FOX 11 Top 11: Top FRCC teams to meet Tuesday

GREEN BAY - Most conference races won’t be decided for about another month, but this week in the Fox River Classic Conference games don’t get much bigger, at least in the regular season.

Tuesday, two gi-normous FRCC boys games are on tap as De Pere puts its perfect conference mark at risk when its hosts Sheboygan North, which has two league losses. In the teams’ first meeting, De Pere outlasted North, 81-79, in triple overtime.

Meanwhile, Bay Port is out for revenge when it hosts Pulaski in a battle of one-loss FRCC teams. Pulaski edged Bay Port in the teams’ first meeting, 51-47.

The De Pere-North game is the bigger game, because if De Pere wins, it basically ends North’s run at a chance of at least sharing a league title. Also, a De Pere win means the Bay Port-Pulaski loser falls two back.

North, however, can make the FRCC race arguably the best in the area to watch if it beats De Pere. All four teams would remain in the race with these key remaining matchups – Bay Port at De Pere and Sheboygan North at Pulaski - playing a huge role in the final standings.

While these four teams are the class of the FRCC, they also are four of the best in the area. In this Week’s FOX 11 Top 11 boys basketball poll, Little Chute holds down the No. 1 spot, and then the FRCC powers enter, as De Pere is No. 2, Pulaski No. 3, Sheboygan North No. 4 and Bay Port No. 5.

Luxemburg-Casco was the lone team to drop from the poll after the Spartans lost road games to Shawano and Seymour. L-C was replaced in the poll by No. 11 Kimberly.

Meanwhile, in the girls poll, New London, like Little Chute, holds onto to No. 1 and there was no movement in the top seven this week. In order, 2-7 remain Appleton East, Sheboygan North, Bay Port, Oshkosh Lourdes, Algoma and Kewaunee.

Meanwhile, two Fox Valley Association teams dropped out of the poll – Oshkosh West and Kimberly. West lost to Appleton East in a battle of FVA leaders, while Kimberly fell to Appleton North.

The two FVA schools were replaced by undefeated Brillion and Appleton North.

Here are this week’s polls:

Boys
1. Little Chute (15-0): After two-week layoff, Mustangs win by 17 points. Last week: No. 1.
2. De Pere (15-1): Tuesday’s game with No. 4 Sheboygan North a big one. Last week: No. 2.
3. Pulaski (14-1): Red Raiders travel to No. 5 Bay Port on Tuesday. Last week: No. 3.
4. Sheboygan North (14-2): Golden Raiders hope to turn tables on De Pere after losing 3-overtime game in first meeting. Last week: No. 4.
5. Bay Port (11-2): Pirates looking forward to hosting Pulaski on Tuesday. Last week: No. 5.
6. Omro (14-1): Foxes continue to roll in Flyway. Last week: No. 7.
7. Kaukauna (14-2): Two of next three on road, including next week at Kimberly. Last week: No. 9.
8. Bonduel (14-0): Bears’ schedule makes 22-0 look possible. Last week: No. 11.
9. Wrightstown (14-2): Tigers fail to complete season sweep of Brillion. Last week: No. 6.
10. Brillion (12-2): Lions earn share of Olympian lead with win at Wrightstown. Last week: No. 8.
11. Kimberly (13-3): Papermakers have pushed winning streak to seven games. Last week: unranked.

-Dropped out: No. 10 Luxemburg-Casco (12-4); last week 0-2.

3-pointers

• 1. For the first time this season Kaukauna allowed more than 50-plus points in a game twice last week and the Ghosts won both games.
• 2. Little Chute has a four-game leading the Eastern Valley through 11 games..
• 3. After an 11-0 start, Luxemburg-Casco has lost four of five.

Girls
1. New London (14-0): Bulldogs complete season sweep of Luxemburg-Casco. Last week: No. 1.
2. Appleton East (12-1): Patriots sole leaders in FVA after rallying against Oshkosh West. Last week: No. 2.
3. Sheboygan North (13-1): Golden Raiders overwhelm Preble with 14-point win. No. 3.
4. Bay Port (13-1): Pirates allowed 54 total points in two wins last week. Last week: No. 4.
5. Oshkosh Lourdes (14-1): Knights allowed 46 total points in two wins last week. Last week: No. 5.
6. Algoma (14-1): Wolves have scored at least 70 points in each of last three games. Last week: No. 6
7. Kewaunee (11-2): Kelsey Stangel has returned to Storm after suffering injury. Last week: No. 7.
8. Notre Dame (11-3): Allie LeClaire scores career-high 28 points in win versus Pulaski. Last week: No. 10.
9. Coleman (13-0): Sophomore McKenize Sadowski leading perfect Cougars. Last week: No. 11.
10. Brillion (13-0): Michigan Tech recruit Kylie Moxley averaging 20.7 ppg. Last week: unranked.
11. Appleton North (11-3): Lightning stays in FVA race with win over Kimberly. Last week: unranked.

-Dropped out: No. 9 Oshkosh West (11-4); 1-1 last week; No. 8 Kimberly (10-3); 1-1 last week.

3-pointers

• 1. Appleton East is No. 2 in the state in Division 1, allowing 31.3 points per game.
• 2. Brillion’s Kylie Moxley (983 career points)could record her 1,000th point Tuesday at home against Wrightstown.
• 3. FRCC leader Bay Port and Notre Dame collide.

doug.ritchay@wluk.com