(This story has been updated with new information.)
KIMBERLY – The Papermakers held off their rivals to clinch a share of the Fox Valley Association title.
Kimberly (7-1, 6-1 Fox Valley Association) tied for the top spot in the FVA with Kaukauna and Neenah.
Kimberly led 10-3 late in the fourth until Charlie Olson connected with Grant Hardy on a 47-yard touchdown pass in the final minute. North (5-4, 4-3) attempted the two-point conversion for the lead but the pass came up short.
Marcus Doucette, who was out with a broken collarbone for most of the season, saw his first action since Week 2 and finished with 91 yards on 15 carries and also had an 8-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Appleton North 3 0 0 6 – 9
Kimberly 0 7 0 3 – 10
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
AN – Mason Skorstad 27 FG
Second Quarter
K – Marcus Doucette 8 run (Maddux Hermus kick)
Fourth Quarter
K – Hermus 29 FG
AN – Grant Hardy 47 pass from Charlie Olson (pass failed)
LUXEMBURG – Drew Kortz accounted for nearly 400 yards of offense in leading the Irish to the win over the Spartans.
Kortz completed 19 of 26 passes for 321 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries for Freedom.
Quinn Brennenstuhl and Parker Jochimsen led Freedom with 100 and 88 yards receiving, respectively.
Luxemburg-Casco was led by Brayden Loritz, who rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries.
Freedom 6 14 14 0 – 34
Luxemburg-Casco 0 14 0 7 – 21
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
F – Jack Bonnett 10 pass from Drew Kortz (kick failed)
Second Quarter
F – Jochimsen 29 pass from Kortz (Nolan Phillips kick)
LC – Landon Derenne 34 pass from Brayden Loritz (Wyatt kick)
F – Kortz 64 run (Phillips kick)
LC – Loritz 27 run (Wyatt kick)
Third Quarter
F – Jochimsen 33 pass from Kortz (Phillips kick)
F – Jochimsen 29 pass from Kortz (Phillips kick)
Fourth Quarter
LC – Loritz 7 run (Wyatt kick)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Freedom – Nixon Heinke 18-55, Kortz 13-70, Walker Westphal 8-25. Luxemburg-Casco – Andrew Klass 9-47, Loritz 9-86, Landon Derenne 2-5, Cameron Dorner 2-9.
Passing: Freedom – Kortz 19-26-0-321. Luxemburg-Casco – Derenne 7-14-1-37, Loritz 1-3-0-34.
Receiving: Freedom – Jochimsen 3-88, Bonnet 3-27, Phillips 2-69, Aiden Aerts 1-7, Brennenstuhl 8-100, Corey Mathison 1-20, Kaden Wagner 1-10. Luxemburg-Casco – Tatem Klaubauf 1-2, Derenne 1-34, Loritz 3-14, Dorner 1-0, Ethan Werner 1-5, Gage Delcore 1-16.
APPLETON – The Comets secured a playoff berth with the victory over the Hawks, keeping Xavier from an automatic playoff berth.
Xzaver Pittman caught a 6-yard touchdown pass and had a 43-yard touchdown run for Waupaca. Austin Adamczak had touchdown runs of 1 and 28 yards and added the touchdown pass to Pittman.
Waupaca also got a touchdown on defense when Owen Hansen scooped up a Xavier fumble and ran 83 yards for a touchdown.
Xavier’s touchdowns came on a 73-yard pass from Matthew Potter to Cole Hietpas and on a 19-yard pass from Potter to Jonah Gentry.
Waupaca finishes the regular season 4-3 in the Bay Conference and 4-5 overall. Xavier finishes 3-4 in the Bay and 5-4 overall.
