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PREP SPORTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2001 D-5 NorthEast shows depth in winning invitational and East programs before this season. "It's great having a team where there are so many guys to choose from to put in an invitational." Having established itself as the team to beat in the Fox Valley Association, getting to the state meet provides the ultimate motivation for NorthEast. That is not the only source of motivation, though. "To put this in the perspective of state, we've got a lot of work to do," Stepanski said. "The conference is something we've never won, and that's motivation for the guys, too.

Winning that is not a given. We've got to perform that day." Performing well on Saturday was NeenahMenasha's Natan Pheil, who etched his name into the meet record book twice -tying the record of :55.41 in the 100-yard individual medley set in 1997 by Tom Shane of New Berlin Eisenhower and breaking the 50-yard backstroke record of :26.09 by NeenahMenasha's Ryan Micale in 1997 with a time "I've been doing a lot of hard training, and to be able to swim fast is nice," Pheil said. In both races, Pheil fended off challenges from long-time competitor Kyle Hawley of NorthEast, beating him by one-half length in both events. "We're kind of but we have a lot of respect for each other," Pheil said of Hawley. "It's always good to have someone push you, especially when it's him.

We have had this thing going with each other these past few years. I think we bring out the best in each other." NeenahMenasha's Jon Fox won the diving handily, topping runner-up Mike Reid of NeenahMenasha by nearly 90 points. "There are not a whole lot of guys pushing me this year," Fox said. "To push myself, I just try to go for the records. That's how I motivate myself." Fox capped his solid day by, hitting his final dive, a double twisting, one-and-a-half.

"I've been struggling with that, but today I just set it up like I was supposed to and put it in real nice," Fox said. APPLETON NORTHEAST 671, NEENAHMENASHA 662, ASHWAUBENON 422, APPLETON WESTKIMBERLY 225, OSHKOSH WEST 180, NEW BERLIN EISENHOWER 158, OSHKOSH NORTH 136, WISCONSIN RAPIDS 78, STURGEON BAY 28, PULASKI 4 Diving: 1, Jon Fox NM 433.40: 2, Mike Reid NM 344.45: 3. Matt Arnold NBE 314.50; 4, Jack Riley SB 308.40; 5, Derek Jewell NM 305 00; 6, Andy Moore SB 295 85. 200 Medley 1, Appleton NorthEast A 2, Ashwaubenon A 3, Appleton NorthEast 4, NeenahMenasha A 5, Appleton NorthEast 1:53.63. 100 Free: 1, Yavus Edgu ANE :51.85; 2, Mike Natali ANE :52 23; 3, Jon Hanson NM 52 92; 4.

Andy Lau WR :54.15: 5, Justin Warren NBE :54.64; 6, Zak Hanes NM :55.48. 100 IM: 1, Natan Pheil NM :55.41; 2, Kyle Hawley ANE :56 12; 3, Bryan Adelmeyer :58 87; 4, Mike Pritzl AWK :59.44; 5, Mitch Dyer ASH :59.91; 8, Zack Wallig NM 1:01.10. 25 Free: 1, Tobias Schaufel ASH :10.96; 2. Kris Jackson ANE :11 49; 3, Phil Gilbertson AWK :11.66; 4. Ben Lawryk OW :1 5, Dan Natali ANE :11 85; 6, Brian Lubinskl NM :11.93.

100 Free 1, NeenahMenasha A :44.15; 2, Appleton WestKimberty A :44 35; 3, Appleton NorthEast A :46.27; 4, New Berlin Eisenhower A :47.01; 5, Oshkosh West A :48.20; 6, Ashwaubenon A :48 40. 50 Butterfly: 1, M. Natali' ANE :25 67; 2, Z. Wallig NM :26.70; 3, Dyer ASH :26 76; 4, Matt Bock ANE 27.73; 5, Ryan Burnett ANE :27.76; 6, Ryan Philipson Ash :27.77. 50 Free: 1, Jackson ANE :23.33; 2, Hanson NM :24.11; 3, Bill Hanna AWK :24.14; 4, Nick Charais NM 24 66; 5, Darin Mohr ANE; 6, Lubinski NM :25 20.

