Appleton North boys basketball surges past Kimberly

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APPLETON – A huge second half helped the Appleton North boys basketball team separate from Kimberly and hand the Papermakers their first Fox Valley Association loss, winning 65-44 on Thursday at Appleton North High School.

North led 24-20 at halftime before blowing the game open with a 17-point advantage over the final 18 minutes.

Nathan Ramus hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points, and Alexander Radkte scored seven points in the second-half run for the Lightning, who are now 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the FVA.

Will Sweeney chipped in 13 points and Matthew Rosplochowski added 11 for Appleton North.

Kegan Pleau topped Kimberly (3-3, 3-1 FVA) with 15 points.

Appleton North will compete at the 60Eight Tournament this weekend at Madison College. The Lightning will play Oregon at 6:30 p.m. Friday and either Madison LaFollette or Yorksville (Ill.) Christian on Saturday at either 3 p.m. or 4:30 p.m.

Lightning 65, Papermakers 44
Kimberly   20   24   –   44
Appleton North   24   41   –   65
KIMBERLY (44): Jaxson Wyngaard 1 0-0 3, Hunter Holschuh 1 0-0 2, Kegan Pleau 6 2-3 15, Maddox Mendoza 0 0-0 0, Chase Schiedermayer 0 0-0 0, Alex Krause 0 0-0 0, Chase Lakasavage 3 0-0 8, Sam Voskuil 1 1-2 3, Ryan Buchanan 3 2-2 10, Bo Grabner 0 0-0 0, Mac Banker 0 0-0 0, Cayden Vosters 1 0-0 3. FG: 16. FT: 5-7. 3-pointers: 7 (Lukasavage 2, Buchanan 2, Pleau 1, Wyngaard 1, Vosters 1). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-3, 3-1 Fox Valley Association.
APPLETON NORTH (65): Will Sweeney 5 1-1 13, Matthew Rosplochowski 4 2-2 11, Dane Smith 0 0-0 0, Nathan Ramus 7 0-0 18, Grant Hardy 6 0-0 13, Ethan Eisenburg 0 0-0 0, Sam Kuehl 0 0-0 0, Howie Guilbeault 0 0-0 0, Ben Zdzieblowski 0 1-2 1, Ethan Arft 1 0-0 2, Alexander Radtke 3 0-0 7. FG: 26. FT: 4-5. 3-pointers: 9 (Ramus 4, Sweeney 2, Rosplochowski 1, Hardy 1, Radtke 1). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-1, 3-1 Fox Valley Association.