The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has selected 16 high school student-athletes from across the state who are entering their junior years to serve on the 27-member Student-Athlete Leadership Team for 2025-26. The WIAA received 150 applications this spring. The following are the names and school affiliations of the 2025-26 Student-Athlete Leadership Team sorted by district. Gillett junior Hope Soper was chosen as a new member, whil

July 6 Waupaca 2, Cecil 0 Cecil held the Dairyland League-leading Lakemen to two runs and four hits but couldn’t come up with any of their own. Winning pitcher Cam Seidl allowed two hits and struck out nine batters, while Tucker Bouche took the loss for Mudhens. Luke Behm had three of Waupaca’s four hits.

Inductees have been named for the BABA Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The BABA’s second annual Hall of Fame Banquet will be held Sept.

A Menominee tribal member who has dedicated more than 50 years of his life to the sport of boxing was among those inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. On June 7, former boxer, referee and coach Orin “Lou” Askenette was among 54 Indigenous athletes honored as the 2025 NAIA Hall of Fame inductees at a ceremony at the Oneida Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay. Askenette was a retired Oneida Nation security office

Athletes from Shawano, Tigerton and Gillett were among those competing and winning at the Badger State Games, held June 21 in Marathon City. Andre Peterson, who will be a freshman at Shawano Community High School in the fall, won first place in the triple jump and set three new personal records. Competing against other 13- and 14-year-olds, he had a new PR and won the gold in the triple jump at 35 feet, 4 inches. Peterson also had PRs when he pla

June 29 Hofa Park 7, Shawano 3 Shawano took an early lead in the top of the first inning on Tom Keszo’s sacrifice fly in Dairyland League action. Hofa Park took a 2-1 lead in the second on a triple from Brett Ellestad and RBI singles from Ethan Volz and Peyton Dorn. The Lobos used a Hofa Park error and Keszo’s single to tie the game in the next inning. Hofa Park regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single from Mason Dorn. The P