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Jury convicts Sotka in fatal stabbings
GREEN BAY — A Wisconsin man with Marinette ties has been convicted in the fatal stabbings of two women whose bodies were found last year in a Green Bay home. The Brown County jury deliberated for about an hour Monday before convicting Richard Sotka, 49, of charges including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the killings of Rhonda Cegelski, 58, of Green Bay, and Paula O’Connor, 53, of Bellevue, WLUK-TV reported. Sotka and Cegelski are both Marinette natives. ...
Pair of Marine wrestlers earn All-NEC honors
MARINETTE — Two members of the Marinette High School wrestling team were chosen as All-North Eastern Conference grapplers by conference coaches on Monday. Sophomore Jazleen Fong-Baake was one of eight wrestlers to collect All-NEC Girls First Team honors after qualifying for the WIAA Girls’ State championships in the 120-lb. Division. Wrightstown’s Chesney Bartoszek was named the NEC’s Girls’ Wrestler of the Year. ...
Thunder high schoolers tune up for State with three-game gauntlet
MARINETTE — The M&M Thunder High School hockey team celebrated a pair of seniors during a three-game weekend in their final tune-up before the WAHA State Tournament. HIGH SCHOOLThe Thunder welcomed Green Bay United to the Community REC Center on Friday. The team honored seniors Simon Bowers and Theron Thayer prior to the game. United got the better of the Thunder on Friday, posting an 8-2 victory. The Thunder hosted...
Peshtigo High School drama club celebrates three years with original production, ‘Inescapable Threads’
PESHTIGO — Bridgerton, Twilight and Jimmy Buffet don’t usually share a playbill, but this weekend, they will. Peshtigo High School students will perform “Inescapable Threads,” a vignette play exploring the comedy and tragedy of fate, as part of the drama club’s yearly performance. The free show will take place Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the gym in the Peshtigo Elementary...
Six Bulldog grapplers receive All-Packerland recognition
PESHTIGO — Six members of the Peshtigo wrestling team pinned down All-Packerland Conference honors on Saturday. Evelyn Hurley (106 lbs.), Eli Camps (113), Reese Yunke (150), Lincoln Nemec (165), Zach Sherman (175) and Connor Thomas (215) all received First Team recognition, giving Peshtigo the most All-Conference nods of any school. Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay-Sevastopol each had three All-Conference selections, while Kewaunee had two. ...
Oconto's Viestenz named unanimous First Team All-Packerland
OCONTO — Oconto’s Addisyn Viestenz garnered unanimous First Team All-Packerland Conference honors on Saturday. Viestenz was one of three Lady Blue Devils to garner All-Conference accolades, as both Emilee Banker and Natalie Schlueter received Honorable Mention. Peshtigo’s Holly Pesch was also Honorable Mention, the lone Lady Bulldog to make the All-Conference list. Kewaunee’s Jade Kroll...
Peshtigo's Baxter, McMahon collect All-Packerland honors
PESHTIGO — Five area boys basketball standouts earned All-Packerland Conference recognition on Saturday. Peshtigo’s Dominik Baxter and Oconto’s Carter Koch both collected First Team honors, with Koch a unanimous choice alongside Southern Door’s Drew Daoust, Algoma’s Parker Lischka and Kewaunee’s Thomas Stangel. Daoust also took home Player of the Year honors. Gibraltar’s Braden Sitte rounded...
Coleman's Kuchta named M&O's Most Outstanding Wrestler
COLEMAN — There are fourteen spots on the Marinette and Oconto Conference’s First Team All-Conference wrestling squad, and thirteen of them belong to the Coleman Cougars. Led by Most Outstanding Wrestling Micah Kuchta, the Cougars dominated the All-Conference listing after Coleman finished runner-up at the WIAA Division 3 State team finals for the third time in four years. Cole Berth, Wyatt Bieber, West Bieber, Brady Gross, Chadd Gruber, Cameron Kimmell,...
Woman dies in Menominee County crash
SPALDING TOWNSHIP — A 58-year-old Perronville woman died in a two-vehicle accident Friday in Menominee County. The woman died following a head-on collission with her vehicle and another vehicle at about 8:15 a.m. Friday at U.S. 2 & 41 and County Road 400, according to the Menominee County Sheriff’s Office. Additional occupants from both vehicles were transported from the scene for injuries sustained in the crash. ...
Albany/Monticello outlasts Lena for Division 5 State title in OT classic
GREEN BAY — Thirty-six minutes wasn’t enough to crown a champion, so the Lena and Albany/Monticello girls basketball teams took their epic battle to overtime in Saturday’s WIAA Division 5 State title game at the Resch Center. Drama soaked the final two minutes of overtime after Maddy Kushner scored to nudge the Wildcats ahead by two, only for a clutch 3-pointer by Abby Hollis to put the Comets on top 55-54 with 1:03 left to play. ...
Bonduel bounces Oconto boys in Sectional semifinals
GREEN BAY — The season ground to a halt for the Oconto boys basketball team on Thursday, as sharp shooting by Bonduel propelled the Bears to a 76-59 victory in the semifinals of the WIAA Division 4 Sectional playoffs. Bonduel (26-1) connected on a sizzling 58 percent of its shots from the field (35-of-60) and while the Bears were less lethal from deep, hitting just eight of 28 3-pointers, they did shoot an efficient 72 percent (8-11) from the foul line. ...
Lena/ Clear Lake set for State semifinal showdown
GREEN BAY — Destiny awaits one of the final four teams left standing in the Division 5 girls basketball field. Lena and Clear Lake square off today at the Resch Center in Green Bay, with a berth in the WIAA Division 5 State championship game on the line. Today’s game tips off approximately 15 minutes after the conclusion of the other semifinal matchup between the No.1-seeded Argyle/Pecatonica (26-1) and No....
Maroons run over Elks to capture Region 17 championship
MANISTIQUE, Mich. — For the second time in the last three seasons, the Menominee boys basketball team are Division 3, Region 17 champions after the Maroons made roadkill of Elk Rapids 58-37 on Thursday. Menominee (20-6) will face McBain (24-2) in the Division 3 State quarterfinals on Tuesday. The game will take place at Gaylord beginning at 5 p.m. Connor Coduti and Trevor Theuerkauf ambushed Elk Rapids with back-to-back 3-pointers...
Marinette's Sommerfeldt collects First Team All-NEC honors
MARINETTE — Marinette’s Sam Sommerfeldt collected All-North Eastern Conference First Team honors, as the NEC released its All-Conference selections on Thursday. Sommerfeldt, a senior, was Marinette’s leading scorer at 16 points per game, sixth-best in the NEC, and averaged 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.8 turnovers per game. Sommerfeldt was the lone Marine to garner All-Conference recognition by the coaches of the NEC. ...
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