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KRUEGER RECEIVES WIAC TOM BUTLER AWARD: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point radio play-by-play personality Scott Krueger has been named the recipient of the Tom Butler Award from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, annually presented to a media member who provides outstanding coverage to WIAC athletics.

Krueger has been broadcasting Pointer sports since working with WSPT Radio as a university student in 1978. A Fond du Lac native, Krueger has been the Pointer football and men's basketball announcer for 25 years and also broadcasts local high school games. He was with WIZD radio the past eight years before returning to WSPT this fall.

Krueger, who also works as a real estate agent in Stevens Point, received his award at the conference's Football Media Day. The award has been presented annually since 1998 and is chosen by the WIAC Sports Information Directors. It is named for former Wisconsin State Journal sportswriter Tom Butler, who was the conference's Sports Information Director for nearly three decades.

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WSPT WILL BROADCAST POINTER FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL: UW-SP football and basketball will be broadcast on WSPT Radio and the Central Wisconsin Radio Group in 2003-04 after an eight-year stint on WIZD.

WSPT, which previously broadcasted the Pointer games until 1994, will carry Pointer football in the fall and men's and women's basketball games during the winter. The Pointer football games can be heard on WKQH 104.9 FM, while men's basketball will be broadcast on WSPT 97.9 FM. The women's basketball games will be on WSPT 1010 AM for the second straight year.

The broadcast teams will remain the same with Scott Krueger handling play-by-play for the 25th consecutive year. Krueger will also broadcast many of the Pointer women's basketball games this year with the new WIAC doubleheader format. Ken Kulick will be back as the color analyst on the football broadcasts and John Zellmer returns on the basketball coverage.

Men's hockey and other Pointer sports will continue to be broadcast on WWSP 89.9 FM, the university's student-operated station.

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PRZYBYLSKI RECORDS HOLE-IN-ONE: Noah Przybylski, 2205 County Road I North, Custer, recorded a hole-in-one on the fourth hole at SentryWorld, using a 6 iron on the 187-yard hole.

The hole-in-one was his first and was witnessed by John Stanislawski, Luke Przybylski and Don White.

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SENTRYWORLD DETERMINES CLUB CHAMPIONS: The Club Championships at SentryWorld were decided last week.

In the Men's Championship Flight, Brian Pionkowski won the Club Champ 1st Gross with a 75, while Tom Habel won the 1st Net with a 73.

In the Men's A Flight Results, Scott Jackman was the 1st Gross with an 80 and Rory Suomi won the 1st Net with a 70.

In the Men's B Flight, Paul Kaler won the 1st Gross with a 98, and Derek Robbins won the 1st Net with an 80.

In the Ladies Flight results, Marcy Mirman won the 1st Gross with an 89, and Elaine Bush won the 1st Net with a 69.

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NIENFELDT WINS NATIONAL HILL-CLIMB: Chuck Neinfeldt, Nekoosa, a well-known area Harley-Davidson rider, took first place in the Senior Class in the National Hill-Climb held last weekend at Dickeyville.

Riding a modified Harley-Davidson Sportster that he calls "Snortster - it's pretty fast," Neinfeldt won with the fastest time of the day on one of the two hills used in the climb. His time was the second fastest of the day, trailing a time on the other hill.

The race was his first of the season. He tore some ligament in his shoulder in the spring and hasn't been able to race, although he normally competed in six to 10 races each year.

He competed last weekend on a new chassis, but used his old motor. "The motor hasn't been altered since I built it in 1988," he said.