Wednesday, December 20 2023
The Fox River Classic Conference Winter Sports Season is off and running as we head into the Christmas Break. The following is a review of the early season happenings. With the exception of Wrestling, conference competition has begun in all the sports. Click on the highlighted links at the bottom of each section to take you to the standings page or each sport.
Boys Basketball
Thadd Cornell, head coach at Manitowoc Lincoln notched career win number 300 as a head coach with the Ships victory over former FRCC member Green Bay West on Tuesday night in a non-conference match-up. 62 of those 300 wins have been in Manitowoc, where Cornell has coached since the 2017-18 season. Cornell has also had coaching stints at Boscobel, Grafton, Shawano and Mishicot. Congratulations Coach Cornell.
In an early showdown between two of the pre-season favorites in the FRCC, De Pere pulled away late to defeat Ashwaubenon 60-45 in a game Tuesday night. With the win, De Pere extends their overall win streak to 37 games and currently has won 28 games in a row in FRCC play. Ashwaubenon drops to 3-1 in the conference. Sheboygan North is the other remaining undefeated team in the conference at this point with a 3-0 record.
De Pere is the defending State Champion in Division 1 and is looking to repeat this year.
Boys Basketball Standing and Results
Girls Basketball
After suffering a defeat at the hands of Pewaukee in a non-conference game to open the season, Notre Dame Academy has not been challenged since. In their five conference wins, the Tritons average margin of victory has been 64 points. Hoping to give the Tritons a challenge in their upcoming match-ups are Green Bay Southwest and De Pere who also hold 5-0 records in the conference at this time. The Trojans and Redbirds will face off against each other on Friday Night.
Notre Dame is the three-time defending State Champions in Division 2 and are continuing their quest to make it four in a row this year.
Girls Basketball Standings and Results
Boys Hockey
With the sport of Hockey being sponsored by five schools in the conference, the conference season is abbreviated and concludes with a conference tournament at the end of January. Bay Port currently holds the top spot in the conference with a 3-0 record and only one conference game remaining against Notre Dame. The Tritons who are defending FRCC Champs and Defending State Champs in Division 1 have yet to have a conference game.
After regular season conference play, the teams are then seeded according to their regular season record in conference games for the end of season tournament which will decide the conference Champion.
Boys Hockey Standings and Results
Boys Swimming
With the season roughly halfway through, Bay Port currently sports a 4-0 record in dual meets, extending its dual meet unbeaten streak to 28 meets in the conference. Green Bay United stands at 2-2, with Ashwaubenon and Sheboygan North currently standing at 2-1. If Bay Port defends it’s FRCC title at the Conference meet held in early February, it will be their 8th straight Conference Championship.
Boys Swimming Standings and Results
Wrestling
Teams have been gearing up for the conference season with non-conference meets and invitationals to start the season. In early December, Bay Port hosted a 32 team Battle of the Bay. FRCC schools Ashwaubenon and De Pere also competed in the meet. Bay Port finished 2nd in the 18th running of the meet.
The conference portion of the FRCC Wrestling gets underway on Thursday, Dec. 21 with double duals hosted by Pulaski and Sheboygan North.
At Pulaski: Round 1: Pulaski vs Sheboygan South; Bay Port vs Manitowoc Lincoln Round 2: Bay Port vs Sheboygan South; Manitowoc Lincoln vs Pulaski
At Sheboygan North: Round 1: Preble vs De Pere; Ashwaubenon vs Sheboygan North; Round 2: Ashwaubenon vs De Pere; Preble vs Sheboygan North
