The Kewaunee Storm baseball team will come home with some new silver for the high school trophy case after falling late to Kenosha St. Joseph 3-2.

Pitcher Brady Pribek was able to escape some jams early while the Storm's offense struggled to get its footing, leaving one man in scoring position stranded in each of the first three innings.

The Storm struck first in the fourth inning after Diesel Bosdeck was able to reach on an error. After stealing second and advancing to third on a pop-up, Bosdeck scored on a passed ball to make it 1-0. The Lancers offered their retort in the bottom half of the inning with Mason Ballard following up a Patrick Davidson with an RBI single to tie the game at one. The Storm provided its response in the top of the fifth inning with Connor Kilgore driving in Toby Kunkel on a sacrifice fly, but the Lancers responded with a run of their own in the bottom half on an error. The Lancers took their first and only lead of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning as they strung together three straight singles, capped off by the game-winning hit by Tim Falk. The Storm were set down in order at the top of the seventh to end their season.

Ethan Paplham, Kilgore, Alec Carlson, and Kunkel registered the hits for the Storm, with Kilgore collecting the lone RBI. The pitching combination of Brady Pribek, Jackson Walecka, and Waylon Delain kept the Lancers in check, allowing three runs (2 ER) on seven hits and one strikeout.

The Storm finished the season 18-6 with a Packerland Conference, regional, and sectional title, along with the silver state runner-up trophy for the case at school.

The Kewaunee baseball team is one win away from adding gold to its trophy case, but they will have to beat top-ranked Kenosha St. Joseph to do it Thursday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

Big hits from Brady Pribek and Connor Kilgore and a strong outing from Brett Paulsen helped the Storm beat Fennimore 5-3 Tuesday afternoon. Ethan Paplham posted two hits in the win for the Storm with Paulsen and Pribek responsible for the other two hits. Paulsen earned the win while Delain picked up the save with two scoreless innings. Manager Dan Spranger was proud of how his team responded to adversity during the game after being put down in order during the first three innings and committing two errors, but added that they would have to work on things during their Wednesday practice to make sure they perform even better on Thursday.

The Storm will now face defending state champion Kenosha St. Joseph in the DIvision 3 title game after they toppled Barron 14-4 in five innings, put the game away in the fifth inning with eight runs. Catcher Peter Visconti led the way with three hits and three RBI in the win for the Lancers. Spranger said they are the number one team in the state for a reason.

Tim Kowols and Jacob Nate will have the call again on Thursday on 104.1 WRLU with the pregame show at 11:45 a.m. followed by the first pitch at noon.

Click here for our full interview with manager Dan Spranger

The Kewaunee Storm baseball team is one win away from its first-ever state title after beating Fennimore 5-3 Tuesday afternoon.

After the two teams traded scoreless innings through the first three frames, the Storm was able to strike first in the fourth inning. After Ethan Paplham singled and Brett Paulsen reached on an error, Brady Pribek sent one to the wall for a triple to make 2-0. The Golden Eagles responded with one run in the bottom of the fourth inning courtesy of a Gianni Filardo sacrifice fly.

The Storm posted their second big rally in the fifth inning. After Micah Vanness and Paplham reached on walks, Connor Kilgore hit the ball over the head of outfielder Casey Dresen for a double, only to come around to score on an error by Filardo to make it 5-1. The Golden Eagles would once again have a retort, this time posting two runs on a passed ball and an RBI single by Corey Dresen. Paulsen ended his day on a high note, striking out Casey Dresen looking for his eighth strikeout of the afternoon after allowing three runs (2 ER) on seven hits.

 

 

 

 

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Both teams would go scoreless over the final two innings, but not without some drama. The Golden Eagles had the tying run at the plate when Macoy Miles popped the ball up into foul territory where Toby Kunkel was able to track it down, but not before a slight bobble caused the crowd at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium to gasp before the final out was finally secured.

 

 

 

 

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Paplham posted two hits in the win for the Storm with Paulsen and Pribek responsible for the other two hits. Paulsen earned the win while Delain picked up the save with two scoreless innings. 

