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| NOVEMBER 20, 2008 |
| Arrowhead
special teams could take center stage TOWN OF MERTON - An hour a day keeps the losses away. That's coach Tom Taraska's view of special teams for his Arrowhead High School football team. The Arrowhead coach spends one hour every practice on that aspect of the game. |
| Carroll's
Mobley, Carlson take league honors WAUKESHA - Carroll University men's soccer coach Rick Mobley received his third straight and fourth overall award as the Midwest Conference's Coach of the Year and for the second straight season the Pioneers had the league's Player of the Year in junior midfielder Craig Carlson from Grafton. |
| UW-Waukesha
teams post victories >>
photos WAUKESHA - The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha men's and women's basketball teams won Wednesday, the women's team setting two school records in a 95-13 victory over the UW- Fox Valley and the men's team topping UW-Fox Valley 115-102. |
| Iron
signs six veteran players WAUKESHA - The Milwaukee Iron professional indoor football team recently signed veterans Jamaine Blalock, Antoine Burns, Blue Aldridge, Ricardo Lenhart, Alex Walls and Ryan Bell for the inaugural 2009 season. |
| Warhawks'
Balthazor 'scary' good Mike Fink thought he was seeing double - maybe triple. Everywhere the Kettle Moraine High School football coach looked when his team played Arrowhead this season, he saw Joey Balthazor. |
| West
returns seven letterwinners WAUKESHA - Seven letterwinners return for the Waukesha West High School girls basketball team that finished fourth in the Classic 8 Conference last season. |
| NOVEMBER 19, 2008 |
| Catholic
Memorial girls basketball team opens with victory >> photos WAUKESHA - With her team up 15-0, Julie Kolinske took a seat on the bench knowing she was responsible for nearly every basket without actually scoring. |
| Lines
could make the difference in state championship football game WAUKESHA - Some people view the WIAA Division 1 state championship football game between Arrowhead and Homestead as a matchup of Arrowhead's offensive line against Homestead's stellar defense. |
| Conference
change for Carroll? WAUKESHA - Carroll University athletic director Kris Jacobsen labeled as "premature" a rumor that the school could be leaving the Midwest Conference and possibly returning to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. |
| Waukesha
South girls basketball team young WAUKESHA - The Waukesha South High School girls basketball team will be counting on sophomores and juniors to return to the winning ways. |
| Football capsules |
| Prep previews |
| NOVEMBER 18, 2008 |
| Arrowhead,
Homestead football teams set for rubber match WAUKESHA - Dave Keel hopes Tom Taraska is correct. "In Tom's own words last year, it's awfully tough to win two (state championships) in a row," said Keel, the coach of the 13-0 Homestead team that will take on Taraska's 13-0 Arrowhead team for the WIAA Division 1 state football championship Friday at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. |
| Catholic
Memorial girls basketball team rebuilding WAUKESHA - Mark Lepkowski, who enters his 14th season as head coach of the Catholic Memorial High School varsity girls basketball team, will be dealing with a young group. |
| Muskego
senior digs her way to second all-state selection MUSKEGO - It doesn't take many words for coach Karen Anderson to describe her two-time first-team all-state volleyball player. In fact, it takes just one word for Anderson to define Muskego High School senior Tricia Foldy. |
| College notebook |
| NOVEMBER 17, 2008 |
| Arrowhead
girls regain state swimming championship >>
photos MADISON - Arrowhead ran out of steps. And Warhawks second-year swimming and diving coach Jennifer Leider thought she would run out of words as Arrowhead got to the top step and seized the WIAA Division 1 high school state championship that eluded the team last year after five straight titles. |
| Explosive
offense helps Arrowhead make history OSHKOSH - The big-play and high-scoring offense of the Arrowhead High School football team continued to run on all cylinders Saturday and in the process the Warhawks made state history. |
| Hamilton
stopped one game short of Madison WATERTOWN - Unseeded Hamilton finally ran up against a seeded team it couldn’t vanquish. With only one game separating the Chargers from the state high school Division 2 football championship game, they fell to Verona 28-14 at Watertown High School on Saturday. |
| New
Berlin falls in volleyball semis MILWAUKEE – The New Berlin high school co-op boys volleyball team won the first game of a WIAA state tournament semifinal match 25-20 against Nicolet on Saturday, but lost the final three games 25-20, 25-23, 25-22. New Berlin was making its first appearance at the state tournament. |
| Two
