By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Track and Field Meet is this Friday-Saturday, June 3-4, in La Crosse. The area is well represented, with seven schools sending athletes. Below are the area qualifiers. Division 1 boys 100-meter dash: Jack May, De Pere; Ben Lemirand, West De Pere …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – Green Bay Preble baseball player Jeremy Jahnke picked a good time for the game of his life. In a makeup game days before the postseason begins, Jahnke had a two-run double to tie the game in the sixth inning and a three-run homer in the eighth to …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – A hot start and strong pitching helped lead the No. 3-seeded Green Bay Preble softball team to a convincing 11-1 victory over No. 6 Pulaski May 26 in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 regional final game at the Finger Road Softball Complex. The Hornets scored …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – The wait is over for Thomas Paasch. The Green Bay Southwest junior offensive lineman recently verbally committed to play football at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb. At 6-foot-6 and 280 pounds, Paasch, who also had interest from Big Ten schools Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin, said …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – The COVID-19 pandemic caused many problems, some of which the world is still dealing with today. It also brought some good – just ask Notre Dame Academy senior Anna Gruesen. Traditionally a sprinter for the Tritons, Gruesen used the pandemic as motivation to run longer miles and …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Two weeks ago, 30-mph winds greeted the De Pere and West De Pere softball teams in a nonconference matchup – a game De Pere won, 1-0. Fifteen days later, conditions were nearly perfect in the team’s rematch May 24 in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) recently released the postseason softball brackets. Locally, in Division 1, Green Bay Preble earned a No. 3 seed, while Bay Port (4), Ashwaubenon (5), Pulaski (6), De Pere (7), West De Pere (10), Green Bay Southwest (11) and Green Bay West/East …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Behind a four-run sixth inning and the strong pitching of Ethan Susa, the West De Pere baseball team recorded a victory May 17. Susa pitched a complete-game four-hitter, striking out nine and walking three in the Phantoms’ 6-1 nonconference win over Wausau West at Westwood Elementary School. …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Both the West De Pere boys’ and girls’ track and field teams won their portion of the Bay Conference track and field meet May 14 at West De Pere High School. For the boys, the Phantoms’ 218 points bettered runner-up Xavier (117) by 101 points. Locally, Green …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – With a break in the recent heat, area runners were treated to cooler temperatures and light winds May 15 for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon. This was the first time the race was held in person since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A marathon, half marathon …
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