BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR ASHWAUBENON – The Bay Port girls’ swimming and diving team ran away from the competition Sept. 14-15 at the 17-team Ashwaubenon Invite. The Pirates finished with 465 points to easily out-distance Waunakee High School’s 290 total. De Pere finished fourth with its 260 points. Emma Lasecki was a triple winner …
BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR PULASKI – The highly anticipated matchup between the Bay Port and Pulaski football teams turned one-sided. The Pirates’ defense held the Red Raiders to 188 total yards of offense Sept. 14 en route to a 28-0 Fox River Classic Conference victory at Pulaski High School. An estimated crown of 4,500 …
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BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR HOWARD – For the second meet in a row, Bay Port cross country runner Ryan Thieme ran to a winning time. The junior finished in 16:43 at the Bay Port Pirate Invitational Sept. 13 at Meadowbrook Park to win the boys’ race by 21 seconds. De Pere’s Andrew Lopez finished …
BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR DE PERE – There’s a first time for everything. In this case, it was the first time that the Ashwaubenon volleyball team won a match at De Pere High School. Behind 22 kills from Purdue recruit Maddie Koch, the Jaguars (19-4 overall, 2-0 FRCC) dropped the Redbirds 25-14, 23-25, 25-22 …
BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR Although extremely humble and soft-spoken, Carolyn Merkatoris (MURK-A-TOR-ISS) swings a big racket for the De Pere girls’ tennis team at No. 1 singles. In her spare time, the left-handed Merkatoris loves to downhill ski, do yoga, hang out with friends, hike and travel. She plans to attend Carroll University and …
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BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR Joshua Robak (ROW-BACK) is a senior at Bay Port High School on the football team. He plans to attend Fox Valley or NWTC to pursue a firefighting degree. In his spare time, Robak likes to hunt, fish, kayak, ride 4-wheelers and go up north to his family’s cabin. Name: Joshua …
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BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR My faith in the younger generation was recently given a shot of adrenaline in the arm. Not that I have any doubt about the future leaders of our free world, but it’s nice to see situations where they are in the news for positive things and not negative ones. I …
BY RICH PALZEWIC SPORTS EDITOR DE PERE – The Bay Port and De Pere girls’ tennis teams finally completed their Fox River Classic Conference dual Sept. 10. With the match being rescheduled twice from Sept. 4 because of inclement weather, Mother Nature cooperated long enough for the Redbirds to walk away with a 6-1 victory …
BY DAN LUKES ST. NORBERT COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORÂ EAU CLAIRE – The St. Norbert College football team mounted a furious rally late in the fourth quarter but dropped a hard-fought 30-23 double-overtime game to UW-Eau Claire in a non-conference game on a beautiful late summer evening at Carson Park. It marked the second-straight year …
By Rich Palzewic Sports editor SUAMICO – What a difference a year makes. Last season, Bay Port football player Cody Lindquist was the team’s punter. This year, he’s one of the best wide receivers in the conference. Lindquist scored three touchdowns Sept. 7 in the Pirates’ 49-12 victory over Ashwaubenon in a Fox River Classic …
