The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans rallied but came up short Friday night in losing to the Denmark Vikings 35-30 in North Eastern Conference football action at Leiterman Field on 96.7 WBDK. 

The Spartans trailed by as many as 19 points in the second half and struggled to contain Denmark’s explosive special teams.

Viking running back Nolan Perry scored three touchdowns, including two 90-yard kickoff returns for scores to lead the Vikings.

Ryan Routhieaux had a huge game for L-C, scoring on a 70-yard punt return and returning a fumble 55 yards in the fourth quarter to cut Denmark's lead to five points.

Denmark opened the scoring on a 15-yard scamper by Reis Johnson with 5:55 left in the first quarter.  The Spartans tied it on a 40-yard pass from freshman quarterback Brayden Loritz to Braeden Schley before Perry returned the ensuing kickoff for one of his three scores.

George Herlache kicked a 26-yard field goal to cut the lead to 14-10 with 8:16 left in the half, but Denmark would score twice more before intermission to take a commanding 28-10 lead.

Routhieaux electrified the Spartan faithful with his 70-yard punt return to make it 28-16, only to see Perry take the kickoff back for his second TD return of the night with 9:34 left in the third quarter.

Spartan Chris VanderWielen scored on a seven-yard run with 7:22 left in the third quarter to cut the Viking lead to 35-23.

The Spartans had a few chances late but could not get the ball past midfield in the final minutes, as Denmark secured their homecoming win.

Denmark (3-2, 4-3) will now take on Freedom next week, while Luxemburg-Casco (2-3, 4-3 overall) will host Fox Valley Lutheran next Friday night.

 (photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux) 

Luxemburg-Casco and Algoma played to a 1-1 draw Friday night in non-conference soccer action.

In the 35th minute, Luxemburg-Casco's Johan Amador buried the feed from Asbel Vilchez-Ruiz to make it 1-0 in favor of the Spartans. The Wolves were able to break through in the 68th minute when Zack Kirchman scored the unassisted goal. 

Goalkeepers Quentin Massart (L-C) and Cole Younk (Algoma) each made two saves.

Luxemburg-Casco and Algoma played to a 1-1 draw Friday night in non-conference soccer action.

In the 35th minute, Luxemburg-Casco's Johan Amador buried the feed from Asbel Vilchez-Ruiz to make it 1-0 in favor of the Spartans. The Wolves were able to break through in the 68th minute when Zack Kirchman scored the unassisted goal. 

Goalkeepers Quentin Massart (L-C) and Cole Younk (Algoma) each made two saves.

In Pulaski, the Luxemburg-Casco girls took 9th with 226 points and the boys took seventh with 194 points at the Red Raider Invitational. Notre Dame won both divisions.

In the girls' race, Madi Bevins led the with a time of 20:44 on the 5K course, which was good for 18th overall. 

Results (Name, Year, Place, Points, Time)

Madi Bevins [12] 18 18 20:14.5

Sophia Mleziva [11] 43 40 21:14.5

McKenna Rank [10] 46 42 21:22.1

Grace Havel [10] 63 59 22:09.0

Cady Bevins [10] 72 67 22:39.1

Lexi Polster [10] 73 (68) 22:40.1

Grace Seering [11] 74  (69) 22:45.0

Karley Beyer [10] 77 22:54.6

In the boys' race, Spencer Thiry posted the best time for the Spartans with a time of 16:43, which was good for eighth overall. 

Spencer Thiry [12] 9 9 16:43.0

Gabe Havel [12] 13 13 16:53.3

Kyan Lynts [10] 52 49 18:08.8

Hudson Thiry [10] 58 55 18:20.6

Derek Christoph [9] 72 68 18:46.0

Reagan Doell [10] 82 (77) 19:02.5

Lance Chervosky [11] 84 (79) 19:06.9

Jonathan Salentine [10] 96 19:56.7

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team won its second breast cancer awareness game in as many weeks on Thursday night, beating Oconto Falls in three straight sets. 

The Spartans won the match by scores of 25-13, 25-10, 25-22 to improve their record to 21-8/6-0.

Standing out for the Spartans against the Panthers were Alayna Deprez (31 assists and 12 digs), Kylie Hanson (13 kills and 11 digs), Autumn Flynn (10 kills), Jacinda Bennett (7 kills and 5 blocks), and Brooke VandeHei (15 digs).

Head coach Jeff Frey really liked the way came out played on Thursday, adding " We were ready to play and I thought our seniors did a great job leading the way tonight."

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans will look to bounce back Friday night as they travel to Denmark to take on the Vikings in North Eastern Conference football action. 

Falling to Freedom 26-14 last week in a homecoming game, Luxemburg-Casco (2-2, 4-2 overall) will have to control the Vikings’ running attack.  Denmark (2-2, 3-3) has twin threats in Nolan Perry with 517 rushing yards and five touchdowns and Rheis Johnson with 331 yards and seven TDs.

The Spartans will have to find a way to replace injured quarterback Max Ronsman, who is L-C’s leading rusher with 662 yards and 10 touchdowns, along with his seven passing TDs.  Junior Landon Derene and freshman Brayden Loritz played after Ronsman went down early in the second quarter against Freedom.

With both teams sporting a 2-2 record in the NEC, Friday’s game will be a big step towards the winner becoming playoff-eligible for the WIAA tournament. 

The game will be broadcast on 96.7 WBDK and New Radio Sports Network with Paul Schmitt, and Reece Robillard on the call starting at 6:45 pm and kick off at 7 pm.

