Count Sheboygan North’s Koichi Toramaru, a foreign-exchange student from Japan, among those who love Wisconsin’s hospitality but hate its weather.
Japanese student mostly enjoying Wisconsin
Lakers’ 12th annual Ice Show is this weekend
The 12th annual Sheboygan Lakers Figure Skating Club presents its 12th annual Ice Show this weekend at the Blueline Ice Center.
The cost is $5 per person and $15 per family (kids 5 and under are free) for the show, which begins at 4 p.m. Saturday and at noon Sunday.
South’s Linhart is also standout swimmer from afar
South’s swim team also featured a talented foreign-exchange student this season in Krystof Linhart of the Czech Republic.
Down to one last sport for Johnson
Three-sport athlete Trevor Johnson is down to his final season, as the Sheboygan North senior wrapped up hockey on Thursday.
He was a forward and captain on the soccer team in the fall and will play tennis in the spring after he tore his rotator cuff as a sophomore on the baseball team.
Winter sports are reaching their peak
The Sheboygan Red Raiders’ hockey season came to an end Thursday with a loss in the second round of the playoffs and the state swim meet was held over the weekend.
Esports is alive and well in town
The Sheboygan Area School District has entered the Esports field for competitive gaming with a new varsity and junior varsity team at North.
Boldt breaks record
Some two hours after kidding around about scoring the most points ever in a Sheboygan South girls basketball game, junior Halle Boldt did it.
The point guard finished with 36 points Tuesday to break the previous school record of 30 in a 69-47 win over visiting Manitowoc Lutheran that stopped the Redwings’ nine-game losing streak.
Another top finish for North
Sheboygan North finished second in the hip-hop competition in the Division 1 Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches State Meet Feb. 1 at La Crosse Civic Center. The Golden Raiders, coached by Kayla Pittner, had taken first three of the previous four years.
Bocchini writes book to help others
AJ Bocchini remembers the first time in a wheelchair as a child.
It was at his father’s basketball practice, and his younger brother decided to push him around the gym.
North sweeps South in doubleheader
The North girls basketball team defeated South, 59-41, on Feb. 1 and then the Golden Raider boys beat the Redwings, 66-59. North’s girls have won the last 25 games in the rivalry and its boys avoided their first season sweep by South since 2008-’09 by allowing just 15 points in the first half.
