Southern Door's road to Madison for the WIAA State Football Championship goes through last year's runner-up when they play Wrightstown on the road.

The Eagles scored 11 points in the final five minutes to make a one-possession game late into a 24-7 win over New Holstein. The Eagles struck first when Drew Daoust scrambled for a 16-yard touchdown to make it 7-0. Daoust used his feet again to put the Eagles up again late in the third quarter, rushing in from 10 yards out following a 44-yard punt return from Lauden Berg. The Eagles would pile it on in the fourth quarter thanks to Daoust's third rushing touchdown of the game, followed by a field goal from Lance Veeser.

The Tigers have already feasted on Packerland foe Sturgeon Bay on Friday night, winning the game 64-18. The Tigers' 6 second-quarter touchdowns all came on the ground, 4 of which were run by Aiden Humphreys. The team currently sit at 9-1 on the season with their only loss coming against North Eastern Conference champion Freedom, which plays Prescott on Saturday in a Level 2 matchup for Division 4.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. in Wrightstown. The winner will take on the victor in the Kewaunee/Kiel matchup, which is airing on 104.1 WRLU. 

Drew Daoust leads the class of All-Packerland Conference winners for Southern Door this fall.

Daoust was named the offensive player of the year, boasting over 1700 yards passing and 15 touchdown passes to pair with his 410 yards and eight scores on the ground.

You can find the school's other All-Packerland Conference players below

Volleyball

Ashlyn Delfosse, Senior Setter (2nd Team)

Alanah Kaye, Junior All-Around (2nd Team)

Morgan Miller, Senior Defense Specialist (Honorable Mention)

Football

Drew Daoust, Senior Quarterback, Defensive Back (1st Team)

Lauden Berg, Junior Offensive End, Defensive Back (1st Team)

Cruz Calvillo, Junior Offensive Lineman, Defensive Lineman (1st Team), Punter (2nd Team)

Landon Vandertie, Junior Linebacker (1st Team), Offensive Lineman (2nd Team)

Mason Paye, Senior Offensive End (2nd Team)

Ben Grota, Senior Kicker (2nd Team)

Wyatt Wilke, Senior Linebacker (2nd Team)

Grant Weber, Senior Running Back (HM)

Nick Beck, Senior Offensive Lineman (HM)

Talon Mueller, Senior Defensive Back (HM)

Eagles fly together, and two Southern Door cross country runners took that seriously in Saturday's WIAA Sectional Meet hosted by Manitowoc Lutheran.

On the boys' side, Southern Door's Ben Grota and Lucas Conard ran identical 17:21 5K times to come in 4th and 5th place overall to earn their spots in the state field. Gibraltar's Graham Devoe (81st, 21:19), Algoma's Alex Kirchman (28th, 18:46), Sevastopol's Jarius Dadam (32nd, 18:55), and Kewaunee's Robin Kunesh (58th, 20:13) paced their individual teams.

Southern Door's Emma Bousley (8th, 20:59.0) paced the girls' team, finishing just outside of where she needed to be to qualify individually.

1 4 Ben Grota 12 17:21.0 2 5 Lucas Conard 12 17:21.0 3 20 Owen Larios Amezq 10 18:18.2 4 25 Joel Moyer 9 18:44.0 5 40 Ethan Kaser 12 19:27.9 6 ( 57) Brayden Vogel 12 20:13.5 7 ( 62) Colton Valley 9 20:22.4

1 8 Emma Bousley 11 20:59.0 2 46 Elise Jackson 10 23:50.5 3 56 Nora Lefevre 11 24:13.2 4 62 Kelsey Johnson 12 24:26.3 5 64 Paige Penovich 10 24:26.7 6 ( 81) Maddie Finger 12 26:22.8 7 ( 87) Sydney Turner 11 27:09.6

The Southern Door Eagles scored 11 points in the final five minutes to make a one-possession game late into a 24-7 win over New Holstein. 

The Eagles struck first when Drew Daoust scrambled for a 16-yard touchdown to make it 7-0. The Huskies matched it in the second quarter when Erick Burns scored the team's lone touchdown on the ground from 53 yards out to make it 7-7 at the break. Burns would go on to rush for 236 yards, but the Huskies would not find the scoreboard again.

Daoust used his feet again to put the Eagles up again late in the third quarter, rushing in from 10 yards out following a 44-yard punt return from Lauden Berg. The Eagles would pile it on in the fourth quarter thanks to Daoust's third rushing touchdown of the game, followed by a field goal from Lance Veeser.

