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Sharon Nuske, of Shawano, recorded a hole-in-one April 24 at Riverside Golf Course.

The shot was at the 120-yard No. 2 from the ladies’ tees, using a 6-iron. This is her second hole-in-one. Her first was at Shawano Lake Golf Course in July 2010, during a fundraiser tournament.

Among the witnesses were her husband, Richard Nuske, along with Marlene Wanta and Jay Fehrman.

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The Bonduel High School baseball team extended its win streak to 12 games Thursday with a 2-1 win at home against Pacelli.

A sixth-inning sacrifice fly from Austin Siolka drove in the game-winning run for the Bears, who improved their record to 12-0, 8-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8. Trevor Pederson pitched the complete-game win with eight strikeouts. He allowed five hits.

The Bears took an early lead, scoring in their first at-bat. Jordan Richter hit a RBI-single to give Bonduel a 1-0 lead. Pacelli tied the game in the second inning on a fielder’s choice and the tie score remained until the sixth inning.

Connor Rosin had a leadoff single, followed by a bunt single by Travis Wollenberg. After an infield fly brought the first Bonduel out, Pacelli committed a catastrophic fielding error that loaded the bases with one out. Siolka provided the sacrifice fly that scored Rosin and gave Bonduel the 2-1 advantage.

Pacelli had a last chance with its at-bat to begin the seventh inning, but Pederson closed the win. Chris Shibilski took the loss.

“Both pitchers were sharp all-game,” Bonduel coach Donnie Gruenewald said.

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BASEBALL

Almond-Bancroft 12

Menominee Indian 1

Almond-Bancroft scored in all five innings of its win at home Thursday.

Nick Corn took the loss, as Almond-Bancroft collected 15 hits in the game. Corn had four strikeouts over five innings.

Almond-Bancroft took advantage of five errors by Menominee Indian (3-9 Central Wisconsin Conference-10, 4-10 overall) and opened a 7-0 lead to start the third inning.

Adam Isham had a RBI-single to score Menominee Indian’s lone run, in the third.

Shawano 4

New London 2

Mason Boogren pitched a complete game Tuesday in Shawano’s home win over New London.

He finished with five strikeouts and allowed two earned runs, while Ky Schmidt and Tasa Grignon had two hits each to lead the Hawks’ offense.

Shawano improved to 7-6 overall, 4-4 in the Bay Conference.

SOFTBALL

Wild Rose 6

Gresham 2

Gresham’s early lead at Wild Rose was brought to an early end Thursday.

The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and held it until the bottom of the second, when Wild Rose tied the game and followed with runs in three of the last four innings.

Taylor Hoffman pitched all six innings for Gresham, allowing six hits and striking out two. Wild Rose made its hits count, capitalizing on five Gresham errors.

Kiersten Fischer had a RBI for the Wildcats, who dropped to 3-9 overall and in the Central Wisconsin Conference-10.

Menominee Indian 12

Almond-Bancroft 1

Ania Smith had three hits and three RBIs Thursday in Menominee Indian’s win at Almond-Bancroft.

Kelsey Corn earned the win, pitching three innings and striking out four. Taylor Mahkimetas entered in relief, pitching four innings and allowing one hit. The Eagles had two four-run innings, including a fourth inning highlighted by a three-run homer by Joan Waukau.

Elizabeth Corn, Naneque LaTender, Kelsey Corn, Monae Waukau and Smith all scored runs for the Eagles (10-3, 9-2 CWC-10).

Pacelli 4

Bonduel 3

Pacelli’s four-run fifth inning erased a Bonduel lead Thursday.

Jennifer Dowden and Kaylee Rynish scored Bonduel runs in the second inning. The Bears held a 2-0 lead until Pacelli took advantage of three walks in the fifth and took a 4-2 lead. Bonduel (4-9, 3-5 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) scored a late run but couldn’t get the game-tying score.

TENNIS

Shawano 5

Two Rivers 2

With a split in singles competition, Shawano earned its win by sweeping the three doubles matches Thursday.

Zach Soper (6-3, 7-5) defeated Alek Konopacki at No. 3 singles, and Teddy Mickelson (6-1, 6-2) won at No. 4 singles against Tanner Greenwood.

Two Rivers won the other two singles matches and challenged the Hawks at No. 1 doubles. Sajen Knueppel and Dalton Parson (1-6, 6-2, 7-5) came from behind to defeat Dalton Myers and Laken Duerschmidt. Shawano didn’t relinquish a set at No. 2 doubles, as Shawn Klemens and Rashawn Bell (6-0, 6-2) defeated Josh Weinsch and Andrew Hensler. The Hawks also won No. 3 doubles, by forfeit.

Shawano improved to 5-4 and has won four of its last five dual meets.

SOCCER

Shawano 3

Seymour 2

Sarah Dickman scored three goals in Shawano’s win at home Thursday.

Morgan Klitzke assisted on two of the goals.

Carlie Hinnefeld made 12 saves for the Hawks, who improved to 4-4-2 overall and 2-1-2 in the Bay Conference.

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Jaskolski repeats as conference’s top softball player
Contributed Photo Lawrence University’s Amanda Jaskolski, of Shawano, was named the Midwest Conference’s top softball player in 2015.

Lawrence University senior shortstop Amanda Jaskolski has been named the Midwest Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive softball season.

Jaskolski – a Shawano Community High School graduate – earned the honor after leading the conference in several offensive categories and helping the Appleton school to the North Division title.

The defending North Division Player of the Year hit .462 on the season with 37 runs scored, 13 home runs and 46 runs batted in. She led the league in on-base percentage at .573 and was first in RBIs, homers and walks (31); she finished second in hits, slugging percentage and runs scored.

Jaskolski also decimated the Lawrence season records in 2015 by tying or setting six marks.

Her 13 homers eclipsed the record of 12 set by Carli Gurholt in 2009. She also obliterated the total bases record with 104. The prior mark was 79, set by Jenny Burris in 2001 and Gurholt in 2009.

Jaskolski’s 54 hits broke the record of 51 set by Burris in 2001, and she tied Burris’ record of 37 runs scored in 2001. She also broke the record for walks in a season as teams consistently pitched around her. She drew 31 walks, topping the mark of 22 set by Stephanie Ash in 1992.

In conference play, Jaskolski hit .439 with three doubles, three homers and 12 RBIs. She also was walked 15 times, which helped her score a team-best 16 runs in league play.

Winona State University

Shawano Community High School graduate Dan Lohff earned his first win of the year for the Winona State University baseball team Saturday, 8-5.

Lohff appeared in nine games for the Winona, Minnesota, school prior to Saturday’s game against Minnesota State, all in relief roles.

Winona State used a different strategy in taking down the Mavericks in the second game of a doubleheader, using five different relief pitchers instead of a starter. Lohff earned the win by pitching three innings in relief, giving up no runs on two hits with no walks and a strikeout. This was his longest outing of the season so far.

The Warriors opened a 3-0 lead in the first inning, then extended their advantage to 7-2 with a four-run fifth inning. The doubleheader split moved Winona State to 21-28 overall and 19-17 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

Lakeland College

Bonduel High School graduate Ryan Boettcher had two hits and a RBI for Lakeland College in its second game of a doubleheader Saturday at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. His fifth-inning double broke Concordia’s shutout bid and brought the score to 5-1, though the Boettcher and the Muskies were swept in the doubleheader, 13-1 and 9-2. The Sheboygan school dropped to 9-30 on the season.

