Brett Paulsen continues to dazzle on the mound and excel on the plate for unbeaten Kewaunee, the state’s top-ranked Div. 3 team in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association weekly poll.

The Storm improved to 15-0 after five more wins in the past week. Unbeaten Random Lake is number two and twice-beaten Brillion in the third spot. Ten other D-3 teams have one loss. Gibraltar, which Kewaunee doubled up on last week, is ranked 14th in Div. 4.

Paulsen had 16 strikeouts and two walks in six innings at Southern Door last Friday, with Jackson Walecka finishing up the no-hitter with two strikeouts in the seventh. He also had three hits in the Storm’s 10-0 win. Waylon Delain, Diesel Bosdeck, Blake Temme and Micah Vanness each had two hits.

In game two, Noah Hudson earned the win. He allowed three hits in a 15-2, five-inning win. Dane Harrell was 3-for-3 with four RBIs. He doubled and homered. Connor Kilgore and Bosdeck each had a pair of hits.

A day earlier, resuming a game suspended from April 9, the Storm finished off NEW Lutheran 13-0. Bosdeck and Peyton Schaller each had two hits. Delain got the win, Hudson had two strikeouts in an inning and Bosdeck four “Ks” in two innings on the mound.

On Tuesday, Paulsen went the first three innings in an 11-1, five-inning win over visiting Gibraltar-Washington Island. He allowed two hits and two walks, while striking out eight. Walecka cleaned up, striking out five in two innings and allowing one hit.

The Storm scored eight runs in the first inning, with Paulsen getting two doubles. Bosdeck also had two hits in the game, a double and a home run.

Delain earned the win in an 18-2 nightcap, with Hudson throwing two innings of no-hit ball in relief. Paulsen, Delain and Kovacs each had two hits. The Storm had four doubles, and Kilgore tripled.

On the girls side, three area teams are all ranked ninth in this week’s Wisconsin Fastpitch Coaches Association poll: Denmark in Div. 2, Southern Door in Div. 3 and Bonduel in Div. 4. Denmark edged L-C 3-1 last Thursday; the Spartans (14-1 coming in) hosted in the rematch Thursday.

Southern Door could be the team to beat in the Packerland after taking both games of a doubleheader against visiting Kewaunee last week.

Algoma gets its shot at the Eagles next Friday. The Wolves blanked Bonduel April 24, but the Bears didn’t start their top pitcher and Algoma took advantage, scoring five runs in the first two innings.
The Spartans got a Rylan Kaminski double followed by an Alayna Deprez RBI single in taking a 1-0 first inning lead against the Vikings, but could only get two hits the rest of the way, another by Kaminski and one from Karsyn Walyczyk. Baylee Wypiszenski took the loss.

A day later, L-C took two from Clintonville, 11-1 and 13-0. Gracie Jandrin had three hits in the opener and Kaminski and Riley Westland each two doubles. Jandrin earned the win. She also had two doubles in the nightcap. Autumn Kaye and Walyczyk each had two hits, with Walyczyk driving in four runs. Jandrin again earned the win. She had 13 strikeouts in the two games.

On Monday, the Spartans scored seven runs in the 10th inning for an 8-2 win at Southern Door. Jandrin earned the win, striking out nine and allowing nine hits in 10 innings. Stella Schleis had two of the team’s eight hits. Alanah Kaye had four of the Eagles’ seven hits. She also allowed just one hit in pitching the first six innings, leaving the mound with the game tied at 1.

L-C beat New Holstein 6-5 Tuesday. Walyczyk, Deprez, Claire Schleis and Gracie Jandrin each had two hits for the Spartans. Wypiszenski earned the win, and Jasmine Jandrin the save.

Algoma baseball

The Wolves are 4-10 after splitting with Oconto and NEW Lutheran in the past week. Last Thursday, Algoma lost to the Blue Devils 7-1 before taking the nightcap 2-0. At NEW Lutheran Tuesday, Algoma won the opener 8-0 and lost the second 13-8.

The Wolves got just six hits in the two games against Oconto, two by Dylan Seiler. Braeden Leist and Cayden Neuzil combined to allow just four hits in the nightcap. Jack Schwader stole two bases and made two key catches in left field late. Charlie Prokash got two walks and scored a run.

Prokash had three hits, two of them doubles, in the game one win at NEW. Leist added two hits. Prokash struck out six and walked two, allowing four hits in five innings. Neuzil cleaned up, striking out three and giving up one hit in two innings.

Prokash had two of the team’s five hits in the nightcap. Cal DeMeuse doubled, and Neuzil tripled. With Jacob Massey unavailable, three other pitchers — Leist, Neuzil and Schwader — split the duties, giving up nine hits while walking eight.

Algoma softball

The Wolves improved to 9-6 this past week, splitting with Oconto 8-6 and 13-14 last Thursday at Peterson Park before drilling NEW Lutheran Tuesday, 12-1 and 13-3.

Natalie Ray homered twice and had four RBI in the game one win over the Blue Devils. Macie Zimmerman had a two-run blast and Kenzie Lischka knocked in two runs. Zimmerman got the win, striking out 11 and allowing eight hits.

In game two, Amya Lukes had three hits, including a pair of doubles. Zimmerman, Ray, Lischka, Ryley Tweedy, Emma DeMeuse and Ella Severinsen each had a pair of hits. Lischka struck out four and walked five in six innings.

At NEW, Madison Schneider drove in five runs on three hits, including an inside-the-park homer, in game one. Zimmerman struck out 10 and allowed just one hit in five innings. She added two hits, as did Sadie Rikkola and Kirsten Tebon.

In game two, Lukes had three hits, including a home run and a double, while Ray went 5-for-5 with two triples and Lischka knocked in three runs on a pair of hits. Lischka went six innings, striking out nine and allowing six hits.

Kewaunee softball

The Storm are 13-8 after falling 5-4 and 11-0 at Southern Door Friday, 11-4 at Seymour Monday and sweeping Gibraltar 15-0 and 17-1 Tuesday.

Vivian Bootz and Breanna Riha combined for four of Kewaunee’s five hits in the opener. Riha was hit hard in the opening inning of the nightcap, allowing 10 runs and 10 hits. Riha, Braelyn Chevalier and Kambreia Last got the team’s only hits. Riha and Chevalier had four of the team’s six hits in the loss at Seymour.

Kewaunee got back on track Tuesday. Summer Walechka doubled and London Karnopp tripled among her two hits in game one. Riha also had a pair. Ali Repitz earned the win.

In game two, Mariah Schlies and Riha each had three hits, and Repitz and Kayleen Barta two.

Lux-Casco baseball

The Spartans were 8-6 heading into Thursday’s game against Denmark. The Vikings beat L-C 11-1 Tuesday. The Spartans got just three hits.

A day earlier, L-C lost at Shawano Community, 5-4. Ethan Werner had a pair of hits.

Things were better on Saturday, when Luxemburg-Casco beat Clintonville 14-5 and 15-5. Tatem Klaubauf had three hits, including a triple, and drove in four in the opener. He got three more hits in game two. Noah Chervenka and Gavin Lax were the winning pitchers.

Hudson Billings, Chervenka and Marcus Doell each had two hits in game one, and Werner and Eli Derenne each two in the nightcap. Werner doubled and tripled. Lagan Whipp and Callen Murphy also tripled.