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux) 

A week after hosting its own breast cancer awareness volleyball match, Luxemburg-Casco will take on Oconto Falls Thursday night.

The Spartans played in its most difficult conference match in years on Tuesday, beating Freedom 21-25, 25-23, 25-19, 27-25. It was only the second set the Spartans have lost in the conference since 2019. 

The Panthers saw their six-match winning streak snapped on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to Fox Valley Lutheran on Tuesday.

First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. 

The Luxemburg-Casco cross country team will kick off their Sunday shoes for Thursday spikes with a cross country meet in Pulaski.

The Spartans will dance over to the Pulaski Polka Grounds for an invitational featuring Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, Coleman, Gillett, Green Bay East, Green Bay Preble, Green Bay Southwest, Green Bay West, Hortonville, Kiel, Menasha, New London, Notre Dame De La Baie Academy, Pulaski, Shawano Community and West De Pere. First varsity race is scheduled for 4:50 p.m. (girls) followed by another at 5:20 p.m. (boys).

In Luxemburg, The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans defeated the Freedom Irish 3-1 to stay undefeated in the North Eastern Conference (5-0).  The Spartans were led by Alayna Deprez with 39 assists and 15 digs.  Kylie Hanson chipped in 17 kills and 13 digs, while Autumn Flynn had 11 kills, and Brooke VandeHei contributed 24 digs in the victory.  The Spartans won the final three games after dropping the opening set (21-25, 25-23, 25-19, 27-25). 

(photo courtesy of Luxemburg-Casco Volleyball Facebook) 

In the "Battle of the L-Cs", the Luxemburg-Casco Spartan boys soccer team overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat the Little Chute Mustangs 2-1 in Luxemburg.  Johan Amador scored one goal and assisted on another to lead the Spartans to the North Eastern Conference win.  Quentin Massart had a quiet night in the goal with just two saves as the Spartans could control the ball most of the night.  The scoring and stats below are courtesy of Cory Romdenne. 

GOALS

43' Little Chute (Cory Stancer)

50' Luxemburg-Casco (Johan Amador; Ethan Vandenhouten assist)

63' Luxemburg-Casco (Fredman Colindres; Johan Amador assist)

GOALKEEPING
Luxemburg-Casco, Quentin Massart, 2 saves
Little Chute, Dawid Mosienski, 7 saves

FINAL SCORE
Luxemburg-Casco 2, Little Chute 1

(photo from 2021 season)

Luxemburg-Casco welcomes Freedom for a Northeastern Conference volleyball match on Tuesday.

The Spartans won its lone match last week 3-0 to Wrightstown. In Northeastern Conference matches, the Spartans have taken 12 of 13 sets and have not lost in the NEC since October 8th against Denmark in 2019.

The Irish pose as the Spartans' next big threat, coming to Luxemburg with a 15-4 record and a 4-1 NEC mark. They have won five of their last six matches with a loss to Fox Valley Lutheran their lone blemish.

Match time is set for 7 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team looks to extend its point streak to four when it hosts Little Chute on Tuesday.

The Spartans are 4-7-1 on the season, including 2-0-1 in their last three games. On September 22nd, Ethan Vandenhouten buried a Johan Amador pass to tie the match in a 1-1 tie against Marinette. Quentin Massart has five saves in the contest. 

The Mustangs won its first game last week against Berlin 3-2, but they are 0-6 with four shutouts in their other matches.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will stay around town for their meet on Monday.

The Spartans will host Bonduel, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Seymour, and Shawano Community at Northbrook Country Club in Luxemburg. Tee time is set for 3 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartan’s homecoming was spoiled by the Freedom Irish Friday night after a 26-14 loss in North Eastern Conference football action.  The game turned quickly when quarterback Max Ronsman severely injured his right ankle early in the second quarter and never returned to the game. 

The Spartans started fast scoring on their first two possessions and stunning the Irish by forcing to three-and-outs on Freedom’s first two possessions.

Luxemburg-Casco struck early on a 59-yard strike from Ronsman to Ryan Routhieaux to set up a four-yard run by Routhieaux to open the scoring with 8:50 left in the first quarter.   Ronsman then scored on a 12-yard scramble to make it 14-0 and seem in control of the game.

The momentum all changed when the Spartans drove to the 10-yard line of Freedom and on the first play of the second quarter, Ronsman was injured on a run and fumbled.

Freedom then scored 20 unanswered points before halftime, including a 40-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Gavin Greiner.

The second half saw both teams trade turnovers twice with Freedom finally taking control with 5:15 left in the game on Carter Kriewaldt’s second touchdown run of the night to make it 26-14 and keep the Irish undefeated.

Freedom (6-0, 4-0) remains tied for first place in the NEC, while the Luxemburg-Casco (4-2, 2-2) now will travel to Denmark next Friday to face the Vikings. The game will be broadcast on 96.7 WBDK and New Radio Sports Network with Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard on the call.

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux) 

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans cross country teams took several of the top teams in the region at the Bremser Invite in Mishicot on Thursday.

Both teams took eighth place, with the boys scoring 178 points and the girls 194. Gabe Havel had the best time on the day for the Spartans with a time of 17:11 on the 5K course. Spencer Thiry was close behind with a time of 17:15 and a 10th place finish.

