Valley Christian girls earn first win since rejoining WIAA and Trailways conference
Here are the results from Monday and Tuesday night's boys and girls basketball games in the Oshkosh area:
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Valley Christian 58, Central Wisconsin Christian 51
WAUPUN - Trailing by two at the half, the Warriors stepped up their defense after the break to earn their first victory since returning to both the WIAA and the Trailways conference as a varsity program.
Lizzie Fink scored a game-high 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 at the free throw line for Valley Christian.
Anna E. Giannopoulos added 14 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Anna Y. Giannopoulos and Mya Moran each had 10 points to round out the scoring leaders for the Warriors.
McKenzie Zuhlke and Taylor Hoffman each scored 13 points to lead CWC.
Valley 29 29 - 58
CWC 31 20 - 51
Valley: Anna E. Giannopoulos 14, Boevers 4, Anna Y. Giannopoulos 10, Moran 10, Fink 20. 3-pt: Anna Y. Giannopoulos 2, Fink. FT: 9-12. Fouls: 13.
Oshkosh North 62, Appleton West 43
OSHKOSH - Despite eight first half turnovers and shooting only 36% from the field, the Spartans regrouped at the break to inflate a six-point halftime lead with a 17-0 run to open the second period. The advantage grew to as many as 31 in the victory over the Terrors as North remains undefeated (3-0) to start the season.
Awut Alic had a double-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks to lead North. Ava Hanson stuffed the Spartans' stat sheet contributing 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and three blocks.
App West 20 23 - 43
Osh North 26 36 - 62
Osh North: A. Awak 3, Hanson 13, Paulson 8, Vey 1, Valdez 5, Alic 19, Kolodzik 3, N. Awak 4, Borowitz 6. 3-pt: Valdez, Alic, Kolodzik. FT: 7-10. Fouls: 10.
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Winneconne 49, Markesan 40
WINNECONNE - The Wolves counted on a nine-point first half advantage over the Hornets to earn their first victory of the season.
Jada Kaiser, Taylor Rogers and Isabella Schaffer all finished as the scoring leader for Winneconne with 10 points apiece. Rogers also had five steals.
Leah Bobek and Megan Glover each scored nine points to lead Markesan. Bobek also had team highs of eight rebounds and six assists.
Markesan 15 25 - 40
Winneconne 24 25 - 49
Markesan: Bobek 9, Olson 3, Glover 9, Hoffmann 5, Jahnke 5, Kirker 3, Moldenhauer 6. 3-pt: Glover 2, Jahnke. FT: 9-23. Fouls: 16.
Winneconne: Kaiser 10, Rogers 10, Gardner 2, Schaffer 10, Verkuilen 4, Braman 4, Knobloch 5, Mitchell 4. 3-pt: Rogers 2, Schaffer. FT: 10-20. Fouls: 20.
No. 10 (D-4) Winnebago Lutheran 60, Omro 42
FOND DU LAC - The Vikings improved to 3-1 with a convincing victory over the Foxes.
Abby Cole put together a double-double for WLA with 18 points, which tied for the game-high, 16 rebounds and five assists. Lindsey Nell added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Vikings.
Julia Koch also had 18 points, 13 of which came in the first half, to lead Omro.
Omro 23 19 - 42
WLA 36 24 - 60
Omro: Decker 2, Carter 3, Johnston 4, King 8, Koch 18, Kasuboski 3, Brooks 2, Sell 2. 3-pt: Carter, King 2, Koch 4, Kasuboski. FT: 4-6. Fouls: 11.
WLA: Nell 14, Suprenand 8, Wolf 3, Trewin 4, Theisen 4, Davies 2, Cole 17, Petrowitz 6, Kohnke 2. 3-pt: Suprenand, Cole. FT: 14-18. Fouls: 9.
No. 2 (D-1) Hortonville 71, Oshkosh West 46
HORTONVILLE - Oshkosh West kept it close early making seven three-pointers in the first half, three from Braelee Jodarski, but Hortonville took off in the second half with full court pressure to stifle the Wildcats and cruise to victory.
