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Eisenhower football

The Lions' first-quarter dominance continued in a 48-27 home win over South Milwaukee on Friday that kept Eisenhower in a first-place tie with Whitnall in the Woodland Conference Black Division.

Bennett Hasseldeck's 7-yard touchdown run and Ian McKechnie's 11-yard touchdown catch from Brian York gave the Lions a 14-0 lead after one quarter. Eisenhower (6-1 overall, 5-1 conference) has outscored its opponents, 59-9, in the first quarter this season.

McKechnie and York connected twice more later, including a 94-yard touchdown play that gave Eisenhower a commanding 34-7 lead late in the third quarter.

Tyler Faber scored two touchdowns on the ground and Brandon Keto returned a fumble 10 yards for a score for the Lions, who play host to winless Greenfield (0-7, 0-6) on Friday before closing the season at Brown Deer (6-1, 5-1) at 7 p.m. Oct. 21.

Muskego girls volleyball

The Warriors overcame 14 service errors Oct. 8 and did just enough to beat Southeast Conference rival Oak Creek in five games, 22-25, 25-10, 25-19, 17-25, 15-9, to clinch their second straight conference title.

Oak Creek (24-12, 5-2 Southeast) played its best in the first game. The Knights came out fired up and led by five three times: 12-7, 17-12, and 21-16. The Warriors (30-4, 6-0) rallied and got to 23-22, but Oak Creek finished strong for the game win.

Muskego bounced back in a big way in the second game, a 25-10 win, and then won the third game thanks to Rachel Neuberger's seven kills.

Oak Creek did not go away however. The Knights raced to a 5-0 lead, then led, 10-3, in the fourth game en route to a 25-17 victory, setting up the decisive fifth game in which Neuberger recorded her 18th kill of the match.

Eisenhower girls volleyball

The Lions finished their conference dual season strong, beating St. Francis and Brown Deer on Oct. 6 and 8, to improve to 7-2.

After losing the first game to host St. Francis, 23-25, Eisenhower won the final three: 25-15, 25-23, 25-19. The Lions swept Brown Deer, 25-11, 29-17, 25-11.

Katie Mroczenski, Emily Yanny and Carolyn Bogart continue to lead the team with kills and blocks, while Andrea Ruiz leads in assists including a combined 39 in the two recent wins. Lindsay Brown is the team leader in digs; she had 10 against St. Francis.

New Berlin boys volleyball

Chris Pokrzywa had a match-high 35 assists to help the New Berlin United remain undefeated in Woodland Conference action.

New Berlin's Jeremy Dejno had six aces and 14 kills as New Berlin defeated host Wauwatosa West, 25-21, 25-18, 25-13, on Oct. 5.

Adam Vlaj chipped in with 14 digs for the United, which improved to 6-0 in the league entering this week.

New Berlin West soccer

In their final tuneup before the WIAA postseason, the Vikings lost, 1-0, to host Kettle Moraine, the 10th-ranked Division 1 team in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association poll Oct. 8.

Kettle Moraine's Matt Lange scored the winning goal with less than 4 minutes remaining.

The Vikings (14-7-1), seeded second in their sectional and ranked fifth among Division 2 teams in the state poll, face Messmer in a regional semifinal Tuesday. The winner plays Shorewood or Wisconsin Lutheran, time and location to be determined.

The Vikings also won their final two Woodland Conference matches to finish 7-4.

In a 1-0 win over crosstown rival New Berlin Eisenhower on Oct. 5, Hlu Vang crossed a great ball to Billy Cameron, who met it in stride and got behind Eisenhower's defense and knocked home a goal in the far right post in the 13th minute. West goal keeper Colin Raupp made a number of outstanding saves to preserve the victory.

Bill Cameron and Brock Shilling scored one goal each in a 2-0 win over host St. Thomas More on Oct. 7.

West girls volleyball

The Vikings, who were 3-6 in the Woodland Conference in 2008, finished 7-2 this season, including 6-0 in the Blue Division, with a split in the final week.

The Vikings beat host South Milwaukee, 25-20, 25-11, 21-25, 25-16, on Oct. 8. West juniors Cayla Golsteyn (20 assists), Martha Radtke (13 kills) and Rachael Liska (three blocks) led the way. Freshmen Kellie Shaw (16 digs) and Casey Luehrs (five aces) contributed as well.

The Vikings also lost, 25-19, 25-23, 25-16 to visiting Greendale on Oct. 6.

New Berlin West swimming

A handful of seniors competing in their final home meet contributed to the Vikings' 131-40 victory over St. Thomas More on Oct. 7.

Katie Hausmann won diving with 174.30 points and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1 minute, 17.21 seconds and was on two winning relays as well.

Leah Kritter was part of two winning relays and finished second in the 200 free (2:23.51) and third in the 50 free (29.27). Heather Leair contributed to the first-place 200 free relay and second-place 200 medley relay and took second in the 500 free (6:06.42). Michelle Gall was second in the 100 breast (1:28.07).