1.8.12Gabe Havel17:11.16PRLuxemburg-Casco

2.10.12Spencer Thiry17:15.30 SRLuxemburg-Casco

3.38.10Kyan Lynts18:32.20Luxemburg-Casco

4.60.10Hudson Thiry19:15.34Luxemburg-Casco

5.62.9Derek Christoph19:16.72PRLuxemburg-Casco

6.68.10Reagan Doell19:33.81PRLuxemburg-Casco

7.74.11Lance Cherovsky19:41.94 SRLuxemburg-Casco

Madilyn Bevins was the top girls runner for Spartans, running a 20:59 for 19th place.

1.19.12Madilyn Bevins20:59.56PRLuxemburg-Casco

2.34.11Sophie Mleziva21:56.15 SRLuxemburg-Casco

3.38.10McKenna Rank22:03.43 SRLuxemburg-Casco

4.47.10Lexi Polster22:23.23PRLuxemburg-Casco

5.57.10Grace Havel22:41.22 SRLuxemburg-Casco

6.63.10Cady Bevins23:03.35PRLuxemburg-Casco

7.92.12Eva Junion24:56.47Luxemburg-Casco

The Luxemburg-Casco raised thousands of dollars to fight cancer while also sweeping Wrightstown in straight sets Thursday.

The Spartans never let the Tigers reach 20 points, winning the sets by scores of 25-12, 25-9, and 25-16.

Leading the way for the Spartans for their annual Pink Out match includes Alayna Deprez (18 assists), Autumn Flynn (12 kills), Ella VanderVelden (8 kills and 3 blocks) and Brooke VandeHei (10 digs). 

"Tonight was a fun night," said head coach Jeff Frey. "I thought our girls came out in each set on fire and did a lot of really good things.  We need to keep our focus throughout the entire set.  It was an awesome atmosphere in the gym tonight with our annual Pink Out Night, amazing community support."

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans (2-1, 4-1 overall) will host the undefeated Freedom Irish (5-0) in a North Eastern Conference matchup and homecoming game on Friday.  The Spartans are coming off a tough 14-8 road loss to the Little Cute Mustangs last Friday, while Freedom routed Wrightstown at home 42-7.

Luxemburg-Casco looks to get back into contention for the NEC championship with a win, while Freedom hopes to stay unbeaten.

“Player of the Game” last week, defensive lineman Ryland Day and the entire Spartan defense will face a stiff test Friday, as the Irish features running back Carter Kriewaldt with 673 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, and quarterback Matt Wyngaard, who has tossed 12 touchdowns as well.

The Pregame Show on 96.7 WBDK and New Radio Sports Network starts at 6:45, with kickoff at 7 pm.  Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard will have the call for the game.  

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

After several weekends of facing top-flight teams from across the state in tournaments, the Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team will now battle against the great teams residing in their own conference when they play against Wrightstown on Thursday.

The Spartans went 2-3 in last weekend's Charger Invite, but nearly all of their losses on the year have come against Division 1 opponents. They continued their Northeastern Conference winning streak on September 13th with a 3-1 decision against Fox Valley Lutheran. 

The Tigers enter Thursday's match with a 4-9 mark, including 1-2 in the conference. That lone victory came against Clintonville on September 15th in a 3-0 sweep.

First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.

You can listen to our full interview with Coach Jeff Frey here.

Several of the local cross country teams will make their way to Mishicot Thursday afternoon for a huge multi-team invitational. 

Luxemburg-Casco, Algoma, Gibraltar, Kewaunee, Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay, and Southern Door  will join West De Pere, Seymour, Brillion, Cedar Grove-Belgium, Chilton, Coleman, De Pere, Fox Valley Lutheran, Hilbert, Kiel, Little Chute, Manitowoc Lutheran, New Holstein, Oconto Falls, Ozaukee, Random Lake, Roncalli, Sheboygan Lutheran. Sheboygan Falls, Two Rivers, Oconto, Notre Dame De La Baie Academy, Bay Port, Oneida Nation, NEWCHAA (Northeast Wisconsin Christian Homeschoolers Athletic Associaton), Reedsville, Denmark, Wrightstown, Providence Academy (Green Bay), and St. Ignatius / Chesterton Academy for the Mishicot Bremser Invite. 

Luxemburg-Casco's boys (7th place, 169 points) and girls (11th, 286 points) were the top local teams from last year's event. The Spartans' Gabe Havel took 10th with a time of 17:22, and Sevastopol's Bea Dramm took 11th with a time of 20:29 to lead all local runners on the 5K course.

Middle school races begin at 3:40 p.m. with high school races for varsity and junior varsity races following that.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team hopes they can continue their Northeastern Conference winning streak on Thursday when Marinette sails into the village.

The Spartans have followed up a six-match losing streak with two wins over Freedom (4-3) and Denmark (4-1). Johan Amador tallied up three straight goals to send the Spartans to a victory on Tuesday against the Vikings.

The Marines have lost four straight matches since starting the season with a win over the Irish. They have only score twice in those matches.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay soccer and Luxemburg-Casco volleyball would likely have to play up a division if a new competitive balance proposal is approved. According to WisSports.net, the WIAA is discussing a new proposal to address the gap between the best and worst teams in a given division by assigning them points based on their success in the state tournament series. Teams could get up to four points for winning a state title and at least one if they make it to a sectional final or Level 2 playoff for football. Accumulate at least six points in three years, and you could find yourself in a higher division. If the proposal were in effect this fall, the Spartans volleyball would undoubtedly find themselves in the Division 1 Tournament after winning their third straight state championship in Division 2. If the system were in place a few years ago, the Clippers soccer team also would have found themselves in a higher division after playing in four state tournaments and winning the gold ball twice. Spartans volleyball coach Jeff Frey believes the proposal punishes success but admits addressing competitive balance is a tricky topic.

