More than 40 local children performed an original musical adaptation of the classic tale, “Pinocchio,” Aug.

Joseph Patzer presented his design for a lunar wheel to NASA in a competition in July. “One of my professors told me about the competition and suggested I do it,” said Patzer, a 2009 Gillett High School graduate and senior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Lunar Wheel Design Challenge involved designing and building a lunar wheel prototype and demonstrating its capabilities for NASA.

Thursday will be a memorable evening as fans along the path around the Falls will see several names for the very last time on the back of an official Green Bay Packers jersey. A number of aspiring NFL players will have their last shot at making the team before the next roster cut. Decisions were made after Friday’s game.

I saw a YouTube piece on the “Today” show a while back that made me think about an incident in my kidhood; well, actually in my sister’s kidhood, I guess. I was only a spectator, not a participant in the event. First of all, let me tell you about the YouTube, and then I’ll come back to my story. The film clip was about a rooster named McNugget in Issaquah, Wash.

Suring defeats Wabeno/Laona The Suring High School football team jumped out to a 18-0 halftime score and held on to win 18-14 after Wabeno/Laona scored two touchdowns in the third quarter of a nonconference game Friday in Suring. Suring quarterback Creo VanBellinger completed 5 of 10 attempts for 92 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

Suring defeats Wabeno/Laona The Suring High School football team jumped out to a 18-0 halftime score and held on to win 18-14 after Wabeno/Laona scored two touchdowns in the third quarter of a nonconference game Friday in Suring. Suring quarterback Creo VanBellinger completed 5 of 10 attempts for 92 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

The Oconto Falls High School girls golf team took fourth place at its home Bay Conference match Thursday at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls. The Panthers had a team score of 221. Denmark (194) won, followed by Marinette (200) and Hortonville (203). While none of the Panthers golfers broke the top 10 at the match, Julie Moore led the team with a 53.

Complacent isn’t a word associated with Bailey Wolf. One year removed from making her mark as one of the top-10 girls’ cross-country runners in Oconto Falls High School history, Wolf is trying to get even better as she enters her sophomore season. Wolf trained hard during the offseason.

The Gillett volleyball team had a difficult 2012 season, finishing 8-17-1 overall and 7-9 in the Marinette and Oconto Conference. Things don’t get any easier this year after losing a solid group of seniors. “When you lose nine girls, four of them being starters, it really puts you in a tough place,” Tigers head coach Dawn Nelson said. “You have to rely on the younger kids to pick up.