Posted: Oct. 20, 2009 |(0) Comments

Homestead football

Though nicked up in many sectors of the defense, it was no surprise that that was the unit that led the Highlanders to a workmanlike 28-0 win over Port Washington Friday, a victory that clinched a tie for Homestead's ninth North Shore Conference title in a row.

"They got to our 4-yard in just two plays to start the game," said Highlander coach Dave Keel, "but we stopped them on two running plays and on third down, (end) John Lahinen stepped up and sacked the quarterback on a bootleg play. Fourth down was an incomplete pass."

Shortly thereafter, Bryan Bronaugh ran in it from 13 yards out for the go-ahead score and the Highlanders cruised from there as Cody Berger connected on TD passes of 34 and 63 yards with Coy Smith, and Bronaugh had another seven-yard TD run. Homestead improved to 6-0 in league and 8-0 overall.

Homestead held Port (2-4, 3-5) to just 148 total yards as Smith finished with three catches for 123 yards.

The defending state champion Highlanders went for an unbeaten regular season against Germantown (3-3, 5-3) in the regular season closer on Wednesday (see MequonNOW.com for results) and now will await their slot in the WIAA state playoffs. The brackets will be announced on Friday with first-round games set for 7 p.m. Tuesday.

"There's going to be some great competition in the southeast bracket (of Division I)," said Keel.

Nicolet girls tennis

Behind Jennifer Winston's fourth-place finish in singles, the Knights readied themselves for this weekend's WIAA State Team Tournament with a solid effort in individual state play last week at Nielsen Stadium in Madison.

"There were a lot of good things though there were the usual disappointments," said Knights coach Tim Koppa. "We were hoping to get Jennifer in the finals, but it just didn't quite work out."

The Knights, who are making their first appearance in the state team tournament since 2000, will be back at Nielsen on Friday at 5:30 p.m. for a quarterfinal match with Fort Atkinson. If they win that, there will likely be a semifinal with conference rival and defending state champion Homestead.

"We're just looking at it as an opportunity of a lifetime," Koppa said. "We're not going to go there with our tails between our legs."

Winston (26-9) advanced to the semifinals last weekend with straight set wins over Manitowoc, Kenosha Tremper and Marshfield opponents, before falling to eventual runner-up Karyn Guttormsen of Kenosha Bradford (32-2) by a 7-6, 6-2 count. Winston then dropped the third place match to Maddie Johnson of Onalaska (31-3) by an 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 mark.

"When you get into the semifinals, anyone can beat anyone else," Winston said. "I gave it all I had."

Other Nicolet entries at state included Becca Stern (2-1 in the tourney, 27-7 overall) and Rachelle Brick (1-1, 27-8) in singles, and the doubles teams of Ariel Winter and Aurora Gundersen (0-1, 20-11) and Erica Lurie and Rebecca Raj (2-1, 26-7).

University School girls tennis

The Wildcats will be going for their fifth WIAA State Division 2 team title in six years when they take part in tournament action at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison on Saturday.

They will play Altoona in a 9 a.m. semifinal with 2008 champion Green Bay Notre Dame taking on Madison Edgewood in the other semi. Notre Dame beat USM in the finals last season. The championship match will be at 2 p.m.

In state individual play at Nielsen last weekend, freshman Maddy Ecker (26-5) led the way falling in the singles finals to top seed Shannon Etten of Appleton Xavier (30-1) by a 6-1, 6-1 count. Etten dropped only seven games total in four matches.

Meanwhile, USM senior Saira Khanna (17-4 overall) went 3-2 and took fourth in singles, while the doubles team of Becca Buchanan and Riley Kelly (12-2) claimed third. Lucy Bartlett (8-3) lost her only match and the doubles team of Anne Scheid and Hannah Lubar (20-7) went 1-1.

Shorewood girls swim

Behind four first-place finishes, including two from Ellie Sellinger, the Greyhounds took a strong second in their own State Small Schools Invitational Saturday.

