The Door County United swim team returns to action on Saturday when they swim at the Jaguar Classic hosted by Ashwaubenon.

In their last meet, DCU put up a good fight against  Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School on Thursday, September 3rd. Wittenberg-Birnamwood scored 87 points, and DCU scored 68 points. Highlights of the night included freshman Ashlyn Sixel (SDHS) placing first in the 200-yard freestyle, scoring six points for the team. She was aided by Quinn Sperber (SDHS), who later placed first in the 100-yard backstroke, scoring six more points for the team. DCU also placed first in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay, consisting of Sperber (SDHS), Rachel Rock (SEV), Jillian Peterson (SDHS), and Sixel (SDHS) placed first, adding eight points to the overall score.

The first events begin on Saturday at noon at Ashwaubenon High School.

For the second week in a row, the Peshtigo Bulldogs shut out a Door County team as they handled the Southern Door Eagles 26-0 on Friday night during the Eagle's homecoming football game. 

The Eagles fell behind early, allowing Bulldog running-back Cody Nesberg to escape on a 64-yard touchdown run on just the second offensive play of the game.  The Eagles would block the extra point try, resulting in a 6-0 score.  The Eagles would quickly go three and out, and on the next drive, Zac Schonfeld would rush an 18-yard touchdown to put the Eagles down 12-0 after a failed 2-point try.

The second quarter did not go well for the Eagles either.  Quarterback Caleb Delwich would be knocked out the game with and injury and the Bulldogs would add another touchdown when Zac Schonfeld would block a Kody Wagaman punt, scoping and scoring a touchdown all by himself.  A successful 2 point try put the game at the 20-0 halftime score.  One shining moment in the half for the Eagles would be an interception by William Price, but even that came with a grey cloud hanging over it as almost half of his return was wiped out by a block in the back penalty.  Freshman Quarterback Beau Schley would lead the Eagles the rest of the game at QB.

Neither team could muster much offense in the 3rd quarter.  The Eagles would open the 4th quarter on defense successfully stopping Peshtigo on a 4th down, but could not do much with the ball offensively.  The Eagles gave up a 15-yard TD run to Schonfeld to close out the scoring and the final 26-0 score.

The Eagles hit the road next week to face the Oconto Blue Devils on Friday the 18th at 7:00. 

Southern Door's Malania Veeser battled the heat and a tough field to win the Chilton Tiger Invite on Thursday.

Veeser won the 5K girls' race with a time of 20:10, just under two minutes ahead of second-place finisher Greta Martens of NEWCHAA. The Eagles were edged in the team standings by the host Tigers 25-30. On the boys' side, Colton Valley and Joel Moyer each broke 20 minutes to crack the Top 15.

BOYS

11

CV

Colton Valley

Southern Door

19:21.19

Yr: 11

14

JM

Joel Moyer

Southern Door

19:42.76

SB • Yr: 11

23

AB

Ashton Bouche

Southern Door

21:33.23

Yr: 10

38

TK

Tyler Kluge

Southern Door

29:10.77

Yr: 10

GIRLS

1

MV

Malaina Veeser

Southern Door

20:10.95

Yr: 10 • +1pts

4

AM

Addison Miller

Southern Door

22:43.71

SB • Yr: 11 • +3pts

10

SS

Skya Scrimgeour

Southern Door

23:43.36

Yr: 10 • +7pts

13

EJ

Elise Jackson

Southern Door

24:03.01

Yr: 12 • +9pts

14

AG

Amber Geisel

Southern Door

24:08.36

PB • Yr: 9 • +10pts

15

NT

Nikaya Trusova

Southern Door

24:08.37

PB • Yr: 11 • +11pts

21

SH

Savannah Herbst

Southern Door

25:36.20

Yr: 9 • +13pts

Fresh off a win earlier this week, the Southern Door volleyball team re-enters Packerland Conference play with a match at Oconto on Thursday.

The Eagles cruised to another victory on Tuesday night, this time a 3-0 sweep over Coleman in non-conference play 25-14, 25-14, and 25-15. The Eagles were paced by Chloe Haberli (9 kills) and Maiya Olson (10 kills), leading the way in kills, while Harper Kramer had 21 assists.