county soccer players earn first-team all-state berths WAUKESHA – Sixteen Waukesha County high school boys soccer players recently received all-state honors. Senior Sean Gilbert from Arrowhead and Brookfield Central junior Kevin Ferron each earned a first-team berth to top the list of honorees. |
| Times
can be misleading MADISON - Anyone using sectional times to predict the WIAA state swimming and diving meet might have been shocked. But there was little reason to be shocked for several good reasons, not the least of which is the sectional that included many Waukesha County Division 1 teams was held at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium. |
| NOVEMBER 15, 2008 |
| Carroll men's
soccer team advances in NCAA regional; women's team falls WHEATON, Ill. - The Carroll University men's soccer team defeated Wittenberg University 3-2 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday. Junior forward Andy Prentice from Appleton scored the game's first goal in the 34th minute. |
| Prep basketball |
| New
Berlin boys volleyball team sweeps Kettle Moraine >>
photos MILWAUKEE - In a battle of two teams making their first state appearance, New Berlin made it look as if it had been there before. |
| NOVEMBER 14, 2008 |
| It's
Arrowhead's time - again TOWN OF MERTON - Coach Tom Taraska calls the playoffs Arrowhead's time of the season. And for the sixth time in the past nine seasons, Taraska has been right on. It is indeed the Warhawks' time of the season. |
| County
soccer players earn Classic 8 honors Nine Waukesha County high school boys soccer players recently received first-team honors in the Classic 8 Conference. |
| Eight
area soccer players first-team all-GMC Eight Waukesha County high school soccer players received first-team all-conference honors from the Greater Metro Conference coaches. |
| Chargers riding
seven-game win streak TOWN OF LISBON - Who are these guys? It seems as if that’s the question being asked by a lot of high school football fans. The Hamilton High School football team that started its season with a 2-3 record and was outscored 126-73 in those games has done a complete turnabout to become one of only four unseeded teams of 28 remaining in the state to advance to the semifinals in the WIAA playoffs. |
| Three
Muskego v-ball players first-team all-league WAUKESHA - Muskego, which advanced to the WIAA Division 1 state tournament, had three players named to the Southeast All-Conference girls volleyball team. |
| College notebook |
| NOVEMBER 13, 2008 |
| South/Mukwonago
eyes historic meet WAUKESHA - Waukesha South/Mukwonago High School girls swim coach Blaine Carlson enjoyed his team's WIAA sectional as team members broke eight school records. |
| Reid,
Dejno on first-team all-state volleyball team WAUKESHA - Kettle Moraine senior Ean Reid and New Berlin United junior Jeremy Dejno have received first-team all-state volleyball honors. |
| Kettle
Moraine, New Berlin meet in state quarterfinal MILWAUKEE - The two Waukesha County teams who advanced to the WIAA state boys volleyball tournament play each other in Friday's quarterfinals. |
| Five
girls v-ball players named first-team C8 Five Waukesha County high school girls volleyball players recently received first-team honors in the Classic 8 Conference. |
| A
conversation with ... John Damato HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH It's been what John Damato considers a long time since he was dashing through defenses for Hamilton High School and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football teams. Now he's trying to figure out how to get his backs through defenses as the Hamilton head coach. |
| Area briefs |
| NOVEMBER 12, 2008 |
| Carroll
women's basketball team rebuilding WAUKESHA - Reload and rebuild. That's the motto of the Carroll University women's basketball team heading into the season. |
| Kettle
Moraine volleyball player keeps improving >>
photo Ean Reid believes himself to be a thinking man's volleyball player. His Kettle Moraine High School coach, Tom Gulak, just thinks of his senior captain as a player. |
| UWW
women's basketball coach counting on freshmen WAUKESHA - The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha women's basketball program is back. Following a season that was canceled prematurely because of several players violating code of conduct violations, veteran coach Jack Hervert is looking forward to hitting the court with a new cast of fresh faces: 12 freshmen. |
| College briefs |
| Prep volleyball briefs |
| NOVEMBER 10, 2008 |
| Arrowhead
in football semifinals >>
photos TOWN OF MERTON - The normally stingy defense of the Arrowhead High School football team had looked vulnerable since the end of the regular season. |
| Catholic
Memorial loses state soccer title game >>
photos MILWAUKEE - Same game, same opponent, same rankings, same field and once again same result: runner-up. |
