Friday, Aug. 22

Shawano dropped both of its matches at the Green Bay Preble Invite.

Shawano fell 6-1 to Kimberly and then lost 5-2 to their hosts.

Tuesday, Aug. 19

Shawano’s girls tennis team pulled out a trio of wins at the Bay Port Invite.

The Hawks defeated Green Bay Preble 5-2, Menominee (Michigan) 4-3 and Howards Grove 5-2.

Nick Anvelink won the Dirt Kings late models feature race Aug. 23 at the Shawano Speedway. He was also the winner in the first heat.

In the feature race, Anvelink was followed by Mitch McGrath, Todd Frank, Justin Ritchie and Troy Springborn.

Lukas Postl and McGrath won the other two heat races.

Jordan Bartz won the second heat in the modifieds category and then wen on to win the feature race as well.

Last year’s BABA semifinals featured Little Falls, Eland, Scandinavia and Clintonville.

Those same four teams are still alive in this season’s tournament, and the semifinal games set for Aug. 24 are the same matchups as 2024.

Waupaca and Hortonville played for a Dairyland League Grand Championship in 2023 and 2024.

They’ll meet again in this year’s championship game for the third straight season after both teams posted wins in the semifinal round.

Waupaca held Bonduel hitless in a 1-0 win Aug. 17, while Hortonville used a big first inning to hand Pulaski a 13-7 loss.

The championship game is set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, in Waupaca.