Basketball teams weren’t the only ones getting off to successful beginnings.
The Sheboygan co-op hockey team won its first six games of the season for the first time in program history, according to first-year coach Bill Sunagel.
South hasn’t started like this in years
Winning the first two or three games of the basketball season is not unusual.
But it’s been awhile since it’s happened at Sheboygan South – until now.
The girls started 3-0 for the first time in 12 years and the last time the boys were 2-0 (entering play Friday) was in 2008-09.
Lutheran girls fine without the headlines
Megan Glewen, Molly Peterson and Mike Scheele are not bothered.
The Sheboygan Lutheran girls basketball players and their coach know the Crusaders’ boys team deserves all of the headlines.
After all, they did win a state championship last year and are currently the top-ranked Division 5 team in Wisconsin.
Tis the season
The Red Raiders co-op hockey team recently decorated the courtyard at the Sheboygan Senior Community after buying toys for children last year. “This year, we felt the seniors could use a little joy,” coach Bill Sunagel said. – Submitted photo
Misdemeanors could be coming
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is expressing its support of a sponsored bill in the legislature that would make it a Class A misdemeanor to harass or intimidate a sports official in response to action taken or with intent to influence a referee, umpire, judge or anyone serving similar functions.
South’s Marvel a GM?
Jake Marver is the third-leading scorer and rebounder on the Sheboygan South basketball team, and the senior forward plans on probably attending UW-Oshkosh or St. Cloud State for some type of sports management education.
Sports Brief
Free-throw contest
The Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Championship will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 5.
Sheboygan co-op hockey team off to 5-0 start
There’s another thing Bill Sunagel did not expect this early in the season.
Not only did the new coach of the Sheboygan co-op hockey team get injured the first day of practice, he has the Red Raiders off to a 5-0 start.
Now that’s some first impressions
There were all sorts of interesting season-opening basketball games in Sheboygan, from a new coach winning her first game to a senior scoring the most points he’s ever had.
It all started Nov. 19, when the South girls gave up the first 10 points but rallied for a 56-45 victory at Plymouth in Ellyn Hansen’s debut as Redwings’ coach.
More to North than just Hayon
Will Hayon got most of the headlines last season, and deservedly so.
But there’s more to the Sheboygan North swim team than the standout sophomore.
“Will’s a really good swimmer, for sure,” Golden Raider Patrick Fisher said. “And he’s a major component of our team. … Having one really awesome person on a team is great, but one person doesn’t make the team.”
