Matt Lehmann

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Bay Port spoils home opener for Marinette Legion

1 week ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MARINETTE — Home cooking left a sour taste in the mouth of the Marinette Legion baseball team after Post 39 dropped their home opener to Bay Port 11-1 on Tuesday. Marinette (1-2 overall) limited the Pirates to six hits but walks proved to be Post 39’s kryptonite. kAmu@FC |2C:?6EE6 A:E496CD 4@>3:?65 E@ 5@=6 @FE `c 7C66 A2DD6D[ 7:G6 @7 H9:49 42>6 :? E96 E@A @7 2 E9:C5 :??:?8 E92E D2H q2J !@CE A=2E6 D6G6?
Smerchek named NEC Offensive Player of the Year

1 week ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MARINETTE — As it turns out, the only thing that can stop Sierra Schreiner is a fellow Lady Marine. For three straight seasons, Schreiner terrorized opposing teams en route to collecting three consecutive North Eastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year awards in girls soccer. kAm$49C6:?6C’D 9:DE@C:4 DEC62< 42>6 E@ 2? 6?5 @? |@?52J[ 3FE E96 EC@A9J :D DE2J:?8 :? |2C:?6EE6 7@C 2?@E96C D62D@?
Area athletes kept the highlights coming in 2024-25

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MARINETTE — As cliche as it is to say that time moves so quickly that you’ll miss it if you blink, the last year of high school sports certainly flew by. It seems like a short time ago that kids were showing up for their first day of practice for fall sports, but now with school officially out for summer, the time is ripe to look back on all the milestones and accomplishments that local student-athletes achieved over the course of the 2024-25 school year. kAmpC62 2E9=6E6D 3C@<6 C64@C5D[ H@?
Marinette's Stauss, MacGregor collect unanimous First Team All-Conference honors

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MARINETTE — Six of the best baseball players that the North Eastern Conference has to offer hail from the 715. Headlined by a pair of unanimous First Team selections, the Marinette High School baseball team put a bow on its best season since 2013 with six All-North Eastern Conference honorees on Thursday. kAm$@A9@>@C6 (J2EE $E2FDD 2?5 ;F?:@C r92D6 |24vC68@C H6C6 3@E9 F?2?:>@FD u:CDE %62> 49@:46D :?
Lena's Shallow named M&O's Player of the Year

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

LENA — Whether in the batter’s box or on the mound, Tyler Shallow treated the Marinette and Oconto Conference as his personal practice field. No matter where he lined up on the diamond, Shallow was a weapon for the Lena High School baseball team, and opposing coaches took notice in naming the Wildcat senior the M&O’s Player of the Year on Wednesday. kAm$92==@H[ H9@ 2=D@ 328865 p==\|U2>Aj~ u:CDE %62> 9@?@CD[ 96=A65 E96 (:=542ED 7:?:D9 `c\f @G6C2== 2?5 E2<6 9@>6 E96 (xpp s:G:D:@?
Magnificent 7: Cole headlines Marinette girls' All-NEC nods

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MARINETTE — The North Eastern Conference unveiled its 2025 All-Conference softball team selections on Tuesday, and Marinette is well-represented on the list. With one All-NEC nod for every inning, seven Lady Marines were recognized as cream of the crop when it comes to softball in Northeast Wisconsin. kAmyF?:@C :?7:6=56C q2CC6EE r@=6 E@@< 9@>6 u:CDE %62> 9@?@CD 27E6C 9:EE:?8 ]b_c @? E96 D62D@?]k^AmkAmr@=6 =65 E96 {25J |2C:?6D :? 9:ED H:E9 a_[ :?4=F5:?8 2 E62>\9:89 EH@ EC:A=6D[ 2?5 DE@=6?
Peshtigo's Russell, Walden take home First Team All-Packerland accolades

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

PESHTIGO — Peshtigo junior Nevaeh Russell was one of four players to receive unanimous First Team All-Conference laurels from the Packerland Conference on Wednesday. Russell joins Kewaunee’s Breanna Riha, Algoma’s Macie Zimmerman and Southern Door’s Ashlyn Delfosse in garnering unanimous First Team honors from Packerland coaches. kAm#FDD6== D?2E4965 FA @?6 @7 E96 7@FC u:CDE %62> :?7:6=56C DA@ED 2=@?8D:56 #:92[ $6G2DE@A@=’D }2@>: #:<<@=2 2?5 p=8@>2’D }2E2=:6 #2J]k^AmkAm#FDD6== H2D @?6 @7 D6G6?
And now, for something completely different

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

And now, for something completely different. Tuesday marked my sixth year anniversary at the EagleHerald and over the last-half decade of serving as your local sportswriter, one question has been posed to me time and time again. kAm“(92E’D u2E (C64< r9@C5Dn”k^AmkAm!6C92AD D@>6 4@?E6IE :D ?66565]k^AmkAmtG6? :7 J@F’G6 ?6G6C :?E6C24E65 H:E9 >6[ :7 J@F’G6 366? E@ 2?J 9:89 D49@@= DA@CED 6G6?E :? |2C:?6EE6 @C |6?@>:?66 D:?46 a_`h[ J@F’G6 23D@=FE6=J D66? >6 DE2?5:?8 @?
Cole headlines Marinette girls' All-NEC nods

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MARINETTE — The North Eastern Conference unveiled its 2025 All-Conference softball team selections on Tuesday, and Marinette is well-represented on the list. With one All-NEC nod for every inning, seven Lady Marines were recognized as cream of the crop when it comes to softball in Northeast Wisconsin. kAmyF?:@C :?7:6=56C q2CC6EE r@=6 E@@< 9@>6 u:CDE %62> 9@?@CD 27E6C 9:EE:?8 ]b_c @? E96 D62D@?]k^AmkAmr@=6 =65 E96 {25J |2C:?6D :? 9:ED H:E9 a_[ :?4=F5:?8 2 E62>\9:89 EH@ EC:A=6D[ 2?5 DE@=6?
Olsen snares First Team All-GNC honors

2 weeks ago | ehextra.com | Matt Lehmann

MENOMINEE — Four members of the Menominee High School softball team were recognized as some of the best that the Great Northern Conference has to offer on Monday. Kadyn Olsen received First Team All-GNC honors as an infielder and Jazmine Jasenovsky earned Second Team laurels in the outfield, while Sadie Betzinger (catcher) and Savannah Houle (infield) took home Honorable Mention. kAm~=D6? A=:65 96C EC256 2E D9@CEDE@A 2?5 9:E ]chd H9:=6 =625:?8 {25J |2C@@?D :?

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