The FRCC had a highly successful fall sports season. The FRCC was represented in every Wisconsin State Team Championship event that the WIAA hosts. This was highlighted by the Green Bay Preble Hornets finishing as the runner-up to Middleton in the Division 1 State Soccer Championships and the Bay Port Pirates defeating Muskego (Division 1 Football) and Notre Dame Academy Tritons defeating Catholic Memorial (Division 3 Football) to finish as WIAA State Champions. In addition, Grady Lenn of De Pere finished as the runner-up in Division 1 Cross Country and Erin Schuch of Ashwaubenon finished as the runner-up in the Division 2 500 yard freestyle in girls Swim and Dive.
Girls Golf
In girls golf, Bay Port won their 6th consecutive Conference Championship winning 4 of the 5 meets held by the FRCC. The Pirates also won their 8th consecutive sectional Championship, qualifying for the state meet as a team. The Pirates finished 9th.
Emma Cunningham (10) – Green Bay United (Southwest) was the repeat Golfer of the Year in the FRCC and was also the top FRCC finisher in the State Golf Meet as she finished tied for 11th. Cunningham improved one spot from a year ago when she finished 12th as a freshman.
(Bay Port)
(Emma Cunningham)
Team State Qualifiers:
Bay Port: Madelyn Gicius 10, Payton Dudra 11, Myah Johnson 10, Isabel Johnsen 10, Jordan Perry 12, Jordyn Cahill 12
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Girls Tennis
Notre Dame Academy won their 3rd consecutive FRCC Championship going undefeated in conference play. The Tritons also qualified for the Team State Tennis Tournament by winning the Notre Dame Sectional. Notre Dame lost to Neenah in the quarterfinals at the State Meet.
(Notre Dame Academy)
In Doubles play, sisters Kahli (12) and Alexia (9) Stephens of Bay Port defeated Ana (11) and Maria (9) Cristescu of De Pere in the 3rd place match at the State Meet.
Other FRCC qualifiers in doubles play at the State Meet included:
- Notre Dame – Natalia Welle (12) and Vivian Bigari (10); Sophie Lin (12) and Mary Sullivan (12)
- Manitowoc Lincoln – Taylor Peterson (12) and Zylia Kleinfeldt (12)
- Karlie Schock (10) of Bay Port was the defending Division 1 State Singles Champion and was seeded #1 in this year’s tournament, but opted not to play. Other FRCC players who qualified for the state tournament in singles included:
- Notre Dame – Lucy Lawton (12) and Mia Miller (12)
- Manitowoc Lincoln – Jordin Popp (11)
- De Pere – Lillianna Graf (10)
Team State Qualifiers:
- Notre Dame Academy: Singles: No. 1 – Lucy Lawton, No. 2 – Mia Miller, No. 3 – Anna Miller, No. 4 – Lainey Nelson; Doubles: No. 1 – Natalia Welle & Vivian Bigari, No. 2 – Mary Sullivan & Sophie Lin, No. 3 – Madison Siminski & Maddie Wied.
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Cross Country
(Green Bay Preble Girls)
Green Bay Preble won both the boys and girls team titles at the FRCC Cross Country meet. The Preble boys were repeat champions and won their 8th overall FRCC title. Preble placed 5 runners in the top 12 of the conference meet to best runner-up De Pere 40-46. The Preble girls dethroned three time defending champion Notre Dame Academy. This was Preble’s first FRCC title for the girls program.
Grady Lenn (11) – De Pere won his second consecutive conference championship. Lenn holds the conference record, finishing in 15:19.2 in 2023. Lenn was also the Sectional Champion and finished as the runner-up in the Division 1 State Meet. This was Lenn’s 3rd consecutive podium finish at the State Meet. (7th-2022, 3rd-2023) Lenn also led the De Pere boys to a second place finish at the Sectional Meet which qualified the Redbirds for the State Meet as a team. The Hornet boys won the Manitowoc Sectional over De Pere 35-41 by placing their 5 top runners in the top 10. Preble finished 3rd as a team at the State Meet. The De Pere boys finished 10th as a team at the state meet.
(Grady Lenn – De Pere)
The Green Bay Preble Girls followed up their conference championship by winning the Manitowoc Sectional to qualify for the state meet as a team. The Hornets finished 8th.
The top FRCC finisher for the girls at the state meet was Arya Shefchik (9) of Green Bay Preble who finished 34th.
Anna Miller (10) – Notre Dame Academy was the FRCC champion on the girls side after having finished 2nd in 2023.
The Triton girls also finished 2nd to Preble at the Manitowoc Sectional to qualify for the state meet as a team. Notre Dame finished 14th.
