Fond du Lac boys basketball hangs on to beat Neenah; No. 6 Rockets girls top Fondy by 20
FOND DU LAC — Fond du Lac (8-6, 6-3) led nearly wire-to-wire despite a second-half comeback from Neenah (8-7, 5-5) to earn a hard-fought victory, 69-61, in the Fox Valley Association.
The Cardinals led by as many as 19 points with 12 minutes to go until a 12-0 Neenah run made it a close ballgame once again.
The Rockets chipped the lead all the way down to a single point, 58-57, with just under three minutes left and could’ve tied the game after a made free throw attempt, but a lane violation was called on Neenah which wiped the point off the board.
From there on, Fondy's poise at the free throw line in clutch time was enough to stave off the Rockets' late rally and ice the win.
Rocky Barfknecht scored 16 points to lead the Cardinals and Ryker Johnson followed with 15. Eli Zimmerman drained three first-half 3-pointers, finishing with 11 points, and last Friday's hero, Marvin Haslett III, also had 11 for Fondy.
Brady Corso led Neenah with a game-high 25 points and Charlie Wunderlich added 22 for the Rockets.
Neenah 22 39 - 61
Fond du Lac 36 33 - 69
BOYS BASKETBALL
Winnebago Lutheran 80, North Fond du Lac 60
NORTH FOND DU LAC — The Vikings (10-5, 8-1) grew an 11-point halftime lead into a 20-point victory over the Orioles (0-16, 0-9) to keep within a game of Omro for first place in the Flyway.
Noah Gensler led WLA with 18 points. Gannan Schwartz added 13 points, Sam Loehr had 12, and Chop Simmons rounded out the Vikings' scoring leaders with 10 points.
Camryn Lewis scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out five assists to lead North Fond du Lac. Zach Siedschlag and Abe Maurer each chipped in with 11 points for the Orioles.
WLA 37 43 - 80
NFDL 26 34 - 60
St. Mary's Springs 79, Campbellsport 25
FOND DU LAC — The Ledgers (10-6, 5-4) had no trouble getting past the Cougars (3-12, 1-8) to collect a victory in the Flyway.
Noah Moul led Springs with 21 points, including 15 in the first half, and both John Coon and Ben Anderson each chipped in with 15 for the Ledgers.
Mason Willacker had seven points to lead Campbellsport.
Campbellsport 18 7 - 25
St. Mary's Springs 43 36 - 79
Lomira 73, Mayville 42
MAYVILLE — The Lions (9-6, 7-2) continue to stay hot, winning their fifth game in a row both overall and in the Flyway with a blowout victory over the Cardinals (2-12, 2-7).
Lomira currently sits firmly in third place with only Omro (9-0) and WLA (8-1) ahead in the conference standings.
Jackson Goebel led the Lions with 17 points. Connor Steers added 12 points, including 10 in the first half, and Sam Schraufnagel had 10 - eight of which came after the break.
Cohen Raddemann and Austin Thoreson each scored nine points apiece to lead Mayville.
Lomira 34 39 - 73
Mayville 13 29 - 42
Omro 76, Laconia 72
OMRO — The Spartans (7-6, 4-5) fell to the Foxes (12-3, 9-0), who remain perfect in the Flyway with the victory.
Cash Farrell led Laconia with a double-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds and dished out five assists. Nick Blank tacked on 14 points, Carter Bonlender added 11, and Keeton Grade had 10 points with five boards.
Keenan Rahn scored a game-high 32 points to lead Omro and Ryan Schoeni added 17 for the Foxes.
Laconia 37 35 - 72
Omro 43 33 - 76
Check out Tuesday's Oshkosh area recap: Omro boys basketball fends off Laconia behind Rahn's 32 points, stay unbeaten in Flyway
Central Wisconsin Christian 86, Wayland Academy 44
BEAVER DAM — The Crusaders (7-6, 4-2) nearly doubled up the Big Red (2-8, 0-6), dropping 52 points in the second half to pick up a Trailways-East victory.
Brock Hoekstra led CWC with 16 points and nine rebounds. Isaac Abel added 12 points with five boards and Brant Bille had 10 points, three rebounds, and five assists.
Sam Porras scored a game-high 26 points, including 20 after the break, to lead Wayland Academy.
CWC 34 52 - 86
Wayland 15 29 - 44
GIRLS BASKETBALL
No. 2 (D-3) Waupun 63, Plymouth 30
PLYMOUTH — The No. 2-ranked Warriors (15-2, 7-1) doubled up the last-place Panthers (6-12, 0-8) to earn another win in the East Central.