Waupaca 7 7 13 7 – 34
Xavier 0 3 0 12 – 15
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
W – Xzaver Pittman 6 pass from Austin Adamczak (Eric Hills kick), 7:11
Second Quarter
X – Ethan Bires 32 FG
W – Adamczak 1 run (Hills kick)
Third Quarter
W – Pittman 43 run (Hills kick)
W – Owen Hansen 83 fumble return (kick blocked)
Fourth Quarter
X – Cole Hietpas 73 pass from Matthew Potter (run failed)
W – Adamczak 28 run (Hills kick)
X – Jonah Gentry 19 pass from Potter (run failed)
WINNECONNE – Brody Schaffer had four touchdown runs to lead the Wolves to the victory and secure the outright Bay Conference championship.
Winneconne improves to 9-0 overall and 7-0 in the Bay, with Seymour dropping to 7-2, 5-2.
Schaffer scored on runs of 28, 11, 35 and 2 yards. Bryce Jones also had a 9-yard touchdown run for the Wolves.
Brady Poch, Wyatt Bunnell and Cayden Staffeldt had touchdown runs for the Thunder.
MADISON – Several area girls tennis players have advanced to the state semifinals at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
Lexie Hankel of West De Pere advanced to the Division 1 singles semifinals, where she will play Clare Schaefer of Whitefish Bay at 9 a.m. Saturday in one semifinal match. Angela Wang of University School of Milwaukee will play McKenna Thorson of Verona in the other semifinal.
In Division 1 doubles, Ana Cristescu and Maria Cristescu of De Pere advanced to the semifinals and will play No. 1 seed Sarah Neubert and Isabella Heidenberger of Arrowhead in a 9:45 a.m. semifinal match.
Khali Stephens and Alexia Stephens of Bay Port also advanced and will play No. 2 seed Abby Frasher and Amelia Stuckslager of Divine Savior Holy Angels in the other semifinal.
In Division 2 doubles, Vivie Auth and Adel Schneider of St. Mary Catholic remained undefeated with a pair of victories Friday. They will play Maria Elizabeth Garcia and Akosua Yeboah of Columbus Catholic in the Division 2 doubles semifinals at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
DIVISION 1
Singles
Third round
Lexie Hankel, West De Pere def. Mia Bailey, Wausau West 6-0, 6-1
Lizzie Stuckslager, Divine Savior Holy Angels def. Julia Gurholt, Kimberly 2-6, 6-1, 11-9
Fourth round
Lexie Hankel, West De Pere def. Lizzie Stuckslager, Divine Savior Holy Angels 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
Second round
Sarah Neubert/Isabella Heidenberger, Arrowhead def. Ava Motto/Rebekah Thomas, Neenah 6-0, 6-0
Sophie Shi/Sarah Li, Middleton def. Mira Matuszewski/Rheya Gala, Bay Port 6-3, 6-0
Ana Cristescu/Maria Cristescu, De Pere def. Kate Jannette/Mariel Pante, Xavier 6-0, 6-0
Khali Stephens/Alexia Stephens, Bay Port def. Cece Bonfilio/Shriya Pusunuru, Brookfield East 6-1, 6-3
Natalia Welle/Vivian Bigari, Notre Dame def. Haley Erlich/Lindsey Gardner, University School 7-6 (4), 6-2
Meredith Werner/Sydney Michalkiewicz, Neenah def. Marin Catencamp/Sophia Golliher, DeForest 6-2, 6-1
Third round
Ana Cristescu/Maria Cristescu, De Pere def. Sarah Curran/Zoey Schiek, Cedarburg 6-2, 6-0
Khali Stephens/Alexia Stephens, Bay Port def. Caroline Lee/Ely Liu, Waunakee 6-0, 6-1
Aubrey Jayne/Mia Darr, University School Milwaukee def. Natalia Welle/Vivian Bigari, Notre Dame 6-1, 7-6 (6)
Milena Halberg/Mya Mommaerts, Sun Prairie West def. Meredith Werner/Sydney Michalkiewicz, Neenah 6-4, 4-6, 14-12
Fourth round
Ana Cristescu/Maria Cristescu, De Pere def. Ritu Nair/Melina Fiorentini, Homestead 6-2, 6-2
Khali Stephens/Alexia Stephens, Bay Port def. Aubrey Jayne/Mia Darr, University School 7-6 (1), 6-1
DIVISION 2
Doubles
Second round
Vivie Auth/Adel Schneider, St. Mary Catholic def. Emily Vogel/Nadia Alexander, St. Mary Catholic 6-1, 6-0
Third round
Vivie Auth/Adel Schneider, St. Mary Catholic def. Chloe Roberts/Amelia Lerret, Martin Luther 6-0, 6-1
GREEN BAY – Little Chute had the top three finishers in the girls race and finished with 27 points to win the conference title.