(Anna Miller -Notre Dame Academy)
The Notre Dame Academy boys and girls both competed in Division 1 this year after having competed at Division 2 the previous years. The Tritons were promoted to Division 1 because of the Competitive Balance/Success Factor that was implemented by the WIAA starting in the 2024/25 school year.
Other individual qualifiers for the WIAA State Cross Country Meet:
- Manitowoc Lincoln: Natalie Portman (10)
- Ashwaubenon: Ryan Jadin (12), Carter Thompson (12)
- Pulaski: Olivia Stedl (12), Arden Gillen (11)
- Notre Dame Academy: Joseph Hunt (12)
- De Pere: Bella Heideman (11)
Team Qualifiers:
- Green Bay Preble Girls: Arya Shefchik 9, Melana Webber 12, Gabrielle Haller 12, Camille Haller 10, Cacey Kurowski 11, Hannah Smith 12, Sophia Smith 11
- Notre Dame Academy Girls: Anna Miller 10, Monika Stoik 11, Reagan Gosa 11, Quinn Klika 9, Adin Wasilkoff 11, Kinsey Gallagher 12, Lauren Carlton 12
- Green Bay Preble Boys: Jacob Nuthals 11, Louis Jean Baptist 11, Benjamin Piontek 12, Marshall Willems 11, Brayden Michaels 11, Yahye Mohamed 12, Killian Arlt 12
- De Pere Boys: Grady Lenn 11, Noah Zhang 11, Chase Deshazer 11, Daniel Zhang 9, James Derenne 10, Gavin Zimmerman 10, Gabe Hansen 10
(Notre Dame Academy)
(De Pere)
Links:
- 2024 Girls Cross Country Standings, Results and All-Conference
- 2024 Boys Cross Country Standings, Results and All-Conference
- Girls Cross Country History
- Boys Cross Country History
- Girls Cross Country Records
- Boys Cross Country Records
- WIAA Girls Cross Country Page
- WIAA Boys Cross Country Page
Boys Soccer
Sheboygan North claimed their second FRCC Title in 2024. The Golden Raiders won their first title in 2017. North went undefeated in conference play (9-0) giving up only 1 goal in conference play while netting 44.
(Sheboygan North)
Green Bay Preble scored numerous upsets in WIAA Tournament play eventually resulting in a runner-up finish in the Division 1 State Championship, losing to defending State Champion Middleton 2-0.
The Hornets join Notre Dame Academy as the only teams to have played in a State Championship game in Boys Soccer.
(Green Bay Preble)
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Girls Volleyball
Bay Port won the FRCC Title for the second time in their history (2019). The Pirates followed that up by their first ever birth in the State Tournament. The Pirates beat top seeded Kimberly 3-0 in the Sectional final to claim their spot in the state meet. The Sectional win over Kimberly avenged an earlier loss to the Papermakers during the regular season
Bay Port went 9-0 in conference play losing only 3 sets along the way. The Pirates went 29-3 overall.
(Bay Port)
Links:
- 2024 Girls Volleyball Standings, Results and All-Conference
- Girls Volleyball History
- WIAA Girls Volleyball Page
Girls Swim and Dive
Bay Port defended their FRCC Swim and Dive title from a year ago. The Pirates continued their dominance in the FRCC winning their 13th FRCC Title in girls Swim and Dive. They have lost the title only twice since 2010.
In addition to winning the FRCC Championship, the Pirates won the Neenah Sectional.
Ashwaubenon hosted the Division 2 Swim and Dive Sectional and finished as the runner-up losing to the Kohler Co-op by 4 points.
(Bay Port)
The FRCC had three podium finishers at the State Meet. Carly Larson – De Pere finished 3rd in the D1 100 yard Butterfly. Erin Schuch finished 3rd in the D2 200 yard Freestyle and 2nd in the D2 500 yard Freestyle. Schuch was the defending champion in the 500 free.
De Pere/West De Pere had the top FRCC team finish in D1 finishing in 20th while Ashwaubenon finished 9th in D2.
