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Appleton North seniors Will Sweeney, left, Grant Hardy, middle, and Nathan Ramus earned first-team honors on the 2025-26 All-Fox Valley Association Boys Basketball Team. (Photos by Paul Lecker/AppletonSportsPage.com)
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Appleton North has three players on first team of 2025-26 All-Fox Valley Association Boys Basketball Team

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Three Appleton North seniors were among the seven first-team selections to the 2025-26 Fox Valley Association Boys Basketball all-conference team.

Grant Hardy, Nathan Ramus and Will Sweeney, all 1,000-point career scorers, were first-team picks for the Lightning, who tied Kaukauna for the FVA championship, North’s first in program history.

Hardy averaged 14.7 points and five rebounds per game with a team-best 47 made 3-pointers, while Sweeney contributed 12.7 points per game and 41 total 3-pointers, and Ramus scored 12.3 points per game while dishing out a team-high 4.7 assists a game and also pulling down a team-high six rebounds per contest. Ramus was also chosen to the All-Defensive Team.

Kaukauna senior Andrew Jensen was named Player of the Year, with teammate Tyler Schwalbach, Oshkosh North’s Bryce Ott and Kimberly’s Alex Krause rounding out the first-team selections.

Jensen averaged 17.5 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, while Schwalbach, a sophomore, contributed 15.6 points and 4.6 assists per game for the Ghosts.

Appleton North sophomore Matt Rosplochowski and Appleton West senior Braylon Ise were among the second-team selections, and Appleton West’s Parrion Peace was an honorable mention choice.

No Appleton East players earned all-conference accolades.

Appleton North’s Chris Kellett, who led the Lightning to their first state tournament appearance, was named Coach of the Year.

2025-26 All-Fox Valley Association Boys Basketball Team
(*Denotes unanimous selection)
First team: *Grant Hardy, sr., Appleton North; *Andrew Jensen, sr., Kaukauna; *Bryce Ott, sr., Oshkosh North; Nathan Ramus, sr., Appleton North; Tyler Schwalbach, so., Kaukauna; Alex Krause, jr., Kimberly; Will Sweeney, sr., Appleton North.
Second team: Matt Rosplochowski, so., Appleton North; Kegan Pleau, sr., Kimberly; Joey Ware, sr., Oshkosh West; Jonah Roehrig, sr., Kaukauna; Jackson Anderson, sr., Oshkosh North; Braylon Ise, sr., Appleton West; Kolton Fleege, jr., Neenah.
Honorable mention: Byron Jones, so., Fond du Lac; Jensen Jacobitz, jr., Fond du Lac; Drew Bowers, fr., Kaukauna; Malakai Herilhy, sr., Oshkosh West; Owen Weber, sr., Oshkosh North; Carter Kufel, so., Oshkosh West; Jacob Jungwirth, jr., Neenah; Parrion Peace, sr., Appleton West; Brady Anderson, so., Oshkosh North; Jaxson Wyngaard, so., Kimberly; Eli Michalkiewicz, so., Fond du Lac; Jackson Rindt, jr., Neenah; Ryan Buchanan, sr., Kimberly; Elliot Vedder, sr., Hortonville.
All-Defensive Team: Nathan Ramus, sr., Appleton North; Andrew Jensen, sr., Kaukauna; Alex Krause, jr., Kimberly; Kolton Fleege, jr., Neenah; Bryce Ott, sr., Oshkosh North; Tyler Schwalbach, so., Kaukauna.
Player of the Year: Andrew Jensen, Kaukauna.
Coach of the Year: Chris Kellett, Appleton North.