Rainey Welson led the way for the Polar Bears with a game-high 22 points and 10 rebounds, giving her a double-double. Her 20th point of the night was the 1,000th of her career. Welson also had six assists and three steals.
Kardyn Peppler followed Welson closely with 21 points, six rebounds and three assists for Hortonville and MiKayla Werner had 10 points, nine rebounds.
Jodarski finished with 12 points to lead West and Paige Seckar added 10 points for the Wildcats.
Osh West 28 18 - 46
Hortonville 37 34 - 71
Osh West: Gehri 5, Lenz 7, Hammen 5, Jodarski 12, Martin 3, Toman 1, Seckar 10, Tigert 3. 3-pt: Gehri, Lenz, Hammen, Jodarski 4, Seckar 2. FT: 10-17. Fouls: 10.
Hortonville: Lillie 3, Welson 22, Weister 2, Heraly 3, Werner 10, Martin 3, Harlow 2, Peppler 21, Fane 5. 3-pt: Lillie, Welson 3, Heraly, Martin, Peppler 2, Fane. FT: 10-17. Fouls: 10.
No. 8 (D-4) St. Mary Catholic 77, No. 4 (D-5) Lourdes Academy 41 (Monday)
OSHKOSH - The Knights were outmatched against the Zephyrs, dropping their first contest of the season to fall to 2-1 overall.
Emily Vogel scored a game-high 22 points for SMC. Audrey Norville added 14 points, five rebounds and four steals and Nolie Anderson had 10 points with five rebounds, four assists and eight steals.
Ella Slusarski led Lourdes with 16 points.
SMC 33 44 - 77
Lourdes 19 22 - 41
SMC: Vogel 22, Ripley 9, Crowe 7, Norville 14, N. Anderson 10, S. Anderson 9, Nackers 4, Voss 2. 3-pt: Vogel, Ripley, Crowe, Norville 2, S. Anderson 3. FT: 13-15. Fouls: 12.
Lourdes: Schettle 2, Bauer 6, Ruedinger 5, Mullen 7, Huizenga 3, Machiros 2, Slusarski 16. 3-pt: Mullen, Huizenga, Slusarski 2. FT: 5-9. Fouls: 15.
No. 7 (D-4) Westfield 63, Berlin 46
BERLIN - Additional details were not available by presstime.
Westfield 28 35 - 63
Berlin 15 31 - 46
BOYS BASKETBALL
Omro 96, Oneida Nation 59 (Monday)
OMRO - The Foxes doubled up the Thunderhawks, leading by 25 at the half, on their way to an enormous victory - the first for Omro this season.
Keenan Rahn put together a double-double with 27 points and 13 rebounds with five assists, four blocks and a steal to lead the Foxes. Ryan Schoeni added 22 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists for Omro and Mason Huth rounded out the scoring leaders with 15 points, eight assists, four steals and three rebounds.
Ethan Danforth drained five threes to finish with a game-high 31 points for Oneida.
Oneida 20 39 - 59
Omro 45 51 - 96
Oneida: Thayer 7, Danforth 31, Danforth-Alavez 9, Rodriguez 2, Gutierrez 2, Laster 4, Stevens 4. 3-pt: Thayer, Danforth 5, Danforth-Alvarez. FT: 4-8.
Omro: Brey 8, Huth 15, Rahn 27, Schoeni 22, Fedderly 3, Gruss 6, Krokstrom 7, Powers 2, Kasuboski 4, Allison 2. 3-pt: Brey 2, Huth, Rahn 2, Schoeni. FT: 12-18. Fouls: 11.
Lourdes Academy 55, Hustisford 41
HUSTISFORD - The Knights opened their 2023-24 season with a double-digit road victory over the Falcons.
Mitchell Wing scored a game-high 25 points for Lourdes. Wing also had three rebounds, six assists and three steals.
Calvin Tollard recorded a double-double with 14 points, 13 rebounds and JJ McKellips rounded out the Knights' scoring leaders with 10 points.
Caleb Peplinski led Hustisford with 13 points, six rebounds and three blocks.
