Oshkosh North downs Appleton North in battle of FVA boys basketball leaders

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OSHKOSH – Oshkosh North took a major step toward a Fox Valley Association boys basketball championship with an 83-69 win over Appleton North in a battle of state-ranked teams on Tuesday night at Oshkosh North High School.

Oshkosh North, ranked eighth in this week’s Wissports.net Division 1 state coaches poll, improves to 14-4 overall and 11-1 in the FVA with the win, opening up a two-game lead over fifth-ranked Appleton North (14-3, 9-3 FVA) in the conference standings with six games to play. The Spartans also garnered a season-split with Appleton North.

Zay Mitchell had 36 points and Stevie Clark finished with 21 for the Spartans.

Oshkosh North led 38-36 at halftime before pulling away in the second half with a 45-point performance.

Abraham Tomori scored 24 points and Will Sweeney had 15 for Appleton North.

Appleton North hosts Kimberly for another FVA contest Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Spartans 83, Lightning 69
Appleton North   36   33   –   69
Oshkosh North   38   45   –   83
APPLETON NORTH (69): Will Sweeney 6-12 2-2 15, Brayden Hechel 1-2 0-0 3, Daniel Garrigan 0-0 0-0 0, Nathan Ramus 3-12 0-0 9, Grant Hardy 2-5 0-0 4, Sean Hansen 0-1 2-2 2, Luke Kritzer 1-2 0-0 2, Will Guilbeault 3-4 4-4 10, Abraham Tomori 10-18 0-0 24, Ben Zdzieblowski 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 26-57. FT: 8-8. 3-pointers: 9-33 (Tomori 4-10, Ramus 3-10, Hechel 1-2, Sweeney 1-7, Kritzer 0-1, Guilbeault 0-1, Hardy 0-2). Rebounds: 20 (Guilbeault 6). Record: 14-3, 9-3 Fox Valley Association.
OSHKOSH NORTH (83): Complete statistics not available. Record: 14-4, 11-1 Fox Valley Association.