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Area playoff history

Team Appear. Record

Cedar Grove 11 14-11

Elkhart Lake 5 3-5

Howards Grove 26 7-26

Kiel 7 1-7

Lutheran/Kohler 5 3-5

New Holstein 8 7-8

Oostburg 10 5-10

Ozaukee 11 3-11

Plymouth 22 10-20

Random Lake 14 11-14

Sheb. Falls 20 23-19

Sheb. North 4 0-4

Sheb. South 3 2-3

Consecutive appearances

Plymouth 10

Cedar Grove 9

Oostburg 5

Kiel 2

Ozaukee 2

Howards Grove 1

Sheboygan Falls 1

Droughts, in years

Lutheran/Kohler 12

Elkhart Lake 7

Sheboygan North 5

Random Lake 2

New Holstein 1

Sheboygan South 1

State championships

Plymouth — 1976, ’78

Sheboygan Falls — 2000

» Note — 2003 was Sheboygan Lutheran’s first season as a

varsity program; Kohler and Lutheran formed a co-op before

the 2006 season. Christian joined the co-op in 2009. The co-op

has never made the playoffs; all five appearances are from

Kohler.

AREA PLAYOFF HISTORY/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

2011

OFFENSE: QB — Kollin Neils, so.,Plymouth; RB — Alex Giles, jr., CedarGrove-Belgium; Devon Linzenmeyer, sr.,Ozaukee; WR — David Esswein, sr., Kiel;Thomas Murray, sr., Sheboygan South; TE

— Ashton Holzman, sr., Howards Grove;OL — BJ Bruggink, sr., Oostburg; JimD’Angelo, sr., Ozaukee; Ross Heginbottom,sr., Plymouth; Robby Loose, sr., CedarGrove-Belgium; Chris Peszko, sr., CedarGrove-Belgium; K — Josh Ruppel, sr., CedarGrove-Belgium; KR — Eric Roberts, jr.,Plymouth; PR — Bobby Musil, sr., Sheboy-gan FallsDEFENSE: DL — Sawyer Bruggink, sr.,Plymouth; Blake Herbert, sr., SheboyganSouth; Michael Krueger, sr., Lutheran/Kohler/Christian; Matt Mueller, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium; Brandon Sipple, sr., SheboyganNorth; LB — Hunter Buechler, sr., CedarGrove-Belgium; Owen Henrickson, jr.,Plymouth; Darren Koopman, sr., CedarGrove-Belgium; DB — Brett Erdmann, sr.,Plymouth; Nick Peterson, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium; Kyle Rentmeester, sr., ElkhartLake-Glenbeulah; P — Justin Lunde, sr.,Random Lake

2010

OFFENSE: QB — Ethan Berlin, sr.,Sheboygan South; RB — Devon Lin-zenmeyer, jr., Ozaukee; Hayden Potts, sr.,Plymouth; WR — Riley Tutas, sr., Sheboy-gan South; Matt Wleklinski, sr., HowardsGrove; TE — Alex Grahn, sr., Plymouth; OL

— Austin Meyer, sr., Plymouth; Nate Sell,sr., Kiel; Fletcher Bayens, sr., SheboyganNorth; Ray Wittneben, sr., Oostburg; AndyVan Ess, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium; K —Sam Schouten, sr., Oostburg; KR/PR —Jake Stengel, sr., Sheboygan North.DEFENSE: DL — Zach Brill, sr., Oostburg;Brad Hanson, sr., Plymouth; Travis Barber,sr., South; Travis Steffen, sr., New Holstein;LB — Dustin Veldboom, sr., Oostburg;Cody Thede, sr., New Holstein; JamesLanser, sr., Sheboygan South; BrockReichardt, sr., Plymouth; DB — Trevor Thiel,sr., Plymouth; Isaiah Herzog, sr., Kiel; MikeKeller, sr., Oostburg; P — Brandon Riesterer,sr., Kiel

2009

OFFENSE: QB — Jon Criter, sr., Plymouth;RB — Nic Vrubley, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium; Hayden Potts, jr., Plymouth; WR

— Jake Stengel, jr., Sheboygan North; RileyTutas, jr., Sheboygan South; TE — AndyPohl, sr., Random Lake; OL — TylerWeavers, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium; JonPetrie, sr., Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah; CraigSchumacher, sr., Oostburg; Josh Hunter, sr.,Plymouth; Ryan Schmitz, sr., Plymouth; PK

— Brandon Riesterer, jr., Kiel; KR — JakeEntringer, jr., New Holstein; PR — MikeVerfuerth, sr., Howards Grove.

DEFENSE: DL — Wayne Paulus, sr.,Cedar Grove-Belgium; Aaron Bley, sr., CedarGrove-Belgium; Jake Bradley, sr., Plymouth;Brandon Ermer, sr., Plymouth; LB — IanMurray, sr., Plymouth; Spencer Jacque, sr.,Cedar Grove-Belgium; Zach Morgen, sr.,Howards Grove; Austin Polster, sr., NewHolstein; DB — Luke Menzel, sr., Oostburg;Erik Walters, sr., Sheboygan South; JakeNavarro, sr., Random Lake; P — TannerDaugherty, sr., Sheboygan North.

2008

OFFENSE: QB — Jon Criter, jr., Plymouth;RB – Brandon Garcia, sr., Cedar Grove;Elliot Thieleke, sr., Howards Grove; WR –Curtis Wilson, sr., Sheboygan South; ErikWest, sr., Plymouth; TE – Josh Peterson, sr.,Cedar Grove-Belgium; OL – Wayne Paulus,jr., Cedar Grove-Belgium; Jimmy Hall, sr.,Howards Grove; James Boutelle, sr.,Sheboygan South; Tyler Weavers, jr., CedarGrove-Belgium; Matt Lechler, sr., NewHolstein; K – Jordi Heginbottom, sr.,Plymouth; KR – Steven Kopitzke, sr., ElkhartLakeDEFENSE: DL – Spencer VerVelde, sr.,Oostburg; Brian Gottowski, sr., SheboyganNorth; Cullin Conklin, sr., Sheboygan Falls;Chris Peterson, sr., Cedar Grove-Belgium;LB – Codi Klapperich, sr., New Holstein; IanMurray, jr., Plymouth; Spencer Jacque, jr.,Cedar Grove-Belgium; Evan Brill, sr.,Oostburg; DB – Jordan Pethan, sr., Chilton;Parker Schrage, sr., New Holstein; SpencerPlier, sr., Random Lake; P – BrandonMatznik, sr., Kiel; PR – Matt TeBeest, sr.,Oostburg

2007

OFFENSE: QB — Joe Hansen, HowardsGrove; RB — Ray Smith, Sheboygan South;Kevin Feick, Plymouth; Brandon Garcia,Cedar Grove-Belgium; OL — BrandonKrupp, Chilton; James Boutelle, SheboyganSouth; Nathan Grossenbach, Oostburg;Matt Lechler, New Holstein; Kyle Narveson,Random Lake; WR — Nick Horneck,Plymouth; TE — Josh Peterson, CedarGrove-BelgiumDEFENSE: DL — Ryan Sommer, RandomLake; Kurt Mayer, New Holstein; JeremyMueller, Random Lake; Jake Dommer,Ozaukee; LB — Matt Preissner, NewHolstein; Colby Nennig, Howards Grove;Steve Bochte, Sheboygan South; DB —Charlie Risse, Sheboygan South; Shaun Brill,Oostburg; Zach Groeschl, Chilton; ParkerSchrage, New Holstein; K — Jordi Hegin-bottom, Plymouth; P — Nohl Depies,Sheboygan North; KR — Spencer Plier,Random Lake; PR — Andrew Verfuerth,Howards Grove.

2006

OFFENSE: QB — Tyler Morgen, Howards

Grove; RB — Joe Burton, Cedar Grove-Belgium; Dan Hansmann, Plymouth; OL —Matt Harrington, Plymouth; Ross Obbink,Cedar Grove-Belgium; Mark Robitaille,Sheboygan North; Brandon Krupp, Chilton;Tyler Courtright, Sheboygan South; WR —Kyle Bitter, Howards Grove; Ryan Pribek,Sheboygan Falls; TE — Andy Lanser,Sheboygan South; K — Corey Mathes, Kiel;KR — James Degeneffe, Chilton; PR —Mitch Lubner, Ozaukee.DEFENSE: DL — Ben Ruh, Kiel; EricThieme, Plymouth; Mark Zimmer, CedarGrove-Belgium; LB — Nick Kampfer,Plymouth; Ben Gries, Kiel; Kyle Roy, RandomLake; Tony Hoitink, Sheboygan South; DB

— Jacob Juedes, Sheboygan Falls; B.J.Meyers, Chilton; Nate Hummitzsch,Sheboygan North; Jeremy Heimerl, RandomLake; P — Tony Propson, Chilton

2005

OFFENSE: QB — Evan Walsh, Kiel; RB

— Tyler Thede, Sheboygan Falls; JordanEhlen, Random Lake; OL — John Lindsay,Sheboygan South; Tom Wetor, Ozaukee; B.J.Hilbelink, Cedar Grove-Belgium; MattHarrington, Plymouth; Alex Hinze, Sheboy-gan North; TE — Nic Weyker, RandomLake; WR — Bryan Krizek, Cedar Grove-Belgium; T.J. Radloff, Sheboygan Lutheran;Eric Hoefler, Kiel; K — Jon Iserloth,PlymouthDEFENSE: DL — James Miller, RandomLake; Sean McGee, Sheboygan North; BenRuh, Kiel; LB — Andy Papendieck, Chilton;Eric Rooker, Sheboygan Falls; Taylor Jacque,Cedar Grove-Belgium; Ben Hendricks,Sheboygan South; DB — Jacob Juedes,Sheboygan Falls; Tyler Niedfeldt, Plymouth;Eric Matth, Sheboygan South; JamaulJohnson, Sheboygan South; P — JoshGilson, Sheboygan North

2003

OFFENSE: QB — Tim Stubbe, SheboyganSouth; RB — Eric Donoval, SheboyganSouth; Josh Dieringer, Ozaukee; Kevin Miles,Howards Grove; OL — Rick Jones,Sheboygan South; Chris Clayton, Plymouth;Chris Hemauer, Plymouth; Jon Apitz, Kohler;Ross Schladweiler, Oostburg; TE — MikeMayer, Chilton; WR — Brian Herman,Sheboygan North; K — Josh Sippel,PlymouthDEFENSE: DL — Jeremy Gregoire,Sheboygan Falls; Jacob Pfeiffer, SheboyganSouth; Steve Zaletel, Sheboygan South; LB

— Jeff Prange, Plymouth; Jeremy Schmidt,Plymouth; Will Hartmann, SheboyganSouth; DB — Mike Molter, Cedar Grove-Belgium; Abe Schwinn, Howards Grove;Allen Conrad, Sheboygan South; MitchAdams, Plymouth; P — Andy Wolf,Sheboygan Falls

RECENT SHEBOYGAN PRESS ALL-AREA TEAMS/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

4. Sheboygan North

8. Sheboygan South

10. Plymouth

12. Sheboygan Falls

14. Kiel

18. New Holstein

20. Cedar Grove

22. Elkhart Lake

24. Howards Grove

26. Oostburg

28. Ozaukee

30. Random Lake

TEAM INDEX/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

PRESEASON FORMIDABLE FIVE/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Writing

McLean BennettGarrett RenzelmannAdam Thompson

Editing

McLean BennettGarrett RenzelmannAdam Thompson

Design/layout

Katie RedfernGarrett Renzelmann

Photos

Bruce Halmo (cover)Gary C. Klein

OUR STAFF/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

PHOTO BY BRUCE HALMO/THE

SHEBOYGAN PRESS

1. Cedar Grove-Bel.

(12-1 last season)

2. Plymouth (7-3)

3. Sheb. Falls (5-5)

4. Oostburg (7-3)

5. Sheb. South (2-7)

www.sheboyganpress.com The Sheboygan Press, Friday, August 24, 2012 C3PREP FOOTBALL 2012

CEDAR GROVE — ChrisZablocki knew he hadsomething special on hishands a few years ago.

Cedar Grove-Bel-gium’s football coachalready had a stellarprogram fresh off a stateappearance in 2008 andwith a reputation forrushing the ball. He hard-ly needed to import anout-of-town runningback.

But some kid, just asophomore, showed up toschool in the fall of 2010after his family moved tothe area from Manito-woc. Zablocki’s footballprogram hasn’t been thesame since.

In just his first gamewith the Rockets, AlexGiles ran for a jarring180 yards on 16 carriesagainst Random Lake(the Rockets won handily,33-7). By halftime, he’drushed for four touch-downs — including oneon a 54-yard run andanother on a 44-yardcarry.

“I saw a lot of talentthere,” Zablocki saidafter a team practiceearlier this month.

“Alex is an exception-al young man,” he noted.“He’s a great leader.”

As a junior, he rackedup more than 2,600 yardsrushing (averaging near-ly 10 yards a carry) and36 touchdowns. He addedfour TD receptions and apair of kickoff returnsfor scores. Giles cappedhis season with an al-

most-400-yard rushingand six-score perfor-mance in a 49-48 lossagainst Lancaster in aDivision 5 State Champi-onship qualifier.

A few people, itseems, have started tak-ing notice of the Rockets’rising star.

Giles was one of justnine juniors named lastfall to the WisconsinFootball Coaches Associ-ation’s first-team All-State roster. The Associ-ated Press named him to

its own first-team All-State squad as well.

And Zablocki saidseveral big-name uni-versities — includingBig-10 schools Minnesotaand Indiana — haveshown interest in recruit-ing the senior.

“I never dreamed thatI would have been in thisposition, getting All-Statelast year and having theseason we did and com-ing out and just perform-ing,” Giles said.

“Minnesota and Indi-

ana and them, we email,me and the coaches, weemail back and forth,always keeping in touch,”Giles added, noting he’slooking for a college thatwill “give me a shot to bethe best I can be” whilealso providing a goodeducation.

“I don’t have to bewith the best (football)program.”

Part of his success,Zablocki said, lies inGiles’ natural talent. Thesenior, he said, has “a

specific skill set” and is“football smart.”

But he’s also a hardworker, dedicated in theweight room and vigor-ous on the practice field.

“He outworks every-one,” Zablocki said.

Giles said he es-chewed hitting theweights as a freshman,but has since turned theweight room into a sortof home away fromhome, going there evenwhen his friends aren’twilling to go with him.

“There were a coupletimes even this summerwhere the weight roomwas open, and I’d be oneof the only guys in therefor like an hour at atime,” he said. “It’d justbe me.

“When I was younger,I always wanted to bethat best player on thefield. And it came downto working in the weightroom, doing stuff whenother people didn’t wantto do it. … And I guessnow it’s just paying off.”

COVER STORY

Giles back, ready to rollAfter big2011, seniorset for finalcampaignBy McLean Bennett

[email protected]

After rushing for more than 2,600 yards and scoring 42 touchdowns in 2011, Cedar Grove’s Alex Giles is poised for his senior season. PRESS FILE PHOTO


PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(I formation)

QB — Aaron Peterson, sr.;

Jacob Schmidt, jr.

RB — Daniel Wild, jr.;

Tyler VanCalligan, sr.; Abel

Madrigal, sr.; Harley Camp-

bell, jr.; Brandon Hicks, sr.

WR/TE — Nick Griess-

meyer, sr.; Austin Mork, sr.;

Noah Stengel, jr.; Karson Bell,

jr.; Mitch Wild, sr.; Matt Theo-

bald, jr.

