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The Shawano/Bonduel co-op picked up a 95-70 dual win over Clintonville on Tuesday behind strong performances of Macy Monfils, Isabel Colon and Madi Hanson.

Monfils took first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 10.74 seconds. Colon claimed first in the 100 backstroke (1:13.18) while Hanson earned the top time in the 100 breaststroke (1:19.25).

Shawano/Bonduel’s 200-yard medley relay team of Gabi Bukowski, Hanson, Colon and Monfils placed first in 2:14.94 while the 200 freestyle relay quartet of Colon, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Hanson and Monfils took first in 2:00.67.

Clintonville’s Brianna Foth nabbed first in the 200 freestyle (2:13.25) and 500 freestyle (5:47.9) while Sami Smejkal placed first in the 200 IM (2:27.33) and 100 butterfly (1:06.98). Bella Koeppen posted the top time in the 50 freestyle (29.57). The Truckers 400 freestyle relay team of Foth, Koeppen, Kelli Smith and Smejkal also swam to first in 4:22.39.

A Tuesday night showdown with Central Wisconsin Conference-North Division-leading Northland Lutheran figured to be a tough test for Gresham.

The challenge grew when the Gresham players found out coach Tim Wild would miss the game due to illness. Throw that on top of the fact that the team was also hoping to earn the victory on senior night, and Gresham had plenty of reasons to win — but also plenty of pressure to do so.

That pressure seemed to factor into the first set as Northland Lutheran grabbed the lead, but Gresham responded in a big way to earn a key victory. The hosts claimed the battle of the Wildcats, winning by scores of 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-14.

Junior Karisa Nietzer said it was definitely a win for coach Wild. “We knew he was sick, but he really wanted us to win this one. This was a really big match.”

VOLLEYBALL

Shawano 3

West De Pere 0

The Hawks stayed hot on the court, sweeping the Phantoms 25-16, 25-18, 26-24 in Bay Conference action on Tuesday. Shawano improved to 27-6 overall and 5-0 in conference.

Katelyn Wilber led Shawano with nine attack kills while Tori DePerry and and Julia Klement each had eight. Abi Vomastic tallied six attack kills and Bayleigh Laabs had four. Laabs had 19 of the Hawks’ 24 assists.

Laabs also led the team with four digs while Wilber, Kyra Klement and Margo Gull all had three.

Bowler 3

Marion 0

The Panthers battled to a tough 25-22, 25-23, 25-12 sweep of the Mustangs in a Central Wisconsin Conference-North Division clash on Tuesday.

The Shawano girls tennis season came to a close Tuesday at the Antigo Subsectional after no singles players or doubles duos advanced to sectionals.

The Hawks battled players from Antigo, Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, Green Bay Southwest, Green Bay West, Notre Dame and Pulaski, facing several individuals and duos that made it to state a year ago.

Singles: No. 1: Grace Purcell ND def. Isabella Buettner S, 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Jacqueline Brady ND def. Anna Cuenca S, 6-0, 6-0; No. 3: Emily Jerovetz P def. Rylie Anderson S, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: No. 1: Jenna Tackmeier-Anna Zeich GBS def Lydia Dobberstein-Grace Licausi S, 6-0, 6-0; No. 2: Courtney Behnke-Kennedy Conradt Ash def Annalyse Wilber-Alana Krolow S, 6-0, 6-0; No. 3: Micah Dennis-Seela Raj ND def. Karelyn Malliet-Jillian Black S, 6-1, 6-1.

The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules voted to suspend portions of an emergency rule that would have restricted deer carcass transportation in CWD-affected counties at its Monday meeting.

As a result, carcass transport regulation changes included in the original emergency rule, approved by the state Natural Resources Board at its Aug. 8 meeting, are not in effect as previously announced. The 2018 deer hunting regulations and deer carcass movement restrictions website have been updated to reflect this change and revert back to 2017 carcass transportation rules.

Bonduel senior Jessie LaBerge and Shawano sophomore Taylor Johnson concluded their standout seasons on the golf course over the past couple of days while taking part in sectional play.