Ashley Wilson won the girls race with a time of 18:56.5, with Sami Miller and Lauren Wegand finishing in second and third, respectively.
Little Chute also took home the boys conference title, winning with 49 points, five better than runner-up Luxemburg-Casco.
Little Chute won by having its top five runners finish in the top 19 spots.
Owen Lencki of Waupaca took the boys individual title with a time of 16:14.4. Little Chute’s Hayden Carroll was second with a time of 16:41.3.
GIRLS
LITTLE CHUTE 27, LUXEMBURG-CASCO 72, OCONTO FALLS 95, FREEDOM 104, FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN 119, MARINETTE 160, CLINTONVILLE 173, WAUPACA 188, DENMARK 192, WRIGHTSTOWN 269
Top 20 finishers: 1, Ashley Wilson LITC 18:56.5; 2, Sami Miller LITC 19:46.0; 3, Lauren Wegand LITC 19:49.5; 4, Sienna Timm WAU 19:55.1; 5, Claire DuChateau LUXC 20:01.1; 6, Hailey Delzer OF 20:24.9; 7, Claire Helmila FRE 20:48.7; 8, Rowen Volhard FVL 21:14.1; 9, Madisen Job LITC 21:14.5; 10, McKenna Rank LUXC 21:23.9; 11, Katherine Cook 21:25.1; 12, Campbell DeBoth LITC 21:30.5; 13, Addison Lacy MAR 21:33.7; 14, Emma Meissner OF 21:39.3; 15, Anna Feuerstahler FVL 21:48.2; 16, Lexie Lundt CLI 21:56.2; 17, Ava Hodkiewicz OF 22:04.7; 18, Sienna Blohowiak LUXC 22:12.8; 19, Ellison Bosman LUXC 22:13.4; 20, Gretta Annoye LUXC 22:13.8.
BOYS
LITTLE CHUTE 49, LUXEMBURG-CASCO 54, OCONTO FALLS 63, FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN 124, MARINETTE 141, WAUPACA 141, FREEDOM 182, DENMARK 199, WRIGHTSTOWN 258
Top 20 finishers: 1, Owen Lencki WAU 16:14.4; 2, Hayden Carroll LITC 16:41.3; 3, Ben Adams OF 16:47.5; 4, Ben Toeppler LITC 16:53.2; 5, Kyan Lynts LUXC 16:55.1; 6, Dominic Fletcher LITC 17:24.2; 7, Dawson Jarmolowicz FRE 17:36.9; 8, Marcis Doell LUXC 17:55.6; 9, Derek Christoph LUXC 17:55.6; 10, Mason Dobberstein FVL 18:06.9; 11, Evan Yuma OF 18:11.9; 12, Jackson Draheim MAR 18:19.4; 13, Isaiah Holtz OF 18:21.9; 14, Griffin Kopke OF 18:22.8; 15, Ezra Treml LUXC 18:23.9; 16, Gus Olson WAU 18:24.1; 17, Zach Tassoul LUXC 18:25.3; 18, Ryan Trzebiatowski LITC 18:33.1; 19, Braden Stein LITC 18:38.3; 20, Tanner Snowberry LUXC 18:39.5.
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