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The Kaukauna girls’ basketball team was up and down to begin the season. The Ghosts won their first three games, lost their next three, and then beat Oshkosh North and lost to Slinger to start the season 4-4.

The Kaukauna wrestling team got its first crack at multiple duals in one night last Thursday as the Ghosts travelled to Neenah for a quad featuring three of the other top teams in the state in Division 1, according to last week’s Wisconsin Wrestling rankings.

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The Fox Cities Stars boys’ hockey team earned its first victory of the season last week with a 7-5 win on the road at Shawano/Bondel/Clintonville Tuesday and nearly added its second, ultimately losing by just one goal, 5-4, at home against Appleton United on Saturday.

Versus Appleton United

The Kaukauna boys basketball team sleepwalked through more than half its game against Appleton North but after falling behind by 19 points in the second, the Ghosts stormed back to stun the Lightning 66-62 in overtime.

The Fox Cities Stars boys’ hockey team picked up its first win last night, but dropped three games over the holiday break.

The Stars lost 8-2 on the road at De Pere last Tuesday before dropping games on back-to-back nights this past weekend, 6-0 against Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha on Saturday and 7-1 at Marquette on Sunday.

The Kimberly wrestling team responded to its first dual loss of the 2020-21 season two weeks ago against Bay Port with a 43-25 win over Appleton North as the Papermakers got back into Fox Valley Association action and picked up a win.

Returning state qualifier Matthew Hansen’s pin of De Pere’s Deven Tenor in just 1 minute, 42 seconds at 220 pounds was the highlight for the Mustangs in a 51-24 loss to De Pere last Tuesday evening.

Last Tuesday night’s matchup between Kimberly and Appleton East, two of the top teams in the state in Division 1, was sure to be close. The Papermakers’ defensive effort in the first half, however, made the game anything but as Kimberly cruised to a 20-point, 77-57 win over the Patriots.

PORT WASHINGTON — The Kaukauna Ghosts broke a five-game losing streak in a big way when they beat Milwaukee Pius XI 96-78 Tuesday at the Port Washington Classic.