Bauer's clutch layup secures victory for No. 6 Lourdes girls basketball over No. 7 Oakfield
OAKFIELD — The No. 6-ranked Lourdes Academy Knights (8-2, 6-0 Trailways-East) narrowly defeated the No. 7-ranked Oakfield Oaks (11-2, 6-1), 57-56, in the final moments of a thrilling Trailways conference contest between two top-10 Division 5 teams.
After Oakfield took a 1-point lead with nine seconds remaining, Lourdes junior Hailee Bauer - who scored her 1000th career point in last Thursday's victory over Berlin - dribbled the length of the court to score the game-winning layup with four seconds left.
Bauer finished with 20 points, six assists and five steals to lead the Knights.
Fellow junior Delaney Ruedinger put together a well-rounded line of 16 points, six rebounds, six assists, four steals and a pair of blocks and senior Ella Slusarski added 13 points, five boards, three assists and two steals for Lourdes.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Berlin 74, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 59
BERLIN — In an East Central matchup, Berlin (10-1, 3-1) came out on top over the Chargers (6-6, 1-3).
Alex Johnson led Berlin with 24 points on 7-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc, which tied the school record for three-point makes in a game.
Hayden Redington added a double-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and Brock Wilde had 12 points.
KML had four scorers reach double digits, led by Garrett Murphy with 17 points.
KML 22 37 - 59
Berlin 31 43 - 74
Plymouth 86, Ripon 32
RIPON — The Tigers (4-7, 1-4 East Central) were outmatched by the Panthers (7-2, 3-1), who led by 30 at halftime in the meeting between conference foes.
Kayden Schultz paved the way to victory for Plymouth with 28 points.
Plymouth 47 39 - 86
Ripon 17 15 - 32
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Valley Christian 57, Horicon 45
OSHKOSH — The Warriors (8-3, 5-2) defeated the Marshmen (5-7, 3-5) in a Trailways-East battle.
Anna Y. Giannopoulos had a double-double to lead Valley Christian with 18 points and 11 rebounds, along with three steals.
Lizzie Fink added 14 points and five steals and Mya Moran finished with 12 points for the Warriors.
Horicon 22 23 - 45
Valley Christian 26 31 - 57
Omro 66, Mayville 26
OMRO — The Foxes (7-5, 4-2) blew out the Cardinals (1-10, 1-5) in a Flyway conference contest.
Maya Kasuboski and Ariana King each scored 15 points to lead Omro.
Mayville 9 17 - 26
Omro 41 25 - 66
WRESTLING
Oshkosh West 74, Appleton West 6
113: Ben Hilbert AW pinned Xavier Vang. 120: Benediction Kakola OW maj. dec. Brendan Shepherd 12-4. 126: Wyatt Folske OW pinned Long Nguyen. 132: Damarion Williams OW pinned Nash Baeten. 138: Jacob Schultz OW pinned Lucas Collar. 144: Edwyn Schroeder OW pinned Charlie Blevins. 150: Jaxen Lloyd OW maj. dec. Collin Evers 16-5. 157: Ryland Schneider OW pinned Abdelrahman Zeineldin. 165: Jaiden Fronczak OW pinned Kassius Daniels. 175: Zach Bartels OW pinned Quinn Meyers. 190: Iban Heredia OW pinned Shawn Linwood. 215: Nelson Fournier OW pinned Antonio Pena.
Omro 60, Mayville 20
132: Cade Sowls O pinned Soren Kewley 3:13. 157: Jason LaKosh O pinned Paul Sawyer 2:48. 165: Nick Steffen O pinned Gerald Bromley 4:42. 190: Xander Sowls O pinned Colton Carpenter :57. 285: Cole Legas M pinned Alex Budwit :37.
Kimberly 54, Oshkosh North 23
106: Alex Barrera ON pinned Gavin Semenuk :44. 126: James Thao K pinned Carter Zick 2:43. 132: Daniel Grey K pinned Anthony Berger 2:31. 138: Camden Watson ON maj. dec. Chase Fairchild 11-3. 144: Andrew Brockman ON dec. George Philipsen 11-6. 150: Jamond Thompson-Schreck ON maj. dec. Alex Reichenberger 16-8. 157: Tanner Hart K pinned Anothony Nguyen 1:01. 165. Everix Blessen ON pinned Reed Beck 3:28. 175: Brody Beck K pinned Hunter Gruse 3:53.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 42, Berlin 33
106: Owen Dall KML pinned Gavin Gneiser 2:17. 113: Anthony Wolf KML pinned Bryce Toney :43. 120: Jackson Klassa B pinned Josiah Arndt 1:57. 126: Alivia Kasuboski B dec. Lily Hinz 5-1. 132: Gavin Hytry KML pinned Donavin Lemke 3:32. 150: Kannon Belter B dec. Logan Odell 6-3. 157: Colton Ferron B dec. Drake Schoemann 5-2. 190: Ben Green B pinned Josh Duba 4:22. 215: Ben Green B pinned Alex Ganshow 2:32. 285: Mason Gundrum KML pinned Kenneth Turner 2:49.
