By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – West De Pere might only be one-third of the way through its Bay Conference boys’ basketball schedule, but it has a stranglehold on first place. The Phantoms hosted fellow conference unbeaten Green Bay East Friday with the top spot on the line, and the game didn’t disappoint. West …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Kamari McGee came to play Wednesday night. The freshman on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball team scored a career-high 22 points, but he didn’t receive much support on the offensive end from his teammates. With rival University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in town, Green Bay tied the game …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent SUAMICO – If one thing has become apparent in the first one-third of the boys’ basketball schedule, it’s the De Pere players don’t get rattled and know their abilities. The undefeated and No. 1-ranked team in Division 1 led three-win Bay Port by one point at halftime, but the Redbirds never …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Preparing for a nonconference game against Oregon, it was like looking in a mirror for West De Pere boys’ basketball coach Todd Deschane. The Panthers love to get up and down the floor, just like the Phantoms. Both teams can stretch a defense and create open, easy looks. From the …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Since suffering two losses to start the season, the Notre Dame Academy boys’ basketball team has been on a roll. It entered a nonconference game against a solid Beaver Dam squad Dec. 28 with five straight wins. Early on, it was apparent the Tritons wanted to extend that …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent SUAMICO – When Ben Meeuwsen’s two boys were growing up, he exposed them to his college alma mater, the Naval Academy. He wore the Midshipmen uniform with pride and played on the football team in 1987 and ’88 before graduating in 1991. When it came time for Ben’s oldest son, Quinn, …
By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – A packed crowd at De Pere High School witnessed a great exhibit of boys’ basketball Tuesday by two of the top guards in the state: Kimberly’s Jackson Paveletzke and De Pere’s John Kinziger. The do-everything Paveletzke poured in a career-high 50 points, while Kinziger wasn’t going to …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Those who watch WBAY TV-2 in Green Bay during the week for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts know him as Bill Jartz. His friends call him VOLF: Voice of Lambeau Field. He’s a larger-than-life figure who comes off as a jubilant cheerleader during Packers games and …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – The Bay Area Ice Bears girls’ hockey team’s second loss of the season Dec. 14 didn’t sit right with the players. After falling 3-2 in overtime to the Central Wisconsin Storm, Bay Area had a few practices before its next game, hosting Northland Pines Dec. 17. “We don’t …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent ASHWAUBENON – After the Ashwaubenon boys’ basketball team was upset at the buzzer by Notre Dame Academy Dec. 10, Head Coach Mark Tomashek said he hoped the loss motivated his guys to practice harder. On Sunday night, two days after the Jaguars’ first defeat of the season, the players were in …
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