Gibraltar cross country runner Logan Mittermann earned All-Conference honors earlier this month, but another recognition he earned may be even more impressive.

The Gibraltar Viking Cross Country Facebook page highlighted Mittermann's heroic tale through the lens of "Door County regular" and North Chicago Assistant Police Chief Gary Lunn. In his retelling, Lunn says Mittermann came charging out of the Ephraim Firehouse Marina office Labor Day weekend and leaped into the Eagle Harbor waters when he heard a dog and its owner struggling to get out. Mittermann was able to get both the owner and his dog back to shore safely. On October 10th, Mittermann was honored by Ephraim Village President Michael McCutcheon and Village Administrator Brent Bristol for the act.

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The Gibraltar Vikings placed several athletes on the Peninsula 8-Player Football  All-Conference teams that were announced this week.  Below is the list of all-conference selections.  

1ST TEAM OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK                       SCHOOL                                  YEAR              

Brady Kita                                 Gibraltar                                    Junior

OFFENSIVE END                      SCHOOL                                  YEAR              

Braden Sitte                              Gibraltar                                    Senior              

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN              SCHOOL                                  YEAR              

Marshall Maltby                         Gibraltar                                    Senior

PLACEKICKER                        SCHOOL                                  YEAR              

Braden Sitte                              Gibraltar                                    Senior  

1ST TEAM DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE BACK                   SCHOOL                                  YEAR

Braden Sitte     

HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE           

RUNNING BACK                       SCHOOL                                  YEAR

Will Lecy                                   Gibraltar                                    Junior

HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE

LINEBACKER                           SCHOOL                                  YEAR

Will Lecy                                   Gibraltar                                   Junior

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN              SCHOOL                                  YEAR              

Will Bultman                              Gibraltar                                    Freshman

The Gibraltar Vikings were well represented on All-Packerland Conference teams announced over the weekend.

Senior setter Chloe Alexander, who crossed 1,000 assists for her career earlier this year, was the lone first-ream performer. The football team had nine selections onto the All-Peninsula Conference Team

VOLLEYBALL

Chloe Alexander: First-Team Setter

Andie Schar: Second-Team All-Around

Pam Prescott: Honorable Mention Libero

SOCCER

Brandon Mayorga: Second-Team Midfielder
Cristino Valdivia: Second-Team Midfielder
Gabriel Peterson: Second-Team Defender
Aaron Tomaszewski: Honorable Mention Goalie

FOOTBALL
Brady Kita: First-Team Quarterback

Braden Sitte: First-Team Offensive End

Marshall Maltby: First Team Offensive Lineman

Braden Sitte: First-Team Kicker

Braden Sitte: First-Team Defensive Back

Marshall Maltby: First Team Linebacker

Will Lecy: Honorable Mention Running Back

Will Lecy: Honorable Mention Linebacker

Will Bultman: Honorable Mention Defensive Lineman
            

The Gibraltar cross country team ran its final meet of the season on Saturday in the WIAA Sectional Meet in Manitowoc.

According to their coaches on Facebook, only three ran, but they collectively achieved two personal records and one season record in the meet.

69      Logan Mittermann   12   Gibraltar                    19:49.2  6:23

74      Helen McCormack    12   Gibraltar                    23:45.1  7:39    

119      Abigail Demeuse    10   Gibraltar                    26:26.3  8:31

Gibraltar's offense could never find its rhythm, while Florence's wore down the defense in a 52-0 blowout that ended the Vikings' season Friday night.

It looked like it would be slugfest early on as the Vikings forced two early turnovers on strip fumbles, only for the offense to find out that the Bobcats' defense was equally stingy. The Bobcats broke through early in the second quarter on a two-yard run and two-point conversion to make 8-0. After the Vikings were forced to punt again, Joey Holstrom put his stamp on the game with a gritty touchdown run from 20 yards out to make it 14-0.

The biggest sequence of the game happened late in the contest when Braden Sitte was able to spring free for a significant gain on the ground that had him on the doorstep of scoring a touchdown. Sitte would then be picked off on the next play when the Vikings were inside the 10-yard line. His positional counterpart, William Kelley, would then take the next play to the house on a 70-yard  gallop to the endzone. Kelley would find the endzone again late in the second quarter to make it 28-0 at the break.

 

 

 

 

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Kelley would force a running clock in the third quarter after he found the endzone a third time to make it 36-0. Holtstrom would score again late in the third quarter, and Dustin Williams found it again in the fourth quarter to make it 52-0. The Vikings would move the ball sparingly through the air late, but the Bobcats' defense swarmed the wide receivers,  not allowing for many open looks in the passing game.