Kayl Petersen led Waupun with 14 points.
Boden Budrecki had eight points to lead Plymouth.
Waupun 35 28 - 63
Plymouth 15 15 - 30
No. 6 (D-1) Neenah 62, Fond du Lac 42
FOND DU LAC — The Cardinals (4-13, 1-10) dropped their fifth straight game, and sixth consecutive in the Fox Valley Association, with a loss to the No. 6-ranked Rockets (14-3, 9-2).
Brooke Butler led Fondy with 12 points, moving into sole possession of fifth place amongst the Cardinals' all-time scoring leaders.
Ellie Buss scored a game-high 20 points, including 13 in the first half, to lead Neenah. UConn commit Allie Ziebell added 19 points and Rowan Klesmit had 13 for the Rockets.
Neenah 26 36 - 62
Fond du Lac 14 28 - 42
Winnebago Lutheran 46, New Holstein 37
FOND DU LAC — The Vikings (11-3, 6-2 Flyway) defeated the Huskies (5-12, 3-4 Eastern Wisconsin) to pick up a non-conference victory.
In a close, low-scoring game that WLA led for the majority of, the Vikings were able to pull away late by hitting their free throws, going 14-for-19 at the charity stripe.
Lindsey Nell led WLA with 22 points, six rebounds and five steals. Abby Cole added nine points and dominated the boards with a whopping 19 rebounds.
New Holstein was led by the tandem of Payton Grenzer and Eden Pethan with 11 points apiece.
New Holstein 16 21 - 37
Winnebago Lutheran 17 29 - 46
No. 10 (D-5) Oakfield 57, Valley Christian 46
OSHKOSH — Despite turning the ball over 20 times, the No. 10-ranked Oaks (13-2, 7-1) took down the Warriors (9-5, 6-3) to collect another Trailways-East victory.
Oakfield made a half-court shot with three seconds to go before the break to extend their lead over Valley Christian from two to five points.
Jorja Hofman led the Oaks with 18 points. Stella Hofman followed with 16 and Aly Lamonska had 14 for Oakfield.
Anna Y. Giannopoulos scored 17 points to lead the Warriors and Mya Moran added 13 for Valley Christian.
Oakfield 29 28 - 57
Valley Christian 24 22 - 46
Check out Monday's Fondy area recap: Warbirds hockey downs Wisconsin Valley Union; Springs, Oakfield girls hoops pick up non-conference wins
Central Wisconsin Christian 53, Wayland Academy 37
BEAVER DAM — The Crusaders (5-9, 2-5) defeated the Big Red (5-5, 4-3) to pick up a Trailways-East victory.
Samantha Braskamp led CWC with 18 points and McKenzie Zuhlke added 10 for the Crusaders.
CWC 28 25 - 53
Wayland 19 18 - 37
BOYS HOCKEY
St. Mary's Springs 10, Appleton United 0
APPLETON — The Ledgers (11-8, 5-1) poured on the offense with a blowout win over Appleton (0-14, 0-6) in a contest between Badgerland foes.
Armani Fisher and Isaac Sabel each recorded a goal for Springs in the first period to give the Ledgers an early 2-0 advantage. Sabel's goal came on the power play.
Austin Westergaard bookended goals in the second period with Fisher claiming his second of the game and Jaiden Miesner netting a pair for himself, as well, to make it 7-0 after two.
Sabel joined the multi-goals group to open the third period, Khalil Rebek entered the box score with a goal afterward, and Westergaard completed his hat trick to close out the scoring.
Memphis Young received the start for the Ledgers in net and made seven saves. Cody Boone had 39 saves for Appleton.
Waupun 7, Fox Cities 2
WAUPUN — The Warriors (9-7-2, 3-3) scored twice in each of the first two periods and three more times in the third to earn a blowout victory in the Badgerland over the Stars (7-11, 1-5).
Mason Holz netted both of Waupun's goals in the first period, the second of which was assisted on by Nate Batzler.
Cale Adamovich answered for Fox Cities with a goal to open the second period on assists from Will Cote and Ryan Ostermann.
A minute later, the Warriors rattled off four consecutive goals beginning with Camden Flegner cashing in a power play, unassisted. Jonas Buchholz scored off a Lukas Kubasa assist to wrap up the second period and then Cade Hartgerink and Batzler each found the back of the net to start up the third.
Haiden Rieder and Holz assisted on the Batzler goal.