The Blue Devils have opened the season with a 5-1 record, including a close 3-2 victory over Sturgeon Bay last week.

First serve is at 7 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Allie DeGuelle

The Southern Door and Kewaunee cross country teams head to Chilton for an invitational on Thursday.

Both teams traveled to the campus of UW-Green Bay last Thursday for the James Boyd Invitational Cross Country Meet hosted by De Pere. Malania Veeser led the Eagles girls with a fourth-place finish and a time of 20:21. Amber Geisel, Savannah Herbst, and Evelynne Jeanquart achieved personal bests on the 5K course. For the boys, Colton Valley led the Eagles with top 50 performance and sub-20 5K time. The Storm's Natalie Miller led the way on the girls' side with a 10th-place finish and a time of 23:02. Gage Vlies cracked the Top 40 for the boys with a time of 21:36. 

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, Hilbert, Chilton, NEWCHAA, New London, Wrightstown, and Chesterton Academy will also compete in the invite beginning at 4 p.m. 

The Southern Door volleyball team cruised to another victory on Tuesday night, this time a 3-0 sweep over Coleman in non-conference play 25-14, 25-14, and 25-15.

The Eagles were paced by Chloe Haberli (9 kills) and Maiya Olson (10 kills), leading the way in kills while Harper Kramer had 21 assists.

Photo courtesy of Allie DeGuelle

The Southern Door volleyball team returns to non-conference play on Tuesday when they welcome Coleman to Brussels.

The Eagles won a five-set match last Thursday against Peshtigo 3-2 (25-23,25-22,20-25,18-25,15-5). After capturing the first two sets, the Eagles had swung the match back in their favor in the fifth after dropping the third and fourth sets. 

The Cougars broke an 0-11 start to their season last Thursday with a three-set sweep win against Gillett. Prior to that, they had only captured two sets total.

First serve is set for 7 p.m.

The Door County United (DCU) girls high school swim team put up a good fight against  Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School on Thursday, September 3rd. Wittenberg-Birnamwood scored 87 points, and DCU scored 68 points.

Highlights of the night included freshman Ashlyn Sixel (SDHS) placing first in the 200-yard freestyle, scoring six points for the team. She was aided by Quinn Sperber (SDHS), who later placed first in the 100-yard backstroke, scoring six more points for the team. DCU also placed first in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay, consisting of Sperber (SDHS), Rachel Rock (SEV), Jillian Peterson (SDHS), and Sixel (SDHS) placed first, adding eight points to the overall score.

DCU will travel to Ashwaubenon High School on Saturday, September 12th, to compete at the Jaguar Invitational for their next meet.

The Southern Door cross country team tackled another course on Thursday, this time on the campus of UW-Green Bay for the James Boyd Invitational Cross Country Meet hosted by De Pere.

Malania Veeser led the Eagles girls with a fourth-place finish and a time of 20:21. Amber Geisel, Savannah Herbst, and Evelynne Jeanquart achieved personal bests on the 5K course. For the boys, Colton Valley led the Eagles with top 50 performance and sub-20 5K time.

GIRLS

4

MV

Malaina Veeser

Southern Door

20:21.00

Yr: 10

42

AM

Addison Miller

Southern Door

23:05.60

Yr: 11

55

SS

Skya Scrimgeour

Southern Door

23:53.20

Yr: 10

62

AG

Amber Geisel

Southern Door

24:16.00

PB • Yr: 9

79

SH

Savannah Herbst

Southern Door

25:03.80

PB • Yr: 9

99

EJ

Evelynne Jeanquart

Southern Door

26:16.20

PB • Yr: 9

102

PP

Paige Penovich

Southern Door

26:38.50

Yr: 12

109

EB

Elloise Bloniarz

Southern Door

28:17.00

Yr: 11

BOYS

49

CV

Colton Valley

Southern Door

19:39.30

Yr: 11

70

AB

Ashton Bouche

Southern Door

21:20.50

Yr: 10

77

JM

Joel Moyer

Southern Door

21:37.30

Yr: 11

Photo Credit to Luxemburg-Casco Cross Country

Southern Door's home opener for volleyball sent the locals home happy, winning a five-set match against Peshtigo 3-2 (25-23,25-22,20-25,18-25,15-5).