Princeton Quad
Markesan 77, Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian 6
126: Memphis Castillo M pinned Zach Foster 3:36. 144: Aidan Goehring M pinned Jacob Bogardus 1:20. 157: Nolan Gibson LAVC pinned Donald Stoll 1:52. 175: Treston Eckstein M tech. fall Riley Zernzach 17-2. 215: Jabin Lawson M pinned Remington Force 2:00.
Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian 30, Montello 6
144: Jacob Bogardus LAVC pinned Levi Wilson 4:04. 190: Joshua Cebery M pinned Riley Zernzach 1:35.
Princeton/Green Lake 71, Lourdes Academy/Valley Christian 6
126: Caleb Krause PGL tech. fall Zach Foster 17-0. 144: Lewis Lofgren PGL pinned Jacob Bogardus 1:11. 157: Nolan Gibson LAVC pinned Katelyn Richter 3:01. 175: Urijah Magnus PGL pinned Riley Zernzach 5:44. 215: Alexzander Larson PGL pinned Remington Force 1:21. 285: Gavyn Gerig PGL pinned Andres Javier :37.
Plymouth Tri
Plymouth 51, Ripon 24
106: Megan Schuenemann P pinned Caebrie Larson :34. 120: Travis Cumber R pinned Emmett Fisher :41. 132: Landen Ramsey P dec. Riley Nickel 13-11. 144: Cameron Kulow P pinned Trinity Treptow 1:01. 150: Cole Anderson P pinned Jayden Santos 1:42. 157: Tomoyoki Yoshigahara P pinned Brennan Martin 3:28. 190: Silas Dailey P pinned Jordan Perkins 4:14. 215: Jamason Nordquist R pinned Deacon Allen 2:52.
Valders 54, Ripon 21
120: Maddux Wendling V pinned Travis Cumber :54. 132: Ethan Staudinger V pinned Dominic Basel 1:53. 138: Hayden Bruechert V pinned Trinity Treptow :52. 150: Donald Schisel V pinned Jayden Santos 3:38. 165: Brennan Martin R dec. Brock Bodart 6-2. 215: Kale Zimmermann V pinned Jamason Nordquist 3:48.
BOYS HOCKEY
Oshkosh 9, Shawano/Bonduel 2
OSHKOSH — Despite conceding the first goal of the game, the Ice Hawks (7-7, 1-2 Badgerland) responded with three goals in the opening period and added five more in the second to take down the Shawano/Bonduel Hawks (3-8, 1-1 Independent).
Isaiah Koeppen scored a pair of shorthanded goals to lead Oshkosh.
Evan Neitzel, Dayton Briski, Owen Moran, Leo Ulrich, Brennon Kraft, Reid Polak, and Mason Monhen (power play) all added goals for the Ice Hawks.
Alex Beck assisted on both of the first two goals for Oshkosh while Polak and Moran each also collected an assist.
Max Huntington (unassisted) and Cam Schroeder (assisted by Karson Stoss) opened the first and second periods with goals, respectively, for Shawano/Bonduel.
Gage Bauer saved 13 of 15 shots and Chase Magadanz had seven saves for the Ice Hawks.
Tyson Lyons saved 11 of 17 shots and Kaiden Thornborrow saved seven of 10 for the Hawks.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Warbirds 5, Arrowhead 2 (Wednesday)
FOND DU LAC - The Warbirds (9-4-1, 2-2-1) wasted no time, scoring four goals in the first period to earn the win over Arrowhead (6-7, 1-3).
With 19 points, the Warbirds sit alone atop the Eastern Shores standings.
Abby Waara got things started 45 seconds into the game with the first goal for the Warbirds, followed by goals from Allison Waara, Ella Getz and Josie Kooima (assisted by Al. Waara) to give them a 4-0 lead before the Warhawks would respond.
Kooima returned the favor, assisting on Allison Waara's second goal a minute into the second period.
Sara Kopf ended the Warbirds run with a power play goal for Arrowhead before the end of the first and Bella Hamel scored shorthanded in the second period to close out the scoring.
Lauren Grass had 14 saves for the Warbirds while Bri Chmiel saved 26 shots for the Warhawks.
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This article originally appeared on Oshkosh Northwestern: Oshkosh area Jan. 4 high school sports roundup
