By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – History came alive Saturday, March 7, at UW-Green Bay thanks to the creativity of more than 200 students, at the 18th Northeastern Wisconsin Region’s National History Day (NHD) competition. “It doesn’t really matter how you might do on academics,” said event coordinator Deb Anderson. “Meaning NHD takes you …
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By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Trent Francois Parents: Brett and Melissa Francois Activity: Wrestling Trent Francois is a senior on the West De Pere wrestling team. As a junior, he finished with 30 wins, taking third at the Appleton North Sectional in the 120-pound weight classification. What’s it like to be a leader on the wrestling team at …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Two West De Pere High School student-athletes signed their National Letters of Intent Feb. 14 to continue their academic/athletic careers at the collegiate level. Seniors Cameron Dupont (baseball) and Billy Wyatt (football) signed their intent letters in front of friends and family in a morning ceremony at …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent ST. CLOUD, Minnesota – Brehna Evans’ sophomore season couldn’t have started any better. The former West De Pere athlete is in her first year starting on the Division II St. Cloud State University (SCSU) women’s basketball team. Evans had a breakout two-game stretch during the week of Jan. 13 and was …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Bay Conference awards were recently announced for boys’ and girls’ cross country. Locally, Green Bay East, Green Bay West and West De Pere compete in the Bay. Boys’ first team: Alexander Knutson, GBW. Boys’ second team: Jonah Decleene, WDP. Girls’ second team: Emily Mathias, GBW. Boys’ …
DE PERE – West De Pere High School had its request to join the Fox River Classic Conference for all sports denied by the WIAA Dec. 11. In a recent email from the WIAA, the Conference Realignment Task Force assembled and reviewed 14 applications in the first meeting under the new realignment process. In each …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Green Bay East, Green Bay West and West De Pere football teams had several members of their respective squads take home Bay Conference honors in the recently-completed season. West De Pere finished the conference season with an 8-0 record. First-team offense * Josh Blount, WDP, QB; …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The West De Pere school district is willing to sell a couple of houses for a low price as long as the buyers are willing to move them. The district purchased 743 and 747 Grant Street, which are adjacent to West De Pere High School, and plans to …
By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – Local students from around the area were recently named as semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The following students are among the 16,000 students nationwide who will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent OSHKOSH – The bitter rivalry between the West De Pere and Notre Dame Academy football teams was recently pushed to the side – at least for one week. West De Pere’s Garrett Kempen and Notre Dame’s Mitch Chosa became teammates, better friends and key cogs in the North squad’s defense leading …