A multiplier for private schools and a reducer for schools with a high percentage of students on free and reduced lunch are other ways the WIAA has tried to address competitive balance over the years without any success. 

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer looks to stretch their conference winning streak to two when they head to Denmark Tuesday.

The Spartans snapped their six-game losing streak last Tuesday with a 4-3 win at Freedom last Tuesday. They scored three goals in the first half and held on for the victory. The Spartans did lose their opening match at the Port Washington Tournament over the weekend.

The Vikings have a similar mark this season, going 2-5 overall, including 1-2 in the Northeastern Conference. That includes a 5-1 loss to Wrightstown in their last reported match. 

Match time is set for 4:30 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will tee off at 9 a.m. Monday with a big tournament in Hobart.

Appleton East, Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Fond du Lac, Freedom, Green Bay Preble, Hortonville, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Middleton, Notre Dame De La Baie Academy, Oshkosh West, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, Sheboygan North, Verona Area, and Wrightstown will all descend on Thornberry Creek Golf Course for the tournament.

The results may not show it according to head coach Jeff Frey, but the Luxemburg-Casco volleyball had a good weekend in Milwaukee.

The Spartans took 21st at the Charger Invitational, held at the Milwaukee Sting Center. The results were mixed during the course of the weekend with the squad going 2-3 in tournament play.

Pool Play:

Lost to Divine Savior Holy Angel 22-25, 18-25

Lost to Kettle Moraine 6-25, 24-26

Beat Sun Prairie East 25-19, 25-12

Bronze Bracket

Lost to Kimberly 25-12, 23-25, 11-15

Beat Franklin 26-24, 25-21

Leading the way for the Spartans were Alayna Deprez (101 assists, 34 digs), Autumn Flynn (35 kills), Cami Onell (31 kills), Kylie Hanson (27 kills, 25 digs), and  Brooke VandeHei (52 digs).

Reflecting on the weekend, Frey said, "the overall record of the weekend won't show it, but I thought we did a lot of really good things this weekend and played some good volleyball against some great competition. I like the growth we keep showing each week, it's exciting to see."

The battle of the L-Cs ended with the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans falling just short against the Little Chute Mustangs, 14-8, in a North Eastern Conference thriller at Fitzpatrick Field.   

Little Chute opened the game with a 73-yard drive that culminated by a four-yard touchdown run by Drew Joten.  The Spartans responded with a 65-yard drive of their own on a 38-yard strike from quarterback Max Ronsman to Ryan Routhieaux to cut the Mustang lead to 7-6.  Ronsman then scrambled and scored on a two-point conversion to give the Spartans an 8-7 lead with 1:30 left in the first quarter.

The only other scoring during the night came when Mustang quarterback Charlie VandenBurgt hit his big receiver, Hunter Thiel, on a 27-yard touchdown pass with 6:09 left in the half.

The second half saw the Spartans get into Little Chute territory but turn the ball over on downs as the Mustang defense contained the Luxemburg-Casco offense the rest of the way.

The Spartans did have one final chance when the defense held Little Chute on fourth down with just under two minutes left at the Spartan 10-yard line, but a desperation drive ended at mid-field on a short completion to Sawyer Dorn. 

Luxemburg-Casco (2-1, 4-1 overall) will now host Freedom next Friday for Homecoming in a game that will be broadcast on New Radio Sports Network.  Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard will have the call from the Luxemburg-Casco Sports Complex.

(photo by Ron LeCloux)

 The host was rude to the house guest as the Luxemburg-Casco soccer team fell to tournament host Port Washington 3-1.

The Spartans got things going in the first half when Johan Amador scored in the 21st minute with Reese Barbiaux on the assist. Just before the end of the half, Wesley Hoag scored two goals within three minutes of each other to send Port Washington to a 2-1 halftime lead. Erik Krueger scored an insurance goal to put the game away in the 53rd minute for Port Washington.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team will head to Milwaukee's Sting Center for another challenging weekend of tournament play.

Slated to appear at the tournament along with the Spartans are Appleton North, Arrowhead, Brookfield Central, Catholic Memorial, Cedarburg, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Franklin, Germantown, Hartford Union, Howards Grove, Kettle Moraine, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kimberly, Manitowoc Lincoln, Menomonee Falls, Mukwonago, Neenah, New Berlin West, Oconomowoc, Oshkosh West, Pewaukee, River Falls, Sauk Prairie, Slinger, Sun Prairie East, and Sussex Hamilton, Waterloo, Waukesha West, Waunakee, West Bend West, and Wisconsin Lutheran. 

The tournament could set up rematches against Brookfield Central and Manitowoc Lincoln, both of which are responsible for some of the Spartans' five losses. 

In the Spartans' last match earlier this week, they dropped a rare set in conference but still prevailed against Fox Valley Lutheran 3-1. 

The first matches are supposed to start at 4 p.m. on Friday and continue at 8 a.m. Saturday.

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans (4-0) will travel to Little Chute to battle the Mustangs in a North Eastern Conference matchup.  The Spartans are coming off a 28-7 home win over the Winneconne Wolves last Friday, while Little Chute (4-0) shut out the New London Bulldogs 35-0.

