Posted: May 25, 2010 |(0) Comments

Whitefish Bay boys track

A few years ago, Bay was a distance-oriented team that paid scant attention to the sprints. What a difference a few years make, as the Blue Dukes swept the open 100 and 200 events and the 400 and 800 relays, to lead the team to a strong third-place finish at the North Shore Conference Outdoor on May 18.

The Blue Dukes also advanced six individuals and two relay teams from Monday's regionals to the WIAA sectional meet on Thursday at Homestead. The top three in each event plus all those whose efforts are among the top eight of all sectionals statewide will advance to the state meet June 4 and 5 in La Crosse.

Javontae Merrriwether and Davontae Johnson led the way for Bay at the NSC meet. Merriwether won the 100 (11.2) and anchored the 400 relay team that included Alex Jamerson, James Stecker and Johnson (43.68); while Johnson won the 200 (22.92) and also took second in the 400 (50.65).

The 800 relay team of Jamerson, Stecker, Paul Davis and Brandon Threats set a season-best of 1:31.8 in recording its win.

"This is a big step in the right direction," said Threats. "It shows what we've been doing in practice every day. We're working to do our best and we can't do it without each other."

"If we can just keep the focus, we'll be alright." said Blue Dukes coach Joe Saggio. "Hopefully the kids will see that things are really coming together." Mike Camirelli was also second in the 3,200 (9:46.73) as was Davis in the triple jump (41-2 3/4 ). Jamerson was third in the 100 (11.26) as was Threats in the 200 (23.15).

Nicolet girls track

Nicolet has improved a great deal since the start of the season and emphasized that point with a spectacular closing run in the 1,600 relay as the team of Allison Maling, Ashley Green, Ashley Jones and Surya Chionesu roared to a winning time of 4:08.17 in the North Shore Conference Outdoor on May 18.

The effort helped the Knights to a third-place finish in the final team standings.

"We're healthy and we're peaking at the right time," said Knights coach Brian Sommers, whose team was fifth in the league indoor.

Green, the NOW All-Suburban Girls Basketball Player of the Year, broke open the 1,600 relay with a sudden and swift second leg.

"That felt great," she said, "because I'm finally in track shape now. We never really want to run this race (because the 400 legs are so hard), but once we get into it, we never want to lose it."

The Knights also got a victory from Roni Thompson in the triple jump (36-1), who was also second in the long jump (16- 1/4 ). Brianna Achs was also second in the discus (116-7). Nicolet got thirds from Jones in the 200 (26.99) and from Gabby Bronson in both the high jump (5-0) and the shot put (37-5 3/4 ).

Nicolet advanced nine individuals and three relays to Thursday's sectional at Homestead.

Whitefish Bay girls track

Blue Dukes distance runner Megan Palmer threw off a weeks-old cold and turned in a spectacular two-win showing at the North Shore Conference Outdoor on May 18. First, she set a new meet record over a fast field (six runners under 5:16) in the 1,600 with a 5:06.42 effort.

Then the 2008 state 800-meter champ came back and beat 2009 state 800 runner-up Liz Wendt of Germantown by a 2:19.18 to 2:19.63 margin in that event. Palmer was more than pleased to win two league titles in her senior year on her home track, a facility that hadn't hosted a major meet in seven years.

"Gus (Athletic Director John Gustavson) told us a couple years ago that we would be hosting conference our senior year," she said, "and now doing this here, like this, makes it so special. It's nice to be able to bring it (the league championships) back here."

The Blue Dukes also got a first from Frankie Carroll in the high jump (5-3) while Emma-Lisa Murphy finished second in the 3,200 (11:21.52) with one of two times that broke the existing league record. Cedarburg's Haley Bauer set the new mark in 11:15.95. Camille Schwartz (10-0) and Nawoo Kim (10-0) were second and third, respectively, in the pole vault.

