Posted: Sept. 8, 2009 |(0) Comments

Boys soccer

The Menomonee Falls Indians rallied for a 3-1victory over the host Germantown Warhawks in the annual battle of County Line Road on Saturday.

"I thought our guys played well," Indians coach Scott Stein said, whose team also beat Nathan Hale, 4-2, and Nicolet, 4-1, last week to improve to 5-4-1 in the still young season. "We started slow but in the second half we dominated. They're fast in transition, and I think we did a nice job cutting them off."

"This is always a fun game. The guys compete against one another at Sports Club (at the Schwabenhof in Menomonee Falls) and there's always good energy."

Germantown (1-5) got the first goal from Bradley Bane (assist Michael Scherer) in the seventh minute, but six minutes later, A.D. Gonzales tied the score for the Indians.

Falls got the eventual game-winner at the 58th minute on what Stein felt was a "beautiful set piece" of a free kick as Geoff Cimpl lofted the ball to a well-positioned A.J. Patterson who headed the ball in. It was the last score in a spectacular six-goal week for Patterson.

Gonzales then added an insurance goal four minutes later.

Ben Dederich had three saves for Falls while Robert Huss had seven for the Warhawks. Stein also praised the work of forward Corey Volden.

Menomonee Falls girls volleyball

After an emotionally draining five-game loss to Greater Metro rival Divine Savior Holy Angels on Sept. 1, the Indians needed something good to happen and they got it Saturday, when they successfully defended their championship in the Mukwonago Invitational.

"Usually this tournament is good for whatever ails us," said Indians coach J.C. Bruns, "and we did see some decent competition."

Falls cruised to the title at Mukwonago, as it downed Waukesha North (25-21, 25-10); Oconomowoc (25-18, 25-23); and Howards Grove (25-9, 25-14) in pool play. Then in the crossover semifinals, they downed Kenosha Bradford 25-17, 25-18 before overpowering Oconomowoc again in the finals (25-16, 25-13).

Becca Fuchs (23) and Catie Fredrich (21) led in kills, while Dayna Sammons (44) and Emily Eyssautier (42) topped the team in assists. Alaina Defnet had five blocks while Taylor Golabowski had seven aces.

The loss to DSHA was a difficult 22-25, 15-25, 27-25, 25-21, 15-10 decision.

Falls/Hamilton girls swimming

The Indians opened their Greater Metro Conference dual meet season with an impressive, 101-84, win over league power Brookfield East on Sept. 3.

Falls, which will host its own Indians Invitational on Saturday (10 a.m. diving, 1 p.m. swimming), won only four events against East, but swept both diving and the 100-yard butterfly in earning the team victory.

Victories went to the 200 medley relay team of Haley Lucas, Dana Kucharski, Sommer Semanek and Amanda Siehs (2:00.22); Siehs in the 50 free (26.01), Sarah Tighe in diving (243.1 points) and Grace Devine in the butterfly (1:03.91).

Emily Tighe (191.45) and Cori Messerschmitt (189.95) went two-three in diving and Hannah Mast (1:06.31) and Kucharski (1:06.95) did the same in the fly to secure sweeps in those two events.

Germantown boys volleyball

It was a tough way for the second-year Warhawks program to open up the season as they fell to powerhouse defending state champion Milwaukee Marquette, 25-12, 25-6, 25-19, on Sept. 3.

Germantown, which graduated all-state basketball player Ben Averkamp off its first team last season, is coached by Brian Rushmer this fall. The Warhawks will be led by five seniors, including Jacob Neumann and Nick Weber, the tallest players on the team at 6-4 each.

Other seniors include Easton Kons, Brandon Volz and Brad Stefanski. Nine sophomores make up the rest of the team.

The Warhawks will now host defending state runner-up Nicolet Thursday at 7 p.m.

Germantown girls volleyball

The Warhawks battled their way to a runner-up finish in the Kettle Moraine Invitational on Saturday.

