Hortonville outlasts Appleton East girls basketball

AppletonSportsPage.com

APPLETON – Hortonville broke open a close game late, outscoring Appleton East by 10 in the second half, to win 65-50 in a Fox Valley Association girls basketball game Friday night at Appleton East High School.

The Polar Bears led 32-27 at halftime and after both teams made runs, Hortonville (7-2, 5-1 FVA)was able to pull away.

Rainey Welson had 22 points and Kardyn Peppler added 14 for the Polar Bears.

Torie Neubauer scored 10 of her team-high 15 points in the second half for Appleton East (3-6, 3-3 FVA).

Appleton East will play at Appleton West on Tuesday as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game begins at 6 p.m., with the boys to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m.

Polar Bears 65, Patriots 50
Hortonville   32   33   –   65
Appleton East   27   23   –   50
HORTONVILLE (65): Taylor Lillie 0 0-0 0, Rainey Welson 8 4-4 22, Leah Heraly 3 0-0 8, Madi Springer 1 2-2 5, Mallorie Werner 0 0-0 0, Julieyn Martin 4 4-6 12, Grace Ruys 0 0-0 0, Callie Pomrening 0 0-0 0, Kardyn Peppler 6 0-0 14, Morgan Mocadlo 2 0-0 4. FG: 24. FT: 10-12. 3-pointers: 7 (Wlson 2, Heraly 2, Peppler 2, Springer 1). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-2, 5-1 Fox Valley Association.
APPLETON EAST (50): Ava Schwan 1-3 0-0 2, Jenna Ott 4-12 2-2 11, Aubrie Erickson 1-3 1-1 3, Torie Neubauer 5-8 4-5 15, Emilia MontMarquette 2-5 2-4 6, Grace Fecteau 1-2 0-0 2, Ella Sweeney 4-7 0-0 8, Ella Jazdzewski 0-2 0-0 0, Allena Neubauer 1-4 1-2 3, Ambria Fischer 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 19-46. FT: 10-14. 3-pointers: 2-11 (T. Neubauer 1-2, Ott 1-4, Sweeney 0-2, Schwan 0-1, Erickson 0-1, MontMarquette 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (T. Neubauer 7). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: MontMarquette. Record: 3-6, 3-3 Fox Valley Association.