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Knights, Badgers earn victories

Norway hosted Westwood for a baseball doubleheader Monday and posted a sweep, 2-0 and 7-5. Landon DeBakker pitched three innings to get the win in the opener, allowing just two hits and fanning four. Cameron Varda and Owen Baij finished the five-inning game, giving up no hits and striking out four as well. DeBakker had two of the Knights' three singles and Landon Ross had the other. Norway scored twice in the bottom of the second and held on. In the second game, which also went five innings, Norway managed five hits and drew four walks. The Knights, grabbing an early 7-3 lead, took ...

KHS splits twin bill with Calumet

KINGSFORD – Two big innings powered Kingsford to a 13-3 five-inning rout over Calumet in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Lodal Park, but the Copper Kings turned the tables in the second game by an identical score in another five-inning contest. “We’re struggling to ...

Rangers nip Badgers softball

Wausaukee scored a run in the top of the first inning and went on to defeat Niagara 1-0 in an M&O Conference softball game Monday at Niagara. "It was a defensive battle," said Niagara coach Emily Payette. "We were putting the bat on the ball and they were making plays." Keaghan Stumbris pitched the shutout for Wausaukee, allowing two hits and six walks. She struck out five. Elesia Sweig pitched the first five innings for the Badgers. Paige Guardiola worked two hitless innings in relief. Alivia Kleikamp and Jaelyn Kleikamp hit singles for Niagara, who left six on base. The ...

Northern Stars place 1st at Dells tourney

The Niagara Northern Stars Soccer Club U19 coed team won first place in its U19 Boys Division at the Wisconsin Spring Classic in Wisconsin Dells. Northern Stars went 2-0-1 through the weekend tournament, defeating Sauk Prairie 2-0, tying Middleton United 1-1 and blanking McFarland ...

Top-seeded Pistons open playoffs with a clunker

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons opened the NBA playoffs with a flop. Detroit went into the postseason as the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, openly talking about exceeding modest expectations and winning the franchise's fourth championship. If the Pistons don't play ...

Packers GM acknowledges need for cornerback depth

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst isn't shy about noting one position the Packers must address in this week's draft. They're looking for cornerbacks. "We're going to add numbers there," Gutekunst said Tuesday at a pre-draft news conference. Green Bay ...