The Kimberly boys’ track team finished first at the Papermakers’ annual Gil Frank Invitational on May 22, amassing 157.5 total points and beating second-place Freedom by 20.
The Kimberly girls finished in second place, only five points behind the Irish and 45 points clear of third-place Kaukauna.
Kimberly’s pitching staff allowed just one earned run – and only three runs total - as the Papermakers won both of their games last week, beating Appleton East 13-2 on Monday before earning a 9-1 win over Oshkosh West Tuesday.
The Little Chute softball team played twice last week, first dropping a non-conference game on the road at Winneconne before returning home and losing to North Eastern Conference-leading Freedom.
Brian Roebke photo/Little Chute senior Nolan Lamers gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead in the first inning of Tuesday’s home game versus Wrightstown, a game Little Chute won 9-3.
The Little Chute baseball team played a home-and-home with Wrightstown Monday and Tuesday, and behind strong pitching and timely offense routed the Tigers 15-1 on Monday and picked up another win Tuesday, this time 9-3.
The Kimberly softball team hosted Appleton East Tuesday at the lower diamond of Sunset Park, and behind three home runs – one from Morgan Vandermissen and two from Brooke Ellestad – scored 12 runs on 11 hits for a 12-9 win.
Submitted photo/Kimberly freshman Aiden Cudney (right) alongside Papermakers’ Head Coach Greg Lueneburg, finished first at Thursday’s FVA.
Kimberly freshman Aiden Cudney finished with a two-over-par 74 at last Thursday’s Fox Valley Association Conference Meet held in the cold and rain at Chaska Golf Course, leading the Papermakers while being named the conference’s Player of the Year.
Submitted photo/Kaukauna’s Collin Fritsch finished sixth overall at the Fox Valley Association Conference Meet in Green Bay Thursday, leading the Ghosts to a second-place finish in the FVA regular season.
The Kaukauna boys’ golf team finished the 2021 spring regular season with the Fox Valley Association Conference Meet held in cold, rainy conditions at Chaska Golf Course Thursday, and with a team total of 346, grabbed a second-place finish.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved updates to the COVID-19 pandemic guidelines for the Spring Tournament Series, details of the first-ever State Girls Wrestling Tournament and a fast-tracked conference realignment request at its May meeting.
The Kaukauna baseball team played twice last week, first earning a 6-5 walkoff win over Fox Valley Association contender Hortonville on Monday evening before losing a heartbreaker to fellow conference contender Neenah Tuesday.
Brian Roebke photo/The Kaukauna dugout celebrates during game one of a doubleheader against Hortonville Tuesday. The Ghosts won game one in nine innings before beating the Polar Bears in game two to earn a sweep.
The Kaukauna softball team took both games of a home doubleheader against fellow Fox Valley Association contender Hortonville Tuesday – the first in nine innings – before travelling to Appleton North and shutting out the Lightning the following evening.
