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Six area teams to suit up for 8-player football

Eight-player football gives high schools with low participation numbers and inexperienced players an opportunity to compete against similar programs in the same boat.

Take Menominee Nation High School, for example.

Feature races cancelled at Shawano Speedway

Mother Nature forced the cancellation of the feature races Aug. 1 at the Shawano Speedway, but there was still good racing action with the heat races.

In the sport modifieds division, Seymour’s Tim Jorgenson and Shawano’s Travis Rhoades won the heats.

Marion’s Dan Michonski won the first heat in the stock car division, and Shawano’s Trent Nolan captured the checkered flag in the second heat.

Leopolis gets walkoff win over Tigerton

Ryan Malueg’s walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Aug. 2 gave Leopolis a 6-5 BABA West Division win over Tigerton.

West Division

Leopolis 6, Tigerton 5

Jackson Krohn led the Bulldogs with three of his team’s 12 hits, while Malueg, Nate Laude and Riley Nietzer added two each.

Austin Hoffman had three of Tigerton’s nine hits.

Thielke’s 14 strikeouts leads Bonduel past Shawano

A big day on the mound for Bonduel’s Jett Thielke led to another Dairyland League win for the Broncos.

Thielke struck out 14 batters over six innings in a 5-2 win over Shawano on Aug. 2 at Jack Reinke Field.

Bonduel 5, Shawano 2

The Broncos improved to 13-2 in Dairyland play with a home win over the Lobos.

Bonduel improves to 12-2 in Dairyland with latest win

The Bonduel Broncos are still in the mix for a Dairyland League championship.

Bonduel hosted Pulaski on July 26 and picked up a 7-4 win over the Reds to improve to 12-2 in league play.

Bonduel 7 Pulaski 4

Jett Thielke held the Reds hitless over seven innings while striking out 16 batters. Jack Reinke and Noah Weier each pitched an inning of relief and gave up two runs.

Eland, Hatley combine for 33 hits, 29 runs

Eland and Hatley’s BABA baseball teams put up some big numbers under the lights July 24 in their North Division matchup in Eland.

The Engineers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and went on to hand the Braves a 22-7 loss in a game that included 33 hits and 29 runs.

North Division

Eland 22, Hatley 7

Swedberg wins dirt late models race

Shawano’s AJ Springborn moved up from a 10th-place start to capture the checkered flag in the 20-lap IMCA sport modifieds feature race at the Shawano Speedway on July 25.

Oconto Falls’ Cole Magnin started eighth and finished second, while Seymour Tim Jorgensen started 11th and placed third.

Gillett’s Brad Miller started on the pole and finished in four place.

Miller and Magnin won the heat races.

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