Other FRCC qualifiers in the WIAA State Swim and Dive Meet:
- Bay Port: 200 medley relay – Kate Zurowski SR, Kali Streckenbach SO, Analese Tooley FR, Vivian Gillis FR; 200 IM – Kali Streckenbach SO; 50 free – Vivian Gillis FR, Natalie Portier JR; 500 free – Kaele Schilz FR; 200 free relay – Natalie Portier JR, Analese Tooley FR, Kaele Schilz FR, Vivian Gillis FR; 100 breaststroke – Kali Streckenbach SO, Analese Tooley FR; 400 free relay – Natalie Portier JR, Vivian Gillis FR, Shannon Hanley SR, Kate Zurowski SR
- Green Bay Southwest Co-op: 200 IM – Ivana Neverman SR; 400 free relay – Claire Sieber SR, Paige Miller SO, Claire Schlaefer SR, Ivana Neverman SR
- De Pere/West De Pere: 50 free – Carly Larson SR; 100 fly – Kate Schmoll SR; 200 free relay – Ella Maniscalco FR, Kara Schmoll FR, Kate Schmoll SR, Carly Larson SR; 400 free relay – Kara Schmoll FR, Kayla Jacquette SO, Kate Schmoll SR, Carly Larson SR
- Ashwaubenon: 200 IM – Emma Kozloski SO; 100 fly – Charlotte McNicoll SO; 500 free – Emma Kozloski SO; 200 free relay – Charlotte McNicoll SO, Katelyn Seder SO, Emma Kozloski SO, Erin Schuch SR; 400 free relay – Emma Kozloski SO, Charlotte McNicoll SO, Katelyn Seder SO, Erin Schuch SR
Links:
- 2024 Girls Swim and Dive Standings, Results and All-Conference
- Girls Swim and Dive History
- Girls Swim and Dive Records
- WIAA Girls Swim and Dive Page
Football
In football-only conferences the FRCC has an 8-team North Division and an 8-team South Division. Appleton West (North) and Oshkosh North (South) were added to the FRCC in 2024 to make each Division an 8-team conference. Previously the North and South consisted of 7 teams and they would play a crossover game to fill out their conference schedules.
In the North, West De Pere finally broke through for their first ever FRCC Championship after finishing as the runner-up to Bay Port the previous two seasons. The Phantoms downed the Pirates with a field goal as time expired in their meeting this season. The Phantoms finished 7-0 in the conference. West De Pere will become a full member of the FRCC in 2025. In the South, Notre Dame Academy repeated as the Conference Champion, also with an undefeated 7-0 record.
(West De Pere)
The Conference qualified nine teams across three divisions for the football play-off field. Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, Pulaski, and West De Pere from the North and Menasha, Notre Dame, Oshkosh North and Sheboygan North from the South.
Sheboygan North, making only their 7th play-off appearance since the WIAA added it to the program in 1976 notched their first ever play-off win by defeating Milwaukee Reagan 42-8 in the first round. The Golden Raiders would lose to FRCC North foe Bay Port in the second round.
Bay Port (D1), West De Pere (D2) and Notre Dame Academy (D3) all made it to the semi-final round with a chance to play in the State Championships held at Camp Randall in Madison. Bay Port defeated DC Everest 34-27 and Notre Dame defeated La Crosse Logan 41-21 to claim their spots in the state championship games. West De Pere was stymied by Rice Lake 31-24 falling one game short of the championship game.
Bay Port, playing in their second Championship game in their history (2019) won their first ever State Title in Football beating Muskego 25-18. Coincidentally, it was Muskego who defeated Bay Port in their only other State Championship appearance in 2019. The Pirates came out of the gate hot, scoring on the first play from scrimmage on an 80 yard run by Brady Moon. This set the tone as the Pirates dominated the first half outgaining Muskego 259-20. Moon finished with 241 yards on 24 carries bolstered by an offensive line that opened huge holes for the junior running back all day long. Moon also had a 67 yard TD run in the third quarter giving the Pirates a big enough margin to hold on for the win. Congratulations to Coach Steven Jorgensen and the Bay Port Pirates.
Notre Dame Academy made their 3rd trip to the State Championship game as a member of the FRCC. Their 49-28 win over Catholic Memorial was their second State Title as a member of the FRCC. Notre Dame also has a State Championship and runner-up finish as a member of the Fox River Valley Conference before the formation of the FRCC. The Tritons won the title in 2015 and they were the runner-up in 2016. Oddly enough the 2015 and 2016 games were also against Catholic Memorial.
Notre Dame jumped on Catholic Memorial early getting out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter. Catholic Memorial was able to make it a one possession game on a couple of occasions, but each time the Tritons responded to take control of the game. The early lead came compliments of a stellar run game by the Tritons and a pick 6 by cornerback Cayden Kiefert. Christian Collins rushed for 408 yards on 39 carries, a WIAA record across all Divisions. Collins also set other records: D3 state title game record of 5 TDs which also tied the overall record for all divisions and his 39 carries set a D3 record. Collins also rushed for 3084 yards this season becoming only the second player in state history to rush for over 3000 yards.
Congratulations to coach Michael Rader and the Notre Dame Tritons.
Notes:
- Alex Warden (12) and Jack Warden (11) both won State Championships as brothers, what is unusual is Alex plays for Bay Port while Jack plays for Notre Dame Academy.
- Notre Dame rushed for 6 touchdowns in the state championship game with Christian Collins accounting for 5 of them while twin brother Jack had the other.
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