Wittenberg Enterprise & Birnamwood News

Jordan Love era in Green Bay begins

Published by admin on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 3:06pm

Now that the 2023 preseason has come and gone, the Green Bay Packers enter their first season without Aaron Rodgers under center in 18 years.

While the hype around Love is looking to be proven right more and more by day, it is going to take more than Love for the Packers to win the Super Bowl this year.

Bonduel volleyball on winning track early

Published by admin on Tue, 08/29/2023 - 11:59am

Bonduel volleyball coach Abby Reinke has her team on the winning track in the opening stages of the 2023 season.

At the Oconto Invite on Aug. 22, the Bears went 4-0 with victories over Mishicot, Valders, Oconto and Menominee Indian.

Bonduel went 2-0 against Mishicot, 25-21 and 25-16.

Hailee Thompson had 16 assists, three aces and eight digs. Audrey Weier had eight kills and nine digs. Josie Anvelink had four kills and seven digs.

It was another 2-0 win over Valders, 25-14 and 25-18.

Shawano runners take third at Terror Invite

Published by admin on Tue, 08/29/2023 - 11:56am

Shawano’s boys and girls cross country teams each finished in third place while Pulaski boys took eighth at the Appleton West Terror Invite on Aug. 25.

Shawano’s Ethan Onesti finished second overall with a time of 16:15.6, just in front of fourth-place teammate Will Chelberg and his time of 16:35.6. Trevor Schwartz was 26th at 18:13.4, Andon Chelberg placed 30th in 18:14.5 and Josiah Kuehl’s time of 18:24.8 placed him 37th.

Packers down Seahawks, finish preseason 2-1

Published by admin on Mon, 08/28/2023 - 2:10pm

A late fourth quarter interception by Packers linebacker Benny Sapp III sealed the books on a 2-1 record in the preseason for Green Bay.

The Packers took down the Seattle Seahawks 19-15 on Aug. 26 in Lambeau Field, as quarterback Jordan Love threw for 63 yards and one touchdown. Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock was the leading passer of the game though, throwing for 150 yards and one touchdown.

Chargers, Panthers win big in football

Published by admin on Mon, 08/28/2023 - 2:06pm

Coleman 30, Bonduel 12

When it comes to a non-conference football schedule, the Bonduel Bears may have one of the toughest schedules in the area. Not only did Bonduel face off with a team that landed in Level 4 last year in week one, but Coleman is no slouch either as they made Level 3 playoffs last season. The end result was a loss by the Bears on Aug. 24 as they fell to 0-2 on the season.

BABA Highlights (Sept. 1)

Published by admin on Mon, 08/28/2023 - 10:17am

Antigo/Polar 4

Little Falls 2

Antigo/Polar doubled up Little Falls in one of the BABA semifinal playoff games on Aug. 27 in Little Falls.

Jed Weix and AJ Kirsch each posted two hits for Antigo/Polar. Will Kubeny drove in a pair of runs.

Kirsch also picked up the win on the mound, striking out five batters over 7⅓ innings.

Chris Dunn took the loss on the hill. He struck out eight batters over nine innings. Kyle Finger led the team at the plate with a pair of hits.

Scandinavia 14

Springborn wins Dirt King Late Model feature

Published by admin on Mon, 08/28/2023 - 10:12am

Shawano’s own Troy Springborn won the 25-lap Dirt Kings Late Model Tour Kings Classic race on Aug. 26 at Shawano Speedway.

Jayden Schmidt was the top finisher in the IMCA Modified feature, while Logan Fleischman prevailed in the IMCA Sport Mod race. Travis VanStraten won another IMCA Stock Car feature and Taylor Junk placed first in the Might 4 class.

Springborn’s win in the Kings Classic was a tight one, as he edged Terry Casey by 0.045 seconds. Springborn started in sixth position.

‘Maturity and consistency’ key to strong offense

Published by admin on Tue, 08/22/2023 - 9:11am

It is no secret that Green Bay’s offense has a lot of questions marks, but according to offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich, those questions start to get answered through growth.

Currently on the depth chart, there is one combined start in the quarterback room and the most experienced wide receiver has just one year.

Loaded cornerback room ‘good problem to have’

Published by admin on Tue, 08/22/2023 - 8:23am

Darnell Savage has been a mainstay at the starting free safety spot for the Packers for the last couple of years, but with Adrian Amos now in New York, Savage will have a new running mate in 2023.

Bisaccia still constructing special teams units

Published by admin on Tue, 08/22/2023 - 8:19am

Since Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia joined the team, the special teams unit, which had been struggling for so many years, started to see a turn around.