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Before losing to Xavier in a Division 2 regional semifinal on Thursday night, the Little Chute volleyball team played its best game of the season to that point, winning a five-set marathon at home against Berlin 3-2.

The Little Chute football team didn’t know if it would have a game to play Friday until last Monday afternoon. But despite losing days of preparation, the Mustangs went on the road and beat Division 2 and Valley Football Association member Hortonville 25-7.

With a second-place finish at a Division 2 sectional Saturday afternoon in Tomahawk, finishing just two points behind first-place Freedom, the Little Chute boys’ cross country team cemented a place at the state tournament this coming Saturday.

The Kimberly boys’ cross country team finished second overall at a D1 sectional in Hortonville Friday afternoon, led by Nolan Richey’s second-place finish overall in 16 minutes 19 seconds and Tyler Re’s fifth-place finish overall in 16:31.

WESTON – One could look at Kaukauna’s first three wins and point out that they came against smaller programs.

Martin Luther, Plymouth and Wisconsin Lutheran are Divisions 3 and 4 schools, and their rosters were much smaller than the Ghosts’, allowing Kaukauna to wear down their opponents.

APPLETON — The Kaukauna High School girls volleyball season came to an end Saturday night at Fox Valley Lutheran High School, with the Ghosts losing 25-20, 25-20, and 25-15 to the host Foxes.

The Kaukauna girls’ cross country team has been maybe the most dominant cross country force in the state in 2020. The Ghosts won every regular season meet, finished first in sub-sectionals and now added another first-place finish, this time at a Division 1 sectional at Hortonville, to advance to state.

Kimberly juniors Abby Osterman and Jean Marie Lorentz did something last week that no other Kimberly tennis player has ever done. And they did it together.

Despite losing twice last week, the Little Chute girls’ volleyball team headed into last night’s opening playoff matchup against former conference foe Berlin on a high note after cruising to a clean sweep of Marinette on the road Saturday.

With 49 points, the Little Chute boys’ cross country team — led once again by Riley Huss — finished in a tie with Freedom at the top of last Thursday’s North Eastern Conference Championship Meet.