Concordia University Wisconsin

Nicole Gloede, a Bonduel High School grad, finished 19th in the discus for Concordia University Wisconsin on April 25 in the Wisconsin Private College Championships at St. Norbert College in De Pere.

Her final effort, marked at 26.74 meters, was her best. Concordia, in Mequon, finished fourth in the team standings with 91 points; Carthage won the event with 207.

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Shawano girls take 2nd in meet

Four wins in field events gave the Shawano Community High School boys track and field team a slight advantage over Seymour in Tuesday’s home tri-meet.

The Hawks’ field wins complimented their multiple track wins, and they finished with a two-point advantage, 79-77, over Seymour. Marinette was third in the tri-meet with 27 points.

Seymour (69.5) won the girls’ meet, with Shawano (59.5) second and Marinette (40) third.

Daniel Boivin earned two wins in field events, taking both the pole vault (13 feet, 6 inches) and triple jump (41-11). He also led a 1-2 Shawano finish in the 300 hurdles, finishing in 41.72 seconds while teammate Tyrell Hesse (45.14) was second.

Boivin and Hesse also teamed with Olin Gilliam and Jake Klister to win the 800 relay in 1:37.14, nearly 10 seconds ahead of second-place Marinette (1:46.27).

The Hawks also won the 1,600 and 3,200 relays. Brandon Pagel, Klister, Logan Stefl and Austin Lhotka won the 1,600 relay for Shawano in 3:50.82. Lhotka then joined Griffin Bohm, Chase Lhotka and Andrew Cardish to win the 3,200 relay in 9:03.49.

Cardish also earned an individual victory, finishing the 1,600 in 4:51.77 to lead a 1-2-3 sweep. Austin Lhotka (4:52.48) finished second and Chase Lhotka (5:12.23) was third.

Shawano also won the 800 with Pagel finishing in 2:11.54, which was more than 10 seconds ahead of Seymour’s Oskar Petzold (2:22.57).

The Hawks earned 20 points with victories in field events. Michael Mault (17-4.5) and Nathan Frechette (17-2.75) led the long jump field, earning eight points for Shawano.

Hesse (5-10) earned five points with a win in the high jump; Klister (5-2) added 1.5 points by tying for third. Marinette was third with 40 points.

Shawano’s girls won three of four relay events and two individual events.

Kathryn Kugel, Paige Bohm, Mia Coffman and Hannah Wendorff finished the 3,200 relay in 11:27.05 to earn the win. Werndorff joined Shauna Chladek, Kennedy Erdman and Kendell Bricco to win the 400 relay in 58.06.

Bohm also ran with Allison Senzig, Jewel Carey and Christa Cummings to win the 1,600 relay in 4:40.29.

Shawano earned one individual track event with Kugel (6:12.3) finishing the 1,600 nearly 11 seconds ahead of Margaret Michaels (6:23.14) of Marinette.

The Hawks also had a win in a field event as Kristina Kurtz cleared 9-6 in the pole vault.

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BASEBALL

Bonduel 10

Amherst 2

Bonduel swept a home doubleheader Monday against Amherst, scoring seven runs in the second inning to take control of the first game.

Connor Rosin pitched the win, going six innings and allowing only two hits while striking out six. Jordan Richter and Colton Dobratz had two RBIs each for the Bears. Travis Wollenberg and Austin Siolka had two hits each.

Bonduel 12

Amherst 1

Bonduel took advantage of nine walks in the second game, winning in five innings. Colton Dobratz and Patrick Thiel had two RBIs each for the Bears. Connor Rosin added two hits.

Austin Siolka pitched four innings for the win, allowing only one hit. Bonduel improved to 11-0 overall and 7-0 in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8.

Gresham 6

Menominee Indian 1

Christian Haffner pitched the 6-1 home win Monday against Menominee Indian.

The Eagles took the lead with a run in the top of the first, but Gresham responded with a run in the bottom of the inning and the 1-1 tie remained until the fourth.

The Wildcats posted runs in each of their final three at-bats, scoring two runs in both the fourth and sixth innings. Derrick Bowman had two RBIs and Kalen Fisher had two hits for Gresham.

Adam Isham had a hit and an RBI for Menominee Indian. Forrest Webster took the loss.

West De Pere 5

Shawano 0

West De Pere allowed only six Shawano hits in a doubleheader sweep at home Saturday, including a 5-0 shutout int he opening game.

The Hawks had three hits against Jacob Buboltz. Mason Boogren took the loss for Shawano. Boogren pitched five innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs.

West De Pere 9

Shawano 5

Shawano got on the board in the second game, but still lost, dropping to 5-6 on the season.

Grant Wainio allowed seven earned runs in just over four innings, with five strikeouts.

Shawano 10

New London 2

Zach Sousek had three hits and Grant Wainio added two RBIs in Shawano’s win Tuesday.

Chase Henning and Tommy Stueck had two hits each for the Hawks.

Nate Laude earned the win with six strikeouts. He allowed only three hits. Shawano improved to 6-6 with the win.

GOLF

Bears shoot season-best

Bonduel had its best nine-hole team score of the year, finishing with a 202 Monday at Eagle Creek Golf Course.

The Bears were still relegated to a third-place finish behind Manawa (194) and Amherst (198), while besting Shiocton (211).

“Our scores are continuing to slowly improve with each match … so that is encouraging for the kids,” coach Dave LaBerge said.

Zach Acker and Austin Acker each shot 47s for Bonduel. Matt LaBerge and David Parret had 54s, and Mitch LaBerge 56.

TENNIS

Shawano 5

Green Bay West 2

The Shawano boys tennis team earned wins in all three doubles matches Monday.

Teddy Mickelson and Cole Reuter (6-1, 6-0) won at No. 1 doubles. Sajen Knueppel and Dalton Parson (6-1, 6-0) won at No. 2 doubles. Kyle Easter and Manuel Morel (7-1, 6-2) won at No. 3.

Rolando Colon (6-1, 6-2) and Jacob Schoenike (6-4, 7-6, 7-1) earned singles wins for the Hawks, who returned to the .500 mark on the season at 4-4.

SOFTBALL

Shawano 12

Wisconsin Dells 4

Shawano split its games in the Poynette Jamboree last weekend, including a convincing win over the Dells.

Sarah Petry and Alli Raddant had two hits each for the Hawks.

Erin Cerveny pitched the win, going the distance and allowing six hits.

Whitnall 8

Shawano 2

The Hawks managed just five hits in the loss to Whitnall.

Courtney Ainsworth had two of the Shawano hits, including her first career home run.

Sydney Schreiber allowed 12 hits and struck out four in the loss, which dropped the Hawks to 8-6 overall.

Menominee Indian 13

Gresham 2

Kelsey Corn had five RBIs in the Eagles’ win Monday at Gresham.

The Eagles took the lead in their first at-bat, which included a two-run double by Corn. Gresham tied in the bottom of the first with a two-run triple from Hailey Hoffman.

Corn had another RBI-double in the third inning and Raeshene Pocan added an RBI-single, returning the lead to the Eagles, 4-2.

Taylor Mahkimetas pitched four innings, three of them scoreless, for Menominee. She had seven strikeouts and allowed just two hits in the win.

Taylor Hoffman took the loss for Gresham, striking out two and walking four.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 4

Menominee Indian 0

Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Jessica Anderson pitched a shutout Tuesday against Menominee Indian.

Anderson pitched all seven innings, allowing six hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Kelsey Corn took the loss, allowing the four runs and striking out three.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood got three of its four runs on an RBI-double by Anderson.

