News 8 May 2018

Maribel Grain Brings New Life to Village

 By Charles Collier, The Denmark NewsMARIBEL—Maribel Grain Company’s new gas station and an adjoining Burger King location are expected to be completed by Memorial Day, capping the most aggressive economic development Maribel has seen in some time.Over the last seven years, the Village of Maribel has slowly become known as a community on the decline. Rabas Garage closed but a few years ago, preceded by Denmark State Bank’s departure from its branch there.
News 8 May 2018
Freedom holds off Denmark boys for 61-55 win
DENMARK – Denmark High School had no answer for 6-6 post player Luke Pingel and fell 61-55 to Freedom on Thursday night in Freedom.Pingel poured in 26 points and that was just enough to eclipse an outstanding game by Viking Zane Short, who scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, nabbed four steals, dished out three assists and blocked two shots. Brady Jens added 16 and Sam Sipiorski 10.
News 8 May 2018
Flipping The Script: Denmark's Josh Frerk
By Kelly Fenton, The Denmark News

After being pushed around in his early days as a freshman, Denmark’s Josh Frerk has become the intimidator

DENMARK – Josh Frerk wasn’t exactly given an opportunity to ease into his wrestling career at Denmark High School.Rather, it was the equivalent of a father throwing his toddler into a swimming pool. It was sink or swim.
News 8 May 2018
Freedom's late surge squelches Viking girls' upset bid
DENMARK – Denmark hung with a tough Freedom squad for 30 minutes on Senior Night on Friday before the Irish ran off 14 straight points and held off the Vikings 60-49.Denmark led on two occasions by seven points in the first half, but a 9-0 Freedom run spanning the final minutes of the first half and opening minutes of the second half put the Vikings in a 36-31 hole.
News 8 May 2018
Freedom defense shuts down high-powered Tigers in 70-54 win
WRIGHTSTOWN – The Wrightstown High School boys’ basketball team will have to wait at least one more game to claim a conference crown following a 70-54 loss at Freedom on Thursday night.The Irish (12-4) avenged an earlier nine-point loss to the Tigers (14-2). The setback, combined with Marinette’s cruise past Clintonville, whittled the Tigers’ lead to one game with two left. Wrightstown can claim at least a share of the league crown with a win at home against Waupaca on Monday.
News 8 May 2018
Wrightstown girls advance with regional final win over Foxes
WRIGHTSTOWN – Division 3’s top-ranked Wrightstown High School girls’ shrugged off a sluggish start and pulled away for a 64-50 victory over Fox  Valley Lutheran on Friday night to capture the regional championship.The Tigers, who won for the 23rd straight time following a season-opening loss, will take on Amherst, ranked third in the state, on Thursday in the first round of sectionals. Game time is 7 p.m.
News 8 May 2018
Southern Door catches fire in second half to end Denmark girls' season
DENMARK – The Denmark High School girls gave second seed Southern Door all it wanted in the D3 regional semifinals on Friday night, but the Eagles found the range in the second half to pull away for a 48-29 victory, ending the Vikings season with an 11-13 mark.“I don’t think a lot of people expected us to win 11 games this year and finish tied for fifth in the NEC,” said Denmark head coach Kory Fredrikson.
News 8 May 2018
High-powered Hawks’ 53rd straight win ends Wrightstown run
By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – When you play a team as powerful and dominant and -- over the past two seasons -- as unbeatable as Xavier, you have to try to shake things up, and maybe even abandon a few things that have worked for you throughout the year.And so, on Thursday night in the Division 3 sectional semifinal at Menasha, Wrightstown, an up-and-down team that likes to score in transition, tried to be more patient in an attem
News 8 May 2018
Beining’s late three propels Tigers to regional crown
By KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – Cory Haese takes a mostly laisses faire approach with his Wrightstown shooters. If the circumstances are right, let it fly.Jacob Beining deemed the circumstances – tie game, 24 seconds left in a Division 3 regional championship, open in the left corner – to be right.Turns out his impulse and his aim were right as well.
News 8 May 2018
Denmark boys come up short in regional semifinals
DENMARK – The Denmark boys’ season came to a close with a 69-51 loss at Sheboygan Falls High School on Friday night in the regional semis.The Vikings concluded a 14-10 season.Denmark loses six players to graduation, including three who saw significant playing time – starter Josh Pelischek, Nick Rabas and Sam Sipiorski. The other seniors are Grant Vaskelis, Ryan Honnef and John Otradovec.Denmark was hounded by the Falcons’ 1-3-1 zone that forced 20 turnovers.
News 8 May 2018
Cold-shooting Tigers’ long streak, season, come to end
Updated to include quotes and official statsBy KELLY FENTONThe Denmark NewsWRIGHTSTOWN – All indications coming into Thursday night’s sectional semifinal between Wrightstown and Amherst were that the two teams were nearly identical. Each sported 23-1 marks; each ran the table in league play; each scored in the mid-60s.But on Thursday at Menasha, they couldn’t have been less alike.
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News 3 May 2018
Vikings in Late-season Form With Sweeping Pair From Foxes

by Kelly Fenton, The Denmark News

DENMARK – Though the Denmark High School softball team has thus far battled only the lower-division teams in the North Eastern Conference, it has been impressive in running up a 4-0 mark, demonstrating none of the rust you might expect from a team kept indoors by weather for most of April.

News 3 May 2018
Kohl Scholarships: Denmark Initiative

Samantha George

George enjoys spending her time outdoors, ranking Fonferek’s Glen and the Devils River Trail among two of her favorite non-Badlands hiking spots. Oh yeah, and the nature trails of UW-Green Bay.

“I love UWGB because it’s just full forest,” she says, marking the trails and the university’s environmental science reputation as large reasons for her decision to pursue a Ecology and Conservation degree there.

News 3 May 2018
Educational System “Most Important Thing”

by Charles Collier, The Denmark News

DENMARK — Not often is one greeted by a 365-person standing ovation, but the collection of Northeast Wisconsin students, instructors, and their families at Denmark High School offered just that on Saturday afternoon when one of Wisconsin’s most recognizable names entered the auditorium-turned-banquet hall.

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