 

 

 

 

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The Vikings end their season with a 6-3 record and a berth in the WIAA Playoffs while the Bobcats will have its rematch against Three Lakes/Phelps next Friday in Level Two of the Eight-Player Football Playoffs.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team will have a much shorter drive for their regional championship bid after snagging a 2-1 victory against Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian on Thursday night.

Ezra Linnan and Trey Perlman found the back of the net for the United, punching their ticket to Sturgeon Bay for Saturday's regional championship game. The match will be broadcast on U-102.1.

Picture courtesy of Gibraltar Area Schools

The Gibraltar Vikings volleyball could not get their vengeance for losing earlier this season to their Packerland rival, getting swept out of the WIAA Tournament Thursday by NEW Lutheran 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-23).

Lexi Dhein stunted the Vikings' offensive attacks with 31 digs, while Lexie Meerstein did a little bit of everything for the Blazers with eight kills, four digs, three aces, and two blocks.

The Gibraltar Vikings kick off their second straight playoff experience on the road Friday night when they travel around the bay to take on the undefeated Florence Bobcats.

After trying to get a feel for their offense for six quarters of action following a season-ending injury to Brady Kita in their homecoming game against Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, the Vikings finally caught stride against Sevastopol last week. Will Lecy, Braden Sitte, Giovanni Mercier, and Beckett Johnson took snaps at quarterback in their 52-22 rout of the Pioneers. Johnson threw for one score, while Sitte and Lecy each produced multiple touchdowns on the ground for the Vikings. In his pre-game interview, head coach Mike Peck said it was good to get a handle on their offense before heading into Friday's game against the Bobcats.

Speaking of the Bobcats, they enter the game undefeated on the season, outscoring the foes in the North Central Conference 203-58. The only game ever in doubt for the Bobcats was a 36-32 win over Three Lakes, which plays Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday night. With quarterback William Kelley and running back Logan Schuls leading the way, the Bobcats gained more than 1,500 yards on the grounds, three times more than they accumulated through the air.

Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com  from Florence beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kickoff at 7 p.m.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team begins its journey in the WIAA Tournament by heading south to play Lourdes Academy at Oshkosh North High School.

After going through a seven-match winless streak, the United won four of their final six matches, ending with a 2-0 loss to Green Bay East on the road. The flurry of wins gave the United a second-place finish in the Packerland with a 6-3-1 mark.

Lourdes Academy, which also joins forces with Valley Christian, split their final four matches, including a 3-1 loss to Omro to end the regular season.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Gibraltar visits a familiar foe when they travel to Green Bay to play NEW Lutheran for their WIAA Volleyball Tournament Regional-Semifinal.

The Vikings earned a date against Packerland foe NEW Lutheran on Thursday after they swept Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-21). The Blazers easily topped Oneida Nation 25-8, 25-10, 25-13. 

The Blazers bested the Vikings earlier this season. 25-17, 25-19, 25-18.

The opening serve is set for 7 p.m.

Gibraltar earned a date against Packerland foe NEW Lutheran on Thursday after they swept Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-21).

No other stats were available from this match.

The Gibraltar volleyball team will stay at home to start the WIAA Tournament when Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah comes to Fish Creek.

The Vikings are getting hot at the right time, winning their final three matches of the season to finish 7-10 on the season. Those wins included matches at Sevastopol and Oconto before dispatching Peshtigo at home in the regular season finale. Chloe Alexander told 105.1 The GOAT on Friday night that hustle was going to be necessary to have success.

The Bucks went 1-4 in the Big East Conference Tournament and lost 5 of their last six matches to end the season.

The opening serve is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Gibraltar cross country will look ahead to next weekend's sectional meet at Manitowoc Lutheran after finishing Thursday's Packerland Conference championships on Thursday.

The Vikings accomplished a rare feat among competing teams with five of its six competing earning either a personal record or season best time on the hilly 5K course. Neither squad had enough qualified runners to earn points. Logan Mittermann's season-best time of 19:54 was enough to finish in the top 15 to pace the Vikings. Helen McCormack covered the course in 24:01 to come in the top 24.

1.15.12Logan Mittermann19:54.77 SRGibraltar

2.25.9Graham Devoe21:20.68PRGibraltar
 

1.22.12Helen McCormack24:01.33Gibraltar

2.31.12Kaitlyn Kroll25:30.59PRGibraltar

3.40.10Abigail Demeuse27:00.20PRGibraltar

4.52.10Anna Dalke32:02.93 SRGibraltar

The Gibraltar football team discovered their running game in a big way on Thursday night, beating their rivals Sevastopol 55-22 in Fish Creek.