"We had a great team effort," said Greyhound coach Robby McCabe. "I told the girls beforehand if everyone pitches in their share, we could have some real positive results. Taking home a trophy was special for the seniors and left them happy, smiling and excited for homecoming."

The Greyhounds scored 232 points as Sturgeon Bay won the 16-school meet with 271 points.

Sellinger continued to be a dominant performer, taking the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.63 and the 100 free in 53.73. Clare Chamberlain also helped out with a victory in the 200 individual medley (2:08.63) beating state champion Sadie Nennig of Grafton in the process (2:11.46).

Chamberlain and Sellinger combined with Ellen Stello and Lauren Lanphere to easily win the 400 free relay (3:43.24).

Other top five finishes by event included the following: 200 medley relay - Molly Hayes, Stello, Chamberlain and Sellinger, second (1:54.41); 100 butterfly - Stello, fourth (1:01.59); and 500 free - Stello, fifth (5:23.39).

Whitefish Bay girls tennis

Sophie Lillie made the third round of singles play only to fall to North Shore rival Carly Peck of Homestead to highlight the Blue Dukes action in the WIAA State Individual Tournament last weekend.

"It was a little disappointing," said Blue Dukes coach Phil Kelbe. "Carly just seemed a little more determined this time."

Lillie had beaten Peck in a dual meet earlier in the season in straight sets. Peck won this match by a 7-5, 6-3 count.

Lillie (21-9) had entered as the eighth seed and after a first-round bye had beaten a Middleton opponent 6-1, 6-4. Peck went on to take sixth.

Senior Kyle Davidson (22-8) went 1-1 in her state action, falling to a Middleton opponent in a tough 7-5, 7-6 second-round decision.

The doubles team of Michelle Croak and Elizabeth Foran (14-10) did well in their two matches, beating an Oshkosh West pair before losing in three sets to a Hartford duo.

Seniors on the Bay team included Davidson, Foran, Erica Miller and Arden Montgomery. Kelbe was impressed with Davidson's efforts, a holdover of the Blue Dukes state championship seasons of a few years ago. "She gave 100 percent every time out," he said.

"We finished about where we were supposed to," said Kelbe. "We had our moments . . . and this was a good group that got along well together. One of the better teams in terms of camaraderie."

Homestead boys cross country

Nate Routhier outraced Whitefish Bay's Mike Camilleri down the stretch to win the individual championship in the North Shore Conference meet at Tendick Park Saturday.

"There were about three of us who broke away at about the mile-and-a-half mark," Routhier said. "I was just hoping I didn't go out too fast because I knew I could beat him (Camilleri) with my kick. It feels great. It was a very exciting race."

For Homestead coach Dan Claussen, it was something he was hoping for out of the junior harrier.

"At the beginning of the season, I knew he could be a surprise for a lot of people," Claussen said.

Routhier will try and do that at the WIAA sectional race at Arrowhead on Saturday. The top two teams and first five individuals not on those teams will advance to the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids on Oct. 31.

Routhier was clocked in 16 minutes, 36.96 seconds as he edged out Camilleri (16:37.58).

His efforts led Homestead to a fifth-place team total of 105 as Germantown successfully defended its title with 41. Both J.T. Raduka in 20th (17:41) and Alex Mattson in 22nd (17:44) earned third-team all-league honors.

Nicolet boys cross country

Nathan Frazer, who came in fifth, and Josh Greenburg, who placed sixth, both earned first-team all-league honors as the Knights were a competitive third in the North Shore Conference meet at Tendick Park Saturday.

"We were hoping for second, but I think we left a few points out there in certain spots," Knights coach Mike McKenna said. "Some guys stepped up while others fell back."

The Knights will hope to advance people to state when they participate in the WIAA sectional meet at Mitchell Park in Brookfield on Saturday. The top two teams and first five individuals not on those teams will advance to Wisconsin Rapids.

