KAUKAUNA - The Lightning advanced to the state tournament for the first time since 2018 after getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the Papermakers’ half of the seventh inning at Kaukauna High School.
After Kimberly took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on back-to-back home runs by Sophie Hermus and Payton Schreiber, Appleton North tied the game in its half of the first on run-scoring doubles by Charlotte Radtke and Brianna Gehrman.
Appleton North went ahead to stay in the second inning on Sawyer Haessly’s home run to center field.
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Appleton North appeared to break open the game with a five-run fifth inning on a run-scoring infield single by Alyssa Wald, a run-scoring single by Drew Brown, a run-scoring double by Gehrman and a two-run single by Evelyn Frega.
After Kimberly took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on back-to-back home runs by Sophie Hermus and Payton Schreiber, Appleton North tied the game in its half of the first on run-scoring doubles by Charlotte Radtke and Brianna Gehrman.
Appleton North went ahead to stay in the second inning on Sawyer Haessly’s home run to center field.
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Appleton North appeared to break open the game with a five-run fifth inning on a run-scoring infield single by Alyssa Wald, a run-scoring single by Drew Brown, a run-scoring double by Gehrman and a two-run single by Evelyn Frega.
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