Top-seed Hortonville doubles up Appleton North in WIAA Division 1 girls basketball regional final

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HORTONVILLE – The No. 1 seed Hortonville girls basketball team proved too much for Appleton North and ended the Lightning’s season with an 81-40 win in a WIAA Division 1 regional final Saturday night at Hortonville High School.

The Polar Bears (21-5) raced out to a 52-14 lead by halftime and finished off Appleton North, advancing to a Division 1 sectional semifinal against No. 4 seed Eau Claire Memorial (22-4) on Thursday. The game is scheduled to be played at Eau Claire North High School, but the WIAA reserves the right to change the venue.

Hortonville connected on 13 3-pointers, four from Rainey Welson, who finished with a team-high 24 points.

Sophie Busch had 10 points and Avery Werfal nine points for the Lightning, who were held to 27 percent shooting (14-for-51).

The No. 8 seed Appleton North finishes its season with a 13-13 record, including a regional semifinal win over Oshkosh West on Friday.

Polar Bears 81, Lightning 40
Appleton North   14   26   –   40
Hortonville   52   29   –   81
APPLETON NORTH (40): Shayna Williamson 2-10 3-4 7, Sophie Busch 4-9 0-0 10, Ilah Scherwinski 1-3 1-2 3, Amber Ziemer 1-6 0-0 2, Lila Griffith 3-6 0-0 6, Avery Werfal 2-9 4-6 9, Tay Maass 0-7 1-2 1, Ava Koleske 1-1 0-0 2, Riley Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Katelyn Hohn 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 14-51. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 3-12 (Busch 2-5, Werfal 1-3, Williamson 0-4). Record: 13-13.
HORTONVILLE (81): Paige Lillie 2-5 0-0 6, Rainey Welson 7-12 6-7 24, Josie Weister 1-3 0-0 3, Allison Seibers 1-3 0-0 2, MiKayla Werner 2-4 1-2 5, Julieyn Martin 1-3 0-0 3, Juliana Harlow 0-0 0-0 0, Naomi Kaskavitcvh 0-1 1-1 1, Kallie Peppler 6-10 0-0 14, Kardyn Peppler 5-8 2-2 14, Ayden Smith 2-2 0-0 4, Lainie Schroeder 0-0 0-2 0, Emmy Fane 2-7 0-0 5. FG: 29-58. FT: 10-14. 3-pointers: 13-25 (Welson 4-4, Lillie 2-5, Kal. Peppler 2-2, Kar. Peppler 2-2, Fane 1-4, Martin 1-2, Weister 1-2, Seibers 0-1, Kaskavitch 0-1a). Record: 21-5.