If the Packerland Conference is going to be like the opener, fans of the Bonduel and Oconto Falls football teams can count on a successful season.

Bonduel handed Kewaunee a 28-22 loss Sept. 4 in the conference opener for both teams, while the Panthers opened Packerland play with a 26-7 home win over Oconto in the Battle of Highway 22 game.

Saturday, Sept. 5

Shawano 2, Abbotsford 0

Shawano’s volleyball team squeaked past Abbotsford with scores of 26-24 and 25-20.

Marshfield 2, Shawano 0

The Hawks lost to their hosts by scores of 25-16 and 25-10.

Badger Amateur Baseball Association Grand Championships and the Little Falls Loggers seem to go hand-in-hand in recent years.

The Loggers handed Gresham an 8-6 defeat Sept. 6 in the BABA’s 80th Grand Championship game at Veterans Memorial Ballpark in Gresham to win their third straight title.

Shawano’s Troy Springborn and Steve Kastning each ended up with 220 points in the dire late models division, but Springborn was crowned champion in the standings after the Sept. 5 races at the Shawano Speedway. Shawano’s Brett Swedberg was in third place with 218 points.

The saddest thing I can imagine is a kid without a pocketknife.

Next in line on my Sad List would be a young hunter in the woods without a decent hunting knife (or two or three).

Growing up in the non-PC world of the 1960s and 1970s, I carried a pocketknife everywhere, including school. What self-respecting Cub Scout or Webelo would be caught without his multiblade Scout knife?

There are still a few days left in the early goose season.

The season opened Sept. 1 and runs through Sept. 15.

The early goose season has an increased daily bag limit of five Canada geese and is uniformly regulated across Wisconsin.

The regular goose season will open in the Northern and Southern Goose Zones on Sept. 16. The Mississippi River Goose Zone will open Oct. 3.