Frazer was clocked in 17:03 on the 5,000-meter course while Greenburg was right behind him 17:07 as they led Nicolet to an 83-point total as Germantown defended its title with 41 and Port Washington was second (71).

Other scoring runners for the Knights included Jeff McClain in 21st (17:43), Ethan Klein in 24th (17:51) and Brandon Zall in 27th (18:04). Also running were Greg Wisniewski in 30th (18:08), Sean Mannion in 39th (18:27) and Randy Grzybowski in 41st (18:29).

Whitefish Bay boys cross country

Behind Mike Camilleri's strong individual runner-up showing, the Blue Dukes continued to show improvement by taking a competitive fourth in the North Shore Conference race at Tendick Park Saturday.

"We really stepped up," Blue Dukes coach Mike Miller said. "A lot of guys raced well. We put out a lot of energy and a lot of personal goals were met or exceeded on both the varsity and the junior varsity."

The Blue Dukes will compete in the WIAA sectional at Mitchell Park in Brookfield on Saturday with the hopes of advancing people to the Oct. 31 state meet in Wisconsin Rapids.

Bay scored 89 points at the conference meet.

Camillieri lost a tough stretch run to Homestead's Nate Routhier, clocking a fine time of 16:37.58.

Other scoring runners for Bay included Casey Easterday in 16th (17:35), freshman Nate Gomoll in 17th (17:37), Stuart Gilreath in 26th (17:59) and Rob Cary in 28th (18:04). Also running were Cole Woodliff in 32nd (18:12), Devon Lawler in 36th (18:22) and Jordan Lester in 42nd (18:42).

University School and Shorewood football

On the cold night Friday, the University School football team had a hot first quarter and went on to defeat their visitors from Shorewood/Messmer by a score of 49-6.

The Wildcats (4-4 overall) got two TDs and 116 yards rushing on nine carries from Tom Schadewald, while Peyton Stanford completed just three passes but all went for scores as he connected on two TD passes to Fritz Stratton and another to Tommy Pennington. Kenny Servis and Bryce Pompos both added TD runs.

The USM defense held Shorewood to minus 21 yards rushing and 213 total yards as Shorewood quarterback Albert McFallin connected with Tim Johnson on a 30-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter. Johnson had three catches for 84 yards for the winless Greyhounds.

The Wildcats attempted to close the season with an overall winning mark when they visited Kenosha St Joseph on Wednesday. Shorewood was still looking for its first win when it visited Shoreland Lutheran the same night.

Homestead girls swim

A balanced effort led the Highlanders to a strong fourth in their own powerhouse invitational Saturday.

The Highlanders scored 200 points as defending state champion Arrowhead dominated the 21-team pre-state showcase with 417. Kayla Dlugopolski had the top finish, taking second in the 500 freestyle (5:07.94). The 100 breaststroke was a great event for the Highlanders, as Maiya Hilliard was third (1:10.21), Monique Ma seventh (1:11.62), Maggie Stolz ninth (1:11.94) and Mary Gabe, 14th (1:13.52).

Other top eight performances by event for Homestead included the following: 200 medley relay-Eva Schulteis, Hilliard, Maggie Stolz and Hannah Happ, sixth (1:56.33). 200 freestyle-Chloe Lewis, eighth (1:58.35). 200 free relay-Hilliard, Casey Hagen, Lewis and Dlugopolski, sixth (1:44.09). 100 backstroke-Schulteis, fourth (1:01.89). 400 free relay-Schulteis, Hagen, Lewis and Happ, eighth (3:48.17).

Shorewood boys soccer

The Greyhounds put up a game effort, but ended their season with a double overtime 1-0 shootout loss to second-seeded New Berlin West in a WIAA Division 2 regional final last week.

