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  • In Memoriam: Fahey Inspired as Coach, Teacher, Friend

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    Korey Mallien laughed and showed admirable clarity when he was asked to share his favorite story about former Southern Door football coach and history teacher Rich Fahey. Mallien, a senior offensive lineman for the Eagles in 1986, said Fahey, the offensive line coach, was running the linemen through a drill demonstrating the correct way to […]

  • Packerland Conference Standings

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    Boys Basketball Southern Door, 3-0Kewaunee, 2-0Oconto, 1-0Algoma, 0-1Gibraltar, 0-1NEW Lutheran, 0-1Peshtigo, 0-1Sevastopol, 0-1Sturgeon Bay, 0-0 Girls BasketballSouthern Door, 3-0Peshtigo, 1-0Gibraltar, 2-1Algoma, 0-1NEW Lutheran, 0-1Oconto, 0-1Sturgeon Bay, 0-2Kewaunee, 0-0Sevastopol, 0-0 Wrestling Kewaunee, 1-0Southern Door, 1-0Oconto, 0-1Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, 0-1Peshtigo, 0-0

  • Bowling Results

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    Apple Dumpling League Dec. 4, 2020 • High team game: Strike Force 812 • High team series: Strike Force 2,256 • High game (women): Kathy Franke 254, Tracy May 239, Gail Chadek 217 • High series (women): Kathy Franke 692, Tracy May 580, Judy Schuyler 559 • High game (men): Matt Heldmann 299, Adam Kring 279, […]

  • Bowling League Results

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    Majors League  Dec. 1, 2020 • High team game: Red Room 1,148 • High team series: Red Room 3,154 • High game (women): Kayla Fort 212, Natasha LeMieux 194, Natasha LeMieux 172 • High series (women): Natasha LeMieux 532, Kayla Fort 529, Caitlyn Krishka 407 • High game (men): Andy Alger 300, Adam Kring 279, […]

  • John Berns’ Life On and Off the Diamond

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    by Mike Shaw The famously talkative John Berns is no stranger to being the center of a conversation, especially if the topic is his beloved baseball. But in a memoir about his life in the sport, the 71-year-old Door County Baseball Hall of Famer steps back and tips his ball cap deferentially to the people […]

  • Cautious Optimism for Prep Sports

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    Cautiously optimistic, hopeful and grateful. This summarizes the feelings of local athletic directors, coaches and athletes as the Packerland Conference embarks on the winter seasons despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin. “I’m happy but nervous at the same time,” said Southern Door Athletic Director Korey Mallien. Southern Door was the only school […]

  • Eagles Season Ends at Brillion

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    The Southern Door football team’s season came to an end with a 14-6 loss to Brillion in the opening round of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 4 playoffs Friday. Brillion took a 14-6 lead on a 10-yard run by Garnett Stebane with 1 minute, 49 seconds to play.  Southern Door drove down to the […]

  • Stenzel Medals, Sevastopol Finishes 5th at State

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    Olivia Stenzel finally got her medal.  Three times the Sevastopol senior had run her way to the state girls cross-country meet, and three times she had gone home disappointed. On Oct. 31, she wrote a new chapter in a stellar high school career.  Stenzel finished in 19:36.11, just a hair behind Jenna Anders of Fall […]

  • Pioneer Girls Make Stunning Run to State

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    Heading into the WIAA Sectional meet last Saturday, Sevastopol cross-country coach Annie Kopelnek was confident that star senior Olivia Stenzel was going to earn her fourth straight trip to the state meet. What she wasn’t ready for was that the rest of Stenzel’s teammates would join her. “We didn’t expect this to happen,” Kapolnek said […]

  • Stenzel Wins 4th Straight Conference Championship

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    Sevastopol’s Olivia Stenzel earned her fourth straight Packerland cross-country title Oct. 15, outpacing the field by nearly a full minute. She finished in 19:33; Sydney Lund of Peshtigo took second in 20:26; and Stenzel’s teammates Jolene Luedke (21:08) and Kylie Newton (22:07) followed.  Those performances lead the Pioneers to the team title over second-place Southern […]

  • Carving Liquid: Windsurfing and kiteboarding in Door County

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    The breath of life is in the sunlight, and the hand of life is in the wind.  — Kahlil Gibran Wind, in myriad ways, defines this county. It has shaped the shorelines, facilitated economic booms over the centuries and created a playground for visitors and locals alike. The wind — elusive or steady, both sweet […]

  • Teeing It Up in 2020: courses see crowds despite clubhouse restrictions

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    When governors ordered golf courses and driving ranges closed in April, golfers worried that their favorite links might fold or that they might not get to tee up at all in 2020. Six months later, course owners and managers have witnessed the season move from uncertain to spectacular, with both new and returning golfers keeping […]

  • High School Athletic Competitions Closed to Public

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    Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and Packerland Conference rules, all athletic competitions will be closed to the general public, and these guidelines will be in place: Each high school or middle school athlete will receive a specified number of passes to distribute to her or his fans; masks or face coverings will be required at […]

  • Southern Door Announces Streaming of Sports

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    With attendance at high school sports limited this fall, Southern Door High School announced it will stream middle and high school volleyball, basketball, wrestling and football contests.  Southern Door will broadcast select home events on the NFHS Network, beginning with high school volleyball matches against Peshtigo starting at 5:30 pm and 7 pm on Thursday, […]

  • Door County School Districts Split on Sports

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    by Mike Shaw The Packerland Conference did not get an all-for-one answer to its recommendation to carry on with fall prep sports as normal, with some safety precautions attached. Wisconsin’s 513 high schools had until Sept. 1 to declare whether they were in or out for fall sports. In Door County, Sevastopol and Southern Door […]

  • Karate Group Earns Brown, Black Belts

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    Belt testing for the YMCA’s Goju Ryu karate class took place Aug. 27. Wolfgang Virgin, age 11, advanced to Black Belt, and those who advanced to Brown Belt were Dan, Roger and Kathy Barnard; Tracy Steiner; Mary Cram; and Eli Chlubna. Their Kyoshi (instructor) is Shaun Koulias. Because of the pandemic, the upper belts have […]

  • Fall Sports Receive Green Light

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    But only if public-health ratings are in the low-to-medium range by Mike Shaw Nicole Norton had seen her spring 2020 softball season shelved and wasn’t looking forward to the depressing prospect of a possible sequel this fall. So Norton was understandably thrilled to hear that her final year of volleyball for the Southern Door Eagles […]

  • West Jacksonport Rallies to Claim Baseball Crown

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    It took a stunning rally in the bottom of the ninth inning for West Jacksonport to stun Kolberg, 7-6, and claim the title in this summer’s Door County Baseball Tournament.  The two teams had upset top seeds Sister Bay and Egg Harbor during the semifinals to earn the right to play for the title in […]

  • Baseball Playoffs Turned Upside Down

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    The top two seeds in the Door County Baseball Tournament playoffs lost in the first round Sunday, setting up a championship game between Kolberg and West Jacksonport for Sunday, Aug. 23, 1:30 pm, in Baileys Harbor.  Kolberg beat top-seeded Egg Harbor 6-2 behind pitcher Trevor Reinhardt’s 12 strikeouts. West Jacksonport stunned Sister Bay, winning 6-4 […]

  • Packerland Conference Recommends Fall Sports Go Forward

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    The Packerland Conference announced Wednesday that it is recommending to its member school districts – which includes Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Southern Door, and Sturgeon Bay – proceed with fall high school sports as scheduled.  The conference also unanimously recommended that the only acceptable risk levels for competition are low and medium, as determined by the Wisconsin […]