Sawyer Dorn was the “player of the game” against Winneconne with his touchdown reception in the third quarter to give the Spartans control of the game.  He also added several key blocks to open up big gainers for L-C. 

Little Chute is led by running back Drew Joten who has 433 yards on 60 carries and five touchdowns. 

The Pregame Show on 96.7 WBDK and New Radio Sports Network starts at 6:45 with kickoff at 7 pm.  Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard will have the call for the game. 

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

 The Luxemburg-Casco cross country teams continue to pick up hardware at invitationals this season.

The Spartans varsity boys took first place while its JV squad took fourth at Thursday's Bob Burzynski Invite in Valders.  Gabe Havel took fourth overall with a time of 17:50 to lead the Spartans, which won with an overall score of 52 points. Second place Brillion registered 86 points.

1.4.12Gabe Havel17:50.52Luxemburg-Casco

2.7.12Spencer Thiry19:01.55Luxemburg-Casco

3.12.10Hudson Thiry19:26.00Luxemburg-Casco

4.14.10Kyan Lynts19:31.52Luxemburg-Casco

5.18.9Derek Christoph19:56.27PRLuxemburg-Casco

6.30.11Lance Cherovsky20:41.99Luxemburg-Casco

7.37.10Reagan Doell20:58.60Luxemburg-Casco

On the girls' side, the varsity squad took 3rd place while the JV team took second. Madilyn Bevins also took fourth place in the 5K race, running a time of 21:56. THe Spartans scored 73 points to finish behind first place Valders and second place Plymouth. 

1.4.12Madilyn Bevins22:19.62Luxemburg-Casco

2.11.11Sophie Mleziva23:00.61Luxemburg-Casco

3.13.10McKenna Rank23:07.99 SRLuxemburg-Casco

4.25.10Lexi Polster24:35.16Luxemburg-Casco

5.26.10Grace Havel24:40.52Luxemburg-Casco

6.27.12Eva Junion24:42.89Luxemburg-Casco

7.34.10Karley Beyer25:21.15Luxemburg-Casco

8.38.11Grace Seering26:01.38Luxemburg-Casco

The Spartans Cross country team will once again be hitting the trails for a meet at Valders High School. 

The boys team has had great success this season, with 20 boys running, and 14 of them running under the 25 minute mark for their times. The team is still led by Gabe Havel and his sub 18 minute time. 

L-C’s girls team has 24 runners on the team for this season, and have also had good success with their times. They will look to keep up those great times at Valders Thursday afternoon. 

The meet will begin at 4:00 P.M. 

The Luxemburg Casco Spartans Cross Country team will head to Winagamie Golf Course on Tuesday for a meet. 

The 2nd place finish for Gabe Havel has been held as his best time on the year at 17:31.0, but he has continued to add on to his great season, with his teammate Spencer Thiry having a similar time in the 18 minute range right behind him. 

For the girls team, Madilyn Blevins and Sophie Mlezvia have been the fastest times for the Spartans this season, with Mlezvia picking up her time at the most recent meet on September 9th. 

The meet is being held at Valders. 

The Luxemburg Casco Spartans travel to Fox Valley Lutheran in a North Eastern Conference matchup of two teams that have not lost in conference so far this season. 

The Spartans (12-3 Overall, 2-0 NEC), are leading the NEC after winning the last 12 of 13 matches they have played, and they have swept 8 teams so far this season. After starting off with two challenging matches against Manitowoc Lincoln and Deforest, the Spartans have gotten back to their ways of seasons past. 

The Foxes (10-1 Overall, 2-0 NEC), have only lost 5 sets the whole season, with their only loss coming to Middleton in “The Appleton Tournament.” The two conference wins for Fox Valley Lutheran have come in 3-0 sweeps of Marinette and Wrightstown. 

The match is set for 7:00 P.M. 

Luxemburg Casco (1-6 Overall, 0-3 NEC), have struggled after beating Kewaunee the first game of the season. The Spartans have struggled to score so far this season, averaging 0.86 goals per game, and must start scoring the ball more to get the losing streak broken. 

Freedom (2-3 Overall, 2-1 NEC), have been back and forth all year, never losing or winning more than one game in a row. The Irish have been able to score more goals than the Spartans have per game, with their average being over a goal a game. 

The match is set for 4:30 P.M. 

Mother Nature may wash out Luxemburg-Casco's week opening invitational on Monday.

The Spartans are scheduled to play at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls against Bonduel, Marinette, NEW Lutheran, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour, Shawano Community, and Wrightstown, beginning at 10 a.m.

Rain is expected for most of the day in Oconto Falls, including a near 70 percent chance at tee time.

No individual titles were quite alright for the Luxemburg-Casco cross country teams as they won all four team titles Friday in Chilton.

In the boys' race, the Spartans place four runners in the top eight the capture the team title with 43 points. Gabe Havel was a top finisher, running a time of 17:56 to take second overall.

1.2.12Gabe Havel17:56.79Luxemburg-Casco

2.6.12Spencer Thiry19:06.53Luxemburg-Casco

3.7.10Kyan Lynts19:31.24Luxemburg-Casco

4.8.10Hudson Thiry19:44.08Luxemburg-Casco

5.20.9Derek Christoph20:27.44Luxemburg-Casco

6.21.11Lance Cherovsky20:35.91Luxemburg-Casco

7.22.10Reagan Doell20:39.64Luxemburg-Casco

In the girls' race, Sophia Mliezva ran a time of 22:37 to take third place overall and was the top finisher for the Spartans. All five of the team's scoring runners finished in the top 20, giving the Spartans a team title with 52 points.

