Carter Howard’s 88-yard kick return for a TD turned momentum into Kimberly’s favor
The score answered a Lightning touchdown and sparked the Papermakers in Friday’s Division 1 victory. It’s our Cellcom livestream play of the game.
APPLETON – The fourth-seeded Hawks got past the fifth-seeded Lightning in a highly competitive match, winning 27-29, 25-17, 25-18, 27-25.
It’s the third consecutive regional title for Xavier and the first in Division 1.
“Our girls played with so much intensity tonight. We are playing our best ball and I’m so proud of them,” Xavier coach Luke Herriges said.
Sydney Neilitz had 44 assists and 15 digs, Ali Tylinski had 19 digs and 14 kills, and Madison Daley had 19 kills for Xavier.
Other leaders for the Hawks were Jena Bunks with 12 digs and three aces, Elle Downs with five kills and six blocks, Rose Kendall with seven kills, Lexi Allen with six kills and six blocks, and Grace Hackl with 21 digs.
Xavier will play Kimberly in the sectional semifinal Thursday at Bay Port High School.
Xavier is now 26-15. Appleton North concludes its season with a record of 17-21.
KAUKAUNA – The Ghosts defeated the Trojans in a four-set match that included a wild final set.
Kaukauna won 23-25, 25-20, 25-17, 34-32 to advance to Thursday’s sectional semifinal against No. 2 seed Bay Port in Suamico.
Madison Tripp had 39 assists, eight aces and 15 digs for Kaukauna. Boe Kaschner had 23 digs, Nyah Dvorak had eight digs, Hailey Kobussen had 15 kills, Delaney Ward had 16 kills and Ashlynn Vande Voort had 13 kills.
Kaukauna is now 28-8. Southwest ends the season with a 23-10 record.
KIMBERLY – The Papermakers advanced to the sectional semifinals with the regional final win over the Redbirds 25-15, 25-11, 25-17.
“We are so proud of our girls and how we performed tonight,” Kimberly coach Carrie Raminger said. “De Pere kept us on our toes with their scrappy defense. It was nice to see us serve and pass well.”
Ava Van Vonderen and Ava Reis both had nine kills for Kimberly. Emma Tesch had 17 assists. Ava Van Camp had 16 digs.
LUXEMBURG – The Spartans overpowered the Tritons to win the regional championship by scores of 25-19, 25-6, 25-14.
“We came out ready to play tonight,” Luxemburg-Casco coach Jeff Frey said. “It started on the defensive side of the ball. We were scrappy and that filtered into our offense and we just got rolling. I am very proud of the entire team. We really played as one.”
Alayna Deprez had 28 assists and 13 digs for Luxemburg-Casco. Aubrey Frey had 18 digs and 15 kills. Ella Vander Velden finished with 12 kills and 10 digs. Rylan Kaminski had a team-high 22 digs.
Luxemburg-Casco is now 27-12. Notre Dame closes its season with a 16-21 record.
APPLETON – The third-seeded Irish defeated the second-seeded Foxes 20-25, 25-17, 28-26, 25-17 to advance to Thursday’s sectional semifinal against top-seeded Luxemburg-Casco.
Molly Bixby had 23 assists, Ava Patchett had 21 assists and seven digs, and Riley Schmitz had 21 digs for FVL. Sophia Wunderlich added 11 kills, Hannah Uhlenbrauck had 10 kills, Alaina Patchett had eight kills and Brianna Stewart had seven kills for the Foxes.
Freedom is now 21-6. Fox Valley Lutheran finishes 32-6.
OCONTO FALLS – The Hawks defeated the Panthers 25-18, 22-25, 25-16, 27-25 to advance to the sectional semifinals.
Izzy Otto had 33 assists for Oconto Falls. Lucy Ripley had 29 kills and two aces, while Rylie Shallow had 14 digs and two aces.
“I am very proud how the girls fought and left everything on the court. Shawano played well,” Panthers coach Rochell Otto said.
Shawano is now 26-7. Oconto Falls has its season end with a 28-13 record.
MOSINEE – The Papermakers needed five sets to take out the Comets, winning 22-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-17, 15-9 to advance to the sectional semifinals.
Waupaca closes its season with a record of 20-10.
ROSENDALE – The Spartans defeated the Zephyrs 25-15, 25-17, 25-14 to win the regional title.
