Mark Tomashek faces friend, former players and team
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – It was an early-season, non-conference game between two coaches who have been friends for more than a decade and whose sons were in the same …
Despite record, coach pleased with early progress
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – The Denmark Vikings are off to a 1-2 start to the new season but over the course of just four days, head coach Pete Dewar is seeing remarkabl…
Viking girls overcome slow start to beat Comets
This story was updated on Dec. 2 to include quotes and stats By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – The Denmark girls were like a car stuck in mud that after a long time gunning th…
Girls BB Preview: Hoping to build on last year’s momentum
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – It’s the start of Year No. 2 for Garett VanderLoop with the Denmark girls basketball program but in some ways it may seem like starting over …
Wrestling Preview: Kapinos eager to take next step with program
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – The Denmark wrestling program is on solid ground as Tim Kapinos begins his 11th season at the helm. The Vikings have qualified three or more…
Boys BB Preview: Another transition but with a foundation laid
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – In a way, this will be the fourth straight year of transition for the boys basketball program at Denmark High School. Over the past three sea…
Denmark girls rally for upset of Wrightstown
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – Not only had the Denmark girls not beaten Wrightstown in nearly eight years, there hadn’t been one close game over that span. Early in the se…
A friendship forged in basketball
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – Jack Dewar’s and Eli Kapinos’ friendship was built around one sport. College basketball, NBA basketball and playing basketball with – or agai…
Denmark Trap Team takes first place in Fall Conference 3
Every time the Denmark Trap Team competes, it literally and figuratively has a bull’s-eye on its back. That’s because the squad is so used to winning conference championships, and all…
Suemnick navigating turmoil at West Virginia
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – Patrick Suemnick has managed to turn Denmark, Wisconsin into Morgantown West. The Green Bay native and former Denmark Viking took a circuito…
Former Viking coach finds new passion in CrossFit
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – Five years ago next month, Cody Stelmach was embarking on his fifth season at the helm of the Denmark High School basketball program. And wha…
Coach hopes to shake off 1-8 season and look ahead to ’24
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – The final game of the season began like the first one – a quick Denmark touchdown, a brief lead … and virtually nothing else to cheer for. Th…
Viking JV2 wallops Freedom, 21-0
DENMARK – The Denmark JV2 Vikings shut out Freedom, 21-0, on Thursday, forcing four turnovers. The Vikings got off to a quick start when the defense forced a fumble on the second pla…
Neuman sees improvement but it’s another Viking loss
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – Nobody celebrates a 40-7 loss. But it became apparent fairly early on in this Denmark football season that there are indeed such things as mo…
Vikings stuck in pattern they’d love to break
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – It is a scenario that you could rightly call a pattern by now. And it is a pattern that can’t be undone soon enough. For the third straight w…
Foxes strike early in 35-7 win over Vikings
By Kelly Fenton The Denmark News DENMARK – Tom Neuman admits this has been – and continues to be – a trying season. It was not less so after the Denmark Vikings fell to 1-4 following …