The Eagles will go on the road to face last year's state runner-up, Wrightstown. The Tigers have already feasted on Packerland foe Sturgeon Bay on Friday night, winning the game 64-18. The winner of that game could face another Packerland opponent if Kewaunee get get past Kiel in a road matchup next week. 

Even with a playoff spot already guaranteed, the Eagles were not content. They handled the Mishicot Indians 34-6 under the lights in Brussels Friday night.

Southern Door scored all the touchdowns in the first half, both through the air and on the ground. Daoust found Braylon Berg for a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter, one from 61 yards and another from 36 yards. In the second quarter, Daoust added a 10-yard rushing touchdown and found Lauden Berg from 6 yards out, setting the halftime score at 24-0. 

The teams swapped scores in the second half. Mishicot scored first in the third quarter via a Ben Backus 15-yard rush. In the fourth quarter, Southern Door scored its final touchdown of the regular season when Daoust hit Lauden Berg from 41 yards out. Grant Webber added the two-point try, putting the game's final score at 34-6.

All that is left now is the waiting game as each team awaits what may be ahead as WIAA playoff brackets will be announced Saturday Morning.

There are many times in the final week of the season that teams are playing in nearly meaningless games.  That will not be the case on Friday night when the Southern Door Eagles hosts the Mishicot Indians on U102.1.  

While it is certain the Eagles will be in the playoffs, their seeding is not set. With a little bit of help, the Eagles could catch up to Bonduel atop the Packerland standings.  Entering the game on a 5-game win streak, the Eagles need to first take care of business at home, on Senior Night.  Last week against Sturgeon Bay, 30 of the Eagles 42 points were scored by seniors including Grant Weber's two rushing touchdowns, and Drew Daoust finding Mason Paye in the endzone through the air.

Mishicot on the other hand, is fighting for their playoff lives.  The Indians enter the game on a 2-game win streak after beating Marinette 20-14 last week. 

Jacob Nate will lead you through all the action starting at 6:45p.m. for pregame, with kickoff to follow at 7:00 on U102.1 and the NEWRadioSportsNetwork.

Even without senior Ben Grota leading the way, the Southern Door cross country teams still had plenty of runners in the top 10 of their respective races.

In the boys race, Lucas Conard paced the Eagles with a second place finish and a 5K time of 18:01. Owen Larios Amezquita and Brayden Vogel also cracked the top 10 as they challenged Peshtigo for the team title. On the girls side, Emma Bousley navigated the 5K course to the tune of fourth place overall, running a time of 21:15. Teammate Addison Miller also cracked 22 minutes to finish in seventh.

1.4.11Emma Bousley21:15.1Southern Door

2.7.9Addison Miller21:56.4Southern Door

3.13.10Elise Jackson22:56.9Southern Door

4.17.12Kelsey Johnson23:51.4Southern Door

5.21.10Paige Penovich24:25.7Southern Door

6.27.11Nora Lefevre25:07.9Southern Door

7.33.12Maddie Finger26:02.4Southern Door

1.2.12Lucas Conard18:01.9Southern Door

2.5.10Owen Larios Amezquita19:03.6Southern Door

3.10.12Brayden Vogel19:37.4Southern Door

4.14.9Joel Moyer19:47.4Southern Door

5.25.9Colton Valley21:14.3Southern Door

6.12Ethan KaserNTSouthern Door

7.12Lukas KallinNTSouthern Door

The Southern Door Eagles defeated the Sturgeon Bay Clippers in four sets Tuesday night in a Packerland Conference match. 

After losing the first set 18-25, the Eagles bounced back to take the next three with scores of 25-19, 25-21 and 25-14. 

Leading the way for the Eagles was Alanah Kaye who knocked down 11 kills, while Ashlyn Delfosse had 24 assists and 14 digs.  Other contributors included Alanna Paye with 11 digs and five aces, Morgan Miller had 10 digs and Maiya Olson downed seven kills. 

(photo courtesy of Southern Door School District)

The Sturgeon Bay and Southern Door volleyball teams will play opponents much larger than themselves on Tuesday night.

Originally scheduled as a pink-out game, Tuesday's match will also feature a fundraiser for hurricane relief. Similar to last week's football game between the two schools at Sturgeon Bay, all ticket sale proceeds at these two events will go directly to support those affected by recent hurricanes.