Germantown took second in its pool, losing to La Follette but beating both Wauwatosa West and Whitnall and then in the championship semifinals, they defeated New Berlin West, which had gone unbeaten in its pool play.

In the final, the Lancers outlasted the Warhawks in a 25-21, 24-26, 15-10 decision.

Germantown opened its North Shore season with an easy, 25-16, 25-16, 25-10, decision over Port Washington on Sept. 3 as Taylor Edmonds had nine kills, Bethany Baxter 16 assists, Taylor Johnston 10 digs, Abby DeValkenaere four blocks and Taylor Neinfeldt four aces.

Germantown girls cross country

Putting in a great effort through four runners netted the Warhawks a runner-up showing in the 18-school Bulldog Invitational at McCarty Park on Friday.

Germantown scored 129 points for its spot as North Shore rival Homestead dominated with 62.

Scoring runners for the Warhawks on the 4,000-meter course included Caitlin Dillon in 13th (15:39), Lizzie Wendt in 15th (15:42), Andrea Sielicki 18th (15:51), MacKenzie Erdmann 20th (15:54) and Andrea Brown in 63rd (17:27). Wendt's time was a personal record and Erdmann's a season best.

Also running were Becca Rasmussen in 72nd (17:37) and Amanda Brittain in 76th (17:40).

The Germantown junior varsity also took second to Homestead. A total of 11 runners on that team either turned in season or personal best times.

Germantown boys cross country

In its first serious test of the season, the North Shore Conference champion Warhawks were a competitive fourth in the 17-school Bulldog Invitational.

Germantown scored 125 points as Brookfield Central won with 54, Shorewood was second with 67 and Waukesha West third (91).

Nick Skidmore was eighth on the 5,000-meter course in 16:38 to lead Germantown, while other scoring runners included Tim Trapp in 11th (16:58), Kenny Haferkorn ,26th (17:29), Scott Loftus, 39th (17:53), and Benjamin Baus, 41st (17:57). Gary Hackney was 51st (18:15) and Kyle Hartmann, 53rd (18:22).

The Warhawks junior varsity was third behind Muzahir Badani's fifth-place individual showing.

Falls boys cross country

The Indians held their own in a tough field, taking ninth in the Leighton Betz Memorial Invitational at Greenfield Park on Friday.

Falls scored 210 points for its spot in the 16-school field as Appleton East won with 68.

Nate Paulson was ninth individually on the 5,000-meter course in 16:56, while P.J. Weyer was 20th (17:36), Dan Hyde was 53rd (18:40), John Richie, 58th (18:46) and Dominic Thomas, 70th (18:58). Also running was Tyler Wittmann in 85th (19:20).

The Indians will host their own Hadler Memorial Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Falls girls cross country

Using good balance, the Indians were a competitive 10th in the 16-school Leighton Betz Invitational at Greenfield Park on Friday.

Falls scored 278 points as Arrowhead scored 64 points to win it.

Mikayla Robertson was 41st on the 4,000-meter course in 17:17, while Jamie Ertl claimed 47th (17:22), Bryn Saunders, 51st (17:26), Alyssa Barczak, 66th (17:46) and Meghan Braatz, 73rd (17:49).

Also running were Kelly Koier in 79th (18:08) and Katie Smalley in 90th (18:31).

Emma Lodl was the top junior varsity runner in 26th (18:28).

Falls girls tennis

The Indians lost a hard-fought 4-3 Greater Metro Conference dual meet decision to West Allis on Sept. 3.

Falls got a 6-1, 6-0 win from Hayley Schlueter at first singles but also saw the first doubles team of Caitlyn Stockhausen and Claire Van Alstyne lose a 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 decision.

Earlier in the week, the Indians dropped another GMC decision to powerful Divine Savior Holy Angels.

Falls will visit border rival Sussex Hamilton for a GMC dual Thursday and then will head off to the West Bend Invitational on Saturday.

 

- Steven L. Tietz