The Vikings used four different quarterbacks in the game, showing different looks with Giovanni Mercier, Braden Sitte, Beckett Johnson, and Will Lecy all taking turns and providing the Pioneers' defense with different looks on every snap. That helped the Vikings drive down the field after the two teams traded punts early to score on a field goal by Sitte. After the Vikings recovered a short kick, Sitte caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Johnson for the team's only completion. The Pioneers would narrow the lead on a three-yard run by Logan Schuh to make it 10-8 early in the second quarter.

 

 

 

 

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The Vikings would then rattle off 35 answered points with Sitte and Lecy each rushing for two scores and Marshall Maltby scoring one of his own to provide himself with a happy senior night memory.

 

 

 

 

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With a running clock in play for much of the second half due to a 45-8 halftime lead for the Vikings, each team had just three possessions a piece in the second half. Sladon Asher scored in the closing minutes of the third quarter to give the Pioneers the second touchdown of their day only to have Lecy match it for the Vikings on a four-yard rush.

 

 

 

 

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The Vikings would set up their final score after a blocked punt by Wyatt Bultman with Sitte kicking a 33-yard field goal. The Pioneers would end the scoring with one last impressive drive that was capped off with a 16-yard pass from Schuh to Drake Olsen. The Vikings ended the evening with 318 rushing yards, 195 of which came from Lecy.

The Vikings end their season 6-2 and wait for their invitation to the WIAA Eight-Player Football playoffs for the second year in a row. The Pioneers end their 2023 campaign 0-8.

Fulll Box Score

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team heads to Green Bay's historic City Stadium to play Green Bay East on Thursday night.

Two second-half goals moved Gibraltar/Sevastopol past the host NEW Lutheran Blazers 2-1 on Monday afternoon. Kenji Lange scored the goal for the Blazers with Caden Landes being credited with the assist. The United were able to break through against Blazers' keeper Dylan Gustafson, who stopped three of the five shots on goal.

The Red Devils have split their last four matches, ending a two-game losing streak with a 2-0 win against Menasha its last time out.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.

Door County's eight-player football rivalry gets renewed on Thursday night when Gibraltar plays host to Sevastopol.

The Vikings' playoff hopes grew murkier last week in Gibraltar's 38-15 loss to Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran last week. Braden Sitte accumulated over 150 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings, but the team's eight turnovers doomed them as they lost their second game in a row. With 17 teams with two losses or fewer eligible for the playoffs, a loss could potentially have the Vikings on the outside looking instead of booking a trip to their second straight trip to the playoffs.

The Pioneers would love to play spoiler for the Vikings and earn their first victory of the season. The team found themselves down 38-8 to Algoma last week before eventually losing the game 48-32. Logan Schuh had over 130 yards of total offense while being responsible for three of the Pioneers' four touchdowns.

Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Click here for the full interview with Gibraltar head coach Mike Peck. Sevastopol head coach Ron Frank could not be reached for an interview.

The Gibraltar volleyball team hopes to go 2-0 this week when they play again on Tuesday night.

The Vikings defeated Oconto 3-1 (27-25, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22) ahead of their match on Tuesday at home against Peshtigo.

The Bulldogs have gone winless since sweeping its triangular in early September, a stretch of 17 matches. That includes going 0-5 last weekend at Oconto Falls.

The opening serve is set for 7 p.m.

Two second-half goals moved Gibraltar/Sevastopol past the host NEW Lutheran Blazers 2-1 on Monday afternoon.

Kenji Lange scored the goal for the Blazers with Caden Landes being credited with the assist. The United were able to break through against Blazers' keeper Dylan Gustafson, who stopped three of the five shots on goal.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team will try to avenge an early-season loss to NEW Lutheran on the road Monday afternoon.

The United couldn't generate offense against conference-leading Sturgeon Bay in their last match, which was a 5-0 loss. That snapped a three-match winning streak for the United.

The Blazers beat Bowler/Gresham 7-0 before playing Northland Lutheran to a 1-1 draw at a Saturday tournament.

Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.

PLAYOFF MATCHUP

(11) Gibraltar/Sevastopol at (6) Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian on October 19th

The Gibraltar Vikings and the Oconto Blue Devils could not wait until Thursday for their matchup, instead opting to play on Monday.

The Vikings snapped a season-long losing streak in the Packerland Conference and a three-match skid in their last match, topping Sevastopol 3-1. The team is playing some of their best volleyball of the season, taking at least one set in each of their last six matches after being swept five times before that.

The Blue Devils have split their last eight matches, including a four-set loss last week to NEW Lutheran in their only action of the week.

The opening serve is set for 7 p.m.

The Gibraltar/Sevastopol soccer team will search for victories in Gresham on Saturday as a part of a tournament.

Gresham, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, and Northland Lutheran are scheduled to participate with the first match starting at 9 a.m.

