible”, “Guy demonstrates a positive belief that playing Pickleball should be relaxing, fun, and to not worry too much about the shortcomings with their game”.

For more information about Door County Pickleball, please go to: https://www.doorcountypickleball.com/

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers keep on winning.  The Timber Rattlers beat the Beloit Sky Carp 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at ABC Supply Stadium for their eighth consecutive victory.  Brock Wilken had four hits, including a key, two-run homer, knocked in two runs, and scored three runs to lead Wisconsin’s fifteen-hit attack.

Beloit (51-74 overall, 24-36) took the lead in the third inning.  Ryan Ignoffo reached on an infield single.  Osiris Johnson executed a hit-and-run single with one out to put runners on the corners.  Javier Sanoja doubled to right to score Ignoffo.

The Sky Carp had the bases loaded with one out after a walk to Joe Mack.  However, Wisconsin starting pitcher Edwin Jimenez got out of the inning with no more damage as he got Torin Montgomery to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Wilken started the Wisconsin fourth inning with a single.  That single extended his current hitting streak to nine games.  Wilken has at least one hit in fifteen of his last sixteen games.

Beloit starter Alex Williams retired the next two batters.  Then, Matt Wood kept the inning alive with a single to send Wilken to third base.  Joe Gray Jr tied the game with a single to left on a 1-2 pitch.

Wilken gave the Rattlers (58-66, 32-28) the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a two-out, two-run home run to left.  Wilken’s second Midwest League homer made it 3-1 in favor of the Rattlers.

The Rattlers added an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning and Wilken was in the middle of that, too.  He singled with one out to collect his first four-hit game as a professional.  Wood sent Wilken home with a two-out RBI single for a 4-1 lead.

Jimenez went into shutdown mode after the third inning.  He retired the side in order in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings.  Jimenez retired the first batter in the bottom of the seventh. Then, Ynmanol Marinez happened.

Marinez hit a grounder behind the bag at third.  Wilken made a backhand stop and threw the ball wildly to first from foul territory.  Marinez went to second and took off for third.  First baseman Ben Metzinger had chased down the ball in foul territory and tried to throw out Marinez at third.  However, the throw hit Marinez and the ball caromed to the wall on the third base side of the field.  Marinez scored and the Rattler lead was down to two runs.

Jimenez wasn’t affected by the odd play as he retired the next two batters to close out the inning.  He went seven innings, allowed two runs – one earned – on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts to put himself in line for his sixth win of the season.

The Timber Rattlers added some insurance in the top of the eighth inning.  Darrien Miller doubled and went to third on a passed ball with no outs but was still there with two outs.  Fortune smiled on Luis Lara to get Miller home.  Lara hit a grounder to first that should have been the final out.  However, the ball hit the corner of the bag and went between the legs of Torin Montgomery for a hit to drive in Miller.

Lara stole second with Wilken at the plate and the Sky Carp elected to walk Wilken intentionally to deny him an opportunity for a five-hit game.  Hendry Mendez made the Sky Carp pay for that decision with a single to center to score Lara for a 6-2 lead.

It was not an easy march to the first six-game sweep in Timber Rattlers history.  Tanner Shears retired the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the eighth before two walks and a hit batsman loaded the bases to bring the tying run to the plate.  Shears walked Cam Barstad to force in a run and that brought Shane Smith into the game from the Wisconsin bullpen to face Marinez.

Smith got the count full before getting Marinez to line out to Gray in right to end the inning with the Rattlers up 6-3.

In the ninth, Smith retired the first two batters before a walk and an error brought the tying run to the plate again.  There was no drama in the final at bat as Smith struck out Sanoja looking at a 2-2 pitch to end the game.

In the six-game series at Beloit, the Rattlers outscored the Sky Carp 34-8.  Wisconsin’s pitching staff allowed five earned runs in the series.

This is Wisconsin’s first eight-game winning streak since the 2012 season.

In the playoff race, Wisconsin needs to wait to see if they picked up ground on the Peoria Chiefs.  The Chiefs, who are current holders of the second half West division playoff spot, start the final game of their series at Quad Cities on Sunday night at 6:30pm.  The Chiefs magic number to clinch going into tonight is at four.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return home to host the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday night.  Nate Peterson (2-2, 4.05) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Game time is 6:40pm.

It’s Labor Day Weekend, the unofficial end of summer.  But, fall in Door County can be the best time of the year for kayaking and kayak fishing!

When you take all the beauty of the bluffs and beaches, and add the fall colors, it just doesn’t get any better than that for kayaking in Door County.  So, don’t put that kayak away yet!  Also, as we move into late fall and winter many of you may be thinking about buying your first kayak or upgrading to a new one.  The end of the season is a great time to look for sales at local outfitters on new and demo kayaks.  And, if you’d like to take a road trip, I highly recommend heading to Madison in early March for Canoecopia.  This huge weekend event is the largest paddle show in the country and you can see just about anything you might be interested in related to kayaks and accessories!  

