The 2026-2027 Green Bay Gamblers are beginning to take shape.

Several players have been signing agreements with the team over the last few weeks to suit up for the Gamblers. The signings come amid the USHL announcing that they are expanding to the west coast with new teams joining the fray in the near future and the Gamblers promoting their home schedule release with the first Resch Center tilt set for Tuesday, October 6th against Cedar Rapids. You can see some of the roster acquisitions below:

The Green Bay Rockers walked nine and committed two errors in an 11-4 loss to the Wausau Woodchucks on Thursday for their third straight defeat.

The Woodchucks scored at least two runs in four innings, including a four run first inning. It was 9-1 Woodchucks when the Rockers staged their biggest rally with Payton Fort slugging a three-run homer to make it 9-4. The Woodchucks tallied two more runs in the eighth inning to put the game away. 

Max Humphrey and David Ballenilla each had two hits in the loss while Dom Bello registered the other RBI in addition to Fort's three. Will Harrigan took the loss on the mound, allowing six runs (6 ER) on three hits and four walks while striking out five across three innings of work.

The Rockers are back home on Friday to face the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers did something with their 9-1 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field that they haven’t done since their 2024 run to the Midwest League’s Western Division title.  The win was their fifth consecutive victory, and they did it convincingly with early offense and the longest start in the professional career of Ethan Dorchies.

The Timber Rattlers (39-28 overall, 5-0 second half) sent twelve men to the plate in the second inning and scored eight runs to grab control of the game.  Juan Baez started the scoring with an RBI double, the first of four run scoring doubles in the frame. 

Josiah Ragsdale, who extended his on-base streak to 29 games with a single in the first, drove in two more runs with a double.

Luis Peña, in his first game back in the Wisconsin lineup since June 9, blooped a double to right that was just fair to drive in two more runs for a 5-0 lead.  Peña went 1-for-3, was hit by a pitch, scored a run, and drove in two before Luiyin Alastre entered the game as a planned defensive replacement for him in the top of the eighth inning.

Back in the second inning, Eric Bitonti added an RBI single with two outs for variety and a 6-0 lead.  Tayden Hall capped the outburst with a two-run double to left and an 8-0 advantage.

The Rattlers added one more run on an RBI fielder’s choice by Daniel Dickinson in the fourth inning.

That was more than enough for Dorchies.  The right-hander set a new single-game high for his professional career – and for the Timber Rattlers this season – by tossing seven innings.  He walked one, struck out two, and allowed five hits.  The only run scored by the Kernels (31-38, 0-5) came in the sixth inning.  Eduardo Tait, who had two hits and a walk, singled to start the sixth.  He moved to second on a wild pitch and third on a flyout to center.  Jacob McCombs, who also had two hits for Cedar Rapids, had an RBI single to make the scored 9-1.

Dorchies went back out for the seventh inning and pitched around a one-out single with a force out at second and a grounder to third.

Quinton Low was the only Rattler reliever used on Thursday night as he struck out three over two scoreless innings to close out the win.

Every Rattler hitter reached base at least one time in the game.  Dickinson walked twice and scored twice in the second inning for the Rattlers.

Wisconsin will try to match a six-game winning streak they had from July 6 through July 13, 2024 when they take the field for game four of the series Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Wande Torres (4-5, 5.68) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Ivran Romero (2-3, 9.63) has been named as the starter for the Kernels.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Friday is game two of Udder Tuggers Weekend at the stadium.   Players and coaches will wear their 2026 Udder Tuggers jerseys on Friday. 

Four local players were named to the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (WFSCA) All-State teams this week.

In Division 2/3, Kewaunee's Breanna Riha was named to the All-State Second Team. She was named to All-District 2 First Team with teammate Vivian Bootz, Luxemburg-Casco's Alayna Deprez, and Southern Door's Alanah Kaye and Madyson Counard joining her as honorable mention members in the medium-sized school division.

In Division 4/5, Algoma's Natalie Ray (honorable mention) and Macie Zimmerman (second team) were both named All-State. The pair were also named All-District 2 First Team performers in the small school division. 

A stoppage time goal gave the Green Bay Glory an unhappy trip home on Wednesday as they fell to the Milwaukee Torrent 3-2.

