A noon preseason game, three divisional games for Gold package season ticket holders, and four straight primetime games are some of the highlights revealed during Wednesday's schedule announcement.

With the unbalanced schedule, the Packers will host just one preseason game, a noon contest on August 24th against the Cleveland Browns. They will play nine regular-season games, including four straight in primetime beginning on Thanksgiving night against the Miami Dolphins. The other scheduling quirk that irked many season ticket holders was the distribution of Green package versus Gold package games. The gold package, which is primarily Milwaukee-based season ticket holders, traditionally gets the second and fifth home games. Due to the unbalanced schedule, the group also received the ninth home game. This year, that means contests against NFC North rivals Minnesota Vikings (9/29), Detroit Lions (11/3), and Chicago Bears (1/4 or 1/5). You can find the full schedule below:

Doug Gottlieb hopes to prove the naysayers wrong by the time the team hits the court this fall. 

The Green Bay Athletics Department introduced Gottlieb as its 10th head men's basketball coach at a press conference on Wednesday. Chancellor Michael Alexander credited Athletic Director Josh Moon on his outside-the-box thinking on the hire, which almost occurred ahead of last season before Sundance Wicks won the job. 

Gottlieb spoke for approximately 35-40 minutes after he was introduced, reflecting on his time playing college basketball at Notre Dame and Oklahoma and his experiences. He began his press conference by telling a story about how he told his mom that he got the job.

 

 

 

 

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Critics of the hire have pointed to his national sports talk show, which he will keep doing as the coach of the Phoenix, as a possible distraction. Gottlieb defended the decision, saying he had rid himself of other commitments and was open to dropping the show if he could not handle doing both. With three scholarships remaining to fill and several players wondering if they should dip their toes in the portal, Gottlieb asked for trust.

 

 

 

 

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Gottlieb was named the coach shortly after Wicks opted to move back home to take the head coaching position at Wyoming.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers beat the Beloit Sky Carp 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Jadher Areinamo doubled in the tying run and scored a run in Wisconsin’s three-run fourth inning that put them ahead to stay.  Areinamo also contributed with some big defensive plays at third base to help the Rattlers to their fourth straight win.

Beloit (17-17) took the lead on a two-out, RBI single by Johnny Olmstead in the top of the fourth inning.  That was the only run allowed by Mark Manfredi, the Wisconsin starting pitcher who struck out six over four innings in the game.

Wisconsin (23-12) went in front with three runs in the bottom of the fourth and they needed one hit to do it.  Dylan O’Rae started the rally with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch.  Luke Adams appeared to have grounded out to third for the second out, but Yiddi Cappe’s throw to first was wild and the Rattlers had runners on the corners when the dust settled after the play.  Areinamo cashed in O’Rae with a double to right to tie the game.

Then, Ram?n Rodríguez drew a walk to load the bases.  Eduarqui Fernández was next, and he hit a hard grounder to first.  Torin Montgomery fielded the ball cleanly but his throw to second base was wild.  Instead of an inning-ending double play, the ball wound up in left field.  Both Adams and Areinamo scored to put Wisconsin up 3-1.

The Wisconsin pitching and defense took over from that point.

Chase Costello entered the game for the top of the fifth and retired the Sky Carp in order.

Tate Kuehner relieved Costello to start the sixth inning and found himself in a sticky spot with runners at first and second with one out after a walk and a single.  Kuehner escaped the inning with the two-run lead intact with a strikeout and a stellar defensive play from Areinamo at third to take an RBI hit away from Olmstead.

The Sky Carp also had two on with two outs in the eighth inning with Olmstead at the plate.  Kuenher got out of the jam again.  This time Olmstead hit a line drive right to Adams at first base. 

Kuehner closed out the game with a 1-2-3 ninth inning – with a strikeout and two grounders to Areinamo – to give the Rattlers their ninth consecutive win over Beloit dating back to last season.  He allowed three hits and walked two with three strikeouts over four scoreless innings for the win.

Game three of the series is Thursday evening at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Will Rudy (1-2, 5.25) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers.  Beloit has named Cade Gibson (1-1, 3.96) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm CDT.

UPDATE: The hiring is confirmed. He will be introduced on Wednesday

Only two days after its old coach left for Wyoming pastures, Green Bay is set to hire a familiar name for its latest head men's basketball vacancy.

Several outlets report that Green Bay is set to hire FOX Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb as its new head men's basketball coach after flirting with the opportunity last year.

The Green Bay Press-Gazette's Scott Venci suggests that Gottlieb could keep his radio duties and be the program's leader. Gottlieb said last year it was a sticking point in his pursuit of the position, saying on his radio show that he feels it would be good promotion for the program. His only previous coaching experience was as a member of the staff for the U.S. team at the Maccabiah Games held in Israel in 2009 and 2017. He made his name collegiately as a high-scoring guard at Oklahoma State after leaving Notre Dame due to a credit card stealing scandal.

