The Little Chute boys’ led 32-23 at halftime of last Wednesday night’s North Eastern Conference matchup on the road at Wrightstown. The Mustangs, who were 5-1 in the conference heading into the game, looked like they were on their way to moving to 6-1.
The Mustangs’ wrestling team moved to 2-1 on the year with a 30-point road win against Clintonville/Marion last Tuesday.
The teams traded wins early on as Little Chute’s Bryan Rodriguez took care of Eli Kendl by pin in just 1 minute, 46 seconds before Clintonville/Marion’s Ethan Masiarchin beat Logan Jansen by pin at 152 in 1:57.
The Papermakers’ wrestling team welcomed in the No. 12-ranked team in Division 1 last Tuesday night in Bay Port, hoping to challenge itself for the first time this season.
Kimberly led late in the dual, but the Pirates were able to pick up two pins in the final two matches to earn a 38-28 win.
After a home loss to Neenah on Dec. 18 that shocked many, the Papermaker boys responded by crushing Appleton West last Monday before travelling to Pewaukee on Wednesday and coming home with a non-conference Christmas gift.
The Kaukauna girls have now won three straight and four of their last five after two routs last Monday and Tuesday night, first a 70-36 win against Fond du Lac followed by an 81-54 win against Xavier.
NEENAH — The wheels fell off in the second half of Kaukauna’s boys basketball game on Wednesday night against the Fox Valley Association’s first-place team, Neenah.
The Rockets got out to a good start and were never seriously threatened in an 87-43 win.
After beating Fox Valley Lutheran 48-30 in its first match of the 2020-21 campaign, the Little Chute wrestling team fell to 1-1 with a 46-15 loss to Oconto Falls in its home opener last Tuesday night.
After missing the first almost three weeks of the season along with players being forced into quarantine, eliminating crucial practice time as the team processes a new system and a new culture, you’d have to forgive the Little Chute girls for starting the season slowly.
The Mustangs had rolled through their first five North Eastern Conference matchups, winning all five – and four out of the five comfortably – on their way to an unbeaten NEC record and a first-place spot in the standings.
Coming into last Tuesday night’s game, the Kimberly girls’ basketball team was unbeaten at 7-0 and was atop the Fox Valley Association standings at 5-0. The Papermakers were outscoring their opponents by an averaging of 35.8 points per game.
