After responding with three straight set victories to beat Appleton West 3-2 in its first match of the season, the Kimberly girls took to the road to play Appleton North, eventually falling 3-0 to one of the Fox Valley Association’s other top contenders.
Kimberly senior Maddy Schreiber has been named the Fox Valley Association Player of the Year, while Papermakers’ Head Coach Troy Cullen was named the FVA Coach of the Year for the 2020-21 season.
After going unbeaten in the Fox Valley Association this season with a record of 6-0 and recording another team state title, the Kaukauna wrestling team headlined yet another group of FVA All-Conference wrestling teams.
File photo/Kimberly’s Jackson Paveletzke was a first-team all-state selection after averaging 19.2 points per game on 58.3 percent shooting, 87.1 percent from the free throw line and 56.1 percent from three.
Kimberly junior guard Jackson Paveletzke was named first-team all-state by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Assocation for the 2020-21 season. Along with Paveletzke, Kaukauna junior Chris Morgan and Kimberly senior Grant Asman were named honorable mention all-state.
File photo/Kaukauna’s Chloe Van Zeeland was named first-team all-state by the WBCA after averaging 15.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.6 blocks per game her senior season.
After playing crucial roles on their respective teams for the past four years, Kimberly’s Maddy Schreiber and Kaukauna’s Chloe Van Zeeland were both named to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association’s All-State teams for the 2020-21 season.
File photo/Kimberly’s Cooper Polczinski had 14 kills and 3 aces in the Papermakers’ five-set win over Middleton and added 14 kills and 2 aces in the team’s home win over Neenah earlier in the week.
The Kimberly boys’ volleyball team moved to 3-0 after two wins last week, the first a three-set sweep of Neenah at home on Tuesday night and the second a dramatic, five-set marathon against one of the top teams in the state in Middleton.
Andrew Hanlon photo/Kaukauna senior Connor Drzewiecki had three aces in the Ghosts’ season-opening win over Appleton West at home Thursday night.
After ending last season with a loss to Appleton North in a sectional final on Oct. 29, 2019, the Kaukauna boys’ volleyball team got back on the court – at home for the first time in more than 16 months – and routed Appleton West 3-0.
