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It’s been a wild past week of Kewaunee County sports, so let’s jump right in.
Storm sophomore Evan Maccaux made history last year, becoming the first Kewaunee golfer to win Packerland Conference player of the Year. Now a junior, Maccaux did it again last week at Wander Springs in Greenleaf. He had 40 on the front nine and 39 in the back.
Meanwhile, the Storm baseball team looks to close out a conference championship next week after beating Gibraltar/Washington Island 2-1 last Friday and Peshtigo 8-0 earlier this week.
Brett Paulsen struck out 11 and allowed just four hits to the state-ranked Vikings, getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh. Diesel Bosdeck’s two-run double was the key hit for the Storm. Paulsen threw a one-hitter while striking out 14 against the Bulldogs. Alec Carlson had two hits and three RBI.
championship in an extra-inning thriller at Sevastopol Tuesday, 11-9 in 10 innings, for back-to-back Packerland titles. The Wolves went 15-1 last year, and were 8-0 in conference play this season.
Kewaunee’s Ali Repitz no-hit Gibraltar/Washington Island 16-1 Friday. The Storm sent 17 batters to the plate in a 13-run second inning. Baleigh Saxby had three hits.
Not to be outdone, Luxemburg-Casco won six games in the past week, including a 4-1 win over defending Div. 1 state champ, Waupun, and its star pitcher, Addison Braun.
Coming up, Kewaunee is set to host the Packerland Conference track meet Monday. The Storm’s Mitchell Boeder (discus) and Hannah Miller (800) won firsts in the nine-team Algoma Invitational earlier this week, with Miller teaming up with Natalie Miller, Lily Hudson and Braelyn Witcpalek to win the 1600 relay as well. Boeder was second in the shot put and Kewaunee’s Chyanne Robinson placed third in both the shot and discus.
Algoma’s Brennan Buckman, Cooper Fay and Wyatt Fay went 1-2-3 in the pole vault, and Alex Kirchman was second in the 1600 meter run with a new PR of 4:59.62. Estalla Marerro PR’d in the women’s pole vault, 9-3, good for second place.
Buckman, Jack Meverden, Aiden Moen and Wyatt Fay were second in the 4x400, Moen third in the 300 hurdles and Braden Crewe third in the high jump, helping the Algoma boys to a third place finish, one spot ahead of Kewaunee.
Girls softball begins WIAA regional play Thursday, May 22, while golf and track regionals begin Tuesday, May 27, boys baseball Thursday, May 29 and girls soccer Tuesday, June 3.
Luxemburg-Casco’s softball team, ranked third in the state, is in the Div. 2 sectional at Winneconne with North Eastern Conference champ Fox Valley Lutheran. In D-3, Kewaunee and Southern Door are in the Chilton sectional, and in D-4, Algoma is in the Crivitz sectional with second-ranked Mishicot and seventh-ranked Sevastopol.
Unbeaten Pacelli is ranked No. 1 in Div. 4, followed by Mishicot, at 19-3. Two of their losses were 1-0 decisions to opponents from Ohio and Virginia in a season-opening tournament in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The other was 3-1 to Oakfield in a tournament. How good are the Indians? They blanked Sevastopol on the road May 9, 16-0.
The Pioneers are ranked seventh in D-4, and NEW Lutheran 10th in D-5.
On the baseball side, L-C and Sturgeon Bay are in the D-2 Waupaca sectional; Algoma, Kewaunee and Southern Door in the D-3 Chilton sectional and state-ranked Gibraltar/Washington Island in the D-4 Pacelli sectional. The Vikings are the only area ranked team, fourth in Div. 4.
Algoma opened the season with two tough non-conference losses, then won 10 straight. The Wolves then dropped three of four (all non-conference) in the past week before outslugging Sevastopol Tuesday.
Junior Macie Zimmerman gave up 13 hits and walked five but struck out 13 to earn the win on the mound. She was backed up by error-free defense.
After starting hitless with two strikeouts in four at-bats, Zimmerman ripped an RBI single in the top of ninth and a two-run home run in the top of the 10th.
Senior Nora Krause had four of the Wolves’ 15 hits, including a double and two runs batted in. Sophomore Natalie Ray had two hits, including a double with two RBI, and senior Brooke Mattson and junior Jadyn Nellis also had two hits each. Mattson scored three runs, and Nellis, Zimmerman and senior Sierra Slaby each two.