The match was tied 1-1 at the break and 2-2 entering stoppage time before Ellie Rebman scored the game winner just as the lights were turning off at Hart Park.

The Glory women will head to Chicago for its final match of the season against Chicago Kics.

The Green Bay Rockers will head west on Thursday after having its home matchup against the Wausau Woodchucks get rained out.

The game was pushed back more than hour before it was ultimately called due to the area getting approximately three inches of rain. The Rockers and Woodchucks will meet again Thursday night in Wausau, but they will make up Wednesday game on July 12th at 12:05 p.m.

The Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball will not just get to play in one of the most historic arenas in all of college basketball, it will get a return date from their hosts.

The Phoenix announced on Wednesday it reached an agreement to play Duke in a home-and-home series that will begin this season with a trip to Cameron Indoor Arena Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The Blue Devils will make the return trip to Green Bay during the 2027-2028 season. 

No dates were mentioned as a part of the announcement.

Josh Knoth pitched five solid innings and was backed up with a late offensive explosion that included four home runs as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 12-6.  Marco Dinges went 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBI to lead Rattlers to the Wednesday afternoon win at Neuroscience Group Field.

Wisconsin (38-28 overall, 4-0 second half) scored three runs on five hits in the first inning.  Josiah Ragsdale started the rally with a lead-off single and an errant pickoff throw allowed him to take second.    Dinges reached on an infield single to put runners at the corners.  Braylon Payne drove in the first run when he grounded into a force play at second to allow Ragsdale to score.

The rally continued with consecutive singles by Eric Bitonti and Daniel Dickinson to load the bases.  Daniel Guilarte cashed in two runs with a two-out single on an 0-2 pitch for a 3-0 lead.

Cedar Rapids (31-37, 0-4) scored in the fourth inning.  Brandon Winokur doubled with one out.  Caden Kendle followed with a single to center to drive in Winokur.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Josh Knoth got the final two outs of the frame on a pair of grounders to shortstop to maintain a 3-1 lead.

That run in the fourth was the only one Knoth allowed on Wednesday afternoon.  The right-hander finished his day with a perfect fifth inning.  Knoth worked five innings in a game for the first time this season.  He walked none and struck out two to put himself in line for his first Midwest League win.

Wisconsin’s offense got going again in the fifth inning.  Dickinson, who was on base four times on Wednesday, walked, stole second, and scored on a single by Luis Castillo for a 4-1 lead.

The Kernels didn’t make it easy.  They had runners at the corners with no outs with Yerlin Rodriguez on the mound in the top of the sixth inning.  Winokur hit a high chopper off the plate in front of the mound.  Rodriguez fielded the ball and elected to come to the plate.  The throw was high, the run scored, and the Kernels still had two runners on with no outs after cutting their deficit to two runs.

Rodriguez got the first out on a strikeout but a single by Yasser Mercedes loaded the bases.  Danny De Andrade’s sacrifice fly drove in a run and moved Winokur to third base.

Cedar Rapids tried to steal a run to tie the game.  Mercedes broke for second and drew a throw.  Dickinson, playing second base, cut in front of the bag, and threw back to the plate in plenty of time to get Winokur, who had tried to steal home

Dinges and Bitonti provided the power for the Rattlers to pull away from Cedar Rapids in the bottom of the sixth.  Dinges cracked a home run on the first pitch of the inning over the wall in center.  Braylon Payn singled before Bitonti cleared the batter’s eye beyond the wall in center for a two-run homer and a 7-3 lead.

Henry Kusiak homered in the top of the seventh for the Kernels against Jason Woodward.

The Rattlers answered again in the bottom of the seventh. Ragsdale doubled to bring Dinges back to the plate.  Dinges cleared the scoreboard beyond the wall in left for his second homer of the day and a 9-4 lead.

Ragsdale went 3-for-5 with a walk, two doubles, and two runs scored as he moved his on-base streak to 28 games.  He has scored 31 runs during the streak.

Winokur hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to cut into Wisconsin’s lead again.

Juan Baez put the game out of reach with a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth.

Tanner Perry pitched a scoreless ninth to close out Wisconsin’s fourth straight win to open the second half of the season.

Wednesday marked the fifth time the Rattlers have hit four homers in a game this season, but it was the first time they have completed that feat at home. 