St. Mary Catholic was led by Sammi Weiss with eight assists, Stella Virlee with seven assists and three aces, and Eliana Brenn with six kills.
BONDUEL – The Bears dispatched the Storm 25-10, 25-22, 25-18 to advance to the sectional semifinal round.
Bonduel will host Oconto on Thursday.
OCONTO – It took five sets for the Blue Devils to defeat the Hatchets 21-25, 25-21, 25-15, 21-25, 15-12 and advance to the sectional semifinals.
Oconto will play at Bonduel against the host Bears on Thursday.
GREEN BAY – The Blazers defeated the Wildcats 25-9, 25-15, 25-15 to advance to sectional semifinal play.
Abby Kirchner had 24 assists and six aces for NEW Lutheran. Emma Laatsch had eight kills and seven digs, Kiley Dhein had eight digs, seven kills and six aces, and Sadie Cjaza and Kiera Adams-McIntosh each had six kills.
NEW Lutheran is now 31-12 and will face Newman Catholic in Wausau on Thursday in the sectional semifinal.
WAUSAU – The Cardinals defeated the Wolves 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 for the regional title.
Hilbert finishes the season with a 9-18 record.
MADISON – Arrowhead defeated Neenah 5-2 in the semifinals in the Division 1 tournament at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
Arrowhead won all three doubles matches in the victory.
Celia Gentile won 6-3, 7-5 at No. 2 singles for Neenah and JB Kennedy won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.
Neenah, which was the No. 5 seed, advanced to the semifinals with a 6-1 quarterfinal victory over Notre Dame.
Brookfield East won the Division 1 title with a 4-3 victory over Arrowhead. Brookfield Academy won the Division 2 title with a 4-3 victory over Aquinas.
Emily Muresan A def. Izzy Murray 6-1, 6-1; Celia Gentile N def. Mekenna Verhagen 6-3, 7-5; Iris Liu A def. Ella Motto 3-6, 6-1, 10-6; JB Kennedy N def. Aubrey McGuire 6-4, 6-2.
Sarah Neubert/Isabella Heidenberger A def. Meredith Werner/Sydney Michalkiewicz 6-2, 6-0; Lily Schulz/Jacquelyn Cox A def. Ava Motto/Rebekah Thomas 6-3, 6-7 (1), 10-7; Taylor Kehoss/Rachel Radish A def. Josie Kohlbeck/Evelyn Buss 6-4, 6-4.
KIMBERLY – The Papermakers rolled to the regional final win over the Redbirds, scoring all five goals in the second half.
Liam Paradiso scored three goals for Kimberly. Owen Weidert scored two goals. The Papermakers got assists from Weidert, Brodie Hemmersbach, Oliver Musich and Andrew Walters.
Kimberly will host Green Bay Preble in a sectional semifinal Thursday.
Kimberly is 12-1-3, while De Pere finishes its season with a 10-8-2 record.
GREEN BAY – The Hornets took a 1-0 lead early in the match with a rocket from the top of the penalty box by Cristian Lopez and made it 2-0 late in the first half on a goal by Jonathan Mendez in the win over the Polar Bears in the regional final.
Jesus Garnica had an assist on Mendez’s goal.
Landin Gauthier had five saves for Preble.
Hortonville finishes its season with a record of 14-3-4.
NEENAH – The Rockets improve to 12-5-3 with the regional final win over the Chargers.
Neenah will play at Brookfield East on Thursday in the sectional semifinal.
CEDARBURG – The Bulldogs got three goals from Mitchell Czajkowski in the win over the Red Devils to advance to the sectional semifinals.
Ryan O’Neill had Cedarburg’s other goal.
Green Bay East closes out its season with a record of 7-13-1.
MEQUON – The Highlanders got goals from Tommy Corbett and Lukas Boegel in the win over the Ghosts.
Homestead goalie Luke Lockman did not make any saves in the match.
Kaukauna ends its season with a record of 8-7-3.
GREEN BAY – The Tritons clean sheeted the Phantoms to improve to 11-9-2 and win the regional title.
West De Pere’s season comes to a close with a record of 12-6-2.
PULASKI – The fifth-seeded Spartans edged the Red Raiders to move on to sectional competition.
Pulaski finishes with a record of 14-5-3.
Beckett Seifert scored a goal four minutes into the game for West Bend West.
Pulaski goalie Jonah Drevs made three saves.