On a cautionary note, as the water cools, please be aware of weather conditions.  Always wear your PFD, take your phone in a waterproof bag, wear proper clothing  and let someone know where you are fishing or paddling.  

Over the next couple of months as the water begins to cool, those big smallmouth bass begin their feeding binge to get ready for winter.  So, from late September through mid-November fishing will improve and you could have a shot at catching, photographing, and releasing a real trophy.  In the fall I mostly use small swimbaits on a mushroom head jig or a two-and-a-half-inch tube with an insert jig.  In both cases jig weight will depend on wind and the depth you’re fishing.  Fall is also a time of year when we can have some very windy days, so pay attention to the weather.  The nice thing in Door County on both Green Bay and Lake Michigan is with all the bays you can usually find a protected area to fish.

Again, don’t put that kayak away yet!  And as always, if you have any questions, please email me at kayakfishingwisconsin@gmail.com.  It’s been a fun year of writing these short articles for Door County Daily News and I look forward to being back for 2024!

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were looking for their first seven-game winning streak since the 2014 season but trailed the Beloit Sky Carp 1-0 with two outs and two on in the top of the ninth inning on Saturday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  That was when Eric Brown Jr took over the game.  Brown, who ended the game with four hits, launched a three-run homer to put the Rattlers in front.  The hit also opened the floodgates for the Rattlers as the team would collect four runs and ten hits after the homer to go on to a 7-1 victory over the Sky Carp.

Aaron Ashby made the start for Wisconsin on a rehabilitation assignment for the Milwaukee Brewers.  Ashby pitched a scoreless first inning with two walks and two strikeouts on eighteen pitches.

The Rattlers (57-66 overall, 31-28 second half) had opportunities early in the game against Sky Carp starter Karson Milbrandt.  Their best shot was a lead-off double by Eric Brown Jr, but the Rattlers could not score in that inning.  Milbrandt had seven strikeouts over four scoreless innings.

Tyler Woessner took over for Ashby to start the bottom of the second inning and worked through a few situations until the fifth.

Joe Mack reached on a one-out, infield single.  Woessner walked the next batter.  Torin Montgomery followed with an RBI single, and Beloit (51-73, 24-35) was up 1-0.

Holt Jones took over for Milbrandt and allowed one hit over two scoreless innings.

Matt Wood started the Wisconsin seventh inning with a single against reliever Christian Charle.  A wild pitch with one out put Wood at second base, but Charle got the second out on a routine fly ball to left.  There would be nothing routine about the next few batters.

Eduarqui Fernández drew a walk to extend the inning to Brown.  Charle got ahead of the Brewers #1 pick from the 2022 draft with two quick strikes.  Charle made a mistake and hung the next pitch over the plate.  Brown crushed the ball over the Wisconsin bullpen out to the base of the scoreboard in left field for a three-run homer.  Brown’s first Midwest League home run since June 29 gave Wisconsin a 3-1 lead.

Luis Lara kept the inning alive with a triple.  Then, Brock Wilken, Milwaukee’s #1 pick in the 2023 draft, roped a double down the line in left for a 4-1 lead.

The Rattlers kept the pressure on with three straight singles to start the eighth inning.  Wood’s single ended the sequence and gave the Rattlers a 5-1 advantage.

In the top of the ninth, Brown, who was a triple shy of the cycle, singled.  Hendry Mendez drove in Brown later in the inning with a single.  Robert Moore added a sacrifice fly to score the final run of the game.

Woessner navigated his way through a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning after a one-out double with help from a strikeout and a grounder to short.  Woessner allowed one run on six hits with seven strikeouts over five innings.  The offense took the lead in the top of the seventh to put Woessner in line for his sixth win of the season.

Nick Merkel nailed down that win for Woessner as he pitched three perfect innings out of the Wisconsin for his first Midwest League save.

Just for good measure, Brown made a stylish play with a sliding stop on a grounder up the middle to get the final out of the game.

Wood and Mendez each had three hits in the game for the Rattlers.  Wisconsin ended the game with seventeen hits and went 5-for-10 with runners in scoring position.  The Rattlers defense played their fourth errorless game of the series.  Wisconsin pitchers have allowed three earned runs in 45 innings of the series against the Sky Carp.

Wisconsin has not had a seven-game winning streak since June 2 through June 9 in the 2014 season.  The Sky Carp have lost seven in a row.

The series finale is Sunday afternoon at ABC Supply Stadium.  Edwin Jimenez (5-5, 4.68) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Alex Williams (2-7, 4.76) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 1:05pm.

