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The Kaukauna wrestling team won its first team state title since 2017, avenging the last three season’s losses to Stoughton with a 38-26 victory over the Vikings Saturday in front of its home crowd.
The Fox Cities Stars boys’ hockey team endured a number of ups and downs during a long and difficult 2020-21 season. Most of the campaign may have been considered to be on the “down” side, but in the last few weeks a switch was flipped and the Stars were able to end a tumultuous year on an upswing.
The Little Chute girls went into Tuesday night’s opening-round playoff matchup against New London having earned their third win of the season just one week prior.
But a cold Mustangs’ offense that managed only nine first-half points doomed Little Chute as the girls’ season came to a close in a 55-30 loss to the Bulldogs.
THE TOURNAMENT: The 30th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Team Wrestling Tournament will take place Saturday, Feb. 20. The Division 1 tournament will be held at Kaukauna High School. Ticket prices for the tourney are $16 for for the entire day.
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Kimberly’s Grant Asman scored 12 points in the Papermakers’ FVA title-clinching game Saturday at Appleton East. Kimberly and Neenah will share the conference crown in 2020-21.
After an 84-51 home win over Appleton West Thursday — and coupled with Neenah’s win at Oshkosh North the same night — the table was set for the Papermakers to earn a share of the Fox Valley Association regular-season title. All Kimberly had to do was beat Appleton East on the road Saturday afternoon and win its 14th consecutive game.
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Kimberly senior guard Brooke Ellestad
The Kimberly’s girls’ basketball team faced a situation that tests the strength of championship-caliber teams.
Leading by as many as 17 points in the second half, the Papermakers fell behind Appleton East in the closing minutes of their WIAA Division 1 regional final Saturday night.
