The Door County United Swim Team looks to continue their positive start to the season when they swim against New London.

In their last meet, the team finished first overall scoring a total of 136 points at their home relays meet. The team finished 30 points higher than the second place team, New London High School. DCU finished 1st overall in 3 out of the 11 events of the night. In the remaining 8 events, the team never finished below 3th place. One of the first place relays consisted of Cassie Rankin (SEV), Kailyn Neville (SDHS), Julia Michalski (SBHS), and Anna Massart (SDHS). They earned the top finish for the 750 Yard Freestyle Relay, finishing about 18 seconds faster than the second place team. The relay of Emma Moyer (SDHS), Paula Weinke (SBHS), Shambo Wienke (SBHS), and Anika Steinbach (SBHS) finished third in the 200 Yard Reverse Medley Relay. Anika Steinbach helped the group secure that spot on the podium by surpassing at least two teams in the final 50 yards of the relay.

The Door County United girls swim team had another successful night during the Bay Conference Relays meet held at the Door County YMCA. The team finished first overall scoring a total of 136 points. The team finished 30 points higher than the second place team, New London High School. DCU finished 1st overall in 3 out of the 11 events of the night. In the remaining 8 events, the team never finished below 3th place. One of the first place relays consisted of Cassie Rankin (SEV), Kailyn Neville (SDHS), Julia Michalski (SBHS), and Anna Massart (SDHS). They earned the top finish for the 750 Yard Freestyle Relay, finishing about 18 seconds faster than the second place team. The relay of Emma Moyer (SDHS), Paula Weinke (SBHS), Shambo Wienke (SBHS), and Anika Steinbach (SBHS) finished third in the 200 Yard Reverse Medley Relay. Anika Steinbach helped the group secure that spot on the podium by surpassing at least two teams in the final 50 yards of the relay. The team will take on New London High School on Thursday August 31st  in their next conference matchup. 

The Southern Door Eagles defense prevented the Brillion Lions offense from reaching the end zone, coming away with the 26-7 victory, improving their record to 2-0.  The first, and to this point only, score against the Eagles this season came on a pick-6 the Lions Heath Cousin returned 6 yards early in the second quarter.

The Eagles offense found success from all over the field. Drew Daoust added 2 touchdowns to his season stats running one in from 2 yards out, and adding a passing TD to Gage Geisel in the third quarter.  Zach Lynch added two touchdowns as well, scoring each from the Eagles side of midfield, including a 70 yard run that put this game fully out of the Lions grasp.

The Eagles will be on the road again next week as they travel to take on the Mishicot Indians on Friday September 1st.

Southern Door's Ben Grota put his best foot forward on Thursday as he and his Southern Door teammates competed in the first cross country meet of the season at Fish Creek.

Coming in at a time of 18:06, Grota took second place overall in the boys' race. He talked to the NEW Radio Sports Network following his impressive start to the cross country season,

Emma Bousley nearly matched Grota, coming in third place overall and coming right behind her Sturgeon Bay rival Julia Kurek with a time of 21:42.

1.2.11Ben Grota18:06.67 SRSouthern Door

2.11.11Lucas Conard19:12.07 SRSouthern Door

3.25.11Brayden Vogel20:34.19 SRSouthern Door

4.36.9Owen Larios Amezquita21:23.15PRSouthern Door

5.44.11Ethan Kaser22:01.57PRSouthern Door

6.55.12Cody Penovich23:05.52 SRSouthern Door
 

1.3.10Emma Bousley21:42.75 SRSouthern Door

2.13.9Elise Jackson24:13.19PRSouthern Door

3.28.9Page Penovich26:41.77PRSouthern Door

4.29.11Kelsey Johnson26:45.36 SRSouthern Door

5.30.10Sydney Turner26:53.12PRSouthern Door

6.32.10Nora Lefevre27:05.56PRSouthern Door

7.42.12Hailey Veeser29:13.54PRSouthern Door

Things could not have started better for the Southern Door Eagles football team last week and they hope it continues on Friday night when they travel to Brillion.

The Eagles limited Oostburg to just 70 total yards in its 19-0 victory last week. Zach Lynch meanwhile ground down the Flying Dutchmen, scoring twice while rushing for 80 yards on 30 carries in the win.

The Tigers' Heath Cousin showed his quick strike ability, rushing for 80 yards and two scores on just three attempts in last week's 21-7 victory over Hilbert.