No other details, including the specifics with his contract, have been released. 

The domino effect has begun for the Green Bay men's basketball program after the departure of head coach Sundance Wicks.

Horizon League All-Freshman Team performer David Douglas Jr. announced on social media that he would be entering the transfer portal. He specifically cited Wicks' departure as his reason for entering. He did tell Scott Venci that he was not ruling out a return to the Phoenix.

Venci also talked to other members of the Phoenix that had decided to stay. Preston Ruedinger has not decided what he will do. Bennett Basich, who just wrapped up his high school career, has indicated he will stay.

In the wake of the change, athletic director Josh Moon said he is hard at work and hopes to have the decision made in the coming weeks.

A stoppage-time goal will force the Green Bay Glory men's soccer team to focus on the regular season after they lost to Vlora FC 1-0.

Joseph Giron delivered the heartache in the 94th minute to win the game and advance in the Amateur Cup. 

After a friendly at UWGB on Wednesday, the Glory men host Rockford FC at the Banta Bowl on Saturday while Glory women still have to wait until May 31st for their first match against Chicago House.

The Baileys Harbor A's 4-2 lead quickly turned against them, as the Maplewood Mets scored at least three runs in the final three innings to take the game 17-6 in seven innings.

The two teams traded a pair of runs in the first inning before the A's would tally a run in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth inning, leading the game 4-2 heading into the fifth and down 5-4 after the fifth. The Mets would score six times in the sixth and four times in the seventh to end the game early.

Kordell Draves went 2-3 for the Mets, with four runs scored and three driven in. Zach Marchant drove in two runs on a 2-5 day, while five others registered at least one hit. Elvis Torres led the way for the A's with a 4-5 day and two RBI. A Gienter also drove in a pair in the A's loss.

The West Jacksonport Ports resisted a rally from the Institute Cubs to win their opening-day matchup 9-6.

The game was tied 2-2 heading into the fourth inning before the Ports scored seven times thanks in part to drawing four walks and three doubles from Jack deYoung, Alec Schartner, and Drew Tanck. Woody Schartner went 2-4 on the day.

The Cubs went on a tear late to score three runs in the ninth inning to make it a 9-6 game, but they could not get any closer. Jaeger Brusky went 3-4 and Will Hartman finished 2-2 at the plate. 

Tanck picked up the win on the mound for the Ports, while Hartman was tagged with the loss. 

A pitcher's duel through four innings flipped quickly in the fifth as the Kolberg Braves beat the Egg Harbor Indians on Sunday 20-10.

The Braves put up crooked numbers against the Indians in the final four innings played, including five in the seventh and eight in the eighth, forcing the game to conclude before the ninth inning.

Jack Peterson and Trevor Reinhardt both homered as they combined for six hits and seven RBI. Nine Braves players got at least two hits apiece as they outhit the Indians 21-12. Christian Counard had three RBI and three others had at least two. For the Indians, Cody Giesseman tried his best to keep the Indians in it as he drove in six runs while going 2-5 at the plate. Eric Dejardin homered and drove in two.

Sundance Wicks is going home, leaving the Green Bay men's basketball team with a vacancy for the third time since 2020.

Wicks signed a five-year deal with Wyoming over the weekend to become their head basketball coach after one year with the Phoenix. The wheels were set in motion when the Cowboys' previous head coach, Jeff Lindner, left the program to become the top assistant coach at Texas Tech reportedly. Wicks became a candidate almost immediately because of his Gilette, Wy. roots and his previous stint with the Cowboys as an assistant coach. Scott Venci of the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported on Saturday that Wicks had asked Green Bay for permission to talk to the Cowboys, and Pete Thamel of ESPN reported the hire on Sunday.

Wicks had recently signed a contract extension to stay as the Phoenix head coach, which included a $705,000 buyout if he chose to leave. Athletic Director Josh Moon told Venci that the search is already underway and he hopes to have the position filled by next week. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got six scoreless innings from Edwin Jimenez and two homers from Ramon Rodríguez to beat the Quad Cities River Bandits 6-3 on Sunday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park.  The win allows the Timber Rattlers to come home from their six-game trip to Iowa in first place in the West Division of the Midwest League.

Quad Cities (19-14) had the first scoring opportunity in the game.  Dustin Dickerson reached on an error by shortstop Jadher Areinamo with one out in the bottom of the second.  The error was the first for Wisconsin since May 1 and snapped a streak of nine consecutive errorless games.  Justin Johnson followed with a single and a wild pitch by Jiminez to put runners at second and third.

Areinamo redeemed himself by making a tough pick with the infield on a grounder to him off the bat of Omar Hernandez.  Dickerson held at third, but Johnson committed too far to third base.  The out was eventually recorded as Dickerson was retired after a brief rundown between third and home.  Jimenez got the final out of the inning with a strikeout to keep the game scoreless.

