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WIAA BOYS GOLF STANLEY CUP FINALS Falls in hunt for Kings take commanding 3-0 lead Associated Press The Kings took their first lead of the series on state titles NEW YORK — Jonathan Jeff Carter’s goal in the fi- Sheboygan Press Media Quick and the Los Angeles nal second of the first pe- Kings are close to finish- riod and then stretched Sheboygan Falls and ing off the New York the edge to three goals in sophomore Matt Bachmann Rangers in a big hurry. the second — something are each still in the hunt for The All-Star goalie had the Rangers failed to do in championships at the WIAA his best game of the finals California. Division 2 State Boys Golf by far, making 32 saves to New York will face elim- Tournament. But both have put the Kings on the cusp ination at home Wednesday work to do to bring home the of another coronation night in Game 4. biggest trophies. with a 3-0 victory over While there has been The Falcons sit in third New York in Game 3 on only one comeback from a place in the D2 eight-team Monday night. 3-0 hole in the finals, the field at University Ridge in Los Angeles escaped Kings erased such a defi- Madison. Their score of 316 with two overtime wins at cit in the first round after the opening round of home and then took com- against San Jose. the event — the final round is plete command inside Henrik Lundqvist was today — puts them 15 shots Madison Square Garden hardly at fault on the goals, behind leader Madison Edge- to take a 3-0 series edge. and finished with 12 saves. wood, and 11 behind second- The Kings are a win away The Rangers were 0 for place Waukesha Catholic from winning their sec- 6 on the power play, mak- Memorial. Jeff Carter (77) of the Los Angeles Kings scores on New York Rangers goalie Henrik ond Stanley Cup in three ing 3 for 44 in the playoffs Meanwhile, Bachmann Lundqvist in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals at Madison Square Garden. GETTY IMAGES years. at home. shot even-par 72 and is tied for second place among the 52 individuals. First place is LOCAL BASEBALL Winnebago Lutheran sopho- more Chris Colla, who fired a 4-under 68. Bachmann was consistent, with three bogeys, Flames three birdies and 12 pars. Falls sophomore Tyler Beeck tripled the 18th hole, go 2-0 but also had two birdies and is at 7-over 79, tied for 18th HAVING A BALL place overall. Oostburg senior on week Josh Smies, at State as an CB Williams continues progressing from injury individual, also shot a 79 on Sheboygan Press Media Monday. By Weston Hodkiewicz Gannett Wisconsin Media Falls senior Matt Andrews The Plymouth shot 5-over on the 13th hole REEN BAY — made his Flames improved to alone, but otherwise was “I’m excited with the moves we made,” Wil- point clear as the Green Bay Packers 4-2 in the Land O solid. He is at 81. liams said last week. “I think it will definitely cleaned out their lockers following Jan- pay off. I know Coach (Mike) McCarthy kind of Lakes Northern Divi- Team Scores: Edgewood 301, Catholic sion with a pair of vic- Memorial 305, Sheboygan Falls 316, River uary’s playoff loss to San Francisco. spoke his mind about the situation and I feel as Valley 319, Marinette 324, Osceola 326, GIf this defense is going to take a step for- tories last week, beat- excited as he is.” Ellsworth 350, Roncalli 363. ward, the recipe for improvement required ing Grafton 10-1 on Sheboygan Falls (316) — Matt The defense still will be young this year — Bachmann 72, Tyler Beeck 79, Matt more veterans than the Packers had in the 2013 the average age of the 41 players on its offsea- Wednesday and West Andrews 81, Sam Marti 84, Austin season. son roster is only 24.6 — but there’s Bend 14-6 on Sunday. Madden 91 Mike Ducharme Oostburg — Josh Smies 79 That’s easier said than done under the Ted experience where it matters. As Thompson philosophy, but the Packers general has been the case the past few had three hits, includ- manager was active this offseason compared years, the secondary starts ing a home run, and to past years with the addition of eight-time with Williams. four RBI. LOCAL SOFTBALL Pro Bowler Julius Peppers and defensive line- It wasn’t a certainty Wil- Jake Klemme and man Letroy Guion. liams would be back, Ryan Wachter also But was the re-signing of , B.J. though. The Packers dished had three hits. Matt Tournament Raji and enough to appease the 31- Schroeder allowed year-old ? See PACKERS, Page B2 four hits and struck aimed to out 10 for the win. Against West Bend, Ducharme had ‘strike out’ two hits and two RBI, Schroeder had two brain cancer hits and a RBI, and Gloede and Eric Hei- Sheboygan Press Media denreiter had two. Josh Schneider