SOCCER

Shawano 4

West De Pere 3

Megan Klitzke scored two goals and added an assist for Shawano on Tuesday.

Teagan Monfils and Sydney Steinbach added one goal each for Shawano. Sarah Dickmann and Morgan Klitzke had assists.

Carlie Hinnefeld made eight saves in-goal for the Hawks (3-4-2, 1-1-2 Bay Conference).

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Charlotte V. Seefeldt, 97, of Tigerton, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at Homme Home of Wittenberg.

The Beil-Didier Funeral Home, Tigerton, is assisting the family.

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Jacobsen holds off VanStratenBy: 

Scott Owen, Special to the Leader

Former track champions Nick Anvelink, Jerry Wilinski and Tracy Wassenberg each raced to their first wins of the year Saturday at the historic half-mile Shawano Speedway.

Justin Jacobsen held off a defending track champion for his first win of the year, and Jasper Drengler again showed why he is one of the top pilots in the area.

Late Models

Brett Swedberg shot from his front-row starting position and into the lead at the start of the Late Model feature, while Paul Parker and Anvelink moved into second and third. On the third lap, Anvelink cleared Parker to move to second and quickly began to erase Swedberg’s lead. On lap eight, Anvelink pulled even with Swedberg as the pair raced side by side for the next two laps, with Anvelink taking the lead on lap 10.

Swedberg stayed with Anvelink for the next few laps as the pair continued to tour the track alongside one another. On lap 13, though, Swedberg’s machine began to smoke and lost power, coasting into the pits. This put Anvelink out in front by himself as he cruised to his first win of the year. Paul Parker took second. Doug Blashe finished in third.

IMCA Modified

Mark Weisnicht took the lead on the opening lap of the IMCA Modified feature and wasted no time pulling to a considerable lead over Mitch Stankowski. With nearly a half-straightaway lead by lap six, Weisnicht dropped off the pace and pulled pitside. This handed the lead to Stankowski on lap seven. A caution flag then bunched the field back up. Lap eight saw Wilinski nose ahead of Stankowski to take the lead. Stankowski powered back to the outside of Wilinski on lap nine to take back the lead.

Stankowski continued to lead Wilinski and a hard-charging Matt Oreskovich, who started the race in 17th. After the completion of lap 14, the caution flag flew. On the restart of the race, Wilinski was able to regain the lead from Stankowski. Another caution period after lap 17 set up a three-lap shootout to the finish. As the race went back to green, Wilinski stayed in the lead, with Oreskovich putting the pass on Stankowski for second. As the checkered flag waived, it was Wilinski winning over Oreskovich, while Marcus Yarie passed Stankowski coming out of turn four to take third.

IMCA Stock Car

Jacobsen and Gary Kasperek raced door-to-door for the first few laps of the IMCA Stock Car feature before Jacobsen began to pull away. Jacobsen masterfully worked the high line of the race track as the race stayed green. Lap eight saw Travis VanStraten assert himself in the second position. On lap 14, VanStraten moved to within car lengths of Jacobsen as the pair raced through lapped traffic. Over the last five laps of the race, VanStraten applied heavy pressure to Jacobsen, who never faltered. The pair raced the final lap side-by-side, with Jacobsen winning at the line. Brandon Czarapata finished third.

IMCA Sport Mod

The IMCA Sport Mod feature was paced early by Justin Woller, though he received plenty of pressure from Jordan Barkholtz. Barkholtz got into the back of Woller while trying to make the pass for the lead on lap 11, causing Woller to spin. Barkoltz was sent to the rear of the field, while Woller was given back the lead on the restart. When the green flag flew again, Woller was joined by Wassenberg, Lucas Lamberies and Wyatt Block in the battle for the lead. Woller spun while exiting turn four on lap 16, handing Wassenberg the point position. Wassenberg held of Block for the win. It was Block's second runner-up finish in a row. Lamberies took third for the second straight week.

Mighty Four

Drengler wrestled the lead from Calvin Stueck on lap six of the Mighty Four feature and went on to pick up the victory. Stueck held off Matt Brehmer to finish second.

Shawano Speedway Race Summary

May 2

Late Model Feature: 1. Nick Anvelink, 2. Paul Parker, 3. Doug Blashe, 4. Troy Springborn, 5. Ron Berna, 6. Chris Oertel, 7. Joe Reuter, 8. Tom Naeyaert, 9. Aaron Wickersheim, 10. Cody Welch.

Heat 1: 1. Brett Swedberg, 2. Blashe, 3. Jeff Curtin.

Heat 2: 1. Oertel, 2. Anvelink, 3. Parker.

Heat 3: 1. Springborn, 2. Reuter, 3. Jeremy Kazynski.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1. Jerry Wilinski, 2. Matt Oreskovich, 3. Marcus Yarie, 4. Mitch Stankowski, 5. Jerry Muenster, 6. Jamie Schmidt, 7. Tony Wedelstadt, 8. Kevin Feck, 9. John Berna, 10. Cole Petit.

Heat 1: 1. Jerry Muenster, 2. Yarie, 3. Feck.

Heat 2: 1. Mark Weisnicht, 2. Wilinski, 3. Stankowski.

Heat 3: 1. Schmidt, 2. Cody Hudson, 3. Eddie Muenster.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. Justin Jacobsen, 2. Travis VanStraten, 3. Brandon Czarapata, 4. Gary Kasperek, 5. Mike Schmidt, 6. Tom Riehl, 7. Dustin Loberger, 8. Scott VanProoyen, 9. Vern Stedjee, 10. Ray DePew.

Heat 1: 1. VanStraten, 2. Kasperek, 3. Schmidt.

Heat 2: 1. Jacobsen, 2. Czarapata, 3. DePew.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1. Tracy Wassenberg, 2. Wyatt Block, 3. Lucas Lamberies, 4. Jason Jach, 5. Jordan Bartz, 6. Brock Saunders, 7. Kyle Raddant, 8. Weston Frenche, 9. Logan Fleischman, 10. Don Woller.

Heat 1: 1. Jordan Barkholtz, 2. Justin Woller, 3. Block.

Heat 2: 1. Wassenberg, 2. Saunders, 3. Raddant.

Heat 3: 1. Lamberies, 2. Don Woller, 3. Rick Kretschmann.

Mighty Four Feature: 1. Jasper Drengler, 2. Calvin Stueck, 3. Matt Brehmer, 4. Brad Wedde, 5. Dalton Nelson, 6. Lucas Hacker, 7. Kasey Gross, 8. Carl King, 9. Josh Slewinski, 10. Lewis Jepson.

Heat 1: 1.Drengler, 2. Stueck, 3. Gross.

Heat 2: 1. Wedde, 2. Brehmer, 3. Slewinski.

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Two Shawano athletes capture wins at St. Norbert Elite Invitational.

The Hawks captured two first-place finishes at the St. Norbert Elite Invitational Friday at St. Norbert College.

The boys placed eighth among 15 schools with 41 points. Lakeland Union won the invitational with 115.50 points.

Daniel Boivin captured first place in the 300-meter hurdles (40.93 seconds) and placed second in the pole vault (13-feet). Jake Klister was third in the 800 run at 2:06.95 was also fourth in the 400 dash (52.28).

Kristina Kurtz was first in the pole vault for the girls (10-00.00), as the Hawks placed 10th among 14 schools tabulating 22 points. Winning the girls portion was Neenah with 144.50 points.