100 Medley 1, Appleton WestKimberly A :51.06; 2, Ashwaubenon A :51.17; 3, NeenahMenasha A :52 80; 4, Appleton NorthEast A :53.22; 5, Oshkosh North A :53.77; 8, Appleton NorthEast :54 19. 50 Back: 1. Pheil NM :25 89; 2, Hawley AN :26.34; 3, Anders Taylor ON .28 03; 4, Jack Pomprowitz ASH :28.16; 5. Spencer Liedl NM 28 62; 6, Ben Lawryk OW 28 81. 50 Breast: 1, Schaufel Ash 2, B.

Adelmeyer ASH 28 96, 3, Dan Natali ANE :30 53; 4, Joe Geis ON :31.33; 5, Colin Adelmeyer ASH :32 52; 5, Dave Mason NM 32 83. 200 Free 1, Appleton NorthEast A 1:32 65; 2, Ashwaubenon A 3, NeenahMenasha A 4, Appleton WestKimberly A 1 :37 05; 5. Appleton NorthEast 1:41.44, 6, Appleton NorthEast 1:44.21. By Jim Oskola Post-Crescent staff writer NEENAH It was the 50th birthday for NeenahMenasha swim coach Mike Schuelke on Saturday. Before he could celebrate, though, Appleton NorthEast figuratively ran its fingers through his birthday cake's frosting by winning the Rocket Sprint Invitational, relegating host NeenahMenasha to a second-place finish.

NorthEast won the meet with 671 points, and NeenahMenasha had 562 Vi. Ash-waubenon, Appleton WestKim-berly and Oshkosh West finished third through fifth, respectively, while Oshkosh North took seventh. The NorthEast squad, as it did seven days earlfer at the Ash- BOYS' SWIMMING waubenon Invitational, showed it has an ample supply of quality swimmers by having at least two swimmers or relay teams finish in the top six in six of the invita-tional's 12 events. "This meet allows more entries, and you get three relay teams, which you don't get at any of the other invites," NorthEast coach Scott Stepanski said. "It shows just how deep we are.

In a couple of heats today, our and relays fought it out. A couple of times our relay beat our relay, which shows that those kids are really coming on." "With the Appleton East guys, it helps a lot," NorthEast swimmer Mike Natali said of the increased strength of the team since the merger of the North Tyriver leads Indians past Papermakers New London wins its invitational mm i ifr- T- if Post-Crescent photo by Kirk Wagner KAUKAUNA'S JUSTIN GEITNER pins Racine Park Nathan Kleba in a 140-pound wrestling match during the Cheesehead Invitational on Saturday. CIIAfidP: Vanevenhoven wins another title in Cheesehead By Alan Hamari For The Post-Crescent KIMBERLY Oshkosh West freshman Whitney Tyriver made quite a name for herself on Saturday night. Tyriver scored 16 points and didn't miss a shot from the field as she came off the bench to help power the Indians to a 58-35 victory in a Fox Valley Association matchup against the Kimberly Papermakers. "She was a key for getting us into the game," West coach Ter-ri Schumacher said.

"She just did a good job of penetrating and drawing fouls." After the Papermakers took a 12-8 lead early in the second quarter, Tyriver connected on two free throws to cut the lead to two. Kimberly's Alicia Siebers then opened the lead to three by converting on the front end of a trip to the free-throw line, but Tyriver answered right back, slicing through the Paper-makers defense to cut the lead to one. That basket started a 12-2 run for the Indians, which Tyriver capped off with another drive through the lane. Tyriver scored eight points in the second quarter, going three-for-three from the field and leading West to a 30-19 halftime lead. "My confidence was up tonight," Tyriver said.

