Jack Magnin probably didn’t know me from Adam, but I certainly knew him.

He passed away Nov. 22 at the age of 86, and his contributions to the Oconto Falls community — especially Oconto Falls High School and its athletic programs — won’t be forgotten.

Shawano/Bonduel shut out Team SEaL 4-0 on Nov. 28 at Park Falls Recreation Arena.

The hockey co-op team of Chequamegon, Phillips and Butternut played the Hawks to a scoreless first period before Shawano/Bonduel started to find the net.

The Bay Area Ice Bears girls hockey team went 3-0 in Baldwin over the Thanksgiving weekend.

The co-op team includes girls from Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Notre Dame, Green Bay Preble, Pulaski and West De Pere.

On Nov. 28, the Ice Bears opened play with an 8-2 win over the Western Wisconsin Stars.

Tuesday, Nov. 25

Wittenberg-Birnamwood coach Nick Mechelke was happy with the balanced scoring of his girls high school basketball team in the Chargers’ 69-29 rout over Wausau West.

The Chargers were easily in the lead 45-12 at the break and won the second half as well, 24-17.

Melaina Granquist led Wittenberg-Birnamwood with 22 points.

With a large crowd on hand for Alumni Night, the Shawano/Bonduel boys hockey team treated everyone to a 7-2 win over Rhinelander on Nov. 25 at the Crawford Center.

Bonduel senior Gavin Hundt scored three goals and assisted on two others.

The Hawks led 3-0 after one period and 5-1 after two periods. They outshot the Hodags 25-15 in the contest.

Legendary PBS painter Bob Ross never made a mistake while painting during his long-running “The Joy of Painting” show. He only had “happy accidents.”

A 5-point buck finally fell to my recurve bow, and it was a combination of 51 years of patience and a happy accident.