Andrew Hanlon photo/Kaukauna’s Kyle Springstroh gave up three runs in the first inning of last Tuesday’s game against Appleton North but allowed only four hits the rest of the way, giving the Ghosts a chance to make a comeback in their eventual loss to the Lightning.
Kaukauna had runners in scoring position in each of the second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings last Tuesday as the fourth-seeded Ghosts matched up with fifth-seeded Appleton North in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal, but Kaukauna’s six hits only plated two runs as its 2021 campaign came to a close in a 4-2 loss.
Anyone who watched game seven of the Milwaukee Bucks-Brooklyn Nets series got to see one of the most incredible NBA playoff games of all time. No hyperbole there. That’s one of the games I’ll be telling my grandkids about.
File photo/Kimberly’s Lydia Stumpf had three hits and scored twice as part of the Papermakers’ regular-season finale in which Kimberly’s offense exploded for 23 hits and 16 runs.
The Kimberly softball team closed out the final week of the regular season with three consecutive wins, finishing the year with an overall record of 15-9 and a Fox Valley Association record of 13-5, earning a fourth-place finish in the conference.
File photo/Kaukauna’s Jordan VanKauwenberg threw six innings and allowed just two runs, none earned, on 100 pitches in Friday’s 5-2 road win at Fond du Lac.
The Kaukauna baseball team finished a busy last week 3-2, but capped off the year with a victory to earn a 10-8 record in the Fox Valley Association, good for fourth place in the conference.
The Ghosts drew a four seed in a Division 1 regional and hosted Appleton North last night but fell 4-2.
File photo/Kimberly’s Alli Steeno broke through with the game’s opening goal Saturday as she scored in the 75th minute off an Abby Lom assist in the Papermakers’ 3-0 regional final win over Bay Port.
The Kimberly girls’ soccer team was crowned regional champions Saturday evening as the Papermakers cruised to a 3-0 win over fourth-seeded Bay Port.
Saturday’s game was scoreless heading into the second half. Both teams still had yet to find the back of the net as the game headed into the final 15 minutes.
Brian Roebke photo/Olivia Van Zeeland won the FVA title in the girls’ high jump last Monday in Neenah with a jump of 5 feet, 6 inches.
The Kaukauna girls’ track team finished with a final score of 151, just 10 points behind first-place Kimberly, at last Monday’s Fox Valley Association Championship Meet at Appleton East High School.
Brian Roebke photo/Kimberly’s McKenzie Vosters was part of a Fox Valley Association champion 4x200-meter relay team and also finished third in the triple jump at last Monday’s FVA Girls’ Championship Meet at Appleton East.
The Kimberly girls travelled to Appleton East for their Fox Valley Association Conference Meet last Monday, while the boys went to Neenah, and both teams returned home with FVA titles.
The girls finished with a team score of 161, besting second-place Kaukauna by 10 points. Fond du Lac was a distant third with 107.
The 7th Annual Kaukauna Golf scramble takes place Saturday, June 26, at Countryside Golf Course in Kaukauna. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a 9 a.m. shotgun start time.
This event benefits the Kaukauna High School boys and girls golf teams.
Kimberly’s Aiden Cudney shot 74 at a Division 1 sectional held at Thornberry Creek Golf Course in Oneida last Tuesday, giving the freshman his initial berth in a high school state tournament after attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open earlier this year.