LaBerge fired a round of 104 at the Division 2 Xavier Sectional at Ridgeway Country Club in Neenah on Monday.

LaBerge shot a 50 on the front nine and 54 on the back nine and finished tied for 13th as an individual. She finished nine shots behind the third and final individual state qualifier.

“The conditions yesterday definitely made the course more difficult,” LaBerge said Tuesday. “Luckily, it didn’t start raining hard until the 14th hole. I hit the ball well throughout the whole match yesterday, but the tough greens caused some high scores.”

Despite falling short of the ultimate goal of state, LaBerge still enjoyed a memorable season.

VOLLEYBALL

Gresham 3

Wild Rose 2

Gresham rallied from a set down two different times in a Central Wisconsin Conference crossover win against Wild Rose. on Monday. Gresham won by scores of 24-26, 25-19, 18-25, 25-12, 15-7.

Karisa Nietzer finished the night with 18 kills while Tiana Ferguson tallied 13 digs and eight kills for Gresham. Valarie Cerveny contributed 30 assists while Kennedy Hoffman had 12 digs. Makayla Belongia totaled 17 service points.

Gresham is now 12-7 overall.

Tigerton 3

Suring 0

The Tigers swept the Eagles by scores of 25-9, 32-30, 25-18 in a nonconference match on Monday.

Jaidan Miller recorded 32 assists while Kelsi Shumaker had 19 service points, 10 digs, six attack kills and two aces. Monika Minniecheske totaled 19 attack kills and seven block kills while Molly Brehm had nine digs. Savannah Swartz and Ladia Block tallied six and three attack kills, respectively.

Leading by 28 points at halftime, the Xavier football team looked to be on its way to a convincing Bay Conference win over Shawano. The hosts had other plans though.

Shawano scored 21 unanswered points to open the second half and cut its deficit down to seven before Xavier took advantage of a Shawano turnover and scored to up its lead to 13. Another late turnover sealed a 41-28 win for Xavier on homecoming Saturday in Shawano.

Trailing 35-7, Shawano attempted and recovered an onside kick to open the second half. The duo of sophomore Gage Timm and senior Crede Timm led the hosts down the field on the ground before Crede Timm recovered a fumble in the end zone.

“I think it was what the coaches said at halftime, it kind of lit a fire under us,” Crede Timm said of the team’s play in the second half. “We understood the message that we needed to fight back and not let teams roll over us like it’s going to be an easy win.”

Sophomore Kara Troxel placed first at the Rosholt Invitational on Thursday with a time of 19 minutes, 17.72 seconds to lead Bonduel to a second place finish as a team.

Madison Kurey (21:22.69) and Breanna Schnell (21:45.37) finished 10th and 11th, respectively, for the Bears while Jessica Ewing (22:20.84) came in 16th. Erin Timler (23:04.43) rounded out the team score while Katlin Thompson (23:51.6), Alexia Folkman (26:09.21) and Kim Smith (26:43.66) also competed.

Jesse Wilson (16:44.23) and Austin Tosdale (17:17.52) took second and fourth, respectively, for the Clintonville boys team that placed third. Cameron Mauel (17:40.98) came in 11th. Klay Barkow (18:54.43), Cody Carrico (19:58.28), Brody Prill (20:16.68) and Joshua Wilson (21:23.69) filled out the varsity runners for the Truckers.

On a wet and rainy Thursday evening, Shawano and Clintonville renewed their rivalry by taking part in a nonconference match in Shawano.

The Truckers emerged victorious behind the play of Matthew Morse, downing the Hawks 2-1 to earn bragging rights for now.

Clintonville put the pressure on the hosts early on and Morse delivered the first goal of the match in the 20th minute.

Shawano had an answer though, as Michael Klement scored off an assist from Keenan Raddant in the 51st minute for the equalizer.

Both teams battled hard in the second half before Morse scored in the 70th minute to give the Truckers another lead. The Hawks were able to put a couple of shots on goal in the closing minutes, but were never able to tie things up.