By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Combining nine De Pere and nine more West De Pere players into one team equaled a Class AAA Legion State Championship Aug. 1 for De Pere Legion Baseball in Plover. Behind the strong pitching of tournament MVP Ethan Susa and a sacrifice fly by Luke Brosig in …
By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – It’s a story that sticks out in Joe Rukamp’s mind. To this day, he still finds it hard to believe. The West De Pere varsity baseball coach remembers hearing about a quarterback at West De Pere Middle School who could do phenomenal things. Josh Blount would roll out …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Elijah Zifferblatt Nicknames: Ziff, E Activity: Boys’ tennis Elijah Zifferblatt is a three-time state qualifier for the West De Pere boys’ tennis team. For his final season in a Phantoms uniform, he was awarded the No. 2 seed at the 2021 WIAA State Individual Tennis Tournament June 17-19 at the …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name:Â Rebekah Buboltz Nicknames: Pete/Petie School: West De Pere Parents: Jeff and Nicki Buboltz Activities: Softball, basketball Twitter: @BuboltzRebekah Buboltz currently plays on the West De Pere softball team. The Phantoms went 36-9 during her freshman and sophomore campaigns before the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the 2020 season. While playing basketball at …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent DE PERE — Nick and Jack Dykema combined to win more than 200 tennis matches at West De Pere High School. Both are alike in many ways on the court but different in the path they took after their high school days ended. Nick started his career in 2010 as a …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Hannah Bauer School: West De Pere Parents: Kevin and Loretta Bauer Activity: Band, theater Hannah Bauer is a senior at West De Pere High School participating in band and theater. She said she loves to watch Netflix and Snapchat friends. Bauer said she’d love to be Jennifer Lawrence or some other movie celebrity …
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By Charles Collier Correspondent DE PERE – West De Pere High School students will begin using the building’s 14 newly-constructed classrooms as early as the beginning of next month as the district’s expansive referendum additions start to come online. The school board toured the high school’s additions, including classrooms with full windows, cutting-edge instruction technology …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Casey Jepson Parents: Ron and Amy Jepson Activity: Girls’ basketball Nicknames: Case, Cassandra, CJep, Jeppy, Stacy Twitter: @JepsonCasey Casey Jepson is a guard/forward on the West De Pere girls’ basketball team. She’s currently averaging more than 14 points per game, which is second on the team. She plans to attend …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – 2020 was a banner year for sports in the Green Bay area. Here are the 10 most-viewed stories from this past year on The Press Times website. Bay Port’s Gash commits to Michigan Bay Port High School’s Isaiah Gash, the son of former NFL running back Sam …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Bay Conference recently released its all-conference awards for the fall football season. Locally, Seymour and West De Pere are members of the Bay. Conference players of the year at their respective positions include West De Pere seniors Justin Benoit (offensive lineman) and Jake Hendricks (defensive back). …