OL — Jack Kelly, sr.; Anto-

nio Padilla, jr.; Caleb Senkbeil,

jr.; Dominic Mahn, sr.; Sam

Pelzel, jr.

Defense

(4-3)

DL — Kelly; Andrew

Grunow, jr.; Daniel Mobley,

sr.; Mahn; Pelzel; Taylor The-

mar, jr.; Hicks

LB — Trevor Peters, sr.;

Madrigal; Bell; Tommy

Wright, sr.; Campbell; Wild

DB — Campbell; VanCalli-

gan; Stengel; Mork

AaronPeterson

Danny Wild

Karson Bell TrevorPeters

2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Today — at Pulaski

Aug. 31 — Manitowoc

Sept. 7 — at De Pere

Sept. 14 — G.B. Southwest

Sept. 21 — at G.B. Preble

Sept. 29 — G.B. East, 1 p.m.

Oct. 5 — at Ashwaubenon

Oct. 12 — Sheb. South

2011 RESULTS

2-7 overall

1-7 Fox River Classic

Regular season

North 54, G.B. West 0

Pulaski 14, North 2

Manitowoc 38, North 0

De Pere 7, North 0 (2OT)

G.B. Southwest 41, North 7

G.B. Preble 48, North 7

North 16, G.B. East 6

Ashwaubenon 42, North 0

South 21, North 3

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011 2-7 .222

2010 3-6 .333

2009 3-6 .333

2008 1-8 .111

2007 0-9 .000

2006-x 4-6 .400

2005 1-8 .111

2004 2-7 .222

2003 3-6 .333

2002 2-7 .222

Total 21-70 .231

x-playoff berth

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Second

Record: 2-7

Playoff appearances: 0

Conference titles: 0

KarlNienhuis

huis said.But if the Raiders

want to become morecompetitive in theirgames this year, the of-fense has to pick up theslack. After putting up 54points in the season open-er, North scored just 35points in its final eightgames.

“We tweaked (theoffense) a little bit,”Nienhuis said. “We’regoing to run out of the ‘I’,run an open set andthrow the ball around alittle bit.

“We’ll have a lot ofdepth at our skill posi-tions, guys who put in alot of work in open gyms.The skill position compe-tition should be prettygood this year; last year I

It didn’t take long forSheboygan North footballcoach Karl Nienhuis toget his first-ever win lastyear.

However, getting winNo. 2 was much morechallenging.

The Golden Raidersopened the 2011 seasonwith a rousing 54-0 rompover Green Bay West,but followed that withfive-straight losses be-fore finally breakingthrough with a 16-6 winover Green Bay East.

“We’re determined toput things on the righttrack,” Nienhuis said. “Idon’t know if that’s real-istic for this year or not,but the kids are workinghard.”

Turning around a pro-gram that has just fourplayoff appearances inthe 36-year history of theWIAA postseason isn’teasy. It’s not somethingthat can be done over-night.

“I think we had a greatoffseason,” said Nien-huis. “The coaching staffreally worked hard andso did the players. We putin some new weightlift-ing stuff. We’re lookingfor some improvementon all levels this year.”

North’s strength lastfall was its defense, aunit that held opponentsto 14 or fewer points fourtimes.

Karson Bell, TrevorPeters and Abel Madrigalare sure tacklers that arethe backbone of the de-fense.

“(They) hit people,cause turnovers,” Nien-

didn’t think we had asmany options.”

Senior quarterbackAaron Peterson returns,and junior running backDanny Wild is a hardrunner whom Nienhuis isexcited to watch thisyear.

“Peterson had a goodoffseason,” said Nien-huis. “He’s got a lot ofexperience, reallyworked hard. He looksgood, smart and his armstrength has improved.”

North is up in num-bers, and a strong juniorclass could help lead theway towards a playoffberth.

“We’re doing good,”Nienhuis said. “We’veprobably talked lessabout (the playoffs) since

I took over. I think thekids understanding that(a playoff berth) comesthrough the weight roomand comes through play-ing together is how youreach those goals.”

With an eight-gameschedule this year —meaning no non-confer-ence game — and schoolslike Pulaski, Manitowoc,Green Bay Southwest,Green Bay Preble andAshwaubenon on theslate, it won’t be a walk inthe park to get to theplayoffs. But Nienhuis iscomfortable with wherehis team is at.

“We fell good aboutwhere we’re moving,”said Nienhuis. “It’s atough conference, wewant to close the gap.”

Turning the tide

Under second-year head coach Karl Nienhuis, Sheboygan North looks to improve upon its2-7 record in 2011. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

By Garrett Renzelmann

[email protected]

1042 School Ave. GOLDEN RAIDERS www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/north

SHEBOYGAN NORTH

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(Last 10 years)

FRVC/FRCC

2011 — Manitowoc (8-0)

2010 — Ashwaubenon (8-0)

2009 — Bay Port (7-1)

2008 — Green Bay Notre Dame (8-0)

2007 — Ashwaubenon (7-1); Bay Port (7-1); De Pere (7-1)

2006 — Green Bay Notre Dame (6-1); Manitowoc (6-1)

2005 — Green Bay Preble (7-0)

2004 — Sheboygan South (7-0)

2003 — Green Bay Notre Dame (7-0)

2002 — Green Bay Preble (7-0)

EWC

2011 — Kewaskum (7-0)

2010 — Plymouth (7-0)

2009 — Plymouth (7-0)

2008 — Kewaskum (7-0)

2007 — Kewaskum (7-0)

2006 — Kewaskum (6-1); Plymouth (6-1)

2005 — Kewaskum (7-0)

2004 — Plymouth (6-1); Sheboygan Falls (6-1)

2003 — Plymouth (7-0)

2002 — Campbellsport (6-1); Sheboygan Falls (6-1)

CLC

2011 — Cedar Grove (6-0)

2010 — Oostburg (7-0)



2007 — Oostburg (5-1); Random Lake (5-1)

2006 — Cedar Gr. (4-1); Howards Gr. (4-1); Random Lk. (4-1)



2003 — Ozaukee (6-1); Random Lake (6-1)

2002 — Random Lake (6-0)

PAST CONFERENCE CHAMPS/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

A Plymouth player hauls in a pass over a defender duringpractice. The Panthers have won or tied for five EasternWisconsin Conference titles in the last nine years. PHOTO BY

BRUCE HALMO/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

The football landscapefor the Sheboygan areaas well as the state willlook and feel a bit differ-ent this fall.

Just 11 area schoolswill field full, traditional11-man football teamswith a 12th — ElkhartLake-Glenbeulah — go-ing to 8-man this season.The co-op of SheboyganLutheran/Kohler/Chris-tian will only play a JVschedule due to not hav-ing enough players tofield a varsity team.

These changes, alongwith a shorter schedule— teams will play onlyeight regular-seasongames — gives the faceof prep football a bigmakeover.

Fox River ClassicConference teams won’tplay a non-conferencegame, meaning eachgame is immensely im-portant for each team’splayoff hopes.

The Central Lake-shore Conference willcompete with five teams.If this year were a reg-ular nine-game slate,CLC teams would havehad to play more non-conference games (five)than conference games(four).

It has taken plenty ofcreativity for CedarGrove-Belgium, How-ards Grove, Oostburg,Ozaukee and RandomLake to fill out theirschedules. The Rocketswill face two opponentsfrom Michigan whileOostburg is set to take onan Illinois squad. All butHowards Grove have atleast one Saturday gamescheduled.

Because of the limitednumber of teams in Wis-consin that sponsor 8-man football — just 16total —- Elkhart Lake willhave to do plenty of trav-eling for games.

Elkhart has a home-

and-home set with ThreeLakes, a four-hour busride one-way. The Resort-ers will also travel toBeaver Dam and Madi-son for games.

Another schedulingquirk happens with She-boygan North and She-boygan South on Sept. 29.

The Redwings willtravel to Manitowoc toface the Ships for theirHomecoming; Manitowochas played its Homecom-ing game on Saturdayafternoon for years.

But also taking placethat day is North’s Home-coming against GreenBay East celebrating theschool’s 75th year.

North and Southhaven’t played on thesame Saturday since Oct.15, 1994, when they facedeach other at Urban Fieldthe final year beforelights were installed.North won the game54-20.

That same year wasthe last time each statechampion played only 13games, which will nowhappen this season.

The decision to switchfrom nine games to eightwas due to the change inthe playoff schedule thatwas implemented lastyear. The old three-games-in-10-days sched-ule was ousted and eachround of the playoffs wasspaced one week apart.

Due to the change, thepostseason now takeslonger, resulting in theregular season starting

earlier. When the calen-dar falls the way it doesthis year, coaches votedto eliminate one regular-season game instead ofbeginning practice Aug.1.

Schedules will returnto nine games in 2013, butthe same issue arises in2017 and 2018, whenteams will once again beknocked down to eightgames.

By then, who knowswhat the landscape ofhigh school football inthe area and state willlook like.

COMMENTARY

Odd schedule in ’12

Sheboygan North and Sheboygan South will play on the same Saturday for the first timesince 1994. PHOTOS BY BRUCE HALMO AND GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS


HARD KNOCKS: AREA TEAMS PREPARE FOR THE SEASON/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Find a training camp photo gallery featuring area teams at sheboyganpress.com

Ozaukee players line up to run a play during practice. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

A Cedar Grove-Belgium player hauls in a pass. PHOTO BY GARY

C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

Random Lake linemen drive the sled. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

Sheboygan North players run through a drill during thefirst day of practice. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

A Howards Grove playerworks on his throwingform. PHOTO BY GARY C.

KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS


PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense (Spread)

QB — Jake Knuth, sr., 6-3,

190; Conner Harrison, so., 6-0,

165

RB — Ben Steen, sr., 5-8,

150; Boris Ristivojevic, so.,

5-11, 175; Tristan Schmidt, jr.,

5-9, 165; Andrew Wildmann,

jr., 5-9, 180

WR/TE — Taylor Gregory,

sr., 5-10, 170; Mitchell Marti-

nez, jr., 6-1, 165; Dylan Mar-

kelz, sr., 6-0, 165; Sam Selk, so.

OL — Derek McLaughlin,

sr., 6-3, 315; Devonte Jerks, jr.,

5-11, 225; Cody McLaughlin,

jr., 6-0, 190; John Sullivan, jr.,

5-11, 245; Jake Miller, jr., 6-4,

265

K — Robert Hoffmann, jr.,

5-9, 165

Defense (4-3)

DL — Matt Fox, sr., 6-0,

250; Tanor Martens, sr., 5-10,

175; Jeremiah Henderson, sr.,

6-0, 325; Steve Rodriguez, jr.,

5-11, 200

LB — Dakota Gamez, sr.,

5-9, 180; Forest Martinez, sr.,

5-11, 215; Dylan Kummerow,

jr., 5-11, 190

DB — John Raff, sr., 5-9,

155; Emmett Dean, jr., 5-6,

130; Schmidt; Alex Schieble,

sr., 5-10, 165

P — Hoffmann

KR/PR — Schmidt; Steen

JeremiahHenderson

Jake Knuth

ForestMartinez

Ben Steen

2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Today — G.B. West

Aug. 31 — at G.B. Preble

Sept. 7 — G.B. East

Sept. 14 — at Notre Dame

Sept. 21 — De Pere

Sept. 29 — at Manitowoc, 1

p.m.

Oct. 5 — Bay Port

Oct. 12 — at Sheb. North

2011 RESULTS

2-7 overall

2-6 Fox River Classic

Regular season

Pulaski 41, South 14

South 48, G.B. West 0

G.B. Preble 28, South 14

G.B. East 33, South 28

Notre Dame 53, South 35

De Pere 24, South 14

Manitowoc 38, South 6

Bay Port 17, South 14

South 21, North 3

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011 2-7 .222

2010-x 5-5 .500

2009 2-7 .222

2008 3-6 .333

2007 4-5 .444

2006 2-7 .222

2005 4-5 .444

2004-xy 11-1 .917

2003-x 6-4 .600

2002 3-6 .333

Total 42-53 .442

x-playoff berth

y-conference champi-

onship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Eighth

Record: 22-42


(0-1)


Chris Hein

Three times last sea-son, Sheboygan South’sfootball team was eithertied or trailing by onescore in the fourth quar-ter and lost.

Change those defeatsto victories, and the Red-wings would have earneda second-straight trip tothe WIAA postseason.

Instead, South fin-ished 2-7 overall, 2-6 inthe Fox River ClassicConference a year aftermaking just the thirdplayoff appearance inschool history in 2010.

“We were so younglast year,” eighth-yearhead coach Chris Heinsaid. “(This year) we feellike we have a nice nucle-us back.”

Six starters return ondefense and seven play-ers are back that sawextensive playing time,

giving Hein and hiscoaching staff confi-dence the Redwings willbe improved on that sideof the ball.

“We’re looking to im-prove on defense,” saidHein. “That’s one thingwe really struggled withlast year. We have allthree linebackers back,two defensive linemenback and a secondaryplayer. That’s one areawe can improve.”

Offense hasn’t been aproblem for South; theRedwings have averagedmore than 21 points agame each of the pasttwo seasons with itsdeadly spread attack.

This year, South willlook to be under centermore than in the past,hopefully creating abetter balance betweenthe run and the pass.

“We really want to runthe ball better this year,”Hein said. “We led the

conference in passing thelast two years. I’ve al-ways felt you have to runthe ball to win champi-onships.”

Jake Knuth won anopen competition for thestarting quarterbackspot, a position he playedhis freshman year beforeplaying tight end/receiv-er the past two.

“This year we left itwide open,” said Hein.“Jake and I were talkingthis spring, he said hewas interested in the spotso I told him I’d give hima shot. He has the mostswagger, he’s been themost secure with the ball,he commands the huddlethe best. He won the job.”

Knuth will have plentyof options, with talentedreceivers Taylor Gregoryand Mitchell Martinez onthe outside and a trio ofrunning backs in BenSteen, Tristan Schmidtand Boris Ristivojevic.

There’s also fullbackAndrew Wildmann,whom Hein called “oneof the best all-aroundplayers on the team.”

“We have three tail-backs that we love,” Heinsaid. “And great athletesat wide receiver.”

A favorable homeschedule — South hostsGreen Bay West, GreenBay East, De Pere andBay Port (combined 10-28in 2011) — and plenty ofreturning experiencehave the Redwings think-ing playoffs.

“We have the mostreturning starters out ofany team on our sched-ule,” said Hein. “We feellike we have a chance toget back into the playoffsthis year. We definitelywant to have a winningrecord at home.

“We have to finishgames, we just have tocapitalize when the op-portunities come.”