The 3,200 relay team of Murphy, Ally Spiroff, Tenley Brown and Arden Stewart was third in a season-best time of 9:59.41 as was Mady Vicker in the 400 (1:00.57) and the 400 relay team of Kim, Alissa Foley, Maddie Cohen and Monica Mitchell (52.56).

Bay advanced nine individuals and two relays to the sectional at Homestead from Monday's regional.

Shorewood boys track

The Greyhounds got a first from Peter Drews in the 1,600 as the Greyhounds took sixth in the Woodland Outdoor meet on May 18.

"I'm fairly happy with the results of the conference meet," said Greyhounds coach Dominic Newman. "I did not double as many athletes as I was trying to prepare them for the (WIAA) regional meet. I wanted to put the athletes in their events that they feel that they will have the best chance of qualifying (in the state series)."

Drews just missed a school record with a winning time of 4:16.8 while John Taylor ran a nice race to place third (4:42.24) in the conference meet. Drews was also third in the 800 (1:59.2) while Ben Tyler was second in the 3,200 with a personal best of 9:27.41 as he lost to Cudahy's Alec Holquin in a photo finish.

"Our depth is improving but we still have some work to do," said Newman. "We moved up one place from last year so we are improving."

Newman was also pleased with the freshmen group of Alec Grimmer, Bobby Kohl, Justin Rabon (400 and 1,600 relays), John Papke and Tom Treacy.

The Greyhounds advanced eight individuals and two relays to the WIAA Division 2 sectional at Whitewater on Thursday.

Brown Deer girls track

Ariel Kinlow won both the 100 and the 200 meters in leading the Falcons to a fourth-place finish in the Woodland Conference Outdoor on May 18.

Kinlow was clocked in 12.85 seconds in the 100 as teammate Tahtyana Peer took second in 13.07. Kinlow was timed later in 26.81 in taking the 200 and was second in the long jump (16-11 1/2 ).

Other firsts went to Asia Cheeks in the 100 high hurdles (15.78) while 1,600 relay also recorded a win (4:10.91). Cheeks was second in the 300 low hurdles (47.01) as was Peer in the 400 (1:00.59).

The Falcons advanced five individuals and two relays to the Division 2 sectional at Whitewater.

Homestead track

Fresh off their North Shore Conference triple crown efforts, the boys and girls Highlanders teams won WIAA regional championships at Grafton on Monday.

The boys roared to a 197-point total to far outdistance Rufus King (147) and qualified 18 individuals and four relays to the sectional they will host Thursday.

The girls scored 147 points to Bay's 119 ½. They advanced 12 individuals and one relay to the sectional.

Shorewood girls track

At the Woodland Conference meet on May 18, the Greyhounds got a first from the 800 relay team (1:50.4) while the 400 team was second (53.76), as was the 1,600 crew (4:13.46). Caroline Devitt was fourth in the 200 (28.09).

Shorewood advanced four individuals and two relays to the Division 2 sectional at Whitewater on Thursday.

Brown Deer boys track

The Falcons bounced back from a ninth-place showing in the Woodland Conference Outdoor on May 18 to advance eight individuals and two relays from Monday's regional to the Division 2 sectional meet at Whitewater on Thursday.

The top finishes at the conference meet for the Falcons were Lawrence Rabon, who was fourth in the 100 (11.46), the same place that Drew Jones picked up in the discus (138-8).

Nicolet boys track

The Knights' efforts at the North Shore Conference meet on May 18 were led by the runner-up 400 relay team of Christian Smith, Lamar Johnson-Harris, Brandon Kappel and Winston Hermann (43.93).

Jeff McClain was third in the 800 (2:00.42) as was Kappel in the long jump (20-6). Mark Taibleson was fourth in the discus (143-9) as was Nathan Frazer in the 1,600 (4:33.99) and the 3,200 (10:07.23).

Nicolet advanced four individuals and one relay to the Division 1 sectional at Homestead on Thursday.