The seventeen hits collected by Wisconsin are the most they have had in a home game in 2026.  Their season high is nineteen from a game at Peoria on May 10.

Knoth did earn the win, his first since he was a member of the Carolina Mudcats in 2024.  Knoth had missed the 2025 season with an injury and didn’t join Wisconsin until May 21 of this season.

The series continues Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Ethan Dorchies (1-5, 6.48) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Cesar Lares (0-1, 6.97) is set to start for the Kernels.  Game time is 6:40pm. 

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved limited use of the shot clock in basketball for the 2026-27 season and acted on other recommendations from the Winter Coaches Advisory Committees affecting season regulations and membership policies at its June meeting today.

Starting next season, schools will be permitted to use a 35-second shot clock for nonconference varsity boys and girls basketball games if there is mutual agreement between the teams, as permitted by NFHS rule adaptations. The Board also discussed full implementation of the shot clock in 2028-29, which would require approval by the membership at the Annual Meeting next April.

The Board approved basketball Tournament Procedures in the Season Regulations to adjust the enrollment cutlines for divisional placement in the five divisions, beginning with the 2027-28 season. In addition, the higher-seeded team will wear white jerseys and be designated the home team in all State Tournament games beginning next season.

Other changes to the Tournament Procedures eliminated two regulations. The first removes language limiting a player to only two halves when a one-half junior varsity game is followed by a two-half varsity game. The second removes a provision preventing teams participating in the State Tournament from moving down to a smaller-school division the following year, even if their enrollment would have placed them in that division.

The Board approved four recommendations affecting the wrestling Tournament Procedures in the Season Regulations. Dates for the girls regionals and sectionals will be moved up one week to Feb. 5 and Feb. 12, respectively, in 2027.

The Board also adopted the details for the Girls Wrestling Team Tournament, beginning in 2026-27. Sixty-four teams will compete in the Tournament Series, with the top two scoring teams from each individual regional tournament advancing to the sectional team tournament. Teams will be seeded at sectionals by applying the Team Tournament seeding formula to their individual regional lineup. Teams advancing from the team sectional will compete in the State Team Tournament, which will coincide with the Boys Team Tournament on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6, at the La Crosse Center.

In addition, sectional pairings for the Girls Wrestling Individual Tournament will be determined using an annual regional rotation that pairs regional champions against regional runners-up in all weight classes. This prevents student-athletes from the same two regionals from meeting in every sectional semifinal.

The third wrestling recommendation approved by the Board standardizes the seeding process for both the boys and girls individual and team Tournament Series. The new language also clarifies how previous season State Tournament results are applied when seeding the individual tournament. The fourth recommendation clarifies how the current season's State Individual Tournament results are applied when seeding the boys and girls team tournaments and how the wild cards for the boys State Team Tournament are determined using the State Tournament management program.

Two hockey Tournament Procedures changes were approved by the Board. The first alters the overtime process. If a game remains tied following an eight-minute, five-on-five sudden-victory overtime period, the ice will be resurfaced, followed by a 17-minute, five-on-five sudden-victory overtime. If a winner is still not determined, the ice will be resurfaced again and a five-minute, four-on-four sudden-victory period will be played, with goalies switching ends. The second change implements a four-official system for all sectional and State Tournament games.

The Board approved a new timeline for the conference realignment process. Beginning with the 2027-28 conference realignment cycle, non-football realignment will be conducted every four years. The football-only conference realignment cycle will remain on its current two-year schedule. In addition, the Board approved three fast-track conference realignment requests, effective in 2026-27. Rhinelander will transition from independent status in girls golf to the Wisconsin Valley Conference. Portage will move from independent status to the Badger Conference in girls golf, girls swimming and diving, and boys tennis. Racine St. Catherine's will join the Southeast Conference in girls golf after competing as an independent.

Other agenda items approved by the Board included a resolution to continue spending until the 2026-27 budget is approved, winter season sports financial statements, the 2026 Annual Meeting minutes, the 2026-27 calendar dates, and the general fund financial statements and payments for May.