The Gibraltar Vikings stole the game's first possession but had the ball taken from them for much of the night in a 38-15 loss to Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy Friday night at Oneida Nation High School.

On the first kickoff, Braden Sitte recovered an onside kick that put the Vikings in United territory for the first drive of the game. They would later score when Giovanni Mercier found Sitte in the endzone for a touchdown to spot the Vikings a 7-0 lead. The United would drive on the next possession, but a forced fumble recovered by Will Lecy gave the ball back to the Vikings. Mercier's ensuing pass would be picked off by Jedi Gbaja-Biamila to stake the United to an 8-7 lead they would not give up. While the Vikings would throw two more interceptions and have a field goal attempt blocked in the second quarter, the United's Bryce Liebzeit would find the endzone once more before the break to make it a 16-7 margin.

 

 

 

 

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Liebzeit would take over in the second half, galloping for three more touchdowns all from 30-plus yards to lead the United to a homecoming victory. Aiding in those scores were short fields earned by the United's defense, which recovered a Mercier fumble and picked off Vikings quarterbacks three more times (one Mercier, two Sitte). The lone highlight of the second half for the Vikings was Sitte's 80-yard quarterback scramble for a touchdown in the fourth quarter after he swapped positions with Mercier. 

 

 

 

 

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The Vikings will try to salvage their regular season with a home date against their local rivals Sevastopol on Thursday in Fish Creek. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com.

The Gibraltar Vikings hope to get back on the winning track with a new quarterback at the helm when they play at Oneida Nation/NEW Lutheran/Providence Academy Friday Night at Oneida Nation High School.

The Vikings caught a bad kind of deja vu last Friday when Brady Kita was lost for the season due to another lower leg injury in the team's 38-18 loss to Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy. Kita had thrown for 133 yards and two scores before the injury, forcing Giovanni Mercier into action. He threw for 12 yards and a touchdown and two interceptions in relief, but he provided a spark in the rushing game with 57 yards.

The United were on the receiving end of Algoma's jump back on the wins wagon as they lost 54-36. The team scored most of their points in the second half when Algoma stretched the lead to 38-6 at the break. Reid Nelson threw for 137 yards and rushed for almost another 40 yards as he registered two total touchdowns. Bryce Liebzeit is the third-leading rusher in the conference with 837 yards on the ground. He was held to 89 yards but still found the endzone twice in the loss to Algoma.

Tim Kowols will have the call from Oneida Nation High School on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kickoff at 7 p.m.

Click here for our full interview with head coach Mike Peck

The Vikings hit the cross country trails again on Thursday with an invitational in Brillion.

Gibraltar is scheduled to compete against Hilbert, Hortonville, Kaukauna, Manitowoc Lincoln, Winneconne, Valders, St. Mary Catholic, St. Ignatius, Mischicot, and Oostburg at Brillion’s Deer Run Golf Course. Their first race is set for a gun start at 4 p.m.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol United defeated Kewaunee Storm 2-1 Monday evening in a contest officially designated as a scrimmage, with only two officials present.

Kewaunee’s Evan Maccaux stunned the Fish Creek crowd when he scored a deep goal for Kewaunee in the opening minute of the match. United’s Trey Perlman scored the equalizer in the 11th minute on a breakaway to send the match into a 1-1 tie at halftime. Damien Lardinois hit the game-winner in a one-on-one play with the Storm keeper in the 75th minute.

United heads to Sturgeon Bay to face Sturgeon Bay on Thursday, October 5th at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on U-102.1 beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show with Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin on the call. 

The Gibraltar volleyball team will try to slow down Southern Door on Tuesday when the two teams play each other in Fish Creek.

The Vikings dropped their two matches last week to Sturgeon Bay and Algoma by identical 3-1 scores as the team looks for the first Packerland victory of the season.

It took the maximum, but the Southern Door volleyball team was able to leave the court on Thursday with a 3-2 victory (25-23, 19-25; 25-20; 18-25; 15-12) over Kewaunee. The see-saw battle was led offensively by Isabella Price (11 kills; 8 aces) and Paige Olson (10 kills; 5 blocks; 4 aces) with Ashlyn Delfosse doing a great job distributing the ball with 28 assists. Sophia Counard showed leadership on the defensive side of the ball with 20 digs.

The opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Gibraltar/Sevastopol is playing some of its best soccer at the right time as they prepare to host Kewaunee on Monday.

The United has responded to a two-match losing streak with a pair of victories, including a 2-0 shutout of Peshtigo in their last outing. They are 2-2-1 in their last five matches.

The Storm were unable to duplicate their earlier season success against NEW Lutheran, losing the matchup 4-2 with two tallies in the second half. The team is 0-5-1 in its last six matches.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.