Both Averi Vomastic (300 hurdles, 51.39) and Onalee Sigfried (pole vault, 9-06) took third in their respective events.

Girls: 1. Neenah, 144.50; 2. Wausau West, 107.50; 3. Newman Catholic, 97; 4. Kenosha Bradford, 77; 5. Lakleland Union, 54; 6. Ashwaubenon, 53; 7. West De Pere, 40; 8. Athens, 36; 9. Port Washington, 25; 10. Shawano, 22; 11. Green Bay West, 21; 12. Random Lake, 19; 13. Sturgeon Bay, 15; 14. Oconto, 7.

Shawano: 300 hurdles, 3. Averi Vomastic, 51.39; Pole vault, 1. Kristina Kurtz, 10-00.00, 3. Onalee Siegfried, 9-06.00.

Boys: 1. Lakeland Union, 115.50; 2. Neenah, 110; 3. Wausau West, 95; 4. Newman Catholic, 82; 5. Port Washington, 57; 6. West De Pere, 56.50; 7. Athens, 43; 8. Shawano, 41; 9. Kimberly, 36; 10. Ashwaubenon, 34; 10. Sturgeon Bay, 34; 12. Green Bay West, 15; 13. Oconto, 11; 14. Random Lake, 8; 15. Hurley, 1.

Shawano: 4x800 relay, 4. Shawano, 8:53.63; 400, 4. Jake Klister, 52.28; 300 hurdles, 1. Daniel Boivin, 40.93; 800, 3. Jake Klister, 2:06.95; 3,200, 6. Andrew Cardish, 10:38.35; high jump, 5. Tyrell Hesse, 5-10.00; Pole vault, 2. Dan Boivin, 13-00.00.

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BASEBALL

Bonduel 9

Brillion 7

Bonduel High School extended their winning streak to nine games (9-0, 5-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) with a hard fought 9-7 win over Brillion on Friday.

The Bears scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning including a two-run home run by Hunter VanderLinden (3-3, 2 RBI).

After Bonduel allowed six runs in the second inning, the Bears bounced back with a four-run third inning with a solo home run by Connor Rosin and base hits by Colton Dobratz (2 hits) and Jordan Richter. Bonduel capped off the inning with a Travis Wollenberg sacrifice fly.

Wollenberg pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up two hits and two walks, and fanned four to earn the victory. VanderLinden picked up the save. notched the victory, pitching 4 1/3 inning, and allowed two hits and two walks.

Travis Wollenberg earned the win for Bonduel pitching 4 1/3 innings, giving up just two hits and two walks while striking out 4. Hunter VanDerLinden earned a save.

Jake Groth took the loss for Brillion (7-5, 4-4 Olympian), but had two hits and a double for the Lions.

Port Edwards 15

Menominee Indian 1

The Eagles allowed four runs in the first inning to visiting Port Edwards Friday, losing a Central Wisconsin-10 matchup 15-1.

Menominee Indian (4-7, 3-6 CWC-10) scored their only run in the first inning on a fielding error.

Jake Schroeder got the win for Port Edwards (5-6, 2-6 CWC-10) with five strikeouts, a walk and allowed one earned run on two hits.

The Eagles’ Michael Pecore took the loss after allowing 12 runs in three innings, but struck four, and walked three.

Gresham 18

Tigerton 4

Gresham poured on an 11-run fourth inning en route to an 18-4 victory at Tigerton Friday.

The Wildcats scored runs on singles by Christian Haffner (1-5, 3 RBIs, 2 R), Kalen Fischer (3-3, 2 BB, RBI, 4 R), Kevin Ile (4-6, 2 R, 5 RBIs) and a walk by Riley Nietzer (2-5, R, 2 RBIs, BB). Following the walk, Drew Haffner (2-4, 3 R, RBI, BB) singled in a run followed by a passed ball and two-run single by Neal Cerveny (23, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 3 BB). Ile capped off the inning with a run scoring single.

Derek Bowman picked up the win for Gresham (6-3, 6-3 Central Wisconsin-10), allowing one earned on seven hits. He struck out five and walked one.

Tigerton pitcher Hayden Harris took the loss, allowing five runs through 3 1/3 innings. Harris struck out five and walked five.

Patrick Bailey, Conner Harris and Logan Moderson had two hits each for the Tigers (3-5, 3-5 CWC-10).

SOFTBALL

Marshall 9

Bonduel 0

The game may have felt just as lengthy as the drive.

In the first game of the Poynette Jamboree, the Bonduel High School softball team was no-hit 9-0 against Marshall’s Dany Gumz on Friday.

Gumz also hit one of Poynette’s two home runs in the game.

Alexa Reinke took the loss for Bonduel, which has been winless since a season-opening victory over Oconto April 11.

Menominee Indian 12

Port Edwards 0

A nine-run fifth inning lifted Menominee Indian High School to a 12-0 shutout against visiting Port Edwards Friday.

The Eagles (6-1, 5-1 Central Wisconsin-10) scored on a two-run double by Joan Waukau, followed by a Raeshene Pocan run-scoring single. Sierra Maulson doubled in two runs and Elizabeth Corn capped off the rally with a three-run triple.

Elizabeth Corn collected three extra-base hits

Kelsey Corn picked up the complete game shutout with seven strikeouts and allowed three hits.

Receiving the loss for Port Edwards (3-7, 3-6 CWC-10) was Briena Migut with 12 runs allowed through 4 2/3 innings. She walked nine and struck out two.

Tigerton 14

Gresham 0

The Tigerton softball team scored in each of the first four innings in a 14-0 rout at home over Gresham, Friday.

Megan Anheuser had four RBI for the Tigers, who scored five runs in the opening inning. They held an 8-0 lead after two innings and were able to continue expanding the advantage as Summer Kopitzke held Gresham scoreless.

Kopitzke pitched four innings, getting three strikeouts and allowing only three hits. She also added two RBI for Tigerton, as did Erin Buch. Amber Brown entered in relief to close the game.

Brianna Stehberger had two hits for Gresham.

TENNIS

Shawano 5

Green Bay East 2

The Hawks defeated Green Bay East behind a doubles sweep and two singles victories Friday at Green Bay East High School.

All three doubles squads won in straight sets, with Teddy Mickelson and Zach Soper winning over Matt Waskovsky (6-1, 6-2), Sajen Knueppel/Dalton Parson defeating Ryan Vanden Boomen and Hugo Hernandez (6-0, 6-0) and Manuel Morel and Kyle Easter shutting out Dan Gerbec and Brando Mikulsky (6-0, 6-0).

In singles action, Jacob Schoenike beat Nick Waskosky (6-2, 6-2) and Teddy Myers (6-1, 6-4) over Caleb Hawpetoss for Shawano (3-4).

Junior varsity score: Shawano 2, Green Bay East 0.

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GOLF

Bonduel finishes ninth at meet

Bonduel placed ninth Tuesday at a 13-team meet at Foxfire Golf Club in Waupaca. The meet was basically a practice round for the Central Wisconsin Conference meet that will be played there later this month.

Marathon won the meet with a 352. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (397) had the best showing of area teams with a fifth-place finish. Menominee Indian (420) was eighth and Gresham (432) tenth. Bonduel shot 423, and Marion (443) finished 12th.

Austin Acker led the Bears with a 92. “He’s starting to play some much more consistent golf and should have a very solid future shooting in the low 90s at a tough course as a freshman,” coach Dave LaBerge said.

