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High School Highlights

CROSS-COUNTRY Friedman 5th, Wolf 11th at Tomahawk invite Oconto Falls High School senior Mike Friedman notched a fifth-place finish among 97 competitors at the 38th annual Hatchet Invitational held on the Edgewater Golf Course in Tomahawk on Saturday. Friedman posted a time of 16 minutes, 31.09 seconds. Senior Michael Fifield placed 19th in 17:18.48.
Gillett seniors enjoying special season
They walked hand in hand from one end of the football field to the other. They were united as one. It’s a tradition for the Gillett High School seniors to make one last march together following their final regular-season home game. Friday night, the 13 seniors walked proudly following a 37-8 victory over rival Suring. “It’s supposed to be the last (home) game of the year, but it might not be now,” Gillett senior Kody Pawlak said. That’s true.
Panthers lose final home game
Sophomore quarterback Connor Scray threw for a season-high 128 yards Friday, but it was not enough as the Oconto Falls High School football team lost 32-8 to visiting Denmark to remain winless on the season. Scray completed six of 12 passes with two interceptions. He also scored the Panthers’ only points on a quarterback sneak. Oconto Falls (0-8, 0-7 Bay Conference) has lost 26 straight games, dating back to a win over Shawano on Sept. 30, 2011.
Gillett captures homecoming victory
After their lone loss of the season two weeks ago, it looks like the Gillett High School football team is back to playing its game. Holding an 11-point lead in the third quarter, Gillett scored two touchdowns in 57 seconds Friday to silence rival Suring.
Rollover accident leaves man in critical condition
A Shawano man was listed in critical condition following a rollover accident early Saturday on County Road CC in Waukechon. Cory Huffman, 25, of Shawano, was hospitalized at Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah. Huffman lost control on a curve about 3 a.m.
Driver escapes after high-speed chase
A man suspected in a domestic violence incident in Neopit led authorities on a high-speed chase through Shawano County and into Brown County early Monday. Menominee Tribal Police said the 26-year-old Neopit man left the scene of a domestic incident. He was spotted by Shawano County sheriff’s deputies on state Highway 29 around 2:30 a.m. and fled from an attempted traffic stop, according to authorities.
Internet sex sting nabs 3 in Shawano County
A multi-county operation targeting Internet crimes against children nabbed 24 people over the weekend, including three arrested in Shawano County. It was the fifth such regional sting operation conducted over the past two years, which have resulted in 83 arrests since fall 2012. The operations originated with the U.S.
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Oct. 12 Police logged eight incidents, including the following: Suspicious — Police responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint at Walgreens, 401 E. Green Bay St. Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 600 block of South River Street. Oct.
Volunteer Profile
Don Pleshek started the Bohemian Fest Parade in the town of Waukechon three years ago. He was born and raised in Shawano, graduating from Shawano High School. He was in the Army for two years, but most of his life was spent working for his dad and mom, Bernard “Buck” and Sally Pleshek, at Pleshek’s Pavilion in the town of Waukechon. He tended bar and helped take care of the meat locker until freezers became a common household item.
Planning begins for Christmas production
I read an article in one of my magazines titled “40 Things I’ve Learned in 40 Years.” I especially liked this one: Take all of your loose photos and toss them in a box. Photo albums are way too boring to flip through. It’s more fun for family to pull various photos out in no particular order and share the memory. It’s memory potluck! All right!
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