Wealth of experience

SHEBOYGAN SOUTH3121 S. 12th St. REDWINGS www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/south

After making the playoffs in 2010, Sheboygan South fell to 2-7 a year ago. With 11 returning starters, the Redwings arehoping for another postseason run this fall. PHOTO BY BRUCE HALMO/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

By Garrett Renzelmann

[email protected]

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Spread)

QB — Kollin Neils, jr., 6-2,

170; Zac Cain, so., 6-4, 190

RB — Eric Roberts, sr.,

5-10, 165; Cory Unger, sr., 5-11,

175; Owen Henricksen, sr.,

6-2, 210

WR/TE — Clay Henning,

jr., 6-0, 165; Eric Leinen, sr.,

6-0, 160; Tyler Willeford, so.,

5-11, 190; Ben Albers, jr., 6-2,

170

OL — Zack Bradley, jr., 6-1,

220; Denton Saladini, jr., 5-11,

190; Luke Held, jr., 5-11, 220;

Jordan Mueller, sr., 6-4, 260;

Brant Urner, sr., 6-4, 195;

Mason Miller, jr., 6-0, 180;

Cody Hoffmann, jr., 5-11, 170

K — Jack Heginbottom,

jr., 5-11, 160

Defense

(3-5)

DL — Mueller; Bradley;

Westley Meinnert, jr., 6-3, 230

LB — Henriksen; Wille-

ford; Jake Ohman, sr., 5-8,

165; Unger; Roberts; Cody

Molkenthine, sr., 6-0, 175

DB — Dylan Tripoli, sr.,

5-10, 160; Leinen; Andrew

Meyer, sr., 6-1, 175; Collin

Denzin, jr., 5-11, 160; Matt

Rhude, sr., 6-1, 160

P — Neils

OwenHenriksen

JordanMueller

Kollin Neils Eric Roberts


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

Today — Grafton

Aug. 31 — at Sheb. Falls

Sept. 7 — New Holstein

Sept. 14 — Waupun

Sept. 21 — at Kiel

Sept. 28 — Campbellsport

Oct. 5 — Kewaskum

Oct. 12 — at Two Rivers

2011 RESULTS

7 -3 overall

6-1 Eastern Wisconsin

Regular season

Hamilton 27, Plymouth 13

Plymouth 35, Grafton 0

Plymouth 49, Sheb. Falls 13

Plymouth 48, N. Holstein 12

Plymouth 48, Waupun 0

Plymouth 40, Kiel 7

Plymouth 28, C’port 0

Kewaskum 33, Plymouth 21

Plymouth 35, Two Rivers 14

Playoffs

L-C 27, Plymouth 21 (OT)

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-x 7-3 .700

2010-xy 9-2 .818

2009-xy 9-2 .818

2008-x 5-5 .500

2007-x 5-5 .500

2006-xy 6-4 .600

2005-x 4-6 .400

2004-xy 8-3 .727

2003-xy 7-3 .700

2002-x 7-4 .636

Total 67-37 .644

x-playoff berth


onship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Sixth

Record: 35-17


(2-5)


Dan Knaus

though, never lastingmore than two games.Plymouth dropped out inthe first round last yearafter advancing onegame further each of theprevious two seasons.

“I would like to godeep in the playoffs. Getpast the second round,and then go from there Iguess,” senior linebackerOwen Henricksen said.“I’d say that’d be my

PLYMOUTH — A fewyears after Vince Lom-bardi’s boys hoisted thefirst-ever Super Bowltrophy, a much-youngerbunch of football playersfrom about an hour southof Green Bay were lift-ing up their own first-ever prize.

Plymouth won a Divi-sion 3 state title in 1976,the first year the WIAAsponsored a state footballtournament. Two yearslater, the team capped anundefeated season withanother state trophy,practically cementingthe central SheboyganCounty town as one of theWIAA’s first state foot-ball powerhouses.

“There’s great tradi-tion there,” Pantherscoach Dan Knaus saidrecently, referring to histeam’s decades-old lega-cy that still lingers onsome area football fans’minds.

The Panthers haven’tplayed in a state titlegame since 1978, thoughthey’ve been knocking onthe proverbial door for along time. The teamdidn’t make a single play-off appearance throughthe 1980s, but has madepostseason runs in all buttwo years since 1991(they missed the playoffsin 1993 and 2001).

Those playoff runshave all been short-lived

biggest goal: winningconference and getting tothe third round of theplayoffs.”

Besides constructing adeep postseason run,players have at least oneother goal this year: ThePanthers, who haveearned a reputation re-cently as one of the East-ern Wisconsin Confer-ence’s perennial teams tobeat, settled for second

place in the standingslast fall behind Kewas-kum; the team’s dead-seton retaking the confer-ence reins this year. (ThePanthers were confer-ence champs in 2009 and’10.)

“Our coaches everyyear have been settingeach team up every yearto win the conferencechampionship,” seniorrunning back Eric Rob-erts said. “And we werejust short last year, wewon it the year before, sothis year we’d like to getit back.”

Players, then, have ashort — but ambitious —to-do list this fall: First,take the conferencechampionship; then, getat least three (or four)games into the playoffs.

Knaus, though, knowsthere’s another goal somePlymouth old-timerswould like to see theteam accomplish: Re-catapulting the Panthersto their 1970s glory days.

“The communityknows — it’s dying foranother opportunity toget to (a state champi-onship),” Knaus said.“We’re trying to build theprogram back so we canget the community backthere.”

It took the Packers afew decades to get athird Super Bowl ringafter winning a pair inthe 1960s. Plymouth, itseems, is due for a re-turn.

Knocking on the door

By McLean Bennett

[email protected]

125 Highland Ave. PANTHERS www.plymouth.k12.wi.us

PLYMOUTH

Plymouth has qualified for the playoffs in each of the past10 seasons, but has yet to advance past Level 2. PHOTO BY


PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(I formation)

QB — Nick Peterson, jr.,

5-11, 156; Ryan Halverson, jr.,

6-1, 170

RB — Tyler Chappa, jr.,

6-0, 170; Eric Klemme, jr., 5-6,

160; Sean McKinster, sr., 5-11,

170; Drew Setzer, sr., 6-3, 210;

Brady Mauer, jr., 6-0, 175

WR/TE — Max Hilbert, sr.,

6-2, 180; Josh Rostek, jr., 6-1,

185; Ben Washatko, sr., 5-11,

185; Brandon Broetzmann, sr.,

6-1, 155

OL — Tyler Testroete, sr.,

6-4, 285; Cam West, jr., 6-2,

210; Joe Pedroni, sr., 5-10,

290; Jake Kisiolek, jr., 6-1, 210;

Dalton Winter, so., 6-1, 260;

Kyle McCarty, sr., 5-11, 170

K — Will Meyer, sr., 6-2,

170

Defense

(3-5)

DL — Testroete; Hilbert;

James Lorenz, jr., 6-4, 185;

Pedroni

LB — Rostek; Setzer;

McCarty; Mauer; Washatko;

Klemme

DB — Chappa; Meyer;

Halverson; Broetzmann

P — Meyer

KR/PR — Chappa; McKin-

ster; Halverson

TylerChappa

Josh Rostek

DrewSetzer

TylerTestroete


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

Today — at Mayville

Aug. 31 — Plymouth

Sept. 7 — Campbellsport

Sept. 14 — at New Holstein

Sept. 21 — at Two Rivers

Sept. 28 — Kiel

Oct. 5 — Waupun

Oct. 12 — at Kewaskum

2011 RESULTS

5-5 overall


Regular season

Elkhorn 19, Sheb. Falls 13

Sheb. Falls 47, NEW Luth. 6

Plymouth 49, Sheb. Falls 13

C’port 34, Sheb. Falls 20

Sheb. Falls 41, N. Holstein 20

Sheb. Falls 21, Two Rivers 16

Sheb. Falls 17, Kiel 14

Sheb. Falls 29, Waupun 21

Kewaskum 34, Sheb. Falls 3

Playoffs

Waupaca 44, Sheb. Falls 0

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-x 5-5 .500

2010 1-8 .111

2009 4-5 .444

2008 5-4 .556

2007 4-5 .444

2006-x 6-4 .600

2005-x 7-3 .700

2004-xy 9-3 .750

2003-x 6-4 .600

2002-xy 8-2 .800

Total 55-43 .561

x-playoff berth


onship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Second

Record: 5-5


(0-1)


Brian Berlin

McCarty (5-11, 180), theFalcons are switching toa 3-5 defense.

“Our linebacker crewis really the strength ofour defense right now,”Berlin said. “Testroete isour nose (tackle) andreally brings a lot ofchaos up the middle.”

Starting quarterbackNick Peterson is back,and a crowded backfieldof Eric Klemme, SeanMcKinster and TylerChappa give the Falconsplenty of options offen-sively.

“I really feel like withthose three and the guysbehind them,” said Ber-lin, “I feel like I’ve gotsix guys I can throw inthere. There’s definitelya lot more competition atthose positions this year.”

With increased num-bers — even a few soccer

Now Falls is looking totake the next step, be-coming an annual playoffteam and challenging fora conference title.

“I just think with thecarry-over with thecoaching staff and theconsistency there,” Ber-lin said, “with so manyguys coming back we’veprogressed a lot quickeron both sides of the ball(this year). We’re aheadof the curve.”

Anchoring the offen-sive and defensive linesis 6-foot-4, 285-poundsenior Tyler Testroete —a second-team All-EWCpick on offense and hon-orable mention on de-fense a year ago.

Due to a deep line-backer corps, whichincludes Drew Setzer(6-3, 210), Josh Rostek(6-1, 185) and Kyle

A year ago, SheboyganFalls’ football team end-ed a four-year hiatusfrom the WIAA postsea-son under then-first-yearhead coach Brian Berlin.

And while a return tothe playoffs was a wel-come sight in Falls, itwasn’t always pretty inthe beginning.

The Falcons openedthe 2011 campaign with a19-13 loss to Elkhorn.Then after an easy 47-6win over Green BayNEW Lutheran, Fallsdropped a 49-13 decisionto rival Plymouth, whichwas followed by a 34-20setback against Camp-bellsport.

“We had a new coach-ing staff, new system,low numbers, all of thatworking against us,”Berlin said. “It was alittle bit of a hurdle lastyear to get things going.”

Sitting at 1-3 overalland 0-2 in the EasternWisconsin Conference, itappeared Falls was goingto miss the playoffs forthe fifth straight year.

But that’s when it allturned around.

The Falcons ripped offfour wins in a row, in-cluding back-to-back,down-to-the-wire victo-ries over Two Rivers(21-16) and Kiel (17-14).That qualified Falls forthe postseason, a place ithadn’t been since 2006.

“Within the communi-ty, you could just feel theenthusiasm after theyear was over,” said Ber-lin. “The enthusiasm,community support rap-idly improved.”

players who are out forfootball for their senioryear — the Falcons seempoised to take the nextstep towards returning totheir dominant form,when they qualified forthe playoffs 19 times in22 years.

“Taking the next step,that’s the mission thisyear,” Berlin said. “Ithought we really over-achieved last year withthe hand that we weredealt. I told the team thisyear, I’ve never seen ateam come together sofast in two-a-days, andnot care about them-selves, care about theteam.

“I grew up in Falls,and football was the bigsport forever. It’s start-ing to feel like we’removing towards thatagain.”

The next stepBy Garrett Renzelmann

[email protected]

Sheboygan Falls ended a four-year absence from the WIAA postseason last year. PHOTO BY


220 Amherst Ave. FALCONS www.sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us

SHEBOYGAN FALLS

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Flex-bone)

QB — Jack Meunier, so.;

Evan Nordby, sr.

RB — Aaron Field, jr.;

Tanner Woepse, so.; Austin

Field, sr.; Brandon Bonde, so.;

Dakota Marksman, jr.; Justin

Bertram, so.

WR/TE — Jake Groth, sr.;

Austin Lieburn, jr.; Jacob

Winkel, jr.; Jesus Sandoval,

so.; Calvin Winkel, sr.

OL — Trevor Agnew, so.;

Brenden Meyer, sr.; Brock

Schneider, jr.; Seth Woods, sr.;

Jordan Meyer, sr.; Zackary

Vogel, so.; Storm Blanke, so.;

Turner Wedge, sr.; Matthew

Halverson, jr.; Adam Hecker,

jr.

Defense

(3-5)

DL — Halverson; Schneid-

er; Woods; Au. Field; Joshua

Scharenbroch, jr.; Jason Nen-

nig, jr.

LB — J. Winkel; Bertram;

Hecker; Bryce Gannigan, so.;

Dusten Landolt, sr.; B. Meyer;

J. Meyer; Marksman

DB — Groth; Cole Voelker,

sr.; C. Winkel; Aa. Field; San-

doval; Meunier

Jake Groth DakotaMarksman

JackMeunier

JordanMeyer


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

Today — Howards Grove

Aug. 31 — at Waupun

Sept. 7 — at Kewaskum

Sept. 14 — Two Rivers

Sept. 21 — Plymouth

Sept. 28 — at Sheb. Falls

Oct. 5 — at Campbellsport

Oct. 12 — New Holstein

2011 RESULTS

6-4 overall


Regular season

Kiel 32, Peshtigo 20

Kiel 48, Howards Grove 21

Kiel 20, Waupun 12

Kewaskum 53, Kiel 12

Kiel 30, Two Rivers 12

Plymouth 40, Kiel 7

Sheb. Falls 17, Kiel 14

Kiel 21, Campbellsport 20

Kiel 33, New Holstein 0

Playoffs

Sturgeon Bay 22, Kiel 13

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-x 6-4 .600

2010-x 7-4 .636

2009 5-4 .556

2008 4-5 .444

2007 2-7 .222

2006-x 5-5 .500

2005 4-5 .444

2004 0-9 .000

2003 1-8 .111

2002 2-7 .222

Total 36-58 .383

x-playoff berth

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Fourth

Record: 17-12


(1-2)


ChrisBennin

game, but he’s only asophomore,” said Bennin.“Jack’s really picking upon it quick.”

Speed will be the keyat the skill positions, withAaron and Austin Fieldexpected to get touches.

“They’re extremelyfast and agile,” Benninsaid of the Fields, ac-complished gymnastswith the YMCA program.“We’re excited to havetheir speed on the field.”

On defense, Kielshould be anchored byMeyer, a returning All-EWC lineman — “greatshape, extremely quick,physically strong,” saidBennin — and Groth, areturning All-EWC cor-ner who is returningfrom a broken collarbone

nin understands it won’tbe easy. But on the Raid-ers’ side is a level ofspeed and quickness thatrates above other teamsin the program’s recenthistory.

“This is the fastestI’ve ever seen us,” saidBennin. “We’re fast, fromcenter to safety. I’m ex-cited about that.”

Jack Meunier, whostarted as a cornerbackas a freshman last sea-son, will be the startingquarterback this year asa sophomore. He led thejunior varsity team at QBlast fall.

Bennin is excited touse Meunier, who runs a4.6 40-yard-dash, as amulti-threat leader.

“He understands the

KIEL — Kiel is on theverge of a program mile-stone, but it’s going totake success from a newcrop of performers toaccomplish the mission.

Same as last year.The Raiders qualified

for the postseason in2011, led by the area’s toppass-catch combo. GeddyNordby was the area’ssecond-best quarterback(1,484 yards, 14 touch-downs) and David Ess-wein was the top receiv-er and one of the topplaymakers (47-988-10).Both are gone.

But fourth-year coachChris Bennin said thesituation is nothing new.Standout athletes havecome and gone, but theteam is hopeful the re-sults remain the same.

“Every year we lose alot, and there’s alwayskids who seem to stepup,” said Bennin. “Welost some key guys, but alot of kids at camp areshowing some skill.”

Senior wideout JakeGroth, a top candidate tofill Esswein’s shoes thisfall, said the team’s goalis to go 4-3 and get backto the WIAA postseasonfor the third-straightseason.

The Raiders havenever in their historyqualified for the playoffsthree consecutive sea-sons.

“We have speed. Wehave a lot of potential,”added senior JordanMeyer, a returning two-way starter on the line.“We’ll definitely com-pete.”

Qualifying for a thirdtime is the goal, and Ben-

suffered midwaythrough last season.

Good things are alsoexpected from BrockSchneider (6-4, 230), ajunior lineman withspeed (5.0 in the 40).

