The Gibraltar Vikings boys’ basketball team will visit the Sturgeon Bay Clippers for a conference matchup on Tuesday night.

The Clippers tipped-off  Packerland Conference play with a loss while the Vikings have found a winning rhythm the last three conference games and sit in second place of the conference standings. Gibraltar’s last win came against Algoma when Sam Lindenberg dropped a season-high 32 points. The Clippers will look for their first conference win at home on Tuesday at 7:30pm.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers and Gibraltar Vikings girls’ basketball teams will tip-off on Monday evening for a conference duel.

The Vikings enter this matchup 3-1 after a conference win over the Oconto Blue Devils. The Clippers are 0-2 and have dealt with minimal game action due to COVID-19 concerns. Vikings head coach Devin Thomas has not lost a game in two weeks and has given the keys to his leading scorer in Sage Krause, who scored 17 points in their most recent win. Sturgeon Bay will travel to Gibraltar as they look for their first win on the season on Monday at 7:30pm. 

The Sturgeon Bay boys’ basketball team will face their Door County rivals from the south on Monday night in the Southern Door Eagles. Sturgeon Bay has not seen as much court time this season due to COVID-19 limitations while the Eagles have four games under their belt. The Eagles are 3-1 overall and are 3-0 in conference play while recently coming off a win over Peshtigo. Alex Daoust of the Eagles is coming off an 18 point performance while his teammate Devin Schinktgen is coming off a 17 point game. The Clippers will front the Eagles at 7:30pm.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers will face the Gibraltar Vikings on Thursday night for a conference matchup. The two programs will face each other after schedule readjustments due to COVID-19 concerns earlier this week. Gibraltar is 1-1 heading into this game, their one loss comes from Algoma. Sturgeon Bay is 0-1 but will have home court advantage on Thursday night. The game starts at 7:30pm.

The scoreboard says Kewaunee won, but the scoresheet tells a different story in Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol's 42-30 opening night loss in wrestling on Tuesday.

It was all pins or forfeits during the dual meet with both teams giving up two weight classes and the Clippineers forfeiting another five weight classes compared to just two for the Storm. The Clippineers actually won more matches on the evening, edging the Storm in that department 3-2. 

The Clippineers jumped out to an 18-0 lead thanks to Nick West's pin of Jacob Van Goethem to open things at 285 and two forfeits.  Ben DeNamur would get the next pin at 132, using a leg ride wear down Mitchell Van Goethem before eventually getting the turn. After the Storm rattled off 24 straight points due to pins and forfeits, Drew Barganz ended the night for the Clippineers with a fall of Kemper Robinson off a nice throw.

The Clippineers are back in action on Saturday December 19th at Oconto.

The girls' basketball team gets the honor of being the first team to compete for Sturgeon Bay since the pandemic canceled the spring and fall seasons for the athletic department.

The Clippers ended last season 7-14 on the season, falling to Campbellsport in the WIAA Regionals. They will have to replace Sarah Bridenhagen, but the Clippers to bring back their second and leading scorers in Ashley Alberts and Morgan Reinhart. 

The Southern Door Eagles come into riding high after their first game of the season, outscoring NEW Lutheran 29-17 in the second half to win the game 56-44.

Tip is set for 7:30 p.m.