Sports

Bonduel football team tops Clintonville in turnover-filled contest

Published by admin on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 7:43pm

The Bonduel and Clintonville high school football teams met for the first time as Packerland Conference opponents on Friday in Clintonville, with the visiting Bears emerging with a 31-14 win in a contest that featured eight combined turnovers.

Bonduel pulled out to an early 18-0 advantage before running into some turnover issues, but the Bears had five takeaways of their own to win comfortably.

Witt-Birn boys cross-country team 2nd, girls 3rd at invite

Published by admin on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 1:45pm

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School boys cross-country team posted a score of 57 to place second at the Rosholt Invite on Oct. 1 in Rosholt. The Witt-Birn girls came in third with a score of 92.

Tommy Bruski completed the course in 17 minutes, 35.1 seconds to take fifth as an individual and lead the Witt-Birn boys. Wyatt Dickman (18:03.55) placed seventh.

Simon Schairer (18:13.78), Craig Wendel (18:23.86) and Ian Salveson (18:59.56) rounded out the boys team score, taking 12th, 14th and 19th, respectively.

High School Highlights (Oct. 3)

Published by admin on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:52pm

Updated: Oct. 5, 12:45 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

Witt-Birn goes 2-1 at quad

Wittenberg-Birnamwood swept Rosholt (25-20, 27-25) and Bonduel (25-16, 25-22) but lost to Pacelli (25-20, 25-17) during a quadrangular on Saturday in Rosholt.

Emma Herb led Witt-Birn with seven attack kills against Rosholt, while Reese Rogowski and London Metropulos had six each. Amara Schoepke added 10 digs and two aces, Lilly Betry and Payton Foster had six assists each and McKenna Foster finished with 10 digs.

Times Herald High School Highlights (Oct. 3)

Published by admin on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:43pm

UPDATED: Oct. 5, 12:40 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

Freedom 3

Oconto Falls 1

Oconto Falls started strong but eventually came up short in a match against Freedom on Saturday in Oconto Falls. Freedom won by scores of 14-25, 28-26, 25-14, 25-23.

Hanna Krejcarek had 26 assists for Oconto Falls, while Amelia Rice and Karlie Kowalcyzk contributed 17 and 11 digs, respectively. Laikyn St. Louis served three aces.

Packers roster moves (week 4)

Published by admin on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:25pm

Updated: Oct. 5, 12:25 p.m.

The Green Bay Packers signed WR Caleb Scott to the practice squad.

The transaction was announced Wednesday by Brian Gutekunst, the Packers general manager.­­­

Scott (6-foot-2, 203 pounds) is a first-year player out of Vanderbilt University that originally signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2018, and spent his rookie season on Seattle’s practice squad. He was released by the Seahawks at the start of the 2019 training camp.

Oconto Falls volleyball team shows resiliency in pair of wins

Published by admin on Sat, 10/03/2020 - 11:36am

The Oconto Falls High School volleyball team shrugged off a slow start and rallied for a North Eastern Conference win in four sets over Waupaca on Thursday in Oconto Falls.

Oconto Falls dropped the first set to Waupaca 25-23, but bounced back to win the next three sets by scores of 25-18, 25-16, 25-23. It was the second straight match the Panthers have had to dig deep to come out victorious after a tight 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 25-18 win over Little Chute on Tuesday in Oconto Falls.

Times Herald High School Highlights (Oct. 2)

Published by admin on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 10:27pm

UPDATED: Oct. 5, 12:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Oconto Falls 40

Northland Pines 23

Oconto Falls defended its home turf and defeated Northland Pines on Friday in Oconto Falls.

The Panthers are now 1-1 overall and in Northwoods Conference play.

 

Sevastopol 40

Lena/STAA 20

The Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy co-op was doubled up by Sevastopol on Friday in Sevastopol. Lena/STAA fell to 0-2 overall.

High School Highlights (Oct. 2)

Published by admin on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 10:22pm

Updated: Oct. 2, 10:20 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Bonduel 31

Clintonville 14

Bonduel cruised to a Packerland Conference win over Clintonville on Friday in Clintonville.

Carson Robaidek caught two touchdowns to lead Bonduel, while also intercepting two passes. The Bears had five takeaways in the contest.

Cole Anderson also caught a touchdown for Bonduel, while Max Marohl and Gavin Vance each added rushing touchdowns.

Brewers' season-long hitting woes lead to early playoff exit

Published by admin on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 5:15pm

The hitting struggles that hampered the Milwaukee Brewers throughout the pandemic-shortened regular season proved fatal in the playoffs.

With a roster decimated by injuries, the Brewers totaled two runs while getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-3 NL wild card series. They got eliminated while striking out 13 times and mustering just four hits in a 3-0 loss on Thursday night.

The Brewers ranked 26th among the 30 teams in batting average (.223) and 27th in runs per game (4.1). Milwaukee batters struck out 582 times for MLB’s second-highest total.

High School Highlights (Oct. 1)

Published by admin on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 9:52pm

Updated: Oct. 2, 11:30 a.m.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Shawano tops New London in duals

The Shawano boys and girls teams earned dual wins over New London on Thursday in New London. The boys posted a score of 19, with New London at 43, and the Shawano girls tallied a 21, with New London at 34.