"When I came in, I wanted to score." Tyriver may have led the West offense in the first half, but the Indians made their presence felt on the defensive end, snatching rebounds from the outstretched hands of the Papermakers. One of the key players for West was 6-foot-4 Nicole Almberg, who snagged several rebounds over a much shorter Kimberly team. New London took the championship of its Bulldogs Cutler Classic invitational wrestling tournament Saturday. Three New London wrestlers won their weight classes in the eight-team event. Aaron Kueck decisioned Brian Ostertag of Oshkosh North (140 pounds), Paul Kilde pinned Appleton North's Reid Jome (189) and Cole Konrad improved to 21-2 for the season with a 3-0 decision over Southern Door's Adam Cochart (275).

Sean Martinson won for Little Chute (103), David Quinlan won for Appleton North (112), Jon Marx took first for Oshkosh North (160) and Waupaca had three winners. The Comets' Jerry Wanty decisioned Eric Sakowski of Little Chute 6-4 in overtime at 125. Wanty was named the tournament's most valuable wrestler. Nate Cate (145) and Alfredo Estrada 152) also won titles for the Comets. NEW LONDON 210, SHEBOYGAN NORTH 172, WAUPACA 134, OSHKOSH NORTH 133, LITTLE CHUTE 127, APPLETON NORTH 111, SOUTHERN DOOR 98, MENASHA 72 At New London 103-1, Sean Martinson (8-3) LC dec.

Mike Murphy NL 7-3; 3, Brandon Schad SN won by technical fall over Scott Jeenquart SD 18-3; 112 1, David Quinlan (23-1) AN dec. John Ambelang SN 10-5; 3, Jeremy Augustine ON dec. Alex Bonnel 19-16; 119 1, Nick Smith (17-5) SN dec. Ryan Jezwinski 13-0; 3, Paul Romsos SD dec. Char- lie Gasparick LC 8-7; 125-1, Jerry Wanty (12-8) dec.

Enc Sakowski NL 6-4 OT; 3, Josh Suhonen AN dec. Ryan Holzem 8-2; 130 1, Tim Scher-metzler (10-9) SN dec. Nate Douglas ON 5-4; 3, B.J. Reiland AN dec. Jason Jones NL 7-3; 135-1, Henry Ambelang (17-4) won by technical fall over SN Corey Roebke 15-0; 3, Andy Crain NL dec.

Stu Mehlberg LC 3-1; 140-1, Aaron Kueck (17-6) NL dec. Brian Ostertag ON 12-0; 3, Adam Vanden-hoven LC pinned Travis Tufte 2 00: 145 1, Nate Cate (15-7) dec. Nick Van Gompel LC 7-4; 3, Ryan Londo SD pinned Nate Krueger NL 1.53; 152-1, Alfredo Estrada (19-5) Wdec. Justin Wolf ON 5-3; 3, Ian Gollner NL dec. Charlie Thompson SN 13-8; 160-1, Jon Marx (19-5) ON dec.

Trevor Otto NL 3-2; 3, Robert Forseth dec. Jon Shimon AN 6-4; 171-1, Jack Kensen (22-0) SN dec. Ted Dorsey NL 14-9; 3, Ryan Foster AN pinned Troy Vanderwust 189-1, Paul Kilde (10-5) NL pinned Raid Jome AN 3, Andy VanZeeland LC dec. Juan Magana SN 6-0; 275 -1 Cole Conrad (21-2) NL dec. Adan Cochart SD 3-0; 3, Matt Bernier ON dec.

Keith Stille 8-3. Hilbert Invitational De Pere edged Shiocton by 5 Yi points to take the championship. The Chiefs had first-place winners in Adam Kettner (112), Jack Peters 130), Matt Guyette (140) and Jacob Mata (275). Joe Buelow had Hilbert's lone pinning Shiocton's Joel Simeth at 103 pounds. The Wolves finished fourth.

