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Shooting woes doom Papermakers in FVA finale

Jon Murphy has said it all season: his team’s success is tied to its shooting percentage.
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Bruss in California preparing for National Football League draft


Photos courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Athletics — Logan Bruss, a 2017 Kimberly High School graduate and University of Wisconsin product, was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in early March, and a few days later he’ll compete in a Pro Day at Wisconsin and the NFL Draft will take place at the end of April. 
It’s going to be an important and busy next two months for Logan Bruss. 
Being one of the top college offensive linemen in the country, Bruss is preparing for the next stage of his football career: the NFL.
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Little Chute zone stifles Wrightstown boys


Tammy Plate photo — Litlte Chute’s Hunter Thiel drives to the hoop during his team’s 51-38 win over Wrightstown last week.
By clogging passing lanes and swarming its opponents, Little Chute’s 2-3 zone defense is aggressive.
The Mustangs showed how its defense can take control of a game when it defeated Wrightstown 51-38 at home in a North Eastern Conference boys’ basketball game last Thursday.
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Late game push sends Papermakers to regional final


Brian Roebke photo — Kimberly senior Emma Kilpatrick drives to the basket during her team’s victory over Marshfield.
Down two starters for parts of the game, trailing by four points midway through the second half with its season on the line, the Kimberly girls’ basketball team needed to start making plays in its regional semifinal game against Marshfield last Friday.
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Kimberly girls stay with Appleton East into second half

APPLETON – Just like all season long, the Kimberly girls’ basketball team wasn’t going to go down without a fight.
Even though Appleton East, ranked No. 3 in Division 1, downed the Papermakers twice during the regular season by an average of 33½ points, the Kimberly players were ready to battle.
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Ghosts can’t hold second-half lead over Neenah

Senior Night started out with a bang on Thursday night but the Kaukauna boys basketball could not sustain it, losing to the Fox Valley Association champions and state’s top-ranked Division 1 team, Neenah, 78-67.
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Kaukauna girls win regional championship in Milwaukee, first in 20 years


Brian Roebke photo — Aspen Novy, a senior from Kaukauna, goes in for a shot during Kaukauna’s 85-71 win over Fond du Lac on Friday night at KHS.
Heading into last weekend’s WIAA Division 1 Regional play, there were a variety of real possibilities with the Kaukauna girls basketball team, but it ended with the best possible possibility, with the Ghosts winning the regional with a 71-58 victory at Milwaukee King on Saturday night.
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Janssen finishes career with fifth place state finish


Brian Fisher photo — Matthew Janssen of Little Chute works on pinning Porter Mandurano of Belmont/Platteville in the fifth place match at 285 lbs. in Division 2 at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison.
Little Chute senior Matthew Janssen wrapped up a great four-year high school wrestling career with a fifth place finish in the 285 lb. weight bracket in Division 2 at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center at UW-Madison.
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Kimberly’s Otis third, Peach fourth at state wrestling


Brian Fisher photo — Karsen Otis of Kimberly earned a 14-4 major decision win over Carter Lovy of West Bend West in their consolation semfinal match at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison.
Junior Karsen Otis and sophomore Tyson Peach had great per-formances over the weekend           representing Kimberly High School at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center at UW-Madison.
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Clark wins third state championship


Kim Matczak photo — With coaches Jeff Matczak (mostly hidden), Zach Pierson, and Jeremy Van Schyndel looking on, Kaukauna junior Greyson Clark has Talan Schutte of Germantown on his back in the 138 lb. final at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center at UW-Madison. This was his third title in three years
Greyson Clark is 3-for-3. 
The Kaukauna High School junior won his third state championship in as many years Saturday at the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center at UW-Madison.

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