High School SportsTuesday, November 3
N.E.W. Lutheran volleyball is going to state for the first time in 19 years
The 5AM De Pere team
If you follow high school volleyball, mark Thursday morning. N.E.W. Lutheran beat Florence in a Division 5 sectional final Saturday and is headed to the Resch Center. Coach Mike Schmidt said the party kept going on the roughly two-hour ride home from Wabeno.
19 yearssince N.E.W. Lutheran's last state tournament trip
The Blazers are aiming to win the program's first state championship this week.
Source: WLUK
- State semifinal: Thursday morning vs. No. 2 Central Wisconsin Christian
- Blazers' seed: No. 3
- Sectional final foe: Florence
“We're better than they are, and so it's every year, it's like, man, next year, next year, and just finally being here, it's like, this is our year.”
It wasn't the same story for every De Pere team Saturday. De Pere boys soccer tied Hudson 4-4 in a Division 1 sectional final, and Hudson won the shootout 5-3. West De Pere girls volleyball lost 3-1 to Bay Port in a Division 1 sectional final.
De Pere's boys soccer and West De Pere volleyball fell in sectional finals
- Hudson4De Pere4
- Bay Port3 (won)West De Pere1
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette
Sources: WLUK, Green Bay Press-Gazette