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By David Nordby The Brillion News   Both the Brillion and Reedsville boys basketball teams will host regional championship games tonight (Saturday) at 7 p.m. after decisive victories in the semifinal round on Friday. The Lions host No. 4 Little Chute. The Panthers host No. 12 Gibraltar.   Division 3   No. 1 Brillion blew out No. 8 Ripon 92-68 to advance to the final. The game was close early then quickly turned in Brillion’s favor. Colton Larsen scored the first seven points

This story first appeared in the Feb. 26, 2026, print edition of The Brillion News. By David Nordby The Brillion News Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill are used to being on stage with family members. It just wasn’t ever with a spouse. Peterson, a founding member of The Bangles, and Cowsill, who first played with his family band the Cowsills and later The Beach Boys, have decades of stage experience. For the last few years, it’s been as a duo on stage together, a show that they

By David Nordby The Brillion News   BRILLION – It was a whirlwind 24 hours for the Brillion girls basketball team that concluded with cutting down the net to celebrate the team’s first regional championship since 2022. On Friday night, the No. 4 Lions beat No. 5 Seymour 46-41 in a wild game that featured a double-digit comeback by the Lions in the final 10 minutes. To add to the memorable night, Amaya Brooks scored her 1,000 th  career point during the comeback. After the sem

The Brillion News Brillion has its first state champion wrestler in 33 years. Junior Colton Klug joined an elite list of six wrestlers in Brillion sports history on Saturday night at the Kohl Center in Madison in the Division 3 individual state championship. Klug defeated Kingston Galetka (senior, Pardeeville) 9-1 in the 150-pound title match. Other state champion winners in history include Dave Krueger (1960), Howard Prizl (1964), Kevin Giese (1990), Rhet Reichardt (1992) an

By David Nordby The Brillion News   REEDSVILLE – The Panthers were able to make amends for an early-season loss and clinch their first conference title since 2022 on Thursday night with a 74-62 win over Manitowoc Lutheran. “I think it was kind of a revenge game,” senior Ben Prochnow said. “We knew they were going to come out with energy because the only way they could get a title was to beat us, so I think we just had to match their energy.” The Lancers beat Reedsville 74-57

By David Nordby The Brillion News BRILLION – The Brillion Lions are conference champions. It wasn’t easy on Friday night, but the Lions (19-3, 13-0) fought through a physical grind-it-out defensive struggle against rival Roncalli (17-5, 11-2) to win 45-33 and clinch the conference. “It’s surreal,” senior Heath Cousin said. “It’s obviously a goal that we set out to achieve at the beginning of the year and to do it is just incredible. Words don’t do a good job to describe it.”