Area hoops players enjoying time at Michigan Tech By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORGREEN BAY – When the Michigan Tech men’s basketball team played Green Bay on Nov. 3, it was a homecoming for three area athletes. Sophomores Logan Geissler and Dawson Nordgaard along with freshman Marcus Tomashek got to play in front of dozens of family …
By Greg BatesSPORTS EDITORGREEN BAY – One week after just hanging on to beat St. Norbert, the Green Bay men’s basketball team got all it could handle against Michigan Tech.The Phoenix built a double-digit lead, but poor free throw shooting late allowed the Huskies to get within four points. However, Green Bay closed out a …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – Five area boys basketball players were recently named to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-State honor squads. Division 1 De Pere’s John Kinziger, a Division I recruit, was named to the first team for the second straight season. The junior Kinziger helped lead the Redbirds to a …
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By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Marcus Tomashek Nickname: Marc High school: Ashwaubenon Sport: Boys’ basketball Parents: Maggie and Mark Tomashek Ashwaubenon High School senior Marcus Tomashek averaged 26.1 points and 7 rebounds per game this season for the 24-5 Jaguars, who recently lost in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state semifinals to Pewaukee, 60-49. …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC) recently released the boys’ basketball honor squads. Locally, Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Green Bay Preble, Green Bay Southwest, Notre Dame Academy and Pulaski compete in the FRCC. De Pere won the conference with a 16-2 record, followed by Notre Dame …
MADISON – The Ashwaubenon boys’ basketball team saw its magical run come to end in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state semifinals. No. 1-seeded Pewaukee, the defending state champs, defeated the No. 4-seeded Jaguars March 18 at the Kohl Center in Madison, 60-49. This was only the second trip to the WIAA State …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor ASHWAUBENON – For the first time since 2006, the Ashwaubenon Jaguars (24-4) boys’ basketball team is heading to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 State Tournament after a pair of convincing sectional wins. After reseeding the four state teams – Ashwaubenon, La Crosse Central, Pewaukee and Westosha Central – …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – The Ashwaubenon boys’ basketball team hit 16 3-point field goals en route to a 68-58 victory over Oshkosh North in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 sectional semifinal game March 10 at Green Bay Southwest High School. In the first half, 27 of the Jaguars’ 31 …
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By Murray Gleffe Correspondent ASHWAUBENON – A few days after being named first-team all-conference in the Fox River Classic Conference, Matt Imig and Marcus Tomashek showed up on the big stage for the Ashwaubenon boys’ basketball team. Imig had 23 points and Tomashek added 21 to lead No. 2-seeded Ashwaubenon to a 71-43 victory over …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – On Senior Night, the De Pere boys’ basketball team turned a close game in the second half into a comfortable win over Ashwaubenon in front of a packed house at De Pere High School Feb. 11. Leading 38-35 with 14 minutes remaining, the Redbirds, the No. 2-ranked …
