Dean E. Lieg, 78, of Shawano, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning, May 21, 2015, at the Appleton Medical Center in Appleton. Dean was born June 15, 1936, in Milwaukee, a son of the late Edmund and Floy (Owens) Lieg. He attended St. Rose Catholic School in Milwaukee. He later entered the United States Army and served his country from 1952-1955. He was stationed in Korea. Upon returning from service, he was employed at the E.R.

Rob Wolff and Dave Schuett pledged to meet up more often. The two former teammates on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball team tried for two years to arrange a matchup of the high school teams they now coach. Saturday, Wolff’s Shawano team hosted Schuett’s Edgar squad at Memorial Park.

Nearly 300 horse enthusiasts from across the region converged at the sixth annual Gresham Lions Club Trail Ride over the weekend. The event was sponsored by the Gresham Lions Club.

On race night, fans and friends gather together. Cars assemble in the lineup chute, ready to tackle the venerable half-mile speedway. As the field of cars thunder through the turns and hit the frontstretch, flagman Josh Effenberger looks over the field and drops the green flag.

BASEBALL Denmark 5 Shawano 4 A game-winning RBI single with two outs for Denmark (11-9, 8-7 Bay Conference) gave it a home win in eight innings Thursday. Shawano (12-9, 7-7 Bay Conference) had two hits, including a three-run home run, from Chase Henning. Ky Schmidt added two hits. Mason Boogren took the loss. He pitched just the final inning an allowed one hit.

DIVISION 2 Clintonville @ Shawano In a favorable postseason opener for the Hawks, they host Clintonville on Tuesday in a rematch of a 15-0 thrashing by Shawano on May 15. Shawano’s win over the Truckers broke a losing streak that lasted nearly two weeks.

A second-inning error was the snowflake that began an avalanche. An overthrow to first on what would have been the third out led to the first of many runs for the Sturgeon Bay High School softball team, which scored 11 unanswered runs in an 11-0 win at Shawano on Friday. Abby Denesh got the win for the Clippers, who took advantage of three Hawks’ errors in the victory. Shawano coach Kevin Isaacson said the Hawks were experimenting a bit in this f

BASEBALL Gresham 6 Almond-Bancroft 1 Christian Haffner had two hits, one RBI and a run scored, while also pitching the home win Thursday. He pitched all seven innings, allowing three hits and four walks with no earned runs. Almond-Bancroft scored an early run to take a 1-0 lead, then the Wildcats scored six unanswered runs. Drew Haffner added two hits and a run for Gresham (11-6, 11-6 Central Wisconsin Conference-10).

The breeze at Foxfire Golf Course in Waupaca wasn’t a wind of change. Central Wisconsin Conference boys golf teams were faced with gusting winds for Thursday’s All-Conference Tournament, though the results were virtually the same as last year’s event. Iola (365) defeated Pacelli (369) in a playoff hole for the tournament and conference titles. Bonduel (428) was ninth in the tournament and eighth in the conference.