Pitcher Taylor Schwarz, a 2007 graduate of South, was inducted into the Sheboygan A’s Hall of Fame Saturday at Wildwood Baseball Park.

As the popularity of youth travel sports escalates, so do the challenges, complexities, and questions.

In his first Midwest Sprint Car Association start of the season, Sheboygan’s Scotty Thiel drove to a convincing victory in the caution-free 25-lap main event to highlight the MSA’s fourth annual appearance at Eagle River Speedway on July 4.

Haley Bergstrom earned all-conference again, but the North softball player had a harder time repeating. She suffered a major injury over the summer and lost about five months of training, but led the team both on and off the field.

Baseball player-of-the-year voting ended in a three-way tie in the Fox River Classic Conference, and North’s Brett Rybarczyk was among them. The senior, who shared the honor with Bay Port’s Parker Lawson and Pulaski’s Braun Wotruba, was also named to the first team as both a pitcher and infielder.

Lutheran/Christian girls soccer player Keeran Blattner made first-team all-conference for the third straight season. As a senior, she led the co-op with 22 goals, six assists and 50 points.