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Appleton area high school sports results for Thursday, Sept. 5
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FOOTBALL
Neenah 42, Appleton East 0
NEENAH – The Rockets held the Patriots to zero yards of offense in the first quarter and 52 yards in the first half and allowed only three first downs in the first half.
Offensively, Neenah moved the ball with relative ease against the Patriots, rushing for 233 yards and passing for 70 more.
Grant Dean scored three touchdowns in the first quarter, scoring on a 1-yard run, a 71-yard punt return and a 58-yard run.
Dean finished with 87 yards rushing, while Evan Vanevenhoven had 52 yards rushing and 70 passing. Dray Hannan added 64 yards rushing.
Appleton East finished with 69 yards rushing and 19 yards passing and was led by Kyreese White with 26 yards rushing on 10 carries.
Appleton East 0 0 0 0 – 0
Neenah 28 7 7 0 – 42
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
N – Grant Dean 1 run (Jack Klundt kick)
N – Dean 71 punt return (Klundt kick)
N – Evan Vanevenhoven 4 run (Klundt kick)
N – Dean 58 run (Klundt kick)
Second Quarter
N – Hannan 10 run (Klundt kick)
Third Quarter
N – Hannan 5 run (Klundt kick)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Appleton East- Kyreese White 10-26, Alex Thompson 6-18, Brandon Mua 6-15, Damian Fisher 5-10, Cian Braun 3-6, Evan Crowe 4-(-6). Neenah – Dean 8-87, Vanevenhoven 6-52, Hannan 8-64, Matthias Charles 2-23, Cooper Sieck 2-(-3), Bennett Stuckel 1-(-6), Talon Fluette 3-7, Henry Farrell 1-9.
Passing: Appleton East – Thompson 3-12-19. Neenah – Vanevenhoven 3-5-70.
Receiving: Appleton East – Joshua Christensen 1-6, Brody Snyder 1-5, Fisher 1-8. Neenah – Caleb Schaefer 2-61, Blake Fish 1-9.
Kaukauna 35, Hortonville 7
HORTONVILLE – The Ghosts (2-1, 1-0 Fox Valley Association) erupted for 28 points in the second quarter to take control and beat the Polar Bears at Akin Field.
Bron Schaefer had a hand in all five touchdowns for the Ghosts. He ran for a 3-yard score and finished with four touchdown passes, including two each to Parker Schuh (61, 32 yards) and Kavanaugh Weyenberg (10, 33).
Schuh finished with three catches for 108 yards with Weyenberg totaling nine catches for 91 yards.
Ashton Vallner had a 6-yard touchdown run for Hortonville (0-3, 0-1).
Kaukauna 0 28 7 0 – 35
Hortonville 0 0 0 7 – 7
SCORING PLAYS
Second Quarter
K – Bron Schaefer 3 run (Linkoln Xiong kick)
K – Parker Schuh 61 pass from Schaefer (Xiong kick)
K – Kavanaugh Weyenberg 10 pass from Schaefer (Xiong kick)
K – Schuh 32 pass from Schaefer (Xiong kick)
Third Quarter
K – Weyenberg 33 pass from Schaefer (Xiong kick)
Fourth Quarter
H – Ashton Vallner 6 run (Paul Grasse kick)
Kimberly 49, Oshkosh West 0
KIMBERLY – Brayden Bell had three touchdown runs for the Papermakers in the Fox Valley Association victory over the Wildcats.
Kegan Pleau added a pair of touchdowns for Kimberly, one on a run and another on a pass reception. He finished with 117 yards rushing on six carries.
Oshkosh West 0 0 0 0 – 0
Kimberly 14 14 14 7 – 49
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
K – Brady Bell 1 run
K – Kegan Pleau 5 run
Second Quarter
K – Kegan Pleau 13 pass from Braedon Ellefson
K – Brady Bell run
Third Quarter
K – Brady Bell 14 run
K – Ayden Lom 15 pass from Cam Wong
Fourth Quarter
K – Chase Schiedermayer 29 pass from Wong
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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Appleton North 3, Hortonville 0
APPLETON – The Lightning outlasted the Polar Bears 25-20, 25-17, 25-22 in Fox Valley Association action.
