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Adventure sports group gaining momentum

Shawano County has a variety of natural offerings for those who enjoy the outdoors, whether it’s in the water, land or air. A relatively new group, Shawano Adventure Sports, is making good use of those resources to have some fun while meeting new friends with similar interests. “The idea actually came from Matt Hendricks (Shawano parks director) in a meeting we were having about building a mountain bike trail in Shawano,” said Brian Grieves, an o
Cecil gets 10-inning Dairyland win over Nichols
June 15 Cecil 8, Nichols 7 (10 inn.) Ken Casper’s run-scoring single in the bottom of the 10th inning broke a 7-7 tie and gave the Mudhens a home win over the Nitros. Cecil opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on an RBI single from Noah Beilfuss. Nichols took a 3-2 lead in the fourth, but the Mudhens regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning. Nichols tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth inning as Justin Krull stole home, but a Nitr
Menominee notches pair of BABA wins
East/West Division June 15 Crandon 3, Marion 1 Matt Schallhorn had two hits to help lead the Kentucks over the Meisters. Nick Schoen, Jake Westphal, Hayden Miller and Kaleb Roth had a hit for Marion. Curtis Paschen picked up the win, and Joe Weyenberg took the loss. Tigerton 9, Shawano 5 Jayden Sivertson and Tyler Steinbach led Tigerton with three and two hits, respectively, as Patrick Bailey got the win on the mound. Robert Zhukosee had two of S
Local athletes earn player of the year honors in golf, baseball, softball
Lena’s Mason Belongia is the golfer of the year for 2025 in the Marinette & Oconto Conference. Joining him on the all-conference first team were teammates Copper Demmith and Mason Spice. Tanner Behnke and Vance Turecek were named to the second team. Lena was also the conference champion. In baseball, senior Tyler Shallow was the conference player of the year.
Lena golfer takes 13th, Pulaski golfer is 17th at state
Lena’s Mason Belongia, who qualified for the state golf meet as an individual, finished the two-day event in a three-way tie for 13th place among Division 3 golfers. The WIAA boys championship was held June 9-10 at University Ridge Golf Course in Verona, near Madison. On the par-72 course, Belongia finished the first day with an 82, 10 strokes over pa and tied for 13th.
Chargers, Wildcats come up short in baseball sectional finals
Lena and Wittenberg-Birnamwood baseball teams each came within a game of advancing to the state tournament, but each was defeated June 10 in their sectional final games. Division 3 Wittenberg-Birnamwood advanced to the sectional final after beating Oconto 3-0 at Chilton High School. Seeded at the top in their bracket, the Chargers moved on to face Kewaunee, second seed in its bracket, after Kewaunee beat Chilton 1-0. Kewaunee prevailed in the sec
Riel named NEC golfer of the year
Senior Kadyn Riel, of Oconto Falls, is the conference player of the year for the North Eastern Conference all-conference golf team.
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