Other discussion and report topics included the recently completed spring sports tournaments; continued work by the Calendar & Contact Ad Hoc Committee; the June Jam and Summer Slam events; activities of the Student-Athlete Leadership Team; ongoing efforts to recruit and retain licensed officials; discussions by the Classification Committee; potential changes to the conference realignment process; an update on the progress of the WIAA Foundation; and a reminder about the New Athletic Directors' Workshop on July 20.

Luke Francois and Todd Fergot, representing the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association, presented a proposal to the Board supporting the expansion of the State Boys and Girls Basketball Tournaments. The Board also received liaison reports from Dan Rossmiller of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards and Kyle LeMieux of the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association.

The WIAA, as defined by its Constitution, is a private, voluntary, unincorporated, nonprofit organization. Its membership oversees interscholastic athletic programs for 514 senior high schools and 36 junior high/middle-level schools.

A RBI groundout by Mana Lau Kong proved to be the difference as the Green Bay Rockers fell to the La Crosse Loggers 5-4 in a second straight defeat. 

Trailing 2-0 early, the Rockers rallied for one run in the second inning and three more in the third before the Loggers tied the game in their half of the frame. The Rockers could not generate much else after that in the rain-shortened game as they were held hitless the rest of the game.

Six different players tallied hits for the Rockers with Andrew Raymond driving in two runs while Max Humphrey and Josh Martin drove in the others. Alex Heintz took the loss, allowing five runs (5 ER) on three hits and four walks while striking out five across four innings of work.

The Rockers are back at home on Wednesday to start a home-and-home against the Wausau Woodchucks. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m., weather permitting.

Three Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout to beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 5-0 on Tuesday night a Neuroscience Group Field.  The Rattlers scored all of their runs in the fourth inning as they stayed unbeaten to open the second half of the Midwest League season.

Wisconsin (37-28 overall, 3-0 second half) grabbed the lead in the fourth inning.  Daniel Guilarte and Juan Baez had back-to-back RBI singles with one out.  Later in the inning, Marco Dinges stepped up with the bases loaded and two outs.  He grounded a single to center to score two runs.  A wild throw to third wound up in the Kernels dugout to allow another run to score and Dinges to take third with a 5-0 lead.

That was more than enough for Braylon Owens.  The Kernels (31-36, 0-3) barely threatened to score against the Wisconsin starting pitcher as they had one at bat with a runner in scoring position with Owens on the mound..  Owens worked five scoreless innings, allowed two hits, walked one, hit a batter, and struck out eight before turning the game over to the bullpen.

The bullpen was almost flawless.  Garrett Hodges was the first Rattler reliver into the game.  He retired the side in order in the sixth.  In the seventh, a lead-off walk was quickly erased on a double play with the third out to follow a few moments later.

Peyton Niksch took over as he retired the Kernels in order in the top of the eighth inning.  A one-out double by Eduardo Tait on a flyball lost in the twilight put Wisconsin’s fifth shutout of the season in jeopardy before Niksch set down the final two batters of the game.

Josiah Ragsdale drew a walk and scored a run in the decisive fifth inning for Wisconsin.  His on-base streak moved to 27 games.  Ragsdale has scored 29 runs during the streak.

Owens has struck out 76 opposing batters this season.  He is second in the Midwest League in that category, trailing only Beloit’s Liomar Martinez, who has 79 on the season.

Wisconsin is nine games over .500 for the first time this season after Thursday’s win.

Game two of the series is Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Josh Knoth (0-0, 2.70) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Cedar Rapids has named Riley Quick (0-1, 4.55) as their starter.  Game time is 12:10pm.

The Green Bay Rockers' pitching staff was throttled for the second time in three games on Monday as the team fell to the LaCrosse Loggers 12-2 on Monday.

The game was tied at 0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning when the Loggers tallied the only three runs they would need. They scored runs in the game's final five innings, including crooked numbers in four of them. It was 6-0 when the Rockers finally scored a run in the seventh on a Parker Martin double only to have the Loggers score three runs. It was the same story in the eighth inning with the Loggers plating three runs after Mike Dee singled in John Handy.

Martin paced the Rockers with three of the team's 10 hits while Coleman Lewis recorded two of his own. Alex LePage saw his record dip to 0-3 as he gave up three runs (3 ER) on two hits and two walks while striking out six in his four innings of work.

