Wittenberg Enterprise & Birnamwood News

Oconto Falls wins Pulaski volleyball invite

Published by admin on Tue, 09/26/2023 - 6:20pm

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers volleyball team went 3-2 at the Pat Rigoni Invite on Sept. 16.

The team beat Central Wisconsin Christian High School in three sets, by scores of 25-18, 20-25 and 15-8, and beat Valley Christian High School 2-0 (27-25, 25-19). It lost to Manitowoc Lutheran in two sets, by scores of 23-25 and 22-25. The Chargers bounced back though, defeating Gibraltar in two sets, 25-23 and 26-24. The Chargers once again lost to Manitowoc Lutheran in two sets, 25-27 and 24-26.

Oconto Falls wins Pulaski Invite

Witt-Birn, Oconto Falls football teams clinch playoff spots

Published by admin on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 10:31am

Coming off a huge win against Amherst last week, everyone was waiting to see how the Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers would respond against the Manawa Wolves. The Chargers responded with a 50-7 win to remain unbeaten and clinch a spot in the Division 5 playoffs.

Once again, it was the balanced offensive attack that led the way for the Chargers as they are proving to be tough to stop right now.

Pulaski soccer team caps off strong week with a pair of wins

Published by admin on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 10:28am

The Red Raiders continued their terrific start to their 2023 season as they have run their record to (9-4-1) and (1-2) in Fox River Classic Conference play.

Things didn’t start the way Pulaski would have liked as they dropped a tough 1-0 contest to Bay Port on Tuesday. Michael Schreiner provided the lone goal for the Pirates, and it came just three minutes into the game.

Shawano downs Waupaca for first football win of the season

Published by admin on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 5:44pm

It took five games for the Hawks to grab their first win of 2023, but Shawano managed to top Waupaca in a 36-27 shootout. The win also moves them to 1-2 in Bay Conference play, which is crucial to potentially making a late-season run for a playoff spot.

Jerzy Brocker led the Hawks’ aerial attack, connecting on five of 11 for 100 yards. Ayden Bystol went 1-for-1 with a 2-yard touchdown pass.

Brocker also led the ground game with 201 yards on 24 carries and four touchdowns. Kaden Ewert rushed for 38 yards on seven carries.

Local teams have rough week on soccer pitch

Published by admin on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 5:40pm

Seymour 4, Shawano 1

The Hawks are going through some struggles right now as they are dealing with a rash of injuries. Not only are four starters missing from action, but an additional player who plays a vital role is also missing from the team, which is affecting the flow of the game for the Hawks. Shawano struggled to get much of anything going on the offensive end Sept. 12 while the defense couldn’t contain the Seymour offense, losing 4-1.

West De Pere 6, Shawano 0

Wittenberg-Birnamwood takes first place at Merrill Invite

Published by admin on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 1:24pm

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers went 3-2 in its five game match series at the Merrill Invite on Sept. 9. The Chargers took down Tomahawk (25-15, 25-19), Stanley-Boyd (25-16, 27-25) and Tomahawk again (25-23, 25-23).

The team dropped two matches to Athens (17-25, 11-25) and Chippewa Falls (12-25, 17-25).

With its performance, Wittenberg-Birnamwood took home first place in the silver bracket.

Lena vs. Coleman

Local runners lead the way at area meets

Published by admin on Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:46am

Shawano and Oconto Falls dominated the Bonduel Invitational on Sept. 12, with runners from the two schools grabbing six of the top 10 positions.

Ethan Onesti had the fastest time of 17:34.8 to lead the Hawks to a first-place finish. He was joined by teammates Will Chelberg in fourth place (19:09.9), Andon Chelberg in sixth (19:25.2) and Josiah Kuehl in seventh (19.25.3). Quinn Olson placed 13th for Shawano.

Shawano, W-B runners compete at Wausau

Published by admin on Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:31am

Leading the way at the cross country meet Sept. 14 at Horace Mann Middle School in Wausau were Shawano’s Bryant Waupoose, placing fifth among Division 1 and Division 2 boys in 12:12, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Harper Krull, placing fourth among D1 and D2 girls in 13:41.

Several hundred runners from dozens of schools participated.

Shawano boys finishing in the top 100 were Quinten Harkey in 22nd, Teagan Harkey in 30th, Nolan Stubbier in 34th, Aloysius Frechette in 47th, Blake Otto in 76th, Aiden Arrowood in 81st and Beckett Hendricks in 88th.

Recreation Scoreboard

Published by admin on Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:10am

BOWLING

Lakeshore Masters

Lakeshore Lanes, Sept. 4

Golfside 31 1

Lakeshore Lanes 26 6

Launching Pad 23 9

Dearco Dist 18 14

Brothers Pub 18 14

Becks Flooring 15 1/2 16 1/2

Rosies Railway 14 1/2 17 1/2

Medalcraft 14 18

Remis Real em Inn 12 20

Lone Wolf Design 7 25

Pin Pricks 7 25

Farmall 6 26

High team scratch games: Golfside 766, Remis Real em Inn 655, Launching Pad 639, Medalcraft 639

Shawano cross-country runners lead at Manawa

Published by admin on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 4:28pm

Shawano’s Will Chelberg finished in first place for the boys and three other boys and six girls grabbed top 10 finishes at the Manawa/Symco Invitational in Symco, hosted by Manawa High School, on Sept. 5.

Chelberg, a senior, finished in a time of 17:08.2. Fellow seniors and teammates Ethan Onesti placed second in 17:29.3 and Andon Chelberg was seventh in 19:07.6. Freshman Josiah Kuehl placed 10th in 19:28.3, and junior Trevor Schwartz was 13th in 19:59.2.