Shorewood boys tennis

Behind an easy championship from the first doubles team of Jake Miller and Sawyer Carlson-Price, the Greyhounds took third in the Woodland Conference championships last week.

The unbeaten pair routed a duo from Greendale, 6-0, 6-2, for their title, as the Greyhounds scored 28 points for their spot. Greendale easily won with 51 while New Berlin West took second with 29.

Other places for Shorewood included thirds from Tim Perry (second singles) and Jason Palchak (third singles), while the third doubles team of Arthur Staub and Ben Brody was fourth. Consolation champs were Jimmy Lilly at fourth singles and the second doubles team of Joe Richter and Jordan Wise.

"We were extremely close (to second) considering all the matches that we had that went to three sets with tiebreakers not ending up in our favor," said coach Justin Olson.

The Greyhounds advanced the doubles teams of Miller and Carlson-Price (19-0), Richter and Wise (18-3) and Brody and Staub (14-5) to the Division 2 sectional that was played Wednesday at Brown Deer.

The top four finishers in flight one of singles and doubles and the winners of flight two in singles and doubles will advance to the state individual tournament in Madison on June 3-5.

Brown Deer boys tennis

The first doubles team of Torrian Ricks and Nick Korth took fourth to lead the Falcons' seventh-place efforts in the Woodland Conference Tournament last week.

The pair lost a tough three-setter for third to a New Berlin West duo after falling to the eventual champs from Shorewood in the semifinals.

Brown Deer also got a third from the second doubles team of Steve Lederman and Aaron Blumberg. They routed a Tosa West duo, 6-2, 6-0, for third after falling 6-3, 6-3, to a Greendale pair in the semifinals.

Top singles player Trevor Martin fought his way to sixth in a deep field.

"We weren't overly disappointed," Falcons coach Jim Matousek said, "considering what we lost from last season (when Brown Deer took third)."

In WIAA sub-sectional play on Monday, the Falcons advanced the doubles team of Ricks and Korth (10-9) to the sectional they hosted on Wednesday.

Nicolet girls softball

The Knights bounced back from a pair of nonconference drubbings against DSHA on Saturday, to outlast Cedarburg, 14-11, on Monday and finish with their first winning mark in the North Shore (8-6) in many years.

Nicolet (9-13 overall) scored eight runs in the second to take the lead for good as Carli DeFelice had three hits including a double and two RBI. Nicolet had 14 hits overall. The Knights held on for the win despite a four-run Bulldog rally in the bottom of the seventh.

The Knights had set up their opportunity for a winning league mark by beating Milwaukee Lutheran, 5-1, on May 20, as pitcher Amy Popp had one of her best outings of the season, scattering five hits with six strikeouts. She also had two hits including a triple as shortstop Lanoira Duhart also had two hits.

Nicolet finished fourth in the final league standings behind Homestead, Germantown and Grafton.

Nicolet, which learned its WIAA tournament match-up at the sectional seeding meeting earlier this week, closed out its regular season against City Conference champ Milwaukee Hamilton on Wednesday.

WIAA regional play will start June 1.

Whitefish Bay softball

The Blue Dukes closed out North Shore play on a positive note, defeating Milwaukee Lutheran, 6-4, on Monday.

Jo Ruppa scattered five hits with nine strikeouts and four walks and also contributed two hits including a triple. Kristin Enea also had two hits as Bay scored in five of seven innings.

That was preceded by a 12-1 win over City Conference power Milwaukee Hamilton on Saturday, as Ruppa led the 17-hit attack with four singles and four runs scored.

Leslie Fuda had three hits and four RBI, while Meridith Ludwig had two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored. Maggie Hankerd also knocked in three runs.

Ruppa got the win with nine strikeouts and nine walks, while allowing just one hit.

The two wins were helpful for the Blue Dukes (6-15), as they had lost to Homestead (10-0), Cedarburg (7-1) and West Allis Hale (14-2) earlier in the week. Fuda had three hits in the loss to Hale and Hankerd had two against Cedarburg.