Zach Acker shot 99, Mitch LaBerge 111, Matt LaBerge 121 and Garret Reimer 132.

TRACK

Shawano takes 6th, 7th at relays

West De Pere won the girls meet and Luxemburg-Casco the boys meet Tuesday at the Bay Conference Relays at Luxemburg-Casco.

Shawano’s girls placed sixth and the boys seventh.

Daniel Boivin led the Shawano boys, winning the pole vault at 13 feet and placing second in the 300 hurdles. The Hawks’ 4x800 relay team of Andrew Cardish, Austin Lhotka, Jake Klister and Brandon Pagel placed first in 8 minutes, 53.06 seconds.

The Hawks’ 3x100-meter weight relay team of Erika Dunnam, Hannah Wendorff and Garry Krueger placed first in 46.52. Onalee Siegried gave the Hawks second-place points in the pole vault. The 4x400 relay team of Jewel Carey, Kristina Kurtz, Allie Senzig and Christa Cummings also finished second. The 4x800 relay of Carey, Kurtz, Kathryn Kugel and Paige Bohm finished third.

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SOCCER

Menasha 3

Shawano 2

Menasha scored in the 78th minute to hand the Hawks their first Bay Conference loss of the season Tuesday at Menasha.

Megan Klitzke had a goal and assist for Shawano. Morgan Klitzke also scored.

Carlie Hinnefeld recorded 14 saves in goal for Shawano (2-4-1, 0-1-1 Bay).

Menasha improved to 3-2, 1-1 in the Bay.

TENNIS

Shawano 4

DC Everest 3

Shawano raised its record to 2-3 in dual matches with its win Tuesday in Shawano.

In singles play, Rolando Colon defeated Keng Yang, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 2, and Jacob Schoenike defeated Issac Vanderwaal, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 3.

Shawano’s doubles victories came at No. 2. as Sajen Knueppel and Dalton Parson defeated Tim Kornish and Erik Wasleskel, 7-5, 6-4, and No. 3, with Manuel Morel and Kyle Easter defeating Tyler Neill and Eli Lee, 6-0, 6-1

Everest picked up wins at No. 1 singles, where Shawano’s Cole Reuter lost to Meng Yang, 6-3, 6-0; No. 4. singles, where Shawano’s Kale McHugh lost to Alex Shimanski. 6-3, 6-1; and No. 1. doubles, with Hawks Teddy Mickelson and Zach Soper losing to Cameron Kissinger and Mitch Hruska, 6-0, 6-0.

Shawano’s junior varsity also won, 2-0. Teddy Myers won his singles match, 6-0, 6-0. Shawn Klemens and Rashawn Bell won 6-0, 6-0.

BASEBALL

Oconto Falls 3

Shawano 2

Oconto Falls upset Shawano to get its first Bay Conference win of the season Tuesday in Oconto Falls.

League hitting leader Chase Henning was 2 for 3 with a double, home run and two RBIs for Shawano (5-4, 2-2 Bay).

Nate Laude took the loss, giving up three earned runs on seven hits in five innings. He struck out one and walked one.

Riley Gruetzmacher led Oconto Falls (3-5, 1-5 Bay) on the mound and at the plate. He struck out 10, walked one and scattered seven hits over seven innings. With the bat, he was 1 for 3 with a double.

Bonduel 4

Shiocton 3

Bonduel withstood a seventh-inning rally Tuesday at Shiocton to remained undefeated.

Connor Rosin ran his record to 3-0 with six solid innings and then held on as Shiocton scored three runs in the seventh. Rosin finished the game with eight strikeouts and one walk while giving up three runs on six hits.

The Bears scored a single run in the third inning on a base hit by Hunter VanDerLinden and three in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk and a two-out error by the Chiefs. Five players had one hit each for Bonduel (8-0, 5-0 in CWC-8).

Mason Gomm had two hits for Shiocton, which suffered its first conference loss.

Mitch Ebben started and took the loss, going 4 2/3 innings for Shiocton (7-3, 3-1 CWC-8). He gave up four runs on four hits, walking six and striking out eight.

Gresham 5

Almond-Bancroft 3

The Wildcats never trailed after scoring three runs in the fifth on an RBI double by Riley Nietzer, an error and an RBI single by Ray Creapeau.

Christian Haffner baffled Almond-Bancroft, striking out seven batters. He allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks over seven innings.

Nietzer racked up two RBIs on two hits. Creapeau also had two hits for Gresham (4-3, 4-3 Central Wisconsin Conference-10).

Almond-Bancroft fell to 2-2 overall and in the CWC-10.

Shawano 6

Oconto Falls 0

Chase Henning blasted two home runs and drove in three runs as Shawano picked up its second Bay Conference victory Monday.

Grant Wainio was the winning pitcher and also helped himself at the plate, going 2 for 2 with a double and RBI. He pitched six innings, struck out seven and walked two while giving up two hits.

Evan Sigmund took the loss for Falls (2-5, 0-5 Bay). He worked 4 2/3 innings, surrendering seven hits and six earned runs. He had no strikeouts and one walk.

Shawano is 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the Bay Conference.

Bonduel 16

Manawa 0

Bailey Dingeldein’s grand slam gave Bonduel a 4-0 lead in the first inning Monday, and Trevor Pedersen surrendered just one hit as the undefeated Bears routed Manawa in Bonduel.

Hunter VanDerLinden hit a solo homer in the third, and the Bears closed out the game scoring 11 runs in the fourth, all coming with two outs.

Dingeldein and VanDerLinden led Bonduel (7-0, 4-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) with two hits each. Dingeldein racked up six RBIs. Connor Rosin doubled and added three RBIs.

Pedersen was dominating on the mound. He went the distance in the five-inning game, striking out 11 and walking one.

Andrew Mauritz took the loss for Manawa (1-4, 1-4 CWC-8).

Rosholt 7

Menominee Indian 5

Menominee Indian rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh but still fell short Monday at Rosholt in a Central Wisconsin Conference-10 game.

The Eagles built a 3-0 lead, but Rosholt scored two in the fourth and took the lead with a five-run outburst in the fifth. Junior Ty Latender took the loss. He gave up nine hits and five earned runs over six innings, striking out four. He did not give up a walk.

Offensively, Menominee Indian (4-5, 3-4 CWC-10) collected eight hits but stranded 11 runners on base. Junior Bryan Madosh was 2 for 4. Senior Michael Pecore and freshman Dayton Latender each drove in a run.

Rosholt (7-2, 7-0 CWC-10) leads the CWC-10 by two games over Wild Rose.

SOFTBALL

Menominee Indian 11

Laona/Wabeno 7

Ania Smith clubbed two home runs Tuesday to help lift Menominee Indian to its nonconference victory over Laona/Wabeno at Keshena.

The Eagles hit four home runs in the win. Smith homered in the third and fifth innings, Joan Waukau homered in the fifth inning, and Kelsey Corn homered in the sixth inning. Waukau, Kelsey Corn, Elizabeth Corn and Smith combined for 10 hits and 10 RBIs.

Menominee Indian (4-1, 3-1 Central Wisconsin Conference-10) never trailed after the third inning, when a two-run home run by Smith highlighted a three-run inning.

Laona/Wabeno (5-5, 3-1 Northern Lakes) scored five runs in the top of the sixth to cut its deficit to one, but Menominee Indian responded with four runs in its half of the inning. A double by Waukau and Kelsey Corn’s two-run home run gave the Eagles all the runs they needed.