1.3.11Sophie Mleziva22:37.78Luxemburg-Casco

2.6.12Madilyn Bevins23:02.05Luxemburg-Casco

3.13.10McKenna Rank23:57.79Luxemburg-Casco

4.14.10Lexi Polster24:03.38Luxemburg-Casco

5.16.11Grace Seering24:27.29Luxemburg-Casco

6.17.12Eva Junion24:33.31Luxemburg-Casco 

It took a while, but the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans were able to get the offense clicking in the second half en route to a 28-7 victory over the Winneconne Wolves on Friday night.

Both teams were able to register big stops against each other in the first half with each just scoring once. The Wolves got onto the scoreboard first with a 25 yard run from Ethan Mathe to make it 7-0. The Spartans would tie the game in the second quarter on a short touchdown run by Max Ronsman to make it 7-7 heading into the break.

 

 

 

 

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The Spartans would get their eventual game-winning score in the third quarter when Ronsman hit Sawyer Dorn on a post route to make it 13-7. The play of the game may have happened in the fourth quarter. After the Wolves forced the Spartans to turn the ball over on the downs, the Spartans got the ball almost immediately back when they forced quarterback Brady Immel to fumble the ball and a Luxemburg-Casco defender picked it up. A few moments later, Ronsman would find Ryan Routhieaux for the touchdown and with a two-point conversion, made it 21-7. Jacob DeGrave would add an insurance score with a two-yard rushing touchdown to make it 28-7.

 

 

 

 

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The player of the game was Sawyer Dorn, who scored the game-winning score in the third quarter and provided a number of key blocks that set up big gains in the passing game.

The Spartans are back in action next Friday as they travel to Little Chute to face the Mustangs. Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard will have the call on 104.1 WRLU with the pregame show at 6:45 p.m. and the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Luxemburg-Casco and Southern Door will end their week with an invitational in Chilton on Friday.

Southern Door and Luxemburg-Casco will head to Chilton for an invitational featuring Chilton, Denmark, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Hilbert, and Wrightstown. The first race begins at 4 p.m.

Both teams have had strong performances in each other presence this season. The Spartans' Gabe Havel took second in the boys' race and the Eagles' Brooke Strege captured first place when the two teams raced against each other at the Chief Kahquados Invitational hosted by Gibraltar last month. The Spartans captured most of the team awards at that invitational and have collected hardware at some of the meets they have been at since.

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team will have to wait until Tuesday to snap a six-game skid after losing to Roncalli 5-3 on Thursday.

Zap Patek and Johan Amador provided the offense for the Spartans. Patek scored twice while Amador registered a goal and an assist on the night. 

The Spartans had no answer for Matthew Bonin, who scored three goals in the contest to lead the Jets to victory. 

The Spartans will play at Freedom on Tuesday.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team rallied around its home crowd for the first time this year and emerged victorious with a 3-0 sweep of Marinette on Thursday.

The Spartans never allowed the Marines to crack 20 points in a single set, winning 25-11, 26-16, 25-12 while improving their record to 12-3/2-0 on the season. Despite the lopsided score, head coach Jeff Frey credited the Marines with playing hard in the match. "It was great to play in front of our crowd tonight for the first time this year and get a win on our home court.  We need to continue to grow and attack everytime we step on the court," Frey said afterward. 

Leading the way for the Spartans were Alayna Deprez (21 assists and 3 aces), Autumn Flynn (9 Kills, 3 aces, and 2 blocks), Campbell Onell (8 kills), and Ella VanderVelden (6 kills). 

The Luxemburg-Casco football looks to stay perfect this season when they host Winneconne Friday night.

The Spartans' current regular-season winning streak dates back to October 2nd, 2020, when they lost to Wrightstown. After a couple weeks off due to health concerns, the Spartans toppled Southern Door in a makeshift game and have not looked back. They had a scare last week against Xavier that eventually went to the Spartans by a 21-17 score. The Spartans were down at the end of three quarters, but a touchdown and a key interception later kept them perfect. The streak is something head coach Neil Seering does not think to much about.

The Wolves come into the game 1-2 on the year after falling to Fox Valley Lutheran last week 49-23.

Tim Kowols and Reece Robillard will have the call on 104.1 WRLU and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by kickoff at 7 p.m.

You can click this link to listen to our full interview with head coach Neil Seering

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will face familiar opponents on Thursday when they head to De Pere.

The Spartans will face Freedom and Little Chute at Mid Vallee Golf Course in De Pere at 2 p.m. The team hosted teams earlier this week, but no results were shared.

The WIAA Division 2 reigning State Champions are off to the start that everyone would have projected, as Luxemburg-Casco takes on the Marinette Marines in a North Eastern Conference matchup. 

The Spartans have started their season off right, with an impressive 11-3 record overall, and a 1-0 record in the NEC after a 3-0 sweep of Denmark. The Spartans have swept half of the games that they have played, sweeping 7 of the 14 that have been played. L-C appears to be once again another force in the North Eastern Conference and will look to continue that over the Marines. 

Marinette hasn’t played as many matches as the Spartans have, as they are 1-4 overall and 0-1 in conference play after falling to Fox Valley Lutheran by way of a 3-0 sweep. The Marines will look to turn the tides tonight and play upset against the Spartans. 