The first railbird and bicycle sightings around Lambeau Field are about five weeks away.

The Green Bay Packers announced their training camp schedule last week as they lay out the summer of preseason events which include their 5K, Family Night, and their preseason matchups. 

More than a dozen practices will be open to the public beginning on July 29th. For those traveling from out of the area, only two of the practices will take place on the weekends (August 2nd and 16th). The Packers will also have a joint practice on August 26th ahead of their matchup against the Arizona Cardinals.

You can see the full schedule below:

Whether it is your son, daughter, grandchild, niece, nephew, or your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate's kid, it is time to grab a calendar.

The Packerland Conference announced the season schedule for its varsity sports on Monday, outlining everything from when cross country starts in August to when baseball ends in June. The schedules include just the Packerland Conference matchup, so they are incomplete from that perspective.

The schedule release highlights some of the conference's bigger events like the cross country championships at UW-Green Bay on October 13th, the girls wrestling conference tournament on February 2nd at Southern Door, and the boys golf conference tournament on May 13th at Wander Springs. You can click on the links below for the schedule.

11-Man Football

8-Man Football

Cross Country

Girls Volleyball

Boys Soccer

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Boys Wrestling

Girls Wrestling

Track and Field

Girls Soccer

Baseball

Softball

Boys Golf

A well-attended Father's Day afternoon played host to one of the most anticipated first-half games on the schedule. The 5-0 Kolberg Braves traveled north to take on the 5-0 Sister Bay Bays on 105.1 The GOAT. 

The first two innings between the Bays and Braves were a pitcher's duel, with Sam Forkert throwing two scoreless innings, retiring all 6 batters in order, and Tyler Neinas only allowing one run, on an RBI Sacrifice Fly from Sawyer Johnson.  It was the third, however, where Kolberg was able to do their damage, as a leadoff double from Devin Schinktgen and a walk from Trevor Hawkey would result in Schinktgen stealing home after Hawkey took second base with a throw. An Austen Rohe RBI single would make the game 2-1 after 3 innings. 

Tyler Neinas would exit the game completely in the bottom of the third inning, with Trevor Reinhardt coming on in relief, surprisingly multiple innings earlier than expected. Reinhardt would find his groove early, however, as he would retire the first six batters he would see in order, and would scatter 10 strikeouts over the seven innings he would pitch. 

Kolberg would do more damage in the fifth and seventh innings, as back to back singles from Hawkey and Reinhardt would result in a 2 RBI double to the right-center field fence from Rohe, making the game 4-1. Rohe would end the game as the hit leader for both sides, ending the day with 4 hits and 3 RBIs. Rohe's third hit of the day, partnered with a Jack Peterson single, would both count as runs for Kolberg, as Austen Dart recorded a sacrifice fly and Nick Lecaptain recorded an RBi single. 

It was 6-1 Kolberg, and first place looked good as theirs. After a run in the eighth for Sister Bay, cutting the lead to 4, Austen Rohe would enter in the bottom of the ninth looking to end the game. After getting the first two batters out, Carl Burgess and Alex Laughlin would have back-to-back walks, and Rohe's day would be over, re-enter Trevor Reinhardt. Reinhardt would face Stew Larsen, who recorded an RBI single, making the game 6-3. Then Spencer Krause, who entered the day batting .600 but was 0-4 with 4 K's before the at-bat, roped a double into the gap to cut the lead to 6-5. Tom Sawyer would single home another run, and Sister Bay would force the game to the 10th inning after scoring 4 unanswered runs with two outs in the inning. 

In the top of the tenth, Sam Forkert would show some signs of slowing down. Nick Lecaptain started the Braves off with a walk, be bunted over to second, and then another RBI single from Devin Schinktgen would bring him home and bring the score to 7-6. Reinhardt would record strikeout 9 and 10 in the bottom of the tenth, and Kolberg would remain unbeaten after one of the all-time classics in the DCBL. 

Sam Forkert was the losing pitcher, pitching 10 innings and striking out 8 Braves. Trevor Reinhardt would get the win, eclipsing double-digit strikeouts with 10. 

Kolberg and Sister Bay will both face teams at the bottom of the standings next week, as Kolberg will travel to Institute, and Sister Bay will play host to Baileys Harbor. 

