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  • Southern Door Youth Wrestlers Compete in State Championship

    Four Southern Door Eagle wrestlers advanced to the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation’s Kids Folkstyle State Championships in Madison March 22-23. Of 30 representing Southern Door, Nora LeFevre and Hailey Veeser finished first in their brackets at their qualifying meets, and Jade Wrenn and Oliver Wilke placed second at their qualifiers. This was the second straight trip […]

  • Strivers Gymnasts Earn State Titles

    Level-six gymnast Makiala McCambridge and Excel Silver gymnast Anna Gallardo-Ibarra – part of the Strivers Team – captured state titles in the All-Around competition in La Crosse. Both earned gold by outscoring 40 to 50 other gymnasts within their level and age bracket to earn the state champion honors. McCambridge also took silver in the All-Around and […]

  • Door County League Baseball Information Meeting March 30

    The Door County Baseball League will hold the first spring meeting of the 2019 season on Saturday, March 30, 1 pm, at Bley’s Bar in West Jacksonport. The meeting is open to the public.

  • Door County Volleyball Club Brings Home Gold

    Now in its 16th year, the Badger Re​gion Championships tournament has become Badger Region volleyball’s marquee event and continues to grow, with 546 junior teams competing this year over three weekends at Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Center. The Door County Volleyball Club participated with its 16s and 18s teams. The girls played extremely well, and the 18s […]

  • Ride the Door County Century Sept. 8

    With the spring thaw in progress, look ahead to open roads and the Door County Century (DCC) – now in its 41st year – on Sunday, Sept. 8. The weekend after Labor Day provides a sweet spot between the county’s busy summer and fall seasons, welcoming bikers from around the Midwest to the peninsula’s scenic back roads. […]

  • LeCloux Places Sixth at State Wrestling Tournament

    by Dave Walker Southern Door doubled its count of state wrestling tournament place winners when Katelyn LeCloux took sixth place at the WWF Women’s State Tournament in Marshfield on March 3.   Coming out strong in her first match, she used a Peterson roll to pin Nayeli Garay, who was ranked fourth in the state […]

  • Vikings Can’t Stop Meerstein, Blazers

    A run 45 years in the making ended Thursday night in Ashwaubenon for the Gibraltar Vikings boys basketball team, where Sam Meerstein showed why he was named the Packerland Conference Player of the Year. Meerstein’s Green Bay NEW Lutheran Blazers pulled away in the second half for a 78-50 victory over the Vikings, who were […]

  • Preview: Controlling Meerstein is Key to Gibraltar’s Hopes Tonight

    Unfamiliar territory. Familiar opponent. That would be the most apt way to describe the Gibraltar boys basketball team’s Division 5 Ashwaubenon Sectional semifinal matchup tonight with Packerland Conference rival Green Bay NEW Lutheran. The Vikings exorcised the demons of heart-breaking regional title games of the past when they defeated Phelps 63-32 Saturday to win their […]

  • Ash Named to MIAC All-Conference Team

    Gibraltar graduate Makenna Ash has been named to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) all-conference team. The St. Olaf College senior earned the recognition after averaging a double-double on the season, with 12.6 points and 13.6 rebounds per game. Her 13.6 rebounds per game led the MIAC by more than three rebounds per game and […]

  • Girls Basketball: Pluff Earns 3rd All-conference Award

    Gibraltar’s Payton Pluff has been named to the Packerland Conference all conference girls basketball first team for the third time. Pluff, a unanimous choice, averaged 18.2 and 8.4 rebounds for the 16-7 Vikings. Gibraltar finished second to Kewaunee in the conference standings with a 12-4 record, and made it to the Division 5 regional finals […]

  • Gibraltar Boys Win Regional Championship

    It will be an all Packerland boys basketball sectional semifinal in Division 5 Thursday in Green Bay. One team is used to being there, the other is a surprise to everyone but themselves. The Gibraltar Vikings stormed to the regional championship Saturday, blowing by Phelps 63-32 and proving they were the class of a regional […]

  • Southern Door Falls to Valders in Boys Basketball Regional Final

    Despite a disappointing 58-52 loss to Valders in a Division 3 boys basketball regional final Saturday, Southern Door’s Derik LeCaptain chose to reflect on his team’s total high school basketball experience rather than the outcome of just one game. “It was one of the best experiences of my life,” said LeCaptain who finished with 10 […]

  • Boys Basketball: Southern Door, Gibraltar Advance to Regional Finals

    Pardon Southern Door’s Kyle Daoust if he is having a hard time thinking about the scoring records he has eclipsed this season. Daoust scored 24 points Saturday to pass coach Derik Hawkey and move into second place on Door County’s all-time scoring list, trailing only former Southern Door standout Nathan Vogel. But it was the […]

  • Fall Challenge Ride Registration Now Open

    The snow may be piling high over our heads in Door County right now, but the summer riding season will be here soon. Give yourself a goal to ride for by signing up for the Peninsula Century Fall Challenge. The ride returns Sept. 14, 2019, to Sister Bay’s Waterfront Park, featuring a post-ride meal from […]

  • Packerland Conference Final Standings

    Boys Basketball School, Won-Lost Southern Door 15-1 Peshtigo 14-2 Kewaunee 10-6 NEW Lutheran 9-7 Sturgeon Bay 9-7 Gibraltar 7-9 Oconto 6-10 Sevastopol 2-14 Algoma 0-16 Girls Basketball School, Won-Lost Kewaunee 16-0 Gibraltar 12-4 Algoma 11-5 Southern Door 10-6 Peshtigo 9-7 Oconto 6-10 NEW Lutheran 5-11 Sturgeon Bay 3-13 Sevastopol 0-16 Wrestling School, Won-Lost-Tied Kewaunee 4-0-0 […]

  • Half Marathon Registration Crosses 1,600 Mark

    The Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5K is 10 weeks away: a perfect time to kick-start your training to cover 13.1 miles through Peninsula State Park. The race returns Saturday, May 4, 2019. More than 1,600 runners have already committed to run in the 12th annual event. All half-marathon finishers receive a long-sleeved […]

  • Survey to Determine Interest in New Sports and Rec Center

    Due to feedback related to a growing interest for year-round sports and recreational facility space in northern Door County, a public survey has been released to gather feedback from residents and visitors. The survey aims to identify the scope of a facility in the Sister Bay or Baileys Harbor area that would provide access to […]

  • Boys Basketball Regional Schedule for March 1

    GIBRALTAR Boys Basketball March 1: Regionals @ Florence, 7 pm SOUTHERN DOOR Boys Basketball March 1: Regionals vs. Kiel, 7 pm STURGEON BAY Boys Basketball March 1: Regionals @ Denmark, 7 pm

  • Sturgeon Bay, Gibraltar Open Regionals with Victories

    Sturgeon Bay opened the Division 4 playoffs with a 62-59 win against Cedar Grove-Belgium Tuesday night. Gunnar Tebon’s two free throws with 10 seconds remaining sealed the win for the 13-10 Clippers. Sturgeon Bay travels to Denmark Friday for a 7 pm tip. The Clippers opened a 51-41 lead with 7:40 remaining, but the Rockets […]

  • Englebert Finishes 5th at State Meet

    Disappointment, combined with a whole lot of redemption and finished off with focused goals for the future. That would be the best way to sum up Grant Englebert’s fifth place finish at the Division 3 state meet Saturday in Madison. The 145-pound sophomore from Southern Door didn’t place as high as he had hoped, but […]