After capturing the first two sets, the Eagles had swing the match back into their favor in the fifth after dropping the third and fourth sets. 

The Eagles are back in action on Tuesday when they welcome Coleman.

Photo courtesy of Allie DeGuelle

The Southern Door football team heads out to Marinette on Friday night to search for its first win of the season.

The Eagles lost to the Shiocton Chiefs 34-13 in their last game. Caleb Delwiche was harassed by the Chiefs' defense, going 6/18 for 45 yards and two interceptions, and was limited to -15 yards rushing and a touchdown. Raymond Paye provided a bright spot for the Eagles, rushing for 101 yards and a score in the loss. Lance Veeser led the Eagles defensively with 10 solo tackles.

After starting the season with a 34-22 win over Two Rivers in their season opener, the Marines were humbled by their cross-border rivals in Menominee, Michigan, losing to the Maroons 60-6. 

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Former Southern Door, Notre Dame, and NFL football player Jim Flanigan will be among those honored as part of the festivities surrounding the Wisconsin-Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field in September.

The 2016 Southern Door Alumni Hall of Fame member will receive the Determination Award for his perseverance on and off the football field as part of the Knute Rockne Memorial Society Spirit of Sports Awards in Green Bay on Sept. 5.

Before earning honorable mention All-American honors at Notre Dame and beginning a 10-year NFL career that included one season with the Green Bay Packers, Flanigan starred for the Eagles. He led the team with 215 rushing yards and had a hand in all three touchdowns in a 17-7 state championship victory over Westby in 1989.

Knute Rockne Memorial Society Executive Director and Notre Dame football historian Jim Lefebvre says Flanigan's experience served him well in South Bend.

The Knute Rockne Memorial Society Spirit of Sports Awards are part of a larger weekend celebrating Notre Dame football in Green Bay, including a history night on Sept. 3 in Green Bay and a golf event in Menasha on Sept. 4. Door County Baseball League scribe Herb Gould will be one of the three authors featured at the history night on Sept. 3. He will be discussing his book "Lambeau: The Epic Life of Earl
Louis "Curly" Lambeau, the Man Who Invented the Green Bay Packers." Lambeau
played one season under Knute Rockne at Notre Dame and took that experience with him to Green Bay when he founded the Packers. You can find information about all three events at this link. 

The Southern Door football team dropped its second straight game on Friday, this time falling to the Shiocton Chiefs 34-13.

Caleb Delwiche was harassed by the Chiefs' defense, going 6/18 for 45 yards and two interceptions, and was limited to -15 yards rushing and a touchdown. Raymond Paye provided a bright spot for the Eagles, rushing for 101 yards and a score in the loss. Lance Veeser led the Eagles defensively with 10 solo tackles.

The Eagles are back at it on Friday when they travel to Marinette to face the Marines.

Malania Veeser picked up where she left off after her freshman season as Southern Door's cross country teams opened their season at the Two Rivers Invite.

Veeser cracked the top 10 and the 20 minute barrier with a 5K time of 19:55 to take sixth place overall in the girls race.

On the boys side, Colton Valley and Joel Moyer also broke 20 minutes to finish in the Top 60.

BOYS

40

CV

Colton Valley

Southern Door

19:20.0

SB • Yr: 11

54

JM

Joel Moyer

Southern Door

19:46.3

SB • Yr: 11

72

AB

Ashton Bouche

Southern Door

20:54.7

SB • Yr: 10

97

TK

Tyler Kluge

Southern Door

26:39.7

PB • Yr: 10

GIRLS

6

MV

Malaina Veeser

Southern Door

19:55.1

SB • Yr: 10 • +6pts

35

AM

Addison Miller

Southern Door

22:55.3

SB • Yr: 11 • +33pts

39

SS

Skya Scrimgeour

Southern Door

23:30.4

SB • Yr: 10 • +36pts

46

EJ

Elise Jackson

Southern Door

24:00.6

SB • Yr: 12 • +43pts

48

PH

Portia Hah

Southern Door

24:05.3

SB • Yr: 12 • +45pts

56

AG

Amber Geisel

Southern Door

25:15.5

PB • Yr: 9 • +53pts

63

PP

Paige Penovich

Southern Door

25:55.3

SB • Yr: 12 • +59pts

The Southern Door football team will hit the road in search of better results on Friday when they play at Shiocton.