| Carroll
wins football finale; soccer teams win conference tournaments LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Sophomore quarterback Chris Casper from Manitowoc completed 20 of 36 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns as the Carroll University football team defeated Lake Forest 27-12 in a Midwest Conference game Saturday. |
| Catholic
Memorial girls volleyball team loses state final ASHWAUBENON - The better team won. "Waupun was very determined today," Catholic Memorial High School girls volleyball coach Ted Schulte said after the Crusaders lost 25-19, 25-15, 25-19 in the WIAA Division 2 state championship match at the Resch Center on Saturday. "We were just unable to match their determination and intensity." |
| Muskego
loses to Marquette in soccer final >>
photos MILWAUKEE - Muskego High School had sailed through the boys soccer playoffs, outscoring opponents by a combined 22-1 to reach the statechampionship game. |
| Hamilton
football team keeps surprising TOWN OF LISBON - Make their day by making them an underdog. For the third straight week, the unseeded Hamilton High School Chargers upset a seeded team in the WIAA Division 2 football playoffs. |
| Arrowhead
wins swim sectional WAUKESHA - The Arrowhead High School girls swimming and diving team captured five events and won a WIAA Division 1 sectional meet at the Waukesha South Natatorium on Saturday. |
| College briefs |
| NOVEMBER 8, 2008 |
| College notebook |
| Tough
act to follow for UWW men's basketball team WAUKESHA - The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha men's basketball team has high expectations. Following last year's school-record 21 victories, the Cougars hope to deliver yet another strong season. |
| Catholic
Memorial soccer team wins in state semifinals >>
photo MILWAUKEE - The Catholic Memorial High School boys soccer team finds itself in a deja vu situation. |
| Catholic
Memorial girls in volleyball final ASHWAUBENON - The Crusaders have a secret motto. Perhaps not so secret if you can read Chinese - the motto is emblazoned on the back of their jerseys. |
| Hamms
get ready for second career WAUKESHA - An exhibition here or there and then it could all be over for Paul and Morgan Hamm. Their spectacular world-class gymnastics careers already are essentially over - having ended unceremoniously when injuries prevented them from competing in their third Olympics - in Beijing - this summer. |
| Pewaukee
soccer team falls >>
photo MILWAUKEE - In its first state tournament appearance, the Pewaukee High School boys soccer team had the defending state champion on the brink of elimination before being reminded why Green Bay Notre Dame has the title. Notre Dame scored consecutive goals in the second half to rally for a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Pirates in the WIAA Division 2 state semifinal match at Uihlein Soccer Park. |
| NOVEMBER 7, 2008 |
| Muskego
soccer team coasts into state semifinals >> photos MILWAUKEE - Muskego High School had a goal in preseason to make it to the state tournament. On Thursday the Warriors figured: As long as they made it, why not stick around another day? |
| Kettle
Moraine boys volleyball team to state for first time >> photos WAUKESHA - The journey to the state tournament for the Kettle Moraine High School boys volleyball team has been denied by Catholic Memorial the past two seasons. The Lasers turned the tables on the Crusaders on Thursday. |
| Arrowhead,
Hartford coaches familiar with each other WAUKESHA - Have the ice packs ready. And Dan Brunner: Have some cash ready. Arrowhead High School football coach Tom Taraska figures Brunner, the Hartford coach, still owes him some money for ice packs he needed when they played against each other in college. |
| Hamilton
football team gaining notice WAUKESHA - The Hamilton High School football team has sure caught Pat Rice's attention. It's probably caught the attention of a lot of people after advancing to the WIAA Division 2 quarterfinals as an unseeded team, but perhaps no one more than Rice, the coach of an unbeaten Waunakee team that faces the Chargers next. |
| Muskego
girls advance to state volleyball semifinals ASHWAUBENON - The Muskego High School girls volleyball team advanced to the WIAA Division 1 state semifinals by defeating Manitowoc Lincoln 16-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-23 in a quarterfinal match Thursday at the Resch Center. The Ships made the state tournament for only the second time in school history, while Muskego is a regular. |
| College notebook |
| NOVEMBER 6, 2008 |
| Catholic
Memorial, Pewaukee vie for Division 2 state boys soccer title WAUKESHA - You can call the Catholic Memorial High School boys soccer team a survivor. It remains to be seen whether you can call the team a state champion. |
| Catholic
