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FVA-leader Kimberly holds down Appleton North baseball

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APPLETON – Kimberly maintained its two-game lead in the Fox Valley Association baseball standings with a 6-1 win over Appleton North on Thursday at Appleton North High School.

The game was called with two outs in the top of the sixth inning, following a run-scoring squeeze bunt by Benny Kieffer, due to weather.

Sawyer Deering held Appleton North (10-6, 7-5 FVA) to three hits in five innings while striking out nine for the Papermakers (12-4, 11-1 FVA), who are two games ahead of second-place Hortonville in the FVA standings.

Appleton North scored its only run in the second inning when Colin Reddy led off with a triple and courtesy runner Jacob Quella came home on a balk.

Appleton North plays at Oshkosh North on Friday.

Papermakers 6, Lightning 1
Kimberly   001   401   –   6   9   0
Appleton North   010   00x   –   1   3   2
WP: Sawyer Deering. LP: Colin Reddy.
SO: Deering 9; Reddy (5 inn.) 4, Gus Rieckman (2/3 inn.) 1. BB: Deering 3; Reddy 2, Rieckman 0.
Top hitters: K, Deering 3B; Benny Kieffer 2 RBI; Connor Olson 2 RBI; Maddux Hermus 2×3; Ryan Halfmann 2 RBI. AN, Reddy 3B.
Records: Kimberly 12-4, 11-1 Fox Valley Association; Appleton North 10-6, 7-5 Fox Valley Association.