The Mid-Lake Softball was the winner. Organization is planning to Cedarburg 15, How- host a “Strike Out Child- But once I get healthy, ards Grove 7 — David hood Brain Cancer” softball Green had three hits, tournament later this man, the sky is the including a two-run month at Sheboygan’s single, for the River- Wildwood Complex . limit to what I can do.” Dogs (1-4). Bryce The double-elimination Skelton and Brady TRAMON WILLIAMS tournament (it’s round Callahan each had robin for smaller divisions) two. Tanner Reklaitis is scheduled to run June “ took the loss. 20-22. The event includes a $100 entry fee and a $10 EAST SHORE player fee. Green Bay Packers cornerback The deadline to register Mt. Calvary 5, Chil- Tramon Williams goes through drills is June 13. For information, ton 2 — Josh Sippel during OTA practice at Ray Nitschke call 920-395-2322 or visit had two hits, and To- Field, June 3. GANNETT WISCONSIN MEDIA www.midlakesoftball.org. ny Birschbach got the win as Mt. Cal- vary improved to 5-0. LOCAL SOFTBALL Tim Kolbe and Mike Berber each had two hits for Chil- Cascade ton (2-3). Luke Erick- son took the loss. schedules St. Peter 5, St. Cloud 3 — Luke Simon knocked in a pair of summertime runs and Evan Hen- derson scored three tournament LOCAL RACING times for St. Peter (1-4), which picked up Sheboygan Press Media its first win. Jake Schneider The Cascade Recreation Sheboygan racer wins Outlaw feature was the winner, while Department is preparing for Eric Feldner took the its annual men’s slow pitch By Amy Juech the A-main: Josh and Ran- ord fashion. erhofer finished second, loss. Ryan Lindsley softball tournament this Special to The Press dy Walter, Danny and Al Socre set a new mark of with Justin Erickson of knocked in all of St. summer. Schlafer, Mike and Mitch 10 minutes, 14 seconds. Plymouth in third. Cloud’s runs. The tournament is Checkers flew for Yurmanovich and Tim and Strobbe, of Germantown, Heat Winners: Ben Forest 14, Mary- scheduled to run July 10-13 Mitch McGrath over Rick Nick Melis. was second followed by Meyerhofer (Menasha), town 6 — Gary Goe- at Cascade Memorial Park, Scheffler (both of Wauke- It was Josh Walter, of Dan Sorce of Franklin. Brody Rivest (Sheboygan) bel had three hits and and is expected to include sha) while Tim Buhler Plymouth, who led from Kevin Lubach set a with a track record 1 min- Kevin Seibel, Ryan two divisions: an upper and (Glenbeulah) took home the first lap on for first track record for 12 laps, ute 46 seconds. Lloyd and Riley a lower one. third in the Late Models A- place, followd by Paul finishing in 3:26 to win the Dahlke each added The entry fee is $100. main feature of Plymouth Pokorski of West Bend B-Main race. Jonathon Super Modifieds two hits for Forest Besides regular prize money Dirt Track Racing’s show and Jim Melis of Glen- Singer of Random Lake (4-1). Zach Mueller from the Cascade Recrea- Saturday at Plymouth. beulah. was second. Dennis Klumb of Adell was the winner. tion Association, local spon- Scheffler went through Heat Winners: Jim Me- Heat Winners: Aaron took advantage of a car is- Doug Beattie had sors are expected to con- the competition to get up to lis, Tony Wondra (Camp- Hauck (Plymouth), Brad sue by Butch Hafemann of two hits including a tribute an additional $1,000 second but couldn’t get past bellsport), Danny Schlaf- Lubach (Kiel), Aaron Campbellsport, winning home run for Mary- to be split between the two McGrath. Jim Schmidt er Stolp (Milwaukee) the A-main race. town (3-2). Eric Han- divisions, with an emphasis (Cleveland) and Brad Johnny Fahl of Brown sen took the loss. on the upper division. The Mueller (Random Lake) Grand Nationals Outlaw Compacts Deer took second, and Cleveland 11, Johns- first-place team in the rounded out the top five. Mark Klumb was third. burg 1 (8) — Nick upper division, playing in a Heat Winners: Jim Nick Strobbe Jr. and Brody Rivest of She- Next week, the fair- Reschke went 3-for-4 10-team bracket, is expect- Schmidt, Rick Scheffler the winner the last two boygan took a lead on the grounds is host for an with two home runs ed to earn a $700 payout. weeks, Don Sorce Jr, bat- second lap and didn’t re- IRA and 360 Show. and five RBI and For information or entry Sprint Cars tled each other for su- lent for the checked flag. For more information, Charlie Reschke had forms, call Dave Jaeckels at premacy, with Socre, of Ben Meyerhofer of Me- visit www.plymouthpdtr- three hits with two 920-528-8340, or send email There were four sets of West Allis, picking up the nasha took the lead before .com. double as Cleveland to [email protected]. father/son racing teams in third-straight win in rec- Rivest took it back. Mey- (2-3) rolled.