Other scores include West Jacksonport blowing out Egg Harbor 13-2 while Washington Island edged Maplewood 3-1.

It took until the sixth inning for either team to scratch across a run in Washington Island's 3-1 win over Maplewood on Sunday.

The Islanders struck first when Ben Johnson and Luke Geiger hit back-to-back doubles to give themselves a 2-0 lead. They added insurance in the seventh inning when Ryan Jorgenson singled in Matt Foss to make it 3-0. The Mets finally scored in the ninth inning when Jaden Diller singled to make 3-1 with the tying run on first base. Bennett Isaacson-Krueger recovered, coaxing a pop out to end the game.

For the Islanders, Johnson and Geiger each had two hits and one RBI while four others tallied at least one hit. Jorgenson earned the win on the mound, allowing no runs on five hits across six innings while striking out one. 

For the Mets, Diller went 3-5 with an RBI while Kody Kissinger tallied two hits. Jeremiah Jahnke took the loss, allowing three runs (3 ER) on six hits while striking out five across five innings.

After losing 4-2 on Saturday, the Green Bay Rockers pounded out 15 hits on a 17-6 win on Sunday against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. 

The Rockers jumped on the Rafters early,  scoring seven times in the first inning and five more times in the third inning. Things got chaotic late with the Rafters outscoring the Rockers 6-5 in the final three innings, but it was not enough to erase the 12-0 deficit entering the final frames.

Aidan Kuni pounded out four hits and two RBI while David Ballenilla went 3-4 with two doubles and three RBI to lead the Rockers. Caden Crask-Weeks did not need much run support to earn the win, pitching four scoreless innings of two-hit ball while striking out six.

The Rockers will continue west for a pair of road games against the LaCrosse Loggers on Monday and Tuesday before welcoming Wausau on Wednesday for the first part of a home-and-home series.

This is a habit that the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers would love to break.  Sunday’s Midwest League game between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park has been rained out.  This marks Wisconsin’s third consecutive Sunday road game that has been rained out.

Sunday’s game will be made up when the River Bandits visit Neuroscience Group Field from July 17 through July 19.  Those are the only remaining dates left on the schedule on which the two teams will play each other this season.  The date of the doubleheader will be announced later.

The streak of Sunday road rainouts started on May 24 at Dow Diamond for a game against the Great Lakes Loons and continued on June 7 at Veterans Memorial Stadium when a game against the Cedar Rapids Kernels was started before rain halted play in the bottom of the second inning.  This was the tenth rainout of the season for Wisconsin.

Wisconsin is off on Monday before returning to action at Neuroscience Group Field on Tuesday night against the Kernels.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Two of the league's best teams will take the field in Sister Bay on Sunday when the Bays welcome Kolberg.

Strong  third inning lead the Bays to a win. Sister Bay was able to remain undefeated with a 5 run third inning after making the trip to the island. The final from Washington Island was the Bays 7 and the Islanders 2. 

Kolberg started strong against Egg Harbor. The Braves got out to an 11-0 led by the 5th inning and it wasn’t until the top of the 6th before The Indians were able to put a run on the board. Final from Kolberg 12-2.

Gary Barta will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m. followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m. Other Sunday games include West Jacksonport traveling to Egg Harbor and Maplewood welcoming Washington Island.

The Green Bay Glory wrap up their home slate on Sunday with a match against Milwaukee City AFC at 3 p.m. on the campus of UW-Green Bay.

The Glory are looking for their first win since a 6-0 rout of Milwaukee City AFC on May 19th. In the weeks since, the Glory have gone 0-4-2, including a 4-0 loss to Chicago House AC last week.

Green Bay Glory's Keven Sosa found the scorebook three times in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Inferno.

Sosa scored a goal to open the scoring and set up Dennis Nyame on both ends of his brace to cap off his impressive day on the pitch. Joshua Johansen buried a penalty kick to account for the other goal while David Dougherty had a big day in net to preserve the victory.

The Glory men will be in action on again on Saturday with a match against AFC Roscoe on the road at noon.

