The Sevastopol cross country team faced some stiff competition at their first meet of the year in Freedom Friday morning.

Jolene Luedtke ran a time of 23:35 in the 5K race to come in 28th place overall and the top finisher for the Pioneers. The team would take eighth place with 192 points. 

1.28.11Jolene Luedtke23:35.86 SRSevastopol

2.39.11Katie Spude24:51.04PRSevastopol

3.40.11Libby Ash24:53.44 SRSevastopol

4.54.10Ruth Wilke29:41.90 SRSevastopol

5.55.9Madison Lempke30:15.32PRSevastopol

Jarius Dadam was the only boy to compete for the Pioneers, running a time of 20:11 for a new personal record.

The Sevastopol Pioneers opted to go south instead of north for its season-opening cross-country meet.

The Pioneers, which has in the past competed in Gibraltar's Chief Kahquados Invitational, will instead compete at a similar meet hosted by Freedom. Other teams involved in the meet include Assumption, Chilton, Coleman, De Pere, Fox Valley Lutheran, Gillett, Green Bay East, Kaukauna, Little Chute, Marinette, New London, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo, Seymour, St. Mary's Springs Academy, Weyauwega Fremont, and Winneconne.

The race schedule is as follows:

7:30 course open
8:30 Varsity Girls
9:05 Varsity Boys
9:35 JV Boys and Girls
10:20 MS Boys and Girls

Sevastopol's road to another regional title continues on Friday in Wisconsin Dells as they compete in a tournament featuring Kewaskum, Rhinelander, Aquinas, Oshkosh North, Antigo, Altoona, Wisconsin Dells, Bruce, Clintonville, Dodgeland, Fall River, Peshtigo, Prairie du Chien, Random Lake, Ripon, Riverdale, Shawano Community, Sheboygan North, Waunakee, Wittenberg-Birnamwood, Royall, Rio, and Lake Mills. The first match time is to be determined.

The Pioneers opened the tournament yesterday with a loss to Kewaskum in straight sets 25-18, 25-17.

The Sevastopol Pioneers are 4 years removed from their inaugural 8-Player championship, but head coach Ron Frank believes that his team has talent this year to improve on their record from last year's season. 

After a 2-8 season last year, the pioneers might get some help from not just personnel, but home field advantage. The Pioneers will be playing on their own home field for the first time since the spring season of 2021. Instead of having to travel for their home games, they will be able to be like every other school and keep it in their own backyard. 

The team will be gaining some experience as well. The team was relatively young last season, and will be able to grow throughout the system and really learn the feel of playing underneath those lights. 

The Pioneers, playing in the Peninsula conference, will open up their season against their rival, the Gibraltar Vikings. Less than 30 minutes away from each other, the two schools will kick off their season trying to get one game up on each other. 

Last year's game was a back and forth affair, as head coach Ron Frank sat down with Tim Kowols to talk about the season ahead and expectations of the team.

Sevastopol will be traveling to Gibraltar tomorrow night, and the game will be covered on 105.1 The GOAT, and NewRadioSportsNetwork.com

Two boys soccer teams get their first taste of action face off tonight as Gibraltar/Sevastopol welcomes in the Wolves of Algoma. 

Algoma is coming off of a challenging 2021 season where they saw themselves finish with a 3-12-0 record, but did end up with an opening round win against the Storm of Kewaunee. Gibraltar/Sevastopol however, finished with a respectable 8-8-2 record last season, but fell just short of upsetting #3 Saint Lawrence Seminary as they lost 3-2 in penalty kicks. 

The two teams square off at 6:30 P.M. 

Sevastopol earned some hardware this week before any of their teams hit the road for competition.

The Pioneers were one of 39 schools to be awarded the WIAA Award of Excellence Award, which promotes and recognizes the efforts and achievements of schools in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership, and character. They joined Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Little Chute, Monona Grove, New Lisbon, and Port Washington as first-time recipients.

According the WIAA's release, they consider the following criteria when determining recipients:

• Athletic Director maintains and updates all information in the WIAA School Directory annually.
• Athletic Director does due diligence in striving to achieve staff compliance with all WIAA coaching requirements (i.e. rules video, exam, officials’ rankings)
• Athletic director conducted regular occurring meetings with a Captain’s Club/Team Leadership Council/Etc. – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is on the agenda and is discussed
• Athletic director conducted regular occurring meetings with coaches - sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is a topic that is on the agenda and is discussed
• Athletic director conducted at least one informational meeting with student-athletes and their parents – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is a topic that is on the agenda and is discussed
• Athletic director attended conference meetings – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is a topic that is on the agenda and is discussed
• Coaches and student-athletes attended a sportsmanship summit/leadership conference/etc.
• There was school representation at one of the seven WIAA Fall Area Meetings
• There was school representation at WIAA Annual Meeting in April
• Athletic Director made the student body aware of sportsmanship initiatives through school assemblies, announcements, posters, etc.
• Three or more athletic teams gave back to their school or community through volunteerism
• Athletic director has taken the Free NFHS Sportsmanship course
• Three or more head coaches have taken the Free NFHS Sportsmanship course
• Athletic program had no coach ejections at any level
• Athletic program had no coach or player assault of an official at any level
• Athletic director nominated/submitted a boy and/or a girl for WIAA Scholar Athlete recognition (either for local or state level recognition)

NRSN's Gary Barta will interview Sevastopol athletic director Brooke Tanck on Thursday.