Memorial girls shoot for state volleyball crown WAUKESHA - Attack, attack, attack. That's the message Catholic Memorial High School girls volleyball coach Ted Schulte is delivering to his Crusaders. |
| NOVEMBER 5, 2008 |
| Kettle
Moraine boys volleyball team beats Waukesha West >>
photo WALES - Kettle Moraine High School made no secret where the ball was going on offense, and senior Ean Reid made sure he delivered in his final home match. |
| Women's
basketball returns to UW-Waukesha WAUKESHA - The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha women's basketball team is back. It's back after the Cougars canceled the final 13 regular-season games last January in the wake of incidents involving code of conduct violations by some team members at a tournament in California. |
| Prep volleyball roundup |
| Prep notes |
| NOVEMBER 4, 2008 |
| South's
'most versatile' swimmer already a three-time team MVP >> photo Arianna Gorenc couldn't get out of the pool fast enough when her parents first got her into swimming. Now her parents and everyone else have a difficult time getting her out of the water. |
| NOVEMBER 3, 2008 |
| Kettle
Moraine football team falls to Hartford WALES - In a complete contrast of styles, Hartford High School's ground attack outdueled Kettle Moraine's air show for a road playoff victory. >> Click here to view photo slideshow |
| Carroll
football team wins >> photos WAUKESHA - It was a tale of two halves in the Carroll University football team's 34-14 victory over Lawrence University on Saturday. Carroll's offense was off in the first half, but the Pioneers scored 27 points in the final two quarters. |
| Arrowhead
football team wins OSHKOSH - The Arrowhead High School football team had not had to rely on the arm of junior quarterback Tom Parish this season. Until Saturday. |
| Pewaukee,
Catholic Memorial soccer teams heading for state WAUKESHA - So long frustration. Hello to the Pewaukee High School boys soccer team. The Pirates advanced to the WIAA state tournament for the first time in the school's history with a 3-1 Division 2 sectional-final victory over Mt. Horeb. |
| Catholic
Memorial volleyball team heading for state WHITEFISH BAY - Catholic Memorial vs. Kettle Moraine Lutheran girls volleyball matches are becoming quite the rivalry. |
| CMH
football team ousted from playoffs WAUWATOSA - After a turnover-filled, back-and-forth first half, the Wisconsin Lutheran High School football team played a game of keep-away in the second half of Saturday's WIAA Division 3 second-round playoff game against Catholic Memorial. |
| Hamilton
football team upsets Brookfield Central TOWN OF LIBSON - Blocking a field goal in the final minute of the first half to keep the score tied 7-7 was one key play in which Hamilton High School senior Tyler Janus had a hand. If he would have left off there, Greater Metro Conference rival Brookfield Central might have survived. |
| Pewaukee
football team loses to Greendale GREENDALE - If only Daylight Savings Time would have gone into effect about 9 p.m. Saturday rather than early Sunday morning, the Pewaukee High School football team could have had a little more time. |
| Three
Waukesha County girls win cross country titles WAUKESHA - Call this the year of the individual champion for Waukesha County runners. |
| Arrowhead,
Brookfield Central win conference swim titles WAUKESHA - Arrowhead High School finished first in all three relays races and won the Classic 8 Conference swimming and diving championship meet at Waukesha South on Saturday. |
| NOVEMBER 1, 2008 |
| Hughes
healthy, ready to lead Badgers MADISON - March 28, Ford Field in Detroit. The University of Wisconsin basketball team was red hot. It won 12 straight games to clinch the Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament titles and advance through the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. |
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Trinity
field hockey teams writes a Cinderella story |
| OCTOBER 31, 2008 |
| CMH,
Pewaukee games in spotlight WAUKESHA - Here we go. It's only the second round of the WIAA state playoffs, but there's a definite championship flavor to Division 3 games Saturday. |
| Falls
ousts Arrowhead >>
photos TOWN OF MERTON - The Menomonee Falls High School girls volleyball team did something it had not done all season Thursday. |
| Kettle
Moraine reaches sectional final >>
photos WALES - Kettle Moraine High School's soccer scoring machine has moved into the WIAA sectional finals. The Lasers defeated Madison La Follette 2-0 in the sectional semifinal match on their home field Thursday. |
| County
once again has strong contingent in state meet WAUKESHA - Waukesha County runners will be out to continue their incredible streak of success in WIAA state cross country meets Saturday at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. |
| Soccer roundup |