The Storm will now face defending state champion Kenosha St. Joseph in the DIvision 3 title game after they toppled Barron 14-4 in five innings, put the game away in the fifth inning with eight runs. Catcher Peter Visconti led the way with three hits and three RBI in the win for the Lancers. Tim Kowols and Jacob Nate will have the call again on Thursday on 104.1 WRLU with the pregame show at 11:45 a.m. followed by the first pitch at noon.

The Kewaunee Storm makes its first appearance in the WIAA State Baseball Tournament Tuesday afternoon when they played the second-seeded Fennimore Golden Eagles.

The two teams are both first-timers to the grand stage of the WIAA State Baseball Tournament. The Storm punched their ticket with a 1-0 win over Chilton in the sectional semifinal before outlasting Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6-5 in the sectional final. That pushed the record of the reigning Packerland Conference champions to 17-5 on the season. The Golden Eagles improved to 25-3 with extra inning to defeat Westby 3-2 in the final of the Osseo-Fairchild Sectional to advance to the State semifinals.

While this is the Storm's first visit to the state baseball tournament, it is not the first time that they have played at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wis. They have scheduled at least one game at the home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers each of the last four seasons. Manager Dan Spranger says a day like Tuesday is why they scheduled those games.

Tim Kowols and Jacob Nate will have the call on 104.1 WRLU and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 2:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 2:30 p.m. The winner takes on the winner of #1 Kenosha St. Joseph Cath. (21-7) vs. #4 Barron (20-9).

Click here to listen to our full interview with head coach Daniel Spranger

Kewaunee gained more clarity Wednesday night for their first trip to the state baseball tournament next week at Fox Cities Stadium.

The #3 Storm will face #2 Fennimore at 2:30 p.m. to kick off the Division 3 slate of games. Following that game #1 Kenosha St. Joseph will play #4 Barron. 

Tickets can be bought at this link or you can tune into 104.1 WRLU for the call with Jacob Nate and Tim Kowols on the call beginning at 2:15 p.m. with the pregame show.

The Storm earned a chance to play for the Sectional Championship by beating the Chilton Tigers 1-0 Tuesday afternoon. The only run of the game was scored by the leadoff batter, Ethan Paplham, who singled to open the game. He was moved to second by a Connor Kilgore single, advanced to third on a Brett Paulsen groundout, and scored on Brady Pribek's sec fly to deep left field. That lone run was enough to win thanks to the pitching combo of Brett Paulsen and Waylon Delain keeping the Tigers from scoring; even though two separate times in the game Chilton had 2 runners on with no outs, and came away with nothing. 

In game 2, the Waylon Delain would get the start after earning the save in game one.  The Storm and the Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers would exchange 3 up/3 down innings to open the game.  The Storm would send the Chargers down 3 up/3 down again in the second and score in the bottom of the second via a Waylon Delain double that scored Diesel Bosdeck.  The teams would exchange blows back and forth with the first deficit coming for the Storm entering the bottom half of the 5th inning.  The Storm did not find themselves behind for very long as they scored Brady Pribek would walk, and the courtesy runner came across to tie the game on a Delain RBI single. 

The Storm would send the Chargers down once again 1-2-3 in the top of the 6th and Kewaunee took the lead in the bottom of the inning via back-to-back singles by Ethan Paplham and Connor Kilgore and a suicide squeeze by Brett Paulsen.  The 7th inning would have little drama as Jackson Walecka ended the game on back-to-back strikeouts giving the Storm the 5-6 victory, and sending Kewaunee to the first State appearance in program history.

The Kewaunee Storm head to Chilton for the Sectional round of the 2025 playoffs Tuesday afternoon on 104.1 WRLU.

The Storm advanced to the Sectional round behind six strong innings from Brady Pribek, key hits, and great plate discipline, which earned the Storm hitters eight walks. Chilton enters the contest having won its two playoff games by single runs, last beating Algoma 4-3 on Thursday.