Taylor Mahkimetas recorded the win, giving up seven runs over seven innings. She struck out seven, walked three and gave up 11 hits.

Shiocton 2

Bonduel 1

Bonduel managed only three hits Tuesday in its Central Wisconsin Conference-8 loss at Shiocton, which scored both its runs in the first inning.

Sidney Wilcox, who gave up three hits, won the pitching duel with Jen Dowden, who gave up five hits while striking out five and not issuing a walk. Wilcox recorded seven strikeouts and one walk.

Kaylee Rynish scored the Bears’ only run in the seventh. Britt Wudtke picked up the RBI for Bonduel (2-6, 1-4 CWC-8).

Shiocton improved to 11-1 on the season and 5-1 in the CWC-8, in second place behind Weyauwega-Fremont.

Bonduel 8

Manawa 0

Bonduel scored eight runs on eight hits to pick up its first Central Wisconsin Conference-8 victory Monday.

Senior Jen Dowden picked up the win for Bonduel (2-5, 1-3 CWC-8). She gave up four hits over six innings, struck out nine and did not issue a walk. Senior Lexi Reinke was credited with a save. She gave up one hit and struck out two batters in the final inning.

Reinke had two hits for Bonduel, as did junior catcher Kaylee Rynish.

Manawa fell to 1-5 overall, 0-5 in the CWC-8.

Menominee Indian 6

Rosholt 2

Kelsey Corn came up big at the dish and in the circle in the Eagles’ 6-2 win over Rosholt on Monday at Rosholt.

Corn went 4 for 4, including two doubles, at the plate and drove in two runs. On the mound, she struck out 11 and walked four while scattering eight hits over seven innings. Both of Rosholt’s runs came in the bottom of the seventh.

Emily Rink was the game’s losing pitcher. She allowed six runs in seven innings, walked one and struck out five.

Menominee Indian improved to 3-1 on the season and in the Central Wisconsin Conference-10. Rosholt fell to 7-2, 5-2 CWC-10.

TRACK

Bears finish 2nd at Suring meet

Trebor Rueckert won two events Tuesday, but the Bonduel boys track team was outscored by Suring and Crivitz at the Suring Invitational.

Suring won 10 events, rolling up 201 points. Crivitz (161) was followed by Bonduel (130.5), Gillett (56), Wolf River Lutheran (32), Menominee Indian (21), Wabeno (15) and Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy (14.5).

Rueckert won the triple jump at 39 feet, 5.5 inches and the 400-meter dash in 54.7 seconds. Danny Tauchen also scored a first for the Bears, going 18-8.75 in the long jump.

Trent Lechleitner (110 and 300 hurdles), Will Vollmar (200) John Christensen (high jump) and Grant Fisher (800) posted first-place finishes for Suring, as did four relay teams. Gillett was led by Max Zeitler’s wins in the 1600 and 3200.

GOLF

Witt-Birn tops Bonduel, Marion

Maverick Bushman won medalist honors for Wittenberg-Birnamwood, and the Chargers also took home the team honors Monday in a triangular at Maple Hills Golf Course.

Wittenberg-Birnamwood fired 190 to win the Central Wisconsin Conference meet over Bonduel (206) and Marion (233).

Kyle Adamski finished two strokes behind Bushman for Witt-Birn, followed by Gavin Czerwonka (48), Madison Bushman (54) and Devin Gruna (64).

“It was nice to get two more conference points this week and stay in the race for a possible title,” Witt-Birn coach Chris Bartletti said. “Even though Maverick left a few putts out on the course, he still played well enough to be the meet medalist, which is always an accomplishment.”

Zach Acker shot a nine-over 45 to pace Bonduel. Austin Acker added a 52, Mitch Laberge 53, Garret Reimer 56 and David Parrott 63. For Marion, Jared Sawall shot 51, Emily Sawall 60, Maddie Pamperin 60, Claire Toerres 62 and Brandon Schultz 65.

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Girls finish third

Junior Zeke Gueths and senior Daniel Boivin scored double wins Thursday to lead the Shawano Community High School boys track team to a first-place finish at the Dale Peterson Invitational at Antigo High School.

The Shawano girls placed third, behind champion Medford and runnerup Clintonville.

Gueths won the shot put with a throw of 44 feet, 4.5 inches. His best throw in the discus went 133-3.

Boivin won the 300 hurdles in 43.12 seconds. Shawano fell just short of a sweep of the top three spots, as Tyrell Hesse finished second and Michael Mault fourth.

Boivin also won the pole vault, clearing 12 feet.

Hesse captured first in high jump, going 5-9.

Also recording firsts for the Hawks were Jake Klister (54.58) in the 400 — he also placed second in the 800 — and Michael Mault (17-8) in the long jump. The 4x400 relay team of Klister, Andrew Cardish, Boivin and Hesse won in 3:45.

Erika Dunnam won the Shawano girls’ only firsts, in the shot put (35-3) and discus (96-8). The Hawks finished 1-2-3 in the discuss, with Hannah Wendorff second and Gabby Krueger third.

Clintonville’s boys were paced by Todd Taylor, who won the 100, 200 and triple jump. Thomas Miller won the 3,200 for the Truckers.

First-place finishers for the Clintonville girls were Chrissy Betz, 100 hurdles and pole vault; Ali Johnson, 800 and high jump; Jessica Petruzates, 3,200; Betz, Autumn Voigt, Emma Weatherwax and Jessie Barker, 4x100 relay.

Team results

Boys: 1. Shawano Community 185.5, 2. Medford Area 161, 3. Antigo 107, 4. Clintonville 102, 5. Rhinelander 96.5

Girls: 1. Medford Area 165, 2. Clintonville 145, 3. Shawano Community 114, 4. Rhinelander 96, 5. Antigo 94, 6. Three Lakes 21

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SOFTBALL

Shawano gets sweep over Menasha

Freshman Erin Cerveny starred on the mound and at the plate Friday as the Shawano Community High School softball team defeated Menasha 6-1 and 13-12 in Menasha.

Cerveny earned both victories on the mound, hit a grand slam home run and totaled four hits and eight RBIs. Brianna Zook and Courtney Ainsworth contributed four hits apiece for Shawano (6-4, 5-1 Bay Conference).

Cerveny scattered six hits and struck out three as the Hawks won the opener, 6-1.

Menasha (1-8, 0-7 Bay) recovered from a 12-4 deficit to tie the second game, but Saige Henning’s walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh scored Lauren Roloff to secure the Shawano victory.

BASEBALL

Luxemburg-Casco 3

Shawano 2

Jordan Jorgenson’s two RBIs helped carry Luxemburg-Casco past Shawano.

Chase Henning went 2 for 3 with a double to lead the Shawano bats. Nate Laude took the loss. He gave up five hits and two earned runs over six innings, striking out five and walking four.

Jarrett Seidel went the distance for L-C, giving up two earned runs on seven hits. He struck out five and walked one.

Shawano is 4-3 overall and 1 -1 in the Bay Conference. L-C is 5-3, 2-2 in the Bay.

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By: 

Scott Owen, Special to the Leader

Night one of the 2015 racing season is in the books, and defending track champions Ron Berna in the Late Model ranks and Travis VanStraten in the IMCA Stock Car division had strong showings on the way to feature wins.

Berna passed early leader Brett Swedberg and subsequently held off challenges from Swedberg en route to victory. For Swedberg, it was a rough weekend. He lost an engine during Friday night’s practice session, then he dropped out of the feature Saturday night late in the race with smoke coming from his machine for a number of laps.