7:00 P.M. is the time for the first serve in Luxemburg Casco. 

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans soccer team will face off against the Roncalli Jets Thursday night, looking to get back to their winning ways. 

The Spartans are having a challenging start to their 2022 season, going 1-5 in their matches so far, and 0-3 in the NEC matches they have played. The Spartans have only been averaging 0.5 goals per game so far this soccer season, so the offense will have to be going against the Jets Thursday night to walk off their home field with a win. 

Roncalli has had a better start to their season, going 2-1-1 in all non conference games, with their conference consisting of 2 other teams besides them. The Jets have averaged 3 goals per game so far this year, so the Spartans will have to get the offense going, and stop the Jets offense as well. 

The match is scheduled to start at 5:30 in Luxemburg-Casco. 

The Luxemburg-Casco soccer team looks to get out of the basement of the North Eastern Conference Tuesday night when they host Wrightstown. 

The Spartans are winless since their season-opening 8-1 victory over neighboring Kewaunee. That includes an 0-2 mark in the NEC by a 7-3 margin to Waupaca and Clintonville. The Spartans lost their last game to Sheboygan 4-2.

The Tigers went 3-0 to start the season, outscoring their opponents 20-1 in the process. They lost their last game, however, 1-0 to St. Mary Catholic.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Luxemburg-Casco golf team will not have to travel far for its meet on Tuesday.

The Spartans will stick around town for its conference match against Denmark. Tee time is set for 3 p.m. at Northbrook Golf Course.

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball team took home hardware for the second weekend in a row with a third place finish.

The team won three matches before falling to Brookfield Central in the semifinals in three sets. They swept Kewaskum to take bronze. Head coach Jeff Frey said afterwards that he "loved the the way our team responded to adversity today and the resiliency that we showed.  Each time on the floor we keep showing a lot of growth, which is awesome to see."

Pool Play:

Beat DePere 26-28, 25-17, 15-4
Beat Lakeside Lutheran 20-25, 25-21, 15-11
Beat Kewaskum 25-20, 25-21
Semi-Final-Lost to Brookfield Central 19-25, 25-14, 10-15
3rd Place Match-Beat Kewaskum 25-15, 25-15

L-C Stats:
Alayna Deprez-92 assists, 25 digs, 6 aces
Kylie Hanson-37 kills, 34 digs
Cami Onell-33 kills, 10 blocks
Autumn Flynn-26 kills, 7 aces, 6 blocks
Brooke VandeHei-54 digs

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans edged the Xavier Hawks 21-17 in a non-conference game Friday night at Rocky Bleier Field in Appleton. Turning the Hawks away at midfield in the final minute on an interception by Sam Schutz, allowed the Spartans to remain undefeated for the season.

The Spartans scored first on a 13 yard run by Jacob DeGrave in the first quarter and a 37 yard run by quarterback Max Ronsman to give L-C a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.

Xavier would come back to score on a 25-yard field goal by A.J. Seidler on the final play of the half and carryover the momentum with two touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 17-14.

Luxemburg-Casco responded with the drive of the game when Ronsman hit Ryan Routhieaux from 15 yards out to give the Spartans the lead for good at 21-17.

Xavier turned the ball over four times in the game, including two fumbles in the fourth quarter that the Spartans could not capitalize on, but the interception on fourth down by Schutz sealed the victory with :44 left in the game.

Luxemburg-Casco (3-0) will now play the Winneconne Wolves next Friday night at home on Veterans Night with pregame on 104.1 WRLU and New Radio Sports Network starting at 6:45 and kickoff at 7 pm.  Tim Kowols and Reece Robillard will have the call for the game. 

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Luxemburg-Casco's cross country teams were among the first squads high school or collegiate to take on the new UW-Green Bay course for the De Pere Invitational on Thursday. 

The boys' team took fifth overall with 101 points, finishing behind Division 1 teams like De Pere, West De Pere, and Bay Port. Gabe Havel paced the Spartans with a 5K time of 18:02.

1.8.12Gabe Havel18:02.20Luxemburg-Casco

2.11.12Spencer Thiry18:40.11Luxemburg-Casco

3.23.10Kyan Lynts19:19.34Luxemburg-Casco

4.28.10Hudson Thiry19:35.45Luxemburg-Casco

5.34.9Derek Christoph20:31.03Luxemburg-Casco

6.36.11Lance Cherovsky20:39.22Luxemburg-Casco

7.49.10Noah Gilson21:33.40Luxemburg-Casco

The girls' team took third with 101 points, finishing behind De Pere and Bay Port. Madilyn Bevins led the Spartans with a 10th place finish and a time of 22:27 on the 5K course.

1.10.12Madilyn Bevins22:27.49Luxemburg-Casco

2.19.11Sophie Mleziva23:44.72 SRLuxemburg-Casco

3.23.10McKenna Rank24:28.97Luxemburg-Casco

4.24.10Lexi Polster24:35.96Luxemburg-Casco

5.25.10Karley Beyer24:42.23Luxemburg-Casco

6.27.12Eva Junion24:53.69Luxemburg-Casco

7.30.11Grace Seering25:26.41Luxemburg-Casco

8.45.11Elizabeth Rank28:08.81Luxemburg-Casco

Johan Amador nearly registered his second hat trick late, but it was not enough as Luxemburg-Casco fell to Sheboygan South 4-2.

