The Little Chute girls basketball team played twice last week, first a road matchup at Wrightstown on Tuesday and then another road game, this one at Clintonville on Friday. The Tigers proved to be too much for the Mustangs, but the girls held serve with Clintonville before eventually returning home with their second loss of the week.
The Little Chute boys basketball team looked to get back on track in its home opener Thursday, but the Mustangs struggled offensively in the second half of a 63-56 loss to Denmark.
OSHKOSH — Teams often set up last plays to win a game but the success rate is not great. But on Tuesday night at Oshkosh West, the Kaukauna boys basketball team ran its play to perfection with 5.6 seconds left in a tie game to beat the Wildcats 80-78.
Brian Roebke photo/Freshman Amari Allen led the Kaukauna boys basketball team with 29 points in Friday’s 105-96 loss to Appleton East in Appleton.
APPLETON — Caleb Glaser of Appleton East showed with authority that he’s one of the top players in the Fox Valley Association early in Friday’s game pitting the Patriots with the Ghosts.
The Fox Cities Stars boys hockey team played twice last week, first on Tuesday, Nov. 30 when they lost 10-0 at home to Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha and then again Saturday afternoon when they fell to Sheboygan on the road 6-2.
Brian Roebke photo/Little Chute’s Devin Stanelle finished first at 160 pounds at Saturday’s Sgt. Nick Mueller Memorial Tournament. Stanelle won an 8-3 decision over Wrightstown’s Isaiah Pennenberg in the final.
Little Chute hosted its annual Sgt. Nick Mueller Memorial Tournament on Saturday and the host Mustangs came away with a fifth-place finish overall.
Little Chute tallied 82.5 points on the day.
Wrightstown finished first with 148.0 points and was followed by Weyauwega-Fremont, Freedom, and Omro.
Andrew Hanlon photo/Kimberly’s Karsen Otis finished second at 152 pounds at Kimberly’s home tournament Saturday and earned a pin in the Papermakers’ rout of Fond du Lac in Thurday night’s duel.
The Kimberly wrestling team hosted its annual Papermaker invitational Saturday, and with 401 total points, finished fourth overall behind Amery, Coleman, and Fox Valley Association rival Appleton North.
Andrew Hanlon photo/MaKenzie Drout led Kimberly in scoring in both of the Papermakers’ games last week, posting 15 points in the team’s road loss at Hortonville and scoring 16 points to go along with eight rebounds in their home win over Appleton North.
The Kimberly girls split last week’s games, first cruising to a 59-36 home win against Appleton North before struggling in a 74-47 road loss to Hortonville.
