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The 2025-26 Appleton East High School girls basketball team. (Photo courtesy of Andy Smith Photography)
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Appleton East girls basketball loses to hot-shooting Hortonville

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APPLETON – Hortonville drilled 10 3-pointers and sent the Appleton East girls basketball team to its second-straight loss with a 63-44 win Friday night at East High School.

Kardyn Peppler scored 20 points and Morgan Mocadio hit four 3-pointers and added 12 for the surging Polar Bears, who are 6-2 in their last eight games and improve to 12-7 overall and 10-4 in the Fox Valley Association.

Ella Sweeney had 12 points and Ambria Fischer 11 in the loss for Appleton East, which have after winning 15 games in a row as now lost its last two, falling to 15-3 and 11-2 in the conference.

The Patriots’ next game is Tuesday at Oshkosh North.

Polar Bears 63, Patriots 44
Hortonville   36   27   –   63
Appleton East   22   22   –   44
HORTONVILLE (63): Taylor Lillie 1 0-0 2, Laine Gebauer 0 0-0 0, Paige Clausen 0 2-2 2, Madi Springer 1 0-0 2, Mallorie Werner 1 3-6 6, Julieyn Martin 1 0-0 3, Eileen Gassner 0 0-0 0, Grace Ruys 4 0-0 10, Callie Pomrening 2 1-1 6, Kalisa Peppler 0 0-0 0, Kardyn Peppler 7 5-5 20, Morgan Mocadio 4 0-0 12, Biese 0 0-0 0. FG: 21. FT: 11-14. 3-pointers: 10 (Mocadio 4, Ruys 2, Werner 1, Pomrening 1, Peppler 1, Martin 1). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-7, 10-4 Fox Valley Association.
APPLETON EAST (44): Ella Mielke 0 0-0 0, Jenna Ott 0 0-0 0, Brooklyn Feller 2 0-0 4, Ambria Fischer 4 3-6 11, Aubrie Erickson 1 2-4 4, Emilia MontMarquette 2 1-1 5, Ella Sweeney 4 2-2 12, Adalyn Graff 0 0-0 0, Ella Jazdzewski 4 0-0 4, Allena Neubauer 0 0-0 0, Jaci Demerath 0 0-0 0. FG: 17. FT: 8-13. 3-pointers: 2 (Sweeney 2). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-3, 11-2 Fox Valley Association.