On the court, the visiting Clippers enter the match with a 7-22 mark, including six straight losses. They have proven to be a tough out, pushing their opponent to a deciding game 14 times. The Eagles are 7-18 on the year, splitting their matches at the Brillion Invite on Saturday. They swept Green Bay West and Pembine/Goodman while they had the same done to them by host Brillion and Wrightstown.

The first serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Southern Door was able to bolster its playoff resume and will stay in contention for possibly a share of the Packerland Conference Championship after taking down the Sturgeon Bay Clippers 42-17 on U102.1.  

Sturgeon Bay grabbed an early lead after marching down the field on its opening drive when Bryce Plzak made a 25-yard field goal to put the Clippers up 3-0.  Southern Door answered back with a Drew Daoust 25-yard touchdown carry.  Daoust also carried in the 2pt conversion to give Southern Door its first lead, which the Eagles would not give back for the remainder of the game

Grant Weber would score the 1st of his three touchdowns on the Eagle's next possession but could not convert the 2 pt conversion, making the game 14-3.  After each team exchanged turnovers, Sturgeon Bay was forced to punt after another long drive, pinning the Eagles to their own 20.  On the first play of the ensuing drive, Daoust fumbled the handoff exchange, and Patrick Haese scooped the ball and scored from 15 yards out to make the score 14-9.  Southern Door would tack on one more touchdown after Daoust found Mason Paye for a touchdown catch and then again for the 2pt conversion with 0:06 left before halftime, giving the Eagles a 22-9 lead at halftime. 

The second half was all Southern Door, as the Eagles added 20 more straight points on a pair of Grant Weber touchdowns that were spaced by an 80-yard fumble recovery for a score by Talon Mueller after Bryce Plzak coughed up the ball early in the 4th quarter.  Sturgeon Bay was able to cut into the lead towards the end of the 4th quarter after a long Bryce Plzak kick return, setting up a drive that was capped by a Patrick Haese 1-yard touchdown.  Haese added the 2-point conversion, making the score 42-17.  Southern Door was able to run out the clock to finish the game. 

Sturgeon Bay will be on the road, traveling to Bonduel for a matchup against the Bears. The Bears are coming off a 53-6 win against Oconto to clinch a share of the Packerland Conference championship. Southern Door will return home for its Senior Night in the regular season finale against Mishicot, which can be heard on U102.1 next Friday.  

The Door County United Girls Swim Team remains undefeated in conference swims with their win over Wittenberg-Birnamwood on October 10th.

The final score was 86-84. All points that were scored were extremely necessary for this win.

The A 200 yard medley relay consisting of Julia Michalski (SBHS), Caitlyn Hasenjager (SEV), Isabella Jimenez-Seyfer (SBHS), and Kailyn Neville (SDHS), began the night with a nail-biter race. They placed first, only 0.15s faster than Wittenberg’s A relay. Kailyn Neville (SDHS) was also among the top scorers of the evening for her events. Freshman Amelia Michalski (SBHS) and Megan Quaderer (SBHS) were also among some of the top scorers for the evening as well. The meet all came down to the 400-yard freestyle relay. DCU needed to place two relays in the top three finishes to win the meet. The A and B relay went to finish 2nd and 3rd, which gave us enough points to win the meet. The A relay team was Chloe Bissen (SBHS), Megan Quaderer (SBHS), Amelia Michalski (SBHS), and Julia Michalski (SBHS). The B relay team was Quinn Sperber (SDHS), Shaeffer Rass (SEV), Ophelia Linnan (SEV), and Isabella Jimenez-Seyfer (SBHS).

DCU will host New London High School on Tuesday, October 15th, at the Door County YMCA. Swimming starts at 6:00 p.m. and this is the last home meet of the regular season. 

The Southern  Door Eagles prevailed in five sets over the Gibraltar Vikings Tuesday night in Packerland Conference Volleyball (24-26; 22-25; 25-14; 25-20; 15-13),

Alanah Kaye paced the Eagles with 15 kills and three aces.  

Ashlyn Delfosse added 29 assists and 17 digs, along with Alanna Paye who had 26 digs and three aces.  

Other contributors included Morgan Miller chipping in 16 digs, Ava Everard: with five aces and two blocks, and Maiya Olson with nine kills.

