The Sturgeon Bay High School girls basketball team evened their season record at 1-1, winning the home opener 51-32 against Lourdes Academy. Sarah Bridenhagen led the Clippers for a second straight game with 18 points. Ashley Alberts added eight. 

Lourdes Academy falls to 0-3 with other losses to Wild Rose and Xavier. Sturgeon Bay plays again on Monday night against Menominee, from just over the border in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 

Two local volleyball players will continue to play the sport they love at the next level.

Sturgeon Bay volleyball standout Hailey DeGrave made it official Thursday when she signed her National Letter of Intent to play at Lakeland University. DeGrave is coming off a senior season where she earned second-team All-Packerland Conference honors as an all-around player. There is still plenty to go in DeGrave's high school career, who has competed in basketball and track in the past.

Heading a little further from home is Algoma senior setter Jacklyn Dean, who will play next year at Iowa Lakes Community College. Dean is coming off her third straight all-conference season and finished her high school career with over 1,400 assists.

The Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association made sure the accomplishments of the Division 4 state champion Sturgeon Bay Clippers did not go unnoticed.

Despite not having any of his player named to the All-State squad, Clippers head coach Todd Maas earned his third state coach of the year award earlier this week. Maas also won the award in 2011 and 2017. The Clippers won the state championship earlier this month in a thrilling 2-1 victory over The Prairie School.

The Sturgeon Bay High School boys soccer team won the Division 4 State Championship Saturday afternoon at the Kohler Engines Stadium located within the Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee. The Clippers scored in the second overtime period to defeat The Prairie School, 2-1. Overtime in soccer is not sudden death so Sturgeon Bay had to hold on for another two minutes after the go-ahead goal to secure their second State Title in school history. 

The Prairie School took the lead in the 28th minute thanks to a goal from Max Yde, his 19th of the season. Nicholas Hawkins got the assist thanks to a superb near-side cross that Yde was able to head in past Clipper goalie Joe Wind.

Sturgeon Bay's Eli Dietzel answered in the 41st minute. Dietzel was kept in check by the Hawks for the most part. He had just one shot the entire game but he made it count to get his 32nd tally of the season. Dietzel's goal came off of a corner kick situation. 

Late in the second half Nicholas Hawkins was shown the gate after a red card. The Hawks were put in a tough situation playing one man down into overtime. Sturgeon Bay bided their time until Carson Dvorak finally put one home in the 108th minute to notch the Clippers the golden ball.

Sturgeon Bay will face the Prairie School Hawks in tomorrow's Division four state final soccer match. The Clippers faced off against the Hawks in their second game of the season with the final score ending in a three-three tie. Both teams made easy work of their semi-final games on Thursday with Sturgeon Bay defeating Northland Pines 5-1 and Prairie School easily handling Lake Mills 8-0. Coach of the Clippers, Todd Maas notes that players have been hoping for a rematch since the beginning of the season and they knew that they would have to make it to the station tournament to make that happen. 

Coverage of the Division 4 state finals between the Sturgeon Bay Clippers and the Prairie School Hawks starts tomorrow with the pregame at 10:30 a.m. and kick off at 11 a.m. on 103.3 The Clipper and can also be streamed from newradiosports.com. 

The Sturgeon Bay soccer team looks to clinch its third berth in the state final since 2015 when it meets Northland Pines Thursday afternoon on 103.3 The Clipper. Both teams come in to the state semifinal game with impressive offensive returns during the tournament with Northland Pines outscoring its opponents 18-4 and Sturgeon Bay doing the same by a 24-3 margin. Clippers head coach Todd Maas says the team needs to play more relaxed and stay focused if it wants to advance to Saturday's match against either The Prairie School or Lake Mills.

Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call from Milwaukee's KOHLER Engines Stadium at Uihlein Soccer Park beginning at 1:00 p.m. with the prematch show followed by the opening kick at 1:30 p.m. on 103.3 The Clipper.

The Sturgeon Bay soccer team now knows who they will play in the state tournament on Thursday. Northland Pines from Eagle River is the three-seed after the final four teams were reseeded on Sunday. The Clippers are the two-seed and those two teams will battle at 1:30 PM on Thursday in Milwaukee at Uihlein Soccer Park for a chance to play in the Division 4 State Championship Game on Saturday. Sturgeon Bay won a thrilling overtime game over Oostburg on Thursday while the Eagles of Northland Pines had a much easier time with Columbus Catholic winning 8-2. Whoever wins will take on the winner of 1-seed The Prairie School and 4-seed Lake Mills.

Sturgeon Bay v. Northland Pines will be broadcasted on 103.3 The Clipper and DoorKewauneeHighSchoolSports.com with the pregame beginning at 1 PM.

Sturgeon Bay soccer passed their most difficult test of the playoffs so far by beating Oostburg for the sectional championship in Kohler on Saturday afternoon. The Clippers needed overtime to take it 2-1. Owen Stevenson scored both of Sturgeon Bay's goals including the game-winner with just 1:25 left in the second overtime period.

Sturgeon Bay controlled play for most of the first half. Stevenson got the Clippers on the board in the 14th minute after a corner kick from CJ Fairchild.

It was a different story in the second half. Oostburg showed why they were the number-1 seed in the region and were undefeated until this game. Marco Gonzalez Moreno scored not even two minutes into the second half to tie the game at 1. The Flying Dutchmen kept the pressure on Sturgeon Bay for much of the rest of the half. They hit the post once and had other good opportunities for goals that they just couldn't put past Clipper keeper Joe Wind. Sturgeon Bay also missed some opportunities in the second half.

In overtime, both teams squandered chances early and Ben DeNamur deflected a shot on the goalline to preserve the tie. Gonzalez Moreno hit the crossbar on another shot attempt. Spencer Hubbard's shot early in the first overtime period went just wide of the net for Sturgeon Bay. In the 109th minute, Eli Dietzel set up Stevenson for the goal past Oostburg keeper Braden Van Ginkel for the deciding goal.

Sturgeon Bay will advance to the state semi-final for the third year in a row and the 8th time in 10 years. The Clippers will play on Thursday in Milwaukee. They will play either at 11 AM or 1:30 PM depending on the seeding of the final four teams. The game will be broadcasted on 103.3 The Clipper and DoorKewauneeHighSchoolSports.com with the pregame starting a half-hour before the game begins.

Sturgeon Bay soccer is looking to make its third straight trip down to Milwaukee when they play Oostburg for a sectional championship on Saturday. The game features the top two teams in the region. Sturgeon Bay has been dominant in the playoffs so far outscoring Howards Grove, Omro and Lourdes/Valley Christian by a combined score of 22-2. The Clippers are coming off an 8-2 win at home over Lourdes/Valley Christian.

Oostburg has not lost a game this season and has one tie. The Flying Dutchmen beat Kohler in the sectional semi-final on Thursday 4-1. Oostburg had one close call in the playoffs. They needed overtime in the regional final to beat 9-seed Saint Lawrence Seminary 1-0. 

Whoever wins this game will earn a trip to Milwaukee for the state semi-final on Thursday. You can hear the broadcast on 103.3 The Clipper and DoorKewauneeHighSchoolSports.com with the pregame show beginning at 12:30 PM.