Fans are expected to pack the stands at the Shawano Speedway on April 18 for the opening night at the legendary half-mile track. The original opening night of April 11 was cancelled due to wet track conditions.

Gates open at 4 p.m. with races getting underway at 6 p.m.

Pulaski’s girls track and field team score 74 points and placed second at the Midwest Indoor Championship, hosted by UW-River Falls on April 4.

The boys team tallied 62 points and placed third. There were 16 teams competing in the meet.

Emerson Fabry won the 1,600-meter run in 5:22.26. Maggie Gerth finished second.

Gerth won the 3,200-meter run in 11:15.10.

Olivia Sprangers also won the long jump at 16-1.50.

Will anglers head to the northern half of Wisconsin – including Shawano and Oconto counties – to fish for muskies almost a month before the previous season opener?

That remains to be seen, but anglers will be able to target muskies in the Northern Zone on May 2 instead of waiting until the last Saturday of May. The season will end Dec. 31.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Wisconsin Conservation Congress will be holding their spring hearings from 6-9 p.m. April 13.

Wednesday, April 1

UW-Oshkosh

Shawano’s 4x200-meter relay team of Sosaeh Tepiew, Bryce Lammers, Maverick Theis and Heriberto Rubio won with a time of 1:35.77 at the UW-Oshkosh boys track and field meet for teams in Divisions 2 and 3.

Joseph Doperalski finished in fourth place in the shot put.

Elijah Senft placed fifth in the 60-meter dash.

Tuesday, March 31

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 9, Wautoma 0

Five hits by the Chargers and five errors by the Hornets contributed to a 9-0 shutout win for Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s baseball team.

Milo Salvesen had a double for the Chargers.

Connor Meverden was one of three pitchers for the Chargers, and he earned the win with four strikeouts and two walk in three innings.