Two Southern Door cross country runners broke 18 minutes in Thursday's Panther Invite in Reedsville.

The Eagles' Ben Grota paced the boys at 17:06, which was good for the runner-up position. His teammate Lucas Conard was not far behind, running a time of 17:34 to take seventh.

Emma Bousley broke 21 minutes on the 5K course as she covered the distance in 20:43 to take eighth overall in the girls' race.

1.2.12Ben Grota17:09.53Southern Door

2.7.12Lucas Conard17:34.93Southern Door

3.23.10Owen Larios Amezquita18:28.97Southern Door

4.31.12Brayden Vogel19:10.87Southern Door

5.36.9Joel Moyer19:41.69Southern Door

6.42.12Ethan Kaser20:09.54Southern Door

7.55.9Colton Valley20:53.88Southern Door

1.8.11Emma Bousley20:43.75Southern Door

2.16.9Addison Miller21:45.39Southern Door

3.34.10Elise Jackson23:33.45Southern Door

4.36.12Kelsey Johnson23:41.02Southern Door

5.40.11Nora Lefevre24:24.15Southern Door

6.53.12Maddie Finger25:34.16Southern Door

7.64.9Violet Jackson31:18.78Southern Door

The Southern Door Eagles improved throughout the match but eventually lost to the Kewaunee Storm on the volleyball court Thursday night 3-0.

The Eagles lost the match by the scores of 11-25; 19-25; 24-26. They were led by Alanah Kaye (14 kills), McKenna Guilette (12 assists), Ashlyn Delfosse (10 assists, 8 digs), Alanna Paye (13 digs), and Morgan Miller (10 digs).

It was a tale of two very different halves on Thursday night as Kewaunee fell to Southern Door 37-20 in Brussels. The First half saw 49 points, and the second half saw 9.

A flurry of scoring took place in the first half, starting on the very first offensive play.  Southern Door QB Drew Daoust found his WR Lauden Berg for a 75-yard passing touchdown to open the scoring.  Kewaunee answered on their drive with a 36-yard touchdown run.  Southern Door would answer the answer.  Drew Daoust would run for a 37-yard touchdown on the following possession.  The first quarter would end 14-7.

Each team would score twice in the second quarter.  Southern Door scored first and last via Daoust throws—one to each of the Berg boys. Braylon Berg scored from 27 yards out, and Lauden Berg from 23 yards out.  In between those scores came 2 more rushing touchdowns for the Storm.  QB Brett Paulsen would rush one in from 21 yards away, and the next Storm possession, Waylon Delain ran it in from 19.  The extra point after Delain's touchdown would be missed.  The halftime score read 20-29, with Southern Door ahead.

The play(s) of the game came in the late stages of the third when the Storm, down just 9 at the time, would have a 1st and goal.  Southern Door's defense came up big, getting a stop and a turnover on downs after both 3rd and 4th downs were taken from inside the 2-yard line.  

Southern Door would cap the night off with a late 20-yard touchdown from Daoust to Mason Paye after the defender fell, sealing the victory with a 2-point conversion.

Kewaunee falls to 3-2 in the Packerland conference and will face Peshtigo at home on Friday the 11th @ 7 p.m.

Southern Door jumps to a 4-1 Conference, putting them in second place.  They face Sturgeon Bay on the road on Friday the 11th, which can be heard on U102.1 and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.

Two teams enter this Thursday Night Battle at 3-1 in the conference. Both teams are coming off 42-0 shutout wins.  Only one will leave in sole possession of 2nd place in the Packerland Conference as the Kewaunee Stom travels to Southern Door to take on the Eagles on Thursday night on The Pirate.

Kewaunee is coming off a shutout of Sturgeon Bay, in which running back Waylon Delain accounted for 34 of the 42 Kewaunee points.  He ran in 5 touchdowns and added a pair of two-point conversions.

Southern Door handled Oconto in a game featuring offense and defensive scores.  Raymond Paye opened the scoring, tallying two rushing touchdowns on the night.  Drew Daoust would find two different receivers in the endzone: Lauden Berg from 9 yards out and Caden Pierre from 17 yards out.  Jarek Valley would score on both sides of the ball, rushing one in from 1 yard out and returning an interception 65 yards to paydirt. 

Join Jacob Nate for the call on 103.3 The Pirate and NEWRadioSportsNetwork with pregame at 6:45 pm and kickoff at 7:00 pm.