Fox Valley Lutheran, which finished seventh in the eight-team field, had a first place at 189 pounds, where David Barkow pinned. Hilbert's Pat Propson. DE PERE 155, MISHICOT 152, SHIOCTON 149, HILBERT 119, LENA 110, NORTH FOND DU LAC 77, FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN 64. HOWARDS GROVE 55 At Hilbert 103 1, Joel Buelow pinned Joel Simeth 112-1, Adam Kettner dec. Bill Beschta 3-1; 3, Chris Brown bye; 119-1, Mike Thomas DP dec.

Dustin Dontje 5-3; 3, David Malchek pinned Tom Mand NFDL; 5, Kevin Petruzates bye; 125 -1, Jim Van Vonderen DP dec. Nick Hortger 6-3; 3, Mike Reif dec. Dan Podell 5-4; 5, Galen Osby HG dec. Steve Fraser 10-5; 130-1, Jack Peters pinned Jeff McConachie 3, Nate Span-genberg FVL dec. Ryan Dodge DP 14-1: 135 -1, Dan Winkler NFDL dec.

Sean Skidmore DP 9-1; 3, Jesse Credille dec. Bryan Hassemer 10-2; 5, Matt Schroeder HG bye; 140 1, Matt Guyette pinned Eric Shevy 3, Keith Schulteis NFDL dec. Tyler Harris DP 11-4; 5, Terry Telford dec. Ryan Reick FVL 13-5; 145 1, Jacob Heuston DP won by flagrant misconduct; 3, Mark Kuhfuss HG dec. Nick Klitzke 10-2: 5.

Mike Halbach pinned Steve LeMieux NFDL; 152 1, Joremy Paitl pinned Matt Blackmer 3, Troy Brown dec. WRESTLING Jacob Neal DP 2-1; 5, Matt Baumbardt HG bye; 160-1, Jason Sisel pinned Nick Beschta 3, Dan Brandt pinned Alex Sell NFDL; 5, Paul Cramer DP bye; 171-1, Steve Smits DP dec. Carl Martin 7-6; 3, Shane Fischer pinned David Popke FVL; 5. Ryan Drossel HG def. Eric Vande Slunt inj.

189 David Barkow FVL pinned Pat Propson 3, Jason Bamman DE pinned Luke Nehring; 5. Alex Kellner HG bye; 275 Jacob Mata pinned Jacob Haag 3, Kevin Tillman NFDL pinned Kenn Ruppel FVL; 5, Niles Mirsberger pinned Andy Schultz L. Ozaukee Quad Invitational Hortonville went 4-1 at the meet, while Appleton West was 1- 4. No team standings were kept. Greg Schroeder (103), Mark Huettl (130) and Tyler Jentz (140) were 5-0 for the day, taking first in their weight classes, to lead the Polar Bears.

Hortonville's Nate Jochman 125) was first with a 4-1 record. For the Terrors, Matt Schuldes at 103 and Ted Silkowski at 160 went 4-1, while Tim Schuldes at 112, Chris Stratton at 119 and Chris Guay at 275 had 3-2 records. Hortonville team results: Hortonville 51, Peca-tonicaArgyle 20; Plymouth 36, Hortonville 21: Hor- tonville 37, Ozaukee 31; Hortonville 49, Appleton West 21; Hortonville 46, Reedsville 22. Hortonville Individual results: 103 Greg Schroeder 50 (first place): 112 Ryan Wilke 4-1; 119 Joe Wittlin 2-3; 125 Nate. Jochman 4-1 (first); 130 Mark Huettl 54 (first); 135 Andy McHugh 3-2; 140 Tyler Jentz 50 (first); 145 -Josh Wolf 4-1 1 52 Troy Simonis 0-5; 1 60 Enc McCarthy.