Shorewood, which had routed Wisconsin Luther 9-1, in a regional semifinal on Oct. 13, finished the season at 10-11-3, while West (15-7-2) advanced to a sectional semifinal against top-seeded Catholic Memorial.

West won the shootout 6-5, after the two sides played to a 0-0 tie through regulation and two overtime periods. Jimmy Lilly made eight saves for the Greyhounds.

In the win over Lutheran, Louis Bennett had two goals as eight different Greyhounds scored. Others finding the back of the net included Dominic Quinan, Andrea Mahn, Chris Kartheiser, Henry Kruger, Michael Landers, James Quinan and Billy Macken.

Shorewood outshot the Vikings by a 22-2 count.

Seniors for the Greyhounds included co-captains James Quinan, Henry Thomas, Mat Thompsen and Kartheiser; along with Gaston Rivera and Kevin McCollow.

Homestead boys soccer

After a thrilling 1-0 overtime win over North Shore rival Germantown on Oct. 13, the Highlanders season came to a messy and sad conclusion with a 2-0 WIAA regional final loss to second-seeded Greater Metro Conference champ Brookfield Central on Oct. 15.

Not only were the Highlanders outshot 27-1, in the physical, messy affair, but Homestead picked up one red card and two yellows and Central two yellows

The loss dropped the Highlanders to a season-closing 9-9-2 mark

Jake Ziebert came in to play goal after the red card and made six saves, but because Homestead had to play a man short the rest of the way, it could not mount an effective attack.

Carson Francis scored the game winner against Germantown in the 88th minute as Homestead avenged a 3-2 loss it suffered to the Warhawks just a week earlier.

Seniors on the team included Browne, Dillon Kelly, David Bleicher, Francis, Levin, Chris Lange, Gabe Genovesi, P.J. Hill, Matt Kroeger, Connor Fitzgerald and Jeremy Waters.

Nicolet boys volleyball

When a poor effort is turned in by a team in a big situation, coaches usually reserve their ire for the locker room, where paint can occasionally be peeled off the wall based on the intensity of the disappointment of the staff.

But following the Nicolet boys volleyball team's flat showing against archrival and two-time state champion Marquette on Oct. 14 (a 25-23, 25-18, 25-13 decision); a loss that seriously jeopardizes the Knights hopes of a Greater Metro Conference championship, coach Brad Kuehl was quite candid expressing his despair with his squad's showing.

"The guys just quit," he said, "and I told them that. I told them that I was most disappointed with my four returning starters. They just quit and separated and didn't bring the team together when we needed it.

"There was a serious lack of leadership here today. We just backed down from a challenge."

Marquette beat Wauwatosa East on Monday to clinch the Greater Metro title.

Kuehl's amazement at the showing belied the intensity that this rivalry has had over the years and the fact that Marquette entered the match ranked first in the state and Nicolet fourth.

Last year, the two teams met in the state finals, with the Hilltoppers beating a surprising Nicolet group for their second straight championship, but Nicolet could not control the one-two punch of outside hitter Matt Machi and Hauser at last week's match.

Brown Deer boys soccer

The Falcons ended their season on a game note with a 1-0 WIAA Division 2 regional final loss to top-seeded Catholic Memorial on Oct.. 15.

"We knew that it would be a very tough game against the top-ranked D2 team in the state," said Falcons coach Joe Shokatz, "but one that if we played to our ability, we would have a chance and as the game progressed we gained more and more confidence."

A big help, said Shokatz was the emergence of freshman goalie Sean Stelter. He made some "amazing" saves, according to Shokatz.

Brown Deer had at least two good attempts to score set up by senior Rafath Fanou that were just off the mark. The Falcons had advanced to the final with a 3-2 regional semifinal win over Milwaukee Lutheran on Oct. 13. Joey Mattefs scored three goals all on headers including the game-winner with just two minutes remaining. Shokatz called it a "solid team effort."