SHAWANO – The Hawks got a clean sheet win against the Bulldogs to advance to the sectional semifinal.
Shawano will face Lakeland in that match.
New London ends its season with a record of 13-5-2.
RIPON – The Tigers prevailed 5-4 in a shootout with the Foxes after the two teams battled through regulation and two extra time periods.
Fox Valley Lutheran ends its season with a record of 11-8-2.
APPLETON – Kewaskum prevailed 5-3 in a shootout to win the regional title and advance to the sectional semifinals against Ripon.
Xavier finishes the season with a record of 14-7-2.
MINOCQUA – The Thunder had its season end in the regional final when it got shut out by the Thunderbirds.
Seymour, which was seeded fifth, finishes its season with a record of 9-10-2.
STURGEON BAY – The Clippers move on to sectional play with the win over the Zephyrs.
Sturgeon Bay is now 15-5-1, while St. Mary Catholic ends its season with a record of 7-7-1.
AMHERST – The Vikings made the trip to Amherst worth their while, playing to a 1-1 tie through extra time and then winning in the shootout 4-3.
Gibraltar/Sevastopol, which is the No. 6 seed, will play in the sectional semifinals against Sturgeon Bay on Thursday.
MANITOWOC – The Green Bay Preble boys and girls teams both won the team titles to advance to the WIAA Division 1 state meet.
The Preble boys team won with 35 points, while the girls team won with 39 points.
The Notre Dame girls and De Pere boys teams finished second in their respective races to also advance to the state meet.
Green Bay Preble’s Arya Shefchik won the girls race with a time of 18:52.1. Teammate Melana Weber finished second with a time of 19:17.0.
De Pere’s Grady Lenn was the top finisher in the boys race with a time of 15:04.2. Preble’s Jacob Nuthals was second with a time of 15:44.5.
GIRLS
GREEN BAY PREBLE 39, NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 77, KAUKAUNA 102, BAY PORT 122, DE PERE 127, MANITOWOC 129, WEST DE PERE 178, PULASKI 186, ASHWAUBENON 225, FOND DU LAC 265, GREEN BAY EAST 302, GREEN BAY SOUTHWEST incomplete team
First-place finisher and additional qualifiers: 1, Arya Shefchik GBP 18:52.1; 3, Olivia Stedl PUL 19:21.9; 5, Natalie Portmann MAN 19:26.9; 6, Bella Heideman DP 19:38.2; 7, Reese Fauske KAU 19:39.5; 8, Kate Schmoll WDP 19:41.0.
Other area finishers
Ashwaubenon: 38, Taytum Tracy 21:36.0; 44, Evelyn Nesvacil 21:52.1; 45, Sophia Greendeer 21:54.4; 46, Olivia Raye 22:02.7; 52, Kayla Vogels 22:18.3.
Bay Port: 14, Ava Roland 20:04.5; 22, Elly Rau 20:38.8; 25, Onika Colassacco 20:45.6; 30, Marin Brown 20:55.2; 31, Meila Lemorande 20:57.0.
De Pere: 16, Natalie Novak 20:13.7; 29, Kassidy Hutjens 20:53.9; 37, Mya Sheppard 21:27.9; 39, Colleen Kopling 21:39.2.
Green Bay East: 50, Fany Ordonez Matamoros 22:16.3; 62, Mya Collins 22:53.6; 65, Ella Lutz 22:56.3; 66, Jordyn Peper 23:08.2; 67, Elsa Wenz 23:20.1.
Green Bay Preble: 2, Melana Webber 19:17.0; 11, Gabrielle Haller 19:56.6; 12, Camille Haller 19:59.9; 13, Cacey Kurowski 20:00.8.
Green Bay Southwest: 57, Samantha Beres 22:42.2; 60, Julia Pierquet 22:47.4; 76, Sophia Moore 25:18.2
Kaukauna: 10, McKenna Lowe 19:49.0; 15, Jenna Kinas 20:08.7; 28, Kyla Laabs 20:49.8; Anna Hahn 21:49.7.
Notre Dame Academy: 4, Anna Miller 19:25.3; 9, Monika Stoik 19:44.8; 19, Reagan Gosa 20:27.6; 21, Quinn Klika 20:34.6; 24, Adin Wasilkoff 20:43.6.
Pulaski: 20, Addie Bruckert 20:27.7; 40, Cameran Reiss 21:44.9; 58, Briana Anundsen 22:43.6; 68, Estella Vieaux 23:33.5.
