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Appleton and Green Bay high school sports results for Saturday, Oct. 5
High school football: Neenah edges Kimberly with late field goal
The Neenah Rockets handed Kimberly its first loss of the season with a 29-28 victory in a Fox Valley Association football game Friday in Neenah.
(This story has been updated with new information.)
FOOTBALL
Menasha 42, Manitowoc Lincoln 0
MANITOWOC – The Bluejays improved to 4-1 in the Fox River Classic Conference-South to become playoff eligible with the victory over the Ships.
Jaydon Lanser caught two touchdown passes from Logan Liegl in the first half for Menasha.
Elijah Gigl ran for 148 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries for the Bluejays, who are 4-3 overall and play at home against Sheboygan South on Friday.
Menasha 14 6 15 7 – 42
Manitowoc 0 0 0 0 – 0
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
MEN – Jaydon Lanser 19 pass from Logan Liegl
MEN – Elijah Gigl 1 run
Second Quarter
MEN – Lanser 10 pass from Liegl
Third Quarter
MEN – Gigl 12 run
MEN – Gigl 5 run
Fourth Quarter
MEN – Beau Thompson 6 run
State scores
Aurora Central Catholic 48, Neillsville 12
Black Hawk 62, Pecatonica 0
Howards Grove 28, Kenosha Christian Life 0
Janesville Parker 21, Madison La Follette 7
Kickapoo 8, Wonewoc/Weston 3
Madison Memorial 35, Janesville Craig 6
Menasha 42, Manitowoc 0
Middleton 70, Madison East 8
Milwaukee Rufus King 31, Milwaukee Reagan 0
Northwood 50, Winter 0
Prescott 48, Amery 10
Regis 35, Stanley-Boyd 25
Saint Francis 19, Cudahy 13
Verona 7, Madison West 0
Wausau East 16, Merrill 14
Wild Rose 58, Elcho-White Lake 40
Williams Bay 48, St. John’s Northwestern 8
Winnebago Lutheran 35, Omro 6
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BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Madison Memorial Invite
MADISON – Kimberly had a 5-0 record and took first place at the 15-team tournament. The Papermakers are 28-5 this season.
Kimberly beat Fort Atkinson 25-14, 25-17, beat Waukesha North/South 25-17, 25-21, beat Madison Memorial 25-18, 25-20, beat Neenah 25-16, 25-14, and beat Homestead 25-14, 21-25, 15-6.
Owen Krause had 28 kills and six aces, Tyler Haase had 22 kills and five aces, and Michael Janssen had 20 kills and seven blocks for Kimberly. Blake Zielinski added 92 assists, Alex Krause had 14 kills and four aces, Jack Hruzek had 36 digs, and Nick Sroda had 10 kills and five blocks.
Appleton North finished with a 3-1 record. The Lightning beat Waterford 25-13, 25-14, beat Sun Prairie 25-16, 25-19, and beat Union Grove 25-12, 25-16.
Homestead beat the Lightning 19-25, 25-18, 16-14.
Nathan Ramus had 54 kills and 15 digs for North. Landon Kue had 34 digs, Owen Tierney had 24 kills, Sam Kuehl had 20 kills, Spencer Munson had 46 assists, Saolai Thao had 53 assists and Charlie Fanning had 12 digs.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Oshkosh North Invite
OSHKOSH – Laconia took first place at the tournament, while Green Bay NEW Lutheran won the consolation bracket championship.
In pool play, Laconia beat the Blazers 25-20, 25-9 and Waupaca won 19-25, 25-18, 15-11. NEW Lutheran beat Reedsville 25-20, 25-14.
In the consolation bracket, the Blazers beat Green Bay East 25-11, 25-14 and beat Oshkosh North 25-15, 23-25, 15-7.
Abby Kirchner had 93 assists, 29 digs and 12 aces for NEW Lutheran. Lexie Meerstein had 19 kills, 23 digs and six blocks. Emma Laatsch added 32 kills and 21 digs, Kiera Adams-Mcintosh had 22 kills, Kiley Dhein had 19 kills and 36 digs, and Sydney Steffel had 45 digs and five aces.
