By Greg Bates Correspondent SEYMOUR – With his starters having an off-night shooting, Seymour boys’ basketball coach Bobby Kuchta went to his bench for a spark. The Thunder’s role players answered in a big way. Pace Jefferson scored nine points, and Mason Pautz added eight points, as the bench pumped in a combined 23 points. …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent SEYMOUR – With eight regular-season games remaining on its schedule, the West De Pere Phantoms boys’ basketball team learned a valuable lesson Thursday. It can’t build a double-digit, second-half lead and expect to cruise to a victory. The Phantoms led by as many as 18 points and held an 11-point edge …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – Two games into the season, West De Pere boys’ basketball coach Todd Deschane has found balanced scoring from his team. Four players tallied double digits as West De Pere used a big second half to defeat Green Bay Southwest 70-62 in a nonconference game Thursday. West De Pere …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY — Sam Daugherty will always remember his first varsity start for the Seymour boys’ basketball team. The senior — who struggled shooting coming off the bench in the first two games of the regular season — scored 10 second-half points and helped the Thunder erase a 15-point deficit to …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Last November, when high school basketball coaches statewide were preparing their teams for the upcoming season, Jon Murphy was sitting at home for the first time in 34 years. It was a lonely, hollow feeling. “There was a hole in my life, and I’m not ready to give …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent SEYMOUR – When COVID-19 struck, Seymour boys’ basketball player Mason Dorn was forced to stay inside. Dorn said he didn’t have much to do, so he hit the weights. The Seymour senior has always been lean, but he added 10-15 pounds to bulk up to 160. The 6-foot-3 Dorn, who is primarily a point guard …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – It was the tale of two halves in the Seymour-West De Pere Bay Conference boys’ basketball game Saturday afternoon, Jan. 2. The Thunder led 41-26 at halftime, but the Phantoms stormed their way back to post a 60-56 victory at Seymour High School. “We couldn’t do much …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent SEYMOUR – Having 18 days off between games didn’t seem to faze the Seymour boys’ basketball team. The Thunder had a player test positive for COVID-19 Dec. 12, and the entire team had to quarantine for 14 days. Seymour then had three days of practice before its next game. Bay Port …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor SEYMOUR ─ This one didn’t disappoint. In a battle of two of the best boys’ basketball teams in the area, sophomore John Kinziger’s driving bucket with 7.6 seconds remaining lifted the Redbirds to a 64-63 nonconference victory Dec. 8 over Seymour. The Thunder got off a 30-footer at the buzzer, …
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