The Sturgeon Bay girls' soccer team will try to add some hardware to the trophy case when they travel to UW-Oshkosh's Titan Stadium to battle Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian for the WIAA Regional Title.

The Clippers earned their spot in the match by beating Door County United 4-0 in the regional semifinal. Faith Lemke scored the match's first goal in the fourth minute before both team's tightened the screws defensively for the next 50 minutes. Makenna Coyhis helped break the flood gates in the second, scoring the first of her two goals in the 58th minute before Jericha Reynolds had her breakthrough in the 63rd minute. Coyhis finished off the brace and the match's scoring with a goal in the 74th minute. Senior Yarrow Goettelman led the Clippers' backline that helped her sister Prudence earn a clean sheet.

The Knights are 3-1-1 in their last five matches, including a 5-0 win over Omro in Thursday's semifinal. They allowed one goal or less in all but three of their sixteen matches.

Bryan Mazur will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:45 p.m. followed by the kickoff at 7 p.m.

Picture by Alex Mellen

Sturgeon Bay defender Yarrow Goettelman earned the top honor among her fellow Clippers as the All-Packerland Conference teams for soccer, baseball, and softball were announced this week.

Goettelman earned defensive player of the year honors to go with her first-team selection on defense. Jericha Reynolds (First Team Forward), Barbara Alberti (First Team Midfielder), Makenna Coyhis (First Team Midfielder), Miya Nell (Honorable Mention Midfielder), Alexa Jimenez-Seyfer (Honorable Mention Defender), Mady Schulz (Honorable Mention Defender), and Prudence Goettelman (Honorable Mention Goalkeeper) were also named to the squad.

In baseball, Steven Prescott (Second Team Catcher) and Sigmund Hansen (Second Team Infielder) were recognized while Genevieve Austad (Honorable Mention Catcher), Audrey Harrington (Honorable Mention Infielder), and Mckenna Poh (Honorable Mention Utility/DP) earned honors for softball.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers girls soccer team dispatched their local rival Door County United 4-0 in the regional semifinal on Thursday to advance to Saturday's regional final in Oshkosh.

Faith Lemke scored the match's first goal in the fourth minute before both team's tightened the screws defensively for the next 50 minutes. Makenna Coyhis helped break the flood gates in the second, scoring the first of her two goals in the 58th minute before Jericha Reynolds had her breakthrough in the 63rd minute.

Coyhis finished off the brace and the match's scoring with a goal in the 74th minute. Senior Yarrow Goettelman led the Clippers' backline that helped her sister Prudence earn a clean sheet.

The Clippers are back in action on Saturday night at 7 p.m. when they battle Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian at UW-Oshkosh's Titan Stadium.

The Battle of Door County wil decide who advances to Saturday's likely matchup in Oshkosh to face top-seeded Lourdes Academy when Sturgeon Bay welcomes Door County United to open WIAA Soccer Regional play.

The Clippers are 3-2 in their last five matches, ending their regular season last Thursday with a 1-0 loss to Luxemburg-Casco on the road. Jericha Reynolds has rewritten the record books for Clippers freshmen, setting an all-time scoring record with 52 points (24 G, 4 A) while fellow underclassmen Makenna Coyhis and Barbara Alberti have complemented her with ten goals apiece. 

It has been feast or famine for the United in their last five games winning three matches by shutouts over Kewaunee (2x) and Peshtigo while losing by shutouts against Providence Academy and St. Mary Catholic.

Bryan Mazur and Peter Kerwin will have the call on U-102.1 beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first touch at 7 p.m.

The Sturgeon Bay Clippers baseball season came to a close Tuesday in tough fashion, dropping a 4-3 regional decision to Bonduel after holding the lead for most of the game.

Siggy Hansen put the Clippers in front 2-1 with a two-run single in the third, and Sturgeon Bay protected that lead all the way into the sixth. Hansen was dealing on the mound too, striking out five over five and a third innings.

Then the bottom of the sixth happened. Bonduel strung together enough to plate three runs and flip the game to 4-2, with none of the runs charged as earned against Ethan Kratcha who came on in relief. 

The Clippers battled back with a run in the seventh to make it 4-3 but couldn't complete the comeback.

Rylan Ruenger went 2-for-3 to lead Sturgeon Bay at the plate and Hansen drove in both of the team's first two runs in what was otherwise a gutty performance on both sides of the ball for the Clippers as the season came to a close Tuesday.  

The Sturgeon Bay baseball team resumes their tournament play on Tuesday with a trip to Bonduel to face the Bears.

The Clippers picked up their upset win on the road last week in a 9-4 win over Coleman. Ethan Kratcha, Steven Prescott, Jack Higginbotham, and Dom Blish all had two hits in the game, accounting for four of the team's six RBI with Rylan Ruenger and Elisha Baumann accounting for the other two. Siggy Hansen went the distance for the win, alllowing four runs (1 ER) on four hits while striking out three over seven innings.

The Bears have not played since an 11-8 loss to Gibraltar/Washington Island last Thursday. Carter Beilfuss paced the Bears with a 2-4 evening that included a double and two RBI.

First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.