In fact, good thingsare expected for Kiel ingeneral. And if the Raid-ers can win some of thosebig conference games —Sheboygan Falls and TwoRivers, in particular —the goal of becoming aperennial playoff teammay be here.

“I know this is a play-off team,” said Bennin.“It’s going to come downto our experience, andhow they cope with ad-versity. It should be agood season. Should be asolid season.”

Continuing the trend

210 Raider Heights RAIDERS www.kiel.k12.wi.us

KIEL

By Adam Thompson

[email protected]

Kiel is seeking its third-consecutive trip to the playoffs this season, something theprogram has never done. PHOTO BY BRUCE HALMO/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS


WSCS-TV, Sheboygan’s

community station on Char-

ter channels 95 and 990, will

be broadcasting high school

football games again this

season.

Friday night games will

replay on Saturday at 10 a.m.,

Tuesday at 7 p.m. and

Wednesday at 2 p.m. that

week.

On Saturday, the WSCS

High School Football Coaches

Show will air at 9:30 a.m.

prior to the 10 a.m. broadcast

of the Sheboygan South-

Green Bay West game from

tonight.

The coaches show will also

air this week on Tuesday at

6:30 p.m. and Wednesday at

2 p.m., prior to the replay of

the South-West game.

WSCS will be broadcasting

the following games:

Today — G.B. West at

Sheb. South; Aug. 31 —

Manitowoc at Sheb. North;

Sept. 7 — G.B. East at Sheb.

South; Sept. 14 — G.B.

Southwest at Sheb. North;

Sept. 21 — De Pere at Sheb.

South; Sept. 29 — G.B. East

at Sheb. North; Oct. 5 — Bay

Port at Sheb. South; Oct. 12

— Sheb. South at Sheb.

North.

Radio

» The Breeze, 1420 AM,

will broadcast all Plymouth

varsity games live.

The station will also live

stream its broadcast online at

www.1420thebreeze.com.

Twitter

» The Sheboygan Press

sports department will once

again tweet updates from

area games this season.

Fans attending games are

encouraged to tweet updates

to @shebpresssports.

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Area mediacovering teamsSheboygan Press staff

Here is The Associated Press high schoolfootball poll. The poll includes first-placevotes in parentheses, season record, andtotal points, as voted upon by a statewidepanel of sports writers. Teams are arrangedin three divisions of equal size based oncurrent enrollments.

Large Division

(enrollment 900 and up)

School Points

1. Waunakee (7) 84

2. Hartland Arrowhead (1) 70

T3. Brookfield Central (1) 60

T3. Sun Prairie 60

5. Verona Area 39

6. Sussex Hamilton 26

7. Marshfield 25

8. Kenosha Bradford 22

9. Franklin 17

10. Monona Grove 15

Others receiving votes: Kimberly 14,Menomonie 14, Green Bay Southwest

12, Appleton North 9, Mequon Homestead9, Waukesha West 8, Wisconsin Rapids 6,Oak Creek 3, Oshkosh North 1, German-town 1.

Medium Division (301-899)

School Points

1. West De Pere (8) 89

2. Walworth Big Foot (1) 71

3. Waukesha Catholic Memorial 55

4. Kewaskum 33

5. Brown Deer 31

6. Plymouth 27

7. Wisconsin Lutheran 25

8. Waupaca 25

9. Pewaukee 24

10. Cedar Grove 23

Others receiving votes: Appleton Xavier 20,Brodhead-Juda 17, Somerset 12, Jefferson 9,Wrightstown 8, Winnebago Lutheran 8,Lakeside Lutheran 5, New Berlin Eisenhow-er 4, Omro 4, Brillion 4.

Small Division (300 and lower)

School Points

1. Fond du Lac Springs (9) 90

T2. Colby 53

T2. Edgar 53

4. Eau Claire Regis 44

5. Potosi 40

6. Stratford 34

7. Black Hawk 30

T8. Lancaster 27

T8. Shiocton 27

10. Hurley 23

Others receiving votes: Lake CountryLutheran 17, Kenosha St. Joseph 12,Greenwood 12, Burlington Catholic Central11, Hilbert 10, Randolph 5, Oshkosh Lourdes3, Clayton 2, Cochrane-Fountain City 2.

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Plymouth begins the yearranked No. 6 in the MediumDivision by the AssociatedPress. PHOTO BY BRUCE

HALMO/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

Plenty of preseason hype

has narrowed the conference

title races down to a select

number of contenders in the

three conferences in which

area teams play.

In the Fox River Classic

Conference, Green Bay South-

west appears to be the clear-

cut favorite, with its top

challenge coming from Green

Bay Preble.

In the Eastern Wisconsin

Conference, Plymouth and

Kewaskum appear set to fight

it out for the top spot. The

Panthers and Indians have

won or shared the conference

title in each of the past nine

years.

And in the Central Lake-

shore Conference, 2011 state

semifinalist Cedar Grove-

Belgium appears set to win its

seventh league crown in the

last nine years.

FRCC

» Ashwaubenon slipped

from going undefeated in the

FRCC in 2010 to 4-4 in 2011.

Quarterback Kyle Mrozinski

returns to lead an offense

that averaged nearly 30

points a game in the regular

season last year.

» Bay Port will be under

the new direction of Gary

Westerman, who comes over

from FRCC rival Pulaski.

If the Pirates’ young play-

ers can step up and prove

themselves early, Bay Port

should once again be back

near the top of the FRCC

standings.

» De Pere will rely on its

defense, where seven starters

return. The Redbirds strug-

gled moving the ball offen-

sively last year due to a lack

of size on the line, but should

be in better shape this year

and have a solid shot at an-

other playoff appearance.

» Green Bay East hasn’t

made the playoffs since 2007,

and the Red Devils were

struck with several key in-

juries last season en route to

a 2-7 record.

» Green Bay Preble

finished tied for second in the

FRCC last year, and with

another year of implement-

ing second-year coach Paul

Donart’s system, the Hornets

should contend for the con-

ference title. Preble’s strength

is its defense, which should

keep the team in each of its

games.

» Green Bay Southwest

went to the state semifinals in

Division 2 and has gone to

the playoffs four straight

years under coach Bryce Paup.

The Trojans are expected to

challenge for a spot in the

state title game this fall.

Returning experience on

offense and a stout defense

led by Nathan Paup makes

Southwest to favorites in the

FRCC.

» Green Bay West strug-

gled mightily in 2011, but

should be improved this year.

Numbers are up for the Wild-

cats, as the program works at

becoming a relevant squad in

the conference.

» Manitowoc lost 27

seniors, including six All-FRCC

first-team selections, four

second-team selections and

three honorable mentions,

from a team that won the

FRCC with a perfect 8-0 rec-

ord last year.

» Notre Dame advanced

to the Division 3 state semi-

finals after going just 5-4 in

the regular season before

running into eventual state

champion West De Pere.

The Tritons will have

plenty of talent to replace,

including running back Alex

Miller, the offensive player of

the year in the FRCC a year

ago.

» Pulaski has a new head

coach in Jed Kennedy, who

won the Division 1 state title

last year at Kenosha Brad-

ford. The Red Raiders will

implement the wishbone

offense and should showcase

some solid athletes on the

defensive side of the ball.

EWC

» Campbellsport has

increased its win total over

the last three years from one

to two to five last season.

Continued progression will

result in the program’s first

playoff berth since 2005.

» Kewaskum has dueled

with Plymouth at the top of

the EWC for several years,

and claimed conference

supremacy last year with a

perfect 7-0 league mark. Six

starters are back, along with

14 letterwinners.

» Two Rivers lost two-

way first-team all-conference

selection Shawn Shillcox, but

should be in good shape

overall heading into 2012.

Head coach Brent Luebke

returns 12 starters and 25

letterwinners from last year’s

team.

» Waupun has had a

tough go of it lately, winning

just five conference games in

four years, including a 1-6

mark last year. Following the

graduation of a large senior

class, it could be another

challenging season for the

Warriors.

Press predicitions

FRCC

1. Green Bay Southwest

2. Green Bay Preble

3. Ashwaubenon

4. Notre Dame

5. Bay Port

6. Sheboygan South

EWC

1. Plymouth

2. Kewaskum

3. Sheboygan Falls

4. Two Rivers

CLC

1. Cedar Grove

2. Ozaukee

3. Oostburg

OUT-OF-AREA LOOK/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Plenty of talent onconference favoritesSheboygan Press staff


FOX RIVER CLASSIC

OFFENSE

First team

Quarterback — Tanner Dixon, sr.,Manitowoc; Center — Nick Froland, sr.,Notre Dame; Guards — Austin Morreau,sr., Manitowoc; Nathan Meyers, sr., NotreDame; Tackles — Zach Treml, sr., Preble;Logan Lemmens, sr., East; Running back

— Alex Miller, sr., Notre Dame; BradBoockmeier, sr., Preble; Zach Wech, sr.,Pulaski; Receivers — Thomas Murray, sr.,South; Dylan Bersch, sr., Pulaski; Tight

end — Drew Schneider, sr., Preble;Kicker — Eli Wettstein, jr., De Pere;Return specialist — Alex Miller, sr.,Notre Dame

Second team

Quarterback — Tanner Vannieuwenho-ven, sr., Pulaski; Center — Damien Larro,sr., Southwest; Joe Matheson, sr., Preble;Guards — Miles Sonnenberg, sr.,Manitowoc; Alex Schuld, sr., Pulaski;Tackles — Luke Wendricks, sr., Bay Port;Nick Reed, sr., Pulaski; Running back —Austin Zucchi, sr., Manitowoc; Reed Konter,sr., North; Jimmy Shepard, jr., East; Receiv-

ers — Peter Schroeder, sr., Manitowoc;Tyler Hitzeman, sr., Ashwaubenon; Tight

end — Eli Steimle, sr., Manitowoc;Kicker — Zach Seeman, sr., Bay Port

Honorable mention

Quarterback — Kyle Mrozinski, so.,Ashwaubenon; Guards — Zach Zittlow,sr., Ashwaubenon; Andy Dexter, sr., BayPort; Alex Heimerman, jr., Preble; Tackles

— Adam Prowls, sr., Manitowoc; MaxSharping, so., Southwest; Matt Zacharias,sr., Notre Dame; Eric Morgan, sr., South;Running back — Ashon Anderson, sr.,South; AJ Hamilton, sr., Notre Dame;Receivers — Zach Reudinger, sr., DePere; Tight end — Jake Knuth, jr., South;Kicker — Michael Longmeyer, sr.,Manitowoc; Return specialist — GavinMarquardt, sr., AshwaubenonOffensive Player of the Year —Alex Miller, sr., Notre DameOffensive Back/Receiver of the

Year — Brad Boockmeier, sr., PrebleOffensive Lineman of the Year —Nick Froland, sr., Notre DameCoach of the Year — John Dixon,Manitowoc

DEFENSE

First team

Ends — Austin Brown, jr., Manitowoc; ErikJardon, sr., Southwest; Linemen —Michael Mayo, sr., Southwest; Nick Froland,sr., Notre Dame; Tyler Rodey, sr., Mani-towoc; Outside linebacker — EliSteimle, sr., Manitowoc; Nathan Paup, jr.,Southwest; Punter — Sam Maedke, jr.,Notre Dame; Inside linebacker — ZachPethan, sr., Manitowoc; Grant Parson, sr.,Southwest; Backs — Michael Longmeyer,sr., Manitowoc; Mike Pelton, sr., Pulaski;Gavin Marquardt, sr., Ashwaubenon; VinceMason, sr., Southwest

Second team

Ends — Nick Ramcheck, sr., Bay Port;Blake Herbert, sr., South; Linemen —Jared Kuczer, sr., Pulaski; Brandon Sipple, sr.,North; Austin Dollinger, sr., Ashwaubenon;Outside linebacker — Alex Charneski,jr., De Pere; Brady Lepak, sr., Pulaski;Punter — Brad Boockmeier, sr., Preble;Inside linebacker — Connor Gull-strand, jr., Preble; Kyle Gross, sr., NotreDame; Dalton Hendzel, jr., Pulaski; Backs

— Mitch Koski, sr., Bay Port; Michael Kraft,sr., Preble; Adam Nichols, sr., Manitowoc

Honorable mention

Ends — Brandon Lawniczak, sr., Pulaski;Trevor Johnson, sr., Notre Dame; ZakWallenfang, jr., Preble; Linemen — IsaiahHayes, jr., De Pere; Aaron Wood, jr., BayPort; Outside linebacker — ReedKonter, sr., North; Merrick Griffin, sr., Preble;Punter — Alex Malueg, jr., Bay Port;Inside linebacker — Jake Wallenfang,jr., Preble; Backs — Jacob Sturzl, jr., DePere; Dylan Bersch, sr., Pulaski; JakePlanton, sr., SouthDefensive Player of the Year —

Zach Pethan, sr., ManitowocDefensive Back/Linebacker of the

Year — Zach Pethan, sr., ManitowocDefensive Lineman of the Year —Michael Mayo, sr., Southwest

EASTERN

WISCONSIN

OFFENSE

First Team

Split End — David Esswein, sr., Kiel;Tight End — Brett Kasper, jr., Two Rivers;Offensive Tackle — Mark Miller, sr.,Kewaskum*; Jordan Mueller, jr., Plymouth;Offensive Guard — Joey Herriges, sr.,Kewaskum*; Tanner Basken, sr., Two Rivers;Offensive Center — Ross Heginbot-tom, sr., Plymouth*; Quarterback —Shawn Shillcox, sr., Two Rivers; Running

Back — Eric Perkins, sr., Kewaskum*; EricRoberts, jr., Plymouth; Bobby Musil, sr.,Sheboygan Falls; Kicker — Will Meyer, jr.,Sheboygan Falls

Second Team

Split End — Brett Erdmann, sr., Ply-mouth; Tight End — Reid Hundertmark,sr., Campbellsport; Offensive Tackle —Tyler Testroete, jr., Sheboygan Falls; JoshTice, sr., Two Rivers; Offensive Guard

— Brad Bottleman, sr., Kewaskum; SethBatterman, sr., Campbellsport; Offensive

Center — Garret Feucht, jr., Camp-bellsport; Quarterback — Kollin Neils,so., Plymouth; Running Back — CodyTerp, sr., Two Rivers; Rashaun Sparks, sr.,Campbellsport; Jordan Daane, jr., Waupun;Kicker — Hunter Flanders, jr., Kewaskum

Honorable Mention

Split End — Brett Linzmeier, jr., TwoRivers; Jeremy McCarty, sr., Waupun; Tight

End — Joe Lorenz, sr., Sheboygan Falls;Brad Jaeger, sr., Kiel; Offensive Tackle

— Jordan Meyer, jr., Kiel; Garrett Yahr, sr.,Kewaskum; Offensive Guard — LukeHeld, so., Plymouth; Ashten Alexander, jr.,Waupun; Ryan Krist, sr., Sheboygan Falls;Offensive Center — Justin Zolp, jr.,Kewaskum; Quarterback — Sam Olla,sr., Kewaskum; Geddy Nordby, sr., Kiel;Running Back — Owen Henriksen, jr.,Plymouth; Teddy Wollner, jr., Kewaskum;Kicker — Jack Heginbottom, so., Ply-mouth

