Riley Huss led the way for the Little Chute track and field team last week at Ripon College. Huss took first in the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:54.56, while Will Bakken had a third place time of 10:30.45.
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Sam McGivern placed second in the shot put last week for the Papermakers track and field team.
By Daniel Schoettler
Reporter
Junior Campbell Roberts set a new Kimberly pole vault record last week during the Pam Kjono Invite in Manitowoc. Campbell had a first place jump of 11-10, while fellow junior Ava Sitek took second with a jump of 10 feet.
The Holy Cross basketball tournament will take place starting on Friday at Carl Giordiana gymnasium at St. Ignatius school. The tournament will consists of 16 teams and will take place over the next two weeks.
Kimberly grad Levi Borchert gained more postseason honors last week. The senior was named a second team All-American by D3hoops.com and was also named to the D3Hoops All-Region 9 First Team last week.
Riley Huss began his track season on a high note at the small schools invite at the Kolf Sports Center in Oshkosh last week. Huss took home two top three finishes including a first place finish in the 1600 meter run.
The Little Chute School Board approved the recommendation from the extracurricular committee to add a middle school track and field coach position and stipend to the 2023-24 school year.
The Kimberly track and field team is looking to continue program success this spring. After the boys finished as a state runner up last year, the team is looking to build off that finish.
