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  • Braden Sitte Named to WFCA All-State Team

    Gibraltar’s Braden Sitte has been named to the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) 2023 All-State Team as a wide receiver in eight-player football. The 6-3, 185-pound senior also made the All-Peninsula Conference first team as an offensive end, defensive back and placekicker as part of the Vikings’ team that tied for second in the conference […]

  • Pioneers Slam Suring in Girls Hoops Opener

    Sevastopol’s girls basketball team opened the 2023-24 season Tuesday with a 64-14 non-conference victory at home over Suring. The Pioneers, who led 44-7 at halftime, had three players end up scoring in double figures. Naomi Rikkola tallied a game-high 22 points, Libby Ash added 20 points, including six three-pointers, and Kayla Ranly scored 10 more. […]

  • Pioneers Seek Second Straight Packerland Title

    Sevastopol kicks off girls basketball play this week with a non-conference game at home Tuesday against Suring. After winning the Packerland Conference title and a Division 5 regional championship last season, Sevastopol has big shoes to fill as it launches its title defense. The Pioneers went 16-0 in league play and 25-2 overall last year, […]

  • Frank Steps Down

    Longtime Sevastopol coach Ron Frank has submitted his resignation as the Pioneers’ head football coach following the 2023 season when the team went 0-8 overall and finished at the bottom of the Peninsula Conference standings. His departure will conclude his third stint as a head football coach for Sevastopol. Frank first departed the program in […]

  • DCU Girls Swimmers Place 10th at State

    The Door County United (DCU) cooperative girls high school swimming team closed out the fall 2023 season Friday by placing 10th overall at the WIAA Division 2 state meet at Waukesha South High School. DCU, which qualified for state in seven events, tallied 94 team points. Rhinelander (308) won the Division 2 team title, followed […]

  • L-C Coach Named Packers Coach of the Week

    Luxemburg-Casco High School head football coach Neil Seering has been named the Green Bay Packers High School Coach of the Week.  In his fourth year as the Spartans’ varsity head coach, Seering has the team one game away from heading to Camp Randall Stadium for a shot at a WIAA Division 4 state championship. L-C […]

  • Five Door County Football Players All-Region

    The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association has announced its All-Region Teams for 2023 with the list including five players from Door County. In 11-player football, Sturgeon Bay senior quarterback Danny Lodl and junior wide receiver Bryce Plzak made the list for small schools, as did Southern Door senior linebacker Will Jandrin, this year’s Packerland Conference Defensive […]

  • DCU Swimmers Qualify for State in Seven Events

    The Door County United (DCU) cooperative high school girls swim team has qualified in seven events for the WIAA Division 2 state meet Nov. 10 at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium. To earn a trip to state, DCU competed at Saturday’s Division 2 sectional at Plymouth High School. The first-place finishers in each sectional […]

  • Ben Grota 46th in D3 State Boys CC Race

    Southern Door junior Ben Grota placed 46th out of 150 finishers in Saturday’s WIAA Division 3 state boys cross country race at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Grota’s time of 17 minutes, 27.5 seconds, was about 1:38 behind the winning pace of Iola-Scandinavia senior Charlie Vater. Grota qualified for this year’s state meet […]

  • Eagles Run Over By Tigers in Season Finale

    Southern Door’s football season has come to an end two games into the WIAA Division 5 playoffs. The No. 2-seeded Eagles lost at home Friday to No. 3-seeded Wrightstown, 21-6. The contest began as a defensive battle with no points scored until the final two minutes of the first half. Both teams turned the ball […]

  • Tjernagel Named Head Girls Basketball Coach

    There will now be two Door County school superintendents heading up varsity basketball teams this winter following action Wednesday by the Sturgeon Bay School Board. Sturgeon Bay superintendent Dan Tjernagel has been named the Clippers’ head girls basketball coach, replacing Casey Harrington, who resigned. The board also approved Mark Felhofer as an assistant girls basketball […]

  • Clippers Boys Soccer Season Ends in Sectionals

    The season ended for the Sturgeon Bay boys soccer team on Thursday when the No. 3-seeded Clippers lost their WIAA Division 4 sectional semifinal at No. 2-seeded Appleton Xavier, 4-1. Sturgeon Bay’s only goal of the game came in the final minute of the first half when Kayden Klotz scored. Zone Wienke also found the […]

  • Julia Michalski Named Bay Conference Swimmer of the Year

    Sturgeon Bay High School junior Julia Michalski, a member of the Door County United (DCU) cooperative high school girls swim team, has been named this fall’s Bay Conference Swimmer of the Year. DCU head coach Kelly Oram-Rankin said Michalski, also this year’s team MVP with more than 300 individual points, is DCU’s fastest swimmer in […]

  • Packerland Conference Players of the Year for Fall 2023 Include Three from Door County

    Sturgeon Bay’s boys soccer team has also received several individual honors to go along with being this fall’s Packerland Conference champion.   Clippers senior midfielder Ben Stephens is the league’s Player of the Year. “He does a lot of work for us in the middle, both offensively and defensively,” said Sturgeon Bay head coach Todd Maas. […]

  • Sitte, Maltby Receive Multiple Football Honors

    Gibraltar seniors Braden Sitte and Marshall Maltby were two-way threats for the Vikings all season. Their tremendous seasons have been rewarded by the Peninsula Conference coaches with selections to the eight-player football all-conference first team at multiple positions.  Sitte received honors at offensive end, placekicker and defensive back, while Maltby made the first team at […]

  • DCU Girls Swimmers Win Bay Conference Title

    The Door County United cooperative girls high school swim team wrapped up its Bay Conference schedule undefeated on Tuesday by winning the conference meet.  DCU tallied 543 points – 120 points ahead of the second-place team, Seymour, 423 –  to end up as the conference champions for the fourth consecutive year.  The top individual finishes […]

  • Clippers End CC Season at D2 Sectional

    Sturgeon Bay saw its cross country season come to an end at Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 sectional at New London. In the girls race, the Clippers (303) placed 10th, with Appleton Xavier (51) and Green Bay Notre Dame (62) finishing in the top two to qualify their entire teams for the state meet Oct. 28 […]

  • Ben Grota Qualifies for State Cross Country Meet

    Southern Door junior Ben Grota has qualified for this year’s WIAA state cross country meet in Division 3. At Saturday’s WIAA Division 3 sectional at the Meadow Links Golf Course in Manitowoc, Grota placed third in the boys race in 16 minutes, 44.6 seconds, 21.1 seconds off the winning pace of Oostburg junior Matthew Wilterdink, […]

  • Vikings Shut Out in Football Playoff Opener

    Gibraltar was unable to get on the scoreboard Oct. 20 when the No. 4-seeded Vikings lost their WIAA eight-player football tournament opener at No. 1-seeded Florence, 52-0. The Bobcats, which led 28-0 at halftime, ended up with 405 yards of total offense, 385 of which came on the ground. Gibraltar ended the season at 6-3 […]

  • Clippers Sunk in Football Playoff Opener

    Sturgeon Bay quarterback Danny Lodl threw two touchdown passes in the first half Friday, but it wasn’t enough when the No. 6-seeded Clippers lost their WIAA Division 5 football playoff opener to No. 3-seeded Wrightstown, 29-12. Lodl found Bryce Plzak for a 29-yard scoring strike in the opening quarter and threw a 18-yard touchdown pass […]