The Eagles scored at the end of each half, but it was not enough to keep up with New Holstein in their 35-15 loss last Friday. Caleb Delwiche completed nine of his 19 passes, but two of them went for touchdowns as he guided the offense for 41 yards. Delwiche added another 33 yards on the ground to complement Raymond Paye's 91 yards and Isaac Rouer's 59 yards. DeMauri Parks and Ryker Lohrey registered a receiving touchdown each with Parks leading the team with 11 yards.

The Chiefs opened their season with a 42-0 win over University School of Milwaukee.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Southern Door volleyball players will take a road trip on Thursday for multi-team events in the Green Bay area.

The Eagles will follow up their second-place showing in Bonduel with a meet at Green Bay East. Ashwaubenon, Manawa, New London, Green Bay East, and Shiocton will also compete beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Southern Door and Sturgeon Bay boys will once again join forces with Notre Dame Academy for a co-op team. They will play at Notre Dame Academy at 4:30 p.m. against Hartford Union, Hortonville, New Berlin Eisenhower, Sheboygan North, and Sheboygan South.

Sevastopol and Southern Door hit the road on Tuesday to open their volleyball seasons with a quad meet in Bonduel.

The Eagles went 19-14 overall with a 4-4 mark in the Packerland Conference. They were swept by Valders in their WIAA tournament opener to end their season.

The Pioneers went 16-18 last season with a 3-5 mark in the Packerland. Their season came to a close with a 3-0 loss to Valley Christian in the regional semifinals of the WIAA Tournament.

The first matches begin at 3 p.m.

The Southern Door football teams scored at the end of each half, but it was not enough to keep up with New Holstein in their 35-15 loss last Friday.

The Huskies jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter and never let go of the advantage, outscoring the Eagles 19-15 over the final three quarters.

Caleb Delwiche completed nine of his 19 passes, but two of them went for touchdowns as he guided the offense for 41 yards. Delwiche added another 33 yards on the ground to complement Raymond Paye's 91 yards and Isaac Rouer's 59 yards. DeMauri Parks and Ryker Lohrey registered a receiving touchdown each with Parks leading the team with 11 yards.

The Eagles will try to bounce back on Friday when they visit Shicoton for a 7 p.m. kickoff. 

The Door County United girls swim team, consisting of swimmers from Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay and Southern Door high schools, competed in the Marinette Pentathlon for its first conference matchup of the 2026 season. Each swimmer competed in the same five events, with scoring separated by grade level.

For the freshmen, Ashlyn Sixel (SDHS) finished sixth overall, while Brennan Rass (SEV) finished seventh. Sophomore Hazel Monfils (SDHS) had a spectacular meet, finishing first overall and taking first place in each individual event. Her fellow sophomore, Jillian Peterson (SDHS), finished ninth overall.

For the juniors, Quinn Sperber (SDHS) finished third, while Mia Olson (SBHS) finished 11th. Finally, representing the seniors, Shaeffer Rass (SEV) finished second, Rachel Rock (SEV) finished 12th and Hannah Denil (SBHS) finished 14th.

Each member of DCU made waves during the team's first meet of the season, showing great promise for further success as the season continues. Their next meet will be Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Sturgeon Bay site of the Door County YMCA. The meet starts at 5 p.m. and will include competition from all conference teams.

The Southern Door football team will stay close to home to open the 2026 season on Friday when they welcome New Holstein to Brussels.

