For the first time this season, the Kaukauna boys’ and girls’ cross country teams attended an invite rather than facing off in a simple dual against a familiar Fox Valley Association team.
After finishing second at a Division 1 regional at Washington County Golf Course two weeks ago, the Kaukauna girls’ golf team had completed Co-Head Coach Pete Benson’s season-long goal: to reach sectionals.
The Kaukauna girls’ volleyball team played four matches last week that all went to the wire, starting with a 3-2 loss at home to Oconto on Monday and ending with another five-set loss, this time against Randolph, bookending wins against Howards Grove and Mosinee, both also in five sets.
In week one, it was Little Chute’s ground game that carried the Mustangs to a win as Nolan Lamers ran the ball 17 times for 88 yards and scored three touchdowns in a 28-13 win over Fox Valley Lutheran.
The Little Chute girls’ golf team finished third at its regional last week, shooting a 394 at the Broadlands Golf Club in North Prairie, good for third place in its regional and a spot at sectionals yesterday held at Ives Grove Golf Course in Sturtevant.
The Little Chute boys, behind first- and second-place finishes from Riley Huss and Mason Genke, routed Luxemburg-Casco and Clintonville at a North Eastern Conference triangular last Thursday, while the Mustang girls earned first- and second-place finishes from Ella Pahl and Jessica Wilson on their way to a first-place finish as well Thursday.
The Little Chute volleyball team continued its compacted 2020 fall schedule, playing three times last week, beginning with a 3-0 home loss to last year’s North Eastern Conference regular season champion Fox Valley Lutheran, followed by a 3-1 loss to Oconto Falls and capped off with a 3-0 loss against Freedom.
The Kimberly and Kaukauna girls’ tennis teams squared off once again this season as the Papermakers swept the Ghosts 7-0 last Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Kimberly’s No. 1 Grace Kieffer beat the Ghosts’ No. 1, Maddie Smith, 6-0, while the Makers’ No. 2, Isabella Zappa, took care of Kaukauna’s No. 2, Anna Roovers 6-0, 6-0.
In difficult conditions that included wind and heavy rain as well as a delay because of puddles on multiple greens, the Kimberly girls’ found a way to still dominate their regional, finishing first with an overall team score of 368, 34 strokes ahead of second-place Kaukauna.