DEFENSE

First Team

Defensive End — Sawyer Bruggink, sr.,Plymouth; Mike Bier, sr., Kewaskum;Defensive Tackle — Mack Donath, sr.,Kewaskum*; Josh Tice, sr., Two Rivers;Inside Linebacker — Owen Henriksen,jr., Plymouth*; Scott Skornicka, so., TwoRivers; Outside Linebacker — BradBoegel, sr., Kewaskum*; Shawn Shillcox, sr.,Two Rivers; Defensive Back — BrettErdmann, sr., Plymouth*; Danny Bohn, sr.,Kewaskum; Reid Hundertmark, sr., Camp-bellsport; Punter — Jeremy McCarty, sr.,Waupun

Second Team

Defensive End — Dusty Salm, sr., Kiel;Alex Fechter, jr., Kewaskum; Defensive

Tackle — Kenny Gigstead, sr., Kewaskum;Nathan Olson, sr., Campbellsport; Inside

Linebacker — Eric Simon, sr., Camp-bellsport; Winston Polster, sr., New Holstein;Outside Linebacker — Ryan Chase,sr., Waupun; Brad Jaeger, sr., Kiel; Defen-

sive Back — Joey Wollner, sr., Kewaskum;Spencer Feest, sr., Two Rivers; Bobby Musil,sr., Sheboygan Falls; Punter — TimWhitty, sr., Campbellsport

Honorable Mention

Defensive End — Brian Duerschmidt,jr., Two Rivers; Joe Lorenz, sr., SheboyganFalls; John Pruitt, sr., Plymouth; TaylorFlasch, jr., Campbellsport; Defensive

Tackle — Andrew Micheals, sr., Plymouth;Bo Skornicka, sr., Two Rivers; Tyler Testroete,jr., Sheboygan Falls; Inside Linebacker

— Lance Pinchard, sr., Kewaskum; JoshRostek, so., Sheboygan Falls; Matt Augus-tine, sr., Plymouth; Outside Linebacker

— Ryan Krist, sr., Sheboygan Falls; Eric

Roberts, jr., Plymouth; Cole Heili, sr.,Sheboygan Falls; Defensive Back —Parker Kastelic, sr., Plymouth; Jordan Hopp,sr., Waupun; Jake Groth, jr., Kiel; Punter

— Sean McKinster, jr., Sheboygan Falls*-unanimous

CENTRAL

LAKESHORE

OFFENSE

First team

Ends — Blake Loucks, EL; Ryan Bruese-witz, HG; Tight end — Josh Schneider,EL; Interior line — Brandon Miles, CG;Robby Loose, CG; BJ Bruggink, Oo; JimD'Angelo, Oz; Zach Fiend, CG; Running

back — Devon Linzenmeyer, Oz*; AlexGiles, CG*; Alex Stecker, Oo; Quarter-

back — Kyle Rentmeester, EL*; Kicker

— Josh Ruppel, CG*Second team

Ends — Nick Peterson, CG; Tim Grimes,RL; Tight end — Jonathan Herzog, CG;Interior line — Reed Anklam, RL;Michael Krueger, LKC; Adam Sheahan, HG;Brad DenBoer, Oo; Alex Miller, EL; Run-

ning back — Justin Lunde, RL; HunterBuechler, CG; Cole McGraw, HG; Quarter-

back — Travis Obbink, CG; Kicker —Brad Prinsen, Oo

Honorable mention

Ends — Steve Street, Oz; Tight end —Ashton Holzman, HG; Alex Wolford, Oo;Taylor Kaboord, EL; Interior line — AricVan Ess, CG; Ben Brouillette, Oz; RyanHeidenreiter, HG; Tom Pritzl, EL; TylerHoffmann, Oo; Cody Schuessler, RL; CalebDensow, Oo; Cody Stageman, Oz; HunterVandeBoom, Oz; Running back —Dylan Arens, Oo; Austin Griesbach, LKC;Quarterback — Noah Steines, HG;Kicker — Tom Pritzl, EL; Ethan Brouillette,Oz

DEFENSE

First team

Ends — Chris Peszko, CG*; AshtonHolzman, HG; Interior line — MattMueller, CG*; Jim D'Angelo, Oz; MichaelKrueger, LKC; Linebackers — DarrenKoopman, CG*; Kyle Rentmeester, EL;Hunter Buechler, CG; Backs — NickPeterson, CG; Brad Prinsen, Oo; JustinLunde, RL; Punter — Justin Lunde, RL

Second team

Ends — Josh Schneider, EL; Alex Wolford,Oo; Interior line — Reed Anklam, RL;Kyle Boehlen, CG; Brad DenBoer, Oo;Linebackers — Nathan Bitter, HG;Hunter Hess, Oz; BJ Bruggink, Oo; Backs

— Noah Steines, HG; Blake Loucks, EL;Steve Street, Oz; Punter — Brad DenBoer,Oo

Honorable mention

Ends — Devon Linzenmeyer, Oz; MattThuene, Oo; Willy Rosso, RL; Bryce Erlwig,Oz; Alex Webster, LKC; Interior line —Alex Miller, EL; Jim Goedeke, HG; Tom Pritzl,EL; Tony Teunissen, Oo; Jordan Wittman,

HG; Cody Stageman, Oz; Linebackers —Jonathan Herzog, CG; Alex Stecker, Oo; BenBahr, RL; Christian Meiselwitz, HG; Backs

— Jake Prinsen, CG; Andrew Gatz, RL; ZachSchulz, CG; Login Smith, Oz; James Misfeldt,LKC; Punter — Brian Kronstedt, LKC*-unanimous

ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Rushing

(375 yds min)

Name Att Yds Avg TD

Alex Giles, CG 270 2,605 9.6 36

Devon Linzenmeyer, Oz 252 2,163 8.6 30

Alex Stecker, Oo 203 1,269 6.3 21

Eric Roberts, Pl 147 1,162 7.9 12

Bobby Musil, SF 188 974 5.2 10

Blake Loucks, EL 92 897 9.8 11

Justin Lunde, RL 157 787 5.0 14

Dylan Arens, Oo 70 658 9.4 5

Hunter Buechler, CG 94 635 6.8 13

Sam Cash, NH 109 515 4.7 3

Cole McGraw, HG 93 509 5.5 3

Ashon Anderson, SS 60 428 7.1 5

Dakota Marksman, Ki 102 404 4.0 2

Devin Pfeifer, EL 58 400 6.9 4

Geddy Nordby 71 378 5.3 6

Passing

(785 yds min)

Name Com Att Yds TD Int

Kollin Neils, Pl 110 183 1,585 19 2

Geddy Nordby, Ki 86 166 1,484 14 8

Jake Pribbernow, SS 93 181 1,459 13 10

K. Rentmeester, EL 102 198 1,417 12 7

TJ Obbink, CG 44 90 1,177 14 2

Brady Schmidt, RL 63 156 964 6 12

Noah Steines, HG 58 144 936 7 14

Sam Cash, NH 72 152 788 3 8

Receiving

(325 yds min)

Name Rec Yds Avg TD

David Esswein, Ki 47 988 21.0 10

Thomas Murray, SS 47 840 17.9 10

Josh Schneider, EL 43 665 15.5 3

Tim Grimes, RL 27 580 21.5 3

Ryan Breusewitz, HG 32 525 16.4 3

Taylor Kaboord, EL 27 400 14.8 4

Brett Erdmann, Pl 17 385 22.6 5

Jon Herzog, CG 15 356 23.7 6

Steve Street, Oz 14 345 24.6 4

Nick Peterson, CG 14 326 23.3 3

Bold-returning players

STATISTICAL LEADERS/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Ozaukee’s Devon Linzenmeyer rushed for 2,163 yards and30 touchdowns in 2011. PRESS FILE PHOTO

Fox River Classic

W L W L

Manitowoc 10 1 8 0

G.B. Southwest 10 3 6 2

Pulaski 8 3 6 2

G.B Preble 7 3 6 2

Notre Dame 8 5 5 3

Ashwaubenon 5 5 4 4

Bay Port 4 6 4 4

De Pere 4 6 4 4

G.B. East 2 7 2 6

Sheb. South 2 7 2 6

Sheb. North 2 7 1 7

G.B. West 0 9 0 8

Eastern Wisconsin

W L W L

Kewaskum 10 1 7 0

Plymouth 7 3 6 1

Kiel 6 4 4 3

Sheb. Falls 5 5 4 3

Campbellsport 5 4 3 4

Two Rivers 5 4 3 4

Waupun 1 8 1 6

New Holstein 1 8 0 7

Central Lakeshore

W L W L

Cedar Grove 12 1 6 0

Oostburg 7 3 5 1

Ozaukee 6 4 4 2

Howards Grove 4 6 3 3

Elkhart Lake 3 6 2 4

Random Lake 1 8 1 5

Luth/Koh/Christ 0 9 0 6

STANDINGS/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Sheboygan South’s Jake Pribbernow threw for over 1,400yards and 13 touchdowns for the Redwings last season.PRESS FILE PHOTO

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Wing-T)

QB — Mark Sippel, jr., 6-1,

175; Justin Frish, sr., 6-3, 155

RB — Mike Blanck, jr., 5-9,

145; Adam Schmitz, sr., 5-10,

150; Willie Carter, sr., 5-11,

160; Aaron Schaefer, so., 6-0,

175

WR/TE — Hunter King-

Whitney, sr., 6-4, 165; Devin

Mittnacht, sr., 6-3, 185; Kyle

Schmitz, sr., 5-11, 163; Josh

Nisler, sr., 6-1, 202

OL — Shaun Mayr, sr., 6-4,

285; Nathan Kaiser, jr., 5-10,

176; Devon Johnson, so., 6-0,

205; Bob Scherer, jr., 6-3, 240;

Alex Kaiser, so., 6-1, 288;

Brent Wagner, jr., 6-2, 215;

Alex Secord, jr., 5-10, 220

K — Sippel

Defense

(4-4)

DL — Scherer; Wagner; ;

Andrew Casper, jr., 6-6, 180;

Zach Kopp, sr., 6-2, 205; Mayr

LB — Mittnacht; K. Schmitz;

Carter; King-Whitney; Nisler;

Schaefer

DB — Sippel; A. Schmitz;

Jacob Daun, so., 5-11, 151;

Frish

P — Sippel

KR/PR — Blanck; A. Schmitz;

Daun; Devon Olm, jr., 5-8, 145

Mike Blanck Shaun Mayr

AdamSchmitz

Mark Sippel


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

Today — Oostburg

Aug. 31 — Kewaskum

Sept. 7 — at Plymouth

Sept. 14 — Sheb. Falls

Sept. 21 — at Campbellsport

Sept. 28 — at Waupun

Oct. 5 — Two Rivers

Oct. 12 — at Kiel

2011 RESULTS

1-8 overall


Regular season

Oostburg 26, N. Holstein 21

New Holstein 20, Hilbert 14

Kewaskum 56, N. Holstein 0

Plymouth 48, N. Holstein 12

Sheb. Falls 41, N. Holstein 20

C’port 28, New Holstein 6

Waupun 36, New Holstein 22

Two Rivers 27, N. Holstein 0

Kiel 33, New Holstein 0

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011 1-8 .111

2010-x 8-4 .667

2009-x 7-4 .636

2008-x 7-3 .700

2007-x 8-3 .727

2006-x 4-6 .400

2005 2-7 .222

2004-x 5-5 .500

2003 5-4 .556

2002 2-7 .222

Total 49-51 .490

x-playoff berth

COACH’S CORNER

Year: First

Record: 0-0



Matt Rupp

NEW HOLSTEIN — NewHolstein won just onegame in 2011, ending afive-year stretch of play-off-berth football.

The Huskies won sev-en games in 2008 and2009, then went 8-4 in ’10before going just 1-8 lastseason.

Head coach GregFictum is gone, now acoach at Concordia Uni-versity-Mequon. Theschool just hired a newcoach in late July, forc-ing a quick turnaround.

Fortunately, the tran-sition will be as smoothas possible with the pro-motion of Matt Rupp, theprogram’s JV coach andvarsity assistant for thelast 12 years.

“It hasn’t been a lot ofchange, to be honest,”said Rupp, a scienceteacher at the highschool. “We’ve alwaysworked together in ev-erything we do. It doesn’tfeel that different, ex-cept I have to give thespeeches.”

Longtime coach ChuckLefeber, a former headand co-head with Fictum,remains on staff as avarsity assistant, andRupp is grateful to pickthe brain of the veteran.

“He’s our defensiveguru, but he knows ev-erything. He’s one of thesmarter high schoolcoaches around.”

Rupp said it helps thathe and Lefeber have thesame philosophy: De-fense wins footballgames.

“We want to make acommitment to our de-fense. That’s our goal,”

said Rupp.New Holstein’s line-

ups will be fairly fresh;just two starters returnon each side of the ball.Thus, the Huskies plan toget back to basics, usingthe run-oriented Wing-Toffense to gain yards onthe ground. Shoulderingthat load will be a pair ofspeedy, if small in stat-ure, running backs.

Junior Mike Blanck(5-9, 145) is one of theEastern Wisconsin Con-ference’s top sprinters,and senior Adam Schmitz(5-10, 150) is “right therewith him” in terms ofquickness and speed,said Rupp.

Junior Mark Sippel(6-1, 175), arguably theteam’s top defensiveback last year, will takeover quarterback dutiesfor the graduated SamCash.

“We don’t have any

one guy that anybodyfears,” said Rupp. “Wehave to play together,play as a team, and getback to New Holsteinfootball, with three guysgetting the ball, usingfakes.”

The line will be an-chored by senior ShaunMayr (6-4, 285), a return-ing starter on both sides.He’ll move from centerto tackle on offense. Therest of the up-front willbe filled mostly by sopho-mores and juniors. Ruppsays what they lack inexperience they make upfor in sheer strength.

That includes juniorBob Scherer (6-3, 240),who squatted 550 poundsand benched more than300 earlier this month.He recently turned 16years of age. Schererwanted to be a sprinterduring the spring trackand field season, to help

with his quickness forfootball.

The weight room wasbusy this summer. Ruppsays the team had 79-percent attendance hit-ting weights three timesper week, plus speed andagility training on theside.

New Holstein is hop-ing to limit two-way play-ers. The program had 68boys go out for football,including 27 freshmen.

The Huskies wereshut out three times enroute to a winless EWCrecord in ’11, but theplayers are focused onturning things aroundright away.

“We have to do every-thing right, we have to dotechnique right, and playfootball the way it wasmeant to be played,” saidRupp. “All those littlethings will add up to bigthings.”

A fresh startBy Adam Thompson

[email protected]

After qualifying for the playoffs in five straight years, New Holstein is coming off a 1-8campaign under the leadership of first-year head coach Matt Rupp. PHOTO BY BRUCE

HALMO/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

NEW HOLSTEIN1715 Plymouth St. HUSKIES www.nhsd.k12.wi.us

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(I formation)

QB — Drew Emperely, jr.,

6-2, 150

RB — Alex Giles, sr., 5-9,

181; Aaron Chier, so., 5-9, 135;

Josh Winkleff, jr., 5-11, 190;

Greg Wenzel, jr., 5-11, 177

WR/TE — Grayson Peiffer,

sr., 6-1, 175; Logan Peterson,

jr., 5-9, 145; Brady Myhre, sr.,

6-2, 185; Brian Mueller, jr.,

5-8, 170; Brandon O’Neil, sr.,

6-0, 160

OL — Adam Chier, jr., 6-3,

215; Alex Lesar, sr., 5-10, 176;

William Paulus, sr., 6-0, 266;

Matt Krier, jr., 5-10, 177; Alex

May, sr., 6-3, 290

K — Arjun Seghal, sr.,

5-10, 182

Defense

(4-4)

DL — Alex Claerbaut, jr.,

5-10, 176; May; Paulus; Ad.