Wisconsin (21-12) jumped to the lead with three runs in the top of the third.  Terence Doston beat out an infield single with one out.  Rodríguez followed with a long home run to left and the Rattlers were up 2-0.  The homer was the first of the season for Rodríguez.

Luis Lara and Dylan O’Rae followed with singles to put runners on the corners.  A passed ball allowed Lara to score for the 3-0 lead.

The Timber Rattlers added to their lead in the sixth inning with the longball.  Eduarqui Fernández homered to start the inning.  Rodríguez followed one out later with his second homer of the game for a 5-0 lead.  Rodríguez is the first Rattler to hit two homers in a game this season.

Jimenez worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth inning to close his ledger for the day.  The right-hander allowed three hits, walked none, and struck out seven over six scoreless innings.  He put himself in line to move his record to 5-0 as the bullpen needed to cover the final nine outs.

Aaron Rund pitched a scoreless seventh for the Rattlers.  Tyler Wehrle retired the first two batters he faced in the eighth before giving up a solo home run to Carson Roccaforte for the first run of the game for the River Bandits.
 

There were two outs in the top of the ninth and Jeremy Vargas extended the inning with a single.  The inning appeared to be over when Fernández send a routine grounder to short.  However, the ball went under the glove of Dickerson into left field.  Vargas, who was running on the pitch, never stopped running and scored a run to put the Rattlers up 6-1.

Yerlin Rodriguez was called in to finish the game in a non-save situation.  Things would turn tense after he walked two of the first three batters he faced and gave up a single to load the bases.

Rodriguez got the second out on a strikeout and was 2-2 to Jack Pineda, who hit a grand slam on Friday night against the Rattlers.  Pineda smacked a single to center to score two runs and bring Roccaforte to the plate as the potential tying run.

Roccaforte made things very interesting with a deep fly ball to left-center field on a 2-1 pitch.  Fortunately for Wisconsin, Lara raced over from center and made the catch on the warning track to end the game.

The Timber Rattlers took four of the six games from the River Bandits to win the series.  Wisconsin’s win on Sunday gives them the best record in the Midwest League after 33 games this season.  Sunday’s game also marked the halfway point of the first half of the season.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday with a game against the Beloit Sky Carp at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Patricio Aquino (1-2, 6.53) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The Sky Carp have announced Jacob Miller (1-2, 2.01) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

On a sun splashed Mother's Day afternoon, the Sister Bay Bays opened the 2024 Door County League at home with a resounding 17-3 win over the Washington Island Islanders in eight innings.

Powered by two three-run home runs, one by Spencer Krause and the other by Sam Forkert, the Bays made a big statement in game one.

The Bays picked up two runs in the second inning and another three runs in the third to take a 5-0 lead off Islander starter Ryan Jorgenson.  

Sister Bay poured it on with Krause's blast in the fifth and Forkert's opposite field home run in the seventh inning.

Krause got the win going 4.1 innings and allowing three runs in the fifth before Matt Hecht closed out the game going the final 3.2 innings.

Hecht was 4/4 from the plate with a double and walk to lead the Bay's attack.  Tom Sawyer added two doubles as well.

Troy Jorgenson had a double for Washington Island as the Islanders could only manage a few hits off of Krause and Hecht all day.

In other DCL action on Sunday:

Maplewood 17 Baileys Harbor 6

West Jacksonport 9 Institute 6

Kohlberg 20  Egg Harbor 10

The Green Bay Glory will play at a familiar ground on Sunday when its men's team hosts a third-round match in the Amateur Cup.

The Glory will play at Vlora FC on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Santaga Stadium on the campus of UW-Green Bay. The first game in Green Bay Glory men's soccer history went down as a win on Sunday, beating Bateaux FC 3-0 in the second round of the Amateur Cup at Regis High School in Eau Claire. Edgar Heredia Victoria scored the first goal in team history in the 13th minute, giving the Glory a 1-0 lead at the break. The Glory would add two more tallies in the second half, with Keven Sosa scoring in the 50th minute and Osvaldo Ramírez adding insurance in the 64th minute.

Alexander Cornielle’s last time on the mound for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers was May 4 at home against the Great Lakes Loons and he tossed six scoreless innings with six strikeouts.  Cornielle returned to the mound at Modern Woodmen Park against the Quad Cities River Bandits one week later and went seven scoreless frames with seven strikeouts to lead the Rattlers to a 2-0 victory.

Scoring was at a premium on Saturday night, and it would be the Rattlers (20-12) who struck first.  Dylan O’Rae tripled to center to start the Wisconsin fourth inning.  Gregory Barrios drove in O’Rae with a sacrifice fly to put the Rattlers in front on the scoreboard.

The River Bandits (19-13) had runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning against Cornielle.  The right-hander got the second out on a routine fly to Luis Lara in centerfield.  The final out was a bit more difficult as Lara raced back to the warning track to make a leaping catch on a line drive off the bat of Justin Johnson.

