By Rich PalzewicCONTRIBUTING WRITERASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon boys’ basketball team advanced to the WIAA Division 2 state tournament a season ago.After losing all-conference players Marcus Tomashek and Matt Imig to graduation, many expected the Jaguars to take a backseat this season.Fueled by a new group of players, No. 3-seeded Ashwaubenon turned back No. 6 Seymour …
BY SNC ATHLETICSThe St. Norbert men’s and women’s basketball teams both played in Division III NCAA Tournament first-round games on Friday. The men pulled off an 81-77 victory over nationally-ranked Carleton, while the women fell to defending national champion Hope, 82-61.SNC men 81, Carleton 77WHEATON, Ill. – St. Norbert College had a solid shooting day …
By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORThe Notre Dame Academy boys’ hockey team’s dream season will have one more game: for a state title.Notre Dame was tied 3-3 with University School of Milwaukee in a WIAA Division 1 state semifinal on Friday before the Tritons scored three unanswered goals to pull off a 7-4 victory at Bob Suter’s …
BY PRESS TIMES SPORTSFor the first time since 2017, the Bay Area Ice Bears girls’ hockey team is headed to the WIAA state championship game.The Ice Bears built a two-goal lead in the second period and downed the Middleton Co-op 4-1 in a state semifinal on Thursday afternoon at Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice Arena in …
BY PRESS TIMES SPORTSEven with its leading scorer eliminated by an opposing defense, the Notre Dame Academy girls’ basketball team is extremely tough to stop.Tritons star Gracie Grzesk didn’t score in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal, but her team still went on to earn a resounding 72-24 victory over Fox Valley Lutheran on Thursday …
BY GREEN BAY ATHLETICSGREEN BAY – Jasmine Kondrakiewicz led all scorers with 18 points and Cassie Schiltz added 14 more as the Green Bay women’s basketball team won the 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Quarterfinal in blowout fashion, 85-57, over Wright State on Thursday night at the Kress Center.The Phoenix (26-4) had two more players reach …
DAYTON, Ohio – The 2022-23 season came to an end for the Green Bay men’s basketball team on Tuesday night as the Phoenix fell in the Horizon League Championship First Round to the No. 7 seed Wright State, 77-57.Randy Tucker, Clarence Cummings III, and Cade Meyer combined to score 44 of Green Bay’s 57 total …
By Jordon LawrenzCONTRIBUTING WRITERGREEN BAY – In what longtime N.E.W. Lutheran boys’ basketball coach Mark Meerstein called, “the ugliest game in the state of Wisconsin tonight,” the Blazers survived Sheboygan Christian 42-37 in their WIAA Division 5 opening-round playoff game on Feb. 28.No. 13-seeded Sheboygan Christian didn’t score in the first 8 1/2 minutes, but …
BY SNC ATHLETICSIt was a great weekend for the St. Norbert College men’s and women’s basketball programs.Both teams won their tournament championship games to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Brackets for both tournaments will be announced tomorrow afternoon.SNC men 71, Wisconsin Lutheran College 59MILWAUKEE – Behind an impressive second-half defensive effort, the St. …
By Jordon LawrenzCONTRIBUTING WRITERFollowing a 3-1 victory over the University School of Milwaukee Wildcats on Feb. 25, the Bay Area Ice Bears girls’ hockey team is state bound.All three of the Ice Bears goals were scored in the first period at the Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center.Before defeating the Wildcats, the Ice Bears …
