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State Champions: Panthers bringing gold ball home
By David Nordby The Brillion News MADISON – 1946 Reedsville Panthers, meet the 2026 group that lived up to the history that you made 80 years ago. The Panthers are bringing a gold ball home to Reedsville after outlasting Southwestern 56-48 in Saturday’s WIAA Division 5 state championship game at the Kohl Center in Madison. “I told them they’re going to be state champions forever. Nobody can ever take that away from them. It had been 80 years in the making in Reedsville. Pre
4 days ago


Panthers advance to state title game in classic semifinal
By David Nordby The Brillion News MADISON – The collective heart rate of Reedsville was working its way back down late Friday morning. Regardless of what happens in the Division 5 state championship game on Saturday, everyone will remember watching the Panthers erase a nine-point deficit with 5:41 left on their way to a 75-72 win over Sheboygan Lutheran in the state semifinal at the Kohl Center in Madison. With force down the lane that Panthers’ fans have seen so many times
5 days ago


Wesener to replace retiring Sweere in Hilbert
The Brillion News HILBERT - Nathan Wesener will replace the retiring Tony Sweere as the Hilbert Public Schools superintendent. The move was officially approved by the Hilbert School Board on Tuesday night. Wesener, a 2003 Hilbert High School graduate, has served as a special education teacher and is currently the middle/high school principal. "I'm very excited. I think it's a great next chapter from where I'm at and where I come from," Wesener told the newspaper on Thursday.
6 days ago


Blizzard closes Ariens Company
The Brillion News BRILLION - Sunday's blizzard conditions temporarily put a halt to Ariens Company's operations. The company shut down manufacturing for third shift Sunday continuing Monday for first and second shift plant operations and office employees in Brillion.
Mar 15


See you in Madison: Panthers punch ticket to state
By David Nordby The Brillion News OCONTO FALLS – For the first time in 80 years, the Reedsville boys basketball team will compete in the state tournament. The Panthers held off undefeated Tigerton 56-45 on Saturday afternoon in the sectional championship at Oconto Falls after a second half where Reedsville gave up just 12 points. “Beyond excited. This is what we worked for the whole season,” senior Arden Strenn said. “We knew we had a chance from the beginning, but this is
Mar 14


Reedsville advances to sectional final; Xavier beats Brillion
The Brillion News Reedsville is one game away from the WIAA state tournament after Thursday night’s 69-49 Division 5 sectional semifinal win over Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Menasha. The win moves No. 1 Reedsville into the sectional final game, where they’ll meet No. 1 Tigerton at Oconto Falls on Saturday at 1 p.m. This was the third time this season the Panthers beat the Pointers. In Division 3, No. 3 Xavier beat No. 1 Brillion 69-61 at Oshkosh North. Xavier took an 11-po
Mar 12
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