Henry Williams, the River Bandits starter, was almost as good as Cornielle.  Williams allowed one run on two hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Wisconsin got an insurance run in the top of the seventh after Williams left the game. Jheremy Vargas doubled to start the inning against Cooper McKeehan.  Eduarqui Fernández followed with a double to left to send Vargas across the plate for a 2-0 lead.  That would turn out to be more than enough for the Rattlers.  However, the added cushion left a little wiggle room.

Cornielle got the first out of the seventh inning on his seventh strikeout.  However, an infield single by Jared Dickey brought the tying run to the plate.  Cornielle didn’t buckle.  He got Dustin Dickerson to ground into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.
 

Craig Yoho was called into the game for the bottom of the eighth to protect the lead for the Rattlers.  He gave up a lead-off single to bring the tying run to the plate.  Yoho, who pitched three scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to earn the save in game one of the series on Tuesday, stayed calm and got the next batter to ground into a 4-6-3 double play.  Yoho ended the inning with a strikeout to send the game to the ninth with the Rattlers still up 2-0.

In the bottom of the ninth, Yoho retired the side in order, including the last two via the strikeout to close out his fifth save of the season.

Cornielle is 2-0 in his last two starts as he has tossed thirteen scoreless innings with thirteen strikeouts.  In the game against the Bandits, he allowed two hits and walked three to earn his third win of the season.  No River Bandit base runner past second base in the game.

Additionally, the Timber Rattlers defense was flawless again.  Wisconsin has not committed an error in nine consecutive games.  The Rattlers have only been charged with two errors in the last fifteen games.

The series finale is Sunday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park.  Edwin Jimenez (4-0, 5.74) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Quad Cities will send Shane Panzini (1-0, 4.34) to the mound as their starter.  Game time is 1:00pm.  

The Green Bay Blizzard will try to get back into the win column on Saturday afternoon when they welcome the Tulsa Oilers to the Resc Center.

The Blizzard saw their winning streak end on the road last weekend when the Sioux Falls Storm won 46-38. The Storm outscored the Blizzard 22-15 in the second half to take the game weeks after losing to the Blizzard at the Resch Center. Quarterback Max Meylor accumulated less than 200 yards, but scored four total touchdowns in the loss.

Kickoff is set at 3:05 p.m.

In a rematch of last season’s playoff championship game, the defending champs Sister Bay Bays will play host to the Washington Island Islanders this Sunday from Sister Bay Village Park.

The Bays defeated the Islanders 5-2 in the championship game last year behind the pitching of Sam Forkert who gave up just two runs on five hits.  Sister Bay captured both the regular season and playoff traveling trophies.

Sister Bay will hopefully count on Forkert and Matt Hecht to carry the pitching load again this year to bring home back-to-back championships.  Ryan Jorgenson and Matt Foss pitched last year for the Islanders and will look again to shut down a potent Bay's attack.

Sunday’s game will start at 1:30 p.m. with the pregame show scheduled for 1:15 p.m. on 105.1 The Goat and streamed on the New Radio Sports Network.  Paul Schmitt and Henry Annen will have the call from Sister Bay.

The full slate of games on Mother's Day for Door County League Baseball is below.

Institute @ W. Jacksonport 

Egg Harbor @ Kolberg 

Washington Island @ Sister Bay LIVE on 105.1 The GOAT

Maplewood @ Baileys Harbor 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattler were left with a feeling of déjà vu after Friday’s 7-3 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park.  For the second night in row, the River Bandits hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to propel them to a victory over the Rattlers.  Both teams have won two games in the series with two games remaining in the six-game set with both teams tied at the top of the West Division with identical records.

Quad Cities (19-12) loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first inning as Rattlers starting pitcher Yujanyer Herrera gave up a lead-off single and two walks.  Herrera threw a wild pitch to let a run score and walked another batter with two outs to reload the bases before getting a strikeout to end the frame with minimal damage despite tossing 34 pitches.

The River Bandits added to their lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Carson Roccaforte.

The Timber Rattlers (19-12) scored in the top of the fourth.  Dylan O’Rae started the inning with a triple for Wisconsin’s first hit off Quad Cities starter Frankie Mozzicato.  Luke Adams drove in O’Rae with a sacrifice fly.

Wisconsin took the lead in the top of the fifth.  Mozzicato walked Jesús Chirinos on five pitches to start the inning.  Jheremy Vargas, who turned 21 today, launched a home run to the top of the berm beyond the fence in left to put the Rattlers up 3-2.

Herrera went back out for the bottom of the fifth inning and recorded his fifth strikeout as he reached 89 pitches to end his night.

Chase Costello entered the game from the Wisconsin bullpen.  He gave up a single before getting the second out of the inning.  However, a walk and an infield single loaded the bases for Jack Pineda.  Costello fell behind in the count with three straight balls.  He hit the target for a strike on the next pitch.  Then, Pineda cracked a long home run to right to surge the River Bandits into a 6-3 lead.