Sheboygan South scored three of its four goals in the first 35 minutes with its fourth coming just minutes into the second half. Amador tallied his two goals within three minutes of each other but ran out of time to earn the hat trick and bring the game to a draw. 

GOALS

9' Sheboygan South (Gio Alba-Valdivia; Dyland Maschio assist)

25' Sheboygan South (Jesus Valdivia)

32' Sheboygan South (Gio Alba-Valdivia; Jose Salas Pina assist)

50' Sheboygan South (Dyland Maschio; Derek Braatz assist)

74' Luxemburg-Casco (Johan Amador; Drew Bandow assist)

77' Luxemburg-Casco (Johan Amador; Lucas Ledvina assist)

GOALKEEPING
Luxemburg-Casco, Fredman Colindres, 12 saves
Sheboygan South, Hudson Toutenhoofd, 1 save

The Luxemburg-Casco volleyball started their Northeastern Conference title defense with a three-set victory over Denmark on Thursday.

The Spartans took the match by a 25-15, 25-4, 25-7 score. Head coach Jeff Frey said afterward that "tonight was a good way to start the conference season.  After a slow start, I thought we controlled the match.  We put a lot of pressure on them from the service line."

Leading the way for the Spartans were Alayna Deprez (12 assists and 3 aces), Josie Dorner (8 assists), Autumn Flynn (8 Kills and 4 blocks), Campbell Onell (7 Kills), and Brooke VandeHei (9 digs and 7 aces).

The Spartans are back in action Saturday at the 2022 Tom Larsen Triton Classic Volleyball Tournament hosted by Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay. 

The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans will look to keep their 2022 record perfect Friday as they travel to Appleton to take on the Xavier Hawks.

The Spartans are coming off a 56-6 drubbing of Seymour last week, which saw L-C take a 50-0 lead into halftime.

Xavier (1-1) has split a pair of low-scoring games against two NEC conference teams this season.  The Hawks nipped Denmark 7-6 in the opener and fell to Little Chute 14-6 last Friday on the road.

Max Ronsman and Ryan Routhieaux had huge games last week and will look to find the end zone against a staunch Xavier defense.

The pregame show will begin at 6:45 pm from Xavier High School with kickoff at 7 pm on 104.1 WRLU and streamed on New Radio Sports Network.  Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard will be on the call for the broadcast.   

The Luxemburg Casco Spartans cross country team will be hitting the trails at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as they take part in the De Pere invitational. Joined by them also is the Kewaunee Storm, the only other local team participating. 

The Spartans boys cross country team is coming off of a victory at the Chief K Invitational in Gibraltar. Leading that team was Gabe Havel and Spencer Thiry. Havel finished second in the race, and Thiry finished 7th. They will be once again looking for a team win as they take on some good competition at a tough course. 

For the girls team, Madilyn Bevins came off of a second place finish at the Chief K Invitational, behind Southern Door’s Brooke Strege. Bevins ran a 21:26.0 time, which narrowly finished behind Strege. Bevins will not have to worry about Strege this meet, but will meet some other great runners that she will look to improve her time against. 

That meet will kick off with the girls race first at 5:20, with the boys shortly following behind at 5:50.

CHIEF K INVITATIONAL TIMES

1.2.12Gabe Havel17:31 SRLuxemburg-Casco

2.7.12Spencer Thiry18:20 SRLuxemburg-Casco

3.9.10Kyan Lynts18:30PRLuxemburg-Casco

4.12.10Hudson Thiry19:10 SRLuxemburg-Casco

5.16.9Derek Christoph20:11PRLuxemburg-Casco

6.19.11Lance Cherovsky20:28 SRLuxemburg-Casco

7.34.10Reagan Doell22:05 SRLuxemburg-Casco

1.2.12Madilyn Bevins21:26 SRLuxemburg-Casco

2.11.10McKenna Rank23:40 SRLuxemburg-Casco

3.12.10Lexi Polster23:45 SRLuxemburg-Casco

4.13.10Karley Beyer23:49 SRLuxemburg-Casco

5.15.12Eva Junion24:39 SRLuxemburg-Casco

6.16.11Grace Seering24:43 SRLuxemburg-Casco

7.23.11Elizabeth Rank25:28 SRLuxemburg-Casco

After winning the WIAA State tournament about 9 months ago, the Luxemburg Casco Spartans girl volleyball team is back in conference action when they travel to Denmark. 

The Spartans did what every team dreams of doing last season, and look to potentially repeat. They went 6-2 at the Sun Prairie Tournament last Friday. After starting the tournament 0-2, the Spartans won 6 in a row to finish the tournament off on the right note. Another potentially big season is on the books for the Lady Spartans. 

The Vikings of Denmark were a .500 team last year, going 11-11 in their matches all season, and 5-4 in conference play. A match against the Spartans will show Denmark how the team fares against the rest of the North Eastern Conference this year. 

First serve is scheduled for 7:00 P.M. in Denmark. 

Luxemburg Casco will have to make a long drive south to play their non-conference matchup on Thursday night, as they take on Sheboygan South. 

The Spartans started their season off right, being Kewaunee 8-1, but have sputtered after that, losing their last 3 matches by a combined score of 11-4. L-C will look to get back on the right track against South tonight, before a big matchup against the Tigers of Wrightstown. 

The Redwings of Sheboygan South are playing the second game of their season, after facing off against Port Washington last Tuesday. The result of that game was not reported. South was 7-11-1 last season, and 2-6-1 in the Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC). 

The match is scheduled for 6:00 P.M. in Sheboygan.