Lourdes 26 29 - 55
Hustisford 21 20 - 41
Lourdes: Tollard 14, Machiros 6, Wing 25, McKellips 10. 3-pt: Wing 2, McKellips 2. FT: 7-12. Fouls: 18.
Hustisford: Her 2, C. Peplinski 13, Davis 8, Hildebrandt 2, Grudzinski 8, Maas 5, A. Peplinski 3. 3-pt: C. Peplinski, Davis 2. FT: 2-9. Fouls: 14.
Berlin 64, Wautoma 57
WAUTOMA - Berlin improved to 2-0 with the victory over the Hornets.
Four players scored in double figures for Berlin. Brock Wilde led the way with 20 points, Aaron Bartol followed with 14, Alex Johnson had 13, and Hayden Redington contributed 10. Bartol and Redington each put together double-doubles, grabbing 11 and 12 rebounds, respectively.
Joseph Ascher finished with a game-high 21 points for Wautoma. Carson Armstrong added 18 points and Peter Idsvoog had 13 for the Hornets.
Berlin 25 39 - 64
Wautoma 26 31 - 57
Berlin: Johnson 13, Hess 3, Bartol 14, Redington 10, Hamersma 4, Wilde 20. 3-pt: Johnson 2, Hess, Wilde 2. FT: 15-25. Fouls: 13.
Wautoma: Armstrong 18, Royston 3, Kalata 2, Ascher 21, Idsvoog 13. 3-pt: Armstrong 2, Royston, Ascher 2, Idsvoog. FT: 11-13.
Winneconne 73, North Fond du Lac 57
NORTH FOND DU LAC - The Wolves overcame a five-point deficit at the half, turning it into a double-digit victory over the Orioles to open their 2023-24 season.
Parker Ingles went 7-for-10 from beyond the arc, finishing with a game-high 28 points along with seven rebounds for Winneconne. Cohen Reetz added 17 points and eight boards and Brody Schaffer had 14 and seven with three assists.
Jesus Juarez led North Fondy with 15 points and four steals. Dimitri Reed added 14 points for the Orioles and Abe Maurer had 11.
Winneconne 27 46 - 73
North Fondy 32 25 - 57
Winneconne: Bartel 4, Gonzalez 2, Loukidis 6, Schaffer 14, Reetz 17, Ingles 28, Immel 2. 3-pt: Ingles 7. FT: 22-33. Fouls: 8.
North Fondy: Reed 14, Juarez 15, Lewis 4, Siedschlag 8, Maurer 11, Barber 5. 3-pt: Reed 4, Juarez 3, Maurer 3, Barber. FT: 2-4. Fouls: 27.
Ripon 56, Campbellsport 45
RIPON - The Tigers took down the Cougars with a double-digit win to open the 2023-24 season.
Mason Killam scored a game-high 18 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out six assists. Henry Beuthin added 17 points and Jacob Riddick had 10 points with nine rebounds for Ripon.
Emmett Gonnering led Campbellsport with 13 points.
Campbellsport 21 24 - 45
Ripon 30 26 - 56
Campbellsport: Smith 3, Pickering 2, Willacker 5, Pendowski 4, Bong 6, Goebel 9, Reis 3, Gonnering 13. 3-pt: Smith. FT: 6-9.
Ripon: Killam 18, Dudzinski 3, Trochinski 4, Riddick 10, Bradley 2, Beuthin 17, Hatfield 2. 3-pt: Killam 3, Trochinski, Beuthin 3. FT: 7-13.
Central Wisconsin Christian 80, Valley Christian 35
WAUPUN - The Crusaders earned their first victory of the season in dominant fashion over the Warriors.
Brady Patterson scored 15 points to lead Valley Christian.
Valley 20 15 - 35
CWC 37 43 - 80
Valley: Thur 5, Johnson 4, Behling 4, Krause 5, Patterson 15, Henderson 2. 3-pt: Krause, Patterson 3. FT: 11-18. Fouls: 26.
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This article originally appeared on Oshkosh Northwestern: Oshkosh area high school boys and girls basketball roundup