On Thursday, Jared Dickey hit a bases-loaded homer in the bottom of the fifth to give Quad Cities a 7-1 lead on the way to an 8-1 victory.

Wisconsin pitchers have allowed three grand slams this season.  They have also given up at least one homer in seven straight games.

The Timber Rattlers tried to rally in the eighth inning.  Luis Lara walked, and Gregory Barrios singled with one out against reliever Oscar Rayo.  Both runners were left stranded as Rayo go a flyout and a popup to end the threat.

Wisconsin went down quietly in the ninth and were held to three hits in the game for their second consecutive loss.  The Rattlers defense played their eighth consecutive errorless game.

The Timber Rattlers and River Bandits are set to play game five of their series on Saturday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Alexander Cornielle (2-1, 5.01) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The River Bandits have announced Henry Williams (1-0, 3.91) as their starting pitcher.  Game time is 6:00pm.

After being rumored earlier this year, the dream of a college football game at Lambeau Field will have to wait until 2026.

Earlier this year, Louie Vaccher from WildcatReport.com reported that Northwestern Athletic Director Derrick Gragg told alumni in New York City that the football team will play a home game at Lambeau Field during the 2024 season. Northwestern began demolishing Ryan Field earlier this month to pave the way for a new stadium to open in 2026. No team was announced as the "visiting team," but Vaccher suggested it could have been against Wisconsin, which Northwestern was scheduled to be the "home team" against in 2024. The outcry from displacing a home game in enemy territory, among other issues, led Northwestern officials to explore and eventually approve plans to build temporary stands on campus along its lakeshore. Five games, including the Wisconsin matchup, will be hosted at the facility that is only expected to hold approximately 15,000 fans.

Notre Dame and Wisconsin are still expected to play at Lambeau in 2026.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers followed a familiar pattern early in Thursday’s game against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park.  The Rattlers grabbed an early lead, got some good defense, and decent pitching.  However, Quad Cities broke that pattern with a big fifth inning that featured a grand slam from Jared Dickey and the River Bandits went on to an 8-1 win.

Luke Adams hit a lead-off home run in the second inning to put Wisconsin (19-11) ahead.  Adams lined a 2-0 pitch from Steven Zobac over the wall in left for his third home run of the season.  The Timber Rattlers have scored first in 21 of their thirty games played this season.

The Rattlers got a pair of one-out singles in the top of the third but couldn’t add to their lead.  Wisconsin’s offense had only one more hit after the third inning.

The River Bandits (18-12) took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Trevor Werner started the frame with a double, just the second hit of the game for Quad Cities.  Brett Squires singled to right to drive in Werner with the tying run.  Dickey doubled to left with one out and Squires scored from first for a 2-1 lead.

Quad Cities took control of the game in the bottom of the fifth.  Carter Jensen and Werner singled with one out to chase Wisconsin starter Will Rudy.  Joe Hernandez took over and walked Squires to load the bases.  Kale Emshoff lined an 0-2 pitch from Hernandez to center for an RBI single.  Dickey capped the inning with a line drive homer to right for a grand slam and a 7-1 lead.  The slam gave Dickey five RBI on Thursday night.

Squires, who hit two home runs on Wednesday night, hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the seventh off Jake Polancic to account for the final run of the game.

Wisconsin pitchers have given up at least one homer in six straight games.

Rattlers outfielder Luis Lara was 1-for-3 in the game and extended his hitting streak to a season-high seven games.

The Timber Rattlers defense played a clean game defensively for their sixth consecutive errorless game.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Yujanyer Herrera (0-0, 0.00) is set to make his first start for the Timber Rattlers.  Frankie Mozzicato (1-1, 0.95) has been named the starter for the River Bandits.  Game time is 6:30pm.

Weeks after their season concluded after advancing in the Clark Cup Playoffs for the first time in a decade, the Green Bay Gamblers are filling out their roster through the draft.

The Gamblers selected Egor Shilov as their first pick for the 2024 Phase I draft. Egor tallied 9 goals and 19 assists in 20 games between Yunost Yekaterinburg U16 & U17 teams. You can see their picks below:

The National Football League is bucking its recent trend and holding off on releasing its 2024 schedule.

For the last few years, the league has announced the schedule on the second Thursday of May, which would have placed its debut on May 9th. It will now be released on May 15th as part of primetime television on NFL Network at 7 p.m.

While the schedule is short on details, some things are known about the Packers' 2024 slate. The Packers will host Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Arizona, San Francisco, Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, and Miami while visiting Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, L.A. Rams, Seattle, Jacksonville, and Tennessee. Another "road game" will occur against Philadelphia in Brazil on September 6th. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 5-3 lead over the Quad Cities River Bandits Wednesday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  The Bandits got close, but another flawless performance by the Rattlers defenders put the 5-4 decision in the win column.

