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 Greg Seubert Special to The Press Times Contributions from Rich Palzewic (Sports Editor) HORTONVILLE – Two more wins. That’s what stood in the way of the De Pere girls’ basketball team and its first trip to state since 2017. However, Hortonville had other ideas, as it ended the Redbirds’ season Feb. 18 with a …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor De Pere – Coming into De Pere’s Jan. 28 game against Middleton, girls’ basketball player Jordan Meulemans needed 11 points to break the 1,000 career point barrier. The junior superstar scored her milestone basket with a move in the post during the Redbirds’ 72-32 victory at De Pere High School. …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – It was a tale of two halves during the De Pere and West De Pere girls’ basketball game Dec. 12. Trailing 34-27 at intermission, the Redbirds outscored the Phantoms by 14 points in the second half on their way to a 63-56 victory at West De Pere …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Jordan Meulemans, a sophomore at De Pere High School, broke her finger in a game versus Sheboygan South Feb. 7 and will miss the remainder of the season. Meulemans, who has Division I scholarship offers from Marquette, Creighton, Illinois State, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee, finished the South …
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By Josh Staloch Correspondent PULASKI – The De Pere girls’ basketball team is back on track in the Fox River Classic Conference following a convincing win in Pulaski Dec. 17. Visiting De Pere (3-2 overall, 2-1 FRCC) lost the lead late thanks to a scoring frenzy by the Red Raiders (5-2, 2-1), only to pull …
