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2011 Level 1 Playoff view
2011 Level 1 Playoff preview: Green Bay Preble vs. Kimberly
The Green Bay Preble Hornets will face a tough opponent in the 1st round of WIAA football playoffs as they travel to Kimberly to face the #4 seed Papermakers of the Valley Football Association – North Division Saturday night at 7pm.
The Papermakers (8-1, 6-1) finished tied for 1st with Appleton North in the division. Appleton North beat Kimberly 24-17 in Week 7. North lost to Wausau East earlier in the season by one point.
Kimberly makes the jump to Division 1 for the 1st time since 2004. The Papermakers have had tremendous success over the past four seasons in Division 2 winning back-to-back state titles in 2007 and 2008 and coming up just short in 2009 as state runner-up to Waunakee. Last season Kimberly lost to eventual state runner-up Cedarburg in Level 3 of the playoffs. Here are the results and stats from Kimberly this season:
|
Week |
|
Score |
|
Opponent |
|
Opp. Score |
|
|
|
1 |
|
51 |
|
Oshkosh West |
|
7 |
|
(non conference) |
|
2 |
|
38 |
|
Fond du Lac |
|
0 |
|
(non conference) |
|
3 |
|
28 |
|
Wausau East |
|
13 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
52 |
|
D. C. Everest |
|
40 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
42 |
|
Appleton East |
|
9 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
43 |
|
Wausau West |
|
10 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
17 |
|
Appleton North |
|
24 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
48 |
|
Kaukauna |
|
35 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
41 |
|
Appleton West |
|
3 |
|
|
|
Rushing |
CAR |
YDS |
YPC |
TDS |
|
Schuh, Alex |
221 |
1877 |
8.5 |
25 |
|
Diedrick, Ben |
39 |
274 |
7 |
8 |
|
Peerenboom, Derek |
8 |
92 |
11.5 |
2 |
|
Heagle, Jared |
4 |
60 |
15 |
2 |
|
Receiving |
REC |
YDS |
YPC |
TDS |
|
Schuh, Alex |
6 |
178 |
29.7 |
1 |
|
Pozolinski, Brett |
52 |
851 |
16.4 |
8 |
|
Livingston, Austin |
8 |
114 |
14.2 |
1 |
|
Bartholomew, Nick |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
|
Passing |
COMP |
ATTPS |
COMP% |
YDS |
YPA |
TDS |
INT |
|
Diedrick, Ben |
90 |
124 |
72.6 |
1450 |
11.7 |
12 |
3 |
|
Schreiber, Scott |
3 |
5 |
60 |
30 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Preble (7-2, 6-2) will make its 14th appearance in the playoffs, the 1st since 2008. The Hornets last won a playoff game back in 2007 when they beat Milwaukee Riverside University 28-0 before losing to Hartford 19-9 in Level 2. Preble made their deepest run in the 2000 season as they reached the state semi-finals beating Merrill 28-20, Chippewa Falls 14-6, DC Everest 20-16 before losing to eventual state champion Oshkosh North 27-13. The Hornets are 11-13 overall in post season play.
Be sure to check out the Preble home page at the following link to get caught up on the overall season and game stats
http://www.wissports.net/team.asp?pageID=1&tid=1357&sportID=3
If you can’t make it to the game on Saturday night, be sure to follow me on twitter @sportsnut1992 or #preble for in-game updates.
