Wittenberg-Birnamwood senior Reese Dickman swam in her last home meet Oct. 2, when the Chargers hosted New London. During the break, the team recognized Dickman for her accomplishments.
The brotherhood of firefighters is legendary, and never was that bond shining stronger than in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 343 New York City firefighters.
That anniversary remains a bittersweet one for all firefighters as they recall the disaster but also the heroics displayed on an epic scale.
Shawano’s Josiah Kuehl placed fifth among small-school male runners at the Seymour Invitational on Oct. 9. His time was 17:33.4.
Also in the top 10 was teammate Aloysius Frechette, who placed ninth in 18:15.6.
Rounding out the top five for the Hawks were Teagan Harkey in 12th in 18:33.5, Beckett Hendricks in 16th in 18:41.3 and Quinten Harkey in 22nd in 18:52.6.
James Lange placed 27th, and Brayden Fish was 39th.
The Tigerton volleyball team traveled to CWC North foe Northland Lutheran for an Oct. 9 matchup that pitted two teams each sporting two conference losses so far this season.
The Tritons took down the Red Raiders 4-1 in FRCC conference play Oct. 9.
The teams traded goals in the final minutes of the first half. Leo Weber scored first for Notre Dame in the 33rd minute, and AJ Schenk got the equalizer in the 39th minute for Pulaski.
The Tritons then pulled away in the second half, getting a second goal from Weber and additional goals from Jacob Davister and Royce Lin.
Two high school football teams with identical 1-6 records – Shawano and Waupaca – faced each other Oct. 9 at Comet Field in Waupaca and ended up combining for eight touchdowns and 55 points.
Although Shawano scored on three of its first four possessions and led 21-7 at halftime, the Comets outscored the Hawks 27-0 in the second half and ended up with a 34-21 Bay Conference win.
Pulaski High School advanced one singles player and a pair of doubles teams to sectional tennis action, while Shawano had three singles players move on to the second round of the postseason.
Unfortunately, all of the girls lost in their opening matches of sectionals Oct. 8.
At No. 1 singles in Division 1, Pulaski’s Ruth Krause lost 6-0, 1-6, 10-7 to De Pere’s Lillianna Graf.
