By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – Five area girls basketball players were recently named to Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-State honor squads. De Pere’s Jordan Meulemans, a Butler University commit, was named to the Division 1 team. The senior Meulemans helped lead De Pere to the state tournament and a 24-5 record. She …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor ASHWAUBENON – Things couldn’t have started much worse for the De Pere girls’ basketball team in its first trip to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Tournament since 2017. The Redbirds fell behind 13-0 to Kettle Moraine and could never recover in a 66-47 loss March 11 at the Resch …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor SHEBOYGAN – Hasthtag105 (#105) – it’s been the motto of the De Pere girls’ basketball team since the second game of the season. That’s when the Redbirds lost a 105-66 game Nov. 26 to the hands of Germantown. The rematch March 5 had a much different outcome. Behind 22 points …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – The much anticipated cross-town rivalry game between the De Pere and West De Pere girls’ basketball teams Saturday, Jan. 15, turned into a lopsided affair. Behind 28 points from senior Jordan Meulemans, the Redbirds coasted to a 70-43 nonconference victory over the Phantoms at De Pere High …
By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – If this season was a high-stakes poker game, the De Pere girls’ basketball team would be all in. The Redbirds are coming off a 23-4 campaign and lost in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 sectional semifinal. De Pere graduated one key contributor — Sophia McCarthy — …
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By Murray Gleffe Correspondent DE PERE — What more can be said about De Pere freshman girls’ basketball guard Claire Bjorge. All Bjorge did was come off the bench and score 35 points to help propel the Redbirds to an 86-45 victory Jan. 16 over previously undefeated Green Bay Southwest. “Claire gives us a great …
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