Category: Sports
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Softball Eagles Beat Valders, Fall to Spartans
Southern Door’s softball team split two non-conference games from earlier this week. On Monday, the Eagles took the lead in the opening inning and went on to shut out Valders, 5-0. Bella Price, Madyson Counard, Hailey Vesser and Reese Vogel each had a hit for Southern Door. The Eagles’ Ashlyn Delfosse recorded the complete-game pitching victory, […]
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Girls Softball: Pioneers Sweep Vikings
Sevastopol’s softball team opened Packerland Conference action Tuesday in Fish Creek by sweeping Gibraltar/Washington Island in two five-inning games. The Pioneers defeated the Vikings in the first game, 19-1. Naomi Rikkola led Sevastopol at the plate by batting 3-3 with a homer and five runs scored. Adi Sawyer went 2-2, with Taylor Kochanski adding a […]
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Boys Baseball: Vikings Walk Past Pioneers
The Sevastopol and Gibraltar/Washington Island baseball teams opened Packerland Conference play Tuesday with a doubleheader at Fish Creek. In game one, Pioneer pitching walked 15 batters as the Vikings won in five innings, 19-2. Of Gibraltar/Washington Island’s eight hits, three players had two apiece. Brady Kita tripled and singled with four runs driven in, while […]
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Trevor Reinhardt Named Player of the Week
St. Norbert College senior Trevor Reinhardt, a Fish Creek native and a 2019 Gibraltar High School graduate, has been named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Position Player of the Week in baseball. Reinhardt led St. Norbert offensively against NACC leaders Milwaukee School of Engineering and Benedictine, with the Green Knights splitting doubleheaders against both […]
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Girls Soccer: Clippers Shut Out by Notre Dame
Sturgeon Bay’s girls soccer team has yet to score a goal three games into the 2024 season. The Clippers lost Monday’s road game to Green Bay Notre Dame, 7-0. Sturgeon Bay trailed the Tritons 4-0 at halftime. The Clippers’ Isabella Jimenez Seyfer recorded 34 saves in goal against the state’s No. 4-ranked team in Division […]
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Girls Softball: Pioneers Win Season Opener
Sevastopol’s softball team opened the season Monday on a winning note with a 6-2 non-conference road victory over Wisconsin Rapids Assumption. The Pioneers’ Addison Schauske recorded the complete-game pitching victory, allowing four hits while striking out 10. Sevastopol’s leading hitters included Jolene Luedtke, who batted 2-3 with a triple and a double and 4 RBI. […]
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Eagles Seeking New Head Girls Hoops Coach
The Southern Door School District is looking to fill the head varsity girls basketball coaching position following the resignation of Andy Bruess after two seasons. Bruess, who previously was a head varsity boys basketball coach for 15 seasons at Mosinee before coming to Southern Door, compiled an overall record of 23-28 leading the Eagle girls. […]
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Apple Valley Classic League March 25, 2024 • Team / high game/series: Apple Valley Pro Shop 702/1,931 • Women / high game: Michelle Hartel 224, Tracy Rouer 215, Pattie Nolte 210 • Women / high series: Michelle Hartel 594, Alisa Rupp 536, Penny Kramer 525 • Men / high game: Jared Meyer 265, Justin Hartel 264, […]
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Girls Soccer: Clippers Tie, Lose to Open Season
Sturgeon Bay’s girls soccer team was unable to score Friday when the Clippers opened their season with a tie and a loss. In two games at Booyah Field, Sturgeon Bay tied Wrightstown, 0-0, and lost to Waterford, 4-0. The Clippers are scheduled to play two road games this week – Monday against Green Bay Notre […]
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Boys Baseball: Vikings Open Season 1-1
The Gibraltar/Washington Island baseball team opened its season last weekend at a tournament at Adams-Friendship, where the Vikings split their two games. On Friday, Gibraltar/Washington Island scored all its runs in the first three innings when it defeated St. Mary’s Springs, 11-8. Of the Vikings’ nine hits, four players tallied two apiece. Marshall Maltby doubled […]
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Clippers Seek Conference, Regional Titles
After finishing 8-5-3 overall last season with a loss in the WIAA Division 4 regional semifinals, Sturgeon Bay’s girls soccer team returns nine starters who seek to win both a conference and regional title. Bob Desotelle is in his 10th season as a head coach with his list of top returning players including three who […]
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Door County League Seeks More Umpires
The 2024 Door County Baseball League season, which is scheduled to begin May 12, now looks like it will open with shortages in the umpire pool. With retirements and relocations, the league is stretched thin on fielding eight umpires every week. Umpire-in-chief for the DCBL, Roger Van Lanen, urges anyone interested in becoming a baseball […]
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Apple Valley Classic League March 18, 2024 • Team / high game: Greystone Castle 738 • Team / high series: Sawyer Harbor Pub & Grill 1944 • Women / high game: Alisa Rupp 253, Michelle Pfannenstiel 233, Michelle Hartel 223 • Women / high series: Alisa Rupp 644, Michelle Pfannenstiel 626, Michelle Hartel 554 • Men […]
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Prep Baseball Teams Prepare for 2024 Season
Weather permitting, Door County’s four Packerland Conference baseball teams are scheduled to take to the field next week for another season. The following season previews are in the order the teams finished last year in the conference. Eagles to Battle for Conference Title After finishing second in the Packerland last season and losing only in […]
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Pioneers Aim for League Title, Trip to State
After ending the season in the WIAA Division 5 regional title game with an overall record of 16-7, Sevastopol’s softball team has goals to do better than that this spring. Brooke Bittorf enters her sixth season as the Pioneers’ head coach with her list of top returning players including three who made the all-conference first […]
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Strivers’ Silvers Win Back-to-Back State Titles
The Door County YMCA Strivers competed last weekend in the YMCA state gymnastics championships at the Fond du Lac Y, where 13 teams from Wisconsin participated. The Strivers’ Xcel Silver team won its second consecutive state title. They also won 10 individual state titles and placed first in the all-around competition in all three age […]
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Naomi Rikkola is All-State Honorable Mention
Sevastopol junior Naomi Rikkola has received honorable mention in Division 5 girls basketball for 2023-24 from the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. She was named to the All-Packerland Conference first team for the second season in a row as the Pioneers repeated as the league champions. Rikkola this season scored 465 points to reach 1,104 for […]
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WBCA Names Drew Daoust All-State in D3
For the second season in a row, Southern Door junior boys basketball player Drew Daoust has been named to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association’s All-State team in Division 3. The Eagles’ starting point guard was also the Packerland Conference’s Player of the Year for the second season in a row. He scored 885 points in […]
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Mallien Named Eagles’ Head Football Coach
An assistant football coach at Southern Door is taking over as the Eagles’ head coach next season. The Southern Door Board of Education on Monday approved the hiring of Scott Mallien, who has been the team’s defensive coordinator and has also coached track and field at the school. Mallien is replacing Mark Jonas, who is […]
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Clipper Girls Tracksters Second at Ripon
The Sturgeon Bay and Sevastopol track and field teams opened their seasons Thursday at an indoor meet at Ripon College. The Clipper girls finished second out of 13 teams with 87 points, behind only Berlin (178). The Pioneers (15.5) came in 12th. Sturgeon Bay’s top finishers included Nida Zukauskaite winning both the 60-meter hurdles (10.3 […]