The Sturgeon Bay soccer team fell 2-1 to Kenosha Tremper in their final game at The Prairie School Quad on Saturday morning.

The Clippers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first half, but Kenosha Tremper took control in the second half, scoring twice to take the game.

Sturgeon Bay returns to action on Tuesday when they travel to De Pere to take on the Redbirds. The first touch is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball can finish off their holiday weekend on a high note with a second place finish at the Tom Larsen Triton Invite on Saturday.

The Spartans ran the table in pool play, defeating West DePere 2-0, DePere 2-0, and Slinger 2-0. In the semifinals, they topped host Notre Dame 2-1 before losing to NEC foe Xavier 2-0 in the title game.

Leading the way for the Spartans was Alayna Deprez (44 assists, 27 digs, 7 aces), Erin Cherovsky (38 assists, 6 aces), Aubrey Frey (27 kills, 31 digs, 5 aces), Miranda Schmidt (19 kills, 9 blocks), and Payton Kaminski (33 digs, 5 aces).

Head coach Jeff Frey was complimentary of his team post-tournament, saying that it was a good day with good wins. "These preseason tournaments are so important because they give you a chance to play good competition and see the areas that we need to grow in."

The Prairie School Quad meet continues Saturday morning with Sturgeon Bay battling Kenosha Tremper at 10 a.m.

It is a quick turnaround for the Clippers, which played the host school at 7 p.m. on Friday. They played The Prairie School to a 3-3 draw.

Kenosha Tremper's turnaround is not much longer as they played at 5 p.m. against South Milwaukee. Tremper started the season 2-0 with wins against Badger (2-1) and Racine Horlick (4-1) among their wins.

In other soccer action Friday night, Luxemburg-Casco fell to Xavier 4-0.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team heads to Notre Dame Academy on Saturday for the Tom Larsen Tournament beginning at 9 a.m. with pool play followed by bracket play at 12:30 p.m. The team will face Slinger, De Pere, and West De Pere in pool play. The three teams have started the year with a combined 9-14.

On Thursday, the Spartans got their NEC schedule off to a good start Thursday with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-17) victory over Little Chute. They dominated from the start thanks to three players registering at least seven kills on the evening. The defense was strong as well as Brooke VandeHei registered 15 digs and Aubrey Frey had eight digs to go with her three aces and eight kills. Alayna Deprez collected 22 Assists to go with her six digs.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are refusing to go down quietly at the end of the 2023 season.  Wisconsin beat the Beloit Sky Carp 4-2 on Friday night at ABC Supply Stadium for their sixth consecutive victory.  Alexander Cornielle earned his first victory of the season with nine strikeouts over six innings as the Rattlers got some clutch hits and stolen bases to take the lead in the seventh inning before the bullpen shut down the struggling Sky Carp.

Beloit (51-72 overall, 24-34 second half) took the lead in the bottom of the third inning.  Joe Mack doubled with two outs.  Zach Zubia followed with a double to drive in Mack for the 1-0 lead.

The Timber Rattlers (56-66, 30-28) loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fifth.  Matt Wood walked, Darrien Miller singled, and Ben Metzinger walked to set the table with one out.  Eric Brown Jr tied the game with a sacrifice fly to center to score Wood.
 

Wisconsin loaded the bases in the top of the sixth inning with no outs as Brock Wilken doubled, Hendry Mendez singled, and Robert Moore singled.  Joe Gray Jr grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to score Wilken with the go-ahead runs.
 

In the bottom of the sixth, Cornielle gave up a one out single to Ynmanol Marinez and committed a balk and threw a wild pitch to get the tying run to third base.  Cornielle got the second out on a popup but gave up a deep drive to center off the bat of Torin Montgomery that was just out of the reach of Luis Lara at the wall for an RBI double to tie the game.  Cornielle ended the inning with his ninth strikeout to keep the game tied 2-2.  He scattered six hits and walked one over six innings but was looking at a no decision unless the Rattlers bats got on the board in the seventh.

Kyle Crigger came on to face the Timber Rattlers.  He retired the first two batters he faced before Brown singled to center.  Then, Brown stole second and went to third on an error.  Lara slammed a pitch through the left side of the infield to score Brown with the go-ahead run.

Lara followed the pattern set by Brown by stealing second and taking third on an error.  Wilken launched a ball deep to left-center that was dropped for a two-base error to score Lara for a 4-2.

The Wisconsin bullpen took over from there.

Miguel Guerrero pitched a perfect seventh with a strikeout.  Justin King, who was just activated from the Wisconsin injured list before the game, worked a perfect eighth with two strikeouts.  Shane Smith struck out two and walked one in a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.

Wisconsin pitchers combined for fourteen strikeouts with just two walks. 

