By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN DEER – Bay Port High School senior golfer Jo Baranczyk won her second consecutive Wisconsin PGA Junior Championship June 24-25 at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Brown Deer. Baranczyk, also a two-time, WIAA Division 1 high school state champ, shot a 6-over par, 149 in her two …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – As a youngster, Levi Nelson said he traveled to Green Bay many times to watch Green Bay Packers practices and games. “Instead of going to Florida on spring break, my mom, brother and I would vacation every year in Green Bay,” he said. Years later, the 33-year-old …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Jayden Wartman Nickname: Blade School: Green Bay Southwest Sport: Boys’ tennis Parents: Jed Wartman and Lori Sorenson Jayden Wartman is a recent graduate of Green Bay Southwest and will be attending Division III Ripon College this fall to play tennis. Wartman was a two-time, WIAA state qualifier for the Trojans. …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor With the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) recently releasing the guidelines for summertime activities to begin July 1, it’s a positive step forward for local high schools. Although not a guarantee a fall season will occur, I feel allowing athletes back on campus this summer is needed as a first …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor SUAMICO – May 15, 2018, is a day Bay Port’s Jake Berg won’t soon forget. The recent graduate, then in his sophomore year with the Pirates’ baseball team, took a 90-mph fastball off the face delivered by Green Bay Preble’s Ryan Stefiuk, a Vanderbilt University commit. Berg said he has …
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STEVENS POINT – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) has released guidance and recommendations for member high schools to resume summertime athletics programming and other activities beginning July 1, 2020. The guidelines were produced and reviewed by the collaborative efforts and contributions of the doctors on the WIAA Sports Medical Advisory Committee, the WIAA executive staff, …
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GREEN BAY – The Green Bay area’s only nationally recognized Pop Warner football league, East River Pop Warner, has extended its registration deadline until June 30. The $100 registration fee gets players league-issued helmets, shoulder pads, padded pants, a jersey and a mouth guard that attaches to the helmet. Players can keep their jerseys after …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – Alex Bartle, a varsity track and field and cross country athlete, is a recent graduate of Green Bay Southwest High School. Born in Green Bay, Alex, the son of Carl and Elizabeth Bartle, also spent three years of his early life living overseas in Germany. “My mom …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor Having dreams and reminiscing makes life tolerable. I can’t remember the exact moment I thought of riding my bicycle across the country, but it was sometime during the summer of 1999 teaching summer school in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. I’d been putting on tons of miles for years and knew the timing …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Hot off its first-ever Fox River Classic Conference wrestling title, De Pere High School has hired Zach Hendzel as its new head coach. Former coach Matt Kincade resigned after six seasons. “I am honored to be the one to step up and become the head coach of …
