After losing their season opener, the Kewaunee Storm responded well with a 20-0 shutout victory over the Brillion Lions Friday night evening their record at 1-1. 

The Storm defense held quarterback Joe Shimek in check, keeping the Lions out of the end zone, something they struggled with in the opening week. Shimek also happens to be one of the best defensive backs in the area and an all-conference selection playing both sides of the football. 

Improvement on the defensive side of the football is a strong sign for Kewaunee as they head into a strong conference play season. They will go on the road for the third away game this time at Oconto, before their home opener against Bonduel September 12th. 

Kewaunee's Hannah Miller continued her winning ways on Thursday, capturing the Two Rivers Invite title.

 

Miller topped her surname rival from Notre Dame Academy, Anna Miller, by more than 20 seconds to win the invite on the girls' side. 

 

1

Hannah Miller

Kewaunee

19:20.7

SR • Yr: 12 • +1pts

 

34

NM

Natalie Miller

Kewaunee

22:38.9

SR • Yr: 10 • +32pts

 

47

AS

Alison Szydel

Kewaunee

24:02.3

SR • Yr: 11 • +44pts

 

49

KS

Karla Swagel

Kewaunee

24:09.8

PR • Yr: 10 • +46pts

 

53

AK

Alison Kuehl

Kewaunee

24:31.7

PR • Yr: 9 • +49pts

 

59

KM

Kaylyn Martin

Kewaunee

25:12.0

PR • Yr: 10 • +55pts

 

80

AV

Ashley Vogeltanz

Kewaunee

28:50.5

PR • Yr: 9 • +73pts

 

On the boys' side, the team took 12th place and were led by Gage Vlies' 39th place finish with a time of 19:44.

 

Complete Results

A back-and-forth battle between the Kewaunee Storm and Racine Lutheran Crusaders came down to the final play. After an 86-yard touchdown with less than two minutes left tied the game at 30, the Crusaders capped the comeback with a 42-yard game-winning field goal as time expired, 33-30.

The Storm leaned on the legs of quarterback Brett Paulsen, who set the tone early with a 25-yard touchdown run on the opening drive. A successful two-point conversion made it 8-0 Kewaunee. Racine immediately answered with a kickoff return touchdown, but trailed 8-7 after choosing the extra point.

Both defenses traded blows after a pick-six by Myles Bunch put Racine up 13-8. Bunch struck again later in the second quarter, hauling in a 12-yard touchdown pass from Cohen Kraus to stretch the lead to 20-8.

Paulsen kept the Storm close, breaking free on a 32-yard run before halftime and finishing the drive with his second score to cut it to 20-14 at the break.

After a scoreless third quarter, Paulsen powered in his third rushing touchdown on a goal-line push to open the fourth. His two-point conversion pass to Kilgore gave Kewaunee the lead, 22-20.

The teams traded points down the stretch. Racine’s Max Contreras drilled a 29-yard field goal to go back up 23-22, but Kewaunee answered when Waylon Delain broke free for a 22-yard touchdown run, reclaiming the lead 30-23.

That set the stage for the Crusaders’ late heroics. With under two minutes left, Eli Gossow turned a short catch into an 86-yard touchdown to tie it. Then, after one final drive, Contreras delivered the 42-yard winner as time ran out.

Kewaunee falls to the team they beat by 20 to open last season and will look to bounce back next Friday, August 29, against Brillion.