GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kimberly 64, Neenah 50
NEENAH – The Papermakers connected on 22 of 26 free throws en route to the Fox Valley Association win over the Rockets.
Neenah held a one-point halftime advantage, but Kimberly finished on a 36-21 second-half run. It was a four-point game with eight minutes remaining before the Papermakers closed out the win.
Kimberly finishes the regular season 17-1 in the FVA and 20-4 overall. Neenah finishes 13-5 in the FVA and 17-7 overall.
Haylie Dulas paced the Papermakers with 24 points, while Ava Van Vonderen added 13.
The Rockets were led by Rowan Klesmit with 21 points and Ellie Buss with 13.
Kimberly 28 36 – 64
Neenah 29 21 – 50
Kimberly: Urban 6, Brochtrup 5, Buchinger 2, Ebben 4, Dulas 24, Fulcer 6, Asman 4, Van Vonderen 13. 3-pt: Brochtrup, Dulas. FTs: 22-26. Fouls: 12.
Neenah: Malloy 4, Klesmit 21, Buss 13, Michalkiewicz 7, Danforth 5. 3-pt: Klesmit 4, Buss 3, Michalkiewicz. FTs: 6-10. Fouls: 21.
Xavier 71, Shawano 55
APPLETON – Xavier outscored Shawano 21-9 on 3-point baskets to pick up the win and finish the regular season 19-5.
Hailey Hafner led Xavier with 20 points. Brynn Krull added 16 points, while Kayla Standish scored 11.
Leah Nordin scored 29 points to lead Shawano (15-9). Creden Weisnicht added 12.
Shawano 26 29 – 55
Xavier 35 36 – 71
Shawano: Brown 3, Nordin 29, Boucher 3, Dreier 8, Weisnicht 12. 3-pt: Nordin, Boucher, Weisnicht. FTs: 14-18. Fouls: 11.
Xavier: Hafner 20, B. Krull 16, J. Krull 2, Kiepert 2, Standish 11, Pfefferle 7, Reed 2, Lapp 1, Petersen 2, Heimann 8. 3-pt: Hafner, B. Krull 3, Standish 2, Pfefferle. FTs: 10-13. Fouls: 18.
Little Chute 56, Wild Rose 34
WILD ROSE – Adalyn Engle, Lauren Vosters and Hattie Grishaber combined for 49 points in the Mustangs’ win over the Wildcats.
Engle scored 19 points, while Vosters and Grishaber scored 17 and 13, respectively, for the Mustangs, who finish the regular season with a 19-5 record.
Wild Rose was led by Alyson Henschel with 20 points.
Little Chute 26 30 – 56
Wild Rose 27 7 – 34
Little Chute: Vosters 17, Grishaber 13, Martin 2, Merchant 2, Engle 19, Van Grinsven 2, O’Brien 1. 3-pt: Vosters 3, Grishaber, Engle 3. FTs: 9-14. Fouls: 15.
Wild Rose: Kelly 3, Christensen 1, Shipley 6, Henschel 20, Fischbach 2, Jewell 2. 3-pt: Kelly, Henschel 3. FTs: 13-18. Fouls: 16.
Denmark 71, Wrightstown 62
DENMARK – Kiarrah Micolichek poured in 26 points as the Vikings erased a halftime deficit en route to the win and an outright North Eastern Conference championship.
The win moves Denmark to 20-4 on the season and 13-3 in the conference.
Also scoring in double figures for the Vikings were Allie VanVonderen with 16 points and Paige Vogel with 12.
The Tigers led by six at the half before Denmark went on a 40-25 second-half run.
Leading Wrightstown was Ella Verbeten with 16 points, while Ashlyn Cavanaugh added 11 and Lydia Ducat and Chayse Nelson had 10 each.
Wrightstown 37 25 – 62
Denmark 31 40 – 71
Wrightstown: Verbeten 16, Welhouse 4, Zirbel 4, DeCleene 7, Cavanaugh 11, Ducat 10, Nelson 10. 3-pt: Verbeten, Welhouse, Cavanaugh, Nelson 3. FTs: 6-15. Fouls: 23.
