Eagles Soar Past Clippers, Remain Undefeated

Southern Door’s Jarek Valley (8) runs with the football while being pursued by Sturgeon Bay’s Myles Sacotte (46) and Amaree Lyons (70) in Friday’s game at Memorial Field. Photo by Kevin Boneske.

Southern Door enters the WIAA playoffs as a No. 1 seed in Division 5 and the undefeated Packerland Conference champions.

The Eagles closed out the regular season Friday night with a 41-0 victory over Sturgeon Bay in its Homecoming game at Memorial Field.

Southern Door led 35-0 at halftime after scoring five rushing touchdowns, four by Zack Lynch and the other coming from quarterback Drew Daoust.

Lynch accounted for 98 of the team’s 257 rushing yards. Daoust completed 5 of 10 passes for 94 yards.

With the second half on running time, the Eagles’ reserves saw plenty of playing time. Their final touchdown came in the fourth quarter on a 9-yard pass from Lauden Berg to James Fish III.

Southern Door, which wrapped up the regular season 9-0 overall and 7-0 in conference play, opens the playoffs at home Oct. 21 against No. 8-seeded Brillion, which enters postseason play 3-6 overall.

Sturgeon Bay (5-4, 4-3) also qualified for the postseason and is in the same Division 5 playoff bracket as the Eagles. The No. 7-seeded Clippers play Oct. 21 at No. 2-seeded Kewaunee (8-1, 6-1).

PACKERLAND CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Final)

Southern Door 7-0

Kewaunee 6-1

Bonduel 5-2

Sturgeon Bay 4-3

Marinette 2-5

Mishicot 2-5

Oconto 1-6

Peshtigo 1-6