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Only two county sports teams were still alive in WIAA tournament play as this issue was being wrapped up.
Both the Algoma and Kewaunee baseball teams were to play in Div. 3 regional finals late Thursday, the second-seeded Storm at home against three-seed New Holstein and the four-seed Wolves on the road against top-seeded and state-ranked Chilton. The winners will open sectional play Tuesday at Chilton.
Kewaunee had 14 hits in an 11-2 regional semifinal victory early Tuesday afternoon. Waylon Delain had a double and two RBI, and Brett Paulsen and Ethan Paplham each scored three runs. Paulsen struck out 13.
Meanwhile, Algoma beat Howards Grove 3-1 last Thursday before knocking out Manitowoc Roncalli at Perry Field Wednesday, 3-0.
In the win over the visiting Tigers, Carson Leist had a pair of hits and an RBI, and Charlie Prokash struck out 11 and allowed just four hits. Against Roncalli, Prokash struck out 15 in another four-hit outing while Leist, Chase Romdenne and Jordan Fenendael each had two hits.
In a Div. 2 regional opener last Thursday, Waupaca ended Luxemburg-Casco’s season 7-1, allowing just five hits.
In Div. 4, Gibraltar/Washington Island beat Assumption 5-1 in Fish Creek Tuesday. The second-seeded Vikings hosted three-seed Iola-Scandinavia Thursday for the right to advance to Tuesday’s sectional opener in Plover. If they won, they’d likely play Pacelli, the state’s second-ranked Div. 4 team, for a chance to play in the state tournament.
All three girls softball teams are done for the season. Kewaunee was eliminated in a Div. 3 semifinal last Tuesday, Luxemburg-Casco lost a regional final against Denmark Thursday in Div. 2, and Algoma fell in a Div. 4 sectional opener Tuesday.
The Storm (8-10 on the season) got three hits from Vivian Bootz and two each from four other players in a 6-5 loss at New Holstein; L-C dropped the rubber match in the season series with Denmark, 3-2; and the Wolves were blanked by Mishicot, the state’s #2 team in Div. 4 polls, 4-0.
The Spartans finished 21-4, and tied for second in the North Eastern Conference with Denmark at 15-3. Unbeaten Fox Valley Lutheran won the title.
After splitting the conference games, unranked Denmark beat L-C (ranked third in Div. 4) in tournament play, then handed Fox Valley Lutheran its first loss of the season in the sectional opener, 9-3. FVL held the No. 1 spot in the final D-2 coaches poll.
At Luxemburg, the two-seed Spartans fell behind the Vikings early, but Alayna Deprez had a two-out single to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. In the fifth, Vanny Umentum’s two-run homer was the difference-maker. L-C’s Lauren Lindsley had a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh.
The Spartans played error-free defense, including five three-up, three-down innings — 10 infield outs and five fly balls to outfielders.
Erin Cherovsky went the distance, giving up six hits with two strikeouts to finish 10-4 on the season.
College-ball-bound Kate Van Ess finished her high school career with a 21-0 record pitching, striking out 102 against 26 walks. She had a fielding percentage of 98.4, and batting average of .332 with 58 RBI, 10 doubles, two triples and two home runs. She walked 35 times, was hit by five pitches and struck out 22 times.
Denmark (22-7) traveled to Waupun (18-9) Thursday in a sectional final.
Junior pitcher Macie Zimmerman struck out seven and walked two, allowing just one hit — a seventh-inning home run to senior starting pitcher Addison Schauske — in a 4-1 regional championship win over Sevastopol last Thursday. Schauske gave up five hits, struck out five and walked two.
Brooke Mattson’s two-run double and Nora Krause’s RBI single gave Algoma a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Madison Schneider had two hits, and the Wolves played error-free defense.
At Mishicot Wednesday, Zimmerman allowed only three hits and struck out seven but the Indians got another near-perfect game from senior standout Kiran Sanford. The left-handed pitcher allowed just one hit — a fourth-inning leadoff single by Mattson — and struck out 14 as Mishicot tries for its third straight trip to state. The Indians (24-3) played Manawa (19-4) at Crivitz Thursday in a sectional final.
Mishicot has just one loss to an in-state team, Oakfield. A year ago, they were 29-0 with a 2-0 lead in the top of the seventh in a state semifinal before a throwing error and some timely hitting allowed Laconia to escape with a 3-2 win. Sanford led the state in 2024 with seven no-hitters or perfect games, and like Zimmerman, is the school’s all-time strikeout leader.
Algoma finished 14-7.
A number of local athletes qualified for this weekend’s state track and field meet in Lacrosse at Div. 2 and Div. 3 sectionals last week.
Kewaunee junior Hannah Miller won the 1600-meter run in a personal record time of 5:11.84 at the Div. 2 sectional in Marinette Friday. She also placed second in the 800 with a new PR of 2:16.96, and went 34 feet, three inches in the triple jump, good for fifth.
Luxemburg-Casco sophomore Claire DuChateua was third in the 3200 with a PR time of 11;28.33.
On the men’s side, L-C’s Mason Trimburger was second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.26, a new personal record. He also “PR’d” the 300 meter hurdles, placing third in 40.46. Teammate Kyan Lynts placed fourth in the 1600 with a PR of 4:31.22
In the Div. 3 sectional at Marathon, Algoma pole vaulters Brennan Buckman (junior, third place; 12-09) and Estella Marrero (sophomore, fourth; 9-06), earned the right to advance. Some others had career bests, including senior Alex Kirchman in the 3200 (10:41.41) and Wolves’ freshman Ethan Melotte in the shot put (46-08).
Find all the results online at www.athletic.net/track-and-field-outdoor/usa/high-school/wisconsin.
Green Bay Preble beat Luxemburg-Casco 3-1 May 29. Aaliyah Wallace had the Spartans lone goal, while Teagan Gunderson and Ashley Fameree combined for 19 saves.
WIAA tournament play began this week. Seven-seed L-C had a first-round bye, then hosted 10-seed Waupun Thursday.
In the Div. 2 Seymour sectional, Josh Parins of Luxemburg-Casco qualified for state by placing fifth with a score of 81.
Kewaunee’s top golfer, Evan Maccoux, just missed the cut in Div. 3 with an 84 in the Waupun sectional.
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