"We had lots of great senior leadership and tremendous defensive effort from Justin Epping, Dylan Coleman, and Eric Burbaum," he added, "and some very creative and exciting offense from Rafath Fanou." Top players for the year, according to Shokatz, were junior midfielder Sam Kuchenreuther, sophomore forward David Radtke, and junior defender Rob Davis.

Whitefish Bay football

Injury, mud and a calamity of events led the Blue Dukes to give up more points than they had all season combined when they lost to Cedarburg 51-32, on Friday.

"We dug ourselves a 20-point hole in the first quarter and against a team as good as Cedarburg (7-1) that can't happen," said Blue Dukes coach Jim Tietjen. "They latched onto us (offensively) and we couldn't get loose."

The Blue Dukes (4-2 in the North Shore and 5-3 overall), closed their regular season against Milwauke Lutheran (3-3, 4-4) on Wednesday and now will await their assignment for the WIAA state playoffs. Pairings will come out on Friday and first-round games will be held Tuesday.

Cedarburg ran the opening kickoff back for a TD and it all went downhill from there, said Tietjen. It was 20-0 at the quarter and 27-12 at the half.

Bay was handicapped when top all-around player Brian Kroll had to come out with a stinger while playing defense in the first quarter. The Blue Dukes had allowed just 34 points in the seven previous games combined.

Quarterback Cal Ehrke gamely tried to keep the Blue Dukes in the game, throwing for 331 yards and five TDs with no interceptions. He connected twice for scores with Justin Alt, and once each with Paul Davis, Devontae Johnson and Will Hagerup.

Shorewood girls tennis

The Greyhound season came to a quiet end in the WIAA Division 2 state individual tournament in Madison last weekend.

Senior singles player Lydia Hellwig (13-10) beat an opponent from Green Bay Notre Dame 4-6, 6-4 (10-8) before falling to eventual third-place finisher Amanda Dick of Kenosha St. Joseph's (26-5) by a 6-0, 6-0 count.

In doubles, Greyhound sophomores Mary Matoba and Lizzy Tews fell 6-4, 4-6 (10-4) to a team from Wausau Newman in the first round.

Homestead girls golf

North Shore Conference medalist Katie Zganjar closed out the season on a positive note by taking 46th individually for the Highlanders in the WIAA State Tournament at University Ridge Oct. 12 and 13.

Zganjar turned in a 36-hole score of 181, Emily Joers of the Waukesha Combined team claimed medalist honors with a 150 mark and Middleton edged Oregon 683-684, for the team title.

Whitefish Bay girls swim

The Blue Dukes earned eighth in the State Small Schools Invitational at Shorewood Saturday.

Bay, which scored 168 points for its spot, got top six finishes by event from the following athletes:

200-yard freestyle - Lauren Van Loon, fifth (2:03.97); 50 free - Maggie Smith, second (25.18); 200 free relay - Claire Riordan, Annelise Sprau, Van Loon and Smith, fifth (1:44.85); and 100 backstroke - Elissa Maercklein, sixth (1:05.08).

Brown Deer/USM swim

Divers Lauren Isnard (sixth) and Emily Melvin (10th) helped lead the Falcons to an 11th place showing in the State Small Schools Invitational at Shorewood Saturday.

The Falcons scored 114 points for their spot in the 16-school field. Isnard scored 280.7 points and Melvin 243.85 for their spots. Caroline Roos was eighth in both the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.9) and the 100 butterfly (1:03.47), while the 200 free relay team of Caroline Bridges, Dani Gross, Roos and Nicole Hornslein tied for seventh (1:47.02).

Homestead boys volleyball

The Highlanders improved to 4-3 in conference play and 8-9 overall with a 25-14, 25-20, 25-19 win over Brookfield East on Oct. 14.

Homestead, which will host its own 16-team invitational on Saturday, got 11 kills from Brian Hoffman, 33 assists and three blocks from Will Ault, 16 digs from Tyler Wiedenhoeft and three blocks from Mitch Hauser.