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MADISON - Vivie Auth and Adel Schneider of St. Mary Catholic capped an undefeated season by winning the WIAA Division 2 state championship in doubles at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Saturday.
Auth and Schneider, who were the No. 1 seed, finish the season with a 31-0 record.
They beat Natalie Cooper and Lauren Loesl of Pacelli 6-0, 6-3 in the championship match.
Auth, a freshman, and Schneider, a junior, had advanced to the championship match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Maria Elizabeth Garcia and Akosua Yeboah of Columbus Catholic.
After receiving a bye in the first round, Auth and Schneider won four consecutive matches in straight sets on their way to the title.
Clare Schaefer of Whitefish Bay won the Division 1 singles title, beating McKenna Thorson of Verona 6-4, 6-2 in the championship match.
Lexie Hankel of West De Pere took third place in Division 1 singles, beating Angela Wang of University School of Milwaukee 6-0, 6-0 in the third-place match.
Schaefer beat Hankel 6-4, 6-4 in one semifinal match, while Thorson beat Wang 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 in the other semifinal.
Khali Stephens and Alexia Stephens of Bay Port took third place in Division 1 doubles. They beat Ana Cristescu and Maria Cristescu of De Pere 6-3, 6-2 in the third-place match.
Abby Frasher and Amelia Stuckslager of Divine Savior Holy Angels beat the Stephens duo 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-6 in one semifinal, while Sarah Neubert and Isabella Heidenberger of Arrowhead beat the Cristescu sisters 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-5 in the other semifinal.
Neubert and Heidenberger went on to win the doubles title, beating Frasher and Stuckslager 6-3, 2-6, 12-10 in the championship match.
Kylie Matz of Brookfield Academy won the Division 2 singles title with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kate Fortney of Aquinas. Susanna Hundt of St. Joan Antida/Chesterton Academy beat Sasha Quandt of Lourdes Academy 6-2, 6-2 in the third-place match.
DE PERE - New London won the boys championship and Shawano brought home the girls team title.
New London finished with 48 points to beat West De Pere by six.
Logan Boehnlein of Seymour was the top boys individual with a time of 16:51.2. Chase Osborn of New London was second in 17:01.9.
The Shawano girls scored 36 points to easily outdistance West De Pere, which had 65.
Kate Schmoll of West De Pere was the individual winner in 20:11.8. Bailey Hendricks of Shawano was second in 20:33.2.
BOYS
NEW LONDON 48, WEST DE PERE 54, XAVIER 70, SEYMOUR 85, SHAWANO 107, MENASHA 175, GREEN BAY EAST 181, GREEN BAY WEST incomplete team
Top 20 finishers: 1, Logan Boehnlein SEY 16:51.2; Chase Osborn NL 17:01.9; 3, Carson Samson WDP 17:07.9; 4, Taren Schadrie SEY 17:18.8; 5, Evan Bright WDP 17:38.9; 6, Will Sullivan X 17:39.8; 7, Jordan Rosenbaum X 17:44.9; 8, Braden Clark NL 17:47.8; 9, Jonah Stone NL 18:00.2; 10, Dominic Natzke WDP 18:02.3; 11, Caleb Scheller WDP 18:03.7; 12, Josiah Kuehl SHA 18:09.6; 13, Ephraim Rogina GBW 18:11.1; 14, Dominick Piarulli MEN 18:14.1; 15, Leiam Burton NL 18:15.2; 16, Nick Ploederl NL 18:20.5; 17, Trevor Schwartz SHA 18:23.2; 18, Kyle Watry X 18:27.8; 19, Drew Magnuson X 18:47.3; 20, Joseph Daly NL 18:49.1.
GIRLS
SHAWANO 36, WEST DE PERE 65, XAVIER 78, MENASHA 94, NEW LONDON 94, SEYMOUR 163, GREEN BAY EAST 174, GREEN BAY WEST incomplete team
Top 20 finishers: 1, Kate Schmoll WDP 20:11.8; 2, Bailey Hendricks SHA 20:33.2; 3, Haylee Rusch SEY 20:42.1; 4, Kalli Vannieuwenhoven WDP 21:02.1; 5, Adalyn Barkley SHA 21:10.7; 6, Shaye Allen NL 21:22.2; 7, Noelle Nevins X 21:23.0; 8, Maci Beyer SHA 21:49.3; 9, Lily McHugh X 21:54.7; 10, Mikelah Powers SHA 21:58.0; 11, Anabelle Schroeder SHA 22:04.7; 12, Thressa Voight NL 22:09.5; 13, Ava Julius MEN 22:10.0; 14, Sarah Daly NL 22:43.1; 15, Evie Borucki MEN 22:44.4; 16, Sydney Nuthals WDP 22:52.6; 17, Fany Ordonez Matamoros GBE 22:57.2; 18, Raena Lambie X 23:02.2; 19, Sophia Miller X 23:03.3; 20, Natalie Flohr MEN 23:08.5.
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CEDAR GROVE - Kohler swept the team titles, with the boys scoring 30 points and the girls scoring 32.
Matthew Wilterdink of Oostburg won the boys race in 16:08.8.
Maggie Behler of Kohler won the girls race with a time of 18:41.8.
BOYS
KOHLER 30, CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM 66, MANITOWOC LUTHERAN 106, SHEBOYGAN LUTHERAN 108, HOWARDS GROVE 165, OZAUKEE 166, OOSTBURG 188, MISHICOT 219, ELKHART LAKE-GLENBEULAH 228, ST. MARY CATHOLIC 270, SHEBOYGAN CHRISTIAN 303, REEDSVILLE 313, HILBERT 366
KOHLER 32, SHEBOYGAN LUTHERAN 81, CEDAR GROVE-BELGIUM 102, OOSTBURG 106, MANITOWOC LUTHERAN 107, MISHICOT 121, ST. MARY CATHOLIC 131, OZAUKEE 170, RANDOM LAKE 248
Winner, area runners in top 25: 1, Maggie Behler KOH 18:41.8; 5, Lauren Ripley SMC 20:25.7; 9, Claire Higgins SMC 20:40.3.