CHICAGO – In its 34th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, the Gatorade Company announced Jan. 15 that Maddie Koch of Ashwaubenon High School was its 2018-19 Gatorade Wisconsin Volleyball Player of the Year. Koch is the first Gatorade Wisconsin Volleyball Player of the Year to be chosen from Ashwaubenon High School. …
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LAKEWOOD – With the cancellation of two area Nordic races midweek due to low snow, Ashwaubenon Nordic Ski Team (ANST) coach, Scott Putman, devised a junior race for high school and middle school athletes on the ski trails in Lakewood, Wisconsin, January 12. With the cooperation of the Wausau East/West High School team, the Lakewood …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – The Bay Port girls’ basketball team had three players score in double digits, held off a second-half rally by Green Bay Preble and remained undefeated on the season with a 69-58 Fox River Classic Conference victory over the Hornets Jan. 11 at Preble High School. McKenzie Johnson (18), …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor Abbey Ambrosius (AM-BRO-SHUS) is a senior at Bay Port High School actively involved in theater and is also the student council president and the class president. Ambrosius is not quite sure where she will attend college yet, but she hopes to become a pediatrician someday. In her spare time, she …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor SUAMICO – The Bay Port and Ashwaubenon wrestling teams took their Fox River Classic Conference dual down to the wire Jan. 10. With the Pirates leading 33-30 entering the last match of the night, Bay Port’s Alex Urban gained a 7-2 decision over Jordan Vandehei in the 182-pound weight class …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – The De Pere girls’ basketball team started slowly in a 51-48 loss to Green Bay Preble Jan. 8 at Preble High School. The Fox River Classic Conference setback for the Redbirds (10-3 overall, 6-3 FRCC) was their second in a row, while the Hornets (11-1, 8-0) remained …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor ASHWAUBENON – The Bay Port boys’ swimming team picked up where it left off last season – with a victory. The Pirates won the 12-team Ashwaubenon Invite Jan. 5 at the Ashwaubenon Community Pool with their 466 points, which was 145 points better than runner-up Appleton North-East. Ashwaubenon came in …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor SUAMICO – Courtney Wittig, a 2015 Bay Port graduate, will be long remembered for her stellar career with the Bay Area Ice Bears girls’ hockey team, but even that may soon be forgotten. In a historic move, Wittig became the first NCAA Division III women’s hockey player to be drafted …
By St. Norbert College Athletics DE PERE – St. Norbert College women’s basketball coach Connie Tilley has announced she will retire at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, her 42nd at the helm of the Green Knights. “These types of decisions are always difficult to make, especially when thinking about so many different people and …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor PULASKI – Good teams find ways to win despite not playing their best. Such was the case for the Bay Port girls’ basketball team against Pulaski Jan. 4. Despite committing 22 turnovers, The No. 3 state-ranked Pirates pulled away in the second half for a 66-53 Fox River Classic Conference …