The Eagles went 3-6 last season, which included a 36-20 loss to New Holstein in last season's opener. The Eagles lost All-Conference performers Lauden Berg and Landon Vandertie to graduation, but have Raymond Paye and Lance Veeser returning from those squads.

The Huskies finished 6-4 last season, including a first round playoff exit to Spencer/Columbus Catholic.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Southern Door's baseball and softball teams had eight players combined placed on All-Packerland Conference teams when the squads were announced earlier this week.

The conference champion softball team had seven of the eight selections, including Alanah Kaye (First Team Pitcher), Samantha Melville (First Team Utility/DP), Madyson Counard (Second Team Infielder), Lily Vandertie (Second Team Outfielder), Reese Vogel (Second Team Outfielder), Grace Gutschow (Honorable Mention Catcher), and Harper Kramer (Honorable Mention Outfielder)

Collin Everard was named to the All-Packerland Conference team as an Honorable Mention Utility/DH,

The Southern Door Eagles saw their season come to a close Tuesday, falling to the New Holstein Huskies in a WIAA regional matchup in Brussels.

The game, broadcast on U102.1, featured an early turning point for the Eagles. Ace pitcher Alanah Kaye, typically a steady presence in the circle, was lifted in the first inning in a rare move this season after New Holstein generated early offense and applied immediate pressure.

The Huskies capitalized on that momentum, pushing across runs in the opening frame to seize control. Southern Door worked to settle in defensively after the early change and kept the game within reach through the middle innings.

Offensively, the Eagles battled to respond, creating scoring chances and putting runners aboard, but were unable to string together the timely hits needed to fully erase the deficit. New Holstein’s pitching and defense limited the damage in key situations, preserving their advantage into the late innings.

Southern Door made a push down the stretch, but the comeback bid came up short as the Huskies closed out the run rule victory to advance, winning 14-4.

Despite the setback, the Eagles’ season ends with a strong body of work, highlighted by consistent performances and a deep postseason push.

The Southern Door Eagles look to continue their hot streak as they play host to the New Holstein Huskies on Tuesday night in Brussels on U102.1.

The Eagles won the Regional championship behind strong pitching outings by Alanah Kaye, who struck out 13 Brillion Lions after striking out 14 Chilton Tigers on Tuesday. Southern Door has now won eight games in a row.

New Holstein took down Valders 3-0 in their Regional Championship, moving them to 21-7 on the season.  The Huskies are 6-1 in their last 7 games, dropping only their season finale. 

You can join Jacob Nate and Adam Collins on U102.1 and NEW Radio Sports Network with the first pitch at 4:30 p.m.

The Southern Door softball team improved to 22-4 on the year and will host at least one more game this season after shutting out Brillion 6-0 in Thursday's regional final game in Brussels.

The Eagles opened the scoring in the second inning when Reece Vogel and and Aubrey Plzak registered back-to-back run-scoring hits to make 2-0. They put the game well out if reach two innings later when Samantha Melville doubled in Madyson Counard and the Vogels singled in three runs of their own to make it 6-0.

Alanah Kaye did not need that much help from her offense allowing just three hits across seven shutout innings while striking out 13 batters.

Reece Vogel and Grace Vogel each went 2-3 with Grace driving in two runs and Reece pushing across one. Kaye, Counard, Melville, and Plzak accounted for the other hits as they outhit their visitors 8-3 to win the regional championship.

The Eagles will be back at home on Tuesday when they welcome New Holstein in the sectional semi-final for a 4:30 p.m. first pitch.

The Oconto Blue Devils scored at least two runs in each of the first four innings as the Southern Door Eagles baseball team saw their season come to a close on Thursday with an 11-1 loss.

The Eagles were outhit 10-2 in the contest with Caleb Guilette and Kody Wagaman recording the lone knocks. The Eagles scored their lone run in the fourth inning trailing 7-0 when Wagaman singled in Will Price while Hoyt Austad was cut down advancing to third. The game ended in the fifth inning when the Eagles came up empty after the Blue Devils scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Price took the loss for the Eagles, allowing five runs (2 ER) on four hits while striking out one.

The Eagles finish the season 2-21.