Berna, the only nine-time track champion, is off to an early advantage in the pursuit of his tenth title.

VanStraten was dominant in his first win of the season. With former IMCA Stock Car national point champion and Super Nationals champion Brandon Czarapata at the track last week, I thought it might be a close battle, but VanStraten won by a sizable margin. Oconto racer Steven Stewart had an excellent third-place finish.

Stewart and Dustin Loberger plan to race weekly at Shawano this season and add to an already stout field.

The IMCA Sport Mod feature, though plagued early on by cautions, turned out to be a good battle between three former go-kart standouts. Brock Saunders gained his second career feature win at the Shawano Speedway. Wyatt Block and Lucas Lamberies finished second and third. Not coincidentally, each one of these young men hail from a racing family.

Getting back to the early-race cautions, a number of them involved rookies. It is a part of the learning curve and might not always be easy to watch, but a wise man once told me, “If you’ve never spun out, then you’ve never gone fast enough.”

Names such as Tyler Thiex, Lloyd Allen, Mike Phillips and Kyle Raddant might someday visit victory lane.

Another interesting item came out of Saturday’s race. Unbeknownst to me, the Late Model feature was scheduled for 25 laps and will be 25 laps all season. For the fans, it may make things more interesting. For the racers, I’m certain that everyone is happy about the move.

Over the course of a full season, an extra five laps on an engine can equal three to four additional nights of racing on an engine. This, in turn, can be the difference between having an engine last all year and having to have an engine rebuilt. It also is an additional five laps on tires.

In the end, I hope it is worth the additional laps.

Also look for a few more drivers to make there 2015 debut this weekend. Possibly Chucky Forstner and Jared Siefert. Racing starts at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

See you at the speedway.

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Freshman pitches complete game against OFHSBy: 

Leader Staff

Leader Photo by Jason Arndt Shawano Community High School junior Julia Beck beats the throw to Oconto Falls’ third baseman Sadie Pankratz in the second inning of Shawano’s 9-1 victory Thursday at home.
Leader Photo by Jason Arndt Shawano Community High School freshman Erin Cerveny hurls a fastball Thursday against visiting Oconto Falls at Martzke Memorial Field. Cerveny pitched a complete game, allowing one earned run on six hits, struck out five and walked three.

A two-out double in the fifth inning by senior Courtney Ainsworth propelled the Shawano Community High School softball team to a 9-1 victory Thursday against visiting Oconto Falls.

With the score tied at 1, Ainsworth doubled in leadoff hitter Saige Henning and subsequently scored on a single by freshman Brianna Zook.

“Her swing in the fifth was the key swing of the night,” Shawano coach Kevin Isaacson said. “She is a senior leader and did what needed to be done tonight.”

Ainsworth was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs.

Before the Hawks’ rally, the game was a pitching duel between Shawano freshman Erin Cerveny and Oconto Falls sophomore MaKenna Kussow.

Cerveny pitched a complete game, striking out six and walking none while allowing five hits and one earned run. She held the Panthers to three hits over the final four innings, when only one runner reached beyond second base.

“She did what she had to do: throw strikes, keep the ball down and let our defense do the work,” Isaacson said. “That was the recipe for success.”

Senior Liz Manns scored the Panthers’ only run on a double by senior Holly Virtues in the first inning.

Shawano got on the board in the bottom of the second. Junior Julia Beck (1-3) scored following a single, two stolen bases and a fielder’s choice.

After taking control in the fifth, the Hawks bolstered their lead with six runs in the sixth inning on another two-out rally. Crossing the plate were Henning (2-4, two runs), Alli Raddant (2-4, RBI), Courtney Ainsworth, Zook (1-3, BB, RBI), Nicki Ainsworth (2-3, double, RBI) and Cerveny (0-4, two RBIs).

Oconto Falls coach Rochell Otto said fielding miscues led to the team’s downfall in the sixth inning.

“This was a very good high school softball game up to the sixth inning” she said. “Unfortunately, we made a couple of mistakes physically and mentally in that inning.”

Kussow gave up three earned runs on 11 hits in six innings for the Panthers (2-5, 1-4 Bay). She struck out five and walked three.

The win moved Shawano (4-4, 3-1 Bay) into a second-place tie with Luxemburg-Casco in the Bay Conference.

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Gary Seymour, [email protected]

The Green Bay Packers will play the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving, and the marketing possibilities are unlimited.

For example, the Packers could take a page from the White House book of photo ops, where on every Thanksgiving one random turkey is “pardoned” by the chief executive and allowed to go free and live out the rest of his natural turkey life.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers could, in that same spirit of the holiday, “pardon” a defensive back and not throw in his direction all game. It could mean the Packers leading by only three touchdowns at half instead of four or five, but the mercy angle would play big, with the holiday and all. Icing on the cake for one of their two guaranteed victories every year.

Thanksgiving got a little more eventful for Packers fans with the announcement of the Nov. 26 game, which will be played at Lambeau Field. A win over Chicago is always well met, maybe even a little more so on a holiday, and a win is a lock because for at least the last 20 years the Bears have shown an uncanny knack for losing to the Packers. From the time Brett Favre became a starter and throughout the current reign of Aaron Rodgers, the Packers have owned the Bears.

Athletes and coaches today are media-savvy enough to stick to cliche replies, and avoid remarks that could generate controversy or provide motivation for an opponent. You will never hear any of the Packers players or coaching staff say on the record that they’re going to beat the Bears twice, for obvious reasons, even if they know it’s true.

You rarely hear a pro athlete or coach talk of winning the next two or three, either, because that violates one of the guidelines of sportspeak. That’s not taking them one at a time. Not taking them one at a time suggests less than total focus on the upcoming game, a failure in preparation.

You might hear it occasionally when it’s a series, as with Jason Kidd’s remark after the Milwaukee Bucks’ second straight loss in their best-of-seven series with the Chicago Bulls.

Kidd said, correctly, that the Bucks needed to “hold serve” to keep alive their chances of winning the series. He meant that the Bucks would have to win their next two games at home — to hold serve, as it were, winning the games they’re supposed to — lest they go the way that teams falling behind in short series have gone. No team has ever won an NBA playoff series after trailing three games to none, and fewer than one out of five has ever come back from a 3-1 deficit to win.

He could have stressed the importance of a Game 3 win, but he kept it simple and spoke plain truth. They need to win both games at home to have a shot at overcoming the Bulls. In a playoff series, there is no looking past a team to the next opponent, because the next opponent is the same team.

There is another compelling reason to enjoy the NFL draft next weekend and anticipate the upcoming football season: The Milwaukee Brewers are already out of the race in the National League Central Division.

Not mathematically out of it. One hundred forty-seven games is plenty to erase an eight-game deficit. They are historically out of it. No team has ever recovered from a 2-13 start to make the playoffs.

Maybe the Brewers will be the first. Maybe you can’t count them out yet. Never say never, because you never know.

Most often, though, you have a pretty good idea.

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Bonduel High School’s boys and girls track teams dominated the six-team Menominee Indian Invitational on Thursday in Keshena.

The Bears girls won eight events. Emily Sorenson won both the 200-meter dash and the long jump.

The Bonduel boys also won eight events. Allen Mays won the 110 and 300 hurdles.

Drew Payne, of Gresham, won the 800, high jump and long jump.