West De Pere: 23, Kalli Vannieuwenhoven 20:41.9; 43, Lily Spychalla 21:50.0; 51, Sydney Nuthals 22:17.4; 53, Ava Vaness 22:28.6.
BOYS
GREEN BAY PREBLE 35, DE PERE 41, ASHWAUBENON 102, NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 106, PULASKI 132, MANITOWOC 166, WEST DE PERE 194, BAY PORT 210, KAUKAUNA 230, FOND DU LAC 288, GREEN BAY SOUTHWEST 297, GREEN BAY EAST 350
First-place finisher and additional qualifiers: 1, Grady Lenn DP 15:04.2; 3, Joseph Hunt ND 15:52.4; 7, Ryan Jadin ASH 16:14.2; 11, Carson Samson WDP 16:30.4; 13, Arden Gillen PUL 16:33.4; 14, Carter Thompson ASH 16:35.7.
Other area finishers
Ashwaubenon: 16, Brady Wallace 16:44.4; 31, Ben Buchman 17:16.5; 34, Ashtyn Anderson 17:19.6.
Bay Port: 25, Bennett Daul 17:07.2; 41, Teigan Wasilewski 17:40.5; 45, Oliver Hudson 17:50.5; 48, Grayson Heath 18:05.1; 51, Marshal Noel 18:17.0.
De Pere: 4, Noah Zhang 16:02.8; 5, Chase Deshazer 16:09.4; 12, Daniel Zhang 16:33.1; 19, James Derenne 16:57.0.
Green Bay East: 49, Daniel Kime 18:10.6; 70, Brady Phillips 19:35.5; 72, Landen Hellmann 19:39.8; 79, Shanze Zhang 20:49.9; 80, Myles Froelich 25:30.2.
Green Bay Preble: 6, Louis Jean Baptist 16:14.1; 8, Benjamin Piontek 16:22.4; 9, Marshall Willems 16:25.6; 10, Brayden Michaels 16:29.2.
Green Bay Southwest: 53, Ian Klug 18:23.8; 56, Romelo Harris 18:37.9; 59, Luke Peterson 18:45.3; 61, Sam Moore 19:02.0; 68, Carter Wilson 19:25.4.
Kaukauna: 29, Max Hoffer 17:13.8; 39, Eli Butt 17:33.7; 47, Bennett Scherrer 18:03.4; 52, Noah Lau 18:21.7; 63, Xane Schmidt 19:04.7.
Notre Dame: 15, Marshall Pahl 16:36.4; 27, Gabriel Stoik 17:08.6; 28, Leo Muller 17:11.0; 33, Eli Weiss 17:17.9.
Pulaski: 23, Daniel Augustine 17:06.4; 24, Grayden Gossen 17:06.7; 30, Parker Marshall 17:14.5; 42, Mitchell Pilon 17:40.7.
West De Pere: 32, Evan Bright 17:16.6; 43, Caleb Scheller 17:42.9; 46, Dominic Natzke 17:53.6; 62, Mason Weyenberg 19:02.9.
STEVENS POINT – Neenah dominated the girls race, finishing with all five runners in the top nine and a team score of 24.
Mazie Olkowski was Neenah’s top finisher, taking first with a time of 18:44.4, with teammate Elsa Gruber second with a time of 18:46.4.
Kimberly finished second in the girls race with 71 points to also qualify for the state meet.
The boys race was won by Stevens Point with 19 points, with Neenah finishing second with 62 points.
Stevens Point, which had the top four finishers in the race, had Ethan Olds win the meet with a time of 15:59.2.
The first non-Stevens Point runner to cross the finish line was Winneconne’s Oliver Aberle with a time of 16:33.5.
GIRLS
NEENAH 24, KIMBERLY 71, STEVENS POINT 106, HORTONVILLE 125, APPLETON WEST 149, APPLETON NORTH 153, OSHKOSH WEST 164, OSHKOSH NORTH 252, APPLETON EAST 253, XAVIER 262, WISCONSIN RAPIDS 279, MENASHA 282
First-place finisher and additional qualifiers: 1, Mazie Olkowski NEE 18:44.4; 3, Hannah Huza HORT 18:56.2; 6, Lucie Fouts AW 19:04.7; 7, Tessa Bruckhart SP 19:12.9; 11, Morgan Breed AW 19:39.9; 12, Jalyssa Groskreutz SP 19:50.7.
