By Greg BatesSports Editor Cole Van Lanen’s time playing with the team he grew up rooting for is over. The Bay Port product was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a seventh-round pick on Aug. 24. Van Lanen, a sixth-round pick in 2021, was a reserve offensive lineman for the …
Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers says hello to an official before the start of joint practice with the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday, Aug. 16. 2016 Bay Port graduate and current Packers tackle Cole Van Lanen works on drills with a teammate during the team’s joint practice with the Saints on Aug. 16. Second-year player Ray …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – Press Times sports has seen great growth in 2021. For starters, we recently became the official newspaper of UW-Green Bay athletics and the Green Bay Gamblers. We’ve also received photo credentials to all nine – one preseason and eight regular-season – Green Bay Packers games so far …
ASHWAUBENON – The Green Bay Booyah defeated the Kenosha Kingfish on Thursday at Capital CreditUnion Park, 13-5, to win its sixth consecutive game. The Booyah got off to a 2-0 lead after one inning thanks to a pair of RBIs by Jake Berg (Jacksonville) and Dayson Croes (Quincy). The Kingfish answered with two in the …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Growing up in Suamico, Cole Van Lanen was a big Green Bay Packers fan. He said he enjoyed watching Brett Favre at the tail end of his career and then immediately latched onto Aaron Rodgers when the Packers had a changing of the guard at quarterback. “More in …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent SUAMICO – Since 2011, there have been 11 University of Wisconsin offensive linemen drafted in the NFL. Cole Van Lanen is hoping he’s next in line to hear his name called and make his mark at the highest level. The 2016 Bay Port graduate is coming off a solid career with …
