Posted: Dec. 21, 2009 |(0) Comments

New Berlin Eisenhower boys basketball

The Lions began this week as the only undefeated boys team in the NOW coverage area thanks to consecutive blowouts of league foes.

Mitch Sperka scored 17 points in a 73-51 win at St. Thomas More on Dec. 15, and added 24 more in the Lions' 81-45 defeat of visiting Brown Deer on Friday, boosting his scoring average to 18.2 points per game.

The Lions improved to 6-0 overall, 5-0 conference entering this week, and have scored 70 or more points four times this season.

Alex Stachnik added 11 points, Zach Tranchita 10 and Brian York nine in the win over St. Thomas More. Keith Kahlfeldt chipped in 15 in the Lions' 36-point win over Brown Deer.

Muskego boys basketball

The Warriors enjoyed winning their first game of the season so much they wasted no time doing it again.

Jake Pope scored a game-high 25 points and four of his teammates scored seven points or more in a 70-44 nonconference win at Bay View on Friday.

Muskego made seven 3-pointers, including a pair by Tom Brezinski en route to a season-high in points.

The win came just three days after the Warriors (2-5 overall, 1-1 conference) defeated Kenosha Tremper, 47-37, at home for their first win after losing their initial five games.

Pope led all players with 19 and Max Miskowiec added a season-high 16.

Muskego girls basketball

The Warriors overcame a double-digit halftime deficit to knock off Divine Savior Holy Angels in the Converse Eastbay Classic at the Al McGuire Center on Saturday, running their winning streak to four straight games.

Alyssa Colla scored a game-high 17 points and Sarah Mlachnik added 12 for the Warriors, who trailed, 27-14, at halftime.

The game was a continuation of offensive exploits for Colla, who scored a season-high 20 in a 55-36 win at Kenosha Tremper on Dec. 15 as the Warriors improved to 2-0 in the Southeast Conference.

Katie Ellerson added 15 points for Muskego (4-1, 2-0) in that win.

Muskego wrestling

The Warriors won the first 12 matches en route to a 66-12 blowout at Racine Park on Dec. 17.

Jordan Lau (160), Jordan Gruettner (189), Alex Kehoe (215), Ryan Leighton (285), Kyle Olson (125) and Tyler Quartullo (135) all picked up pins, three of which came in matches that lasted less than 1 minute and none of which were past the first period.

New Berlin wrestling

New Berlin lost the first and last match of a dual with Cudahy/St. Francis at Eisenhower on Dec. 16 but picked up victories in the 11 matches in between and improved to 3-0 in league action with a 60-12 victory.

Impressively, of those 11 victories, seven were by pins: Zach Brucker (140), Adam Ruiz (145), Jake Reuteler (152), Nick Binder (171), Carl Stanfield (189), Zach Reuteler (215) and Ross Riopelle (119).

Brucker was crowned champion at 140 at the Oostburg Invitational where New Berlin finished second of 11 teams Saturday.

Freedom won five individual titles en route to a meet-best 243.5 points. New Berlin was second with 173.5.

Muskego co-op gymnastics

The Franklin co-op posted a 140.625 to beat defending state champion Arrowhead at a conference meet at Altius on Saturday.

The team, which includes members from Muskego, finished more than five points better than Arrowhead (135.3) and well ahead of third-place Mukwonago/Kettle Moraine (133.6).

"(Arrowhead) will be a team to beat all season, and we can count on them getting better," Franklin coach Katie Moore said. "To start the season on top is a confidence boost, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us."

For the co-op, Franklin's Melanie Pearson was second in the all-around with 34.7 points which included a win in the vault (8.95). Whitnall's Lauren Zurowski won the floor with a 9.225, just ahead of Muskego's Shannon Hein's 9.0, and Muskego's Erin Honerlaw won the bars with an 8.775.

The co-op does not compete again until Jan. 9.

"We will use the time away from competition to work on some new skills to upgrade the difficulty in our routines," Moore said. "If we have a productive three weeks we are hoping to be a few points higher by the meets in January."

New Berlin swimming

The Marlins set another pool record while picking up an easy 149-22 victory over visiting St. Thomas More/St. Francis on Dec. 16.

The 400-yard freestyle relay of Matt Schumacher, Josh Solie, Jasen Johnson and Alex Rodenkirk finished in 3 minutes, 18.91 seconds, breaking the old record of 3:21.09 set last season by Byron Butler, Schumacher, Johnson and Rodenkirk.

The Marlins captured first and second place in every event. Rodenkirk won the 50 free (22.44) and 500 free (4:58.72) and led off the victorious 200 medley relay with Johnson, Jared Moranski and Schumacher (1:48.77).

Solie claimed the 200 free (1:57.15) and 100 free (54.27) and anchored the winning 200 free relay that included Dawson Mundt, Chris Kaminski and Moranski (1:42.42).

Other victorious Marlins were Tom Herrick in diving (183.05 points), Johnson in the 200 individual medley (2:07.56), Moranski in the 100 fly (58.41), Ian Sanders in the 100 backstroke (1:07.02) and Triston Mundt in the 100 breaststroke (1:18.64).

Muskego swimming

Before entering a lengthy holiday break, the Warriors bumped their Southeast Conference record to 3-0 with a convincing 129-54 victory over visiting Racine Park on Dec. 15.

Four Warriors won two or more events, including Kyle Iglinski, who won the 100 breast (1:09.1) and was on the winning 200 free (1:41.7) and 200 medley (1:49.0) relays.

Brian Roberts joined Iglinski on the 200 medley relay, helped the 400 free relay win in 3:35.0 and won the 50 free (23.8) and 100 fly (58.6). Patrick Walsh took the 200 individual medley (2:07.3) and 500 free (5:01.3) and was on two winning relays, as was Bobby Wolf, who also won the 200 free (1:54.1) and 100 back (59.56).

New Berlin West girls basketball

The Vikings split two games with Woodland Conference Blue Division contenders to remain in the race themselves.

Martha Radtke scored a season- and game-high 18 points, including three 3-pointers, and Stephanie Turner chipped in 13 to lead the Vikings to a 48-44 home win over Pewaukee, the Pirates first league loss of the season.

West withstood a late surge after building a 10-point lead after three quarters.

The Vikings' momentum, however, was halted quickly with a 52-43 loss to visiting Cudahy on Friday.

Hailey Kunz and Turner had 11 points each, but Cudahy's Taylor Gradinjan had a game-high 19 to help drop the Vikings to 4-3 overall, 4-2 conference entering this week, one game behind Pewaukee and St. Francis in the league standings.

 

- David Cotey