Sports

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

Landon Van Offeren put in some good work for the Kimberly boys basketball team last week. The senior put up double figure scoring in Kimberly’s wins over Hortonville and Appleton West.

By Brian Roebke

Editor

Basketball can be a funny game. On Dec. 27, the Kaukauna boys basketball team suffered a 10-point loss at Neenah in a game they expected to win.

The Rockets controlled the pace of the game that night, slowing down the high-flying Ghosts 66-56.

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

The Little Chute Mustangs came up clutch last week against Fox Valley Lutheran. Senior Deyten Magnussen scored the final six points before the defense stepped up in the final two minutes of a 52-51 road victory.

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

Sarah McCarthy and Sadie Campbell both took fourth during the Shawano girls invite last week. 

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts girls basketball team played a close one on the road last week against conference foe Neenah. The Ghosts got another big performance from senior Addison Baumgart, while Keira Plate and Ava Reader stepped up late in a 62-58 win. 

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

Turnovers and a late first half run ended Kimberly’s 16 game winning streak. With the game tied late in the first half, Pewaukee made a 14-4 run to take the advantage in a midseason battle of top 10 teams in the state.

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts wrestling team had five first place finishes as they won the Pulaski invite last weekend. Liam Crook, Brady Sprangers, Andy DiPiazza, Nick Jenkins and Ryan Schmidt earned first place finishes as the Ghosts scored 269.5 points in the invite.

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts wrestling team were once again dominant in another conference dual. In a 72-7 win over Fond du Lac, the Ghosts won four of their matches by fall as they continued their reign of the FVA. 

By Brian Roebke

Editor

MOSINEE – The Kaukauna Ghosts withstood an early onslaught from Mosinee’s Treve Stoffel to come from behind to pull away from the Indians in a mid-season non-conference battle, 89-68, at Mosinee on Saturday evening.

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

After losing to UW-Whitewater earlier in the week, Kimberly alum Logan Pearson and the UW-Platteville Pioneers bounced back with an 84-54 win over UW-Stout last week. Pearson had 18 points on 8-for-10 shooting in the win after scoring nine points in the loss to the Warhawks.