Laconia beat Waupaca 25-14, 25-18 in the championship match.
Asics Challenge
CHICAGO – Xavier finished with a 2-3 record at the tournament hosted by Mother McAuley.
Xavier had wins over Nazareth (Ill.) 25-18, 25-20 and over St. Charles East (Ill.) 25-23, 25-23.
Barrington (Ill.) beat Xavier 25-16, 25-11, Xavier (Iowa) beat the Hawks 25-23, 25-23, and WalHert Catholic (Ill.) beat Xavier 25-16, 19-25, 25-22.
Madison Daley had 37 kills, 27 digs and five blocks for Xavier. Grace Hackl had 49 digs and five aces, Sydney Neilitz had 102 assists and eight aces, Ali Tylinski had 26 kills and five aces, and Braelee Kiepert had 14 kills and 11 digs.
Other Xavier leaders were Rose Kendall with 15 kills and six blocks, Elle Downs with eight kills and nine blocks, and Lexi Allen with seven kills and six blocks.
Wrightstown Invitational
WRIGHTSTOWN – St. Mary Catholic finished in fourth place with a 3-1 record.
The Zephyrs defeated Sheboygan South 25-9, 25-12 and Hilbert 25-18, 25-16 in pool play. In bracket play, SMC beat Valley Christian 25-20, 26-24 before Wrightstown beat the Zephyrs 25-19, 25-23.
Leaders for the Zephyrs were Eliana Brenn with 14 kills and 11 aces, Autumn Crowe with 13 kills and 23 digs, Ava Rankin with 38 digs and Sammi Weiss with 36 assists.
BOYS SOCCER
Notre Dame 3, Hortonville 2
GREEN BAY – Giuliano Auricchio, Keegan Maxfield and Liam West scored goals for the Tritons in the nonconference victory over the Polar Bears.
Hortonville got goals from Wesley Barker and Dylan Glad. Noah Rindt had an assist.
Polar Bears goalie Grant Decker made three saves.
Kimberly 2, Bay Port 0
KIMBERLY – The Papermakers outshot the Pirates 7-1 in the nonconference victory.
Tyler Cruse scored the opening goal at 12:33 in the first half. He was assisted by Liam Paradiso.
Paradiso scored the second goal at 61:16 in the second half, with an assist to Brodie Hemmersbach.
Kimberly goalie Noah Sommer earned the shutout with three saves.
CROSS-COUNTRY
Evan Kratochwill Middleton Invitational
GIRLS
HOLMEN 55, SUN PRAIRIE WEST 64, MIDDLETON 80, MONONA GROVE 82, OCONOMOWOC 102 DE PERE 108
First place and De Pere finishers in top 20: 1, Mackenzie Babcock MG 19:14.2; 11, Bella Heideman DP 20:07.1; 17, Natalie Novak DP 21:16.1.
BOYS
STEVENS POINT 28, DE PERE 73, OCONOMOWOC 78, MIDDLETON 88, MADISON EAST 127, HOLMEN 160, VERONA 182, SUN PRAIRIE WEST 213
First place and De Pere finishers in top 20: 1, Grady Lenn DP 15:21.0; 7, Noah Zhang DP 16:14.9; 17, Daniel Zhang DP 16:51.1; 20, Chase Deshazer DP 16:58.4.
Arrowhead Invitational
BOYS
BROOKFIELD EAST 69, MARQUETTE 98, NEENAH 131, SUSSEX HAMILTON 168, MADISON LA FOLLETTE 179 HOMESTEAD 185, DODGEVILLE/MINERAL POINT 188, WEST BEND WEST 225, BROOKFIELD CENTRAL 271, WHITEFISH BAY 303, GERMANTOWN 326, PEWAUKEE 329, CEDARBURG 331, ARROWHEAD 341, WAUWATOSA EAST 354, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE 358, JANESVILLE CRAIG 369, KETTLE MORAINE 385, MUSKEGO 422, MUKWONAGO 455
First place and Neenah finishers in top 25: 1, Brendan Reardon MAR 15:37.9; 6, Zach Verhagen NEE 16:08.9; 24, Braedy Klawikowski NEE 16:39.8.