The winner of the game will face the winner of the Wittenberg-Birnamwood vs. Oconto game that precedes Kewaunee vs. Chilton.

Jacob Nate will take you through all of Kewaunee's action beginning with pregame on 104.1 WRLU at 12:45 p.m., with first pitch at 1:00 p.m. from Chilton High School. 

Kewaunee's Hannah Miller made the most of her trip to the campus of UW-LaCrosse this weekend, posting two podium finishes to complete her season at the WIAA Track and Field State Championships.

Miller took third in the 800m (2:15.56) and 4th in the 1600m (5:01.40). She was the lone podium finisher among the athletes representing Door and Kewaunee counties at the state track meet, but among the several that finished in the top 10. Joining her there was Luxemburg-Casco's Mason Trimburger (110m hurdles, 300m hurdles), Algoma's Estella Marrero (pole vault), and Sturgeon Bay's Cedar Tomberlin (triple jump) and Cady Carlson (400m).

KEWAUNEE

800m: Hannah Miller, 3rd place, 2:15.56

1600m: Hannah Miller, 4th place, 5.01.40

ALGOMA

Pole Vault: Estella Marrero, 7th Place, 9-06

Pole Vault: Brennan Buckman, 12th place, 12-0

LUXEMBURG-CASCO

3200m: Claire Duchateau, 16th place, 11:25.50

1600m: Kyan Lynts, 16th place, 4:27.40

110m hurdles: Mason Trimburger, 10th place, 15.46 (qualified for finals), 7th place, 40.05

300m hurdles: Mason Trimburger, 7th place, 40.22 (qualified for finals), 9th place, 15.38

STURGEON BAY

Triple Jump: Cedar Tomberlin, 10th, 41-0.25

100m: Ella Tarkowski, 15th place, 13.00

400m: Cady Carlson, 10th place, 59.23 (qualified for finals), 10th place 1:00.20

SOUTHERN DOOR

Discus: Cruz Cavillo, 11th place, 147-02

100m hurdles: Elise Jackson, 15th place, 16.36

300m hurdles: Elise Jackson, 18th place, 47.57

Picture courtesy of Kewaunee Track and Field

Kewaunee's Hannah Miller hopes to climb to the top of the podium in her third appearance at the state meet this weekend.

Miller is currently seeded third in the 800m and 10th in the 1600m (5:11.84) when she begins competing on Friday morning on the campus of UW-LaCrosse.

Brady Pribek pitched six strong innings, and the Storm's offense was opportunistic with key hits and great plate discipline drawing eight walks.

New Holstein scored in the first inning on an RBI single by Ethan Schmitz to take a 1-0 lead. 

The Storm responded in the bottom of the second inning by sending eight players to the plate and collecting four runs on just two hits.  After Diesel Bosdeck reached on an error, Waylon Delain and Alec Carlson hit back-to-back run-scoring doubles.  Later in the inning, Kewaunee scored on a wild pitch, Micah Vanness walked and Ethan Paplham hit a sacrifice fly to put the Storm up 4-1.  

Kewaunee tacked on another run in the third an RBI single by Carlson that scored pinch runner Peyton Schaller.

New Holstein cut the lead to 5-2 on a solo home run by DH Max Hellman in the fifth inning. The Storm got that run back on a bases loaded walk by Vanness in the bottom of the inning when the Huskies walked four batters.

A sacrifice fly by Bosdeck in the sixth inning gave the Storm an insurance run to close out the scoring.

Pribek gave up only three hits over six innings and did not walk a batter win picking up the win.  Delain pitched a perfect seventh inning to close out the regional championship for Kewaunee. 

The Storm will now play in the Division 3 sectional semi-final against the Chilton Tigers, who defeated the Algoma Wolves 4-3 in the other regional final.  The pregame on 104.1 WRLU will be at 12:45 p.m. with first pitch at 1:00 p.m. from Chilton High School. 

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The Storm (14-5) had to wait until Wednesday to know their opponent as the Huskies (13-13) beat the #6 Brillion Lions 4-3 in a regional semi-final that was postponed on Tuesday due to the weather.

