The Luxemburg-Casco girls basketball season came to an end Thursday night as the Notre Dame Tritons prevailed with a 54-40 victory in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semi-final at Ashwaubenon High School. 

The Spartans struggled offensively and were held to a season-low 14 points in the first half as Notre Dame used a slow, methodical offense to keep the Spartans out-of-sync most of the night. The Spartans trailed by six at halftime and were able to close within two points midway through the second half but the Tritons hit key shots and dominated the offensive boards to pull away late. 

Georgia Gregoire led Notre Dame with 19 points while Charley Apple finished with 15 including some key shots when the Spartans made a run.  Cassie Schiltz led the Spartans with 19 points and finished her career with a school record 1980 points.  Jenna Jorgenson added 13 points, all in the second half, but it was not enough as the Spartans finish the season 20-5. 

Notre Dame (15-9) will now play for the sectional championship and a chance to go to state on Saturday as they will play Beaver Dam in Kaukauna at 1pm.   

The #1 seeded Luxemburg-Casco Spartan girls basketball team will take on the #2 Notre Dame Tritons in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semi-final at Ashwaubenon High School.  The Spartans (20-4) survived an overtime thriller 76-74 against #5 Green Bay Southwest to advance while #2 Notre Dame (15-9) nipped #3 Pulaski 64-60 last Saturday.   Matt Piesler and Paul Schmitt will have the call starting at 6:40 p.m. with the pregame show and tip-off set for 7 p.m. on 96.7FM WBDK.  The game audio can also be streamed on DoorCountyDailyNews.com.

Luxemburg-Casco Spartan boys’ basketball fell to the Green Bay West Wildcats in overtime 83-76 Tuesday night in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal in Luxemburg on 96.7 FM WBDK.

The game started with a couple scoring runs as Green Bay West came out on fire going up 11-0 behind three three-pointers by Freeman Jackson in the first four minutes.  The Spartans then responded by scoring 14 straight points to take a 14-11 lead at the midpoint of the first half.  The score seesawed for the rest of the half as the Wildcats took a 41-39 into intermission.

Neither team could pull away in the second half and the game went into overtime tied at 71-71.  West as able to hit some key baskets and force turnovers to outscore the Spartans 12-5 in the overtime.

Jackson had a huge night scoring 37 points with seven triples for the Wildcats.  Sophomore Ryan Robillard led the Spartans in scoring with 25 points while Senior Nathan Coisman added 17.  

Luxemburg-Casco finishes the season 10-13.  Green Bay West (8-14) will now face #2 seeded Kaukauna on Friday night.  

(photo courtesy of Ron LeCloux)

Wrestling teams from Door and Kewaunee Counties only lost one of their own Thursday night in Madison during the opening round of the WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament. Luxemburg-Casco’s Bryce Bosman kept his bid for a fourth straight title with a second period pin at 132 pounds. The Spartans’ Lucas Joniaux also advanced with a second period pin while Nathan Ronsman and Colton Worachek collected decisions. For Kewaunee, Travis Reinke won his match by a 6-2 decision at 170 pounds while teammate Paul Wery lost a close 4-2 match at 195 pounds. Luxemburg-Casco’s Reece Worachek, Kewaunee’s Jack Severin, and Southern Door’s Grant Englebert will get their first action of the state tournament when wrestling starts up again at the Kohl Center Friday morning.

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Champ. Round 1 - Lucas Joniaux (Luxemburg-Casco) 38-8 won by fall over Mason Tylee (Amery) 21-6 (Fall 3:56)

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Champ. Round 1 - Bryce Bosman (Luxemburg-Casco) 36-6 won by fall over Sam Johnson (Gale-Ett.-Tr./Mel.-Min.) 23-8 (Fall 3:04)

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Champ. Round 1 - Nathan Ronsman (Luxemburg-Casco) 40-4 won by decision over Colton Nicolay (Lodi) 30-11 (Dec 3-2)

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Champ. Round 1 - Colton Worachek (Luxemburg-Casco) 37-8 won by decision over Cedric Kosnopfal (Ellsworth) 35-9 (Dec 4-2)