The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin • 34

FRIDAY, MAmMOO POST-CRESCENT, APPLETON-NEENAH-MENASHA, WIS. fflBBorereROTt Patriots shut out Kimberly Megan Burke and Emily Eggert scored for Appleton East as the Patriots beat Kimberly 2-0 in a Fox Valley Association girls' soccer game Thursday at Kimberly. East finished third in the conference at 7-2. Kimberly (5-3-1) took fourth. Stephanie Brown assisted oh Burke's goal at 23 minutes, and Eggert was assisted by Allison Noble at 29 minutes.

East had 14 shots on goal while Kimberly had eight East's Kelli Danielski made eight saves. Allison Schmidt finished with 14 saves for Kimberly. Appleton North 3, OshkoshWest2 At North, Tricia Curry scored her second goal of the game in the 70th minute to lift the Lightning past the Indians. The game was tied 2-2 at halftime. Natalie Vierthaler scored for PREP GIRLS' SOCCER Oshkosh West in the first minute, but Katie Wrzesinski answered for North (4-5) in the ninth minute to tie the game.

Julie Herzig gave the Indians a 2- 1 lead in the 26th minute, and Curry scored her first goal in the 28th minute to tie it. Both teams had 12 shots on goal. Menasha 3, Kaukauna 1 At Menasha, the Bluejays built a 3- 0 lead before the Ghosts' Stefanie VandeHey scored. Menasha's Nicole Schmalz and Kristin Henning scored in the first half off assists from Jenny McMor-row and Jody Sell. Sally Coopman scored to open the second half off Sell's assist.

Tracy Vander Bloomen made 23 saves for Kaukauna. Bluejays goalie Tamie Kolasinski made three saves. PREP POSTPONEMENTS for the state tournament In other baseball action, the Appleton West-Appleton North game Thursday was postponed. It is scheduled to be made up today as part of a two-game home-and-home series. At 1 p.m., the teams play at North, and then at about 3:30 p.m., they'll play again at Nienhaus Field.

West is 14-2 in the Fox Valley Association, while North is 13-2. The games have title implications. The FVA boys' tennis meet Thursday also was postponed. It was to be made up today starting at 8 a.m. at Kaukauna and Kimberly high schools, and on courts at FVL's title hopes put on hold 4, WISCONSIN 0 Thursday's attendance: 4,188.

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CS Jimenez. Snelling. westMicwgan Van Hekken W.5-1 8 5 0 0 1 9 watson 100013 JS" 7 2 2 2 1 10 0 242212 HBP-By Van Hekken (Snelling); By Olore (Anthony) a 4,188. BURN: Rattlers grounds crew is kept busy From D-1 to time," Hofer said. "We did that back in '96 and we did it again (Thursday).

Just throw a little gasoline on it. That's the only way we could dry out the clay. It's 50 degrees out, so the warm weather's not going to do it. "We were trying to expedite the process." While the fire may have startled people looking into the stadium as they traveled on U.S. 41, it did the trick.

worked a little bit," Hofer said. "It helped solidify the shortstop area, but it was still a little soft." That wasn't the only interesting part of, the day for the grounds crew. Removing the tarp from the infield became an adventure with a strong wind blowing into the stadium from the north. "Normally, we can pull the tarp under ideal conditions with as few as four guys," Hofer said. "Today, I bet there was 15 of us out there.

It was a struggle just to get that done." A struggle might be a nice way to put it as one member of the grounds crew got to take a ride on the tarp due to the wind. "If it starts to blow, we normally just drop and lay on the tarp to get it on the ground so the wind can't get underneath and it up," Hofer said. "When we were rolling it up, there was an air pocket that came up and one of my assistants, Jesse Mallmann, was lifted right up in the air. "It was like he was wind surfing or something. He was about 10 or 12 feet in the air with the air pocket in there." Still, the rain wasted some work that had been done on the infield during the Rattlers' most recent road trip.

Last week, the grounds crew had stripped the infield of its dirt and reworked it to get truer bounces and make it look better. "Over the course of the season, the clay gets chewed up and develops divots," Hofer said. "We take the backs of the rake, scrape it all together and get rid of the Pro's Choice infield dirt." Once the clay is exposed, it is watered down, nail dragged and rolled. The watering and rolling WEST MICHIGAN THE GAME Pitching well doesn't necessarily ensure a victory. Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitcher Craig Anderson learned that the hard way Thursday night at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.

In seven innings, the Australian struck out 10 and allowed just two hits and two runs. But it wasn't enough as the Timber Rattlers lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps 4-0 in a Midwest League baseball nama yamo' Maxim St. Pierre gave the White- caps a 1-0 lead in the third inning with a home run to left field. The Whitecaps added another run in the fifth inning on an error by third baseman Gorky Estrella on a 1 1 11 grounder by St. Pierre, and a double by Jake Anthony.