Kewaunee beat the rain with an earlier start on Tuesday and came away with a dominating 11-2 win over the #7 Valders Vikings. Kewaunee's offense hammered out 14 hits while Storm starting pitcher Brett Paulsen struck out 13 Viking batters while only allowing two runs in picking up the win.  

The pregame on 104.1 WRLU will be at 4:15 p.m., with the first pitch set for 4:30 p.m. Paul Schmitt will have the call, which will also be streamed live on New Radio Sports Network.   

Kewaunee's golfers may not have finished where they wanted, but ended in the history books for the school on Tuesday.

In Division 3, Kewaunee finished in 11th place in tough conditions with a score of 398, 58 strokes behind sectional champion St. Mary Springs. The Storm's Evan Maccaux just missed the cut for Madison by one stroke, pacing the team with a score of 84. Gibraltar's Finn Salm shot an 81 on the course to clinch his berth to the state meet and a second-place finish in sectionals.

Final Results

Kewaunee's offense hammered out 14 hits while Storm starting pitcher Brett Paulsen struck out 13 Viking batters while only allowing only two runs in picking up the win.

The Storm struck early with three runs in the first inning on an RBI single by Brady Pribek, a sacrifice fly by Diesel Bosdeck and an RBI single by Alec Carlson.  

Kewanee added a run in the second inning before Valders cut the lead to 4-2 on a two-run homer by Austin Fischer in the top of the third inning.  

The Storm batted around in the fourth inning for the second time to take a commanding 8-2 lead.  

Paulsen was replaced by Waylon Delain on the mound in the fifth to control his pitch count, but returned after a walk and hit-by-pitch by Delain had two Vikings on base with no one out.  Paulsen retired the next three batters to end the inning and the Storm never looked back.

Paulsen and Ethan Palpham scored three runs each, and Delain went 2/3 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Storm offense.

Paulsen allowed only four hits and two walks while picking off a runner to end the game

in the seventh inning.

The Storm will now host  the winner of New Holstein and Brillion game that will be played Wednesday due to the weather.  

Thursday's regional final from Kewaunee High School will be at 4:30 p.m. with the pregame on 104.1 WRLU and streamed on the New Radio Sports Network at 4:15 p.m. 

The Valders Vikings will visit the Kewaunee Storm on Tuesday afternoon on 104.1 WRLU to make a trip to the regional final. Each team scored four runs to win home games in the opening round of the playoffs. Kewaunee held Freedom to a single run, while Valders gave up a pair of runs to Manitowoc Lutheran.

Kewaunee used four pitchers in Thursday's game, pitching Brett Paulsen, Brady Pribek, Jackson Walecka, and Waylon Delain. They struck out seven across the seven innings, giving up just a single hit. Three of the four Kewaunee runs scored in the fourth off a pair of fielder's choice plays and a Brett Paulsen RBI single.

Join Paul Schmitt on 104.1 WRLU and NEW Radio Sports Network as they take you through the pregame show at 1:15, followed by a 1:30 p.m. first pitch.

Kewaunee proved to be the big winner in the weekend's All-Packerland Conference team announcements.

Kewaunee baseball's Brett Paulsen, Kewaunee golf's Evan Maccaux, Kewaunee softball's Breanna Riha, and Providence Academy's Emmy Troup are your Packerland Conference players of the year after the All-Conference teams were announced over the weekend.

KEWAUNEE ALL-PACKERLAND CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

Baseball

Brett Paulsen, 1st Team Pitcher, Unanimous

Diesel Bosdeck, 1st Team Infielder

Alec Carlson, 1st Team Outfielder

Brady Pribek, 2nd Team Infielder

Conor Kilgore, HM Outfielder

Softball

Breanna Riha, 1st Team Infielder

Vivian Bootz, 1st Team Outfielder

Lexie Hanrahan, 1st Team Outfielder

Ali Repitz, 2nd Team Pitcher

London Karnopp, 2nd Team Catcher

Summer Walechka, HM Infielder

Golf

Evan Maccaux