Algoma led 4-0 after 4-1/2 innings, but the Pioneers scored three times in the bottom of the fifth, then tied it in the last of the seventh on Naomi Rikkola’s solo homer.
The Wolves regained the lead with four runs in the top half of the ninth, including run-scoring hits by Zimmerman and Krause.
Incredibly, the Pioneers tied it with four in the bottom of the inning, getting a key double from Addison Schauske and a home run from Sienna Cain.
Zimmerman’s home run in the 10th proved to be the difference. She gave up a solo homer in the bottom of the inning for the final run of the game.
Last Friday, Zimmerman struck out 12 and allowed just two hits in a 6-1 win over NEW Lutheran. Bristol Schmidt had a two-run homer, Krause had an RBI double and Natalie Ray an RBI triple.
Luxemburg-Casco beat Freedom 6-0 Tuesday. Kate Van Ess had two of the team’s six hits, and Erin Cherovsky pitched a two-hit shutout with six strikeouts.
The Spartans knocked off Wrightstown 10-5 last Thursday, Little Chute 13-0 and 17-0 Friday, and Waupun (4-1) and Laconia (6-2) Saturday.
Baylee Wypiszenski earned the “W” vs. Wrightstown, and Kacie Jorgensen had three hits. Wypiszenski also got the win in game one Friday, allowing just one hit, while Van Ess gave up two hits in the three-inning second game shortened by the mercy rule. Van Ess had a two-run home run in game one and two hits and three runs scored in game two. Cherovsky went 3-for-3 with three runs and five RBI in the 17-0 shutout.
On Saturday, the Spartans beat the defending D-1 state champ, Waupun. Rylan Kaminski’s double and Jorgensen’s triple were big blows early, then Van Ess doubled and scored on Emma Murphy’s base hit. Jorgensen went 3-for-3 and Van Ess 2-for-2. L-C had eight hits off of the Warriors’ star, last year’s state champion pitcher, Addison Braun. Braun went 4-for-4 with a double and a home run. Cherovsky gave up nine hits but just the one run. She had seven strikeouts.
In game two, L-C got 12 hits off of the state’s fifth-ranked D-3 team, Laconia. Jorgensen was 4-for-5, giving her seven hits on the day against some outstanding pitchers. Wypiszenski earned the win.
Baseball roundup
Jacob Massey allowed just two hits and struck out 13 in Algoma’s 10-0 win over NEW Lutheran Friday. Chase Romdenne had three hits and Carson Leist, Massey and Dylan Seiler each two. Braeden Leist had three RBI and Seiler two.
Romdenne then went four-for-four with a double, Massey doubled with three RBI and Braeden Leist doubled and scored three runs in Algoma’s 8-4 win over Mishicot Saturday. Brothers Braeden and Carson Leist combined for 10 strikeouts. Braeden didn’t allow a hit in three innings while Carson struck out seven.
The Wolves then blanked Brillion 15-0. Charlie Prokash struck out 12 in five innings, giving up just three hits. Braeden Leist went 4-for-4 with an inside-the-park home run and a triple, getting seven runs batted in. Romdenne, Carson Leist and Massey all had multi-hit games.
On Tuesday, Prokash allowed two hits and struck out nine in a 10-0 win over Sevastopol. Romdenne, Prokash, Seiler and Carson Leist each had two hits, and Braeden Leist doubled.
Meanwhile, L-C beat Marinette 5-0 Tuesday, getting two hits from Landon Derenne and Gage Delcore and two RBI from Caleb Radart. Jacob Coisman struck out eight in four innings. Derenne struck out two in three innings of relief.
Last Friday, L-C blanked St. Mary Catholic 10-0. Reagan Doell had two hits and three RBI, and Derenne a two-RBI triple. Noah Chervenka struck out five in five innings. A day later, Gavin Lax struck out 10 as the Spartans beat Southern Door 4-3. Ethan Werner had two RBI and Lax and Derenne had RBI singles.
The Spartans had six girls score in an 8-0 win over Clintonville, including two each from Emi Kuhn and Maggie Pravechek.
L-C beat Sheboygan South 3-0, lost 1-0 to Sheboygan Falls and were in a scoreless tie with host Oostburg in a weekend tournament.
Ashley Fameree had 10 saves in the loss to Falls, and got goals from Kuhn, Pravechek and Aaliyah Wallace in the win over South. Teagan Gunderson had four saves in that one, and Fameree eight saves against Oostburg.
The Spartans also blanked Little Chute, 7-0. Wallace had three goals to lead the way.
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