A Suring High School athlete is one of the Wisconsin students named to serve on the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) inaugural Student-Athlete Leadership Team in 2024-25. Ginger Gerndt, a Suring junior, will be one of three District 2 members. In total, there are seven districts with 27 students. The purpose of the team is to serve as ambassadors for their peers and the WIAA while learning more about the sports industry.

New London’s AA Legion team qualified for state after going undefeated in its home regional in late July. As for Shawano, the team initially lost 8-3 to Waupaca. Shawano then eliminated Antigo with a 15-4 win and also eliminated Waupaca with an 8-3 win.

When the forecast calls for snow, some of us get disgusted, discouraged and even angry at the prospect of slipping, sliding and shoveling. Members of Shawano County’s 19 snowmobiling clubs get as revved up as their high-powered, brightly colored machines in anticipation of the next winter adventure. There are about 600 miles of snowmobile trails that wind through the woods, abandoned railways and frozen lakes of the county and around every bend,