Chier; Peiffer; Krier; Ricky

Salazar, jr., 5-8, 284; Seghal

LB — Giles; Wenzel;

Mueller; Winkleff; Joe Oel-

hafen, so., 5-10, 175; Lesar;

Jim Simmelink, jr., 5-10, 175

DB — Peterson; Myhre;

Brent Brochtrup, sr., 5-10, 145

P — Myhre

KR/PR — Giles; Peterson;

Aa. Chier; Myhre

Alex Giles Alex May

WilliamPaulus

LoganPeterson


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Today — at Manty Luth.

Aug. 31 — Kingsford (MI)

Sept. 8 — at Escanaba (MI),

noon

Sept. 14 — Howards Grove

Sept. 21 — Random Lake

Sept. 28 — at Ozaukee

Oct. 5 — Gibraltar

Oct. 12 — at Oostburg

2011 RESULTS

12-1 overall

6-0 Central Lakeshore

Regular season

C. Grove 35, Ken. St. Joe 14

C. Grove 31, Mant. Luth. 6

C. Grove 44, Random Lake 6

C. Grove 42, Oostburg 0

C. Grove 56, LKC 0

C. Grove 43, Ozaukee 0

C. Grove 62, Elkhart Lake 21

C. Grove 63, Marantha Bap. 0

C. Grove 49, How. Grove 8

Playoffs

C. Grove 47, Lomira 0

C. Grove 57, Ken. St. Joe 17

C. Grove 26, Cambridge 13

Lancaster 49, C. Grove 48

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-xy 12-1 .923

2010-x 6-4 .600

2009-xy 11-1 .917

2008-xy 13-1 .929

2007-x 4-6 .400

2006-xy 9-3 .750

2005-xy 8-2 .800

2004-xy 10-1 .909

2003-x 5-5 .500

2002 1-8 .111

Total 79-32 .712

x-playoff berth

y-conf. championship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Seventh

Record: 55-16

Playoff ap-

pearances: 6

(11-6)

Conference

titles: 4

ChrisZablocki

The Rockets last yearwent undefeated throughthe regular season tofinish first in the CLCstandings. It was thethird time in four yearsCedar Grove had fin-ished undefeated andatop the conference —2010 marked the onlyexception, when theRockets went 6-3 andtook third place behindOzaukee and conference-champion Oostburg.

Rockets coach ChrisZablocki said the teamwill be a bit smaller thisyear — not just in termsof player numbers (theroster is down a bit fromlast year), but also inplayers’ sheer physical-ity. He thinks the teamwill do just fine, though,

CEDAR GROVE — CedarGrove-Belgium’s exitfrom the playoffs lastyear was an understand-ably bitter pill to swal-low.

The Rockets, cele-brating their return tothe top of the CentralLakeshore Conferenceafter handing the reins toOostburg a year before,had one last hurdle be-tween themselves andtheir first trip to Statesince 2008.

That hurdle, though,proved just a little bit toobig. Just one point toobig, to be exact.

Lancaster, the eventu-al WIAA Division 5 StateFootball runner-up, heldon for a 49-48 win overCedar Grove in a state-qualifying match lastNovember. (Lancasterwent on to lose 44-43 inovertime in the state titlegame to Colby, the sameteam that beat CedarGrove in the 2008 statechampionship.)

“It was a heartbreakerto put up those kind ofnumbers and kind of helpthe team through and toend up losing by one,”said running back AlexGiles, who rushed fornearly 400 yards andscored six times in theloss. “I mean, it hurts andit sets that fire.

“I’m hungry now,” hesaid.

Cedar Grove has madenine straight playoffappearances since 2003,and became the area’smost recent footballteam to advance to thestate title game in 2008.

noting the team promisesto have some faster play-ers.

“If people look on thefield, they’re going torealize that we’re not asbig as we usually are. …But people will noticethat, I think, we’re a lotfaster than we’ve everbeen.”

Smaller or not, fasteror not, Zablocki said atleast one other thing iscertain this season: Play-ers are awfully motivat-ed after last fall’s heart-breaking loss to Lancas-ter.

“It was a tough loss,”he said. “But everythinghappens for a reason. Welearned and becamebetter men from thatsituation, that game. It

was a great game; wejust happened to be onthe wrong side of theball.

“As long as everyonegives 100 percent — giveeverything they have,and leave everything onthe field — we alwayswill be satisfied,” thehead coach said, noddingto the emphasis his pro-gram places on effort asmuch as it does on win-ning.

But, he noted, a statetitle doesn’t make for abad carrot on a stick.

“Every team’s goalwhen they start camp,”Zablocki said, “is to bringhome that gold ball, inwhatever division theyare in.”

Different lookBy McLean Bennett

[email protected]

CEDAR GROVE321 N. Second St., Cedar Grove ROCKETS www.cedargrovebelgium.k12.wi.us

Cedar Grove-Belgium last fall was one game away from a second trip in four years to thestate title game. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Sept. 8 — Three Lakes

Sept. 14 — Valley Christian

Sept. 22 — at Wayland

Acad., 1 p.m.

Sept. 28 — at Stockbridge

Oct. 5 — Oneida Nation

Oct. 13 — at Three Lakes

Oct. 19 — GB NEW Lutheran

Oct. 26 — at Abundant Life

2011 RESULTS

3-6 overall


Regular season

Lourdes Acad. 38, ELG 7

Crivitz 41, ELG 26

Oostburg 23, ELG 14

Elkhart Lake 54, LKC 0

Ozaukee 56, ELG 20

ELG 67, Stockbridge 0

C. Grove 62, ELG 21

How. Grove 28, ELG 22

ELG 20, Random Lake 14

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011 3-6 .333

2010 1-8 .111

2009 3-6 .333

2008 4-5 .444

2007 3-6 .333

2006 no varsity

2005 2-7 .222

2004-x 5-5 .500

2003 1-8 .111

2002 2-7 .222

Total 24-58 .293

x-playoff berth

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Seventh

Record: 16-38



BarryFeldmann

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Wing T)

QB — Elliot Van Oss, so.

RB — Devin Pfeifer, sr.;

Trevor Rebedew, so.; Shane

Schanke, sr.; Cody Wilterdink,

sr.

WR/TE — Hunter Drury,

fr.; Taylor Kaboord, sr.; Brad

Lawonn, sr.; Dan Schneider, jr.

OL — Tyler Jones, sr.; Tyler

McNamer, sr.; Nick Miller, so.;

Jordan Puchalla, jr.; Hunter

Schoenborn, so.; Jon Starnitc-

ky, sr.

Defense

(3-2)

DL — Alex Carew, sr.;

McNamer; Miller; Puchalla;

Schoenborn; Starnitcky

LB — David Campbell. sr.;

Jones; Pfeifer; Schanke;

Schneider; Wilterdink

DB — Giovanni Jimenez,

fr.; Kaboord; Lawonn; Rebe-

dew; Van Oss

DevinPfeifer

CodyWilterdink

ShaneSchanke

TaylorKaboord

the field and the game isplayed on an 80-by-40yard field. Elkhartplayed Stockbridge lastyear in an 8-man gameand rolled to a 67-0 win.

“Last year when weplayed Stockbridge, wedidn’t really know whatwe were doing,” Feld-mann said.

With just 16 schools inthe entire state sponsor-ing 8-man football, theResorters will be doingplenty of traveling thisyear now that they are nolonger in the CLC, in-cluding a four-hour one-way trip to Three Lakesin October, along withtrips to Beaver Dam andMadison.

“I’ll miss the competi-tion (in the CLC),” Feld-mann said. “Our kidswere talking about it(Wednesday), they’regoing to miss the rivalrywith Howards Grove for

It was a long, harddecision Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah footballcoach Barry Feldmannhad to make.

At Elkhart, a schoolwith an enrollment ofjust 149, the year-in andyear-out struggle to fieldan 11-man football teamwas growing harder andharder.

So the Resorters madethe decision to switch to8-man football, giving theprogram a bit of a jolt.

“I believe it is abso-lutely the right move forour football program,numbers-wise,” Feld-mann said. “With ourenrollment, we’re justnot getting enough kidsout for 11-man football tobe competitive any-more.”

Proof that Elkhart wasstruggling to remaincompetitive was evidentlast season, when theResorters went 2-4 in theCentral Lakeshore Con-ference despite havewhat Feldmann called“probably the most tal-ented senior class thatI’ve ever coached.”

That class includedunanimous first-teamAll-CLC quarterbackKyle Rentmeester, whothrew for 1,417 yards and12 touchdowns last sea-son, along with receiverJosh Schneider (43 catch-es, 665 yards, three TD)and running back BlakeLoucks (897 yards and 11TD).

“Absolutely, if wewere going to make a runin the CLC that was goingto be the year,” said Feld-mann. “With extra play-ers, we could get somekids some rest. That’s

what hurt us.”Replacing Rentmees-

ter will be Elliot Van Oss,while Taylor Kaboord —who caught 27 passes for400 yards and fourscores a year ago —gives Elkhart a danger-ous playmaker on theoutside.

Feldmann is also ex-pecting big things out ofDevin Pfeifer on bothsides of the ball as wellas Cody Wilterdink andShane Schanke.

“Our senior class thisyear is pretty decent,”said Feldmann. “We’vegot some underclassmanthat are very talented.We definitely worked inthe offseason on footspeed and getting quick-er; we are a lot fasterthan what we were lastyear.”

In 8-man football, thetwo offensive tackles anda receiver are taken off

the County A sign. Hope-fully now, with our newchapter, we can findsomebody close and startthat kind of rivalry. Iwish everyone in the CLCgood luck, I’m going tomiss it.”

And while 8-man foot-ball does not have a play-off system yet, there is ajamboree scheduled forearly November that willput the top four teamsfrom the north againstthe top four teams fromthe south, giving Elkhartsomething to play for.

There’s certain to beplenty of bumps in theroad in the inaugural runas an 8-man team, but fora program losing thenumbers battle, it wasthe right choice.

“It was a very toughdecision,” Feldmann said.“It’s just the numbersaren’t going to lie. Eight-man was the way to go.”

Making the changeBy Garrett Renzelmann

[email protected]

ELKHART LAKE201 N. Lincoln St., Elkhart Lake RESORTERS www.elgs.k12.wi.us

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah is one of 16 schools in the state to play 8-man football thisseason. The Resorters beat Stockbridge 67-0 in an 8-man game last year. PHOTO BY GARY C.



1998

Division 2

Level 1 — Pulaski 39, Ply-mouth 14

Division 3

Level 1 — New Holstein 21,Hortonville 7; Slinger 13, Sheboy-gan Falls 0

Level 2 — New Holstein 7,Kimberly 6

Level 3 — Denmark 28, NewHolstein 6

Division 4

Level 1 — Random Lake 27,Lomira 12

Level 2 — Random Lake 35,Markesan 28

Level 3 — Random Lake 28,Peshtigo 21

Level 4 — Random Lake 14,Darlington 6

Championship — Colby 21,

Random Lake 14

Division 5

Level 1 — Wrightstown 35,Howards Grove 0; Ozaukee 10,Hilbert 9; Waterloo 35, ElkhartLake-Glenbeulah 10

Level 2 — Waterloo 44, Ozau-kee 21

1999

Division 1

Level 1 — Fond du Lac 34,Sheboygan North 19

Division 2

Level 1 — Ashwaubenon 36,Plymouth 14

Division 3

Level 1 — Sheboygan Falls 63,Pewaukee 15

Level 2 — Sheboygan Falls 29,Campbellsport 0

Level 3 — Sheboygan Falls 35,Mayville 0

Level 4 — Waunakee 24,Sheboygan Falls 17 (OT)

Division 4

Level 1 — Cambridge 44,Ozaukee 11; Brillion 14, RandomLake 7; Valders 21, HowardsGrove 12

Division 5

Level 1 — Wild Rose 14, Oost-burg 6

Division 6

Level 1 — Kohler 21, Hustis-ford 18

Level 2 — Black Hawk 24,Kohler 14

2000

Division 2

Level 1 — Germantown 47,Plymouth 0

Division 3

Level 1 — Sheboygan Falls 35,Berlin 0

Level 2 — Sheboygan Falls 34,Chilton 0

Level 3 — Sheboygan Falls 27,Watertown Luther Prep 7

Level 4 — Sheboygan Falls 28,Waunakee 9

Championship — Sheboy-

gan Falls 41, Green Bay Notre

Dame 0

Division 4

Level 1 — Valders 40, How-ards Grove 12

Division 5

Level 1 — Oostburg 49, Iola-Scandinavia 26; Marshall 29,Ozaukee 28

Level 2 — Pardeeville 35,Oostburg 9

2001

Division 3

Level 1 — Sheboygan Falls 14,Berlin 0

Level 2 — Fox Valley Lutheran10, Sheboygan Falls 0

Division 4

Level 1 — Lomira 32, RandomLake 8

Division 5

Level 1 — Howards Grove 20,Dodgeland 17 (OT)

Level 2 — Kenosha St. Joseph32, Howards Grove 20

2002

Division 3

Level 1 — Plymouth 19, GreenBay Notre Dame 14

Level 2 — Waupaca 17, Ply-mouth 3

Division 4

Level 1 — Watertown LutherPrep 28, Sheboygan Falls 6

Division 5

Level 1 — Weyauwega-Fre-mont 22, Random Lake 16; Mar-shall 38, Ozaukee 2; Poynette 45,Oostburg 20

2003

Division 1

Level 1 — Oshkosh North 36,Sheboygan South 26

Division 3

Level 1 — Catholic Memorial28, Plymouth 0

Division 4

Level 1 — Saint Francis 27,Sheboygan Falls 20

Division 5

Level 1 — Kenosha St. Joseph52, Cedar Grove-Belgium 8;

Pardeeville 22, Ozaukee 21;Marshall 22, Random Lake 7;Martin Luther 21, HowardsGrove 0

2004

Division 1

Level 1 — Sheboygan South28, Fond du Lac 18

Level 2 — Sheboygan South35, Madison East 15

Level 3 — Neenah 7, Sheboy-gan South 6

Division 3

Level 1 — Sheboygan Falls 26,New Berlin West 0; Plymouth 21,Thomas More 3

Level 2 — Sheboygan Falls 32,Brown Deer 6; Wisconsin Luther-an 39, Plymouth 6

Level 3 — Wisconsin Lutheran35, Sheboygan Falls 7

Division 4

Level 1 — Sturgeon Bay 32,New Holstein 7

Division 5

Level 1 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 42, Mishicot 28; RandomLake 49, University School 0;Brillion 48, Howards Grove 0

Level 2 — Random Lake 34,Cedar Grove-Belgium 0

Level 3 — Brillion 15, RandomLake 14

Division 7

Level 1 — Randolph 27, Elk-hart Lake-Glenbeulah 0

2005

Division 3

Level 1 — Waupun 26, She-boygan Falls 21; Pewaukee 13,Plymouth 12

Division 5

Level 1 — Shoreland Lutheran48, Oostburg 6; Valders 35, Ran-dom Lake 9; Horicon 45, How-ards Grove 13

