John Miller

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DE PERE (NBC 26) — Last year at this time at De Pere high school they held a signing day for Aiden Cartier, as the Redbirds track star was heading to the Naval academy. Now, one year later, his brother Andrew, a fellow track star, is following in his footsteps. “Just to be able to give back to my country like my grandfather did, I think it means a lot,” Andrew said of his grandfather, Paul, who was also in the Navy and served in Vietnam.

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GREEN BAY — As the NFL Draft approaches, Luke Elkin, a special teams standout for the Iowa Hawkeyes and former quarterback for Neenah high school is hoping to secure a spot on an NFL roster as a long snapper. “It was hard for me to pass up playing in the Big Ten, but coming to Iowa was probably the greatest decision I have ever made,” Elkin said.

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OSHKOSH — UW-Oshkosh has many track and field athletes that are worthy of a story, but one in particular has stood out many times over the past year. That’s junior long jumper Joshua Rivers, who was recently named the NCAA Division III USTFCCCA men’s indoor field athlete of the year. “For us really, it's Josh doing Josh things,” said UW-Oshkosh head coach Justin Kinseth. After a terrific summer of competition, Rivers and his head coach say they had a feeling big things were in store.

1 week ago | nbc26.com | John Miller

GREEN BAY — These days, you can find Natisha Hiedeman on the floor of the Target Center in Minneapolis, where she plays for the Minnesota Lynx. This upcoming season will be her sixth in the WNBA. "I just knew that basketball was always my main and thing and that it was going to take me places in life that I've never been," said Hiedeman. "I just poured a lot of time into it and around my junior or senior year I knew I had the potential to play college basketball.

1 week ago | dailyyonder.com | John Miller

In American towns, before air conditioning and television turned suburban homes into social coffins, minor league baseball anchored the evenings of summer. For most of the 20th century, the best place to be on a hot July night was the local ballyard. There was a cool breeze there, and at home no baseball to see on TV. The biggest news in town, it was said, was if the bank was robbed, or the local nine won the pennant. The peak of this trend was in the late 1940s.