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Appleton North girls basketball knocks off state-ranked West De Pere

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APPLETON – The Appleton North girls basketball team ended a four-game losing streak with a hard-fought 46-44 win over West De Pere in a nonconference game Tuesday night at North High School.

Avery Werfal had a double-double with 20 points and 17 rebounds, and Tay Maass chipped in 10 points for the Lightning.

Appleton North was only 13-for-40 from the field but scored 20 points at the free throw line (20-for-35) to knock off previously unbeaten West De Pere (6-1), which was ranked No. 7 in this week’s Wissports.net Division 2 state poll.

North (2-4) hosts Appleton West on Friday as part of a boys-girls doubleheader. The boys game starts at 6 p.m. with the girls game to follow at approximately at 7:45 p.m.

Lightning 46, Phantoms 44
WEST DE PERE (44): Statistics not provided. Record: 6-1.
APPLETON NORTH (46): Shayna Williamson 2-6 4-7 8, Sophie Busch 1-4 0-0 2, Ilah Scherwinski 0-1 1-2 1, Lila Griffith 0-0 0-1 0, Avery Werfal 7-18 6-12 20, Delaney Peterson 0-5 5-7 5, Tay Maass 3-6 4-5 10. FG: 13-40. FT: 20-35. 3-pointers: 0-9 (Peterson 0-2, Williamson 0-2, Werfal 0-5). Rebounds: 42 (Werfal 17). Record: 2-4.