McKenna Larsen and Carly Lemke scored 18 points each and the Oconto Falls girls basketball team beat Shawano 47-28 in a Bay Conference game Friday in Shawano. Lemke, a 6-foot-1 senior forward, tallied 14 first-half points, mostly under the basket, for Oconto Falls (6-0, 3-0 Bay). “Offensively, we kind of felt she had the hot hand,” Oconto Falls coach Mike Kaczmarek Jr. said.

Bret Ash and Dewey Krueger won championships and Oconto Falls High School took third at the 15-team Brawl in the Falls wrestling tournament Saturday in Oconto Falls. Kaukauna (200.5) won the tournament, followed by Reedsville (178) and Oconto Falls (172.5). After winning the tournament four years in a row, Oconto Falls has not won the tournament the last two years.

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With 5 to 8 inches of snow expected in the region,.Shawano public schools and Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano are closing two hours early Tuesday, and afternoon Early Childhood sessions have been canceled. Menominee Indian schools and Menominee Tribal School will close at noon.

Brisk has triple-double against Gresham A career day from Ashlynn Brisk helped the Bowler High School girls basketball team beat Gresham 42-33 in a Central Wisconsin Conference-10 game Friday in Gresham. Brisk recorded 27 points, 14 steals, 13 rebounds and six assists for the Panthers (2-4, 1-3 CWC-10) in the win over Gresham (0-9, 0-5 CWC-10).

The Shawano Community High School girls basketball team couldn’t slow McKenna Larsen and Carly Lemke in a 47-28 loss Friday to Bay Conference foe Oconto Falls in Shawano. “Oconto Falls is a very tough team,” Shawano coach Ryan Koenig said. “I think they’ll be competing at the top of the conference, if not finishing at the top.” Larsen and Lemke each scored 18 points for Oconto Falls (6-0, 3-0 Bay).

Outnumbered and forced into extra playing time all season, Shawano Community High School hockey players know their struggles are helping to keep the program alive. The team, which has just 12 players from Shawano and Bonduel, is in its second year of playing a varsity reserve schedule, after leaving the Fox River Classic Conference in 2012. “A usual hockey team has a minimum of 16. We start out with 12,” coach Tommie CarlinSchauer said.

Shawano Police Department Jan. 9 Police logged 21 incidents, including the following: Assist — Police assisted Shawano County with locating a suspect in a domestic disturbance incident. Harassment — Police investigated a Facebook harassment complaint in the 400 block of East Division Street. Juvenile — Police logged two truancy complaints from Shawano Community Middle School, 1050 S.

A Seymour man was sentenced to prison Thursday for sexual assaults that took place in Shawano and Calumet counties. Norbert DeGroot, 73, was given 15 years in prison and another 10 years extended supervision for repeated sexual assault of a child. DeGroot was sentenced in Calumet County in a case that was consolidated with the Shawano County charges. In handing down his sentence, Calumet County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Froehlich called DeGroot