"Up to this point, our week had been a little down," Blue Dukes coach Jeff Trask said.

Bay earned the two seed in its WIAA Division 2 regional bracket. It will host Milwaukee Ronald Reagan on Thursday in a regional quarterfinal. If they win, they would host the winner of Saint Thomas More and Milwaukee School of Languages in a regional semi June 1. The regional final is June 3 and Cudahy is the top regional seed.

Shorewood softball

Entering WIAA tournament play, the Greyhounds picked up a little momentum, going 2-3 last week, downing Brown Deer, 11-6, and also beating St. Francis 11-7.

Catcher Raifeh Saqer had what coach Dave Berghaus called her best game of the year against Brown Deer with a big two-run single in the seventh plus two big tag-outs at the plate.

Kaitlyn Wick had three hits while Addie Prochnow had three hits and three stolen bases. Lindsey Borkin also had two singles.

In the win over St. Francis, the Greyhounds took a 3-0 lead as Sutton King had two hits and four RBI. Meredith Behm had two hits while Callie Scheck made a nice sliding catch on a hit in the sixth that would have scored two runs and tied the game.

Quincy Rice had seven hits for the week.

"Right now we are competing on every pitch and playing smart softball," said Berghaus. "I feel we are prepared and ready."

The Greyhounds will visit St. Francis in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal Thursday. If they advance, they will visit top seeded Cudahy on June 1 in a regional semifinal. The regional final is June 3.

Brown Deer boys golf

The Falcons used a balanced attack to claim seventh in the Woodland Conference Tournament at Washington County on May 19.

Sean Andryauskas had an 18-hole total of 83 to lead the Falcons, while Brett Youngbeck carded an 84, and David Bach and Eric Seonbuchner each came in with 86s as Brown Deer turned in a 339 team mark

New Berlin West won the title with a mark of 315.

The Falcons took part in WIAA Division 2 regional play on Wednesday. The top four teams and first four individuals advanced to sectional play at Badger Creek Golf Course in New Holstein on June 1.

Nicolet girls soccer

The Knights moved to 10-9-1 with a pair of wins last week.

They scored a bit of an upset when they beat area opponent University School, 2-0, on Friday on first half goals from Laila Eslami and Jennifer Winston (Emily Spector).

They did this despite being outshot, 24-8. USM dropped to 14-4-1 with the loss.

On May 18, they got a first-half goal from Briana Lopez (Erica Lurie assist) in a North Shore tilt.

After the North Shore finale against Cedarburg today, the Knights will close out their regular season with a home game at 7 p.m. Friday against West Bend West.

Shorewood boys golf

Erik Alfvin earned first-team Woodland Conference honors after carding an 18-hole total of 78 at the Woodland Conference event on May 19.

Alfvin led the Greyhounds to a 10th-place finish in the final standings. He finished fourth in the final individual league standings as Greendale's Jordan Stachowski earned medalist honors.

Helping out Alfvin were Brendan Morris and David Stern with 91 apiece and Matt Goelz at 93. The Greyhounds will also send sectional qualifiers to the New Holstein sectional.

Homestead girls soccer

The Highlanders defense pitched two more shutouts last week, as they downed Pius XI, 1-0, on May 20 and routed Port Washington, 8-0, in a North Shore tilt on May 18.

Homestead (13-3-2) looked to clinch outright the North Shore Conference title against Germantown today (see MequonNOW.com for details).

In the win over Pius, Kate Wirthlin got a goal with only four minutes to go (Lindsay Jagla assist) to pick up the win. Homestead outshot the Lady Popes, 21-6.

Homestead went 7-0 at the half against Port, as Olivia Tehan had two goals and Wirthlin, Krystyna Kudlata, Zoe Ziegler, Kelsey Schwager, Kim McGinnis and Megan Eisenbrown all found the back of the net once.

 

- Steven L. Tietz