Leading North were Chloe North with eight digs and two aces, JJ Brozek with four kills, Lydia Koshuta with 22 assists and five digs, Kayden Lamon with 12 kills, Hannah Moua with 15 assists and five digs, Teegan Charapata with 18 kills and two aces, Ayda Henning with three kills, Alivia Barker with three kills and Ellis Brinkman with three aces.
“I am proud of how our girls played and responded tonight against a scrappy Hortonville team,” North coach Steve Scheuerell said. “We played great defense and found ways to win.”
Xavier 3, Shawano 0
APPLETON – Sydney Neilitz had 24 assists, five digs and two aces to help propel Xavier to a 25-16, 26-24, 25-22 Bay Conference win over Shawano.
Also leading the Xavier attack were Jena Bunks with seven digs and two aces, Elle Downs with three kills, Rose Kendall with five kills, Grace Hackl with 16 digs, Ali Tylinski with five kills, Lily Renz with five aces, and Madison Daley with 16 kills and 10 digs.
Fox Valley Lutheran 3, Denmark 0
APPLETON – The Foxes defeated the Vikings 25-20, 25-11, 25-9 in North Eastern Conference action.
Leading the way for the Foxes were Ava Patchett with 18 assists and five aces, Hannah Uhlenbrauck with 11 kills, and Riley Schmitz with 25 digs and three assists.
Luxemburg-Casco 3, Little Chute 0
LUXEMBURG – The Spartans swept the Mustangs 25-14, 25-13, 25-12 in a North Eastern Conference match.
Alayna Deprez had 31 assists, seven digs and three aces for the Spartans. Aubrey Frey added nine kills and nine digs, Ella Vander Velden had nine kills and five digs, Claire Schleis had eight kills and Rylan Kaminski had 13 digs.
“It was great to get back on the winning track tonight and get our first conference win of the year,” Luxemburg-Casco coach Jeff Frey said. “We did some good things tonight and took care of business. We still have a ton of growing to do, and that’s the most exciting thing and what we are focused on.”
BOYS SOCCER
Kimberly 9, Appleton West 1
APPLETON – Liam Paradiso scored three goals and added three assists as the Papermakers downed the Terrors in a Fox Valley Association match cut short at the 63rd minute.
Paradiso opened the scoring at the 8:27 mark and the Papermakers never looked back.
Also scoring goals for Kimberly were Owen Weidert with two, and Tyler Cruse, Jack Berger, Joel Colvin and Tyler Hohnberger with one each.
Adding assists for the Papermakers were Marek Dempsey with two, and Brodie Hemmersbach and Weidert with one each.
Appleton West scored on a breakaway at the 32:59 mark of the first half.
Kimberly outshot Appleton West 13-2.
Noah Sommer made three saves in net for the Papermakers, while Appleton West made two saves.
St. Mary Catholic 1, Menasha 0
MENASHA – Kieran Barrientos scored the game’s only goal to lift the Zephyrs past the Bluejays.
Wes Auth assisted on the game-winning goal.
Zephyrs goalie Zach Beyer made 10 saves for the shutout.
Pulaski 1, Hortonville 0
PULASKI – Maddox McKeefry scored off an assist from Nolan Pratt in the 22nd minute as the Red Raiders blanked the Polar Bears in nonconference action.
The game was called at the start of the second half due to severe weather.
Josh Roth made four saves in net for Pulaski, while Grant Decker made three for Hortonville.
