The Southern Door Eagles could not make a halftime lead stick on Friday night, falling to Brillion 28-12.

Grant Weber got the Eagles on the scoreboard in the first quarter on a three-yard rushing touchdown to make it 6-0. After briefly losing its lead in the second quarter on a short Lions rushing touchdown, Drew Daoust found Landon Berg for a three yard score to make it 12-7 at the break.

The Lions would take control late in the second half with C. Thibodeau scoring two of the team's three touchdowns to send the Eagles back to their locker room for their second straight loss to start the season.

Southern Door's Ben Grota picked up where he left off at Thursday's Two Rivers Invitational.

His time of 17:41 put him in eighth place overall, putting him alongside some of the best talent in the state. Emma Bousley led the girls with a time of 21:36. The Eagles boys took 11th overall while the girls grabbed 10th place. 

BOYS

8/Ben Grota00:17:41Varsity Boys8MaleSouthern Door111

36/Lucas Conard00:19:22Varsity Boys36MaleSouthern Door112

73/Owen Larios Amezquita00:21:37Varsity Boys73MaleSouthern Door113

84/Joel Moyer00:23:02Varsity Boys84MaleSouthern Door114

98/Colton Valley00:27:15Varsity Boys98MaleSouthern Door115

99/Ethan Kaser00:28:20Varsity Boys99MaleSouthern Door116

GIRLS

17/Emma Bousley00:21:36Varsity Girls17FemaleSouthern Door10100:21:36

41/Addison Miller00:23:17Varsity Girls41FemaleSouthern Door10200:23:17

71/Elise Jackson00:25:53Varsity Girls71FemaleSouthern Door10300:25:53

72/Paige Penovich00:26:05Varsity Girls72FemaleSouthern Door10400:26:05

75/Nora Lefevre00:26:47Varsity Girls75FemaleSouthern Door10500:26:47

77/Kelsey Johnson00:26:58Varsity Girls77FemaleSouthern Door10600:26:58

92/Maddie Finger00:28:06Varsity Girls92FemaleSouthern Door10700:28:06

103/Marisa Pitzen00:42:14Varsity GirlsFemaleSouthern Door10800:42:14

/Elloise BloniarzNot startedVarsity GirlsFemaleSouthern Door10

/Sydney TurnerNot startedVarsity GirlsFemaleSouthern Door10

The Door County United swim team will stick around for their conference relays meet on Thursday.

Clintonville, Marinette, New London, Seymour, Shawano Community, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood will make the trip to the Sturgeon Bay YMCA to face the United squad when the meet starts at 5 p.m.

In their last action, the United competed in the Marinette Pentathlon for their first conference matchup of the 2024 season. Each swimmer competed in the same five events, and scoring was completed according to grade level. The team continued their success from last season with high placements within each grade. For freshmen, Megan Quaderer (SBHS) tied for third, and Amelia Michalski (SBHS) finished sixth. Sophomore Shaeffer Rass (SEV) finished second overall. Kailyn Neville (SDHS)  and Chloe Bissen (SBHS) finished fourth and fifth overall for juniors. Julia Michalski (SBHS) finished first overall for the seniors, followed closely by Caitlyn Hasenjager (SBHS), who finished second.

A late score spoiled the head coaching debut of Scott Mallien on Friday night as Southern Door fell to Oostburg 11-8 on the road.

A field goal by Oostburg's Cade Dirkse was the only point of the game until Southern Door's Drew Daoust found the endzone from inside the five-yard line to make it an 8-3 game in the third quarter. The Flying Dutchmen would answer in the fourth quarter when Caeden Steuerwald registered his own one-yard rushing score to give them the lead. 

Daoust threw for 135 yards and rushed for 44 yards while throwing no touchdown passes or interceptions. Grant Weber led the Eagles with 52 yards on the ground. The Flying Dutchmen rushed 51 times for 242 yards, led by Charlie DePagter's 91 yards.

The Door County United swim team will hit the pool for the first time this season against competition on Saturday when they travel to Marinette.

The United and Marines will be joined for the pentathlon meet by Wittenberg-Birnamwood, Shawano Community, Seymour, New London, and Clintonville. 

The first events begin at 9 a.m.