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Thomson’s role changes for Wildcats

Not even a serious knee injury can keep Madi Thomson from enjoying her final season of girls basketball.

The Lena High School senior tore the ACL in her left knee last summer while playing club basketball, her second ACL injury in four years.

ACL injuries usually require surgery — along with months of rehabilitation and physical therapy — and the setback kept Thomson from competing in cross country this past season.

Eagles soar over Blue Devils

Tuesday, Feb. 3

Menominee Nation 70, Oconto 49

The Eagles are 13-6 overall after posting a 70-49 nonconference win over Oconto. Menominee Nation jumped out to a 38-20 halftime lead.

While the second half was much closer (32-29 in favor of the Eagles), the game was out of reach at that point.

Gillett 43, St. Thomas Aquinas Academy 30

Bowler leads wire to wire in win over Marion

A strong Tigerton team means a Central Wisconsin Conference-North championship probably isn’t in the cards for the Bowler or Marion boys basketball teams.

The Panthers and Mustangs headed into their CWC-North rematch Feb. 2 at Marion Elementary School with similar records, but Bowler built a 22-point halftime lead and returned home with a 53-27 win.

The Panthers never trailed after scoring the game’s first 11 points.

Bursa scores 19 to lead Panthers to victory

Feb. 3

Bonduel 86, Menominee Nation 61

An 18-point scoring run in the middle of the second half blew the game open for Bonduel as the Bears won 86-61 over Menominee Nation.

The CWC-East game was tight until then, with Bonduel holding a 43-38 halftime lead and the Eagles taking the lead in the second half before Bonduel went on its scoring spree.

Shawano hockey beats Pacelli 8-1

Tuesday, Feb. 3

Shawano 8, Pacelli 1

Pacelli scored first at the Crawford Center in Shawano, but that was all they had as the Hawks went on to score eight times to notch an 8-1 win.

Gavin Hundt collected a hat trick, and Cameron Schroeder had two goals for Shawano/Bonduel. Michael Dillenburg, Teagan Harkey and Jeremy Helmuth also scored for the Hawks.

No stopping the Chargers in win over Shiocton

Friday, Jan. 30

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 93, Shiocton 32

The Chargers erupted right out of the gate, scoring 60 points in the first half as they trounced Shiocton 93-32.

“We came out on fire tonight,” coach Nick Mechelke said. “It was a great team win. We moved the ball well, made the extra pass and knocked down the shot.”

Hawks lose by a goal to Oshkosh

Saturday, Jan. 31

Oshkosh 3, Shawano/Bonduel 2

Shawano/Bonduel had six more shots on goal than Oshkosh but a third-period goal by the Ice Hawks gave the home team a 3-2 win.

Shawano/Bonduel took a 1-0 lead at 9:55 in the first period on a goal from. Blake Swedberg and assists from Gavin Hundt and Michael Dillenburg.

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