The Sevastopol Pioneers will have a new high school cross country coach when the team starts cranking out the miles this fall.

Annie Kapolnek introduced herself as the new coach as a part of a video posted on the school district's Facebook page earlier this week. In the almost two-minute video, Kapolnek encouraged runners to put in the miles over the summer before practices in August. She also announced that Dennis Ploor will be an assistant coach for the team. You can view the video below:

 In other Sevastopol-related running news, the district's PTO announced it was canceling the 2020 edition of its Door County Turkey Trot due to COVID-19 concerns.

Sturgeon Bay and Sevastopol join forces on many things, but maybe none more successful than the 2009 swim team that won state.

Scoring 201 points, the Clippineers out scored DeForest and Whitefish Bay to take the title. Savanna Townsend won the state title as a freshman in the 50 yard freestyle with a 23.86. She would join Sierra Townsend, Michaela Rabas, and McKenzie Trelka to set a state record in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.02. The team would post seven other top 10 performances in the state meet held at the UW Natatorium in Madison.

See the full results here

Caden Kacmarynski, Evan Lardinois, Kailee Moe, and Mya Ploor all received extra recognition for their hard work in athletics and in the classroom this week.

Nominated by Sevastopol principal Adam Baier, Kacmarynski, Lardinois, Moe, and Ploor were all named Packerland Conference Scholar-Athletes. In order to be recognized, they had to be a second-semester senior, have earned at least four varsity letters, and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 during their time in high school.