Others who captured individual victories were Sydney Hider (200 free; 2:17.80 and 500 free; 6:02.11), Chloe Banholzer (200 individual medley; 2:27.72 and 100 butterfly; 1:09.77), Corey Wannamaker (50 free; 25.11 and 100 free; 55.74) and Lindsey Rodenkirk (100 backstroke; 1:04.91).

Muskego football

Three Warriors rushed for more than 75 yards, including Luke Pryzbylka's whopping 184 on 23 carries, but it was not enough as Muskego lost a shootout to Racine Horlick, 49-34, at Hammes Field in Racine on Friday.

The Warriors (0-7 overall, 0-5 conference) took a 28-14 lead on Pryzbylka's third touchdown run of the first half, but Horlick's Andrew Murriel scored on a 65-yard interception return before halftime to make it 28-21. Horlick then scored the first 21 points of the second half to take a 42-28 lead.

Murriel did it all for the Rebels (1-6, 1-4). In addition to his interception return, he caught eight passes for 209 yards, including touchdown catches of 46 and 71 yards. He also tacked on three rushing touchdowns and 58 yards on 11 carries.

Austin Kairis rushed 13 times for 112 yards and Trevor Herger had nine carries for 77 for the Warriors, who have a chance to be spoilers when they visit Oak Creek at 7 p.m. Friday. The Knights (4-3, 2-3) need two wins in their final two games to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2005.

Muskego cross country

Niki Drolshagen turned in one of three top-11 times for the Warriors, who finished second at the 14-team Shorewood Invite on Saturday.

Drolshagen's 15:11 was second only to Kenosha Bradford's Abigail Bullmore's 14:58 and 4 seconds faster that Pewaukee's Hannah Frett's third-place effort.

Abby Wichgers ran 10th in 16:08 and Amy Klaus was 11th in 16:09 for the Warriors.

The Muskego boys were fifth of 18 teams as Zac Hopp ran 26th (17:41), Joe Blommel, 29th (17:42), and Andrew Salo, 30th (17:43).

Eisenhower cross country

Therese Thompson's second-best time of 15:23 was good for sixth and helped the Lions take fourth of 13 teams at the Port Washington Invite on Oct. 8.

Sammy Woller's second-best time of the season - a 15:37 - was good for 12th on the tough Tendick Park course. Catherine Michaletz, who is fighting some nagging injuries, ran a 16:30, good for 26th.

Megan Thachuk (16:54) and Adriana Gutierrez (17:00) also ran personal bests.

Muskego golf

Brittany Endisch cracked 100 again, but her season came to an end at the WIAA sectional at Ives Grove Country Club on Oct. 6.

Endisch, a junior, shot a 97, which was 16 strokes off the state-qualifying mark. The top three teams and the top three individuals not on those teams advanced to the state tournament, being held Monday and Tuesday.

Endisch shot a 48 on the front nine and a 49 on the back.

Muskego swimming

The Warriors ran their league unbeaten streak to four straight duals with a 143-44 blowout at Racine Horlick on Oct. 6.

Emma Szczupakiewicz won the 500-yard freestyle in 5 minutes, 25.94 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:17.79. She also teamed with Sami Pochowski, Caitlin Budnik and Kristen Kaiser for a win in the 200 medley relay (2:00.73) and Jessica Wolf, Kaiser and Megan Liebl in the 400 free relay (3:49.74).

Pochowski also won the 200 individual medley (2:18.21) and the 100 freestyle (55.2) and joined Budnik, Claire Borland and Wolf for a victory in the 200 free relay (1:47.94).

Muskego has now beaten its league foes by an average of 102 points.

Eisenhower soccer

Despite ending the regular season with a win, the Lions had to settle for second place in the Woodland Conference.

Eisenhower's Tyler Nickerson snapped a scoreless tie in the 73rd minute, with an assist by Jacob Bogart, to give the Lions a 1-0 win over visiting Shorewood on Oct. 7.

The win came two days after the Lions fell to host New Berlin West, 1-0. Eisenhower finished 9-2 in the Woodland Conference (15-5-1 overall), two gamed behind unbeaten South Milwaukee.

The Lions began the WIAA postseason as the eighth seed in their sectional and play host to ninth-seeded Wauwatosa West in a regional semifinal Tuesday. The winner plays at top-seeded Arrowhead at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Eisenhower swimming

Alli Bellford and Maddie Peterson were both four-time winners in Eisenhower's 124-51 win over visiting Greenfield on Oct. 7.

Bellford won the 50 and 100 frees (25.65 and 56.95) and was on the winning 200 medley (2:11.17) and 400 free (no time reported) relays.

Peterson joined Bellford on both winning relays and also picked up victories in the 200 individual medley (2:33.19) and the 100 backstroke (1:11.72).

Bellford won the 50 free in 25.06 and was third in the 100 free in 56.88 at the Cedarburg Invite on Saturday, where the Lions were 12th of 14 teams.

New Berlin West cross country

Senior Grace Postma finished 16th in 16:20 to lead the Vikings at the Shorewood Invite on Saturday.

Anne Kaczynski ran 53rd for the Vikings, who were 10th of 14 teams.

For the boys, the ninth-place Vikings were led by Matt Schumacher, who was 31st in 17:45.

 

- David Cotey