Other area finishers
Appleton East: 21, Rosemarie Butler 20:23.6; 47, Addison Baier 21:56.0; 57, Evie Eidemiller 22:28.8; 59, Zoe Benz 22:43.7; 69, Olive Crownhart 23:13.2.
Appleton North: 14, Ava Helmbrecht 20:01.9; 23, Audry Dehlinger 20:41.0; 24, Amber Ziemer 20:42.0; 31, Addy Campbell 21:17.5; 61, Arabella Bursek 22:47.9.
Appleton West: 25, Roseanna Dane 20:53.6; 53, Marlo Seefeldt 22:06.2; 54, Elizabeth Clark 22:10.2.
Hortonville: 22, Mallorie Werner 20:30.8; 26, Leah Worley 20:58.5; 35, Hailey Falbo 21:28.1; 39, Elizabeth Schuette 21:31.4.
Kimberly: 5, Madi Lotten 18:59.2; 15, Addison Johnson 20:04.9; 16, Elie Volheim 20:08.8; 17, Addy Krzoska 20:10.2; 18, Madison Krueger 20:12.2.
Menasha: 42, Ava Julius 21:40.5; 55, Evie Borucki 22:22.1; 56, Natalie Flohr 22:25.1; 64, Clarissa Kohlmann 22:58.2; 65, Emma Hanagan 22:59.4.
Neenah: 2, Elsa Gruber 18:46.4; 4, Natalie Schultz 18:58.8; 8, Maddie Schoonover 19:23.7; 9, Natalie Willes 19:24.7.
Xavier: 33, Noelle Nevins 21:20.2; 48, Raena Lambie 21:57.8; 52, Lily McHugh 22:03.1; 58, Sophia Miller 22:40.8; 71, Lizzie Burton 23:31.1.
BOYS
STEVENS POINT 19, NEENAH 62, KIMBERLY 95, WINNECONNE 148, WISCONSIN RAPIDS 164, APPLETON NORTH 165, HORTONVILLE 177, OSHKOSH WEST 230, OSHKOSH NORTH 257, APPLETON EAST 263, APPLETON WEST 287, MENASHA 345
First-place finishers and individual qualifiers: 1, Ethan Olds SP 15:59.2; 5, Oliver Aberle WIN 16:33.5; 7, Grant Wenzelow WIN 16:42.0; 8, Celso Collins OW 16:49.0; 12 Gavin Salzmann KIM 16:59.1; 14, Cayden Vosters KIM 17:00.0.
Other area finishers
Appleton East: 22, Louie Mandich 17:19.3; 56, Evan Rankin 18:51.8; 60, Benjamin Stevens 18:59.9; 62, Liam Krainik 19:19.5; 63, Holden Poole 19:21.8.
Appleton North: 19, Lukas Nahm 17:13.5; 28, Braden Walters 17:34.0; 32, Spencer Gremban 17:45.0; 42, Charleis Williams 18:04.0; 44, Marek Danelski 18:05.1.
Appleton West: 27, Kegan Phalin 17:32.0; 49, Maxwel Hein 18:20.8; 66, Dorian Skaleski 19:33.8; 69, Roan Hesselman 19:37.8; 76, Bryant Jr. Fowle 20:45.0.
Hortonville: 23, Gabe Paschke 17:19.3; 31, Brayden Sanford 17:43.1; 34, Kyle Bacus 17:48.7; 41, Ty Arndt 18:02.5; 48, Silsa Hutchinson 18:20.0.
Kimberly: 20, Micah Mendoza 17:15.3; 24, Turner Behm 17:25.4; 25, Caleb Dorsey 17:26.4.
Menasha: 43, Dominick Piarulli 18:05.1;72, Aiden Baier 19:58.0; 73, Evan Grade 19:59.2; 78, Abdullah Moustafa 21:05.0; 79, Mason Theide 21:05.0.
Neenah: 6, Braedy Klawikowski 16:36.0; 11, Finn Lettau 16:56.5; 13, Carson Verhagen 17:00.0; 15, Harmon Posegate 17:01.4; 17, Aidan Apa 17:08.9.
Winneconne: 33, Silas Sarbo 17:47.3; 51, Jonah Jacobson 18:38.8; 52, Merrick Heise 18:40.4.
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