The Whitecaps scored their third and fourth runs in the ninth inning on an infield single by Ramon Santi- 1 ago, a fielder choice by David Lara, a walk to Cory Ross and a throwing error by Ariel Durango. TL The Rattlers best scoring oppor- tunity came in the eighth inning when Chris Snelling drew a one-out walk and Estrella walked. The threat ended, however, when Shawn McCorkle struck out and Snelling was thrown out attempting to steal third base. NA i i i Caleb Balbuena IS Scheduled tO get the starting ptehing assignment for the Timber Rattlers when they host the Whitecaps today at 6:35 p.m. Rattlers catcher Ryan Chris- tiancnn'o ctati ic ic rlau tn-rlav nftar nanson status is aay-Kaay aner Suffering What iS being Called a shoulder strain.

The Rattlers have rrn 1 34 stolen bases in 50 attempts. West Michigan has the Midwest League's best team ERA at 2.87. The Rattlers are sixth at 3.73. process is then repeated. The final step is putting down the new Pro's Choice infield dirt, which makes the infield look new.

"Because it was so wet, we ended with footprints and different things in the clay by shortstop," Hofer Fox Valley Lutheran's quest for a share of the Valley 8 Conference baseball championship with Clin-tonville and Hortonville is on hold until TAiesday. That's when FVL (9-4) will finish its regular-season finale against Xavier (6-7). The Hawks are leading FVL 4-3 after four innings. The game was halted by rain Wednesday. It will be concluded at 4 p.m.

Tuesday at Memorial Park. Meanwhile, before they end the Valley 8 season, FVL and Xavier will be in WISAA Division 1 regional tournament play Saturday at American Legion Field. In that tournament Fond du Lac Springs plays Xavier at 10 a.m., and FVL faces Oshkosh Christian at 12:30 p.m. Winners play at 3 p.m., with the champion qualifying Hortonville Bridget Griesbach pitched a one-hit shutout, striking out five, as Hortonville edged Winneconne 1-0 in a WIAA Division 2 regional soft-ball game Thursday at Hortonville. The Polar Bears scored in the first inning.

Jenny Pingel led off with a single, stole second and moved to third on a fielder's choice from Erica Cooper. Shannon Arendt's sacrifice then drove in Pingel. Pam Utke tripled for the Polar eliminates Winneconne Oshkosh North 3, Appleton West 2 At Oshkosh, Jamie Feutz scored twice for the Spartans, including the final goal in the second overtime, as they beat the Terrors. Kelly McDonald had the first goal for Oshkosh North. Natalie Brown answered with a goal for Appleton West Oshkosh North came back with Feutz's first goal and the Terrors scored again in the 80th minute, forcing the game into overtime.

Eastern Wisconsin New Holsteln 11, Campbellsport 0 At Campbellsport, Nicole Dit-ter, Jessica Denies and Gracie Schmitz scored twice as the Huskies (6-2) finished second in the conference by beating the Cougars. Plymouth won the title. Ashley Corning made three saves to earn the shutout Kaukauna's Riverview and Quinney schools. In Softball, Appleton East (13-1) could clinch the FVA title with a pair of wins over Oshkosh West (9-6) at 4 p.m. today at Telulah Park.

The Mowing events also were postponed Thursday. Make-up datestinae are sated when available: Baseball: Little Chute at Waupaca. 4 p.m., today; Shkxton BrMkon, 4:30 p.m., today; Neenah at Apple-Ion East. Monday, Oshkosh North at Kaukauna, 3 p.m.. today; PlainAettl Trt-Courrty at Amherst, 2 p.m., today, Oshkosh West at Fond du Lac, 10 a.m., Saturday; Pulaski at Shawano, no date; Stockbndge at Sevastopol, today.

Girls' aoeoen Neenah at Fond du Lao, 4:30 p.m., Wednesday. SoftbeH: Sheboygan Falls at Chiton, 4 p.m., today, Weyauwega-Framont at Little Chute, 4:30 p.m., today, EMiart Lske-Glenbeulah at BrWron, 4:30 p.m., today; Tlgerton at Manawa, 4:30, today, Seymour at Oconto, 4:30. today: Omro at Berlin. 4:30 p.m.. today; Shlocton at Sevastopol.

3 pm. today; Fond du Lac at Appleton North (dh), 4 today; St. Mary Central at Fond du Lac Springs, Wednesday; WMenberglmamwood at Freedom, 4:30 p.m., today; Wrlghtstown at Reaosvie, 4 p.m., today; Two Rivera at New Holsteln, 4 p.m., today; Shawano at Pulaski, no data; Oconto Fairs at Can-tonvllle, 4:30 p.m., today. Division 3 Bonduel 19, Bowler 6 At Bonduel, Melissa Edler's home run highlighted a six-run second inning as the Bears rallied to eliminate the Panthers. Bonduel had six runs on four hits in the second inning, and seven runs on seven hits in the third BOWLER .320 01- 4 BONDUEL.

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LP: Melissa Groves. hie post- are cuuu-i 15. i 1 V) FOXOITI t. ra 1 AMATEUR said. "All that work to make it play smooth and clean was wasted, because it's got to be done again." And when that time comes, the playing field at Fox Cities Stadium will look like the one players dream of playing on.

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