Bulldogs Fall to Tigers In WIAA Playoff Opener

The Peshtigo soccer season ended with a 2-1 loss to Howards Grove/Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah on Tuesday. Peshtigo was down 1-0 at halftime. The Bulldogs lone goal came off a Grant Bauman penalty kick from just outside the box to tie the game at one a piece. The Tigers answered with a goal at the 10 minute mark which proved to be the game winner.
“It was a tough game”, said Peshtigo Coach Sam Wargula. “Miserably cold and very windy. We had the confidence we could perform against them but in the second half we just failed to play to our level.”
The Bulldogs were a No. 17 seed and their opponent was seeded 16th in the opening Division 4 playoff round.
Howards Grove/Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah advances to face No. 1 seed Sheboygan Christian/Sheboygan Lutheran on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs lose just one senior, Bauman, to graduation. They have eight juniors on this year’s roster.
Bulldogs Beaten
by Clippers To
End Regular Season
Peshtigo was beaten 8-0 by Sturgeon Bay on Thursday after six second-half goals.
The Bulldogs trailed 2-0 at halftime, and with Peshtigo comparitively short on subs the Clippers ran rampant in the second half to win by eight.
“The second half we didn’t have the capacity to keep with them and the goals came quick,” Peshtigo coach Sam Wargula said, adding that his team came out with the goal of having fun and frustrating their opponents, which he felt they did.
“We left with smiles,” he said.
Polar Bears Shutout
Marines in Regular
Season Finale
Marinette was shut out 5-0 by Hortonville on Thursday in the Marines’ final regular season game.
Eli Weyenberg scored two goals. Charlie O’Brien, Cade Mansfield, and Alex Mocarski each scored as well.
The Marines finish the regular season 6-7-2 and are seeded as an 11th seed in Division 3. They face No. 6 Xavier in the playoffs on Thursday.
Xavier was 6-10-2 in regular season play. The two teams did not face each other in the regular season. Among common opponents, both teams faced Fox Valley Lutheran and Green Bay West.
Marinette beat GB West 4-2, while Xavier won 12-0. FVL beat Marinette 4-1, but fell to Xavier by a 4-3 tally.
The winner of Thursday’s game faces either No. 3 Seymour or No. 14 Freedom on Saturday.
Marinette did not play Seymour this year, but beat Freedom 3-2 back in August.