Beloit has lost six games in a row.

The Timber Rattlers are trying to chase down the Peoria Chiefs for the second half playoff spot in the West Division.  However, the Chiefs keep winning, too.  Peoria held on for a 9-8 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits on the road Friday night to remain four games in front of the Rattlers with eight games remaining in the regular season.  Peoria’s magic number was lowered to four with their victory over the Bandits.

Two familiar teams on top of the Packerland Conference stayed perfect on Friday night.

Kewaunee sank Marinette 48-6.

Southern Door flew past Mishicot 30-7 to move to 3-0.

Sturgeon Bay was edged by Bonduel 20-19.

Luxemburg-Casco dismantled New London 48-0

Spartan Sam Schulz scoring on a touchdown run (photo by Ron LeCloux)

Two local teams secured big Packerland Conference wins on Thursday with more soccer action scheduled for Friday.

Sturgeon Bay only needed 70 minutes to send Algoma home with a 8-0 loss at Clark Field Thursday night. The Clippers head to The Prairie School with a quad against the host school, Kenosha Tremper, and South Milwaukee beginning at 7 p.m.

The Kewaunee Storm won multiple games in a row for the first time since 2018 with its 3-2 victory over NEW Lutheran on Thursday afternoon.  The Storm will stay on the pitch for Friday, but this time they will stay at home as Cedar Grove-Belgium comes to town for a 4:30 p.m. first kick.

Luxemburg-Casco will stay at home for its Friday night match-up as they greet NEC rival Xavier for a 6:45 p.m. kick.

The area's 11-player football teams will get their chance to head into the weekend on a happy note after the eight-player squads played under the Thursday night lights.

EIGHT PLAYER FOOTBALL

The Gibraltar Vikings football relied on its two Bradys to push them across the goal line in its 35-32 victory Thursday night over Suring.

Sevastopol got their game with Gillett to within four points in the third quarter before succumbing to the Tigers 51-30.

Algoma opened its 2023 season in a shootout as they held on to beat Wausaukee 46-44.

ELEVEN PLAYER FOOTBALL

The Kewaunee Storm will look to stay perfect Friday night as they host the Marinette Marines in a Packerland Conference matchup. The game will be broadcast on 104.1 WRLU and streamed on New Radio Sports Network with Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen on the call.  The pregame is set for 6:45 p.m. with kickoff at 7 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay will look to get back into the win column on Friday night at home when they host the Bonduel Bears. Jacob Nate and Reece Robillard will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:45 p.m. for the pregame show and kickoff at 7 p.m.

Southern Door will hit the road for the second week in a row, this time finding themselves in Mishicot for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

Luxemburg-Casco hopes to rebound from its loss last week to Kewaunee when they stay at home to face New London for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

Several local teams participated in one of the biggest meets to kick off the season on the campus of UW-Green Bay for the De Pere Invitational.

Over 200 kids participated in each of the two varsity races with Kewaunee runners finishing ahead of its local competitors. Sophomore Hannah Miller broke 20 minutes for a personal record of 19:58 to take fourth overall. Senior Christopher Cullen also set a personal record on the 5K course, running a time of 17:16 for a top 20 performance.

You can click on the individual schools below for full reports on their team:

Sevastopol
Luxemburg-Casco
Kewaunee

The Sturgeon Bay girls cross country team posted another strong performance on Thursday at the Green Bay Preble Tom Finlan Memorial Invitaitonal at Josten Park. Julia Kurek led the Clippers once again in the 5K distance, completing the course in a time of 21:33 to come in sixth place overall. The Clippers scored 100 points, finishing behind first place Green Bay Preble (21 points) and Bonduel (55 points. Luke Selle paced the boys on the 5K course, running a time of 24:51.

No results have been posted for Gibraltar's race at Kiel.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team got their NEC schedule off to a good start Thursday with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-17) victory over Little Chute.

The Spartans dominated from the start thanks to three players registering at least seven kills on the evening. The defense was strong as well as Brooke VandeHei registered 15 digs and Aubrey Frey had eight digs to go with her three aces and eight kills. Alayna Deprez collected 22 Assists to go with her six digs.

"Tonight was a great way to start the conference season, always good to go on the road and get a win," head coach Jeff Frey said following the match  "I like the energy and passion we played with tonight and I really thought our setters did a nice job spreading the ball around to multiple hitters."

The Spartans will have Friday off before they open play at Notre Dame Academy on Saturday for the Tom Larsen Tournament beginning at 9 a.m. with pool play followed by bracket play at 12:30 p.m. The team will face Slinger, De Pere, and West De Pere in pool play. The three teams have started the year with a combined 9-14.

In other local volleyball action, no score was reported between Algoma and West De Pere.