| Football playoff capsules |
| College notes |
| OCTOBER 30, 2008 |
| Winding
road for basketball player from Brookfield WAUKESHA - Ryan Mueller's excellent adventure continues. The former Brookfield East High School and Carroll University basketball player now can be seen playing for the South Texas Showboats in the American Basketball Association. |
| Local briefs |
| OCTOBER 29, 2008 |
| Catholic
Memorial football team beats Eisenhower >>
photos WAUKESHA - After a regular season of record-setting offense, it was a big-play defense that saved the day for the Catholic Memorial High School football team in the opening round of the WIAA playoffs on Tuesday. >> Click here to view photo slideshow |
| Pewaukee
football team advances >>
photos PEWAUKEE - Too much Mischker. That was the story Tuesday as senior Kenny Mischker rushed for 149 yards and recovered a key fumble in Pewaukee High School's 28-6 victory over Whitefish Bay in a WIAA Division 3 first-round playoff football game. |
| Waukesha
West football team loses to Hartford HARTFORD - Waukesha West scored on its first drive of the game to get out to a 7-0 lead over No. 2-seeded Hartford in a WIAA Division 1 first-round playoff football game. |
| Mukwonago
football team eliminated MIDDLETON - Mukwonago High School football coach Bill Schulte thought he was watching a magic act at times. |
| Arrowhead
football team rolls into second round TOWN OF MERTON - It was quality rather than quantity for the offense of the Arrowhead High School football team Tuesday. |
| Kettle
Moraine football team pulls upset SUN PRAIRIE - Mark it down as one of the first upsets of the playoffs. Kettle Moraine High School went on the road to Sun Prairie and defeated the third-seeded Cardinals 35-21 Tuesday night in the first round of the Division 1 football playoffs. |
| Brookfield
Central football team romps BROOKFIELD - It's not a typical school record to set, but the Brookfield Central High School football team managed to set it, nonetheless, in the first round of the Division 2 playoffs Tuesday. |
| Prep football roundup |
| County briefs |
| OCTOBER 28, 2008 |
| Lake
Country Lutheran in football playoffs for first time OCONOMOWOC - In just their fifth season as a varsity football team, the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning are in the playoffs for the first time. |
| Marx
sets career goal-scoring mark at New Berlin West NEW BERLIN - Paul Marx could hardly wait for his high school soccer season to begin each year. That's because Marx got to play the forward position at New Berlin West High School instead of the defender position he plays for his FC Milwaukee club team. |
| County briefs |
| OCTOBER 27, 2008 |
| Carroll
football team wins >>
photos WAUKESHA - Andy Kinderman's first collegiate touchdown was a big one. Kinderman, a 5-foot-8, 185-pound sophomore backup running back from Beaver Dam, scored what became the winning touchdown in the second quarter as the Carroll University football team defeated Knox College 14-0 in a Midwest Conference game at Schneider Stadium on Saturday. |
| Arrowhead
girls volleyball team outlasts Waukesha West TOWN OF MERTON - Momentum in sports can be a fleeting thing. However, if you can ride that wave of energy, success can last longer. |
| Waukesha
runners do well in sectional WAUKESHA - As he crossed the finish line first, Mike Clark pumped his fist in the air as he became a 2008 boys sectional champion. |
| Brookfield
Central girls tennis team second in state MADISON - The Brookfield Central High School girls tennis team, appearing in its 13th straight WIAA team tournament, notched its second straight second-place finish at Nielsen Stadium on Saturday. |
| Kettle
Moraine boys beat Waukesha West for volleyball title WAUKESHA - The Kettle Moraine High School boys volleyball team won the Classic 8 Conference tournament Saturday, beating Waukesha West 25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22 in the championship match. |
| Cross country roundup |
| Girls volleyball roundup |
| Prep football capsules |
| Soccer roundup |
| Prep briefs |
| OCTOBER 25, 2008 |
| Three-sport
athlete making history Katy Allen - fourth-place finish in the WIAA state tennis meet. Katy Allen - all-Classic 8 Conference (honorable mention) in basketball. |
| Allen
Player of Year for Classic 8 tennis WAUKESHA - Sophomore Katy Allen from Waukesha South was named girls tennis Player of the Year in the Classic 8 Conference. |
| Top-seeded
CMH handles Pewaukee WAUKESHA - Go ahead and add injuries to the list of things Catholic Memorial won't let stop its run through the state playoffs. |
| Arrowhead
lone area top seed WAUKESHA - Arrowhead (9-0), the undefeated WIAA defending state champion in Division 1, will open its title defense at home Tuesday against Manitowoc Lincoln (4-5) at 7 p.m. in pairings announced Friday. |
| Prep briefs |