Other scores
Xavier 4, Fox Valley Lutheran 1
Freedom 2, Ashwaubenon 0
Winneconne 0, Seymour 0
New London 7, Clintonville 0
Appleton East 0, Fond du Lac 0
Appleton North 2, Oshkosh North 2
CROSS-COUNTRY
De Pere Invitational
BOYS
DE PERE 52, HARTFORD UNION 59, ASHWAUBENON 117, PULASKI 141, PLYMOUTH 218, WEST DE PERE 239, NEW LONDON 288, LUXEMBURG-CASCO 302, OCONTO FALLS 314, BAY PORT 324, WAUSAU WEST 325, MUKWONAGO 343, MANITOWOC LINCOLN 344, SEYMOUR 345, APPLETON EAST 353, KEWASKUM 373, GREEN BAY SOUTHWEST 404, SHAWANO COMMUNITY 450, WATERFORD 478, PESHTIGO 500, MANITOWOC LUTHERAN 544, SOUTHERN DOOR 572, LACONIA 605, FREEDOM 608, WRIGHTSTOWN 694, WINNEBAGO LUTHERAN ACADEMY 797, KEWAUNEE 806
Top 10 finishers: 1, Grady Lenn DP 15:42.5; 2, Chase Deshazer DP 16:20.2; 3, Josh Neilitz WW 16:20.2; 4, Noah Zhang DP 16:44.5; 5, Braylen Rennhack HAR 16:56.5; 6, Noah Gailey HAR 17:00.2; 7, Logan Boehnlein SEY 17:01.6; 8, Ryan Jadin ASH 17:10.4; 9, Bradyn Wendorff GIL 17:10.4; 10, Ben Adams OF 17:15.3; 11, Dawson Jarmolowicz FRE 17:18.6; 12, Reed Merklein HAR 17:19.8; 13, Reid Stryzewski MAN 17:25.2; 14, Carson Samson WDP 17:29.1; 15, Juan Godinez Ramos HAR 17:29.1; 16, Brady Wallace ASH 17:34.3; 17, Chase Osborn NL 17:34.3; 18, Daniel Zhang DP 17:34.6; 19, Bennett Daul BP 17:35.5; 20, Kade Burdick PLY 17:37.2.
GIRLS
DE PERE 138, MUKWONAGO 163, WINNECONNE 174, MANITOWOC LINCOLN 181, WEST DE PERE 189, PULASKI 201, PLYMOUTH 225, BAY PORT 239, OCONTO FALLS 263, HARTFORD UNION 269, WAUSAU WEST 292, APPLETON EAST 313, LUXEMBURG-CASCO 327, SHAWANO COMMUNITY 342, WINNEBAGO LUTHERAN ACADEMY 388, FREEDOM 395, KEWASKUM 422, LACONIA 455, WATERFORD 462, ASHWAUBENON 477, PESHTIGO 506, KEWAUNEE 522, SOUTHERN DOOR 553, MANITOWOC LUTHERAN 570, SEVASTOPOL 663, WRIGHTSTOWN 714
Top 10 finishers: 1, Hannah Miller KEW 20:00.2; 2, Emerson Fabry PUL 20:07.8; 3, Claire DuChateau L-C 20:22.2; 4, Natalie Portmann ML 20:36.7; 5, Bella Heideman DP 20:38.3; 6, Bailey Hendricks SHA 20:38.7; 7, Ruby Kuehn WIN 20:43.0; 8, Rachel Nelson PES 20:44.9; 9, Brooke Hodkiewicz OF 20:47.2; 10, Chloe Crabb WDP 20:51.5; 11, Mya Sheppard DP 20:56.6; 12, Olivia Stedl PUL 20:57; 13, NikkiMae Reinwald HAR 21:02.7; 14, Kate Schmoll WDP 21:03.2; 15, Anika Ross HAR 21:04.1; 16, Ava Roland BP 21:06.3; 17, Claire Helmila FRE 21:08.5; 18, Haylee Rusch SEY 21:09.8; 19, Hannah Yetter WIN 21:11.3; 20, Katherine Cook FRE 21:12.8.
Cedar Grove-Belgium Rocket Invitational
BOYS
SHOREWOOD 21, CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM 50, LIVING WORD LUTHERAN 119, HOWARDS GROVE 121, NORTH FOND DU LAC 139, CHESTERTON ACADEMY 172, BRILLION 180, RACINE LUTHERAN 210, SHEBOYGAN CHRISTIAN 221
Winner, top Brillion finishers: 1, Nolan Johnson SHOR 16:18.1; 11, Bob Huntley BRI 18:24.7.
GIRLS
SHOREWOOD 51, HOWARDS GROVE 64, NORTH FOND DU LAC 68, CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM 82, BRILLION 101, LIVING WORD LUTHERAN 130
Winner, top Brillion finishers: 1, Lucy Upton LWL 20:02.8; 2, Alana Kempen BRI 21:01.0; 20, Emma Krahn BRI 24:06.1.
GIRLS GOLF
Kaukauna 162, Appleton East 216
At Countryside, par 36
Kaukauna: McKenna Lowe 38, Charlie Clinefelter 38, Grace Schomin 40, Clara Schomin 46.
Appleton East: Jaelyn Feller 39, Alex Simon 53, Kahlie Munter 56, Hayley Ponschock 68.