Division 6

Level 1 — Fond du Lac SaintMary’s Springs 43, Cedar Grove-Belgium 26

2006

Division 1

Level 1 — Mequon Home-stead 42, Sheboygan North 0

Division 3

Level 1 — Waupun 30, She-boygan Falls 28; Port Washing-ton 23, Plymouth 0

Division 4

Level 1 — Chilton 35, Kiel 0;Mayville 48, New Holstein 12

Division 5

Level 1 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 40, Shoreland Lutheran 24;Random Lake 17, Martin Luther14; Horicon 33, Howards Grove14

Level 2 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 13, Pardeeville 12; Horicon41, Random Lake 3

Level 3 — Horicon 27, CedarGrove-Belgium 21

2007

Division 3

Level 1 — Port Washington13, Plymouth 7

Division 4

Level 1 — New Holstein 13,Ripon 0

Level 2 — Kettle MoraineLutheran 28, New Holstein 14

Division 5

Level 1 — Roncalli 35, How-ards Grove 32; Brillion 14, CedarGrove-Belgium 7; UniversitySchool 21, Random Lake 14;Oostburg 47, Martin Luther 3

Level 2 — Racine St. Cather-ine’s 38, Oostburg 14

2008

Division 3

Level 1 — Port Washington21, Plymouth 9

Division 4

Level 1 — Kewaunee 15, NewHolstein 14

Division 5

Level 1 — Howards Grove 21,Amherst 14; Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 50, Dodgeland 6; Oostburg46, Shoreland Lutheran 34; Mar-shall 40, Random Lake 15

Level 2 — Niagara/Goodman/Pembine 22, Howards Grove 14;Cedar Grove-Belgium 41, Oost-burg 3

Level 3 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 28, Cambridge 7

Level 4 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 24, Lancaster 0

Championship — Colby 42,

Cedar Grove-Belgium 13

2009

Division 3

Level 1 — Plymouth 33, Lux-emburg-Casco 14

Level 2 — Kewaskum 27,Plymouth 7

Division 4

Level 1 — New Holstein 40,Mayville 0

Level 2 — Big Foot 21, NewHolstein 7

Division 5

Level 1 — Tigerton/Marion 28,Howards Grove 20; Fond du LacSaint Mary’s Springs 45, RandomLake 20; Oostburg 42, HeritageChristian 13; Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 42, Kenosha St. Joseph 7

Level 2 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 31, Oostburg 0

Level 3 — Fond du Lac SaintMary’s Springs 34, Cedar Grove-Belgium 7

2010

Division 1

Level 1 — Germantown 29,Sheboygan South 15

Division 3

Level 1 — Plymouth 28,Whitefish Bay 7

Level 2 — Catholic Memorial35, Plymouth 0

Division 4

Level 1 — Kiel 18, Racine St.Catherine’s 15 (OT); New Hol-stein 59, Montello/Princeton/Green Lake 14

Level 2 — Big Foot 39, Kiel 7;New Holstein 26, Lakeside Lu-theran 20

Level 3 — Big Foot 42, NewHolstein 35

Division 5

Level 1 — Brillion 30, CedarGrove-Belgium 0; Oostburg 41,Kenosha Saint Joseph 0

Level 2 — Waterloo 38, Oost-burg 21

Division 6

Level 1 — Ozaukee 37, Brook-field Academy 0

Level 2 — Coleman 36, Ozau-kee 20

2011

Division 3

Level 1 — Luxemburg-Casco27, Plymouth 21 (OT); Waupaca44, Sheboygan Falls 0

Division 4

Level 1 — Sturgeon Bay 22,Kiel 13

Division 5

Level 1 — Brillion 48, How-ards Grove 6; Waterloo 48, Oost-burg 21; Cedar Grove-Belgium47, Lomira 0

Level 2 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 57, Kenosha Saint Joseph17

Level 3 — Cedar Grove-Bel-gium 26, Cambridge 13

Level 4 — Lancaster 49, CedarGrove-Belgium 48

Division 6

Level 1 — Fond du Lac SaintMary’s Springs 55, Ozaukee 6

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PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Pro I)

QB — Tom Hansen, sr.;

Austin Edge, jr.

RB — Cole McGraw, sr.;

Sam Guse, sr.; Brevin Schol-

ten, sr.; Ryan Stauber, jr.;

Everhett Johnson, sr.

WR/TE — Matthew Lom-

bardo, sr.; Donald Oneson, sr.;

Edge; Ethan Brinkman, so.

OL — Jordan Siemers, jr.;

Aaron Jacobchick, sr.; Derek

Handel, sr.; Christian Meisel-

witz, sr.; Evan Klueger, so.;

Ryan Navis, sr.; Alex Akright,

sr.

K — Brinkman

Defense

(5-3)

DL — Johnson; Meisel-

witz; Miko Vollrath, sr.; A.

Akright; Handel; Daniel

Cotet, jr.; Jacobchick

LB — Guse; Scholten;

Hansen; Stauber; Ryan Navis,

sr.

DB — Lombardo; Edge;

Oneson; McGraw; Brinkman

P — Brinkman

KR/PR — Oneson; Brink-

man; Edge

MattLombardo

ChristianMeiselwitz

ColeMcCraw

Tom Hansen


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

Today — at Kiel

Aug. 31 — Reedsville

Sept. 7 — Mil. Marshall

Sept. 14 — at Cedar Grove

Sept. 21 — Oostburg

Sept. 28 — at Random Lake

Oct. 5 — Ozaukee

Oct. 12 — at Manty Luth.

2011 RESULTS

4-7 overall


Regular season

Poynette 20, H. Grove 19

Kiel 48, Howards Grove 21

Laconia 12, H. Grove 6

H. Grove 18, Random Lake 7

Oostburg 21, H. Grove 14

H. Grove 2, LKC 0

Ozaukee 34, H. Grove 20

H. Grove 28, Elkhart Lake 22

Cedar Grove 49, H. Grove 8

Playoffs

Brillion 48, Howards Grove 6

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-x 4-6 .400

2010 3-6 .333

2009-x 4-6 .400

2008-x 8-3 .727

2007-x 6-4 .600

2006-xy 7-3 .700

2005-x 5-5 .500

2004-x 5-5 .500

2003-x 6-4 .600

2002 4-5 .444

Total 52-47 .525

x-playoff berth


onship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: 11th

Record: 52-47


(1-8)


DaveSchmid

are perennially the teamsthat are in the upperhalf,” Schmid said. “Soevery game I think isgoing to be a battle.”

Cedar Grove-Belgiumhas had an effective lockon the conference’s topspot in recent seasons,and looks to remain astrong contender thisyear with star runningback Alex Giles back inthe lineup for his seniorcampaign. Oostburg,Ozaukee and RandomLake will round out theconference.

The Tigers haven’tfinished better thanfourth place in the CLCsince 2008, when How-ards finished second inthe league. But Schmidsaid he sees some simi-larities between thisfall’s senior class and theone in ’08.

“They had decentnumbers, which we havein our senior class. Andthey both like to work out

HOWARDS GROVE —

Tigers football coachDave Schmid has someambitious goals for the2012 season.

He wants to win theCentral Lakeshore Con-ference title and takehomefield advantage intothe playoffs.

But he’ll have to con-tend with plenty of chal-lenges — many of themoutside his control — ifhe wants those dreams tocome true.

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeu-lah’s football team isdropping out of the CLCto form an 8-man teaminstead, competing withsimilar-sized teams fromacross the state. Luther-an/Kohler/Christian,meanwhile, isn’t fieldinga varsity squad this fall.

“It’ll be a very toughconference race becausethe (teams) that are left

hard in the offseason andlove football,” he said.“Where that (2008) teamhas a little bit of an ad-vantage on us is we justhad more juniors on theteam than we do thisyear.”

A smaller team isanother of those prob-lems Schmid will have todeal with. “I had one ofthe biggest teams in my11 years (coaching) lastyear as far as numbersgo, and this year I haveone of the smallestteams,” he said.

But none of it — notthe leaner conference,not the recent string ofmiddling seasons, not thesmaller roster — is keep-ing Schmid from settinghis sights high this fall.

The team’s first goal,as it is every year, will beto win the conferencechampionship this sea-son.

“Beyond that, then,we’d like to win a home

playoff game,” Schmidsaid.

The Tigers have madea habit of going to theplayoffs, missing thepostseason tournamentjust twice in the last 10years — in 2002 and ’10.

But they haven’tplayed a home playoffgame since 2008. Thatyear, the third-seededTigers won at home inthe first round beforelosing on the road in thesecond. In 2009 and ’11,the Tigers opened theirpostseasons with first-round losses on the road.

“If we do win confer-ence and take care ofbusiness there, or finishpretty high, we can get ahome playoff game andthat’s usually easier toplay at home than it is togo on the road to some-body else’s place,”Schmid said.

And after that? “…We’ll see where the play-off road takes us.”

Pushing for the top

Howards Grove has qualified for the playoffs an area-best 26 times, including eight of the past nine years. PHOTO BY GARY C.


By McLean Bennett

[email protected]

HOWARDS GROVE403 Audubon Rd. TIGERS www.hgsd.k12.wi.us

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Fullhouse Wing T)

QB — Joe Smies, jr., 5-11,

163

RB — Parker Gabrielse, jr.,

6-2, 170; Devin Veldboom, sr.,

6-2, 180; Tyler Chaloupka, jr.,

5-9, 160

WR/TE — Josh Smies, jr.,

6-0, 160; Jake Hurlbutt, jr.,

6-3, 195

OL — Gage Hackl, sr., 5-10,

240; Garret Hackl, so., 5-10,

212; Joe Kretz, jr., 5-9, 160;

Ryan Holbrook, jr., 5-11, 175;

Ian Buck, sr., 6-3, 210

Defense

(5-3)

DL — Holbrook; Aaron

DuMez, jr., 5-11, 170; Tony

Teunissen, sr., 6-0, 238; Kretz;

Josh Smies

LB — Hurlbutt; Jesse

Lensink, sr., 5-9, 175; Joe

Smies

DB — Gabrielse; Chaloup-

ka; Veldboom

JacobHurlbutt

ParkerGabrielse

TonyTeunissen

TylerChaloupka


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Today — at New Holstein

Sept. 1 — Aurora Cent. Cath.

(IL), 4 p.m.

Sept. 7 — at University Schl

Sept. 14 — Ozaukee

Sept. 21 — at Howards Grove

Sept. 28 — at Hilbert

Oct. 5 — at Random Lake

Oct. 12 — Cedar Grove

2011 RESULTS

7-3 overall


Regular season

Oostburg 26, N. Holstein 21

Manawa 30, Oostburg 0

Oostburg 23, Elkhart L. 14

C. Grove 42, Oostburg 0

Oostburg 21, H. Grove 14

Oostburg 28, Random L. 20

Oostburg 38, Mayville 8

Oostburg 63, LKC 0

Oostburg 41, Ozaukee 21

Playoffs

Waterloo 48, Oostburg 21

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-x 7-3 .700

2010-xy 10-1 .909

2009-x 9-2 .818

2008-x 7-4 .636

2007-xy 7-4 .636

2006 2-6 .250

2005-x 5-5 .500

2004 1-8 .111

2003 2-7 .222

2002-x 6-4 .600

Total 56-44 .560

x-playoff berth


onship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Seventh

Record: 42-20


(4-5)


Scott Ring

Tony Teunissen, asenior nose tackle who’sbeen with the team sincehis freshman year, said itwould “be nice” to win aconference champion-ship this fall, but notedhis real goal lies in thepostseason. For him, asatisfactory season, hesaid, would involve “atleast getting into theplayoffs, with like a 7-2record or something likethat.”

“I think our chances toget into the playoffs arepretty good,” Teunissensaid.

Despite the growingpains Oostburg mightface this fall, Ring noted

OOSTBURG — ScottRing knows his footballteam has plenty of obsta-cles standing in the wayof a conference champi-onship this season.

Cedar Grove-Belgiumhas been the CentralLakeshore Conference’sperennial crème de lacrème, winning the con-ference title three of thepast four years.

Ring’s Oostburg team,meanwhile, has lost itsentire starting offensiveline from last fall and hasa roster loaded withfresh, untested talent.

“To get to where wecan beat Cedar Grove,we have a learning curveto get over first,” Oost-burg’s coach said earlierthis month.

“We have a lot of testsin front of us.”

For one, the entireoffensive line will benew, forcing “a big learn-ing curve” along theoffensive front, Ringsaid.

“In defense, too, we’replaying a lot of guys inpositions that have neverplayed there before.”

Since 2009 — whenthis year’s seniors werefreshmen — Oostburghas proved itself to be aperennial top-tier team inthe CLC. The FlyingDutchmen took secondplace behind CedarGrove in 2009 and ’11,and won the conferencetitle in 2010.

The Dutch have madeplayoff appearances fivestraight years since 2007,and have advanced to thepostseason 10 times since1997 (they missed theplayoffs in 1998, ’01, ’03,’04 and ’06).

But with such a fresh-faced bunch this year —Ring said his rosterboasts just six seniors —it’s tough to make boldpredictions about whatthe 2012 campaign mighthold in store.

“With having a youngteam like that, it’s kind oftough to be able to say,‘This is what I’m going tobe happy with,’” he said.

“I’m expecting theirbest. And what their bestends up being is exactlywhat I’m looking for.They have nothing to gooff of from season toseason with a group thathas never really playedtogether.”

he refuses to label 2012 a“rebuilding” year. For hissmall group of seniors,he said, this fall will beanything but a rebuildingseason — it’s their going-away party.

“These kids get thatone chance,” he said.“You can’t bring themback for another year …So I never like to say‘rebuilding season.’ Idon’t think that’s what itis.

“I think the biggeststrength for this team,”Ring added, “is that theyare willing to learn,they’re willing to getbetter, they want to getbetter, they listen to whatyou say. They’re verycoachable.”

Into the unknownBy McLean Bennett

[email protected]

OOSTBURG410 New York Ave. FLYING DUTCHMEN www.oostburg.k12.wi.us

Oostburg aims to extend its streak of playoff berths to sixthis season. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

www.sheboyganpress.com R1 The Sheboygan Press, Friday, August 24, 2012 C27PREP SPORTS 2012

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Single wing)

QB — Owen Miller, so.,

5-10, 145; Colton Susen, sr.,

5-8, 145

RB — Ethan Brouillette,

sr., 5-11, 170; Hunter Hess, sr.,

5-9, 185; Logan Smith, sr., 5-8,

145; Kevin Beckmann, jr., 5-10,

175

WR/TE — Steve Street, sr.,

6-6, 185; Kyle Gensrick, sr.,

5-10, 165

OL — Cody Stageman, jr.,

5-10, 230; Bryce Erlwig, sr.,

5-11, 200; Hunter Vande

Boom, sr., 6-0, 230; Chris

Schmidt, sr., 5-7, 165; Jake

Saltzmann, so. 6-4, 275; Trys-

ten Boyer, jr., 6-0, 205

K — Brouillette

Defense

(5-3)

DL — Erlwig; Jeremy

Wichmann, so., 6-3, 200; Kyle

Dowe, sr., 5-11, 175; Vande

Boom; Stageman; Nick Jenna-

ro, 5-9, 175; Duncan Frieburg-

er, jr., 5-10, 175

LB — Hess; Brouillette;

Beckmann; Schmidt

DB — Susen; Smith;

Street; Gensrick

P — Wichmann

KR/PR — Hess

EthanBrouillette

HunterVandeBoom

LoganSmith

Steve Street


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Saturday — at St. Mary’s

Springs, 1 p.m.

Aug. 31 — Catholic Central

Sept. 8 — Racine St. Cat’s, 1

p.m.