Other multiple winners were Cody Montez, Gresham, who won the 1,600 and 3,200; Alphonso Smith, who won the shot put and discus for Menominee Indian; and Cassidy Detert, of Marion, who captured the girls discus and shot put titles;

Results

Girls: 1. Bonduel 91.5, 2. Marion 50, 3. Tigerton 47, 4. Gresham Community/Bowler 26.5, 5. Menominee Indian 21, 6. Wolf River Lutheran 3

First-place winners

Bonduel: Peyton Hrabik, 100, 14.27; Arianna Factor, 1,600, 7:08.88; Ashlie Mastey, 400, 1:07.11; Danee Collier, 300 hurdles, 54.77; Emily Sorenson, 200, 29:01, and long jump, 15-10.25; 4x400 relay, 4:53.40; Hayley Pues, high jump, 4-8.

Marion: 4x800 relay, 12:41.50; 4x200 relay, 2:03.44; Cassidy Detert, discus, 111-05, and shot put, 40-02.

Tigerton: Lonna Minniecheske, 100 hurdles, 18.79; 4x100 relay, 56.52; Charity Desrochers, 800, 2:41.86; Angelica Hoffmann, 32,00, 14:18.54; Katie Watters, triple jump, 29-5.25.

Boys: 1. Bonduel 94, 2. Gresham Community/Bowler 51, 3. Menominee Indian 40, 4. Wolf River Lutheran 20, 4. Tigerton 20, 6. Marion 10

First-place winners

Bonduel: 4x800 boys, 10:37.93; Allen Mays, 110 hurdles, 19.94, and 300 hurdles, 47.40; 4x200 relay, 1:36.70; Hunter Berry, 400, 53.58; 4x100 relay, 47.22; 4x400 relay, 3:48.28; Eric Ballestad, high jump, 5-2.

Menominee Indian: Gordon James, 200, 24:04; Alphonso Smith, discus, 130-08, and shot put, 46-06.

Gresham: Cody Montez, 1,600, 4:57.78, and 3,200, 10:55.59; Drew Payne, 800, 2:13.76, long jump, 20-4.5, and triple jump, 40-10.5.

Marion: Tyler Carper, high jump, 5-2.

Tigerton: Jacob Minniecheske, 100, 13.03.

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SOCCER

Shawano 1

Luxemburg-Casco 1

Shawano opened its Bay Conference season with a draw Thursday at home.

Megan Klitzke scored the Hawks only goal in the 26th minute. Morgan Klitzke got the assist.

Carlie Hinnefeld had three saves in goal for Shawano (2-3-1, 0-0-1 Bay).

SOFTBALL

Menominee Indian 10

Wild Rose 0

Kelsey Corn went 3 for 3, including a home run, in a Central Wisconsin Conference-10 game Thursday at Keshena.

Five runs in the first three innings allowed Menominee Indian (3-1, 3-1 CWC-10) to put the game away early. The first inning included a RBI single by Ania Smith, two-run double by Monae Waukau and RBI single by Shaunte Sackatook. Joan Waukau added a RBI double in the second. In the fifth, Waukau doubled, plating Taylor Mahkimetas, and Corn hit a two-run home run.

Taylor Mahkimetas kept Wild Rose (1-2, 1-2 CWC-10) off the scoreboard for all five innings she was in the circle. She gave up four hits and struck out six.

Lexi Donotio was the game’s losing pitcher. She allowed 10 runs in 4 2/3 innings, walked three and struck out five.

BASEBALL

Shawano 6

Luxemburg-Casco 1

Chase Henning’s three RBIs helped Shawano opened its Bay Conference season with a win.

Leading hitters for Shawano (4-2, 1-0 Bay) were Henning, 2 for 2; Zach Sousek, 3 for 4 with a double; and Ky Schmidt, 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

Grant Wainio went the distance for the win, scattering six hits, striking out seven and walking three.

Logan Jamiaux took the loss. He gave up six earned runs on nine hits, struck out six and walked two. Kyle Routhieaux had two hits for the Spartans.

Bonduel 24

Weyauwega-Fremont 4

Bonduel ran its season record to 6-0 (3-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) with its drubbing of Weyauwega-Fremont on Thursday.

The Bears scored five in the first, two in the second, eight in the fourth and nine in the fifth inning as the Bears banged out 14 hits. Jordan Richter led the hit parade, going 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs. Colton Dobratz was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and four runs scored, Connor Rosin was 2 for 4 with four RBIs, and Hunter VanDerLinden was 2 for 3 with three RBIs.

Logan Bozquez had two hits and two RBIs for the Indians .

Connor Rosin pitched all five innings, giving up four runs on seven hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Peter Nicholson took the loss for Weyauwega-Fremont (3-5, 1-2 CWC-8).

Wild Rose 15

Menominee Indian 8

Wild Rose scored eight runs in the seventh inning on three singles to come away with a Central Wisconsin Conference-10 win Thursday in Keshena.

Aaron VandeCastle recorded the win for Wild Rose (5-2, 4-1 CWC-10). He allowed one run over two innings. He struck out two, walked one and surrendered three hits.

Nick Corn, who was 3 for 4 at the plate, took the loss. He allowed seven runs in two-thirds of an inning, walked three and struck out one.

After Wild Rose opened the game with three runs, Menominee Indian (4-4, 3-3 CWC-10) scored four in the bottom of the first on a RBI double by Ty Latender, RBI single by Michael Pecore and a two-run double by Waylon Penass. Pecore had two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs.

Gresham 10

Bowler 0

Derek Bowman pitched six innings of shutout ball, have up four hits and struck out 11 in the Wildcats’ win Thursday.

Gresham (3-3, 3-3 Central Wisconsin Conference-10) scored one run in the first inning, one in the fourth and four in both the fifth and sixth innings.

Neal Cerveny was 2 for 2 with two RBIs and one run scored for Gresham. He walked three times. Christian Haffner was 2 for 3 with 1 RBI, and Drew Haffner was 2 for 4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Beau Hoffman drove in two runs.

Bowler also fell to 3-3, 3-3 CWC-10.

GOLF

Shawano takes 2nd in home meet

Shawano finished second in a three-team Bay Conference meet Thursday at Shawano Lake Golf Course.

West De Pere shot 173 to win the meet. Shawano (176) was second and Denmark (192) third.

Shawano’s Braden Mueller shot a 38 for medalist honors. Also for the Hawks, Cole Huntington and Josh Mueller each shot 45, and Braxton Surber and Isaac Tietz each shot 48.

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UW band director is guest speakerBy: 

Grace Kirchner, Leader Correspondent

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams will be honored May 9 at the 23rd annual Doug Jirschele Memorial Sports Award Banquet.

The banquet will be held May 9 at Clintonville Lanes and Banquet Hall, 250 County Road I. Cocktails will be served at 6 p.m., with dinner catered by Mathew’s Supper Club at 7 p.m. and a program at 8 p.m.

Adams will receive the Doug Jirschele Sports Award. Other award recipients will be Katie (Strelow) Ripley, Clintonville High School Class of 1998, Paul Halverson, Class of 1986, and Kean Kasper, Class of 1979.

The Forgotten Person Award will also be presented to an individual who has made contributions to sports in the Clintonville area but has not always received the proper recognition.

Michael Leckrone, director of the University of Wisconsin marching band, will be the guest speaker.

Paul Kasprzak, former WTCH/WOWN sports reporter and announcer, will be the master of ceremonies.

The banquet is sponsored by the Clintonville American Legion Post 63 to benefit the Clintonville American Legion baseball team and other youth baseball activities.

Last year’s event drew about 400 people.

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