By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – Sometimes, it’s the little things that make life tolerable. If you haven’t gotten a chance to read my Hot Corner article from the March 5 edition of The Press Times, you should check it out. I reminisced about how I got my start in journalism and discussed …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor I grew up wanting to be a teacher, because my mother, who passed away in 2006 from breast cancer, wanted an educator in the family. Being the second youngest of seven children, it was my youngest sister and I in the house in the late 1980s before graduating and deciding …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – During a Jan. 7 girls’ basketball game between Green Bay West and Xavier high schools in Appleton, the Wildcats lost, 80-0. That’s not a typo – I had to look it up myself. West was trailing 59-0 at the half. I’ve never heard such a score, and …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – I was originally supposed to cover Notre Dame Academy’s football game in Kaukauna last Friday, but as you’ve probably heard by now, the Tritons’ moved their season to the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of traveling to Kaukauna, I headed to West De Pere, which …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – At its July and August meetings, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) said if the organization didn’t offer fall sports to student-athletes, other entities would come in and swoop players away. In other words, local clubs and municipalities wouldn’t let athletes lie idle while their schools didn’t …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor The title this week might seem a little negative, but it’s not meant to be. The latter part of August is a time of sadness for many parents. I’m specifically talking about seniors who graduated high school in 2020 and are now off to college. In many cases, the student-athletes …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – What a wild week in sports. First, the Big 10 announced it was canceling its fall football season, then the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) unveiled an alternate fall sports season at its Aug. 14 meeting for schools unable or not willing to play this fall. The …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – I’ve heard some possible scenarios of what a high school football season could look like this fall. With a potential start date during the week of Sept. 7, teams can schedule their first game as early as Wednesday, Sept. 23. Because the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – On Thursday, July 23, like many other interested Wisconsin high school sports fans, athletic directors, coaches, players and administrators, I watched the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (WIAA) three-hour video conference about fall sports. In a nutshell, it appears high school sports are back, albeit with a few …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor It’s been a few years since I laced up the spikes and swung a bat consistently, but I recently joined a church softball league with other like-minded people. We’ve played three games thus far, and we haven’t won yet. It’s been fun, and we’ve been practicing social distancing, but I …
