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Kaukauna’s Judah Hammen (38-9) won the 160-lb. weight class with a 12-2 major decision over Cole Verhyen of Appleton North at Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 Individual Wrestling Sectional at Hortonville.
HORTONVILLE — Five sectional champions and two sectional runners up from Kaukauna travel to Madison for this year’s WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Kohl Center at UW-Madison.
Division 1 preliminaries begin Thursday at 3 p.m., with quarterfinals beginning approximately 5:15 p.m.
Playing without its best player, Kade Van Asten, the Little Chute boys basketball team lost three games last week but were “oh, so close” in all three.
FOND DU LAC — It’s amazing how different two games between the same opponents can be.
Two weeks ago when Kaukauna hosted Fond du Lac, Kaukauna’s Jon O’Neill scored 35 points and grabbed 30 rebounds, while Fondy’s Jamariea Dalton scored 50 points in an 87-79 Kaukauna win.
It was pretty apt it was Senior Night for the Kimberly girls’ basketball team.
Led by seniors Ali Sprangers and Emma Kilpatrick, the Papermakers built a 31-point first-half lead en route to a 75-37 victory over Appleton West in a Fox Valley Association game on Friday, Feb. 11.
When Steve Jones stepped down as Kimberly football coach in December, one of the people he called right away was De Pere football coach Chad Michalkiewicz.
Over the last seven to eight years, the two successful, leadership-based coaches formed a friendship.
Kimberly finished in third place with 185 points behind Kaukauna (238) and Neenah (228) at Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 regional tournament held at Hortonville High School.
With the top four placers from regionals advancing, Kimberly sends nine young men to Saturday’s sectional meet also held at Hortonville.
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Kaukauna’s Michael Posorski (22-15) handles Kimberly’s Cameron Perkovich (25-14) during their third-place match during Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 regional at Hortonville. Perkovich won the 106-lb. match.
HORTONVILLE — The Kaukauna wrestling team fended off a spirited challenge from Neenah at Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament, beating the Rockets 238-228.
That gave the Ghosts, the defending state champions, yet another regional championship.