Jacob Nate and Reece Robillard will have the call from Brillion on U 1021 beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the opening kick at 7 p.m.

The Door County United swim team hits the Door County YMCA pool on Thursday when it welcomes several teams to the area.

Clintonville, Marinette, New London, Seymour, Shawano Community, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood will hit the pool as well. 

The team had a successful start to the year at the Marinette Pentathlon. The team made big waves in this season's opener. Each swimmer competed in the same 5 events and scoring was completed by grade level. For freshmen, Shaeffer Rass (SEV) finished second overall and Emily Miller (SBHS) finished fourth. Kailyn Neville (SDHS)  and Chloe Bissen (SBHS) finished fourth and fifth overall for sophomores. Julia Michalski (SBHS) finished first overall for the juniors, followed closely behind by Caitlyn Hasenjager (SBHS) who finished third.  Danica Neville (SDHS) finished first overall for the seniors followed by Cassie Rankin (SEV) in second and Natialia Michalski (SBHS) in fifth.

First events begin at 5 p.m.

The Door County United swim team hits the pool for the first time this season in competition when they head to Marinette on Saturday.

The United will swim against the host school. Wittenberg-Birnamwood, Shawano, Community, Seymour, New London, and Clintonville in the pentathlon meet.

The first events begin at 9 a.m.

The Southern Door Eagles look to start another long winning streak on Friday night when they play host to Oostburg. 

The Eagles went undefeated during the regular season, averaging more than 32 points per game while also shutting out six opponents during their 11-win season. Their lone blemish came in the playoffs when they lost their rematch to Kewaunee 15-12. The two games against the Storm were the only games the Eagles played that were not decided by double-figures. 

The Flying Dutchmen went 7-4 in 2022, going on a three-game winning streak before losing to Mayville in their Level 2 playoff game.

In last year's edition of this matchup, quarterback Drew Daoust threw for 208 yards and two scores and rushed for another in the Eagles' 27-0 win against the Flying Dutchmen. 

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

The area's seven cross-country teams will get their first official workouts in on Monday.

The area's only two state qualifiers came on the girls' side in 2022. Southern Door sophomore Emma Bousley figures to be one of the top returning runners this season after coming in 54th place at last year's state meet in Wisconsin Rapids. Her top competition locally comes from Kewaunee's Hannah Miller, who came in five spots ahead of her in 49th in the Division 3 race. 

Meets can begin as soon as August 22nd. 

With Door County boasting some of the top female wrestlers in the state, hosting a camp featuring an All-American was a natural fit.

Southern Door recently wrapped up two-day wrestling camp for girls featuring wrestlers from around the region. With help from longtime wrestling assistant Dave Walker to coordinate the camp, two-time NCAA All-American Mateah Roehl led the girls through a number of drills and techniques to prepare them for the upcoming season. The Watertown, Wis. native earned her stripes as a member of the North Central wrestling team between 2020-2022.

The Eagles' Nora LeFevre (100) and Hailey Veeser (138) made history earlier this year when they won their first matches at the inaugural WIAA Girls State Wrestling Tournament with the latter eventually taking fourth place. Another local wrestler, Tiani Lemieux of Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol represented Wisconsin in the North American Indigenous Games held in Halifax, Canada with a silver medal-winning performance.

Photos by Southern Door Wrestling Club

For football players at Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, Kewaunee, and Luxemburg-Casco, summer is officially over.

August 1st marks the first day of practice for 11-man football teams in the state ahead of their first games on August 1st. All four local teams made the playoffs with Kewaunee eliminating Sturgeon Bay (71-6 Level 1) and Southern Door (15-12 Level 3) before the Storm fell one game short of heading to Madison. The Eagles were a perfect 11-0 heading into the matchup with the Storm, capturing the Packerland Conference title by one game over their Kewaunee County rivals. The Clippers went 5-5 in their return to 11-man after a three-year journey in 8-man. The Spartans went 5-5, falling to conference foe Fox Valley Lutheran in a Level 1 playoff game. 

Their first games of the season are as follows (all take place at 7 p.m. on August 18th):

L-C vs. Xavier

Kewaunee at Kiel

Sturgeon Bay vs. Waupun

Southern Door vs. Oostburg

Girls golf is the next in line with their first practice scheduled for August 7th. Girls swimming and 8-man football starts on August 8th.