Seven guys grew up playing together, culminating in a state title By Greg Bates SPORTS EDITOR MADISON – Brian Winchester remembers a group of second-grade De Pere kids that enjoyed playing basketball. Over the years, that original group thinned out, but six guys — with the addition of another player in middle school — stuck …
By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORMADISON – As the De Pere boys’ basketball players jumped around half court at the Kohl Center, John Kinziger and Gabe Herman were off to the side in a tight embrace.The two seniors shared a moment they were looking forward to since elementary school.The longtime friends had just realized a lifelong dream: …
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By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORMADISON – Survive and advance.The De Pere boys’ basketball team didn’t play its prettiest game of the season, but it did enough to move on to the Division 1 state championship game.The Redbirds trailed by two points to Kettle Moraine with 13 minutes remaining and answered with a 10-0 run. De Pere …
By Rich PalzewicCONTRIBUTING WRITERWith the 2023 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association boys’ state tournament set for March 16-18 in Madison at the Kohl Center, locally, De Pere is seeking its first state title since 1934.The 1934 Redbirds, under the tutelage of G.E. Braisher, beat New Lisbon in the Class B title game, 22-19.De Pere is making …
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By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITOROSHKOSH – De Pere big man Will Hornseth likes to say the Redbirds are a second-half team.Well, it’s hard to argue they aren’t a second- and first-half team.Up by 14 points at halftime against Homestead in a Division 1 sectional semifinal on Thursday night, the De Pere boys’ basketball team came out …
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By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORDE PERE – The stands were jam-packed, the lights were bright and the stars aligned — at least most of them — as Wisconsin may have crowned its top boys’ basketball team.The matchup of the season with De Pere, ranked No. 1 in Division 1, hosting Pewaukee, the top-ranked team in Division …
By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORDE PERE – It didn’t take long for the De Pere boys’ basketball team to jump on rival Notre Dame Academy.Scoring the first 14 points of the game, the Redbirds utilized their efficient offense and lockdown defense to perfection. The result was another win — this time 80-37 — to stay undefeated …
By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORMANITOWOC – There’s one really good reason why the De Pere boys’ basketball is still undefeated two-thirds of the way through the regular season.The Redbirds players are unselfish. It’s all about the team, not about individual accolades.De Pere’s unselfish mentality was on full display at Manitowoc Lincoln on Friday night.The team connected …
By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORDE PERE – Bay Port tried to do everything in its power to slow down the high-tempo De Pere boys’ basketball team, but it wasn’t enough.The Pirates threw a 3-2 zone and box-and-1 at the Redbirds, but De Pere’s sharpshooters were on their game.Top-ranked De Pere outdistanced itself by scoring 42 second-half …
By Rich PalzewicCONTRIBUTING WRITERSUAMICO – When the De Pere boys’ basketball team is firing on all cylinders like it was on Tuesday night, it’s going to be tough to beat.Behind 31 points from John Kinziger and 15 from Hogan Demovsky, the Redbirds hammered Bay Port on the road, 91-54.Kinziger, a Division I commit to Illinois …