Adamovich found Ostermann with 11 minutes to go for the Stars' second goal, which Holz responded to by capping off his hat trick to seal the game. Credit to Dylan Pribbenow on the final assist.
Blake Colker made 26 saves for Waupun. Elliot Reichenbacher had 23 saves for Fox Cities.
West Bend 4, Fond du Lac 3
FOND DU LAC — The Cardinals (10-6-1, 5-1 Badgerland) fell to the Ice Bears (9-7, 4-3 Classic Eight) in a non-conference battle at the Blue Line.
West Bend scored three goals in the first period, with a bevy of Ice Bears directly involved in the offense.
Reid Newkirk netted the game's first goal, assisted by Trevor Newkirk and Logan Woods. Stone Daczka claimed the second, assisted by Woods and Mason Day, and Nick Grebas had the third for West Bend, with assists from Carson Thomas and Tore Schemelin.
Despite the slow start, Fondy responded with two goals, one each from Eli Stewart and Drake Deanovich. Then, in the second period, Caden Umentum scored to draw the game even for the Cardinals.
The comeback was not meant to be for Fondy, however, as Jaxson Vorpahl scored a third-period goal for the Ice Bears on an assist from Schemelin and West Bend held on to secure the win.Spencer Shober had 22 saves for the Cardinals and RJ Katsma had 17 saves for the Ice Bears.
WRESTLING
Waupun Quad
The Warriors hosted Appleton West, Kewaunee and St. John's Northwestern Military Academy/University Lake School, taking first place as a team at their home event. Here are the results from each match:
Waupun 40, Appleton West 34
113: Ben Hilbert AW pinned Wyatt Stowell 2:46. 120: Winton Glewen W pinned Brendan Shepherd 3:00. 126: Grant Braskamp W pinned Long Nguyen 1:26. 132: Miles Sherden W pinned Nash Baeten 3:07. 138: Lucas Collar AW pinned Oscar Stowell :46. 144: Charlie Blevins AW major dec. Lucas Bresser 20-9. 150: Collin Evers AW pinned Patrick Reilley :31. 157: Landen Larsen W pinned Gavin Cittadino 4:58. 165: Abdelrahman Zeineldin AW pinned Hayden Gibbs :21. 175: Kyler Sanders W major dec. Quinn Meyers 16-2. 190: Landen DeGroff W pinned Mason Geissler 1:29. 215: Garret Glewen W pinned Antonio Pena :57. 285: Jevonte Johnson AW pinned Owen Kooima 3:18.
Waupun 45, Kewaunee 31
113: Aiden Ducat K dec. Wyatt Stowell 8-2. 126: Grant Braskamp W pinned Tucker DuFresne 2:41. 132: Miles Sherden W dec. Trevor Gauthier 4-3. 138: Isaac Benz K pinned Oscar Stowell 1:55. 144: Lucas Bresser W pinned Seth Chevalier 2:53. 157: Mitchell VanGoethem K pinned Landen Larsen 2:40. 165: Hayden Gibbs W pinned Bryian Soto 3:56. 175: Kyler Sanders W pinned Jose Garza 1:31. 190: Kemper Robinson K pinned Landen DeGroff 2:47. 215: Matthew Boeder K major dec. Garret Glewen 9-0. 285: Owen Kooima W pinned Mitchell Boeder 3:22.
Waupun 48, St. Johns Northwestern Military Academy/University Lake School 34
120: Winton Glewen W pinned Liam Olson 5:11. 126: Grant Braskamp W pinned Ethan Olson 2:43. 132: Christian Cardon SJCUL pinned Miles Sherden 1:22. 138: Oscar Stowell W pinned Ethan Brey 3:53. 144: Frankie Mungo SJCUL pinned Lucas Bresser :35. 150: Sawyer Eisenhut SJCUL major dec. Patrick Reilley 18-5. 157: Christopher Alaka SJCUL pinned Landen Larsen 2:55. 165: Lotanna Chukwuelue SJCUL pinned Hayden Gibbs 1:11. 175: Kyler Sanders W pinned Marcus Hagen 5:58. 190: Landen DeGroff W pinned Donovan Stadler 1:15. 215: Garret Glewen W pinned Aidan Richards 1:39. 285: Owen Kooima W pinned Jon Hyder :24.
To contact Lance LeQue, email him at LLeQue@gannett.com or follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @LanceLeQue.
This article originally appeared on Fond du Lac Reporter: Fond du Lac area Jan. 23 high school sports roundup