2-3; 171 -Joey Longoria 3-2; 189-Tom Rodztewicz 3-2; 276 Jared Hart 1-1 Appleton West team results: Plymouth 51, Appleton West 12; Ozaukee 55, Appleton West 15; PecatonicaArgyle 45, Appleton West 24; Appleton West 48, Reedsville 11; Hortonville 49, Appleton West 21. Appleton West wrestlers: 103 Matt Schuldes 4-1 112 Tim Schuldes 3-2; 119 Chris Stratton 2- 125 Nate Suchomel 1-4; 130 Kyle Val-quette 1-4; 135 Chris Flavel 2-3; 152 Chris Koehler 3-2: 160 Ted Silkowski 4-1; 189 Ted Stralow 0-5; 275 Chris Guay 3-2. Juda Invitational Brillion finished second to Cambridge in the nine-team tournament, with three Lions wrestlers taking first places. Jared Ott gave Brillion a win at 119 with a 5-0 decision over Cambridge's Nick Thiltgen, Kraig Kalies won by decision at 140 and Kyle Steinke took the 189 title by decision. CAMBRIDGE 221, BRILLION 165, MONROE JV 150, CUBA CITY JV 143, ALBANYJUDA 104, DEERFIELD 103, VERONA JV 78, ALDENHE8RON 24, BLACKHAWK JV 16 AtJuda Brillion results: 119 1, Jared Ott dec.

Nick Thiltgen 5-0; 135 1, Cory Stenjem pinned John Van Burgt 140-3, Kraig Kalies dec. Joe Haun AJ 4-2; 160 1, John Meyer AJ pinned Dustin Becker 189 -1 Kyle Steinke dec. Thomas Karraker 7-6; 275 3, Derek Weber pinned Bryan Cooler 0:38. Milwaukee Lutheran Invitational Valley Christian finished in 11th place in the 18-team field. Ryan Van Scyoc took second at 112.

He was pinned by Mike Kroner of La Crosse Aquinas in the final. LA CROSSE AQUINAS 250, WAUKESHA CATHOLIC MEMORIAL 160, MILWAUKEE LUTHERAN 153, WINNEBAGO LUTHERAN ACADEMY 126, MT. CALVARY ST. LAWRENCE 122, MILWAUKEE HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 117, WATERTOWN LUTHER PREP 114, MILWAUKEE PIUS 110, MILWAUKEE THOMAS MORE 82, BURLINGTON CATHOLIC CENTRAL 80, VALLEY CHRISTIAN 82, MADISON EDGEWOOD 62, FOND DU LAC SPRINGS 37, GREENDALE MARTIN LUTHER 31, SHEBOYGAN CHRISTIANLUTHERAN 29, ST. JOHN'S NORTHWESTERN MILITARY 18, KENOSHA ST.

JOSEPH 18, MANITOWOC RON-CALLIO At Milwaukee Lutheran Valley Christian finalists: 112-1, Mike Kroner LA pinned Ryan Van Scyoc VC 145 5, Brandan Malacek ME dec. Cory Hulbert VC 16-2; 160 5, Nathan Putz WLA pinned Erin Wolfgram VC 189-5. Tony Holinka LA pinned Josh From D-1 ner lost his first match of the season, an 8-4 decision to Lux-emburg-Casco's Matt Pell, while at 160, Stoughton's Mike Iver-son edged Chris McDaniel 18-14 in the highest-scoring match of the day. Pell; the 1999 WIAA Division 2 state champion at 119 who missed all of last year due to injury, picked up a pair of awards. He won the outstanding-pinner award with three falls in a combined three minutes, 44 seconds.

He was also voted the tournament's outstanding wrestler. Mater Dei, which has won three individual and two team tournaments this year and is 15-0 in dual meets, advanced eight to the finals and seven won. Wildcats winning titles were Craig Macke 103), Aaron Scott (119), Dustin Nosko (125), Blake Maurer (130), Matt Con-kling (135), Chad Raben (145) and Eric Dewig (152). The only loser was Neil Reddington (171). "To come out of this tournament with seven champions, I didn't think that would happen.

I'm really proud," Mater Dei coach Mike Goebel said. "After (Friday) night, there was a little pressure, but the kids got adjusted. They're a good group." Mater Dei became the third out-of-state team to win the tournament, joining St. Edwards of Ohio in 1999 and Apple Valley, last year. "It was similar to the other years," Kaukauna coach Steve McDaniel said.

