Appleton East boys basketball suffers close loss to Fond du Lac
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APPLETON – The Appleton East boys basketball team suffered its fourth loss in a row, falling in a tight one 63-61 to Fond du Lac on Friday night at East High School.
Joey LaChapell hit five 3-pointers and scored a team-high 33 points for the Patriots, who fall to 3-9 overall and 2-7 in the Fox Valley Association. Fond du Lac is now 7-5 and 5-3 in conference play.
Jacob Weisbach added 11 points for East.
Appleton East plays at Kaukauna on Tuesday.
Cardinals 63, Patriots 61
FOND DU LAC (63): Statistics not provided. Record: 7-5, 5-3 Fox Valley Association.
APPLETON EAST (61): Grayson Kasmarek 1-6 0-0 3, Lorenzo Braxton 0-1 0-0 0, Joey LaChapell 12-20 4-5 33, Cade Prestigiacomo 2-6 1-2 6, Brayden Nieman 0-2 0-0 0, Jacob Weisbach 4-6 0-0 11, Clayton Nieman 0-0 0-0 0, Josh Christiansen 1-1 0-0 2, Elliot Feldhausen 2-4 2-3 6. FG: 22-46. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 10-23 (LaChapell 5-8, Weisbach 3-5, Prestigiacomo 1-1, Kasmarek 1-6, Braxton 0-1, B. Nieman 0-2). Rebounds: 21 (LaChapell 7). Record: 3-9, 2-7 Fox Valley Association.