The Glory women saw their home campaign end unexpectedly when Milwaukee City canceled. They will wrap up their 2026 season on Saturday with a road match against Chicago Kics.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored in every inning from the fourth through the ninth to beat the Quad Cities River Bandits 14-1 Saturday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  The Rattlers got big offensive nights from several players and a very solid start from Jayden Dubanewicz, who was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst to move his record to 2-0 in two starts as a Rattler.

The Timber Rattlers (36-28 overall, 2-0 second half) broke the scoreless tie with four runs in the top of the fourth off Bandits starter Blake Wolters.  Tayden Hall stepped to the plate with two on an no outs.  His hard grounder deflected off the glove of Derlin Figueroa at first.  The ball caromed into right center to allow the first run to score.  Luis Castillo followed with an RBI double that sent Hall around to third.

Andrick Nava was next and Wolters got a slow grounder up the line at first.  Wolters tried to get Hall at the plate, but the throw was late.  Luiyin Alastre tacked on the final run of the inning with a sacrifice fly.

Wisconsin added to their lead in the fifth inning as they loaded the bases with two outs against Wolters.  Reliever Nick Conte took over on the mound to try to put out the fire.  He would walk Juan Baez to force in a run and commit a balk to let another run score before getting the final out.

In the sixth, Eric Bitonti ripped a two-run double to right for an 8-0 lead.

Quad Cities (30-35, 0-2) struggled to get anything going against Dubanewicz.  Nolan Sailors singled and stole second to start the bottom of the first.  Dubanewicz retired the next eight Bandits in a row.  Sailors broke up that streak with a two-out triple in the third.  Dubanewicz got the final out on a grounder to short.  He also pitched around a one-out double in the fourth and a pair of singles in the fifth to keep the Bandits off the scoreboard.

A lead-off single by Ramon Ramirez in the sixth inning ended the night for the Wisconsin starter, who struck out six, walked none, and scattered six hits.  Ramirez scored after Dubanewicz left the game when reliever Quinton Low walked two batters and allowed a sacrifice fly to Tyriq Kemp.

Wisconsin’s offense stepped on the gas in the later innings.  Josiah Ragsdale singled home a run in the seventh.  Marco Dinges, in his return to the lineup for the first time since an ejection last Saturday against Great Lakes, obliterated a 3-2 pitch from Cory Ronan for a two-run home run and an 11-1 lead.

Daniel Dickinson led off the top of the eighth with a home run to left, the first professional home run for Dickinson.  Hall tripled after a fly to shallow center ended in a collision and the ball dropping free.  Castillo drove in Hall with a bloop single to right that dropped just out of the right of Torres in right field.

Ragsdale, who had already extended his on-base streak to 26 games, cracked a homer in the ninth inning off position player Angel Acosta.  Ragsdale went 2-for-5 with a walk and three runs scored on Saturday.  He has scored 28 runs during his 26-game on-base streak.

Michael Fowler, who returned from Wisconsin’s Injured List earlier in the week, pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts to close out the game.
 

Dinges and Dickinson both had three hits and reached base five times on Saturday.  Hall joined that duo with three hits as Wisconsin totaled sixteen hits in the game.  The Timber Rattlers were 6-for-17 with runners in scoring position on Saturday.

Dubanewicz, Low, and Fowler held the River Bandits to 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and recorded twelve strikeouts.

Wisconsin has won two in a row to reach eight games over the .500 mark, which is third time they have been eight games above .500 this season.

The series finale is set for Sunday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park.  Braylon Owens (2-0, 4.19) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Tanner Jones (2-3, 5.85) is the announced starter for the River Bandits.  Game time is 1:00pm.

Three hits and a two run rally was all the Green Bay Rockers could muster Friday night in a 8-2 to the Kenosha Kingfish.

Two of those three hits came in the fourth inning with the Rockers trailing five nothing. Coleman Lewis homered to also drive in Aidan Kuni, but a two-out single by David Ballenilla went wasted to keep it a 5-2 score.

Lewis led the way with two hits and two RBI while Ballenilla had the other knock. Max Wagar took the loss, allowing five runs (5 ER) on four hits and three walks while striking out two.

The Rockers' scene shifts to Wisconsin Rapids where they play two against the Rafters this weekend at 6:35 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday.

Baileys Harbor drew 16 walks en route to a 12-2 win over Institute Friday night.