"The idea for the Cheesehead is to bring in the top teams from outside the state to meet some of the best teams in our state. This time we had two No. Is in Luxemburg-Casco (No. 1 in Division 2) and Mineral Point (No. 1 in Division 3)." i nmm i HAGUE OVFMUL Osh.

North Osh. West App. North Kimberly Fond du Lac Kaukauna App. East Neenah Menasha App. West 10 10 9 8 8 6 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 9 8 9 10 "Our kids did a nice job tonight of sealing them off, boxing out, and not giving them second-chance points at the basket and that was a real key for us," Schumacher said.

The lack of second-chance shots hurt the Papermakers, since they weren't having much success with their first-chance opportunities. Kimberly went just five-for-15 in the first half, and finished ll-for-38 (29 percent) from the field in the game, "We know that we have to work hard," Kimberly coach Troy Cullen said. "We know we have to rebound better and we know we have to execute on offense better." The Papermakers cut the Indians' lead to nine early in the third quarter, but Tyriver had another solid quarter, scoring six points and boosting West to a 44-27 lead entering the fourth. While Tyriver found success by driving against Kimberly, Almberg used her height to her advantage by posting up in the paint. Almberg had 15 points in the game and went six-for-nine from the field.

FVA GIRLS Paton hit her head hard on the ground, spinning with the ball to get away from two defenders, and she left the game. "It was something that you wouldn't have expected," said West senior Brittany Wickre, who scored 10 points. "It was an interesting game." East came out faster in the first quarter. Then Fieck scored five points and added an assist in a third-quarter run that put the Terrors in a 31-18 hole. "The third quarter hurt us," Wickre said.

"We dug ourselves a hole that we couldn't get out of." Both teams stepped it up in the fourth quarter. Wickre made West's only three-pointer and Hansen made two shots in a row as the Terrors scored 19 points. West's Lizzie Doucette also scored six of her 10 points in the final period. "We got the fire toward the end, and it just seemed like it was too late," Wickre said. The Patriots scored 16 points in the fourth quarter, including six from Paton.

"I was searching for the right combination down the stretch," coach Paton said. "Girls were going in and out and getting upset, and getting back in. "That's just part of the game, trying to find the right combination down the stretch." Patriots never trail in victory over Terrors The arrangement for Mader Dei to compete this year came through the joint efforts of twin brothers Don and Ron Straus. Don is Kaukauna's trainer and Ron is the trainer for Mader Dei. "They got it started, then we brought in an official, Tom Jankowski, from that area last, year and he went back and said, 'You've got to come to this McDaniel said.

Besides Mater Dei, Stoughton was the only other team to win more than one championship. The Vikings won at 189 with Proctor, 160 with Iverson and at 171 in overtime with Peter Moe. Racine Park's only champion was Chris Ross at 275. Kaukauna's Chad Schuh went 4-1 at 103 to finish in third place. Taking fourths by going 3-2 were Jeremy Van Schyndel at 119 and Caleb Couillard at 125.

Wrightstown's best finishes were fourths by Eric Verbeten at 145, Adam Quella at 171, Jason Lamers at 189 and Seth Schus-sler at 275. MATER DEI 281, LUXEMBURG-CASCO 206, STOUGHTON 201.5, RACINE PARK 182, KAUKAUNA 1S0.6, MINERAL POINT 147, WAUSAU WEST 132, WRIGHTSTOWN 82, ST. LAWRENCE 56. 103 Craig Macke MD pinned Kolbi McReynolds MP 112 Dave Vanevenhoven KAU dec. Alex Carbajal RP 4-2; 119 Aaron Scott MD dec.

Jeremy Dart LC 9-4; 125-Oustin Nosko MD won by technical fall over Zach Chambers MP 16-1; 130 -Blake Maurer MP dec. Joel Burdick RP 3-2; 135 -Malt Conkling MD dec. Jamie Bostwick LC 9-3; 140 Matt Pell LC dec. Justin Geitner KAU 8-4; 145 -Chad Raben MD dec. D.J.