Wisconsin (19-10) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.  Gregory Barrios and Luke Adams had consecutive doubles with two outs to give the Rattlers a run.

Jadher Areinamo made a sweet defensive play to end the bottom of the first inning and started the top of the second by stretching a routine single into a double.  Tayden Hall moved Areinamo to third with a ground out.  Eduarqui Fernández drove in Areinamo with another ground out for a 2-0 lead.

Patricio Aquino, the Wisconsin starting pitcher, was cruising through 3-2/3 inning before struggling to find the final out of the fourth.  He hit Jared Dickey on a 1-2 pitch and walked Dustin Dickerson on a 3-2 pitch.  Aquino went to a full count on Jack Pineda before Pineda singled to right to get Dickey home to score the River Bandits first run.

Quad Cities (17-12) took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning against reliever Mark Manfredi.  The Wisconsin left-hander walked the lead-off hitter, struck out the next two batters, and was 1-2 to Brett Squires.  However, Squires lined a home run to right and gave the Bandits a 3-2 advantage.

Ben Kudrna, the River Bandits starting pitcher, worked around a one-out single in the top of the sixth inning and turned the 3-2 lead over to his bullpen for the seventh.

Brandon Johnson took over for the Bandits.  The right-hander had made nine appearances with three walks and 25 strikeouts over twelve scoreless innings before Wednesday.  The Timber Rattlers were not fazed by this information.

Areinamo started the inning with a single.  Tayden Hall walked.  Then, Fernández snapped an 0-for-14 slide with a bloop single to left to load the bases.

Terence Doston was next, and he sent a fly ball to deep center.  All three runners tagged to move up a base with Areinamo scoring the tying run.  Luis Lara lined the next pitch down the line in left for a two-run double and a 5-3 Wisconsin lead.

Squires took Manfredi deep again in the eighth inning.  This time it was a lead-off homer to cut Wisconsin’s lead to a single run.  Aaron Rund took over for Manfredi after the home run and retired the next three batters to send the game to the ninth with the Rattlers up 5-4.

Yerlin Rodriguez was called in to close the game in the bottom of the ninth.  The hard-throwing righty got the first out, but gave up a bloop single to Omar Hernandez, the number nine batter in the Bandits lineup, to bring the winning run to the plate with the top of the order.  Then, the Timber Ratters defense took over the game to secure the victory.

Carson Roccaforte lined a 1-0 pitch to the gap in right-center that looked to be a game-tying extra-base hit.  Fernández raced back, reached up, and pulled in the ball with a back-handed catch for the second out.

Carter Jensen was the last chance for the River Bandits.  He sent a grounder up the middle.  Dylan O’Rae flagged down the ball on the outfield grass and fired to Barrios covering second to just get Hernandez with the force play for the final out.

The Timber Rattlers have played six consecutive errorless games.  The have only been charged with two errors in their last twelve games.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park.  Will Rudy (1-1, 4.58) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Steven Zobac (1-1, 3.52) is set to start for the River Bandits.  Game time is 6:30pm.

The first game in Green Bay Glory men's soccer history went down as a win on Sunday, beating Bateaux FC 3-0 in the second round of the Amateur Cup at Regis High School in Eau Claire.

Edgar Heredia Victoria scored the first goal in team history in the 13th minute, giving the Glory a 1-0 lead at the break. The Glory would add two more tallies in the second half, with Keven Sosa scoring in the 50th minute and Osvaldo Ramírez adding insurance in the 64th minute.

The home opener for the Glory men is May 18th, and both Glory squads take the pitch together for a Coed Kick-Off game on May 15th.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got out to a fast start, but the Great Lakes Loons caught Wisconsin in the middle innings and scored two late runs to edge the Rattlers 5-3 in the series finale at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Both teams had lead-off doubles in the first inning. 

Alex Freeland started the Loons half of the first with a double and he went to third on a wild pitch with one out.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Edwin Jimenez stranded Freeland at third when he struck out the final two batters of the inning.

Luis Lara doubled to start the Wisconsin first.  Dylan O’Rae sent a grounder to third with one out, but the throw to first was wild.  Lara scored and O’Rae went to second on the play.  Jadher Areinamo added to the lead with a two-out, RBI single to center.

The Timber Rattlers (17-10) have outscored opponents 33-14 in the first inning this season.

Jimenez retired twelve straight Loons after the double by Freeland.  Chris Newell snapped that streak and the shutout with a long home run to right to start the top of the fifth inning.   The home run was Newell’s sixth of the season.  It was also the eighth home run by the Loons in the series.

Ram?n Rodríguez just missed a home run to start the Wisconsin half of the fifth.  The Rattlers catcher cracked a double off the very top of the wall by the Great Lakes bullpen.  O’Rae cashed in the opportunity with a two-out hit to left for a 3-1 lead.

