By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Even though De Pere High School baseball player Will Semb wishes he could have played his senior year, he said it might have been a blessing in disguise the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 6-foot-1, 188-pound pitcher tore the ulnar collateral ligament in …
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By Greg Bates (Correspondent) and Rich Palzewic (Sports Editor) GREEN BAY – For years, Ashley Wolfe has shown she’s one of the best softball players in the country in her age group. A freshman at Green Bay Preble, Wolfe didn’t get the chance to show her skills this spring because the season was canceled due …
ASHWAUBENON – The Green Bay Booyah recently announced the signing of three players to its roster for the 2020 season. Stephen Hrustich and Jack Sauser – both from Northwestern University – and Louisville’s Chris Seng will be joining Green Bay this summer. A native of Lilburn, Georgia, Hrustich was beginning his first year with the …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor Name: Aubrie Gorski Sports: Track and field, dance Events: Long jump, triple jump, 100-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles Parents: Pat and Dawn Twitter: @AubrieGorski Aubrie Gorski is a senior at Green Bay Preble High School on the track and field and dance teams. She’ll be attending UW-Milwaukee to study kinesiology, psychology …
ASHWAUBENON – The United Soccer League recently announced the cancellation of the 2020 USL League Two season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league will spend the upcoming weeks working with clubs in areas of the country where it’s deemed safe to help facilitate regional exhibition schedules during the summer and fall months. “The momentum …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor PULASKI – Deedra Irwin, a 2010 Pulaski High School graduate, was recently named to the U.S. Biathlon National Team. Biathlon is a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. “I was a little surprised but very happy,” said Irwin, who is currently training in the area due to the COVID-19 …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – On Thursday, April 30, The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) canceled its 2020 summer season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The WPSL features 130 clubs in 35 states and is the largest women’s soccer league in the world. In late March, the WPSL initially delayed the …
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SUAMICO – Bay Port High School recently lost a pair of head coaches. Steve Jeffers, the boys’ swimming coach for the last six years and 12 years total, and Thiago Barbosa, the leader of the volleyball program for one season, have both stepped down. A swimming dynasty Jeffers helped lead the Pirates to 10 conference …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor ASHWAUBENON – Not many high school athletes can say they had both of their parents as head coaches and one as a teacher. Ashwaubenon senior Kally VanLaanen is one of them. VanLaanen recently completed her basketball season with her mom, Nicky, roaming the sidelines, and her dad, Shannon, was her …
DE PERE – De Pere High School has hired Jed Galutira as head coach of the girls’ swimming program, a co-op team with West De Pere High School. This past season, Galutira was an assistant coach for the team under coach Bill Rinehart, who resigned after four seasons. Galutira has also worked as a lifeguard, …