Dolphin MP 5-2; 162 -Eric Dewig MD dec. Dustin Hillman RP 8-6; 160 -Mike Iverson STO dec. Chris McDaniel KAU 18-14; 171 Peter Moe STO dec. Neil Reddington MD7-5; 189 Ryan Proctor STO dec. Brent Nowak WW 8-5; 275 Chris Ross RP dec Brett Gelderman STO 5-3.

Area performances Kaukauna: 103 3, Chad Schuh 4-1: 119 4, Jeremy Van Schyndel 3-2; 125-4, Caleb Couillard 3-2; 130 6, Matt Kifre 2-3; 135 Scott Deenng 0-4; 145-5, Micah Couillard 3-2; 152-8. Paul Petrie 1-4; 171 6, Kevin Mooney 2-3; 189 7, Jason Pauls 2-3; 275 Enc Hakteman 0-4. Wrightstown: 103 7. Matt Farrell 1-4; 112 -Stephanie Verbeten 1-4; 119-Brian Smits 1-4; 125 Bill Lynch 0-5; 1 30 Jaret Farrell 0-5; 1 35 Kevin Diedrick 1-4; 140 Kyle Meulemans 0-5; 146 4, Eric Verbeten 3-2; 152-7, Joel Meulemans 2-3; 160-5, Nik Falish 3-2; 171-4, Adam Quella 3-2; 189 Jason Lamers 3-2; 275 4, Seth Schussler 3-2. HOCKEY their loss to the Thunderbirds.

Waupaca (6-2) outshot Lakeland 29-20. FRVHSC De Pere 6, Fox Valley 1 At the Tri-County Arena, the Voyagers (8-0-1) scored four goals in the first and second periods to take an early lead as they beat the Blades in a Fox River Valley High School Conference game. The lone goal for the Blades (11-9-1, 8-3-1) was scored by David Rudd in the third period, assisted by Tyler Olsen. Bob Johnson had 28 saves for the Blades. MQos leads United to win By Jodi Rintelman Post-Crescent staff writer The Appleton East girls' bai ketball team never fell behind, but Appleton West kept it close as the Patriots beat the Terrors 49-43 in a Fox Valley Association game at West on Saturday.

"You can't ever count anybody out in one of these games," East coach Greg Paton said. "We weren't comfortable with any kind of a lead. "Plus, it was real physical. In the past we haven't responded well to physical games like that, and we kept our composure a little better tonight." West's Lauren Hansen led both teams with 17 points, including six in a fierce fourth quarter, but she fouled out with 4:03 left. After Hansen's early fourth-quarter basket put the Terrors within two points at 33-31, East's Mikken Paton made a three-pointer, stopping West's late-game surge.

"Before the game (coach Paton) said that we hadn't won two games in a row in two years and that pretty much pumped us up," Mikken Paton said. "And then he was like, 'Mikken, we're going to run. If you're open, shoot East also had foul trouble, losing Amy Fieck, who led the Patriots with 11 points, with 3:56 left. Then with :57 left, Mikken Brian Mjos scored twice, including the go-ahead goal, as Appleton United defeated Tom-ah 4-1 in a nonconference hockey game at the Appleton Family Ice Center on Saturday. Mjos scored the first goal, assisted by Jonas Benzler and Josh Blair.

In the second period, Tomah tied the score, but Mjos came back with another, assisted by Blair and Paul Melchiori, to put the United (7-5-2) ahead. In the third, Benzler scored with assists from Aaron Gehrke and David Slater. Slater added a short-handed goal. Luke Kohta-la made 13 saves for Appleton. Lumberjack Conference Lakeland 3, Waupaca 1 At Minocqua, Brandon Mc-Peak scored the Comets' goal in Get a ppppl Gulch- XT 5 look.

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