The Kimberly Papermakers girls basketball team split their two games last week as the team took third in the Pewaukee holiday tournament. After a close 52-49 loss to Oak Creek, the Papermakers used a 67-60 win to take third place in the tournament.
MEQUON — The Kaukauna boys basketball team came home from the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shoot at Concordia University with a 1-1 record, but put Wednesday’s loss behind them to win Thursday.
Some of the best high school wrestlers will be in action at Kaukauna High School this week in the Cheesehead Invite. Of the wrestlers participating in the event, 88 are ranking in top three of their respective states with five states represented at this year’s event.
Karsen Otis, Cameron Perkovich, Tanner Hart and Brody Beck all notched wins for the Papermakers wrestling team last week. Otis, Hart and Perkovich earned wins by fall, while Beck earned his in a 14-3 major decision in the Dec. 22 matches.
Kimberly grad Owen Pawlikowski is making the most of his freshman year for the St. Leo University Lions. The former Papermaker has started all 14 games and is fourth on the team in scoring with 125 points, fourth in steals with 11 and has hit 21 three pointers this season.
The Kaukauna boys blew a nine-point second half lead and suffered at 85-80 loss to Sheboygan North in a non-conference basketball tilt on Dec. 21 in Kaukauna.
The Kimberly Papermakers played a close first half against one of the best teams in the state last week. Seth Miron had 15 first half points as Kimberly trailed by four at the half before taking a 70-42 loss to De Pere.
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Perry Baehr wrestles for Kaukauna during their 100th consecutive conference win.
By Brian Roebke
Editor
Kaukauna High School’s domination of the sport of wrestling in the Fox Valley Association is greater than any school or any sport in the 50-plus year history of the league.
Kimberly grad Levi Borchert etched his name in UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball history last week. In the team’s 68-50 win over St. Norbert College, he scored his 1,000th career point in the team’s eighth win of the season and is the 37th 1,000 point scorer in school history.
