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     Hortonville and Shawano will square off for the Fox River Valley American Legion League championship after posting conference title game victories on Tuesday, July 22. Hortonville blanked Sheboygan 2-0, while Shawano topped De Pere 5-3 to reach the title game, which will be played Tuesday, July 29 at Shawano at 7:30 p.m.
     Kris Gutknecht and Brandon Netzer combined on a three-hit shutout to lead Hortonville in its National Conference title game victory. In fact, Hortonville managed just two hits itself, but both led to runs as it also took advantage of three Sheboygan errors.
     In the third inning, Phil Taylor led off with a walk and moved to second on an errant pickoff throw by Sheboygan pitcher Derrick Magee. Gutknecht then hit a soft liner into rightfield and Taylor beat the throw home for a 1-0 lead. Hortonville added another run in the fifth when Jake Butler led off with a walk and moved to third after a bunt single by Tony Bunkelman and a throwing error by Magee. Pinch runner Andy Anderson scored when Magee faked a pickoff throw to first for a balk.
    Gutknecht walked none and struck out three for the victory. Netzer retired all six batters faced to record the save. The duo did not allow a Sheboygan runner to reach third base.
     At De Pere, Shawano erased a two-run deficit with a four-run fourth inning and then put the ball in the hands of closer Mike Rickert, who allowed just three hits and struck out eight in four innings to earn the victory. The matchup featured the top ranked teams in the latest Class AAA and Class AA state rankings.
     De Pere, which is atop the Class AAA rankings for the first time this year, scored two runs in the first inning without a hit as Adam Pasono was hit by a pitch and scored on a groundout by Nick Instefjord before Nic Spaeth walked and later scored on a wild pitch.
     Rickert singled home Shawano's first run in the fourth and Brett Nelson tied the game with a run-scoring double. Levi O'Kimosh put Shawano ahead with a sacrifice fly and Craig Rose drove home another run with a double. De Pere loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the inning against O'Kimosh, Shawano's starting pitcher, however, Rickert came in and recorded a strikeout before allowing a run-scoring single to Instefjord. He then forced a double play on a botched squeeze bunt play to end the inning.
     Shawano is the defending league champion and advances to its second league title game. Hortonville is making its third title game appearance in seven years, having finished runner-up in 1999 and won in 1997.

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