Sports

Three Bulldogs Earn
State D2 Start  Times;
Marines Qualify One
Peshtigo’s track & field program took a big leap forward at Friday’s Division 2 Sectional in Little Chute, sending athletes to state competition in four events.
Last year, Ethan Brissette was the team’s lone qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles, where he took 16th at state. This year, not only is Brissette heading back in both the 110 and 300-meter hurdles, he’ll be joined by two teammates.

Cougars Fall to Eagles
in Regional Semi-Final
The Coleman Cougars clawed their way back from a 5-0 deficit to tie up Tuesday’s playoff game against Auburndale but fell 7-5 after two Eagle runs in the seventh.
Four singles, including three with two outs, did the damage in the seventh and the Cougars went down in order in the bottom of the inning.

Braden McVane locked up M&O Player of the Year honors and his Lena Wildcats solidified their stronghold on the M&O Conference title at Thursday’s final M&O Conference meet at Vernon Hills.
McVane had a five-stroke lead over Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy’s Kaiden Bailey going into the final nine-hole event, a make-up for a previous cancellation.
McVane shot a 38. Despite Bailey’s 35, he fell just short.

The Peshtigo Bulldogs rolled through the regular season to a 23-0 record and a 16-0 Packerland Conference tally.
The Bulldogs outscored opponents 179 to 32 in Packerland play. They beat Sevastopol 8-6, Algoma 6-5, and Southern Door 4-3 for some of their closest tests.
“All three of those teams have been traditionally good, and since we’ve joined this conference, they’ve always given us good games,” Peshtigo coach Matt LaCoursiere said. “We survived the test and the girls persevered.”