Shawano

Athlete Profile: Carson Popp

Published by admin on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:34pm

The Shawano Community High School football team endured a tough start to the season, losing to Denmark in week one and also losing two players to injury. Behind the effort of players like senior quarterback Carson Popp, the Hawks were able to bounce back.

Popp led Shawano to a 40-14 victory over Marinette in week two. He completed 14 of his 19 passes for 373 yards and four touchdowns.

Popp then helped the Hawks to a 26-14 win over New London in week three. That night, the senior completed 20 of 31 passes for 273 yards and two more touchdowns.

4 coaches being inducted into Shawano Athletic Hall of Fame

Published by admin on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 11:19am

Shawano Community High School will induct four players into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 25. The Class of 2021 induction lines up with the school’s homecoming events and takes place the day the football team hosts Xavier. The Athletic Hall of Fame induction is set for 12:30 p.m. before the 1 p.m. game.

This is the inaugural class of coaches being inducted.

“Matty” Janis Mathison

3 former Shawano athletes to join school’s Athletic Hall of Fame

Published by admin on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 11:14am

Shawano Community High School will induct three players into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 25.

The Class of 2021 induction lines up with the school’s homecoming events and takes place the day the football team hosts Xavier. The Athletic Hall of Fame induction is set for 12:30 p.m. before the 1 p.m. game.

Art Cantwell

Art Cantwell, known to his classmates as “Red Dog,” attended Shawano High School from 1951-1954.

Eggert leads Shawano to 3rd-place finish at girls golf invitational

Published by admin on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 6:22pm

The Shawano Community High School girls golf team finished in third place behind a big day from Sophia Eggert at the Oconto Falls Invitational on Sept. 13 at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls.

Eggert carded an 18-hole round of 89 to lead Shawano, which had a team score of 419. The 89 for Eggert helped her tie for the top individual score on the day. The Hawks finished behind Wrightstown (396) and Marinette (399).

Skiers fail to break Guinness record

Published by admin on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 7:37pm

Skiers failed to break a Guinness World Records mark for most barefoot skiers behind one boat, but might have set a new National Show Ski Association (NSSA) record after hitting the Wolf River on Sept. 12.

Shawano Ski Sharks members and other water skiers teamed up to form the Big Pull event and were trying to break the Guinness World Records mark of 38 barefoot skiers behind one boat, a mark that was established in Shawano in 2019. The group was unsuccessful in achieving that feat, but believe they may have set a NSSA record with a 40-person barefoot line.

Shawano boys 4th, girls 6th at home cross-country invitational

Published by admin on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 7:33pm

The Shawano Community High School boys and girls cross-country teams turned in strong finishes at a loaded Shawano Invitational on Sept. 11 in Shawano.

The Shawano boys placed fourth overall with a team score of 121, while the girls came in sixth with 184 points. Against other Division 2 schools, the Shawano boys claimed second, while the girls were fourth.

Leading the Shawano boys on the course was Ethan Onesti, who completed the course in 16 minutes, 59.8 seconds for an eighth-place finish overall.

Shawano has 3 third-place finishers at invite

Published by admin on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 6:20pm

The Shawano Community High School girls tennis team had three third-place finishers at the Kaukauna Invite on Sept. 11 in Kaukauna.

Rylie Anderson (No. 1) and Jenna Ainsworth (No. 2) each earned third-place finishes in singles competition. The No. 2 doubles team of Sarah Carroll and Anna Etten also came in third.

Adison Moesch, Shawano’s No. 3 singles player, won the consolation title, as did the No. 1 doubles team of Kate Williams and Nicole Piantek.

Shawano boys win cross-country invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 10:28am

The Shawano Community High School boys cross-country team posted a score of 60 to place first at the Chargers Invitational on Sept. 7 in Wittenberg.

The Shawano girls team came in second with a score of 56, while the Bonduel girls were third with a mark of 92. Witt-Birn (233) placed 10th.

Back on the boys side, Witt-Birn (187) took seventh, while Bonduel (196) was eighth. Menominee Indian (226) placed 11th.

Individual athletes from Gresham/Bowler and Marion also competed at the invitational.

Bonduel volleyball team sweeps Shawano behind defensive effort

Published by MRode on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 1:06pm

Updated: Sept. 4, 9:25 a.m.

The Bonduel High School volleyball team turned in a superb defensive showing Sept. 2 to sweep Shawano by scores of 25-17, 25-21, 25-11 in a nonconference match between the cross-town rivals.

The win was especially meaningful to the Bonduel senior players, who had been swept by Shawano in each of the past three years.

Shawano boys 2nd at cross-country invitational

Published by MRode on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 10:51am

The Shawano Community High School boys cross-country team turned in a second-place finish at the De Pere Invitational on Sept. 2 in De Pere.
The boys team posted a score of 72, only behind Bay Port's 48. Gillett and Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy also competed, taking sixth and ninth, respectively, on the boys side.

Shawano only had three girls competing, so no team score was recorded. The Gillett girls came in fifth. No Lena/STAA girls ran.