Denmark: Dittmer 3, Brice 2, Selner 9, Vogel 12, Micolichek 26, VanVonderen 16, Lindsley 2, Kraschnewski 1. 3-pt: Dittmer, Vogel 3, Micolichek 5. FTs: 20-31. Fouls: 14.
St. Mary Catholic 69, Reedsville 36
REEDSVILLE – The Zephyrs built a 28-point halftime lead over the Panthers, cruising to the win and the Big East Conference-North title.
The Zephyrs finished 12-0 in the conference and are 21-3 overall.
Autumn Crowe scored 21 points to lead St. Mary Catholic. She scored 15 of her points in the first half. Bitsy McCauley added 13 points.
Mercedes Grimm led Reedsville with 19 points. Allena O’Connell added 10 points.
St. Mary Catholic 39 30 – 69
Reedsville 11 25 – 36
St. Mary Catholic: McCauley 13, Norville 2, Janssen 2, Guerrero 7, Crowe 21, Weber 2, Britzke 6, Nackers 8, Trinkner 2, Neubauer 4, Woodbridge 2. 3-pt: McCauley, Guerrero, Crowe, Britzke 2. FTs: 4-5. Fouls: 9.
Reedsville: Taddy 3, Grimm 19, Dvorachek 4, O’Connell 10. 3-pt: Grimm 5, O’Connell 2. FTs: 3-8. Fouls: 10.
Valders 45, Brillion 42
VALDERS – Zoey Siders scored 18 points as the Vikings connected on seven 3-pointers to hold off the Lions in an Eastern Wisconsin Conference matchup.
Valders led by one at intermission and the game remained close until the end.
Amaya Brooks led Brillion with 16 points, while Emma Schuh added 11.
Brillion 24 18 – 42
Valders 25 20 – 45
Brillion: Schuman 8, Schuh 11, Krueger 4, Hale 3, Brooks 16. 3-pt: Hale, Brooks 2. FTs: 1-4. Fouls: 13.
Valders: Zabel 8, Wagner 2, Siders 18, Hochkammer 8, Schultz 4, Olson 5. 3-pt: Zabel 2, Siders 4, Olson. FTs: 6-9. Fouls: 10.
BOYS BASKETBALL
St. Lawrence Seminary 57, Stockbridge 25
MOUNT CALVARY – The Hilltoppers raced out to a 23-point halftime lead and cruised to the nonconference win.
Zachary Kucharski, Ugo Osuala and Alex Sanchez Mendoza all scored 11 points for St. Lawrence.
Leading the way for Stockbridge was Griffin Karls with 10 points.
Stockbridge 11 14 – 25
St. Lawrence Seminary 34 23 – 57
Stockbridge: Olsen 5, Hostettler 2, Strebe 3, Karls 10, Kramp 5. 3-pt: Strebe, Karls 2. FTs: 6-8. Fouls: 6.
St. Lawrence Seminary: Kucharski 11, Tran 9, Garcia 2, Osuala 11, Partida Hernandez 4, Esson 5, Galan 2, Sanchez Mendoza 11, King 2. 3-pt: Kucharski 3, Sanchez Mendoza. FTs: 3-7. Fouls: 12.
BOYS HOCKEY
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha 8, West Bend West co-op 0
GRAND CHUTE – The Rockets advanced to the sectional semifinals with the win over the Bears.
NHM, which is now 20-5, will face either the Fox Cities Stars or Sheboygan in the sectional semifinals Tuesday, Feb. 24.
West Bend closes its season with a 5-20 record.
McFarland 7, Waupaca 1
MCFARLAND – The Spartans captured the regional title with the win over the Comets.
McFarland improves to 21-4 with the win.
Waupaca ends its season with a record of 9-15.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Fox Cities 3, Warbirds 1
FOND DU LAC – The Stars advanced to the sectional semifinals with the win over the Warbirds.
Fox Cities (16-7) will play the sectional’s No. 1 seed Bay Area (21-2) at Cornerstone Community Ice Center at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 24.
The Warbirds conclude the season with a record of 10-9-4.
This article originally appeared on Appleton Post-Crescent: Appleton area high school sports results for Thursday, Feb. 19
