By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC) recently released its postseason honors for girls’ basketball. Locally, Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Green Bay Southwest, Green Bay Preble, Notre Dame Academy and Pulaski compete in the FRCC. Notre Dame’s Sammy Opichka was named the player of the year and …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – They’re back. For the first time since 2016, the Notre Dame girls’ basketball team will be playing in the state tournament. The Tritons, the top-ranked Division 2 team in the state, continued their dominance this postseason. Led by a career-high 33 points from senior Sammy Opichka, Notre Dame …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Last season ended in sectional semifinal disappointment for the Notre Dame girls’ basketball team. This time around, it was a different story. Notre Dame, the top seed in a WIAA Division 2 sectional, used its suffocating defense against No. 4-seeded Shawano and didn’t let up until the game …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent GREEN BAY — On Dec. 5, the Notre Dame Academy girls’ basketball team suffered its first loss of the season against Kimberly. Fast forward to Dec. 10. The Tritons made sure the outcome was never in doubt, as they powered to a 74-43 victory over previously unbeaten West De Pere in …
By Greg Seubert Special to The Press Times NEW LONDON – It was going to happen sooner or later. For Sammy Opichka, it happened on the road. The Notre Dame senior scored her 1,000th career point Dec. 7 early in the Tritons’ 74-17 nonconference girls’ basketball win over New London. Once she reached the milestone, it …
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By Murray Gleffe Correspondent GREEN BAY — With two talented freshman and several key returnees in its rotation, the Notre Dame Academy girls’ basketball team showed why they are one of the top Division 2 teams in the state. The Tritons (2-0 overall) grabbed an early lead and never looked back in defeating Appleton East …
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GREEN BAY – Notre Dame Academy senior Sammy Opichka signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with the University of St. Thomas women’s basketball team. The 5-foot-11 Opichka has scored more than 900 points in her career for the Tritons. She averaged 14.7 points, 3.9 assists and 2.7 steals per game in …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – Notre Dame Academy senior basketball player Sammy Opichka has committed to the University of St. Thomas, a Division I college in St. Paul, Minnesota. Opichka, a three-year starter for the Tritons, averaged 15.5 points per game her junior year. The 5-foot-11 Opichka was named first-team all-conference after …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor GREEN BAY – A pair of Fox River Classic Conference girls’ basketball players – Notre Dame Academy’s Sammy Opichka and Green Bay Southwest’s Jaddan Simmons – were recently named to the Division 2 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-state team. Simmons, a senior, was selected first team for the second consecutive …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – Getting a win in the Fox River Classic Conference isn’t something Sara Rohde takes for granted. But the Notre Dame Academy girls’ basketball coach knows her team’s performance against visiting Pulaski Jan. 7 was sloppy and a “little unorthodox.” The previous day in practice, senior Emily Cribben suffered …
