It was pretty apt it was Senior Night for the Kimberly girls’ basketball team.
Led by seniors Ali Sprangers and Emma Kilpatrick, the Papermakers built a 31-point first-half lead en route to a 75-37 victory over Appleton West in a Fox Valley Association game on Friday, Feb. 11.
When Steve Jones stepped down as Kimberly football coach in December, one of the people he called right away was De Pere football coach Chad Michalkiewicz.
Over the last seven to eight years, the two successful, leadership-based coaches formed a friendship.
Kimberly finished in third place with 185 points behind Kaukauna (238) and Neenah (228) at Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 regional tournament held at Hortonville High School.
With the top four placers from regionals advancing, Kimberly sends nine young men to Saturday’s sectional meet also held at Hortonville.
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Kaukauna’s Michael Posorski (22-15) handles Kimberly’s Cameron Perkovich (25-14) during their third-place match during Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 regional at Hortonville. Perkovich won the 106-lb. match.
HORTONVILLE — The Kaukauna wrestling team fended off a spirited challenge from Neenah at Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament, beating the Rockets 238-228.
That gave the Ghosts, the defending state champions, yet another regional championship.
All it took was 76 seconds and the game for all intents and purposes was over.
With the Kimberly boys’ basketball team clinging to a four-point lead with under eight minutes remaining against rival Kaukauna, Owen Pawlikowski took matters into his own hands.
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Little Chute’s Carter Engle and Kade Van Asten defend against Landon Van Calster of Freedom during last week’s game at Little Chute.
With the chance to pick up a statement win for the season — and against a big rival, no less — the Little Chute boys’ basketball team came up just short.
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Kimberly’s A.J. Van Vonderen looks for an opening in Saturday’s game against Buffalo Grove, Ill., at the Wisconsin-Illinois Border Battle in Racine.
RACINE — Kimberly’s boys basketball team had a tough non-conference schedule this season but finally caught an opponent without impressive talent and beat Buffalo Grove 85-56 Saturday at Wisconsin-Illinois Border Battle at The Prairie School in Racine.
The Kaukauna wrestling dynasty continued Saturday at Kimberly, with the Ghosts winning the Fox Valley Association conference meet and overall league title for the 17th consecutive season.