The Loons (18-9) got Jimenez in trouble right away in the top of the sixth inning.  Jake Vogel singled and Freeland followed with an RBI double.  Jimenez got the first out of the inning on a grounder to the right side of the infield that allowed Vogel to take second.  Then, Thayron Liranzo drew a walk to put runners on the corners.

Kyle Nevin hit a deep drive to center and Lara made a great running catch for the second out.  However, Vogel was able to tag and score from third to tie the game on the play.

The eighth inning was a roller coaster for both teams. 

In the top of the eighth, Jake Vogel started the frame with a double but was thrown out trying to steal third base for the first out.  Wisconsin reliever Chase Costello walked the next two batters, including a close 3-2 pitch that was called a ball to Noah Miller.  Liranzo blooped the next pitch to left for an RBI single and the Loons had their first lead of the game.

In the bottom of the eighth, the first two Rattlers reached base.  Gregory Barrios started with a single and Dylan O’Rae followed with a walk to put the tying and lead runs on base against reliever Christian Suarez.

Suarez ran the count full to Luke Adams, who grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.  Suarez got Areinamo to end the inning and strand Barrios at third with the tying run.

The Loons added an insurance run on the top of the ninth against Stiven Cruz and it was Freeland…again.  The Loons lead-off hitter singled with two outs for the run to give Great Lakes a 5-3 lead.

Lucas Wepf set down the Rattlers in order in the ninth for his second save of the series.

Freeland was 3-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, two doubles, two runs scored, and two RBI for the Loons.  Great Lakes won four of the six games in the series to hand Wisconsin its first series loss of 2024.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday with a series against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa.  Wisconsin and Quad Cities are both 17-9 and tied at the top of the Midwest League’s West Division entering the six-game set.

Tate Kuehner (0-1, 7.36) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin on Tuesday.  The River Bandits have not announced their starter.  Game time is 6:30pm. 

Some of the area's best senior softball players will have at least one more game to play after their high school careers end.

The Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association named its rosters for its senior All-Star games, scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Woodside Sports Complex in Wisconsin Dells. The day before, a recognition event and practice will honor the players who have been placed on 18 teams across three divisions. 

Participants include:

Algoma: Ashley Cleveland (manager), Ryley Zimmerman, Hannah Nell

Kewaunee: Jenna Rohr

Luxemburg-Casco: Jillian Jorgensen, Maggie Hanmann

Southern Door: Bella Price, Sophia Counard

Sevastopol: Libby Ash, Jolene Luedtke

You can click on this link to see the full roster and to donate to individual players. To participate, you must raise $400 to support a local cause.

 We apologize if we forgot anyone. If we did, please email us at news@doorcountydailynews.com to make sure they are included.

The Great Lakes Loons scored fifteen runs on 26 hits in winning the first two games of their series with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium this week.  Wisconsin pitchers Will Rudy and Yujanyer Herrera made sure the Loons offense never got up a head of steam on Thursday night in the Rattlers 4-1 victory.  Rudy and Herrera combined to strike out eleven with no walks and only allowed two hits to the powerful Great Lakes lineup.

Wisconsin (16-8) loaded the bases against Great Lakes starter Peter Heubeck with one out in the first inning on a walk, a single, and another walk.  Matt Wood got the first run of the game home on a fielder’s choice and the Rattlers had a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third, Luis Lara singled and stole second to start the frame.  Wood knocked in Lara with a two-out single for the 2-0 lead.

The Rattlers doubled their lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Gregory Barrios walked, went to second on a pickoff attempt that got away, and took third on a passed ball.  Luke Adams would walk to put runners on the corners.  Then, the duo pulled a double steal with Adams drawing a throw to second and Barrios beating the return throw to the plate.  Eduarqui Fernández padded the lead moments later with a triple to right to score Adams for the 4-0 advantage.

Rudy retired the first sixteen batters he faced and only went to a three-ball count on an opposing batter twice.

Luis Rodriguez got the first hit for the Loons on a single up the middle with one out in the sixth.  Great Lakes (16-8) got on the board with a two-out, RBI triple by Alex Freeland.  Rudy retired Noah Miller for the final out of the sixth to turn the game over the bullpen after he made 67 pitches (50 strikes) over six excellent innings.  This game marked the third time in his pro career for Rudy to pitch six innings in a game.

Herrera, who had been called up from the Carolina Mudcats on Tuesday, entered the game from the Wisconsin bullpen to start the top of the seventh inning.  Herrera didn’t just close out the game.  He slammed the door on the Loons and their eight-game winning streak.  Herrera retired all nine Great Lakes hitters he faced and struck out five, including the side in order in the top of the ninth, to record a save in his Timber Rattlers debut.

Barrios, who singled in the first inning for Wisconsin, extended his hitting streak to seven games, the longest hitting streak by a Rattler this season. 

The Timber Rattlers also stole seven bases in eight attempts during Thursday’s game.  They are 14-for-15 in stolen base attempts in the first three games of the series with the Loons.

