Here are Thursday's high school sports results for the Appleton area
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BOYS BASKETBALL
NEENAH 83, KIMBERLY 82
KIMBERLY - Chevalier Emery Jr.’s layup with 7.1 seconds remaining in overtime was the winning basket for the Rockets in a Fox Valley Association victory over the Papermakers.
After Emery Jr.’s basket and a timeout, the Papermakers inbounded and got the ball to Jackson Paveletzke, who dribbled almost the length of the court. Neenah, which had fouls to give, looked like it was trying to foul Paveletzke but no call was made and Paveletzke’s layup at the buzzer bounced off the rim as the Rockets held on.
With the win, Neenah improves to 20-1 overall and 14-1 in the FVA. Kimberly falls to 14-7 overall and 12-3 in the FVA. The Rockets have a two-game lead for the conference title with three games remaining.
“We know we’re a great team and we know they’re a great team, so that’s a big win for us,” Emery Jr. said. “We just want to keep getting better every single day. That was a really big win for us.”
Neenah led by 13 points at halftime and pushed the lead to 17 in the second half before Kimberly rallied, spurred by a defensive switch from man-to-man to zone.
“We didn’t fold when they made a run at us,” Neenah coach Lee Rabas said. “We made enough plays to get the W.
“If you’re going to be a great team and have a special season, sometimes you gotta win ugly.”
Emery Jr. led Neenah with 28 points. JJ Paider added 22 points and 22 rebounds, and Carter Thomas scored 15 points.
Paveletzke scored 46 points for Kimberly, including 26 in the second half. In the second half, he passed Maddy Schreiber as the all-time leading scorer in school history for boys or girls.
Jamison Grall added 11 points for Kimberly, including five in overtime.
Neenah 47 26 10 - 83
Kimberly 34 39 9 - 82
Neenah: Emery Jr. 28, Schlomann 5, Corso 5, Paider 22, Jung 8, Thomas 15. 3-pt: Emery Jr. 5, Thomas 2, Schlomann. FT: 15-21. Fouls: 10.
Kimberly: Gingras 4, Pawlikowski 9, Statz 2, Grall 11, Miron 8, Paveletzke 46, Van Vonderen 2. 3-pt: Paveletzke 5, Grall 3, Pawlikowski. FT: 5-8. Fouls: 17.
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN 44, LITTLE CHUTE 39
LITTLE CHUTE - The Mustangs led by four at the half, but the Foxes outscored Little Chute by nine in the second half to secure the win.
Josiah Butler led all scorers with 15 points and Nicholas Kraftzenk added eight for Fox Valley Lutheran.
Little Chute saw a balanced scoring effort, led by Carter Engle and Drew Joten who each scored nine points.
Fox Valley Lutheran 24 20 - 44
Little Chute 28 11 - 39
Fox Valley Lutheran: Mears 7, Knoll 5, Butler 15, Kraftzenk 8, Papendorf 3, Loberger 6. 3-pt: Mears, Knoll, Butler, Papendorf, Loberger 2. FT: 2-5. Fouls: 15.
Little Chute: Engle 9, Roche 3, Dercks 2, Joten 9, Maronek 7, Bergin 2, Thiel 7. 3-pt: Maronek, Thiel. FT: 7-13. Fouls: 13.
DENMARK 60, WRIGHTSTOWN 52
WRIGHTSTOWN - Luke Miller scored 14 points, including 11 in the second half, to spark the Vikings past the Tigers.
Ethan Ovsak added 10 points for Denmark.
Wrightstown was led by Keegan Spees with 22 points. Jake Van Zeeland added 15.
Denmark 30 30 - 60
Wrightstown 24 28 - 52
Denmark: Pelischek 4, Ovsak 10, Derricks 4, Short 9, Degrave 5, Konkol 6, Miller 14, Satori 8. 3-pt: Ovsak 3, Miller 2, Pelischek. FT: 12-20. Fouls: 16.
Wrightstown: Edinger 2, Ratkowski 1, Cavanaugh 2, Van Zeeland 15, Stenzel 3, Spees 22, Bousley 5, Uitenbroek 2. 3-pt: Spees 4, Van Zeeland, Stenzel, Bousley. FT: 9-11. Fouls: 22.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
KAUKAUNA 48, OSHKOSH NORTH 29
KAUKAUNA - The Ghosts led by nine points and halftime and extended the lead in the second half to beat the Spartans.
Alexa Kinas led Kaukauna with 25 points, including 14 in the first half.
Oshkosh North was led by Emma Niemczyk with 13 points.
Oshkosh North 13 16 - 29
Kaukauna 22 26 - 48
Oshkosh North: Geer 6, Niemczyk 13, Rockteschel 4, Uptagraft 2, Ott 2, Flanigan 2. 3-pt: Geer 2, Rockteschel. FT: 4-10. Fouls: 9.
Kaukauna: Robinson 4, Kinas 25, Jenson 2, Baumgart 4, Tripp 4, Novy 7, Zarneke 2. 3-pt: Novy, Kinas. FT: 12-12. Fouls: 12.
ST. MARY CATHOLIC 61, MANITOWOC LUTHERAN 42
MANITOWOC - The Zephyrs got balanced offense with eight players scoring in the victory.
Emily Vogel led SMC with 10 points. Lily Griffith, Chloe Vogel and Audrey Norville each scored nine.
Manitowoc Lutheran was led by Emily Marohn with 16 points.
St. Mary Catholic 33 28 - 61
Manitowoc Lutheran 20 22 - 42
St. Mary Catholic: Griffith 9, C. Vogel 9, S. Anderson 8, E. Vogel 10, A. Norville 9, G. Norville 4, Vosters 8, N. Anderson 4. 3-pt: Griffith 3, A. Norville 3, S. Anderson 2, C. Vogel. FT: 8-11. Fouls: 20.
Manitowoc Lutheran: Stubbe 4, H. Marohn 2, E. Marohn 16, Miller 5, Lischka 8, Luebke 5, Ermis 2. 3-pt: Miller, Luebke. FT: 12-20. Fouls: 13.
HILBERT 52, HOWARDS GROVE 39
HILBERT - The Wolves were led in scoring by Laney Halbach with 18 points. Meghan Propson added 10 points for Hilbert.
Destiny Benton led the Tigers with 13 points and Rilee Reichwald added 12 for Howards Grove.
Howards Grove 12 27 - 39
Hilbert 19 33 - 52
Howards Grove: Pedrin 3, Priebe 1, Benton 13, Reichwald 12, M. Schueler 3, E. Schueler 5, Carmody 2. 3-pt: Pedrin, Reichwald, E. Schueler. FT: 6-12. Fouls: 16.
Hilbert: Propson 10, Halbach 18, Raymond 4, Diedrich 5, Sheets 4, Wiese 9, Woelfel 2. 3-pt: Wiese. FT: 19-22. Fouls: 14.
Varsity high school coaches or their statisticians should email results to sports@gannettwisconsin.com.
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