Sept. 14 — at Oostburg

Sept. 21 — at Algoma

Sept. 28 — Cedar Grove

Oct. 5 — at Howards Grove

Oct. 12 — Random Lake

2011 RESULTS

6-4 overall


Regular season

Ozaukee 60, Gibraltar 22

Fondy Springs 47, Ozaukee 6

Ozaukee 55, LKC 21

Ozaukee 67, North Fondy 33

Ozaukee 56, Elkhart Lake 20

C. Grove 43, Ozaukee 0

Ozaukee 34, How. Grove 20

Ozaukee 33, Random L. 25

Oostburg 41, Ozaukee 21

Playoffs

Fondy Springs 55, Ozaukee 6

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011-x 6-4 .600

2010-x 8-2 .800

2009 3-6 .333

2008 3-6 .333

2007 4-5 .444

2006 2-6 .250

2005 4-5 .444

2004 4-5 .444

2003-x 7-3 .700

2002 5-4 .556

Total 46-46 .500

x-playoff berth

COACH’S CORNER

Year: Third

Record: 14-6


(1-2)


Jim Lippe

FREDONIA — After twoyears of running thesingle wing offense, astyle seldom seen any-where in the state, Ozau-kee will no longer be ableto sneak around andthrough unsuspectingopponents.

That doesn’t mean it’sgoing to be any easier tostop.

Third-year coach JimLippe has helped turnaround a program thathad limited success —six straight years with-out playoff berth — into asolid program. Aftergoing 3-6 in 2009, Ozau-kee went 8-2 in Lippe’sfirst season and 6-4 lastyear.

With a brutal scheduleand the loss of a 2,000-yard rusher, things willnot get easier this fall.But the Warriors arepoised to keep the suc-cess going.

“Everything’s goinggood,” said Lippe. “We’vehad really good fall campso far.”

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeu-lah left the Central Lake-shore Conference to play8-man club football, andLutheran/Kohler/Chris-tian dropped its varsityteam for one season.That created a toughsituation for the fiveremaining CLC teams tofind four non-conferencegames in an eight-gameseason.

Ozaukee’s schedule isconsidered the mostdifficult in the statebased on last year’s rec-ords. It includes non-conference gamesagainst a state champion(Fond du Lac Springs)and a semifinalist (Bur-

lington Catholic Central),plus CLC powerhouseCedar Grove-Belgium.

“We have quite theschedule,” chuckledLippe. “It is what it is. Wehave a tough group ofkids. We’re going to playsome football.”

The single wing linesup three running backsbehind center but no truequarterback. Last year, itwas Devon Linzenmeyerwho carried the show,rushing for 2,163 yardsand 30 TDs. He was alsothe team’s top passer.

No one player willreplace that production,but Lippe likes four play-ers who will combine toget the job done.

Lippe said senior Lo-gan Smith will likely getthe most touches, thoughseniors Ethan Brouilletteand Hunter Hess, and

junior Kevin Beckmannwill all get their hands onthe ball.

“They’re not DevonLinzenmeyer, but they’rereal nice running backs,”said Lippe, “We’re defi-nitely going to be able torun the ball this year, nodoubt about it.”

Three returning offen-sive linemen — seniorsHunter Vande Boom andBryce Erlwig and juniorCody Stageman — willlead block for the four-some.

While the offense getsthe headlines, Ozaukee’sdefense should be im-proved, especially atlinebacker and in thesecondary. Nine of thetop 11 defenders fromlast year are back.

Leading will be seniorSteve Steet, a 6-foot-7senior who roams the

backfield at safety. Lippesaid Street’s speed andpresence allows for ag-gressive play in the frontseven.

“Our goal is, we’rehoping to win a CLCchampionship this year,”said Street. “We shouldbe very good on offense,and defense, too. Improv-ing line play is going tobe the key.”

Along with runningthe ball, Hess, Brouilletteand Beckmann will dou-ble as a formidable line-backing corps.

Ozaukee went 6-4 lastseason, with two of thelosses coming fromSprings, one from CGBand the other from Oost-burg, which finished 7-3.

“Our goal is to winconference and take anice run into the play-offs,” said Lippe.

Through the gauntlet401 Highland Dr., Fredonia WARRIORS www.nosd.edu

OZAUKEE

Ozaukee aims for a third-straight playoff berth, but will have to go through arguably thestate’s most difficult schedule this season. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

By Adam Thompson

[email protected]

PLAYERS TO WATCH

PROSPECTS

Offense

(Pro I)

QB — Brady Schmidt, sr.,

5-11, 160; Brandon Depies, jr.,

5-9, 140

RB — Nic Horning, so.,

5-11, 160; Brandon Durn, so.,

5-7, 140; Jesse Verbanac, jr.,

6-0, 180; Jake Schwan, sr.,

5-10, 195

WR/TE — Ben Verhage, jr.,

5-9, 180; Jalen Weyker, sr.,

6-0, 155; Alex Rathke, sr., 6-4,

180 OL — Willy Rosso, sr., 6-2,

200; Mitch Jentges, sr., 6-3,

215; Alan Vorpahl, jr., 6-0,

230; Reed Anklam, jr., 6-2,

290; Matt Klas, sr., 5-9, 210;

Sam Birenbaum, jr., 6-0, 180

K — Schwan

Defense

(4-4)

DL — Jentges; Anklam;

Jacob Risch, sr., 6-0, 320; Nick

Klein, jr., 6-2, 200; Andy

Fechter, jr., 6-4, 180; Rosso

LB — Schwan; Adam

Risse, jr., 6-2, 180; Verbanac;

Kohl Sanders, sr., 5-7, 130;

Dundurs; Zach Sanfelippo, jr.,

5-11, 140

DB — Schmidt; Weyker;

Horning; Rathke

P — Schwan

KR/PR — Horning; Sanfe-

lippo; Durn; Depies; Schwan

BradySchmidt

JakeSchwan

MitchJentges

ReedAnklam


2012 SCHEDULE

All kickoffs 7 p.m.

unless noted

Today — Hilbert

Sept. 1 — at Living Word

Luth., 1 p.m.

Sept. 7 — at SMC

Sept. 14 — Sevastopol

Sept. 21 — at Cedar Grove

Sept. 28 — Howards Grove

Oct. 5 — Oostburg

Oct. 12 — at Ozaukee

2011 RESULTS

1-8 overall


Regular season

Hilbert 56, Random Lake 18

Beaver Dam 36, R. Lake 6

Cedar Grove 44, R. Lake 6

How. Grove 18, R. Lake 7

Lomira 45, Random Lake 15

Oostburg 28, R. Lake 20

Random Lake 41, LKC 7

Ozaukee 33, R. Lake 25

Elkhart L. 20, R. Lake 14

LAST 10 SEASONS

Year W-L Pct.

2011 1-8 .111

2010 3-6 .333

2009-x 5-5 .500

2008-x 4-6 .400

2007-xy 6-4 .600

2006-xy 8-3 .727

2005-x 8-2 .800

2004-x 8-4 .667

2003-xy 6-4 .600

2002-xy 6-4 .600

Total 55-46 .545

x-playoff berth


onship

COACH’S CORNER

Year: 15th

Record: 89-58


(11-10)


ChrisBichler

in Random Lake. Thisyear’s team is poised toshow that the program’scurrent trend is a hiccupin its proud history.

“We want to workhard and improve everyweek, and want to com-pete in each game. Wewant to give ourselves achance to win,” saidcoach Chris Bichler,entering his 15th season.“Those (goals) aren’tgoing to change.”

With Elkhart Lakeleaving the CLC to play8-man club football, andLutheran/Kohler/Chris-tian taking a year offfrom varsity play, gettingthe needed conferencevictories to return to thepostseason will be eventougher.

“Our conference hasalways been a very goodfootball conference,”said Bichler.

RANDOM LAKE — Formore than a decade, Ran-dom Lake football wasthe benchmark of small-school football in thearea, and kings of theCentral Lakeshore Con-ference.

From 1995 through2009, the program hadzero or one loss in CLCplay 11 times, went un-beaten four times andqualified for the playoffsevery year but one. TheRams had just one CLClosing season in thatstretch, back in 2000.

But Random won justone game in 2011, downfrom three the year be-fore. That seasonsnapped a nine-yearstretch of qualifying forthe playoffs.

The goals don’t change

The Rams have num-bers issues this year —just 36 boys are out forvarsity and JV combined— though the youth pro-gram is currently thriv-ing. And Bichler ispleased with the dedica-tion shown in practice.

“Numbers are down,but the kids who are outare working hard anddoing OK,” said Bichler.

There will be a lot oftwo-way players, butmany of them have con-siderable playing experi-ence.

The offense can leanon returning startingquarterback BradySchmidt. Among return-ing signal-callers in thearea, Schmidt, a senior,ranks No. 2; he threw for964 yards and six touch-downs.

“He knows the of-fense, and he’s pro-

gressed and grown,” saidBichler. “He definitelygives us a nice presenceon the field.”

Random Lake hasalways been a run-firstteam, and the halfbackduties will be filled bythree different playerswith the graduation ofJustin Lunde (787 yards,14 TD). Fullback, howev-er, is set with experi-enced returnees in seniorJake Schwan and juniorJesse Verbanec.

Whether or not this isthe season Random Lakegets back to its winningways, the Rams are fo-cused to have a bounce-back season, building to abrighter future that mir-rors its past.

“Last year is in theback of our heads,” saidSchmidt. “We’re lookingto get better and keepimproving.”

Return to form

Despite low numbers, Random Lake looks to return to form this season. The Rams qualfied for the playoffs 14 times from1995-2009. PHOTO BY GARY C. KLEIN/THE SHEBOYGAN PRESS

By Adam Thompson

[email protected]

605 Random Lake Rd. RAMS www.randomlake.k12.wi.us

RANDOM LAKE


WEEK 1

Today

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Howards Grove at Kiel (NC)

Hilbert at Random Lake (NC)

Cedar Grove-Belgium at Manitowoc Lutheran

(NC)

Oostburg at New Holstein (NC)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

Beaver Dam at Waupun (NC)

Howards Grove at Kiel (NC)

Oostburg at New Holstein (NC)

Grafton at Plymouth (NC)

Sheboygan Falls at Mayville (NC)

Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Two Rivers (NC)

West Bend East at Kewaskum (NC)

Milwaukee Washington at Campbellsport

(NC)

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Ashwaubenon at Green Bay Preble

Manitowoc at Green Bay Southwest

Sheboygan North at Pulaski

Green Bay West at Sheboygan South

Bay Port at De Pere

Green Bay East at Green Bay Notre Dame

Saturday

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Ozaukee at Saint Mary’s Springs (NC)

WEEK 2

Friday, Aug. 31

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Reedsville at Howards Grove (NC)

Kingsford, Mich. at Cedar Grove-Belgium (NC)

Catholic Central at Ozaukee (NC)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

Plymouth at Sheboygan Falls

Kewaskum at New Holstein

Kiel at Waupun

Campbellsport at Two Rivers

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Bay Port at Pulaski

Green Bay West at Green Bay Notre Dame

Sheboygan South at Green Bay Preble

Manitowoc at Sheboygan North

De Pere at Green Bay East

Green Bay Southwest at Ashwaubenon

Saturday, Sept. 1

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Random Lake at Living Word Lutheran (NC)

Aurora Catholic Central, Ill. at Oostburg (NC)

WEEK 3

Friday, Sept. 7

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Random Lake at St. Mary Central (NC)

Oostburg at University School (NC)

Milwaukee Marshall at Howards Grove (NC)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

New Holstein at Plymouth

Kiel at Kewaskum

Two Rivers at Waupun

Campbellsport at Sheboygan Falls

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Ashwaubenon at Green Bay West

Pulaski at Green Bay Southwest

Green Bay Notre Dame at Bay Port

Sheboygan North at De Pere

Green Bay Preble at Manitowoc

Green Bay East at Sheboygan South

Saturday, Sept. 8

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Cedar Grove-Belgium at Escanaba, Mich. (NC)

Racine St. Catherine’s at Ozaukee (NC)

Three Lakes at Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah (8-

man)

WEEK 4

Friday, Sept. 14

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Howards Grove at Cedar Grove-Belgium

Ozaukee at Oostburg

Sevastopol at Random Lake (NC)

Valley Christian at Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah

(8-man)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

Waupun at Plymouth

Sheboygan Falls at New Holstein

Two Rivers at Kiel

Kewaskum at Campbellsport

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Green Bay Southwest at Sheboygan North

Green Bay Preble at Pulaski

Bay Port at Green Bay East

Sheboygan South at Green Bay Notre Dame

De Pere at Green Bay West

Ashwaubenon at Manitowoc

WEEK 5

Friday, Sept. 21

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Oostburg at Howards Grove

Random Lake at Cedar Grove-Belgium

Ozaukee at Algoma (NC)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

Plymouth at Kiel

Kewaskum at Waupun

Sheboygan Falls at Two Rivers

New Holstein at Campbellsport

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Green Bay Notre Dame at Green Bay South-

west

De Pere at Sheboygan South

Sheboygan North at Green Bay Preble

Manitowoc at Green Bay East

Green Bay West at Bay Port

Pulaski at Ashwaubenon

Saturday, Sept. 22

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Wayland Acad-

emy (8-man)

WEEK 6

Friday, Sept. 28

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Cedar Grove-Belgium at Ozaukee

Howards Grove at Random Lake

Oostburg at Hilbert (NC)

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Stockbridge (8-

man)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

Kiel at Sheboygan Falls

New Holstein at Waupun

Two Rivers at Kewaskum

Campbellsport at Plymouth

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Ashwaubenon at Bay Port

Green Bay Southwest at Green Bay West

Pulaski at Green Bay Notre Dame

Green Bay Preble at Saturday

Saturday, Sept. 29

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Sheboygan South at Manitowoc

Green Bay East at Sheboygan North

WEEK 7

Friday, Oct. 5

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Ozaukee at Howards Grove

Oostburg at Random Lake

Gibraltar at Cedar Grove-Belgium (NC)

Oneida Nation at Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah

(8-man)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

Two Rivers at New Holstein

Kewaskum at Plymouth

Waupun at Sheboygan Falls

Kiel at Campbellsport

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Green Bay Preble at Green Bay Southwest

Manitowoc at Pulaski

De Pere at Green Bay Notre Dame

Green Bay West at Green Bay East

Bay Port at Sheboygan South

Sheboygan North at Ashwaubenon

WEEK 8

Friday, Oct. 12

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Random Lake at Ozaukee

Cedar Grove-Belgium at Oostburg

Howards Grove at Manitowoc Lutheran (NC)

EASTERN WISCONSIN

New Holstein at Kiel

Sheboygan Falls at Kewaskum

Plymouth at Two Rivers

Waupun at Campbellsport

FOX RIVER CLASSIC

Green Bay West at Pulaski

Manitowoc at De Pere

Green Bay East at Green Bay Preble

Bay Port at Green Bay Southwest

Green Bay Notre Dame at Ashwaubenon

Sheboygan South at Sheboygan North

Saturday, Oct. 13

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Three Lakes (8-

man)

Friday, Oct. 19

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Green Bay NEW Lutheran at Elkhart Lake-

Glenbeulah (8-man)

Friday, Oct. 26

CENTRAL LAKESHORE

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Abundant Life

Christian (8-man)

PLAYOFFS

Level 1 — Oct. 19-20

Level 2 — Oct. 26-27

Level 3 — Nov. 2-3

Level 4 — Nov. 9-10

State championships — Camp Randall

Stadium, Madison, Nov. 15-16

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