Game four of the series is Friday night.  Brian Fitzpatrick (2-0, 2.77) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The Loons have named Maddux Bruns (0-0, 5.40) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Area track teams in the Packerland Conference will head in different directions on Thursday for track meets.

Sevastopol and Algoma will visit Seymour for an invitational featuring Oshkosh North, Menasha, Ashwaubenon, Bonduel, Clintonville, Green Bay East, Hortonville, Kiel, Oneida Nation, and Denmark. The first events are scheduled for 3 p.m.

Kewaunee will visit conference foe Peshtigo for its track invitational that also features Crivitz, Gillett, Laona-Wabeno, Lena, Marinette, Menominee Indian, Oconto, and Oconto Falls. The first events are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.

Gibraltar heads to Chilton for an invitational that has Pulaski, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran, Omro, Roncalli, St. Lawrence Seminary, Shawano Community, and Wrightstown also competing. The first events are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

The announcement is short on details, but a recent Green Bay Glory schedule change is expected to add some extra excitement.

The Glory announced on Wednesday that it is adding weekly Wednesday night games at UW-Green Bay as a part of its partnership with a local business. The first friendly was set for last night (05/01/24), but no details were shared. The team will announce individual game details in the coming days and weeks.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers found themselves down 8-0 to the red-hot Great Lakes Loons on Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  The Rattlers battled back to within a run twice, but ultimately fell 9-8 to Great Lakes.  Noah Miller led Great Lakes with two homers and three RBI in support of five scoreless innings from Jared Karros, who had to watch as his bullpen almost gave the game to Wisconsin.

The Loons (16-7) started fast.  Wisconsin starter Patricio Aquino walked lead-off hitter Alex Freeland to begin the game.  Miller followed with a two-run home run to right on a 1-2 pitch and Great Lakes was up two batters into the game on Miller’s second homer of the series.

Aquino hit Jake Vogel with one out in the top of the second and Freeland made him pay for it by lining an RBI double to right-center to give the Loons a 3-0.  Chris Newell made it 4-0 in favor of the visitors in the top of the third with a lead-off home run to center.  An error on a pickoff throw to third with two outs in the fourth allowed Vogel to score from third.
 

Great Lakes had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the fifth against reliever Tyler Wehrle.  He got Nelson Quiroz to send a weak grounder up the first base line.  Wehrle tried to get the out at the plate and threw wildly.  Two runs scored and the Rattlers were down 7-0.

Karros, the Great Lakes starting pitcher, didn’t let a Wisconsin batter past second base in his five shutout innings.  The right-hander allowed three hits, walked two, and struck out two in his five scoreless innings.

Miller hit a lead-off homer in the top of the sixth inning and Wisconsin was staring at an 8-0 hole.  Miller is 6-for-10 with three homers and six RBI in the first two games of the series at Wisconsin.

The Timber Rattlers (15-8) began climbing out of that hole with two runs on one hit in the bottom of the sixth inning against reliever Madison Jeffrey.

Gregory Barrios was hit by a pitch, stole second, and went to third on a wild pitch.  Luke Adams got Barrios across the plate with a single but was erased on a double play.  The Rattlers restarted the rally with two more walks and two more wild pitches.  The second wild pitch allowed Jadher Areinamo to score the second run.

In the bottom of the seventh, Vargas was at first with two outs.  The next seven Rattlers reached base against reliever Jerming Rosario as they cut the deficit to a single run.  Barrios singled and Adams was hit by a pitch.  Matt Wood lined a single to left to score two runs.  Areinamo followed with an RBI single.  Ram?n Rodríguez worked the count full and sent a high popup on the infield.  The wind blew the ball out of the reach of the fielders as it landed on the mound for an RBI single to chase Rosario.

Terence Doston greeted reliever Kelvin Bautista with a single to center to get the Rattlers to within 8-7. Vargas, in his second plate appearance of the inning walked to load the bases before Bautista got the final out.

Great Lakes took advantage of a lead-off walk in the top of the eighth inning.  A sacrifice bunt moved the runner to second.  Dylan Campbell blooped a singled to left to score the insurance run for a 9-7 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, Areinamo had a lead-off single, his third hit of the game, to bring the tying run to the plate against Lucas Wepf.  However, Wepf got a 6-4-3 double play to put the Loons one out away from their eighth straight win. 

Doston delayed the celebration with a home run to right to bring the Rattlers back to within a run.  Vargas was hit by a pitch to keep the game alive with the winning run at the plate before Wepf ended the game with a force out at second.

Doston was 2-for-5 with two RBI on Wednesday to move his current hitting streak to five games (9-for-20).  Barrios in on a six-game hitting streak (9-for-23) and Areinamo is on a four game hitting streak (7-for-17).

Great Lakes has hit five homers in the series to give them 22 so far this season.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.  Will Rudy (0-1, 5.93) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Paul Heubeck (1-1, 2.51) is slated to start for Great Lakes.  Game time is 6:40pm.