Isaac Baudhuin, Caleb Plazak, Patrick Haase, and Justin Hartel registered two or more walks on the evening, assisting the A's to score four times in the first inning and five times in the sixth inning. Bryce Plzak was a rare exception, not drawing a walk but was able to drive in two runs on two hits. Danny Lodl, Baudhuin, Gavin Blink, and Dom Blish also collected hits in the A's win.

The Cubs had their success in the second inning, scoring their two runs on a bases loaded walk drawn by Chase Haberli and a swipe of home plate from Nick Peterson. Josh Pflieger, Logan Schuh, and Will Hartman posted the lone hits of the game for the Cubs. 

Chris Lodl earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs (2 ER) on two hits with strikeouts and eight walks. Chase Haberli matched Lodl in the walks department with eight, allowing six runs (3 ER) on three hits while striking out five.

Eric Bitonti bounced back from a rough night at the plate on Thursday night to lead the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 12-2 victory over the Quad Cities River Bandits on Friday at Modern Woodmen Park.  Bitonti, who was 0-for-4 with four strikeouts in a loss to the Bandits on Thursday, went 5-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and four runs scored for Wisconsin on Friday.

Luis Castillo gave Wisconsin (35-28 overall, 1-0 second half) the early lead with a two-out, two-run double in the first inning to score Braylon Payne and Bitonti who had both singled with one out in the inning.  The Rattlers have scored in the first inning in all four games of this series

Quad Cities (30-34, 0-1) responded in the bottom of the first with two runs on one hit.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Jason Woodward walked three straight batters with one out.  Derlin Figueroa got the first run home with a single.  Tyriq Kemp tied the game with a sacrifice fly to left.

Woodruff escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the second inning with a strikeout and a lineout to keep the game tied.

Wisconsin took advantage of some mistakes by the River Bandits to take the lead in the top of the third.  Kendry Chourio, the Bandits pitcher and top prospect in the Kansas City Royals system, hit Payne with a pitch and committed a balk.  Then, Bitonti lined a single to right.  Right fielder Erick Torres missed the ball and tripped as he tried to turn and go after the ball.  Payne scored easily and Bitonti raced around the bases to score sliding in headfirst well ahead of the throw home for a 4-2 lead.

Luiyin Alastre was a one-man, two-out rally in the top of the fourth.  Chourio struck out the first two batters of the inning.  Alastre doubled, moved to third on a balk, and scored on a wild pitch.

Bitonti struck again in the fifth inning.  Josiah Ragsdale extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a lead-off double.  Bitonti blasted an opposite field home run for a 7-2 lead.  The homer was the tenth of the season for Bitonti.

Chourio, who was making his Midwest League debut on Friday night, left the game with two outs in the top of the fifth after he recorded his tenth strikeout.

Wande Torres took over for Woodward in the bottom of the third inning and kept the River Bandits in check for 5-2/3 innings.  Torres scattered five hits, walked none, and struck out eight without allowing a run to maintain the lead.  He would eventually pick up the win, his fourth of the season.

Ragsdale and Bitonti weren’t done.  Ragsdale tripled to start the top of the seventh to record his eighteenth multi-hit game of the season.  Bitonti’s fourth hit was a bloop single to right to drive in Ragsdale.

In the ninth, the Rattlers added four runs.  Ragsdale’s RBI grounder scored David Garcia from third.  Payne walked and Bitonti collected his fifth hit with a single through the right side of the infield.  Tayden Hall was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  Payne scored on a balk, the fourth of the night called on Quad Cities pitchers.  Castillo made it a three-RBI night for him with a single to score Bitonti.  Hall scored the final run of the game on a wild pitch.

Ragsdale has scored 25 runs during his 25-game on-base streak.

Friday was Bitonti’s second five-hit game of the season.  He also went 5-for-5 at Peoria on May 10.  He is the first Rattler to have two five-hit games in a single season since Marshall Hubbard who had five hits in a game at Lansing on May 17, 2005 and again at Beloit on June 19, 2005, exactly 21 years ago tonight.

Saturday’s game at Modern Woodmen Park is scheduled to start at 5:30pm.  Jayden Dubanewicz (1-0, 5.40) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Blake Wolters (0-5, 12.49) is set to start for the River Bandits.